"I'm not here to play games, unless they're board games and you let me win (kidding... sort of)" men would rather reinforce the patriarchy over the most minor things than get laid like 85% of the time
A babbling brook reminiscent of the original Straight Ford over the Lea, a natural habitat for frogs, dragonflies, even otters. Limpid water gently gushes away like our hopes that Starmer will grow a spine and #nationalisewater
Water bubbles from a burst pipe in Carpenter’s Rd E15
People say that @thameswater.bsky.social are just robber barons lining the pockets of the board and desperately raising bills to market their business as less of a financial sinkhole, but look at this delight urban oasis they’ve created in Carpenters Rd E15! Nature is healing!
Our annual collection for the Newham Christmas Toy Appeal raised £842.23 - which has been doubled via Big Give match funding 🎉 🎁🧸
There's still time to help the appeal - or those in Waltham Forest, Hackney, Haringey, Islington and Tower Hamlets. Details 👇
www.claptoncfc.co.uk/2025/12/02/c...
2 days left.
2 days left to protect jobs.
2 days left to defend our agreements.
2 days left to make your vote count.
Vote YES today and check your colleagues have too.
#WeAreTheUniversity
47 brave humans and 1 mannequin arrested today outside the Ministry of Justice; chosen as the location because it is where Attorney General Richard Hermer, who signs off on “terrorism” prosecutions, holds office.
Join us again this Saturday in London: wedonotcomply.org
This contribution to the volume of human misery is yet another policy from Labour based on a false premise, in this case that refugees are overly attracted to Britain. It will increase bureaucratic limbo, thus making worse the problem of "cohesion" it purports to solve.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I love this piece by @elidavies.bsky.social in today's @vittles.bsky.social (free to read) featuring @nigelslater.bsky.social beloved lentils and a well-travelled pot
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/this-pot-i...
Just in case anyone is listening, please note that UK universities cannot operate successfully on the basis of continuous reduction of academic staff and academic staff pay. No amount of staff wellness sessions will change this.
It’s payday and I’m ordering some spring bulbs for my garden- how wonderfully hopeful!
I’m using @woodscolt79.bsky.social excellent guide to avoid Israeli suppliers.
Part of the Israeli colonial project is replacing native horticulture, violently destroying Palestinian agriculture such as olives.
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness
youtu.be/zy7XEMeBROQ?...
Omg @woodscolt79.bsky.social have you seen this
And so it begins! Posted my #wearetheuniversity @ucu.org.uk ballot nice and earl in a break between online tutorials. I voted YES to strike action, YES to ASOS- we can’t take the overwork and exploitation any more!
But, you know , don’t believe everything they say, mayor!
I do understand (if not forgive) Sadiq Khan‘s occasional cop-shagging social media posts, since London is starkly divided into
-people who think the Met is completely useless and should have more 💰 & powers
-people who think the Met is completely useless and should be defunded/dismantled
…and the (friendless, falling apart) Met Police will jump on any bandwagon that looks like they’re “effectively fighting crime“.
But it’s clear a lot of shoplifting is about basic need, or supplementing basic foodbank fare, in a cost-of-living crisis encouraged by price-gouging supermarkets.
Headline dezcribing £3.13 billion profit for Tesco in 2024-5
-the young couple, the day before Easter, who paid for their regular weekly shop (under £40) but grabbed a small box of chocolates, value £5.
Tescos would love you to think this is “organised shoplifting gangs”…
Recent shoplifting I have seen in Upton Park:
-the mum taking nappies out of their security-protected packaging and shoving a handful under her buggy.
-the old man who slid a pack of sausages around the self-service till so as not to swipe it with the rest of his meagre shop.
If you are broke and would like a free physical copy of Enemy Feminisms, DM me your mailing address. I will probably cover postage (or might ask you to chip in a bit for that)
ICYDK, “I would ask that…” is neither more polite nor more impressive than “Could you … please”.
David Bowie in Japan. He's waling up some steps while wearing a long black coat and smoking a cigarette.
David Bowie in Japan. He's standing in front of a train while wearing a long light-colored coat.
David Bowie in Japan. He's riding a subway car while wearing a long dark-colored coat.
David Bowie in Japan. He's walking away from a train while wearing a long black coat, gray checked scarf, charcoal trousers, and black shoes.
most people don't want politics that hurt other people. we just want a long overcoat like david bowie and affordable housing
Of all the bullshit headlines with zero accountability of this conflict, this one still shocked me- the ceasefire has been broken. Who by? By Israel. How? By bombing and killing Gazans.
Zero accountability. The Guardian takes it for granted the ceasefire has a snooze button that Israel can push.
Through my dad’s many medical and surgical interventions, every time things were tough he cheerfully said “still, it’s better than the alternative“.
My favourite discourse is when someone points at a poll and says "do you really think that the most racist THIRTY PERCENT of committed UK voters could POSSIBLY be racist" like it's some kind of gotcha. Yes of course they are FFS just look around you
I was planning a few visits of London’s Open House Festival this weekend- disappointed to see their main sponsor is AirBnB. Not only does AirBnB actively harm architectural heritages worldwide, it also rents West Bank properties stolen from Palestinians and illegally occupied.
Regretfully, boycott!
Stay safe today London! The Met police (aided by expensive loan forces from across England and Wales) only made 400 arrests yesterday so there are 800 suspected terrorists ON THE LOOSE.
Absolute jokers
#FreePalestine
He nearly killed her, as in she almost died. Then he became a lovable buffoon swearing at the microwave or whatever. Great journalism, @theguardian.com
CW domestic violence/ gender based violence.
So depressing that the British media can produce a sentence like this, straight-faced. Osbourne knocked his wife’s teeth out and was thoroughly rehabilitated in the interests of light television profits.
What next, J*hnny D*pp hosts a teatime quiz show?
“Loro” is fine and some people use schwa in writing- “bellə”
