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Allotmenteer, Book lover, Ruminates on #TheArchers. Brummie living in Staffordshire. Never voted Tory, daughter of a Toolmaker. #WBA fan. She/Her. Still waiting for Justice for Grenfell 💚
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Not the most important part of this story, but the fact this Vance meme is currently circulating the globe at light speed is a moment of quiet joy.

submitted 5 days ago • 43 comments

Full of the joys of life as usual is our Will Grumpy. #TheArchers

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

‘…I would have preferred that it stayed up until we at least got some justice.’ #Remember72 💚

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

New: US bosses at cladding firm which sold material for use on Grenfell knew it was unsafe and knew it was being sold for use on the tower, newly released emails reveal www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...

submitted 14 days ago • 2 comments

FORMS ARE LIVE!!!! GO GET SOME SHINIES AND/OR SPARKLIES

submitted 19 days ago • 2 comments

There’s a 1950’s Hollywood version of Julius Caesar on BBC2. Gielgud, Mason and Brando. Greer Garson and Deborah Kerr too. Such fun!

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

This is important, for Brum and Britain. Please sign + share 🙏 1909 Art Deco Cinema (The Electric) 1881 Pub (The Crown) where Black Sabbath first played Designate Birmingham's Station Street a Historic, Cultural and Civic Asset - #SaveStationStreet @stationstreet.bsky.social chng.it/W6twBgmwXY

submitted 23 days ago • 3 comments

Just had a brief glimpse of some pixie boots! I loved mine. #totp

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Hanging on a string was a great tune. #TOTP

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Mothin Ali, For Deputy, For You We must never stand by and be forced to be passive participants whilst the country is being divided and ruined. We need people who can listen, empathise, and are relatable. youtu.be/4oFhYHYsIhg?... #Mothin4Deputy #ThePeoplesDeputy #HeroOfHarehills

submitted 25 days ago • 5 comments

Spread the love and acceptance #pridemonth

submitted 26 days ago • 349 comments

Happy #pridemonth, all! Like last year, here's a 🧵 of books to add to your reading list to support marginalized folks. Follow along each other day! Some authors are Black/Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, Muslim, Arab, &/or Palestinian. Have fun, enjoy the pics, read lots, love each other. 🧶 #yarnsky #booksky

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submitted 27 days ago • 20 comments

UNBOUND AUTHORS: I’m speaking to a solicitor about our fine mess. If you have ANY correspondence with the company (beyond the “Dear Author” letters we all got) in 2024 about nonpayment or about the company’s financial stability, could I see it? I’m opening my DMs for this (don’t make me regret that)

submitted 27 days ago • 26 comments

Ignoring the last few moments of #DrWho I was delighted to see Jodie reprising her Dr. I think I’d preferred to have seen River Song turn up at the end.

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

Sci-fi view of The Future: We'll all have flying cars and holidaying on Mars! Disease will be fixed with a quick blast from a Star Trek thingy! The Actual Future:

submitted 31 days ago • 36 comments

Highlighting this as there’s a recent focus on a daily fail ‘reporter’ winning an award. Here’s another award shortlist which includes some excellent reporting.

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

The BSL during Finland was sensational #Eurovision

submitted 43 days ago • 67 comments

Reminder: the Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen posts are just to distract from the Qatari "gift" or the fact that he's trying to rip Medicare and Medicaid from millions of Americans right now.

submitted 44 days ago • 911 comments

it is a truth universally acknowledged that the feed will auto-refresh just as you start to read an interesting post and you will never find it again

submitted 47 days ago • 21 comments