Peter Harrison
@4harrisons.bsky.social
Perpetual politics student, late diagnosed autistic.
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"...the country must be taken in a decisively different direction, if it it isn’t going to head towards fascism and total social breakdown."
"...the country must be taken in a decisively different direction, if it it isn’t going to head towards fascism and total social breakdown."
Here's me for @newstatesman1913.bsky.social arguing that the only way to forestall a Reform government is to make a more decisive break with neoliberalism than Starmer is ever going to, or most of the parliamentary 'soft left' still seem capable of imagining.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Why is Keir Starmer so unpopular?
Britain needs a leader willing to break with the legacy of Thatcherism
www.newstatesman.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
💯 every word of this article 👇
"...the country must be taken in a decisively different direction, if it it isn’t going to head towards fascism and total social breakdown."
"...the country must be taken in a decisively different direction, if it it isn’t going to head towards fascism and total social breakdown."
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Here's me for @newstatesman1913.bsky.social arguing that the only way to forestall a Reform government is to make a more decisive break with neoliberalism than Starmer is ever going to, or most of the parliamentary 'soft left' still seem capable of imagining.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Why is Keir Starmer so unpopular?
Britain needs a leader willing to break with the legacy of Thatcherism
www.newstatesman.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Here's me for @newstatesman1913.bsky.social arguing that the only way to forestall a Reform government is to make a more decisive break with neoliberalism than Starmer is ever going to, or most of the parliamentary 'soft left' still seem capable of imagining.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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Nativity of Christ - Mosaics from the Middle Byzantine Monastery of Hosios Loukas
December 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Nativity of Christ - Mosaics from the Middle Byzantine Monastery of Hosios Loukas
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I left a rubber sponge behind by mistake. Please will you get someone to post it to me.
December 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I left a rubber sponge behind by mistake. Please will you get someone to post it to me.
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Happy Winter Solstice ❄️
Make sure to get outside today, make use of every bit of daylight we have and when the night comes, know that tomorrow will be that little bit lighter 🙌🏻
📸 Lesley Marshall
Make sure to get outside today, make use of every bit of daylight we have and when the night comes, know that tomorrow will be that little bit lighter 🙌🏻
📸 Lesley Marshall
December 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Happy Winter Solstice ❄️
Make sure to get outside today, make use of every bit of daylight we have and when the night comes, know that tomorrow will be that little bit lighter 🙌🏻
📸 Lesley Marshall
Make sure to get outside today, make use of every bit of daylight we have and when the night comes, know that tomorrow will be that little bit lighter 🙌🏻
📸 Lesley Marshall
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we're moving into nega-C.S. Lewis territory. Never winter & always Christmas
December 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
we're moving into nega-C.S. Lewis territory. Never winter & always Christmas
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ to The Troubles by Tim Pat Coogan. A balanced compelling account by a well connected contemporary, if sometimes a little unorganised #BookSky 📚 💙
app.thestorygraph.com/books/8e698a...
app.thestorygraph.com/books/8e698a...
The Troubles: Ireland's Ordeal 1966-1996 and the Search for Peace by Tim Pat Coogan
An up-to-date, engaging chronicle of the causes, effects, and many dimensions of 30 years of viol...
app.thestorygraph.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:39 PM
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ to The Troubles by Tim Pat Coogan. A balanced compelling account by a well connected contemporary, if sometimes a little unorganised #BookSky 📚 💙
app.thestorygraph.com/books/8e698a...
app.thestorygraph.com/books/8e698a...
Act 3 of Die Walkure, just fabulous. Brunnhilde imprisoned on her rock, Siegfried prefigured. Wotan defeated.
December 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Act 3 of Die Walkure, just fabulous. Brunnhilde imprisoned on her rock, Siegfried prefigured. Wotan defeated.
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new scam going around where they hire you for a job but pay you less than the value your labor produced
September 25, 2025 at 4:25 AM
new scam going around where they hire you for a job but pay you less than the value your labor produced
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Why can't pirates divulge information about other pirates?
Because of GDP-Arrrrrr!
Because of GDP-Arrrrrr!
December 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Why can't pirates divulge information about other pirates?
Because of GDP-Arrrrrr!
Because of GDP-Arrrrrr!
A minor success. Char siu tofu with rice and stir fried vegetables. Shame about the amount of sugar involved. And the sad disappearance of #KeithFloyd
December 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
A minor success. Char siu tofu with rice and stir fried vegetables. Shame about the amount of sugar involved. And the sad disappearance of #KeithFloyd
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#Orkney. 20th December.
Sunrise 9.03am
Sunset 3.15pm
Tomorrow is the #WinterSolstice. In 2 days the sunset will be a minute later than today. In 2 months it will be 2 hours later. By June we'll have 18 and a half hours of daylight in #Orkney. 💡
Sunrise 9.03am
Sunset 3.15pm
Tomorrow is the #WinterSolstice. In 2 days the sunset will be a minute later than today. In 2 months it will be 2 hours later. By June we'll have 18 and a half hours of daylight in #Orkney. 💡
December 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
#Orkney. 20th December.
Sunrise 9.03am
Sunset 3.15pm
Tomorrow is the #WinterSolstice. In 2 days the sunset will be a minute later than today. In 2 months it will be 2 hours later. By June we'll have 18 and a half hours of daylight in #Orkney. 💡
Sunrise 9.03am
Sunset 3.15pm
Tomorrow is the #WinterSolstice. In 2 days the sunset will be a minute later than today. In 2 months it will be 2 hours later. By June we'll have 18 and a half hours of daylight in #Orkney. 💡
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the customer service person i spoke to on the phone today thanked me for not yelling at her; she said most people are understandably upset when they call. be kind to customer service people- they probably didn’t cause your problem, but they’re most likely the the person who’s going to fix it.
December 20, 2025 at 8:07 AM
the customer service person i spoke to on the phone today thanked me for not yelling at her; she said most people are understandably upset when they call. be kind to customer service people- they probably didn’t cause your problem, but they’re most likely the the person who’s going to fix it.
Thanks to the @plutopress.bsky.social sale 2026 is going to bring a dive into open Marxism, something I've been interested in since reading John Holloway's How to Change the World Without Taking Power.
December 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Thanks to the @plutopress.bsky.social sale 2026 is going to bring a dive into open Marxism, something I've been interested in since reading John Holloway's How to Change the World Without Taking Power.
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People of autism - show us your most convincing gift-opening faces!
Sketch written & starring @stuartlawscomedy.bsky.social as part of last year’s Christmas sketch show with Turtle Canyon Comedy. Watch the whole thing here and TELL YOUR FAVOURITE AUTISTICS!
youtu.be/BX9aTj27xTA?...
Sketch written & starring @stuartlawscomedy.bsky.social as part of last year’s Christmas sketch show with Turtle Canyon Comedy. Watch the whole thing here and TELL YOUR FAVOURITE AUTISTICS!
youtu.be/BX9aTj27xTA?...
December 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
People of autism - show us your most convincing gift-opening faces!
Sketch written & starring @stuartlawscomedy.bsky.social as part of last year’s Christmas sketch show with Turtle Canyon Comedy. Watch the whole thing here and TELL YOUR FAVOURITE AUTISTICS!
youtu.be/BX9aTj27xTA?...
Sketch written & starring @stuartlawscomedy.bsky.social as part of last year’s Christmas sketch show with Turtle Canyon Comedy. Watch the whole thing here and TELL YOUR FAVOURITE AUTISTICS!
youtu.be/BX9aTj27xTA?...
This was the wrong decision. A tragedy for Hoylake and wildlife.
Map shows where Hoylake beach will be cleared www.birkenhead.news/map-shows-wh...
Map shows where Hoylake beach will be cleared
A map has been released showing exactly where a beach will be cleared following a fierce and long debate over its future. Wirral Council is set to clear parts of…
www.birkenhead.news
December 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This was the wrong decision. A tragedy for Hoylake and wildlife.
😱 wow.
Third of UK citizens have used AI for emotional support, research reveals
Third of UK citizens have used AI for emotional support, research reveals
AI Security Institute report finds most common type of AI tech used was general purpose assistants such as ChatGPT and Amazon Alexa
A third of UK citizens have used artificial intelligence for emotional support, companionship or social interaction, according to the government’s AI security body.
The AI Security Institute (AISI) said nearly one in 10 people used systems like chatbots for emotional purposes on a weekly basis, and 4% daily. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:12 AM
😱 wow.
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Jupiter and Io - From Gordan Ugarković (ugordan.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/5t5dEG
December 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Jupiter and Io - From Gordan Ugarković (ugordan.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/5t5dEG
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“I need a lot of alone time between things in order to subject myself to a level of psychological torture that would have the Jigsaw Killer saying ‘that’s a bit much’.”
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December 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
“I need a lot of alone time between things in order to subject myself to a level of psychological torture that would have the Jigsaw Killer saying ‘that’s a bit much’.”
Support us on Patreon so we continue to have somewhere to put our horrible thoughts: www.patreon.com/posts/145128...
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A large proportion of the problems with bourgeois democracies comes down to the fact that liberals view elections as nothing more than the opportunity to select an emotional support government.
December 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
A large proportion of the problems with bourgeois democracies comes down to the fact that liberals view elections as nothing more than the opportunity to select an emotional support government.
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Bore on about this a lot, but really was one of the worst parts of the government's response to the pandemic that they steadfastly and repeatedly refused to improve the existing sick pay system. Instead, they brought in a terrible temporary mess of a scheme six months in and ended it asap.
I wonder how much lower flu would be right now if we’d fixed sick pay properly during COVID so that your colleague didn’t come to work sick, give you flu, which you passed on to your granny before you realised
As i wrote at the time, bosses were allowed to demand we carried on commuting to their factories & call centres, no new protections were put in place (unlike EU countries) & sick pay remained lowest, whereas we could have reformed, stopping ppl having to go to work sick & infectious *with anything*
December 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Bore on about this a lot, but really was one of the worst parts of the government's response to the pandemic that they steadfastly and repeatedly refused to improve the existing sick pay system. Instead, they brought in a terrible temporary mess of a scheme six months in and ended it asap.