I’ve just finished this (cover to cover in two days) - it was absolutely magnificent. Would 100% recommend it to anyone who likes Pride and Prejudice.

Rachel Parris@rachelparris.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Just for today, my novel, “Introducing Mrs Collins”, about Charlotte Lucas, is 99p on Kindle!! Grab it while you can!!

It doesn’t matter what Todd Blanche promises to do to get the votes… He’s a POS just like Trump, and they will find a bullshit loophole…. I’m sure he already has a crooked plan to get around any “deal” with the 2 holdouts in the Senate.

I've just published my latest article on Substack. Do quiet weeks really exist in schools? jonbiddle2.substack.com/p/a-quiet-week

A quiet week

Inevitably, it can sometimes feel as if we’re not doing enough to develop reading in school.

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I was disappointed that on "Hello My Name Is" Day, the nurse who took my blood test this morning didn't introduce herself... #HelloMyNameIs Thread 🧵 1/n

New from me: Reform UK’s plan to make employers pay an annual levy for overseas staff would harm the NHS and social care, cause a shortage of schoolteachers, and could push some universities into bankruptcy, experts have warned. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Reform UK levy on employing overseas staff ‘would harm NHS and social care’

Exclusive: Experts say policy could also cause shortages of school teachers and drive some universities to bankruptcy

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🚨 EXC: NHS England has suppressed the work of investigators carrying out dozens of national clinical audits. NHSE has stopped investigators alerting media, watered down recommendations and limited the way their reports are written, published and used: www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...

NHS accused of suppressing investigation reports on poor care

Health bosses are watering down auditors’ recommendations for improvement

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As usual. GOP accusations are actually confessions.

“Have no fear of perfection - you’ll never reach it.” Salvador Dalí The things we call imperfections are so often signs that we’ve lived, learned and tried. Life isn’t meant to be perfect. It’s meant to be experienced. Be messy, clumsy and imperfect.🧡 #SelfCompassion #Kindness Art by katieabey

A new report found that the Department of Justice spent hundreds of thousands and possibly more to hang banners with President Donald Trump's face

'Terrible waste': DOJ spent big to hang banners with Trump's face

A new report found that the Department of Justice spent hundreds of thousands and possibly more to hang banners with President Donald Trump's face.According to reporting by Politico, the DOJ spent ne...

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When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.

'OSR...will not make a “formal intervention” over the repeated untrue claims by the Conservative party on “spiralling” social security spending.' 'Total spending on social security as a proportion of GDP is roughly stable and is predicted to be at the same level in 2030-31 as it will be in 2026-27'

Regulator gives Tories green light to keep saying ‘welfare is spiralling out of control’… even though it’s not

The Conservative party has dodged regulatory action on its repeated false claims that spending on social security is “spiralling out of control”. The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has been…

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bloomberg has a fun article today arguing that the Cybertruck is the biggest flop in automotive history. it includes this glorious graph.

The claim “RFK Jr. does not fuck chickens” is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that RFK Jr. fucks chickens.

Another excellent piece. I came away much better informed about how tricky this is, and Chaminda's proposals are thoughtful.

Chaminda Jayanetti@cjayanetti.bsky.social · 2w ago

Misinformation is rife on social media and plays a key role in fuelling racist abuse, violence and even riots But the way we regulate it is - bluntly - rubbish In the second part of my look at social media regulation, I focus on our flawed approach to misinformation and how we might improve it:

This is such an important question about what happens to Thames Water's debt under Special Administration It is time to end the charade! Take Thames Water into Special Administration, and keep it permanently in public ownership

❓How much would EU membership benefit the UK economy? 👏 Answer - At least £92 billion over 10-15 years. 💪 EU membership could recoup over 90% of the damage to our economy from Brexit predicted by the OBR. The research suggests that membership would deliver a 3.6% boost to the UK’s economy

FAQ: What would EU membership mean for the UK economy? - Best for Britain

We all know the UK economy has suffered as a result of leaving the EU - but have you ever wondered how much it could be

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My #USA friends, DO NOT believe a word these morons say. As you may know, #Reform are the UK equivalent to #MAGA. #Farage is a lying, thieving, dangerous threat to our future. We MUST do all we can to keep him and his cronies away from government in the #UK

Trump *is* Cartman

While Mark Zuckerberg sails on his yacht, his company Meta, owner of Facebook and Instagram, used Artificial Intelligence to identify workers with medical issues to fire them and save on future leaves.

We are proud to announce that six more hospitals have been awarded accreditation as part of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine's GreenED programme. GreenED is an RCEM initiative to measure and reduce the environmental impact of Emergency Departments.

Actual footage of every penalty run up in the World Cup.

Yes, I pay myself rent in order to avoid tax, but it is coincidentally £1 less than the level at which I would have to declare it under Parliament's transparency rules.

"Perhaps most concerningly of all for Nigel Farage, a full 40% of those who voted Reform at the last election today consider him to be sleazy" - YouGov

Musk invents things the same way plantation owners in the Antebellum South grew things.

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 4w ago

The term of art is Binfluencer

Most people don’t realise South America is this big

NEW - Rachel Reeves said she will "accept Nigel Farage’s request to be appointed Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead." "It is a farce and a desperate distraction, and the people of Clacton deserve better. "But if he wants to spend the summer arguing with a bin, I won't stop him."

What fascinates me is how all the political geniuses in Reform HQ didn't wargame the fairly obvious possibility that the other parties would decline to follow the script written for them - and what Farage would then do were that to happen.

Nigel Farage's political rivals rule out standing in Clacton by-election

The Reform UK leader says he wants an "establishment versus the people by-election" but Labour calls it a "circus".

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Never before has a politician announced their intention to run for re-election on an explicitly pro-sleaze, anti-transparency ticket. Never before has a politician gloried in having enriched themselves by breaking the rules, and then demanded a mandate to continue doing so indefinitely

Nigel Farage’s 'Pro-Sleaze' By-Election Is A Sign Of Terminal Weakness

The Reform leader's desperate decision to call a back-me-or-sack-me by-election is a sign of a politician who knows he is finally being exposed for the man he really is, argues Adam Bienkov

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