wirby80.bsky.social
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Made the mistake of commenting on a story from the daily fail on Facebook. 3 days later men with lions and knights as their profile are still chatting bubbles 🥴😂
January 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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More than 60 German and Austrian academic organizations say they will leave the messaging platform X owned by Elon Musk. The German government has also voiced fears that the platform is warping political discourse

www.dw.com/en/german-in...
German institutions depart X, a day after Musk's Weidel talk – DW – 01/10/2025
More than 60 German and Austrian academic organizations say they will leave the messaging platform X owned by Elon Musk. The German government has also voiced fears that the platform is warping politi...
www.dw.com
January 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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If anyone is still wondering why we have a £22bn black hole here is just one example of Tory incompetence. Never ever allow them to again say “taxpayers money is safe with them”
So it turns out they spent £715 million on sending a grand total of FOUR volunteers to Rwanda.

For comparison, this is more than you could expect to spend on building an entire brand new hospital in the UK
In July, I FOI'd the Home Office for the full breakdown of spending on the Rwanda scheme

I was refused because the government planned to publish the data in future, and today is the day. These numbers are in millions
www.gov.uk/government/p...
December 2, 2024 at 6:49 PM
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An illegal immigrant…

Fathers 12 kids from different partners

Doesn’t have a relationship with some of them

Chooses to spend thanksgiving away from the rest

And the Reform crowd see him as their saviour

What a hypocritical & deeply confused bunch.
December 1, 2024 at 11:02 AM
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Pretending Farage doesn't exist is not the answer. Neither is platforming him in a way not merited, 'fun' or disproportionate. He has had a big impact on UK politics, whether this is liked or not.

As I argued in June, people of colour are but one group who can't just ignore what he says/does 👇
The Politics of Farage and Reform is No Joke of a Matter – The Established Media Must Learn Its Lessons and Start Holding Them to Account
The normalisation of racism and dog-whistles will only get worse if the press continues to treat Farage as an entertaining figure representing the ‘real views’ of the British people – it must stop, wr...
bylinetimes.com
November 29, 2024 at 3:26 PM
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If I speak….. well, clearly the Daily Mail will decide I am ‘trouble’ and a ‘woke spoilsport’ for having the temerity to be a woman whose opinions don’t exactly match that of the DM editorial team.
November 30, 2024 at 9:54 AM
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With Heidi Alexander replacing Louise Haigh as transport secretary, the cabinet is now 100% state school educated for the first time in history.

(Sir Keir Starmer's school was a selective state school when he joined, then became private two years into his time there.)
November 29, 2024 at 1:21 PM
An older friend told me when my youngest was little that she always thought there should be some type of maternity leave for when your kids are teenagers. Babies stay where you plonk them but when they’re teenagers they need you more. Now, with 3 of them in the house, I see what she meant 🥴
November 30, 2024 at 7:53 AM