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Rachel Ramaker

@rjramaker.bsky.social

Dutch, Y4 teacher. vegetable grower, beekeeper, explorer, print maker, cello player, accordion learner and more. Quaker

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Check BT status IsDown monitors the status of BT and other 4522+ services. Check the page for updates.

Is BT down for you? Users are reporting problems with BT. Repost if you are having issues. #btdown

03.11.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Double winner at the Brighton and Lewes Honey show today. Not many entries so it made it easy 🀣

04.10.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

29.09.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What we need is money to keep the libraries stocked with fresh books.

29.09.2025 06:58 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Netherlands doesn’t allow it unfortunately.

29.09.2025 05:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I am worried too but I believe that even with citizenship I would still be seen as foreign. My nationality is so linked to my identity, it is hard to give up. At least I still have my birth country’s passport to fall back on if all goes wrong. My life is in the UK though. Difficult decisions.

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They ran another library for homeless before that but had to stop because of pandemic.

16.09.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Volunteer: mobile library We're looking for new volunteers for our mobile library, Turn a Corner.

There is another library already running there. Just in case they aren’t aware. Might want to share experiences. We did one in Brighton to for a while.
quakersocialaction.org.uk/get-involved...

16.09.2025 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

26 police officers injured. 4
seriously - 25 arrests.

No injuries. Pensioners sit down holding cardboard signs. 890 arrests.

#UniteTheKingdom
#AntiFascistLeague
#YvetteCooper
#Starmer

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Please remember to help raise awareness of yellow-legged Asian hornets (YLH) by wearing some yellow socks this week.
Yellow lower legs are a distinctive feature of this non-native invasive species.

04.09.2025 06:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Yellow-legged Asian Hornet – Andrew Durham - 2025
YouTube video by British Beekeepers Association Yellow-legged Asian Hornet – Andrew Durham - 2025

The recent Zoom Talk by Andrew Durham:
Yellow-legged Asian Hornet – Is Nest Destruction a Dangerous Delusion?
Is Spring Trapping the Lesser of Two Evils?

Now available on the BBKA's YouTube channel

youtu.be/SgS1heeKCMs

04.09.2025 09:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@bbka.org.uk yellow socks for Yellow Legged Hornet or Asian Hornet awareness.

05.09.2025 06:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pips #11 Hard πŸ”΄
1:11

29.08.2025 08:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In the Netherlands the Sinterklaas stuff is out too, that is for the start of December.

29.08.2025 05:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I saw the picture and thought it was Caven’s twin until I saw it was you posting!

16.08.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of an email: Hi Rachel,
 
Thank you for contacting us about the article you’ve seen.
 
We want our stores to be inclusive and welcoming places for our colleagues and customers. We have written to this customer and explained that our colleagues typically work across all departments in our stores and customers can always ask to speak to the colleague they feel most comfortable with.
 
We also explained that our colleague was asking a customer if they needed help; they were not working on bra fit or offering this.
 
Thank you again for getting in touch.

Screenshot of an email: Hi Rachel, Thank you for contacting us about the article you’ve seen. We want our stores to be inclusive and welcoming places for our colleagues and customers. We have written to this customer and explained that our colleagues typically work across all departments in our stores and customers can always ask to speak to the colleague they feel most comfortable with. We also explained that our colleague was asking a customer if they needed help; they were not working on bra fit or offering this. Thank you again for getting in touch.

I wrote to M&S about the stupid lingerie department story - confirms nobody offered a bra fitting to a teenage girl. The Telegraph and JK can (always) do one.

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Cow cat

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We saw someone with a bee tattooed on each knee 🐝 🦡

14.07.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

☹️ I have to say I had already subscribed because of my connections addiction.

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Updates as reports of 'high speed police chase' in residential area Emergency services are currently responding to an incident the Hollingdean/Fiveways area.

www.theargus.co.uk/news/2523573...

12.06.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At the bus stop trying to work out what is going on!

12.06.2025 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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How can I have one word left twice?

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