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Absolutely no doubt that 25th of September should henceforth be Dolly Day. Personally I'd also like to see a sainthood and her face on a banknote 🥰

We are aghast to see yet more divisive and cruel announcements from Reform - threatening to take PIP from over 3 million disabled people. Around 31,000 people - in and out of work - in our district receive PIP and will lose an average of £7k per year. The Green Party condemns this awful proposal.

I'm looking for 200 volunteers to read a free copy of my next book, ahead of publication. Read an excerpt and apply here. It'll be fun. Or you might do a sick. That's dogs for ya! #BookSky thewolfthatchewsrocks.com

This is so lovely!

This is Jack. His father accompanies him on the guitar while he sings. He’s also autistic. I’m sure that his father worries about the future of a special needs child. I’m fighting for special needs kids, especially when healthcare is not a ‘right’ in this country. #ProudBlue #Autism

I'm attending a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social event: Wakefield North Action Day - 2nd May. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/wakef...

Just finished Whitewashed Tombs by @russincheshire.bsky.social. The last in the series. Genuinely one of the best series of novels I've read in years. Thanks Russ.

#SweetKeys 1. Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights Just because it’s an obvious choice, it doesn't make this song any less gorgeous. Can’t get my head around the idea that: 1) it was written by a teenager; 2) it was a UK number one; 3) there are people who don’t like her www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1pM...

I own (have read and have loved) all of @russincheshire.bsky.social's political books in hardback - birthday and christmas presents from my daughter. I'm now reading Baby's Breath and am loving it. I cannot believe he has made no royalies from the former. Scandalous.

If you were given the chance to spend an hour doing the perfect x with person y, could you absolutely decide on x and y and would you happily tell random me or alternatively your best friend?

One of the best ways to cripple Russia’s ambitions longterm would be to moonshot renewables development then spread the tech everywhere super-cheap. Russia produces nothing of significance beyond oil and gas. The economy would tank. Plus a huge win in the fight against the climate crisis.

I generally embrace ignorance as a learning opportunity — but the Google Windsurf investment genuinely confuses me. www.cnbc.com/2025/07/11/g... How does the value stack up? Where’s the ethics? Is this acceleration, desperation, or something else entirely?

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