OldSchoolJourno 🦘🏏🎶
@psclazzac.bsky.social
Retired Aus ex-Brit newspaper journo/writer/editor/language teacher ❤️ Left-leaning, love music, Test cricket, art, animals, German/French language/culture. Reverse Brexit! ⛔ All racists blocked on sight (far right & far left—you know who you are 👀)
It’s almost as if the results in the first round were becuase of foreign manipulation. 🤔 www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
Brazil election live: Lula defeats Bolsonaro - follow latest
Lula, 80, overturns the outcome from the first round of voting, but Bolsonaro calls the result "inexplicable" and refuses to concede.
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Young women now have 'close to zero' risk of cervical cancer death after HPV jab www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
HPV vaccine means young women now have 'close to zero' risk of cervical cancer death
A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.
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Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?
Normally in the quiet seaside Town of Herne Bay, Kent the most annoying thing that happens is a Seagull tries to nick your chips But today a bunch of Far Right Wing flag shaggers lowered the average IQ by 78% Migrants don’t land there but at least they gave Seagulls somewhere worthwhile to Crap❗️
Think of your trauma recovery as investing in things no one can ever take away from you: your beliefs, your self-esteem, your skillset. Abusers & bullies have tried to control what you say to yourself, what you focus on, & how you use & care for your body for years. No more.
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 3974: Pacing matters. A fast pace of storytelling throughout may sound exciting, but sometimes leaves the reader behind. On a journey, you need to give your passengers time to view the scenery.
The Titanic hit an iceberg and sank you couch fucking idiot.
King Charles does not pay income tax, capital gains tax, inheritance tax Duchy of Lancaster trades, doesn't pay corporation tax, capital gains tax. Its competitors do. The King voluntarily paid £30m since Accession. No way of knowing what it could/should be. Would you like to pay tax voluntarily?
Royal financial privileges show that we are not in it together
This week, after perfunctory scrutiny, the UK parliament approved a core Sovereign Grant of £99.9m (from 2027/28) for the King, a 93% increase from the £51.8m for 2024/25 and 65% higher in real terms ...
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We won our case against DOGE for violating the privacy rights of current and former government employees! The case is AFGE v. OPM, Case 1:25-cv-01237-DLC Document 241 Filed 10/20/26 if you can't get it from the ECF link ecf.nysd.uscourts.gov/doc1/1271405...
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Russische Drohne schlägt in Park in Region Charkiw ein: 2 Frauen und Baby getötet 19.10.2026,18:45,Ukrinform Die Russen haben den Zentralpark in Nova Wodolaha in der Region Charkiw angegriffen. 2 Frauen und ein Baby sind getötet worden. 14 weitere Menschen wurden verletzt, darunter 7 Kinder
Holy Christ, what a day. I just blocked 300 raging right-wing fuckwits on Facebook. Can I have a hug?
Americans, please don’t worry about your child coming home from school a different sex. Worry about your child not coming home from school because they were shot to death.
Lawfare works because lawfare impoverishes the targets and renders them unable to speak. It's the whole point. And our system is set up such that the victims NEVER recoup the costs. Particularly when it's a government funded assault. Because one can't usually sue for malicious prosecution.
In the middle of a global fuel crisis, instead of encouraging car companies to send us more fuel-efficient cars, they want Aussie drivers to spend more of their money at the bowser. A move that would cost Aussie tax payers $600 million in taxes! Well done Angus.
. Another school shooting . . . Bend, Oregon... Primary school pupils and a teacher are dead . . . shot in their classroom Forget your thoughts and prayers ! 💔
Came across this on LBC News. Apparently hundreds of migrant rubber boats have been seized on the Bulgarian border. What's the odds the Russian FSB are involved in supplying them?
Denmark’s PM Mette Frederiksen: “If Russia wanted peace, they could simply stop. “They are the ones attacking. Nobody else is attacking in Europe right now except Russia.”
We will be taking legal action against ITV for the well known criminal offence of filming people while they reveal exactly who they are.
“For girls and young women, access to books can mean access to language for autonomy, abuse, desire, resistance and lives that fall outside traditional expectations. That is what makes censorship more than a literary issue; it is a feminist one.” #Feminism #RightToRead #BanBookBans
“For Louisiana librarian Amanda Jones, speaking against censorship at a public library board meeting turned her into a target...” msmagazine.com/2026/10/09/t...
Looking at MMR vaccination uptake and London is horrifying. Kensington & Chelsea is as low as 75%! Vaccinate your damn kids.