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Word of the morning is ‘williwaw’ (19th century): a sudden violent squall or a toppling gust of wind.

Goes well with ‘thunderplump’: a sudden downpour that soaks you to the skin in seconds.

Ponder this.

OMG, this would be HILARIOUS! 😆

Immigration has not made Brits poorer.

Greedy bosses have. Greedy landlords have. Greedy life-giving-services providers (drugs, water, energy) have.

#Brexit has also made Brits poorer.

But immigration has not made Brits poorer.

Politicians have.

Please help us and take the short survey here...it's all about political donations...something I talk a lot about in my book

Democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard

The warrior @petergeoghegan.bsky.social who leads Democracy For Sale is taking this to MPs who support transparency

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I will be there but only as I am contractually obliged to be there as your carer. I may be persuaded to recite some dirty limericks should the evening swiftly bomb like last year....

Two words for certain types of people, should you need them:

microlipet: one who gets all worked up over nothing.

struthonian: the person who buries their head in the sand and says ‘Problem? What problem?’.

Today we observe the #InternationalDayfortheAbolitionofSlavery. The horrors of slavery plague the present as well as the past. According to @anti-slavery.bsky.social, 49.6 million people live in modern slavery – in forced labour and forced marriage. www.un.org/en/observanc...

Word of the day is a favourite, from old Scots.

To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.

Well said that woman!!

Big Pharma Is the Only Reason Anyone Still Dies From HIV We have the means to eradicate AIDS as a threat to human life. Greed is keeping this from happening.

Big Pharma is the only reason anyone still dies from HIV: “We have the means to eradicate AIDS as a threat to human life. Greed is keeping this from happening.”

I have always thought this - a life-long recourse to medication as opposed to a one shot cure.

This ~ 💯%

The Five Questions Nigel Farage is Never Asked About Brexit, Trump and Russia As the media provides the Reform Leader with a prominent platform once more during this general election campaign, Peter Jukes considers all the concerning lines of enquiry that journalists never conf...

Since Nigel Farage has just sided with Russia again, and said “the idea Ukraine is going to win, frankly, is for the birds,” it’s time to re-ask those five questions he’s never asked about his support for Vladimir Putin 1/6

bylinetimes.com/2024/06/19/t...

How the temporary accommodation crisis is affecting Londoners health and wellbeing We tackle poverty and inequality in London

More than 180,000 Londoners are homeless & living in temporary accommodation

TA has damaging impacts on people’s health & wellbeing

The work of orgs like @itsgroundswell.bsky.social & @positiveeast.bsky.social is shining a light on the toll of the TA crisis

What we've learned: bit.ly/4fPOVvN

That's my next dinner party sorted...

People who advocate for blasphemy laws are not concerned about human rights and equality.

There it is

The fight for a compassionate assisted dying law needs you. This Friday at 09:00-12:00, we're rallying in Parliament Square, London, to coincide with the first debate of the Assisted Dying Bill. Will you stand with us? humanists.uk/events/assis...

Find your nearest free, confidential and quick HIV test this week!

‘My husband was starving and in pain when he died – he deserved a dignified death’’ Kevan Donoghue passed away after three weeks of being unable to eat or drink due to a blockage in his stomach

It's crucial to hear and share the stories of those most deeply impacted by the UK's unjust, inhumane, and unpopular assisted dying laws. Their voices deserve to be at the heart of the conversation.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

He's a lot of other things too!

Crime, especially white collar crime, seems to pay these days.

Etymology of the day: before a tapering piece of hanging ice was called an ‘icicle’ it was an ‘ickle’. In the Middle Ages people decided to add ‘ice’ for extra oomph and (tautologically) called it an ‘ice ickle’, until the two words eventually blended together.