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Gina Jolliffe

@ginaj.bsky.social

Used to be @Jackhughes7 on the bird site. Retired pedantic old bat. Art history sort of person. Save the NHS because if we don't no one will save us. European 4eva.

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US envoy to Israel taunts Starmer and likens Gaza assault to Dresden bombing Mike Huckabee launches undiplomatic harangue after UK prime minister calls for immediate ceasefire

It the end, decent countries may have to sever diplomatic relations with Trump's USA. It has entered a moral cesspit and the UK should call out the poison that is now coming from its leaders.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

08.08.2025 18:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Because overlapping proportions of the 84% think it's OK, even admirable to be a paedophile,and they thoroughly approve of peole who share their perversion,and love that they're are being validated by being led by one.
Others are just decent.

08.08.2025 18:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The weird physics trick that makes cats land on their feet and helped NASA From sofas to spacecraft: how a catโ€™s twisty fall baffled scientists and inspired real space research

From sofas to space stations: discover how the humble catโ€™s Newtonian physics-defying trick was studied by eminent Victorian scientists and inspired NASAโ€™s space programme.

Purrfect timing for International Cat Day! ๐Ÿ›‹๏ธ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿพ

@eastangliabylines.co.uk

08.08.2025 18:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He thinks he's Louis XIV. he's really Louis XVI. The closest he is to 'quatorze' is 'carthorse'.

08.08.2025 17:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Exactly. Those who are cruel to animals should be on a public register.

08.08.2025 17:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Why Dubai is finished

by Our London Correspondent
Isabel Cheapshott

From the new Private Eye, out now.

08.08.2025 16:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 371    ๐Ÿ” 111    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

Sink it!!!!!

08.08.2025 17:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes. Brixham. Did you notice how undiverse the place is?
It's fear, not knowledge.
Sigh also.

08.08.2025 11:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Probably not just his screen this wโš“ was pounding away at.

08.08.2025 11:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#PutFrozenFoodInASongOrMovie
Arctic Roll With It

08.08.2025 11:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When I saw this I started channelling the watermelon scene from 'The Day of the Jackal'
One can dream.

08.08.2025 11:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"Whereโ€™s Waldo: Cognitive Decline Edition"

07.08.2025 18:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5112    ๐Ÿ” 1040    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 241    ๐Ÿ“Œ 58

Yes, but she's very low-maintenance for me. No vet, no feeding. Her cat-mum thinks it's hilarious; otherwise I wouldn't encourage it.
Grib's home (which she loves and is loved in) is full of other animals, mainly dogs, but also goats, turkeys, chickens and ducks, so I think she likes the peace.

08.08.2025 10:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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You just gotta LOVE MAD MAGAZINE!!!

08.08.2025 00:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19490    ๐Ÿ” 5840    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 439    ๐Ÿ“Œ 302
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Statement from Alder Hey Childrenโ€™s NHS Foundation Trust about measles - Alder Hey Children's Hospital Trust Statement from Alder Hey about media interest in cases of measles

www.alderhey.nhs.uk/statement-fr...

08.08.2025 08:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
EXCLUSIVE TO ALL NEWSPAPERS

POWDER KEG UK ABOUT TO BLOW UP AS BRITAIN STANDS ON THE BRINK OF THE WHOLE NATION DESCENDING INTO CIVIL WAR

by Our Apocalypse Staff
HELENA HANDCART

THE entire country has turned into a tinderbox, one spark and the whole thing could turn into a raging inferno of hatred and violence. All it needs is one little push - preferably from us - and this once peaceful island will explode.
It may not take much, maybe an article with some badly researched facts, maybe some exaggerated and provocative hyperbole, and before we know it there'll be blood on the streets, and flames too, as millions of furious citizens attack each other, the police, and the emergency services,
not to
mention the armed forces should they tragically be called in to deal with the hate-filled mob rampaging through our cities, towns and villages, armed with burning torches and pitchforks, calling for justice, free speech and the immediate death of everyone they don't like. (Top journalism, Ed).
Make no mistake, if Britain even exists by next week, we will run this piece again until someone sparks the tinderbox on the brink of the powderkeg that... (cont. for entire summer).

EXCLUSIVE TO ALL NEWSPAPERS POWDER KEG UK ABOUT TO BLOW UP AS BRITAIN STANDS ON THE BRINK OF THE WHOLE NATION DESCENDING INTO CIVIL WAR by Our Apocalypse Staff HELENA HANDCART THE entire country has turned into a tinderbox, one spark and the whole thing could turn into a raging inferno of hatred and violence. All it needs is one little push - preferably from us - and this once peaceful island will explode. It may not take much, maybe an article with some badly researched facts, maybe some exaggerated and provocative hyperbole, and before we know it there'll be blood on the streets, and flames too, as millions of furious citizens attack each other, the police, and the emergency services, not to mention the armed forces should they tragically be called in to deal with the hate-filled mob rampaging through our cities, towns and villages, armed with burning torches and pitchforks, calling for justice, free speech and the immediate death of everyone they don't like. (Top journalism, Ed). Make no mistake, if Britain even exists by next week, we will run this piece again until someone sparks the tinderbox on the brink of the powderkeg that... (cont. for entire summer).

No one sums up the utter shamelessness of the British press and the ugly politics of Farage quite like Private Eye.

08.08.2025 06:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2752    ๐Ÿ” 980    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 131    ๐Ÿ“Œ 57
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The British people love a snitch and this will definitely make voters love me, insists Kemi Badenoch Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has declared that her story of grassing up a classmate during a teenage exam will almost certainly win over the hearts and minds of the British electorate, who areโ€ฆ

NEWS! The British people love a snitch and this will definitely make voters love me, insists Kemi Badenoch

08.08.2025 07:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Reeves โ€˜vastly underestimatedโ€™ scale of private school parentsโ€™ VAT rebellion Treasury was not expecting so many to pay fees in advance to avoid levy, documents show

Treasury underestimated how many wealthy people would spend ยฃยฃยฃ hundreds of thousands to save a few bob in tax bit.ly/4ljeCr2 they paid ยฃ515m in advance - some could afford to pay five years in advance. Donโ€™t try to tax us weโ€™re too rich and too clever!

08.08.2025 07:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 95    ๐Ÿ” 40    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

Thereโ€™s a nonzero chance you will die from a cancer that could have been curable because people who couldnโ€™t pass 7th grade biology and are scared of things like โ€œmRNAโ€ and โ€œriboflavinโ€ and โ€œwalkable citiesโ€ decided to make their ignorance everybody elseโ€™s problem

14.07.2025 23:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8559    ๐Ÿ” 3540    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 103    ๐Ÿ“Œ 100
Wes Streetingโ€™s donations are 80% related to private healthcare providers

Wes Streetingโ€™s donations are 80% related to private healthcare providers

As a GP, I am not allowed to receive a pen or post-it note pad from a pharmaceutical company rep!

Govt banned them in case I was influenced to prescribe medications.

This should also be banned?

Influence being bought in Govt?

Patients should influence not the healthy & wealthy

26.07.2025 06:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 903    ๐Ÿ” 567    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 47    ๐Ÿ“Œ 40
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Rupert Lowe reports charity rowers to coastguard as possible โ€˜illegal migrantsโ€™ MP agrees to donate ยฃ1,000 to crewโ€™s fundraising effort after alerting authorities to rowing boat off Great Yarmouth

'Dinghies coming into Great Yarmouth, RIGHT NOW. Authorities alerted, and I am urgently chasing. If these are illegal migrants, I will be using every tool at my disposal to ensure these individuals are deported,โ€ he wrote.

The Only Tool is Rupert.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

08.08.2025 08:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I often wondered what the world would look like if the most ignorant, dangerous & daft opinions of radio phone-in hosts/callers were permitted to prevail. I never expected to find outโ€ฆ

08.08.2025 06:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 975    ๐Ÿ” 329    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 81    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡

07.08.2025 09:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 304    ๐Ÿ” 77    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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Gribouille.A neighbour's cat who likes to drink at our place. She hunts in our garden.Then she pops in to sleep on our spare bed.Then she hunts in the garden again.Then she pops in to sit on my lap to watch TV for a couple of hours.Then she spends all night hunting and goes back home for breakfast.

08.08.2025 06:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Only Flans An exclusive look at Gregg Wallace's new ยฃ11.99 a month chatroom for middle-aged men

open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...

08.08.2025 06:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Zadie Smith, Michael Rosen, Irvine Welsh and Jeanette Winterson sign letter calling for Israel boycott More than 200 writers request cessation of all trade until people of Gaza given adequate food, water and aid

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

I agree.

07.08.2025 16:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Yes. I cringe for her Achilles tendons, and then think, couldn't happen to a more worthy recipient.

07.08.2025 11:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Kemi Badenoch: Josef Fritzl took away my faith in God The Conservative leader says that reading about the abuse that the Austrian sex offender inflicted on his daughter โ€˜blew out a candleโ€™ as she abandoned her religious beliefs

Nurse!!!!
The screens!
She thinks she's going to run the country. And she's getting desperate.

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

07.08.2025 11:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Bezos' lovely (ahem) bride wears heels for the beach. Mrs Merton/Caroline you should be here at this hour.

Bezos' lovely (ahem) bride wears heels for the beach. Mrs Merton/Caroline you should be here at this hour.

Nope. You can't buy class.
Bezos' lovely (ahem) bride wears heels for the beach. Mrs Merton/Caroline A, you should be here at this hour.

07.08.2025 08:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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