These_Boots
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Socially homeless
Cat whisperer
Cutiepatootie *chortles*
God spellar
Socially homeless
Cat whisperer
Cutiepatootie *chortles*
God spellar
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This is no longer a serious country. Journalists and politicians screaming about the 'impression' Reeves gave and how black is a black hole rather than the failure to reform tax and welfare to make the economy work.
November 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This is no longer a serious country. Journalists and politicians screaming about the 'impression' Reeves gave and how black is a black hole rather than the failure to reform tax and welfare to make the economy work.
Nearly missed the play button on this graphic.
Over 100 mm of rain could fall across exposed hills in Wales and western England by the end of Monday - around half of what would typically be expected to fall throughout the whole of December 🌧️
Flooding and disruption is expected so take care if travelling ⚠️
Flooding and disruption is expected so take care if travelling ⚠️
November 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Nearly missed the play button on this graphic.
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When Mark Carney sets specific goals for Canada to "diversify away" from its reliance on the US—making headlines in Canada but not the US—hear that for what it is: Close partners and allies looking elsewhere for better friends.
This is the silent way that the US loses its pointless trade war.
This is the silent way that the US loses its pointless trade war.
November 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
When Mark Carney sets specific goals for Canada to "diversify away" from its reliance on the US—making headlines in Canada but not the US—hear that for what it is: Close partners and allies looking elsewhere for better friends.
This is the silent way that the US loses its pointless trade war.
This is the silent way that the US loses its pointless trade war.
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Now, I’m no economist, but not sure this works.
November 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Now, I’m no economist, but not sure this works.
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Just left the house and jumped on a bus. Angry blokes with access to a cherry picker have been busy again overnight. Barely a lamppost in Braintree without a flag attached, successfully communicating the message “you live near some racists”, which of course I knew already
November 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Just left the house and jumped on a bus. Angry blokes with access to a cherry picker have been busy again overnight. Barely a lamppost in Braintree without a flag attached, successfully communicating the message “you live near some racists”, which of course I knew already
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The perils of AI speech transcription writ large? 👀
"Dogs put down the Queens tail Antique real jump. Ridiculous. Join their laughter. The brothers are legal now."
"Dogs put down the Queens tail Antique real jump. Ridiculous. Join their laughter. The brothers are legal now."
I don't understand what is written on the screen in this photo, but it gives me life. Is it Dostoevsky?
November 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The perils of AI speech transcription writ large? 👀
"Dogs put down the Queens tail Antique real jump. Ridiculous. Join their laughter. The brothers are legal now."
"Dogs put down the Queens tail Antique real jump. Ridiculous. Join their laughter. The brothers are legal now."
I mean monthly...even if 13 payments not 12 (I see your "every 4 weeks" thing)... at 99p is still unexpectedly significantly cheaper than your annual offer of £15. Cheaper by the dozen? 😏
November 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I mean monthly...even if 13 payments not 12 (I see your "every 4 weeks" thing)... at 99p is still unexpectedly significantly cheaper than your annual offer of £15. Cheaper by the dozen? 😏
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Things used in everyday life are the real archaeological treasures! These sewing #needles were made from animal bone some 15,000 years ago. Some designs simply don't need to be improved, because form and functions were perfectly matched from the start. Form follows function! 🧵1/2
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November 29, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Things used in everyday life are the real archaeological treasures! These sewing #needles were made from animal bone some 15,000 years ago. Some designs simply don't need to be improved, because form and functions were perfectly matched from the start. Form follows function! 🧵1/2
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Years ago, my colleagues at Business Insider and I tracked YouTuber “cancellation” arcs. What we found is that for many entertainers, “cancellation” actually sets the stage for a redemption arc, one that can raise their profile higher than ever. It wasn’t career-ending. It was fuel.
November 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Years ago, my colleagues at Business Insider and I tracked YouTuber “cancellation” arcs. What we found is that for many entertainers, “cancellation” actually sets the stage for a redemption arc, one that can raise their profile higher than ever. It wasn’t career-ending. It was fuel.
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Dismal framing. Every aspect of most asylum seekers’ lives is controlled & paid for by the Home Office. They can’t work, are told where to live & have no autonomy or dignity. So they aren’t *choosing* to use taxis & don’t need to be “banned” from doing so. The HO just needs to get its act in order.
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Dismal framing. Every aspect of most asylum seekers’ lives is controlled & paid for by the Home Office. They can’t work, are told where to live & have no autonomy or dignity. So they aren’t *choosing* to use taxis & don’t need to be “banned” from doing so. The HO just needs to get its act in order.
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clowns to the left of me,
jokers to the right,
here I am,
in a strictly organised clowns and jokers shop
jokers to the right,
here I am,
in a strictly organised clowns and jokers shop
November 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
clowns to the left of me,
jokers to the right,
here I am,
in a strictly organised clowns and jokers shop
jokers to the right,
here I am,
in a strictly organised clowns and jokers shop
The Nasty Party...? BBC News - Doncaster Council's Reform UK leader quits over 'vitriolic' texts - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Doncaster Council's Reform UK leader quits over 'vitriolic' texts
Doncaster councillor Guy Aston says he is disappointed to have received abuse
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The Nasty Party...? BBC News - Doncaster Council's Reform UK leader quits over 'vitriolic' texts - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Last year I made the 1974 Radio Times TV Guide with links to watch 1974’s Christmas listings.
It’s coming back for 1975! Have you memories from Christmas 1975? Or opinions on that year’s Christmas TV shows?
Hit reply to feature on this year’s Letters page! 🧑🎄
visualmutterings.com/1974-christm...
It’s coming back for 1975! Have you memories from Christmas 1975? Or opinions on that year’s Christmas TV shows?
Hit reply to feature on this year’s Letters page! 🧑🎄
visualmutterings.com/1974-christm...
1974 Christmas Radio Times TV Guide Magazine
View 1974 Christmas Radio Times TV Guide Yuletide felicitations to you all! I’ve created this extra special TV listings magazine that pulls together numerous TV programmes from Christmas week 1974, ac...
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November 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Last year I made the 1974 Radio Times TV Guide with links to watch 1974’s Christmas listings.
It’s coming back for 1975! Have you memories from Christmas 1975? Or opinions on that year’s Christmas TV shows?
Hit reply to feature on this year’s Letters page! 🧑🎄
visualmutterings.com/1974-christm...
It’s coming back for 1975! Have you memories from Christmas 1975? Or opinions on that year’s Christmas TV shows?
Hit reply to feature on this year’s Letters page! 🧑🎄
visualmutterings.com/1974-christm...
Just seen a woman in the canteen wearing thick rubber pink boots which looked like a fashion style welly but... there is no rain/snow conditions that you could possible justify a need to wear for that today so.... fashun?
November 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Just seen a woman in the canteen wearing thick rubber pink boots which looked like a fashion style welly but... there is no rain/snow conditions that you could possible justify a need to wear for that today so.... fashun?
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Budget 2025 live: Rolling update ....
.... live updates on the social welfare law highlights from today's #Budget2025
www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/69056
.... live updates on the social welfare law highlights from today's #Budget2025
www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/69056
November 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Budget 2025 live: Rolling update ....
.... live updates on the social welfare law highlights from today's #Budget2025
www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/69056
.... live updates on the social welfare law highlights from today's #Budget2025
www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/69056
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Ending 2 child cap offers no help to those hit by OBC. No family in Wales with 3 kids escapes but add that to the new per-child childcare support and it's a real jump in support if you're earning over 16 x NLW. The better-off in-work numbers can look huge.
November 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Ending 2 child cap offers no help to those hit by OBC. No family in Wales with 3 kids escapes but add that to the new per-child childcare support and it's a real jump in support if you're earning over 16 x NLW. The better-off in-work numbers can look huge.
The failure to lift the overall benefit cap means that for many of the poorest families (unless already exempt) they will see NO increase to UC as a result of today's announcement regarding the removal of the two child policy. As previously ranted about - probably both here and elsewhere.
November 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The failure to lift the overall benefit cap means that for many of the poorest families (unless already exempt) they will see NO increase to UC as a result of today's announcement regarding the removal of the two child policy. As previously ranted about - probably both here and elsewhere.
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By coincidence, I took a screen shot of this tweet by the Lord chancellor and justice secretary David Lammy, in 2020 when he was in opposition.
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
By coincidence, I took a screen shot of this tweet by the Lord chancellor and justice secretary David Lammy, in 2020 when he was in opposition.
This is great news. Some of the huge overpayment decisions for carers whose earnings went over the threshold by a small amount for only a week or two some years earlier were awful! Government to accept key recommendations of Sayce review on Carer’s Allowance - GOV.UK share.google/mti8f16DsPSs...
Government to accept key recommendations of Sayce review on Carer’s Allowance
Unpaid carers will have their Carer's Allowance earnings related overpayments reviewed and potentially cancelled or repaid, following an independent review that found unclear guidance left people faci...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This is great news. Some of the huge overpayment decisions for carers whose earnings went over the threshold by a small amount for only a week or two some years earlier were awful! Government to accept key recommendations of Sayce review on Carer’s Allowance - GOV.UK share.google/mti8f16DsPSs...
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I do not care what comes after; I have seen the dragons on the wind of morning.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I do not care what comes after; I have seen the dragons on the wind of morning.
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Scientists have created a grain-of-sand–sized robot that can be guided by magnets to deliver drugs to precise locations in the human body.
“We’re just at the tip of the iceberg,” said Bradley J. Nelson, an author of the paper in Science. https://wapo.st/4oONjaz
“We’re just at the tip of the iceberg,” said Bradley J. Nelson, an author of the paper in Science. https://wapo.st/4oONjaz
November 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Scientists have created a grain-of-sand–sized robot that can be guided by magnets to deliver drugs to precise locations in the human body.
“We’re just at the tip of the iceberg,” said Bradley J. Nelson, an author of the paper in Science. https://wapo.st/4oONjaz
“We’re just at the tip of the iceberg,” said Bradley J. Nelson, an author of the paper in Science. https://wapo.st/4oONjaz
Idly scrolling the #BBCnews site. Interst piqued as to what a functional coffee is if NOT a flat white...BBC News - Farewell regular flat white. 'Functional' coffees are hitting the high street
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Scrolled down bored until this photo. The caption made me think in 7 more yrs
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Scrolled down bored until this photo. The caption made me think in 7 more yrs
November 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Idly scrolling the #BBCnews site. Interst piqued as to what a functional coffee is if NOT a flat white...BBC News - Farewell regular flat white. 'Functional' coffees are hitting the high street
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Scrolled down bored until this photo. The caption made me think in 7 more yrs
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Scrolled down bored until this photo. The caption made me think in 7 more yrs
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accidentally smudged this drawing but i feel like it actually works better this way!! some mistakes turn out for the better
November 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
accidentally smudged this drawing but i feel like it actually works better this way!! some mistakes turn out for the better