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  1. 🏳️‍🌈 From slavery to voguing: the House of Swann - a guest blog by @MarjorieMorgan on the incredible and previously hidden history of William Dorsey Swann, the 18th century Queen of Drag and pioneer of modern ballroom culture.
    #LGBTHistoryMonth #LGBT #LGBT+ #WilliamDorseySwann #Drag #Voguing #LiverpoolMuseums

    liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/storie

  2. @kennwhite I wrote an article about this when the tweet/delete fiasco occurred in 2018.

    "Friday 9th February 2018. HM Treasury on Twitter: “Here’s today’s surprising #FridayFact. Millions of you helped to end the slave trade through your taxes.” @hmtreasury"

    My parents, my siblings and I effectively paid the enslavers of our ancestors for being human traffickers: we had no choice. It's not a celebratory FridayFact for me.

    marjoriemorgan.com/blog-post/t

    #HMTreasury #FridayFact #Tax #SlaveTrade

  3. Analysis of Government purchase card spending reveals ‘scandalous’ waste of taxpayers’ money
    Almost £345,000 was spent by Foreign Office officials in 2021 under the heading “restaurants and bars", the data reveals.

    thelondoneconomic.com/politics

    #CostOfGreedCrisis #LetThemEatCake #GovermentSpending #TaxpayersMoney

  4. Had a quote from X for my annual car insurance, I accepted the quotation. On the renewal date the company took more than the quotation amount ... not much more, but still not the agreed amount.

    They say it's a 'system error' and it's a 'price slip'.

    I call bulls***t having working in computing for decades.

    Has anyone else faced a similar issue?

    Small amounts siphoned off your account by big organisations ... that's theft, isn't it?

    #Insurance #PriceSlip #SystemError #Fraud