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New infected blood inquiry hearings amid compensation fears Inquiry chair is acting amid grave concerns over payouts to victims after final report was published last year.

The government continue to show any lack of genuine contrition or action when it comes to those impacted by the #ContaminatedBlood scandal. Shame on them.

'All or Nothing' report campaign Write to your MP calling for a Hillsborough Law to be implemented in full.

Any UK followers please consider taking part in this campaign. This isn’t just about Hillsborough, it’s Grenfell, Bloody Sunday, Windrush, infected blood scandal and the list goes on. It’s about requiring OUR public servants be candid and tell the truth when things go wrong #HillsboroughLawNow #LFC

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The University of Leeds in the UK is offering scholarships for Palestinians from Gaza who have been displaced and are living in a different country (outside of the UK). www.leeds.ac.uk/undergraduat...

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#Blakes7 Series B, Episode 10 - Voice from the Past

VOICE: Renounce, renounce.
BLAKE: No, never. The cause of freedom...

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Unless they’re emotional wounds

A woman kneeling in the snow, putting a big bowl of porridge on the ground. A small set of footprints are crossing the snow, leading to the edge of a house with a group of gårdstomtar hiding under it.

It's that time of year again.
For Christmas, remember to give gårdstomten a proper meal of porridge with a good dash of butter. Otherwise you might be sorry, like REALLY sorry, next year. 😬

Art by John Bauer (1882-1918)

#FolkloreThursday
#GothicAdvent

UK Government has no plans for action on disinformation An online petition asking the government to review laws on disinformation is struggling to get the number of signatures needed for a response

An online petition asking the government to review laws on disinformation is struggling to get the number of signatures needed for a response | Adam Green

Richmond in Yorkshire

A spooky story for Christmas: Back in the late 1700s, there was a rumour that a tunnel ran from Richmond Castle to Easby Abbey. Worried it could be a security threat, soldiers searched for it. They found a tunnel, but an adult soldier was unable to access it so, a young 1/5

Board games were once the staple of evenings around Christmastime. The biggest name in games was perhaps Waddingtons. Founded by John Waddington of Leeds in the 19th century, he was a printer mainly of theatrical playbills. The company began producing games in 1922 when they started printing playing

A photo of a plastic Halloween skeleton dressed in a black top hat, red scarf, white gloves, with a carrot nose. Also wrapped in festive multicolored string lights

Though you may be tempted, don’t bring your snowman indoors

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Mark/Emma

7 years ago today you died suddenly and unexpectedly, alone, in our home and I came home from shopping to find you. The worst day of my life but more importantly the end of your precious life. You are so missed and loved. Thanks for being so kind, loving, fucking hilarious and beautiful.

Nineteen Eighty-Four: how close was Orwell’s dystopian vision to life in 2024? From surveillance to fake news, many of the more frightening aspects of modern life were foreseen by George Orwell

Earlier this year Jo wrote about something many of us have been thinking...

✍️ Nineteen Eighty-Four: how close was Orwell’s dystopian vision to life in 2024?

(Clue: very!)

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I love being in good company ❄️ #snowflake

Last night I saged the house of all negativity
This morning I woke up outside 🙏🪷

😂

You are one of the chosen, one of the few. Xxx

This is fantastic!

Noise canceling headphones.
Fear canceling goggles.
Emotion canceling ice cream.

Hot snogs, fizz-fuelled city boys and a hilltop homage to Duran Duran: nine photos that capture the 1980s It was a tumultuous decade characterised by street riots, financial excess and big-haired bands making big-budget videos. As a major exhibition of shots from the 1980s prepares to open, we talk to the photographers who caught the era This image is…

Hot snogs, fizz-fuelled city boys and a hilltop homage to Duran Duran: nine photos that capture the 1980s

Hi-tech recreation of Richard III’s voice has a Yorkshire accent A digital avatar of the king’s head, complete with ‘meticulously researched’ voice, is on display at York Theatre Royal

Ah'll sithee
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Built in 1865 as part of the White Swan Inn, the City Palace of Varieties’ in Leeds now more commonly known as the ‘City Varieties’ had previously gone though many changes of name. ‘Charlie Chaplin and Houdini are among the artists who performed there.’ image courtesy of Leeds Libraries.

A cruise company is offering a 4-year journey to escape Donald Trump's presidency 🚢

• Price is $256K for one person to have their own room for four years

• $160K per person for a double occupancy room for four years

• Food, beer, and wine is included

Autism and mental health This resource looks at autism and mental health. It explains what autism is, how it’s diagnosed and what support is available for autistic people.

Almost all mental health problems and mental illnesses are more common in autistic people than in the general population. This new publication by R . C . Psychiatry is an excellent resource for information and practical matters surrounding autism and mental health www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-healt...

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I hate terfs. Repost if you also hate terfs.

Here’s Why I Decided To Buy ‘InfoWars’ Today we celebrate a new addition to the Global Tetrahedron LLC family of brands. And let me say, I really do see it as a family. Much like family members, our brands are abstract nodes of wealth, int...

The Onion has purchased InfoWars.

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Most people can’t tell real poetry from AI. Can you beat our quiz? Verses in the styles of poets such as Shakespeare and Sylvia Plath are not only mistaken for authentic works — but preferred

An AI-generated poem written in the style of a poet such as Lord Byron, William Shakespeare or Geoffrey Chaucer is more likely than a poem actually written by that poet to be thought authentic, scientists have found.

Can you beat our quiz?