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Andy Morton @andyatlockerbie.bsky.social · 2h

AI is the Tulip Craze of the 21st Century, isn't it?

Andy Morton @andyatlockerbie.bsky.social · 19h

It's a real puzzler isn't it? I mean I'm stumped. It's almost as if blowing fishing boats out of the water and declaring war on your own country might somehow undermine someone's chances of winning the Nobel Peace Prize
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Andy Morton @andyatlockerbie.bsky.social · 20h

RIP bassist and vocalst John Lodge. A great musician, committed Christian and, by all accounts, thoroughly nice bloke.
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Andy Morton @andyatlockerbie.bsky.social · 1d

For a while I’ve been increasingly fed up of the whingeing from some of the most wealthy and most privileged people in the world whining and threatening to take their ball home if they’re taxed.

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Andy Morton @andyatlockerbie.bsky.social · 1d

That Norway is bracing itself for retribution if Trump doesn't get the prize is precisely why he shouldn't

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Andy Morton @andyatlockerbie.bsky.social · 1d

Thatcherite policies have been the curse of the UK for the last 40 years and the sooner we recognise that the sooner we can start to rebuild

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Andy Morton @andyatlockerbie.bsky.social · 1d

Here in the UK we tend to regard Evangelical Fundamentalism as the mad relative that turns up at family gatherings and says things that make us all cringe

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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 1d

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Andy Morton @andyatlockerbie.bsky.social · 1d

Trump: ANTIFA have brought in Godzilla!

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Andy Morton @andyatlockerbie.bsky.social · 2d

Kirkudbright. Pronounced ker-coo-bree. Lots of tourists try to pronounce the d or make the elnd rhyme with 'light'

Andy Morton @andyatlockerbie.bsky.social · 2d

I find it hard to understand what kind of men would sign up for ICE

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Andy Morton @andyatlockerbie.bsky.social · 2d

If this is happening in your country then maybe your country shouldn't be lecturing others on freedom and democracy

Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 3d

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s video of the incident

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 3d

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s video of the incident

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Andy Morton @andyatlockerbie.bsky.social · 3d

In case you're interested what Jenrick is suggesting is the politicisation of the judiciary that is currently turning the USA into a despotism

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Andy Morton @andyatlockerbie.bsky.social · 3d

Is this the same as pleading the 5th?

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Andy Morton @andyatlockerbie.bsky.social · 3d

Most Christians outside the USA think of American fundamentalist 'Christian' nationalists as our weird cousin who took too much acid at college and we kind of think we should have locked away in the attic

Andy Morton @andyatlockerbie.bsky.social · 3d

If and when America decides to try democracy again they will have some serius questions to ask. Like 'is a politically partisan Supreme Court a smart idea? Or is it an offence to justice?'

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Andy Morton @andyatlockerbie.bsky.social · 3d

Qick reminder: Antisemitism and Islamophobia are not opposites. They're the same thing
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Man arrested on suspicion of arson after fire at mosque in East Sussex

Police investigating blaze in Peacehaven say 46-year-old is suspected of arson with intent to endanger life

www.theguardian.com

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Andy Morton @andyatlockerbie.bsky.social · 3d

I'm not sure you're going to get anywhere until the Amarican people realise that their healthcare system ISN'T there to provide healthcare. It's there to provide profits for health insurance companies

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Andy Morton @andyatlockerbie.bsky.social · 3d

Worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize

Andy Morton @andyatlockerbie.bsky.social · 3d

Because Badenoch is too weak to sack him

Andy Morton @andyatlockerbie.bsky.social · 4d

Please tell me that someone so ga-ga that they can't tell a peaceful city and a war zone doesn't have access o the nuclear codes

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Andy Morton @andyatlockerbie.bsky.social · 4d

Should be the obvious candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize

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Andy Morton @andyatlockerbie.bsky.social · 4d

The moment the UK truly wakes up to this is the moment we can have the change this country needs

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Andy Morton @andyatlockerbie.bsky.social · 4d

This is known as 'negotiating from weakness' - a weakness Trump himself has created. I begin to see how he bankrupted a casino