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Bede Butler
@kiltedhiker.bsky.social
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Retired, kilted hiker who is a Greekophile. I post mostly about Greek archaeology and history (particularly Occitanie & Albigensian). well as the occasional rant about politics and social issues. Most people would probably say I’m a bit of a lefty.
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Bede Butler @kiltedhiker.bsky.social · 1d
Pretty much the standard attire these days. 😇
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 2d
Brexit: Outside looking in…
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EU Council @consilium.europa.eu · 3d
Today, the entry/exit system gets underway.

This new digital border system will streamline travel, enhance security, and improve the efficiency of border controls for non-EU nationals entering or exiting the EU.

Full implementation is planned for 10 April 2026.

More info → link.europa.eu/mnYbcy
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MK Alexander @smartreads.bsky.social · 2d
🛸Almost a Best-Seller in the “Alien-Bureaucrat” Category
A Comedy of Scientific Proportions
📚💙
#scifi #AlienBureaucrat #amazon #Wallops #NASA #KU
Mr Thursby
www.amazon.com/dp/B07FZCS9FS
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MK Alexander @smartreads.bsky.social · 2d
🛸 Pioneer Sun… LATEST RELEASE
#Scifi #Wallops #NASA #JPL #Goddard #KU #Amazon
📚💙

www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBLJGWW5
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d
CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.
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MikeM3 @mikeg80.bsky.social · 3d
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Bede Butler @kiltedhiker.bsky.social · 3d
Coming to a State near “you”, the censorship not the movie. 😬
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3d
“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

apnews.com/article/pope...
Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.
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Bede Butler @kiltedhiker.bsky.social · 3d
A Sunday morning stroll:
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Bede Butler @kiltedhiker.bsky.social · 4d
a stormy sky over a body of water with the letter s on the bottom right
ALT: a stormy sky over a body of water with the letter s on the bottom right
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Bede Butler @kiltedhiker.bsky.social · 6d
Short money goes to the opposition pp(s) to facilitate their work in opposition, research, staff, commissioned reports. I believe there is an opposition’ leader’s allowance” for similar work. It’s a long time since I worked @ WM so I may be behind times.
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Bede Butler @kiltedhiker.bsky.social · 6d
He is the very definition of the phrase: pick a window you’re leaving.
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Bede Butler @kiltedhiker.bsky.social · 6d
TBF the current sh*tshow has quite a way to run yet. 🤷‍♂️
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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 8d
William Laud, b. #otd 7 Oct 1573 and Charles I, executed 1645 and 1649 respectively, shown with a print of Cranmer, Ridley & Taylor, all executed 1555 on the wall. (British Museum, c. 1660-1699)
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Bede Butler @kiltedhiker.bsky.social · 8d
Popularly known as “the dogs of god” during the medieval period in French speaking places.
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Bede Butler @kiltedhiker.bsky.social · 8d
The real problem is why the media doesn’t call them out on lies and errors?
Mostly because they fear being “locked out” or flooded with claims of bias. Basically it’s cowardice either way.
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Bede Butler @kiltedhiker.bsky.social · 8d
Weekend past:
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12d
England nationalized rail passenger services lease carriages from rolling stock companies (ROSCOs).

87% of rolling stock controlled by 3 Luxembourg companies.

Paid £1.282bn dividends in last 3 yrs. Not taxed in UK.

Privatization has hollowed out the UK - Taxes lost, it is all about exploitation.
If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership
Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.
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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 11d
#OTD in 1944, Dunkirk, France. Both British and German troops manning a checkpoint during a truce to allow refugees to enter British lines. (You don't see many of such pictures.) #WW2 #HISTORY
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 11d
Models of everyday life were deposited in #Egyptian tombs. They were supposed to support the deceased in the afterlife. One of the most charming examples is the model of a #cow giving birth.
Carved in wood, painted.
Probably from Meir, #Egypt, dating c. 2040-1985 BC.

📷 Royal Ontario Museum

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The photo shows a wooden model of a cow giving birth accompanied by two men. One man calms the cow while the other ensures a proper delivery.The calf emerges from his mother, licking the hand of the man.
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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 11d
A piece I wrote last year about St Francis open.substack.com/pub/drfranci...
The least of men
Two years from today will mark the 800th anniversary of the transitus of St Francis of Assisi – that strange word which Franciscans use to describe the passing of the poor man of Assisi into heaven, s...
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MK Alexander @smartreads.bsky.social · 12d
🛸 Pioneer Sun… LATEST RELEASE
#Scifi #Wallops #NASA #JPL #Goddard #KU #Amazon
📚💙
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBLJGWW5
Pioneer Sun
www.amazon.com
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MK Alexander @smartreads.bsky.social · 12d
🕰 Murder, Mystery, History and Time Travel
2500 pages, a singular story, a million words.
Both playful and disturbing. Truly epic.
#mystery #history #timetravel #KindleUnlimited
📚💙 The Tractus Fynn Mysteries
www.amazon.com/dp/B00EQEH1TY
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MK Alexander @smartreads.bsky.social · 12d
🛸 Pioneer Sun… LATEST RELEASE
#Scifi #Wallops #NASA #JPL #Goddard #KU #Amazon
📚💙
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBLJGWW5
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