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spaghettiarchitect.bsky.social
@spaghettiarchitect.bsky.social
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Hoping to build a better future from the strands of present. Planner 🏘, archaeologist⚱️, 📚 lover, 🏕 finder, and 🍪 hoarder
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.

And they're marked by St George's flags

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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scotchpie.bsky.social
And as producers of cheap electricity we are still bring ripped off! Infuriating! We should have the cheapest yet we all sit here and accept it! 😡

www.thenational.scot/news/2561067...
Scots face some of the steepest energy bill hikes in the UK, analysis finds
SCOTS have seen some of the sharpest energy bill hikes across the UK over recent years, new analysis has shown.
www.thenational.scot
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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tobyontv.bsky.social
‘I once planned to sue the bbc for suggesting I encouraged an insurrection the time I encouraged an insurrection on live tv’
Bob Mortimer on Wilty
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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janrosenow.bsky.social
“Heat pumps are superior in efficiency to condensing boilers, even if the heat pumps are powered by electricity from a power station burning natural gas.”

Not me saying that but the late Prof Sir David MacKay.

More in my @carbonbrief.org article 👇

interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/he...
November 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
> @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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florencesn.bsky.social
Oh hey, that's me! Very much looking forward to giving this talk at ITU next week!
miguelsicart.bsky.social Miguel Sicart @miguelsicart.bsky.social · 22h
Friends! On November 19th at 16:00, in Auditorium 3 at the ITU, we are hosting a talk by Florence Smith Nicholls. The talk is titled How to be a video game archaeologist. You can read about it here: digitalplay.itu.dk/event/floren...
How To Be A Video Game Archaeologist - A talk by Florence Smith Nicholls | Center for Digital Play
How To Be A Video Game Archaeologist - A talk by Florence Smith Nicholls
digitalplay.itu.dk
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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2ndadminstate.bsky.social
I think the appropriate response from states is, “Your request violates federal and state laws. If you want it, come and get it, or bring suit to recover the funds. In the meantime, at least we help the citizens we are obliged to help & we actually pay our civil servants for the hard work they do.”
chadbourn.bsky.social Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d
The US Department of Agriculture has ordered that "states must immediately undo any steps taken to issue full SNAP benefits for November 2025".
USDA U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE DATE: November 8, 2025 SUBJECT: Updated Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) November Benefit Issuance TO: Regional Directors SNAP Division All Regions SNAP State Agency Directors All State Agencies This memorandum is a follow up to the guidance shared on October 10, October 24, November 4, November 5, and November 7, 2025, regarding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for November 2025. The U.S. Supreme Court granted the U.S. Department of Agriculture an administrative stay of the orders issued by the District Court of Rhode Island in Rhode Island State Council of Churches, et al. v. Rollins, 25-cv-569. Pending any explicit direction to the contrary from Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), States must not transmit full benefit issuance files to EBT processors. Instead, States must continue to process and load the partial issuance files that reflect the 35 percent reduction of maximum allotments detailed in the November 5 guidance. To the extent States sent full SNAP payment files for November 2025, this was unauthorized. Accordingly, States must immediately undo any steps taken to issue full SNAP benefits for November 2025. Please advise the appropriate FNS Regional Office representative of steps taken to correct any actions taken that do not comply with this memorandum. Per 7 CFR 271.7(h), failure to comply with this memorandum may result in USDA taking various actions, including cancellation of the Federal share of State administrative costs and holding States liable for any overissuances that result from the noncompliance.
November 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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jessothomson.co.uk
"As someone working in law, it’s heresy to say this, and it might even kill my chances of a career... But as a trans person, and someone fighting for the rights of my community, I refuse to remain silent. To me it just seems obvious: a heavily prejudiced society produces prejudiced institutions."
It’s no surprise that only 31% of trans people trust a legal system built to enforce prejudice, says Jess O’Thomson.
It’s no surprise that only 31% of trans people trust a legal system built to enforce prejudice, says Jess O’Thomson.
goodlawproject.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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philipb-h.bsky.social
How screwed is the climate, how do we stop it screwing us, how do we unscrew it.

Three episodes of Global Warning has considered answers to all the above, and @aljazeera.com has made it free to watch on YouTube.

Ep 1: How Screwed Is It? 👉 youtu.be/F8vI5_gN90g?...

1/3
Inside the planet’s most urgent climate warning | Global Warning E1 | Featured Documentary
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
This is so insane. #MedicareForAllNOW
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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minibubbly.bsky.social
Thousands fill Bell Centre demanding #Quebec suspend law reforming doctors' pay

Organizers say 12,500 tickets were distributed for the rally

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Thousands fill Bell Centre demanding Quebec suspend law reforming doctors' pay | CBC News
Thousands of doctors, medical students and supporters filled the Bell Centre on Sunday to demand the Quebec government suspend Bill 2. The law links a part of physicians' pay to performance indicators...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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danielsohege.bsky.social
With Mahmood talking about copying Denmark's inhumane anti-asylum policies, it's worth remembering this is what Denmark is already sending people back to, just as others like Germany are planning. Conflict zones can remain unsafe for many for years after conflict ends.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fear among Syria's minorities after the fall of Assad
Many among Syria's minorities see little future in the country amid revenge attacks and sectarian killings.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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pseudo-isidore.bsky.social
That Roman database of roads that's been in the news: treat with some caution.
michelkasprzyk.bsky.social Michel Kasprzyk @michelkasprzyk.bsky.social · 1d
Comparaison entre ce qui est connu (en rouge) et les tracés du dataset (en vert) pour l'est de la Bourgogne. Les données mises a disposition sont sans doute meilleures dans les zones où des spécialiste ont été sollicité.e.s (Egypte, etc). Bonne base de départ donc, mais a utiliser avec prudence 3/3
November 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
spaghettiarchitect.bsky.social
"It’s really worrying to see more and more people have concluded that you can make money out of making people and keeping people homeless," www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Crisis charity to become a landlord in attempt to rectify ‘catastrophic’ housing in UK
Exclusive: Homelessness charity planning to buy properties as it can no longer rely on access to social housing
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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sundersays.bsky.social
Shuab Ganote and Peter Hyman write for Demos on their conversations with 16 yesr olds on their experiences of society, technology, gender shifts, role models & their views of the future
demos.co.uk/research/ins...
Inside the mind of a 16-year-old: From Andrew Tate to Bonnie Blue to Nigel Farage - what do first time voters think about social media, politics, the state of Britain and their futures?
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
demos.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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ullamr.bsky.social
Save Geography at Leicester: sign the petition! c.org/8rgnvB5RRy
Sign the Petition
Save Geography at the University of Leicester
c.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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drpauldorfman.bsky.social
China is installing the wind and solar equivalent of five large nuclear power stations per week
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
'Winning the race': How China plans to meet its 2030 renewables target by the end of this month
While Australia debates the merits of going nuclear and frustration grows over the slower-than-needed switch to solar and wind power, China's renewables rollout is breaking all the records.
www.abc.net.au
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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dpcarrington.bsky.social
Rich countries have lost enthusiasm for tackling #climatecrisis, says #Cop30 chief

- Brazil’s André Corrêa do Lago says countries should follow China’s lead on clean energy as summit begins

Story by @fionaharvey.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rich countries have lost enthusiasm for tackling climate crisis, says Cop30 chief
Brazil’s André Corrêa do Lago says countries should follow China’s lead on clean energy as conference begins
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
spaghettiarchitect.bsky.social
Most moral army www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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joshtpm.bsky.social
Why Not Just Arrest the Protestors? CBP and ICE Officials Muse talkingpointsmemo.com/news/why-not...
Why Not Just Arrest the Protestors? CBP and ICE Officials Muse
It’s been a journey with Greg Bovino over the past few months....
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 AM
spaghettiarchitect.bsky.social
As a west-coaster this hits close to home www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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rbreich.bsky.social
Inflation is on the rise — particularly at the grocery store.

One big reason why?

Minimal competition opens the door to maximal price-gouging — and the opportunity to pull shady tricks like this. https://youtu.be/ad5GfgrPkYo?si=iDRiVN9_TsjGsD9k
Is Your Grocery Store Ripping You Off?
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
It's impossible to build any more housing in America, but luckily we have the politically easy and physically effortless alternative of just removing a third of the population.

This clown is the GOP chair in Tarrant County, Texas, the third largest county in the state.
stevanzetti.bsky.social steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 1d
Lebensraum for the late American Century
The Tarrant County GOP chairman saying "we need to remove 100 million people from the country" in order to lower housing prices.
November 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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muellershewrote.com
NEW: EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to sources at FBI and DOJ that reviewed the Epstein files. It’s worse than the photos. I’ll let you know what they said today at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @meidastouch.com. Link to show: www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”

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I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago.
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM