Monica Parker

Me too!!

The Invention of “Sesame Street” Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.

“Sesame Street” and its sequel, “The Electric Company,” were, “with lapses, the most intelligent and important programs in television,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.

Loves me some Yayoi!

Stockholm Syndrome?

Nope. That honour belongs to Cameron. He put it to a vote. Farage just took the foreign money and rode the wave of Cambridge Analytica misinfo. He’s a pig but Brexit would’ve been a pipe dream if Cameron didn’t try to save his hide by putting it to referendum.

Can parents opt out of their children learning about Christianity or heterosexuality? Seems an absurd slippery slope and one that is sure to make LGBTQ kids and families feel otherised and less safe.

When I was younger, I was a homicide investigator working for the defense teams representing Florida’s Death Row inmates. I visited these men and women and knew them as humans. Some were innocent. Many were not, but neither were they animals deserving of extermination. It is a barbaric practice.

Wow. Pass the Pigs is taking me back!! And I didn’t realise it was found on both sides of the Atlantic. Love it!!

The public transport is so clean. I hear some people complain about it and I think they have never seen public transport in other places!

In limbo: families hoping for change to UK income rules for spousal visas Photographer Frankie Mills documents the lives of nine families whose stories illustrate the human cost of this policy threshold

Stunning photo essay which powerfully demonstrates the pain families separated by huge visa fees experience. With a govt review due photographer Frankie Mills & @rfuk.bsky.social tell the stories of those whose lives are turned upside down by this hostile policy

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

I went to uni in Miami in the 90s. What a walk down memory lane this was!!!

It is also the 150th anniversary of the birth of Norwegian psychologist Helga Eng, who in the 1920s was noted for her studies of the development of children's artistic capacities and sense of visualization. She passed away in 1966.

#WomenInSTEM #PsychSky #ChildrensDevelopment #BookSky

I’m not even gonna read this. With a headline like this it deserves an instant repost.

Reverse rainbow!
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Any breakdown of the funding going to men vs women owned businesses?

We pay ours £20/hr through the WeCasa app. His name is Carlton and he is the most calming presence in our home. Lovely guy.

I’m sorry. I have immigrant family in the US and understand.

I think we can do both. I feel your concern that by criticising Starmer we set ourselves up for a worse option. The same was said in the US. But the Dems didn’t listen & that’s why they lost. And that’s why Labour will lose. Not because we criticise them but because they won’t listen to us. ✌️

I’m also fond of oik and numpty 😂

Me too! He’s a dream. 😍

Just a big mouth lol!

Three cheers for the middle-aged American to Nordy student immigration pipeline! 😂

That made me giggle. Thank you 😂. I may also have to tut loudly and make a cuppa in protest!

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I needed a lawyer b/c as a consultant I travelled out of the UK so much I had to prove each trip was for a specific client etc. 🫠 I hear ya on the dreams! Mine was panicked calls to my US banks asking for EACH PAGE of my ENTIRE BANKING HISTORY to be notarised & sent overnight to make a deadline.

Thank you! Just my immediate family has members from Brazil, China, Mexico, UK and US. What a gift!!

Respectfully, ‘she’ was saying the exact opposite of what you’re suggesting & no good faith reading would imply that. IMO this kind of retort is why liberal politics fail in the face of fascism: contrarian purity tests that lead to balkanisation. But you do you.✌️

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Throwing a dog-whistle handgranade to ‘start a rational discussion’ are contrary acts. He’s a lawyer & knows the power of words. The risks of poor immigration policy could be expressed in terms of infrastructure, economics, labour mkt, etc. But he went straight for white supremacist culture war BS.

I used to pull out the study app at parties & ask Brits in the room to take the practice test. Not a single time did they pass. I understand the relevancy of some of the questions but why I need to know the UK’s tallest rollercoaster or how to petition the Welsh Parliament for a visit is beyond me.