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Foodie, nerd, RPGer, liberal, politics enthusiast.

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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

05.02.2026 11:50 πŸ‘ 32278 πŸ” 13863 πŸ’¬ 589 πŸ“Œ 1595
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We already live in a surveillance state.

ICE lets its agents wear masks so they can’t be identified; meanwhile, they scan our faces. They know who we are, where we’ve been, and who we’re connected to.

They’re openly building a 24/7 social media surveillance operation.
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03.02.2026 01:03 πŸ‘ 2972 πŸ” 1436 πŸ’¬ 181 πŸ“Œ 58

Alex Pretti was a hero

25.01.2026 00:54 πŸ‘ 248 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2

Rachel Reeves says this Labour Governments decisions are "necessary."

Why is it always necessary to hit the living standards of the 99%?

When are we going to make the necessary decisions about extreme wealth?

27.11.2025 08:04 πŸ‘ 2994 πŸ” 755 πŸ’¬ 148 πŸ“Œ 32
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Electricity price by country 2024| Statista The cheapest electricity prices in the world could be found in Iran in 2023, whereas the cost of electricity per kwh was highest in Europe.

4th actually,

www.statista.com/statistics/2...

24.05.2025 14:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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28.03.2025 03:19 πŸ‘ 25269 πŸ” 5545 πŸ’¬ 921 πŸ“Œ 427

Very good point

21.03.2025 18:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œIllegal immigrant” was their first success.

Now comes
β€œIllegal boycott”
β€œIllegal protest”
β€œIllegal votes”
β€œIllegal posts”

Until the β€œillegal” is you. #3E

13.03.2025 16:21 πŸ‘ 8802 πŸ” 2965 πŸ’¬ 225 πŸ“Œ 156

Why, all of a sudden, am I thinking of a pea green boat?

12.03.2025 12:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hilariously, that would mean they couldn't let trump in the country.

11.03.2025 00:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Woah... I dreamed of doing this last night.

06.03.2025 00:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The upcoming budget appears to have cuts to Public Spending and to Benefits.

But there is loads of money available from getting rid of Brexit or taxing the rich instead.

RT if you want to tax the rich, and Like if you want to get rid of Brexit.

05.03.2025 14:24 πŸ‘ 778 πŸ” 458 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 9

Is it me, or does he look like he's got a colon full of live wasps?

05.03.2025 18:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Canada is taking part in every European summit. Canada really should become part of the EU. πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί

02.03.2025 15:15 πŸ‘ 1154 πŸ” 145 πŸ’¬ 60 πŸ“Œ 13
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This

02.03.2025 20:02 πŸ‘ 145 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 4

We are all Emmanuel Macron

26.02.2025 09:38 πŸ‘ 2419 πŸ” 411 πŸ’¬ 92 πŸ“Œ 19
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24.02.2025 19:36 πŸ‘ 16987 πŸ” 3998 πŸ’¬ 805 πŸ“Œ 281

An EU combined armed forces looks inevitable now, and I can't help but think that brexit made that more likely, not less and that outside of the EU, we're more vulnerable, not less.

Thoughts?

17.02.2025 12:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

...privilege of being carved up by 2 superpowers while not being defended by one of them).

US is looking increasingly isolationist, may well withdraw from NATO. And where does that leave the UK? Outside the EU, unlikely to benefit from the protection of the US, and inside a weakened NATO.

17.02.2025 12:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

...(whereby all indications show that Russia will get to retain all Ukrainian territory captured since 2014, the US will put no feet on the ground anywhere in Europe while demanding Europe do ask the heavy lifting to defend Ukraine, and Ukraine must pay the US in rare earth minerals for the...

17.02.2025 12:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So... some folks voted for brexit with the concern about the formation of EU armed forces.

Let's look at the situation now. Both the EU and UK are now weaker following brexit. The US declaring that the EU and Ukraine will have no decision making in the peace treaty with Russia...

17.02.2025 12:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Spotted a goldfinch in the garden today.

Not seen one in ages. Beautiful little thing, it was.

15.02.2025 14:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The precise moment my support for Keir Starmer began to crumble Labour is going to prevent refugees from ever becoming citizens of Britain

Writing this with a heavy heart: the refugee citizenship ban is the single most unconscionable policy Labour has proposed since it entered power. It’s the moment that I felt my support for this administration begin to crumble inews.co.uk/opinion/colu...

12.02.2025 14:31 πŸ‘ 2740 πŸ” 704 πŸ’¬ 297 πŸ“Œ 117

This is amazing. Via @nytimes.com

12.02.2025 20:22 πŸ‘ 2529 πŸ” 1284 πŸ’¬ 65 πŸ“Œ 45

Gotta love ❀️ @zarahsultana.bsky.social - who stands up for #Humanity and has the guts to tell it like it is!

Stop "punching-down" on those who have NOTHING - start "punching-up" to the #FilthyRich, #CriminalElite who are #SCREWING YOU - and blaming "them!"

11.02.2025 17:07 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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UK to refuse citizenship to refugees who have β€˜made a dangerous journey’ Home Office accused of shutting out refugees, as new guidance says those applicants will β€˜normally be refused’

This is not only morally reprehensible, but a breach of the UN Refugee Convention.

No refugee should be discriminated against on the basis of how they entered the country

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

12.02.2025 06:48 πŸ‘ 1989 πŸ” 637 πŸ’¬ 94 πŸ“Œ 36

I'm aghast that Labour would do this. Aghast. It's a despicable thing to have done.

11.02.2025 14:25 πŸ‘ 910 πŸ” 319 πŸ’¬ 117 πŸ“Œ 26

In the 1980's Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher allowed the richest to buy all our Public Resources, then the billionaires used all the money stolen from you to buy the Government.

That is how we got to the hell we have now.

08.02.2025 17:01 πŸ‘ 1034 πŸ” 340 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 19
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Wow! The number of @bsky.app users just passed 31 MILLION!πŸ‘

LETS DO THIS!

07.02.2025 08:32 πŸ‘ 23355 πŸ” 4911 πŸ’¬ 421 πŸ“Œ 215
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