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Dill Childs

@furiousteddy

Furious pensioner, immigrant, Greek resident, follows The Bear. Decent people don't vote Reform.

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This is so insane I had to check it three times.
But yes, it's true...

10.03.2026 23:11 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0

Mary Trump: β€œFor Donald, there is one reason and one reason alone. He's in trouble, and he knows it. This isn't simply about changing the subject. That, of course, would be bad enough. This is to keep himself and the world from knowing what an inept, depraved, compromised fraud he is."

10.03.2026 20:07 πŸ‘ 1044 πŸ” 293 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 6
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New footage yet again contradicts DHS claims about its killing of a US citizen Body camera video obtained by CBS News in the Ruben Ray Martinez case is another example of the administration misrepresenting lethal action from immigration agents.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

09.03.2026 15:37 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Lovely! I'm from the north of England, and I'm incapable of reading 'Muscovy duck', and not hearing it as 'Moohscuvy doohk'.

10.03.2026 21:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The principal cause of antisemitism in the world today is Netanyahu and his sick and twisted regime.
There are many, many Jewish people throughout the world who oppose his genocide in Gaza, yet who will also suffer because of it. But, there are also many Zionists egging him on.

10.03.2026 21:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I've never quite forgiven him for ducking out on finishing the canon, which I started reading years before the TV series. I accepted that it took him four years per novel, and possessed my soul in patience waiting for each one but then when 'A Dance with Dragons' was six years in the making...!

10.03.2026 20:58 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING: As many as 150 U.S. troops have been wounded in the war with Iran, according to sources familiarβ€”far higher than the Pentagon’s publicly disclosed figure of just 8 seriously wounded troops. The true toll of this war is already far worse than the public has been told. (Reuters)

10.03.2026 18:36 πŸ‘ 11335 πŸ” 5212 πŸ’¬ 692 πŸ“Œ 310
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Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"

10.03.2026 20:30 πŸ‘ 18318 πŸ” 6484 πŸ’¬ 764 πŸ“Œ 399

I live in Greece, where the speed limits through most towns and villages is a whopping 30kph, equivalent to ohhhh... 18 mph. Has been like that for many years. Hit and run is vanishingly rare.

10.03.2026 20:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He actually commissioned the writing of the Highway Code and introduced 30 mph speed limits, as I said in my second post. We owe him a lot.

10.03.2026 20:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It now appears clear that Jeffrey Epstein did NOT off himself, based on staff talk overheard by inmates, independent bank reports that large deposits of money were made to the guard in charge at the time, and 2 suspiciously nonfunctioning cameras.
(Source: Julie Brown, Miami Herald)

10.03.2026 15:50 πŸ‘ 4374 πŸ” 1287 πŸ’¬ 262 πŸ“Œ 67

Screeching 180 from Reform leader Farage who’s gone from Trumpian β€œBomb the Islamists” to β€œWe cannot get involved directly in another foreign war, we don’t have a Navy, we can’t even defend our own military base in Cyprus” overnight.

He’s seen the polling showing the public don’t support the war.

10.03.2026 11:02 πŸ‘ 935 πŸ” 266 πŸ’¬ 82 πŸ“Œ 17

When a US missile killed 160 children, president shits-a-lot claimed Iran stole the missile and fired at the school. When asked why he was the only one making this claim, he said "because I just don't know enough about it".
Go ahead. See if you can make this make sense.
(Source: RB Hubbell)

10.03.2026 11:01 πŸ‘ 6187 πŸ” 1344 πŸ’¬ 394 πŸ“Œ 81

If they said that in a country which has decent slander and libel laws they'd be sued, and they'd lose. What vile pretenses of human beings they are.

10.03.2026 15:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not just the Middle East, either... petrol in Rethymno, Greece, today has gone up by 64 US cents per US gallon. Overnight.
Not our war, but we suffer all the same.

10.03.2026 15:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Eric Trump and Donald Trump, Jr. are acquiring a drone company that is seeking to meet Pentagon demand after Trump banned the use of Chinese drones.

We’re barely a week into Trump’s war and already his family has found a way to cash in.

Everything is for sale.

09.03.2026 22:01 πŸ‘ 3308 πŸ” 1457 πŸ’¬ 179 πŸ“Œ 133

Thank you! I needed a giggle.

10.03.2026 11:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The problem isn't voter fraud, it's the frauds we're told to vote for.

09.03.2026 22:49 πŸ‘ 10293 πŸ” 1782 πŸ’¬ 221 πŸ“Œ 85
A picture of Marco Rubio shoes that are too large for him

A picture of Marco Rubio shoes that are too large for him

I’m a grown man who works for the president of the United States who is afraid to not wear the shoes he bought me that do not fit

09.03.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 11208 πŸ” 1951 πŸ’¬ 780 πŸ“Œ 476
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The War No One Wants - and the People Calling for It Farage and Badenoch are beating the drums for escalation. The public response appears to be: abso-fucking-lutely not.

I recommend this article by The Bear for further reading:

10.03.2026 10:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

TBF, LH-B did introduce 30mph speed limits, driving tests and proper road crossings, thereby saving thousands of lives.

10.03.2026 10:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
He was a brilliant speaker, a warm and engaging personality, a go-getter and a persistent driver, a master of the unconventional or indirect approach, a patriot and a man of moral and physical courage, not a great intellect but an original with a flair for imaginative gestures and for public relations. He also had personal weaknesses. He was extremely self-centred and had a fine conceit of himself. At times he was accused of sharp practice. ... Sharp practitioner or not, [his] quickness of mind and tongue, and transparent ambition to be seen to succeed, made him vulnerable to smears. ... His over-assertiveness ... led him to appear inconsiderate of the feelings and views of others.

He was a brilliant speaker, a warm and engaging personality, a go-getter and a persistent driver, a master of the unconventional or indirect approach, a patriot and a man of moral and physical courage, not a great intellect but an original with a flair for imaginative gestures and for public relations. He also had personal weaknesses. He was extremely self-centred and had a fine conceit of himself. At times he was accused of sharp practice. ... Sharp practitioner or not, [his] quickness of mind and tongue, and transparent ambition to be seen to succeed, made him vulnerable to smears. ... His over-assertiveness ... led him to appear inconsiderate of the feelings and views of others.

One historian's description of him in the ALT.

10.03.2026 10:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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The War No One Wants - and the People Calling for It Farage and Badenoch are beating the drums for escalation. The public response appears to be: abso-fucking-lutely not.

The British public learned something from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Apparently some politicians didn’t.

While Farage and Badenoch push escalation with Iran, most Britons are saying something very simple:

Abso-fucking-lutely not.

10.03.2026 08:28 πŸ‘ 244 πŸ” 78 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 6
Photo of wild anemones in pink, white mauve and purple, on a grassy bank.

Photo of wild anemones in pink, white mauve and purple, on a grassy bank.

You too!

10.03.2026 08:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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@robcrank68.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Corvidae any bird of the Corvid family. The alt is #LongNecks any bird with a long neck.

Here's a glossy Ibis doing a turn. Photo by Mike Childs, south Crete, in June 2025.

10.03.2026 08:25 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Lovely! They're such handsome birds. We don't get them here on Crete, so when two winters ago one hitched a lift on the ferry from Athens, the ferry port was filled with desperate twitchers!

10.03.2026 08:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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@alan678.bsky.social
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Corvidae any bird of the Corvid family.
Yesterday's capture was of a Raven drinking; I noticed that it turned its head sideways to get the maximum amount of water in its upper and lower bill. Here's it doing that thing. Clever birds, aren't they?

10.03.2026 08:09 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Who would have guessed that the legal system in America was so fragile that a single crazy president could ignore the whole thing, from the Constitution right down to state laws?
Why does the Supreme Court and Congress let this demented moron act like the dictator of a banana republic?

10.03.2026 01:43 πŸ‘ 17921 πŸ” 4089 πŸ’¬ 1428 πŸ“Œ 345
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Keyboard Warrior Markwayne Mullin:

LEFT: Pounding his little warrior chest on the Internet.

RIGHT: Cowering and shitting his pants in real life.

09.03.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 4161 πŸ” 1379 πŸ’¬ 338 πŸ“Œ 60
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It is worth remembering that only *one* of these men paid a price for the Access Hollywood recording. And it wasn't the one bragging about sexually assaulting women.

And now we have evidence that that same man raped children. And there is *still* no accountability.

09.03.2026 15:29 πŸ‘ 2520 πŸ” 818 πŸ’¬ 75 πŸ“Œ 27