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micklad.bsky.social
When you ask me what I am doing today, and I say "nothing," it does not mean I am free. It means I am doing nothing. Woke. Lefty. European. Xtn. Play & coach lawn bowls, weather obs, Jack Russells, cats, clouds, photography, people’s stories, integrity.
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submitted 17 hours ago • 277 comments

No One Voted For Elon Musk!!

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Homemade bread and preserves. I know exactly what goes into them.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

The @Telegraph, @thetimes, @MailOnline & @TheSun publish corrections to their scaremongering on undocumented migrants in London. Imagine between them the reach & power of these papers. The fact is they are using that power to instil Trumpist hate & we are ill-equipped to resist.

submitted 22 days ago • 107 comments

Byline Times is looking for a qualified news and investigation reporter for paternity leave cover in April and May, with the possibility of a more long-term contribution. If interested, please get in touch

submitted 23 days ago • 8 comments

The United States is under attack. Elon Musk—who has been elected to nothing and is a deeply troubled person—is literally destroying our government from the inside and doing so without authority or consent of the governed. Working on a report on this right now. It’s an emergency.

submitted 23 days ago • 499 comments

A written account from a member of the committee which met in secret to discuss the appointment alleges the Archbishop of York “bullied” and “coerced” people to promote Bishop John. Stephen Cottrell denies the allegations.

submitted 24 days ago • 3 comments

Reports of ICE harassing even indigenous people are an extra layer of disturbing that I didn't forsee. But here's what should happen! Please share #laloalcaraz cartoons

submitted 27 days ago • 468 comments

Thames Water prices will be hiked by £19 a month from April. Sewage will be dumped in rivers, leaks will go unplugged, dividends will be paid, cost of servicing,£17bn debt passed to customers, execs will be rewarded for fleecing people. Predatory capitalism. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 27 days ago • 49 comments

🧵Curious about "DeepSeek"? Wondering what it is and why it matters for the U.S. and the world in general? Let me break it down in simple terms—no tech background needed! (1/21) 👇👇🌏💾

submitted 27 days ago • 108 comments

After a peaceful night the wind is getting up.

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

The excellent cover of today’s @privateeyenews.bsky.social

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Dr Jenifer Dixon, "In the last decade, public health funding was reduced per head by 22%" Hugo Keith, "Is that central government or local government?" Dr Jenifer Dixon, "Both" Hugo Keith, "Beginning to end it's reduced by 22%" Dr Jenifer Dixon, "And more in deprived areas"

submitted 33 days ago • 3 comments

Former D.C. police officer Michael Fanone on Trump pardoning violent Jan. 6 rioters: “I have been betrayed by my country, & I’ve been betrayed by those that supported Donald Trump, whether you voted for him because he promised these pardons, or for some other reason, you knew that this was coming”

submitted 33 days ago • 77 comments

The leopards have begun eating faces. Yesterday was a terrible day for America—and that includes every single Trump voter. This report has all the details.

submitted 33 days ago • 156 comments

Fibre is coming to our village. 1Gb. I know many people have had this for years but this is real progress in rural Northumberland.

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

🎧 New PAGE 94 Podcast OUT NOW. This week: TULIP-MANIA 🥀 Tulip Siddiq, until yesterday the government’s anti-corruption minister, has resigned over alleged, er, corruption. Andy, Helen, Adam and Tim Minogue discuss the Eye’s history with the wilted Tulip, all the way back to 2016.  pod.fo/e/29dc9c

submitted 39 days ago • 4 comments

Word of the day is ‘depooperit’, from 18th-century Scots: ‘enfeebled both mentally and physically’.

submitted 39 days ago • 134 comments

This service can be saved. But only if Government is willing to show political will, commit the time and the necessary resources and engage with the profession in good faith. There's only a short window - as the clock is ticking on NHS dentistry. 👉 www.bda.org/news-and-opi...

submitted 40 days ago • 11 comments

💯 This 👇

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

No better time to tune into @channel4news.bsky.social at 7 or on multiple platforms: well-funded, authoritative, fact-checked, impartial, investigative public-service broadcasting. You’re welcome Elon Musk.

submitted 44 days ago • 6 comments

BBC Verify has examined a 24 hour snapshot of Elon Musks timeline and found a wave of misinformation amplified in the posts. The BBC's Analysis editor examines one day on the platform for the owner of X www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

submitted 44 days ago • 76 comments

Cold air down near Tynemouth this morning. Great for walking and stopping at Crusoe's for a coffee and scone.

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

Away at the coast for few days. Cold but enjoyable.

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

"In the last ten years significant improvements have been made." Simon Bailey, ex-national lead for child protection at the National Police Chiefs’ Council, tells @c4ciaran.bsky.social "more convictions are being secured" since the Jay report into child grooming. www.channel4.com/news/groomin...

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

Happy birthday to me! Celebrations started yesterday with a surprise visit from my very old friends (we were best man for each other decades ago) who turned up as arranged (apparently) despite the snow.

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

Change in the weather is on the way. Cloud building from the south this morning down by the river. We are expecting snow tomorrow.

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

I monitor my walking through an app and I walked 1150 miles in 2024. It is 50 fewer than the previous year but I’m still pleased with my achievement. I’ll also be getting a medal through the post. I’m just about to finish walking around Iceland too with street view providing sights to see.

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments