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Neil Shima @neilshima.bsky.social · Nov 17

If I don't Follow you, it doesn't mean you aren't on a List ...

a man in a blue shirt is sitting at a table and says i make lists all the time .

ALT: a man in a blue shirt is sitting at a table and says i make lists all the time .

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Neil Shima @neilshima.bsky.social · 8h

Here we go again....
#Covid - Cancel everything for this week🙄

Neil Shima @neilshima.bsky.social · 19h

#MusicChallenge 🎶
#MusicSky
#DavidsMonthOfMusic

Day 14. By a band with an animal or place in their name...
Swans....

Swans - Los Angeles: City of Death

YouTube video by SWANS

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Neil Shima @neilshima.bsky.social · 19h

#MusicChallenge 🎶
#MusicSky
#20SongsByYear 2015
(Unranked)

Day 14. Nadine Shah - noted for the theatricality of her voice which can put some people off, but she is a Must See Live. ♥️

Nadine Shah - Fool

YouTube video by nadineshahVEVO

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Robert Campbell @madman2.bsky.social · 20h

We should just laugh and laugh and laugh at the stupidity and pointlessness of these "pundits"

Ignore the prophets of doom.
Brexit will be good for Britain Simon Jenkins 2016
From the day Britain left the
EU, this reset was inevitable.
What a pointless waste of time money and effort
Simon Jenkins 2025

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MST3Katie @mst3katie.bsky.social · 22h

From the comments on this, it seems like most folks don’t know just how close Trump and Netanyahu are, or that their relationship goes back to the 1980s:

Trump is supporting this genocide, too, and if Trump were in power – you know, his whole family has been in bed with Netanyahu since the 1980s. Fred Trump was a close friend of Netanyahu when Netanyahu was living in New York and working at the UN. Netanyahu also slept at the home of the Kushner family. Jared would move to another room and Netanyahu would take Jared's bed because he's very close to the Kushner family.

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 1d

In case you missed it ...
Barnier has said many times over the years that the door is always open for us to rejoin the EU. We'd lose the rebate we used to have, of course. But anything would be better than continuing our isolation and decline with Brexit.

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Neil Shima @neilshima.bsky.social · 1d

With Keir Starmer's background I really thought Law & Order would be top of the agenda, but as we have seen with Tory VIP lanes and Russian interference in our politics, nothing is happening. Very Disappointed.

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

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Neil Shima @neilshima.bsky.social · 1d

#MusicChallenge 🎶
#MusicSky
#DavidsMonthOfMusic

Day 13. Song from the last album you bought....
Pale Blue Eyes - New Place

Pale Blue Eyes - The Dreamer [Official Video]

YouTube video by Pale Blue Eyes Music

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Neil Shima @neilshima.bsky.social · 1d

#MusicChallenge 🎶
#MusicSky
#20SongsByYear 2015
(Unranked)

Day 13. John Grant - just look at his collaborations; Budgie, CMAT, Elbow, Elton John, Goldfrapp, GusGus, Hercules & Love Affair, Kylie Minogue, Midlake, Robbie Williams, Sinéad O'Connor, Tracey Thorn, & Linda Thompson.

John Grant - Disappointing feat. Tracey Thorn (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by John Grant

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Neil Shima @neilshima.bsky.social · 2d

We will never get things sorted out. It just goes on and on and on....
#ToryBrexitDisaster #Russia

JohnWest_JAWS @johnwestjaws.bsky.social · 2d

These 2 speeches, which, as Nick points out, on the same day, precede what Gill has pled guilty to by 4 years, are more damning for Farage as they also precede Brexit.

All European secret services would have been alarmed by this & would/should have been investigating.

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Neil Shima @neilshima.bsky.social · 2d

Got your book for my father who is 95. He was a season ticket holder from 1950-1990. Helped with his memory. 👍

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Neil Shima @neilshima.bsky.social · 2d

'Nothing wrong with religion' 😂

Neil Shima @neilshima.bsky.social · 2d

The women taking Meta to task after their baby loss....
Meta; 'Pay us not to send you adverts'

The women taking tech giant Meta to task after their baby loss

Several women say the pain of losing their babies was made worse by targeted advertising.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine being the UK diplomat having to respond to these "concerns" about how intel is handled, knowing that on the other side the people in charge are Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Hegseth, and Donald Trump.

White House anger over UK spy case fiasco
US warns of damage to shared intelligence
Caroline Wheeler Political Editor
George Grylls
Washington Correspondent
Gabriel Pogrund Whitehall Editor
The White House has warned Sir Keir Starmer that the failure to prosecute two alleged Chinese spies risks undermining the special relationship and could threaten intelligence-sharing between Brit ain and the US.
President Trump is understood to be concerned about the UK's reliability after charges against two Britons accused of spying for Bei jing were dropped. The case against Chris Cash, 30, a former parliamentary researcher, and Christopher Berry, 33, an aca demic, collapsed last month after the government failed to provide evidence that China was a threat to national security.
A senior Trump administration official said: "The United States has been warning allies about the Chi nese threat to our combined national security since Preside Trump first came into office in 2017. The US government exercises mation with foreign governments subject to adversarial coercion and influence. We are especially
careful in jurisdictions where our adversaries can act with impunity." Senior Republicans insisted that
the prosecution go ahead. John Moolenaar, chairman of the House of Representatives' China commit tee, said: "As a target of [Chinese state) espionage, it is my hope that the UK government will not allow this case to falter and will take the steps necessary to ensure a clear message is sent and proper justice is served."
Trump's administration has pre viously warned against allowing a Chinese mega-embassy to be built near London financial centres. The American president is understood to have raised the matter person ally with Starmer.
While the prime minister is sof tening Britain's position on China, Trump reignited his trade war with Beijing on Friday, raising tariffs to 130 per cent after China blocked the export of critical minerals used in the defence and tech industries.

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Neil Shima @neilshima.bsky.social · 2d

#MusicChallenge 🎶
#MusicSky
#DavidsMonthOfMusic

Day 12. How, Why or Which in the title....

Bodega - How Did This Happen?! - Treeline Stage @Pickathon 2019 S06E03

YouTube video by Pickathon

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Neil Shima @neilshima.bsky.social · 2d

#MusicChallenge 🎶
#MusicSky
#20SongsByYear 2015
(Unranked)

Day 12. Jane Weaver - singer songwriter, who’s a long-standing pillar of the UK’s indie pop landscape....

Jane Weaver - I Need A Connection

YouTube video by Jane Weaver

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2d

United States Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, flanked by Trump's daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner, get loudly booed in Tel Aviv, Israel as they praise Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Witkoff tries to praise Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, but has a hard time finishing his thought because of booing

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3d

Limited liability is one of our weird silences. It's a massive free gift society makes to plutocrats, seldom remarked upon, let alone contested.
Shareholders should have to buy limited liability, like any other insurance. The insurers would then be liable. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Will UK taxpayers get their £122m back from PPE Medpro?

The high court told the company linked to Michelle Mone to pay up over the supply of defective gowns, but there appears no clear route to reclaim the funds

www.theguardian.com

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Claire Jones @claireaj.bsky.social · 3d

Claire Jones on authoritarianism. Article in link:

"Project 2025 is aligned with global authoritarianism & won’t stand or fall with Trump. It's also naive to think Reform's survival depends on Farage, given its place in the global authoritarian ecosystem".
westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/eme...

Emergency alert: Trump, Farage and the authoritarian web

It would be a mistake to assume democracy is our default state, or to underestimate the gladiatorial power of its modern enemies Project 2025 is aligned with global authoritarianism and won’t stand or...

westenglandbylines.co.uk

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 3d

stop thinking right now

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Neil Shima @neilshima.bsky.social · 3d

#MusicChallenge 🎶
#MusicSky
#DavidsMonthOfMusic

Day 11. With a non primary colour/shade in the title...
From the album, Passenger by Nightbus.
Released Today; Blue in Grey

Blue In Grey

YouTube video by Nightbus - Topic

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Neil Shima @neilshima.bsky.social · 3d

#MusicChallenge 🎶
#MusicSky
#20SongsByYear 2015
(Unranked)

Day 11. Public Service Broadcasting - from the album, The Race for Space; Go
@psbhq.bsky.social

Public Service Broadcasting - Go!

YouTube video by Tim Jefferies

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Neil Shima @neilshima.bsky.social · 3d

😂

The Persuaders! Theme Tune by John Barry - ATV/ITC (ITV) 1971

YouTube video by Lost 1960s TV and Radio

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Neil Shima @neilshima.bsky.social · 3d

I got Free access to Perplexity's AI chatbot with a Nothing 2a Phone last year. Absolutely bollocks. It Failed miserably with anything to do with British Culture. Deleted the app off the phone after 3 months.

Neil Shima @neilshima.bsky.social · 4d

.......and then the Sea Level started to Rise.