Tasha
@highermeadows.bsky.social
Teacher. Gardener. Wolves fan.
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While listening to council meetings in Montreal, local mayor Sue Montgomery decided to knit in red when men spoke and in green when women spoke, when similar numbers of both attended.
Day 1 results.... #WomensArt
Day 1 results.... #WomensArt
September 28, 2026 at 11:00 AM
While listening to council meetings in Montreal, local mayor Sue Montgomery decided to knit in red when men spoke and in green when women spoke, when similar numbers of both attended.
Day 1 results.... #WomensArt
Day 1 results.... #WomensArt
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Things that aren't patriotic:
- Racism
- Moving abroad for tax purposes
Things that are patriotic:
- A love and sense of duty to your country, including paying taxes that contribute to it
- Racism
- Moving abroad for tax purposes
Things that are patriotic:
- A love and sense of duty to your country, including paying taxes that contribute to it
September 21, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Things that aren't patriotic:
- Racism
- Moving abroad for tax purposes
Things that are patriotic:
- A love and sense of duty to your country, including paying taxes that contribute to it
- Racism
- Moving abroad for tax purposes
Things that are patriotic:
- A love and sense of duty to your country, including paying taxes that contribute to it
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Hay Meadow, collagraph prints (waxed) on blocks in vintage type case, (detail) by Hester Cox, UK printmaker #WomensArt
September 5, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Hay Meadow, collagraph prints (waxed) on blocks in vintage type case, (detail) by Hester Cox, UK printmaker #WomensArt
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Struggling to work out why Jenrick would single out these three Commonwealth countries rather than, say, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, whose citizens have exactly the same rights. It’s a head-scratcher.
August 30, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Struggling to work out why Jenrick would single out these three Commonwealth countries rather than, say, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, whose citizens have exactly the same rights. It’s a head-scratcher.
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Karen Scrase, contemporary stained glass artist from Bristol UK #WomensArt
August 29, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Karen Scrase, contemporary stained glass artist from Bristol UK #WomensArt
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Oh no
Dolly Parton died.
She gave one book a month to each enrolled child from birth until they enter kindergarten. Her Imagination Library gave books each month to 850,000 children in US, Canada, tUK, Australia, Ireland.In February 2018, she donated her 100 millionth free book.
Thank you Dolly
Dolly Parton died.
She gave one book a month to each enrolled child from birth until they enter kindergarten. Her Imagination Library gave books each month to 850,000 children in US, Canada, tUK, Australia, Ireland.In February 2018, she donated her 100 millionth free book.
Thank you Dolly
August 25, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Oh no
Dolly Parton died.
She gave one book a month to each enrolled child from birth until they enter kindergarten. Her Imagination Library gave books each month to 850,000 children in US, Canada, tUK, Australia, Ireland.In February 2018, she donated her 100 millionth free book.
Thank you Dolly
Dolly Parton died.
She gave one book a month to each enrolled child from birth until they enter kindergarten. Her Imagination Library gave books each month to 850,000 children in US, Canada, tUK, Australia, Ireland.In February 2018, she donated her 100 millionth free book.
Thank you Dolly
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Well I for one am astonished that a party run by multimillionaires and funded by billionaires wants to slash welfare to the bone and force people on benefits to work for nothing ... so that they can cut taxes for the rich
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Jenrick says Reform would make long-term benefits claimants clean up high streets – UK politics live
Party’s ‘welfare to work’ policy would force long-term claimants to do community work or face losing benefits
www.theguardian.com
August 17, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Well I for one am astonished that a party run by multimillionaires and funded by billionaires wants to slash welfare to the bone and force people on benefits to work for nothing ... so that they can cut taxes for the rich
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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“We never talked about men or clothes. It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution – real girl's talk.” -
Nina Simone, singer, musician and civil rights activist #WomensArt
Nina Simone, singer, musician and civil rights activist #WomensArt
August 15, 2026 at 7:38 AM
“We never talked about men or clothes. It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution – real girl's talk.” -
Nina Simone, singer, musician and civil rights activist #WomensArt
Nina Simone, singer, musician and civil rights activist #WomensArt
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There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton
August 6, 2026 at 10:08 AM
There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton
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‘July Night,’ Childe Hassam, circa 1898
July 31, 2026 at 10:19 PM
‘July Night,’ Childe Hassam, circa 1898
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"Poppies' by Colleen Parker, contemporary artist and illustrator #WomensArt
July 31, 2026 at 11:22 PM
"Poppies' by Colleen Parker, contemporary artist and illustrator #WomensArt
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Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan
July 27, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan
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Gabby: What was your highlight of the half time show?
Wayne Rooney: When it finished. I thought it was crap.
10/10 punditry. No notes.
Wayne Rooney: When it finished. I thought it was crap.
10/10 punditry. No notes.
July 19, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Gabby: What was your highlight of the half time show?
Wayne Rooney: When it finished. I thought it was crap.
10/10 punditry. No notes.
Wayne Rooney: When it finished. I thought it was crap.
10/10 punditry. No notes.
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Remember, both the Iliad and the Odyssey were originally audiobooks.
July 18, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Remember, both the Iliad and the Odyssey were originally audiobooks.
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"O Ye, All Ye That Walk in Willowwood”
🎨 Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1903, detail)
🎨 Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1903, detail)
July 11, 2026 at 8:00 PM
"O Ye, All Ye That Walk in Willowwood”
🎨 Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1903, detail)
🎨 Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1903, detail)
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These were suppose to be lessons not the play book
July 11, 2026 at 3:06 PM
These were suppose to be lessons not the play book
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On my way, Clacton.
July 7, 2026 at 7:26 PM
On my way, Clacton.
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Belgians have't been this cross since that bloke offered to call the French embassy when Poirot was arrested in Egypt.
July 5, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Belgians have't been this cross since that bloke offered to call the French embassy when Poirot was arrested in Egypt.
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Silly me for thinking nobody could out-corrupt FIFA’s Sepp Blatter, but Gianni Infantino really said, “Hold my beer.”
Peak corruption.
Peak corruption.
July 5, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Silly me for thinking nobody could out-corrupt FIFA’s Sepp Blatter, but Gianni Infantino really said, “Hold my beer.”
Peak corruption.
Peak corruption.
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Severn Trent Water company doubles CEO reward plan to £3.1m despite anger over water pay.
Reward for what?
400m litres of water a day lost to leaks.
Sewage dumped into rivers for 200,000 hours
Customers fleeced
No reservoir built since 1989
£12bn paid in dividends
Must nationalise water.
Reward for what?
400m litres of water a day lost to leaks.
Sewage dumped into rivers for 200,000 hours
Customers fleeced
No reservoir built since 1989
£12bn paid in dividends
Must nationalise water.
Severn Trent doubles CEO reward plan to £3.1m despite anger over water pay
Increase to long-term incentive plan means James Jesic could significantly outearn predecessor Liv Garfield
www.theguardian.com
July 4, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Severn Trent Water company doubles CEO reward plan to £3.1m despite anger over water pay.
Reward for what?
400m litres of water a day lost to leaks.
Sewage dumped into rivers for 200,000 hours
Customers fleeced
No reservoir built since 1989
£12bn paid in dividends
Must nationalise water.
Reward for what?
400m litres of water a day lost to leaks.
Sewage dumped into rivers for 200,000 hours
Customers fleeced
No reservoir built since 1989
£12bn paid in dividends
Must nationalise water.
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Richard Burgon MP calls out Farage for earning £22,500 an hour from second job.
“The public knows that when an MP can earn more for a couple of hours of so-called work than a nurse earns in a year, there’s something deeply broken in our politics.”
“The public knows that when an MP can earn more for a couple of hours of so-called work than a nurse earns in a year, there’s something deeply broken in our politics.”
July 1, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Richard Burgon MP calls out Farage for earning £22,500 an hour from second job.
“The public knows that when an MP can earn more for a couple of hours of so-called work than a nurse earns in a year, there’s something deeply broken in our politics.”
“The public knows that when an MP can earn more for a couple of hours of so-called work than a nurse earns in a year, there’s something deeply broken in our politics.”
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The Queen of #May, 1900, by Margaret Macdonald of the Glasgow School #WomensArt
May 28, 2026 at 7:29 AM
The Queen of #May, 1900, by Margaret Macdonald of the Glasgow School #WomensArt