Claire
@clrthrn.bsky.social
🇬🇧in 🇳🇱 Tea, music, Dutch stuff, UK/EU politics, crochet, and parenting. Currently battling a cheese addiction.
PA's direct action has been no worse than some of the Greenpeace, XR or Just Stop Oil actions over the years and they haven't been proscribed. This whole thing has just been an embarrassing mess that has real life trauma for so many people.
We welcome the court’s finding that the proscription of Palestine Action was UNLAWFUL.
This case has exposed a deeper problem where the line between direct action and terrorism has become dangerously blurred.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...
This case has exposed a deeper problem where the line between direct action and terrorism has become dangerously blurred.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...
Liberty responds to court's finding proscription of Palestine Action unlawful - Liberty
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk
February 13, 2026 at 1:13 PM
PA's direct action has been no worse than some of the Greenpeace, XR or Just Stop Oil actions over the years and they haven't been proscribed. This whole thing has just been an embarrassing mess that has real life trauma for so many people.
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we live in the ruins of a greater civilization
February 13, 2026 at 3:12 AM
we live in the ruins of a greater civilization
Cancelling Prime Video now Fallout is finished. Will rejoin for Season 3 then cancel etc. Or between now and then, I might learn to sail the seven seas again, like it's 1998, and then he really can fuck off
February 13, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Cancelling Prime Video now Fallout is finished. Will rejoin for Season 3 then cancel etc. Or between now and then, I might learn to sail the seven seas again, like it's 1998, and then he really can fuck off
Every time I see a bill, I'd like a word with someone from The Hague (Dutch government but my gas bill feels like a international war crime)
February 13, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Every time I see a bill, I'd like a word with someone from The Hague (Dutch government but my gas bill feels like a international war crime)
Ah, a cuddler too! This is Cosmo. Low on dignity, big on cuddles and showing you his rude bits. We adore him 💕
February 13, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Ah, a cuddler too! This is Cosmo. Low on dignity, big on cuddles and showing you his rude bits. We adore him 💕
OMG! Tuxedo cat! We got one a few months ago and I am all in for them now. I want a herd, an army of darkness (with white patches and cuddles)
February 13, 2026 at 8:59 AM
OMG! Tuxedo cat! We got one a few months ago and I am all in for them now. I want a herd, an army of darkness (with white patches and cuddles)
I just saw this, it's in todays email.
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 PM
I just saw this, it's in todays email.
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Ratfcliffe is a billionaire Brexiteer. His a football club is full of migrant players. When he talks about “colonisation” he’s talking about all black and brown people in the UK. People who do more for their communities than a billionaire who steals from them and trashed the economy they live in.
February 12, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Ratfcliffe is a billionaire Brexiteer. His a football club is full of migrant players. When he talks about “colonisation” he’s talking about all black and brown people in the UK. People who do more for their communities than a billionaire who steals from them and trashed the economy they live in.
He's repentant just before a new album and a tour announcement. When he's taken himself away and quietly done the work to fix the harm he inflicted then sure, I'm all for second chances. But this is not a sincere apology, it's to make money.
February 12, 2026 at 9:11 AM
He's repentant just before a new album and a tour announcement. When he's taken himself away and quietly done the work to fix the harm he inflicted then sure, I'm all for second chances. But this is not a sincere apology, it's to make money.
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In the 1970s, this tiny medieval church faced the prospect of demolition. Thankfully we saved it from that fate and it is now cared for by an active and loving group of volunteers.
1/10
1/10
February 12, 2026 at 8:01 AM
In the 1970s, this tiny medieval church faced the prospect of demolition. Thankfully we saved it from that fate and it is now cared for by an active and loving group of volunteers.
1/10
1/10
One of the best accounts on this site. Wholesome nostalgia that is like medicine in a world of shite.
“The farmer is sowing his corn in the large field that has been ploughed and harrowed”
‘What to Look for in Winter’, 1959
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL Grant Watson
‘What to Look for in Winter’, 1959
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL Grant Watson
February 12, 2026 at 8:28 AM
One of the best accounts on this site. Wholesome nostalgia that is like medicine in a world of shite.
Had a message from kid's teacher. She has filled in a questionnaire with "remarkable answers" that the teacher would like to discuss. Which translates to kid is a genius or there will be a full police investigation into one of us. No middle ground.
February 12, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Had a message from kid's teacher. She has filled in a questionnaire with "remarkable answers" that the teacher would like to discuss. Which translates to kid is a genius or there will be a full police investigation into one of us. No middle ground.
Serena Joys, all of them. Think that as they’re stripping rights from other women that it will never happen to them. Except it does.
February 11, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Serena Joys, all of them. Think that as they’re stripping rights from other women that it will never happen to them. Except it does.
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😉 Ayoub Khan MP: "Mr. Speaker. Rubbish is building up right beneath my very nose. It's becoming..."
"It's becoming a serious problem..."
"In Birmingham."
"It's becoming a serious problem..."
"In Birmingham."
February 11, 2026 at 12:43 PM
😉 Ayoub Khan MP: "Mr. Speaker. Rubbish is building up right beneath my very nose. It's becoming..."
"It's becoming a serious problem..."
"In Birmingham."
"It's becoming a serious problem..."
"In Birmingham."
Thank you. Digesting like a snake haha!
February 10, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Thank you. Digesting like a snake haha!
I’ve just eaten a paving slab of focaccia and it’s sitting like a stone. Need to lay down and sweat out the rosemary and sea salt overdose for a while.
February 10, 2026 at 12:02 PM
I’ve just eaten a paving slab of focaccia and it’s sitting like a stone. Need to lay down and sweat out the rosemary and sea salt overdose for a while.
No world cup and definitely don't take your kids.
February 10, 2026 at 10:31 AM
No world cup and definitely don't take your kids.
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"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
Anyone who goes to the World Cup is really rolling the dice. I definitely wouldn't take my kid
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Anyone who goes to the World Cup is really rolling the dice. I definitely wouldn't take my kid
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I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.
February 10, 2026 at 6:10 AM
I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.
Honestly it's not Bluesky you need to convince, you need to be wherever the old people hang out. Like my dad, who will slag off Trump before saying he will vote Farage, without a hint of irony. I need to grow up apparently when I point out this ridiculousness. I am almost 50.
February 10, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Honestly it's not Bluesky you need to convince, you need to be wherever the old people hang out. Like my dad, who will slag off Trump before saying he will vote Farage, without a hint of irony. I need to grow up apparently when I point out this ridiculousness. I am almost 50.
It is indeed, I blame CocoMelon for infecting young impressionable British minds with Americanisms. The Dutch version ends with "Als de bus gaat rijden" which means "When the bus starts moving" which actually fits into the song in both languages.
February 10, 2026 at 9:44 AM
It is indeed, I blame CocoMelon for infecting young impressionable British minds with Americanisms. The Dutch version ends with "Als de bus gaat rijden" which means "When the bus starts moving" which actually fits into the song in both languages.
Imagine, as a Brit, looking at the USA and thinking "OMG Trump is a maniac" then voting for Reform without a hint of irony. The number of people who are about to do this make me want to hand back my passport and leave the Isles of Doom to their fate.
This is pretty menacing.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
February 10, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Imagine, as a Brit, looking at the USA and thinking "OMG Trump is a maniac" then voting for Reform without a hint of irony. The number of people who are about to do this make me want to hand back my passport and leave the Isles of Doom to their fate.
Proud to say I can sing this in two languages and neither of them end with option 2.
February 10, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Proud to say I can sing this in two languages and neither of them end with option 2.