Chalkwitch Tiff

Chalkwitch Tiff

@chalkwitch.bsky.social

Cake baker, book lover, pro democracy, mum and advocate to 2x amazing ASC ADHDers and no, vaccines didn't cause it. Love art, nature, pumpkins, fungi and the coast

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Chalkwitch Tiff
@chalkwitch.bsky.social

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The English Oak Project@thekentacorn.bsky.social

A Giant Sequoia like the General Sherman has a total estimated wet weight of 6,200 tons For comparison that is the current weight of Arsenal’s trophy cabinet A Giant Sequoia seed weighs about 0.005 grams This is the weight of Tottenham’s trophy cabinet

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David Roberts
@volts.wtf

On Monday, I'm recording a podcast with @ketanjoshi.co. He's going to present the strong version of THE CASE AGAINST (AI) DATA CENTERS. Tech company fuckery, discarded green pledges, the rush to gas, the empty promises that AI will help reduce emissions ... all of it. Got questions?

Chalkwitch Tiff
@chalkwitch.bsky.social

We must save our arts. They cannot be allowed to dwindle away or be accessible only to a few.

Reece Dinsdale@reecedinsdale.bsky.social

I’ve written an open letter (found IN the link below) in my attempt to help #SaveSquareChapelArts (Halifax) & managed to get a group of well-known pals to back my cause. 🙌 I’d be enormously grateful if you could read the letter & repost. 🙏🏻 Many thanks x www.canncomms.co.uk/post/open-le...

canncomms.co.ukOpen letter: Reece Dinsdale leads star-studded backing for campaign to save a much loved arts centreActor, writer and director Reece Dinsdale is putting his head above the parapet to help save Square Chapel Arts Centre in Halifax, with a host of familiar faces from stage and screen backing his campa...

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George Monbiot
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

It would be hilarious, if it were not so sinister.

Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social

You may have seen reports about the campaign for charities to be more 'transparent' about who funds them. Well it turns out the mysterious new right-wing think tank behind it won't say who funds or runs them, and used fake names for the authors of the report which launched their campaign

bylinetimes.comMysterious Right-Wing Think Tank Demanding Charity 'Transparency' Won’t Say Who Runs or Funds ItEXCLUSIVE: A group with no legal status and using fake names for the authors of its first published report, has won widespread media coverage, despite refusing to say who is behind it

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Prem Sikka
@premnsikka.bsky.social

The core Sovereign Grant for King Charles from public purse will rise to £99.9m (from 2027/28). 93% increase from £51.8m in 2024/25. 65% higher in real terms than in 2016/17. Did your income rise at that rate? 25.3m people live below minimum income standard. We are in it all together, aren't we

leftfootforward.orgRoyal financial privileges show that we are not in it togetherThis 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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Otto English
@ottoenglish.bsky.social

More of this please

Pickwick The Dodo@lesleyhustler.bsky.social

Well said. How many of Tommy Robinson’s Sport’s Direct paramilitary division go and help or worship at the churches they claim they want to protect. It’s much easier to don a balaclava and shout at the RNLI. #HopeNotHate

Chalkwitch Tiff
@chalkwitch.bsky.social

If he's speaking he's telling whoppers.

Parody Nigel Farage@parodypm.bsky.social

Hmmm… who to believe… Andy Burnham or the compulsive liar who got sacked twice for lying, lied to Parliament, lied to The Queen, cheated on two wives and ignored the Ministerial Code. Tricky one.

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Parody Nigel Farage
@parodypm.bsky.social

Ukraine has hit a huge Russian data centre linked to bot farms. In unrelated news, does anyone know why every Reform account on Twitter is getting hardly any likes and shares?

Chalkwitch Tiff
@chalkwitch.bsky.social

Please sign Tee Jays petitions on protection of kids & YPs legal rights within send system. Anyone can sign it. It's likely you are only a step away from knowing someone battling LAs and schools refusing to comply with existing legal frameworks. To shift more power their way is morally bankrupt.

Special Needs Jungle@spcialndsjungle.bsky.social

NEW POST: As @theguardian.com prints our joint Save Our Children's Rights campaign's open letter, it's clear people with lived experience don't want to lose #SEND rights. Why won't the Government listen? www.specialneedsjungle.com/guardian-pri...

Chalkwitch Tiff
@chalkwitch.bsky.social

When there's money to be made. If you don't like my principles, well I have others.

The Guardian@theguardian.com

Palantir’s Tom Watson says ‘mob rule’ must not dictate awarding of government contracts

theguardian.comPalantir’s Tom Watson says ‘mob rule’ must not dictate awarding of government contractsFormer Labour deputy leader says tech firm would work with a Reform UK government on immigration crackdowns Tom Watson, the former Labour deputy leader who recently joined Palantir, has warned against “mob rule” when it comes to awarding public contracts. Lord Watson, now a senior vice-president at the US tech corporation, warned UK ministers could get themselves “in a lot of trouble” as he was questioned about concerns raised about the government working with his new employer. Continue reading...
Chalkwitch Tiff
@chalkwitch.bsky.social

Yes!!

Ben Canham@bencanham.bsky.social

This month is Down Syndrome Awareness Month. @harryscarfe.bsky.social and I will always celebrate people with Down Syndrome challenge stereotypes and show the world just how much people with Down Syndrome can achieve when given the chance to be themselves follow their dreams and be included. 😊

Chalkwitch Tiff
@chalkwitch.bsky.social

Beautiful. And so rare as I think Antiques Roadshow folk once said parachute silk just rotted so easily being so thin. Always appreciate the October bride, as I am one!

Worn On This Day@wornonthisday.bsky.social

Parachute silk gown worn #onthisday in 1945 by Gena Goldfinger at her #wedding to British Army Sgt. Norman Turgel in Lubeck, Germany. They had met in April when his unit liberated her from Bergen-Belsen concentration camp; he arrested the camp's commandant, Josef Kramer. #OTD 📷️ Imperial War Museums

Chalkwitch Tiff
@chalkwitch.bsky.social

This made me snort my coffee, as had been discussing with eldest about miserable bus driver deliberate leaving stop as some poor. Chap jogged as fast as he could to catch it.

Alistair Coleman@alistaircoleman.bsky.social

Bus operator Stagecoach is asking passengers on dark mornings and evenings to wave their phone screen at the driver to urge them to stop. I suggest putting the onus back on the company, who should be fitting push-button signs like this to all of their stops. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

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Prem Sikka
@premnsikka.bsky.social

Dividends paid to UK citizens taxed at rates of 8.75% to 39.35%, lower rate than wages. Dividends mostly go to the top 1%. £6bn a year raised if dividends taxed at the same rate as wages. More if NIC levied. Unlike the US, France, Germany, no UK tax levied on dividends paid to foreign investors.

leftfootforward.orgThis is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardshipSustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population

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Sunderland Lollipops
@sunderlandlolly.bsky.social

Did you know that a Farage Reform govt intends to scrap the NHS? The private health care system he wants to introduce would cost you £10,000s, like the US, where getting ill can bankrupt you. #ReformUK #Labour #GreenParty #Newcastle #SAFC� #NUFC

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Prem Sikka
@premnsikka.bsky.social

Tory leader Badenoch registers gift of £8,177 for Murdoch meeting in Greece. Travelling abroad to beg favours from Murdoch. What has she promised him? I wonder how far she has travelled specifically to meet victims of Tory austerity, real wage cuts and people queuing at hospitals and food banks.

bbc.co.ukBadenoch registers gift of £8,177 for Murdoch meetingThe Murdochs' News Corp company paid for flights and accommodation for the Conservative leader and her husband to travel to Greece.
Chalkwitch Tiff
@chalkwitch.bsky.social

Oh. But Angela Rayner....

Josiah Mortimer@josiahmortimer.bsky.social

“We think it will be of public interest that the most expensive house in British history was acquired in a way that saved £18.5m of stamp duty.” Sold by Reform's treasurer, no less open.substack.com/pub/londonce...

open.substack.comLondon’s most expensive house, Reform UK’s treasurer, and a massively reduced tax billA £265m mansion in the heart of the Chelsea • Sold by billionaire Nick Candy and his ex-wife Holly Valance • Bought by a Labour-donating hedge fund boss • Why was the tax bill so small?
Chalkwitch Tiff
@chalkwitch.bsky.social

Fancy celebrating your colossal ignorance.

Josiah Mortimer@josiahmortimer.bsky.social

🔴 Reform Council Leader Denies Climate Change Crisis After Record Heat Deaths Leader of Kent County Council dismisses recent surge of wildfires and heat deaths as a “scare” and suggests the world is merely emerging from a “mini ice age” bylinetimes.com/2026/09/21/r...

bylinetimes.comReform Council Leader Denies Climate Change Crisis After Record Heat DeathsLeader of Kent County Council dismisses recent surge of wildfires and heat deaths as a "scare" and suggests the world is merely emerging from a "mini ice age"
Chalkwitch Tiff
@chalkwitch.bsky.social

Astonishing talent.

Adrian Littlejohn@yorksfella59.bsky.social

Now here's something I think remarkable. Look very carefully. This isn't a high quality monochrome photo of a bygone street scene. It's a pencil drawing! By the artist Stuart Walton, born in Dewsbury in 1933. I love it!

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SeaLevelOslo
@sealeveloslo.bsky.social

"Dammit Dave! You're out of sync again! ...keep it up and we're spending winter in Norway" Three forest doves practicing their migration run high above the fjord. #BirdOfTheDay Alt #Pigeons&Doves #FlyDay #fall

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George Monbiot
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

lrb.co.ukPeter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHSA decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
Chalkwitch Tiff
@chalkwitch.bsky.social

Interview with someone at reform conference who claimed the Establishment was charities and museums... This is who he meant, I assume with the National Trust who Reform et Al hate for their inclusion for history but more because they hold land. Vile

Dr Robert Bohan@robertbohan.bsky.social

This is so depressing. The RNIB & the RNLI do heroic jobs saving lives. That they are being attacked with impunity is v dark indeed RNIB = Royal National Institute of Blind People [UK] RNLI = Royal National Lifeboat Institution [UK + Ireland]

Chalkwitch Tiff
@chalkwitch.bsky.social

All standard excuses prattled out on Traffic Cops. Next up - I just bought it from my cousin, but no I don't know his name.

Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺@maxbrockbank.com

Danny Tommo (real name Daniel Thomas) was stopped driving someone else’s car without insurance and, naturally, calls it persecution. The police car had ANPR. His plate flagged. He was stopped using TPAC. That’s not persecution. It's the system working. And "I'm on my way to church” doesn't wash.

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Prem Sikka
@premnsikka.bsky.social

80% of Reform’s funding comes from two crypto billionaires. Reform has received £123.6m since 2019. £61m from Christopher Harborne living in Thailand, mentioned several times in Panama Papers. £44m from Ben Delo, recent returnee from Hong Kong, criminal conviction in the US.

democracyforsale.substack.comBREAKING: 80% of Reform’s funding comes from two crypto billionaires“If that isn't a massive corruption risk I don't know what is.”

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Anne Applebaum
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

Chalkwitch Tiff
@chalkwitch.bsky.social

Howling into the wind Just Change the Rules you nitwits. I don't think a whip round will get you out of this.

Syd Barhey Esq. FCA. #FBPE@barheys.bsky.social

Call to action ? Change the bloomin law and make sure no one can buy influence in this way. The Representation of the People Bill is making its way through Parliament right now - amend it and fix this. Thats all the action thats needed. #UKLabour

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Oliver
@oliver48.bsky.social

Stop the vote-buying far right "It’s not too late to stop this madness - the government has said UK mega donors are a problem. The lords can bring in a cap on UK donors to stop any attempt to buy the next election. Share this & ask your MP to join us protecting British democracy" via Stella Creasey

Chalkwitch Tiff
@chalkwitch.bsky.social

Odious bunch

Parody Nigel Farage@parodypm.bsky.social

Dickie is right, securing money from two billionaires automatically means we are innocent of all dodgy financial dealings. Because as we all know, money trumps the police, National Crime Agency and the Standards Commissioner.