Yeah tell me about these inequalities in men's health and I'll tell you about episiotomy, cystocele, rectocele and the cost of sanitary products. I want ALL to be healthy. Men and women but if this is yet another privatisation 'think-tank' preying on men's insecurities, don't think we won't notice.

Creeping greed. & DELIBERATE. It's unforgivable because of health parasites. People don't realise that NATIONAL INSURANCE is much cheaper & not parasitical. 'Insurers' are not offering an 'alternative' you are part of the problem. Just like private water private electricity private landlords.

The Guardian has finally pissed me off enough for me to stop my support entirely. I paid in a very small amount when it was not mandatory BECAUSE it was journalism I could respect and without a paywall. Now it seem my long term tiny monthly contribution is one they clearly don't respect... or need.

Wrong way round isn't it? Especially on the healthcare front. Don't buy their shit foods, because they appear to be cheaper, and make yourself ill so you have to buy their shit medicines/medical services. Get off grid renewable energy if at all possible. Feed your future. Don't feed the greed.

This. Do we truly believe they are our betters?(no) If any do more hrs of what they call work (sometimes just money shuffling in the greed machine), it could be because they don't really have any life that doesn't revolve round more more more. I'm sorry for them, but the empathy is not reciprocated.

What do you use every day? Each month buy one of those wholesale until you never pay more than a fraction of the cost. I want epsom salts(Bath salts) @ between 100 & 500g size you'll pay up to 30 euros a kilo. But you CAN find a kilo for 9 euros. 2kg 8.48 per K [email protected] and @20k you'll only pay 2.15!

Watched the programme 'Manosphere'. Gawd. Depressing AF. Seems that Covid infected some with more than just a corona virus but some kind of online 'incel' virus too! I do remember someone telling me that they loved Joe Rogan's vids back then. & Jordan Petersen was his missis' preferred reading 🙄Jeez

Having a grumpy day today. Because I accept a certain low level of income & have high level of can-do mentality & remain stoically content, people imagine that I won't notice & get angry when they then judge or criticise. It tends to come from, (not only from men)a 'macho' self-important mindset.

Always go for the Win-win. A great antidote to the zero sum politics we have at the moment. A rising tide lifts all boats. But to be honest we could do with fewer Super-yachts! When I gaze at a marina full of 'adequate yachts' I think I, & the owners are mostly happier than the super-yacht crowd!

I see people trying to make big money jumping on the back of frugal 'trends'. Follow the real frugalists who LIVE the life & are actually happy with what they have. Some want your frugality to make them rich!! ?? F*** That! No thanks to 'Big Frugal Business'. #TheFrugalistBook #Frugalcontentment

If someone wants you to "'smash' that like button" ... Nah thanks. You aren't doing anything for me. Salesey language irritates the hell out of me and is 50% of what's wrong with out current society.

Sourdough 'eats' those wheat sugars you're often *actually* allergic to, in the fermenting process. Make mix 24 hours before. You don't need a complicated mother dough. Just add a little Kefir & extra gluten. Knock back & put in tin the night before. Bake in the morning. Heat & Bread! #OffGridFrugal

What is the criticism of those not wearing poppies about? I do remember buying them when I was little. I'm not against remembrance: It's important. But people HAVE forgotten what people stood for during and post war. It's become a performance by warmongers and not the "never again"symbol it was.

#Craftiverse For the third of my #books on making (12th scale) #Minature flowers using polymer & liquid clay, I'm making flowers for mini hats from #TheGildedAge programme. amazon.com/Making-Miniature-Flowers-Plants-stencils/dp/B0FDWVQ88G Here are a few 'appetisers' I put as my Bluesky backdrop.

You can't own *any* 'billions' without being a parasitic c@nt. A trillionaire =the lowest of the very low. You can't buy class & you can't buy contentment for yourself. Imagine how many other people could get, & be content with just a dignified wage, a home, food & warmth for their family.

Hi Tottie! Nice to meet you here. #TottieLimejuiceBooks Coincidence I was just posting about what to do with a lime glut! I'm allergic to cats but have 3. As I tell my allergy specialist I'm more allergic to mice. But no, defo not in bedroom. They sleep ON us whenever were watching telly already.

Give me ideas on what to do with a lime harvest (glut) please. I don't like to eat a lot of limes as they seem to give me a bad stomach. And I don't eat a lot of jam. But I love the flavour and the perfume. I already made Lime Juice Indian pickle and a lime ferment. #TheFrugalistBook

#Frugal #pets Old hard shell suitcases make excellent scrubbable pet beds. Old poly quilts and quilt covers make excellent liners. Cut to size and sew up the edges either all in one, or removable. Use a short wooden stool to stack 2 halves of the suitcase. Screw or bolt the top one to the stool top.

#frugal. Being stuck behind a motorhome on a winding rural road for an hour was annoying to ourselves and the drivers behind us. On the other hand when we got home there was a lot more petrol left in our tank! In Europe where petrol prices are high... this makes a big difference! #TheFrugalistBook

Love this. Babies will eat flavours that aren't their 'favourite' if they are hungry. The manufacturers make sure that theirs are favourite by piling them full of appetising, unhealthy ingredients. You are doing your baby's future health a service not getting them addicted to liver cirrhosing sugars

#Frugal #Xmas When Facebook etc. advertise something you'd like check its not cheaper on zon. Then check if it's even cheaper on Temu/Ali express/Shein. I used to want to buy from my country. Now I realise they are all imports. Often Half the price of the ad. The difference? Middlemen getting rich.

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

That might be enough to finish him. Now tell me why The same people who screamed at us when we said "Starmer is a Tory" now cringingly say they are "disappointed". And no, actually we'd rather have been wrong. There's no joy in being right. But stop FFS stop finding ways to shirk saying it.

🤗It's really damn difficult as a creative to make a living. Somehow my husband and I get by but we've lived most of the last 10 years on less than one Min wage between 2 of us. Luckily we have our home. Sometimes I don't know how people live. I try to help #TheFrugalistBook #YourCreativeBusinessBook

Do the British Government want us expat oldies back? Most of us are a bargain living abroad, as many don't have 38 grand earnings but don't claim extra which we would need in the UK, don't use the NHS or housing stock. What if Europe reciprocated? Fortunately(currently🤞) Spain 'aint that daft!❤️🇪🇸🥰💃

#Frugal 1/2 Sod the Billionaires. I used to baulk at buying Chinese goods through Temu and Ali express because the far east copy and stole all my designs AND because its much greener and more equitable to buy European made goods (continues)

Musicians seem to be teaching by their actions. Check out recent news on Billy Eilish, Dua Lipa, & Cat Stevens! I'm not normally overly impressed by so called 'philanthropy' by those who use it for their own ends but I'm mightily impressed by these musicians (in kid speak)'OWNING' the Billionaires!👏

Another pretend left-wing Gaslighting Troll-Bot? Maybe just doesn't get the art of discussion. Check him out and see what you think.

Tell you what UK. You don't want other countries to follow suit. Imagine all the wrinkly old expats like myself turn up back there having been deported from their new countries. Now we WOULD be a burden on the state! Keep your young health/fast food/transport workers. You really did get a good deal!

NEW: Labour condemn Tory plan to strip people of indefinite leave to remain: “It’s utterly grotesque that Tories want to deport people with the lawful right to be here to achieve ‘cultural coherence’. “This policy would mean tearing families apart and ripping out our neighbours from communities."

Oh there you go... The insults again. "of course you don't". Of course I do. Are you really who you claim to be or are you another of those deliberate infiltrating Gaslighters. I met a few like that on FB 10 yrs ago on the question of 1950s women's pensions. I called them out then. Lot of it about.

Oh dear you are really using insulting language to argue semantics? That's how socialism fails. What a shame. Take the important point about MUTUALITY & about how the right wing want to dismantle that connection so they can say "There's no money". Mutuality works that's why Neolibs don't like it.

Dang! Paypal is not very pally on this and charges an extra 2 euros on 5 dollars. Greedy Barstewards. THIS is why there are billionaires and people who literally can't afford to eat and feed their families.

A call to other self-employed creatives in UK/Europe. If you know someone in the USA who is on food stamps and you can send them the cost of a dozen eggs. Think about doing so. If each of us did that for just *one* of our social media friends, unprompted, they would feel the empathy at least!

My life has proved you can feed yourself, family & your creative soul. No it's not easy. You won't be rich. But how easy is the soulless 9-5 if you don't like your job. Can everyone do a job they pretty much enjoy? YES as long as we have time and space to find out what that is. A few ideas for you👉

Aww! Thank you Simon! There certainly is a sequel possibility. I've learned so many more tricks and hacks since then. Like you...so many books, so little time though! Just about to give a little push to my YCB book which doesn't look related but really is. Feed yourself. Feed your creative soul!

Hands up who wants the 'labour' government to concentrate on 'growth' in the form of selling more weapons of war?

Ordinary members of the public could see that PFIs were a disaster in the making, so why couldn't Blair & Co (yes, PFIs were started by the Tories but Labour embraced them & took them even farther). Who would sign such a deal in any other circumstances? Was there corruption?

Exactly. If an untrustworthy government introduces digital ID along with AI, never having addressed flagrant breaches of info tech (such as the Post office scandal, Windrush etc.) AND want to get rid of cash while keeping all human needs... Water, Energy, housing, private... we can't ever feel safe.

I wrote The Frugalist (book) back in 2019 when I was recovering from Cancer with almost no income & my OH's work depended on me too. Now being Frugal is not only a necessity for most, but trending too. I really have to update the bit where I say what you should buy if you only have a five or a ten!

Congrats BUT TBH those ultra processed sausages are NOT a basis for a healthy diet. I love that kind of sh** too but when I wrote about how I came to have cancer some of the blame went to my year of eating a certain unhealthy snack every day. Eat some (1 a week?) Give some away.

Thanks and Empathy MsFrogladie- This is a great warning for Brits and Europeans. Let big healthcare, Big Pharma and big insurance get their greedy hands into your healthcare systems which they are intent on doing, you will be bent over. They won't stop until they have everything you've ever owned.

Immigration is just a trojan horse. It has NOTHING to do with our current problems. It's at most a symptom of the way we let our leaders/rulers behave.

'You gotta have the right trainers man'. This was a sales trick brought in in the thatcher/regan bush/blair 'growth' eras & it stuck. We are conditioned to avoid negative judgement. Once you've bowed to the pressure in your teens, very difficult to escape it. Being frugal is resisting mind-control.

Reading Serviceberry. Great little antidote to current politics. Wondering why I haven't seen the Pottawatomie word Windigo used more often when describing Trump, Musk, & other dictators & wannabes in the world. -As a Brit I cant help especially liking the evocative 'trump=wind' connotation-

75 thou to strengthen community spirit! Great. Lets get a scheme going where the young and the old of all colours and creeds meet over coffee and cake every week. THAT might actually work. He KNOWS flags are currently a symbol of division. They won't be as soon as he stops using them to stoke it.

I WISH this looked more genuine. Sadly it couldn't look less so. He gives Trump more eye contact. 🙄

Massive can't. Good to see him scuttling back to whatever place he chooses to infest at the moment.