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MsPottingShed

@mspottingshed.bsky.social

Gardener, reader, observer, dreamer. Married to Mr Oh-I-Thought-It-Was-a-Weed.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan@london.gov.uk · 8h ago

60 years after the first Carnival, its spirit is as strong as ever. We're backing organisers with £4.6m to strengthen safety measures, support more stewards and help visitors and residents enjoy the weekend with confidence.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · yesterday

Vulnerable children deliberately self-harming to stay in care, research finds

Vulnerable children deliberately self-harming to stay in care, research finds

Report shines light on ‘catastrophic situation’ where young people make themselves more ill to avoid losing support Some of the most vulnerable children and young people in care are deliberately self-harming to avoid being abandoned when they get better or turn 18 and face a “cliff edge” of no further support, according to research. Abi Booth, a psychotherapist who works with children and young people, said some were in a “catastrophic situation” in which they were hurting themselves to keep their place in therapeutic facilities. In the UK, the youth suicide charity Papyrus can be contacted on 0800 068 4141 or email pat@papyrus-uk.org, and in the UK and Ireland Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123. In the US, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is at 988 or chat for support. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...

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Jon Savage@jonsavage.bsky.social · yesterday

RIP OTD in 1967 Brian Epstein - the man who foresaw that the Beatles would be the biggest stars of the 20th century and beyond. New documentary in New Year by director Clare Lewins - I’m in it

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Mara Wilson@marawilson.bsky.social · 3d ago

Sometimes, when someone dies, what helps me is thinking about how wonderful it is that they were even alive in the first place. Dolly was the closest you could get to an American saint. We all loved her.

Alex Zalben@azalben.bsky.social · 3d ago

Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.

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The Guardian@theguardian.com · 6d ago

Meghan’s casting in The Gentlemen reportedly withdrawn

Meghan’s casting in The Gentlemen reportedly withdrawn

Duchess of Sussex was believed to have been under consideration for season three of Guy Ritchie’s crime caper Meghan Markle’s reported casting in Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen has been withdrawn, it was reported. Tina Brown, the former editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair and the New Yorker, wrote on Saturday: “I learned this morning that the casting of Meghan Markle in season 3 of Guy Ritchie’s Netflix series The Gentlemen has been withdrawn. The backlash in the UK was so intense, it became untenable to go forward.” Continue reading...

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