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Jorge

@antartica81.bsky.social

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Turnip shepherd (job share) and volunteer soothsayer. Post alot on social justice issues. May contain traces of fruit. #HumanityUK

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Jorge @antartica81.bsky.social · 39m

But his paintings are frightful

Jorge @antartica81.bsky.social · 40m

Love pic 2. Our own little bit of Palais Royal in London. The original layout was by Wren.

Jorge @antartica81.bsky.social · 43m

I thought the idea was to raise money?

Jorge @antartica81.bsky.social · 48m

Any recommendations for an interesting podcast listen which doesn't involve politics, conspiracy theories, banal celebrities, true crime or any combination thereof?

Jorge @antartica81.bsky.social · 1h

A timely reminder given 'Tommy' is back in court tomorrow and Tuesday.

Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 3h

Farage and his cronies aren’t the only ones with questionable connections to Russia…

Tommy Robinson’s ties to Russia

Elon Musk is promoting a far-right agitator who has regularly aped Putin’s propaganda.

writesbright.substack.com

Jorge @antartica81.bsky.social · 1h

I will take them into work in batches. We have industrial-strength shredders there.

Jorge @antartica81.bsky.social · 1h

"For you" 😆

Jorge @antartica81.bsky.social · 1h

I think the barber got a bit carried away. He says I look like a melancholic man in his mid-50s upon discovering that Depeche Mode were playing Dresden, not Hamburg.

Jorge @antartica81.bsky.social · 2h

Won't he think I'm trying to shut down an asylum hotel?

Jorge @antartica81.bsky.social · 3h

To the guy outside in a naff 1980s Jaguar, do I go and say something about him now being into hour 3 of running his engine? The fumes are making me feel light-headed.

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Medlife Crisis (Rohin) @medcrisis.bsky.social · 6h

I like to think this was just one guy’s CV

waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 7h

Job occupations, from an 1881 census. Every one of these sounds like something a sorely provoked Captain Haddock would should at someone in times of heavy stress.

Jorge @antartica81.bsky.social · 4h

This clearout is having some benefits. The husband just found an old Turnbull & Asser dressing gown which I'd forgotten I even had. I shall be spending the rest of the morning reciting Noel Coward.

Jorge @antartica81.bsky.social · 5h

"This date could've been an email"

Jorge @antartica81.bsky.social · 5h

I am banned from pausing to read anything. This is actually proving quite therapeutic.

Jorge @antartica81.bsky.social · 5h

Just found all the connectors for my Apple Newton and Psion Organiser(s). As well as a fold-out keyboard for my Compaq Ipaq.

Jorge @antartica81.bsky.social · 5h

The bank statements with individual narratives in a leather folder, all pre-2000, went during a previous purge. Along with the hotel soaps which had long since turned into powder.

Jorge @antartica81.bsky.social · 5h

Ah, yes, he'll find my box of gadget leads next. I've no idea what half of them do, let alone whether there are still viable gadgets to connect them to or between

Jorge @antartica81.bsky.social · 7h

The husband is insisting I dispose of folders containing bank statements going back to 2010.

Jorge @antartica81.bsky.social · 20h

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘It’s a question of humanity’: how a small Spanish town made headlines over its immigration stance

Mayor explains why Villamalea unanimously backed call to regularise undocumented migrants – across party lines

www.theguardian.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine that

Jorge @antartica81.bsky.social · 1d

We didn't have your sewer of a social media app

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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 1d

It’s dispiriting that this is what getting a COVID vaccination now looks like to this chronic asthmatic.

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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 1d

EXC: Lawyers warn they're receiving death and rape threats after Reform and Tory 'two-tier' claims. In an unprecedented intervention, six legal bodies representing 250,000 lawyers expressed “grave concern” over political attacks
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Lawyers warn of death threats after Reform and Tories' 'two-tier' claims

In an unprecedented intervention, six legal bodies, representing 250,000 lawyers, expressed “grave concern” over the language being used toward legal professionals

www.mirror.co.uk

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Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 2d

Exc: High street slot machine shops pay bonuses linked to how much gamblers lose.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

High street slot machine shops pay staff bonuses linked to how much gamblers lose

Exclusive: MPs and campaigners condemn ‘appalling’ reward scheme for Merkur venue managers

www.theguardian.com

Jorge @antartica81.bsky.social · 1d

Really bad look, Lambeth Council

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Revealed: Labour-run council using legal loophole to serve families with no-fault evictions

Exclusive: London council created an arm’s-length body to manage some of its housing stock

www.theguardian.com