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Yorkshirewoman pestered by a guardian devil! Read my adventures: #ThePriceOfTime #TheEveningLands #TheTwistedGrain #Fiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Prosopagnosia #Tea

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Damn - I need a screenshot. I'm blocked, for some reason.

05.02.2026 23:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Been with the DWP for 16 years. The official figure for fraudulent claims, approx. 2.2%, is, in my experience, broadly accurate. Just wanted to point that out to frothing, raging Daily Mail and Sun readers who think it's closer to 100%.

05.02.2026 10:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 185    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Long live the #NHS!

05.02.2026 21:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What was that about ignoring the evidence of your eyes and ears?

05.02.2026 21:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That and the fact that it's quite hard for a shop, a restaurant or an old folks' home etc to 'become more productive ' by using tech to increase the efficiency of labour (i.e. to enable each employee to do more).

05.02.2026 17:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Some languages are parasitic.

05.02.2026 12:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's also class-ist and possibly racist, iirc.

05.02.2026 12:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Even fictional characters?

05.02.2026 12:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

05.02.2026 12:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's an absolutely rubbish post :)

05.02.2026 10:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I like the way the photo shows the 'halo' of EU stars (which is usually carefully placed above the subject's head) to have fallen off to one side!
Smoothly done.

05.02.2026 10:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

SHOCKING FACT: If you earned ยฃ18,000 a day from when Jesus was born to the present day, you STILL would not make as much as Shell did in profits last year

05.02.2026 09:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 58    ๐Ÿ” 35    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

This is the problem:

#TaxTheRich

05.02.2026 10:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Evergreen ๐ŸŒฒ

05.02.2026 10:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I haven't watched it, but my guess is that's why so many ppl talked about the tv series 'Succession'.

05.02.2026 09:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That type of person is so scared of death that they don't properly think through the question of what will happen afterwards.
Which means, usually, a massive family feud. Or if it's not family, a massive feud of factions.

05.02.2026 09:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Lovely bit of #optics here:

#weather #fellwalking #Scotland

05.02.2026 09:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

...and we ๐Ÿ’š kept going nonetheless.

05.02.2026 08:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Things went backwards a bit - another example being that the Romans had underfloor heating in their posh villas, whereas even in Tudor times people were still using (far less efficient) open fireplaces.

05.02.2026 08:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"not designed for routine maintenance" shouldn't even be a thing.

05.02.2026 08:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Good morning ๐ŸŒž!
Here is today's thought to contemplate:

05.02.2026 08:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My home city, Maslow's Hierarchy of Leeds.

04.02.2026 21:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

He can't sing.
I don't mind the song, tho'.

04.02.2026 21:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I tip my hat to the new Constitution ๐ŸŽถ

04.02.2026 21:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Call me a spoilsport but it's not really good form to film PoWs. We the viewers can never know how genuine, or otoh how set-up, each incident is.

04.02.2026 21:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

With actual Gold.
Which they'll get from... oh hang on a minute...

04.02.2026 20:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is no longer a question of politics or even ethics.
This is a matter of psychiatry.

04.02.2026 13:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One by one, Europeans mentioned in the Epstein files who still hold political office are beginning to resign or are being forced out of office.

Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.

03.02.2026 14:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8466    ๐Ÿ” 2942    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 164    ๐Ÿ“Œ 148

I wonder if Lebedev is in there. Or did he have more sense?

04.02.2026 13:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sorry if this sounds
a bit too obvious but,
'Google* is your friend '

(*Tho' I tend to use Ecosia instead because they plant trees ๐ŸŒณ)

04.02.2026 13:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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