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Nomad, Communicator, Writer, Boater, European, Londoner, Cook… #Africa #C4D #RCCE #SBCC #cholera #WASH #barges #waterways

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NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 8h

Blessed are the peacemakers - isn’t that something Jesus said not what people said about themselves? (I’m only Jew-ish, so what do I know? )

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 9h

Actually, it’s worth re-reading 1984 to see how prescient Orwell was.

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 9h

Un-fucking believable. You couldn’t make it up!!!

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 9h

Now now Earl, that is Fake News 📰!!! 😜

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 10h

Thanks. The last time I was in that area was in 1982 en route Cameroon 🇨🇲 with a few Mercedes and Peugeots !
Those were the peaceful days (of the Cold War)

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 10h

Wow this is well north and east of the Sahel zone borders where you’d expect such activity. What’s going on?

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 1d

Un-fucking believable these fuckwits!

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 1d

From one Simon to another Top marks bruv. 😎

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 1d

I totally agree with you. I was mistakenly using their shorthand.

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 1d

It already is, sadly not just the US. The revival of diseases such as Polio and Measles will bite us all whatever ICE tries to do about illegals.

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 1d

And as then they’ll be no vaccines 💉 to stop it because the mRNA research 🔬 has been cancelled by US Health Fuckwit in Chief Mr RF Kennedy jnr

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 1d

You mean he actually wants America 🇺🇸 to lose what influence it had and for the vacuum to be filled by Russia 🇷🇺, China 🇨🇳 and then India 🇮🇳 ? In which case he’s just a fuckwit suicidal maniac.
Yeah you’re right !

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 1d

Remember this is the guy who was deputy PM with the Tory government!!

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 1d

You may be right in general, but he’s certainly ignorant of what a boon to the US USAID was- and as a MAGA plan cutting aid is a massive own goal.
( I have worked under many USAID funded programs! )

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 1d

Rubio is a lying ignoramus. Children are dying around the world from vaccine 💉 preventable diseases, malnutrition exacerbated by cuts to de-worming programs - that cost peanuts 🥜
Wrecking USAID stabs the US 🇺🇸 in the foot. It was the most effective diplomatic tool in the USA’s arsenal.

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 1d

The point of a university is to learn how to study and that’s what a degree attests to. In my case Tropical Agriculture and Bio-systems into Tv 📺 production and ultimately international humanitarian development.
If you want to learn a skill do an apprenticeship!

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 2d

So refreshing to hear positive plans for our future, a call to hope and action, in contrast to the tirades of blame of others and catastrophic failures from Labour, Tories and Reform losers.
Go Zack go Greens.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Jenrick could have visited Handsworth to listen to residents – he chose to pass through and make a judgement based on the colour of their skin. Instead of getting to know our nation of neighbours, he chose racism.

The Tories, Reform and Labour want to divide us.

The Greens say enough is enough.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham

Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on 90-minute visit Robert Jenrick complained about visiting an area of Birmingham where he “didn’t see another white face” and said it was not the kind of country he wanted to live in. After highlighting the lack of white people, the shadow justice secretary said it was not about “the colour of your skin or your faith” and he wanted people to live alongside each other. Continue reading...

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NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 2d

Disgusting 🤢 Tory racist shit. Yes we’ve been discussing this for decades since Enoch Powell’s “As I look ahead, I am filled with foreboding; like the Roman, I seem to see the River Tiber foaming with much blood.” 🩸
Le plus ça change!

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 2d

How can that be when the Orange 🍊 Fuckwit says they are a disaster? 😜

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 3d

Bang 💥 goes the West African myth that Guinness FES protects you against malaria then! 😜

Guinness Foreign Extract Stout bottle.

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 3d

On La Baïse today.

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 3d

What happened to:
Paine’s theory of popular sovereignty and divided authority:
• The people precede government — sovereignty is theirs.
• The constitution is the people’s act of limitation and delegation.
• Separation of powers (legislative, executive, judicial) prevents encroachment and tyranny.

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 5d

Good news. As a 70+ Londoner as e-cargo bike owner, I not so surprised because there are so many on the street now, particularly young families
I use mine for all my shopping and most other trips. My car 🚗 left in the garage for all except long trip not easily done by public transport.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 6d

Zack Polanski’s response to the Manchester terror attack has been a masterclass in mature statesmanship.

Soulful, human, eloquent, empathetic, nuanced, confident and focused on healing.

And bold. It has shone in contrast to so much weaponising or ill thought through commentary.

Thank you Zack. 💪