Pete Marchetto
@petemarchetto.bsky.social
Boomer postpatriot Englishman, freelance writer in expat recovery (from China), of the social-democratic centre now deemed 'far left', Green Party member. Free sample ebook of short stories at:
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Free sampler ebook, (with details of how to pay me at the end if you feel like it): 'Love Sideways', 3 unromantic romances.
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I knew my feed was missing a certain magical something.
@iss-piss-tracker.bsky.social
Be at one with the cosmos. Stay up to date on the level of urine in the tank on the International Space Station.
@iss-piss-tracker.bsky.social
Be at one with the cosmos. Stay up to date on the level of urine in the tank on the International Space Station.
December 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I knew my feed was missing a certain magical something.
@iss-piss-tracker.bsky.social
Be at one with the cosmos. Stay up to date on the level of urine in the tank on the International Space Station.
@iss-piss-tracker.bsky.social
Be at one with the cosmos. Stay up to date on the level of urine in the tank on the International Space Station.
Why does it take a freakin' public petition for the government to even start to discuss looking into all this?
Assuming it gets beyond even that?
pdjukes.substack.com/p/what-a-pub...
Assuming it gets beyond even that?
pdjukes.substack.com/p/what-a-pub...
What a Public Inquiry Into Russian Influence in British Politics Must Also Investigate: Boris Johnson and Alexander Lebedev
If you think the Gill conviction is bad, linking the Reform UK Party leader's closest aide to the Kremlin, wait till you hear about another Leave campaigner and his connections to Putin's inner circle
pdjukes.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Why does it take a freakin' public petition for the government to even start to discuss looking into all this?
Assuming it gets beyond even that?
pdjukes.substack.com/p/what-a-pub...
Assuming it gets beyond even that?
pdjukes.substack.com/p/what-a-pub...
Reposted by Pete Marchetto
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
This is the most insightful and illuminating coverage of Your Party and last weekend's conference I've seen so far, from @owenjones.bsky.social Owen Jones.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Urx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Urx...
Inside Your Party’s Launch: Breakthrough or Breakdown?
YouTube video by Owen Jones
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
This is the most insightful and illuminating coverage of Your Party and last weekend's conference I've seen so far, from @owenjones.bsky.social Owen Jones.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Urx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Urx...
If I were Corbyn, I'd step out.
Things are already a mess. If Sultana left, every fringe maniac would scream 'Foul!' and blame it on Corbyn anyway, so he wouldn't be any better off.
So he should step out and allow Sultana to inherit YP, politely, and wishing...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Things are already a mess. If Sultana left, every fringe maniac would scream 'Foul!' and blame it on Corbyn anyway, so he wouldn't be any better off.
So he should step out and allow Sultana to inherit YP, politely, and wishing...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Your Party faces proxy war despite avoiding leadership race, insiders warn
Some members say supporters of Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana will continue battle over ‘soul of the party’
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
If I were Corbyn, I'd step out.
Things are already a mess. If Sultana left, every fringe maniac would scream 'Foul!' and blame it on Corbyn anyway, so he wouldn't be any better off.
So he should step out and allow Sultana to inherit YP, politely, and wishing...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Things are already a mess. If Sultana left, every fringe maniac would scream 'Foul!' and blame it on Corbyn anyway, so he wouldn't be any better off.
So he should step out and allow Sultana to inherit YP, politely, and wishing...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
If you can get to this, it's a horrendous read. The USA is beyond corrupt now.
It is no longer an ally.
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
It is no longer an ally.
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
If you can get to this, it's a horrendous read. The USA is beyond corrupt now.
It is no longer an ally.
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
It is no longer an ally.
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
... and the migration continues...
December 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
... and the migration continues...
Thanks to @radiohead319.bsky.social for this. How the budget was leaked. I didn't know this. 🤭 [I hope I'm not the last person to find out and everyone knew, that would be embarrassing]
The cause was known on the day. Some bright spark at Reuters had the idea to try the same link as the last one, but change the date in the URL! It's akin to the Louvre having the password to their security systems set to "louvre"!
December 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Thanks to @radiohead319.bsky.social for this. How the budget was leaked. I didn't know this. 🤭 [I hope I'm not the last person to find out and everyone knew, that would be embarrassing]
Reposted by Pete Marchetto
We kept the receipts. These comments, taken together, paint a picture of the man he is today.
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
We kept the receipts. These comments, taken together, paint a picture of the man he is today.
Good article on the YP conference and beyond from a trustworthy source.
🔴Your Party’s Chaotic Conference Exposed a Movement at War With Itself
Heckling, expulsions and a power struggle between Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana dominated the first major gathering of Britain’s newest socialist party, reports @josiahmortimer.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/01/y...
Heckling, expulsions and a power struggle between Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana dominated the first major gathering of Britain’s newest socialist party, reports @josiahmortimer.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/01/y...
Your Party’s Chaotic Conference Exposed a Movement at War With Itself
Heckling, expulsions and a power struggle between Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana dominated the first major gathering of Britain's newest socialist party, reports Josiah Mortimer
bylinetimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Good article on the YP conference and beyond from a trustworthy source.
I've tried - I really have tried - to be supportive of the YP project albeit that I had no intention of leaving the Green Party to join them.
With 55,000 members, I had hoped they would emerge as a passably strong and coherent force with which we could have an electoral pact, thereby boosting...
With 55,000 members, I had hoped they would emerge as a passably strong and coherent force with which we could have an electoral pact, thereby boosting...
December 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I've tried - I really have tried - to be supportive of the YP project albeit that I had no intention of leaving the Green Party to join them.
With 55,000 members, I had hoped they would emerge as a passably strong and coherent force with which we could have an electoral pact, thereby boosting...
With 55,000 members, I had hoped they would emerge as a passably strong and coherent force with which we could have an electoral pact, thereby boosting...
Another plug for this invaluable page that tells you everything you could ever need to know in this, the pre-Festive Season.
isitchristmas.com
isitchristmas.com
Is It Christmas?
isitchristmas.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Another plug for this invaluable page that tells you everything you could ever need to know in this, the pre-Festive Season.
isitchristmas.com
isitchristmas.com
Useful tip if you, like me, feel intellectually inadequate on budget days.
The actual speech is designed to obfuscate, but if you have the time then the PDF on the gov dot uk website is actually much easier to understand than the speech.
December 1, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Useful tip if you, like me, feel intellectually inadequate on budget days.
We ignore Georgia in much the same way we ignored Ukraine before February '22, even though we now know precisely what Putin is. We need to take action NOW, not wait for the crisis to escalate or simply ignore it until it's too late.
December 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
We ignore Georgia in much the same way we ignored Ukraine before February '22, even though we now know precisely what Putin is. We need to take action NOW, not wait for the crisis to escalate or simply ignore it until it's too late.
Reposted by Pete Marchetto
"Camite was deployed by France against Germany during World War One.There is little documentation of its subsequent use,but it is believed to have been taken out of circulation at some point in the 1930s,because of concerns about its long-lasting effects" #GeorgiaProtests
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
WW1 toxic compound sprayed on Georgian protesters, BBC evidence suggests
Anti-government demonstrators are likely to have been targeted with camite, our investigation finds.
www.bbc.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:50 AM
"Camite was deployed by France against Germany during World War One.There is little documentation of its subsequent use,but it is believed to have been taken out of circulation at some point in the 1930s,because of concerns about its long-lasting effects" #GeorgiaProtests
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Just announced. Make of it what thou wilt.
November 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Just announced. Make of it what thou wilt.
Sultana bemoans YP's exclusionary actions from the platform.
Somewhere between her own impulsiveness ('Let's do it yesterday!') and Corbyn's hesitancy ('Let's do it in 2096!') lurks a lost year or so which should have been spent ironing everything out before this conference.
Somewhere between her own impulsiveness ('Let's do it yesterday!') and Corbyn's hesitancy ('Let's do it in 2096!') lurks a lost year or so which should have been spent ironing everything out before this conference.
November 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Sultana bemoans YP's exclusionary actions from the platform.
Somewhere between her own impulsiveness ('Let's do it yesterday!') and Corbyn's hesitancy ('Let's do it in 2096!') lurks a lost year or so which should have been spent ironing everything out before this conference.
Somewhere between her own impulsiveness ('Let's do it yesterday!') and Corbyn's hesitancy ('Let's do it in 2096!') lurks a lost year or so which should have been spent ironing everything out before this conference.
I don't believe psychopathy is so widespread in the USA that even a tenth of those who voted for Trump would be supportive of this.
I can only assume many in the population are shielded in their bubbles from the reality of what Trump is doing.
I can only assume many in the population are shielded in their bubbles from the reality of what Trump is doing.
Deportation to Ghana, a Country you do not belong to, as a proxy for violent and inhumane treatment of ICE deportees.
🧵This 58-year-old nurse from Maryland is seen being violently dragged along the ground by officials in Ghana.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
November 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I don't believe psychopathy is so widespread in the USA that even a tenth of those who voted for Trump would be supportive of this.
I can only assume many in the population are shielded in their bubbles from the reality of what Trump is doing.
I can only assume many in the population are shielded in their bubbles from the reality of what Trump is doing.
Reposted by Pete Marchetto
Vladimir Putin calls the leaked Bloomberg tape of Steve Witkoff and Yuri Ushakov conspiring to manipulate Trump "criminal espionage." He didn't want anyone to know that he was doing this - and he's visibly angry about it.
November 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Vladimir Putin calls the leaked Bloomberg tape of Steve Witkoff and Yuri Ushakov conspiring to manipulate Trump "criminal espionage." He didn't want anyone to know that he was doing this - and he's visibly angry about it.
Greens poll highest of all the parties in terms of the number of people who would consider voting for them.
However, it's within the margin of error that has them tying with the Tories, the LibDems and Reform with Labour not far behind.
However, it's within the margin of error that has them tying with the Tories, the LibDems and Reform with Labour not far behind.
November 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Greens poll highest of all the parties in terms of the number of people who would consider voting for them.
However, it's within the margin of error that has them tying with the Tories, the LibDems and Reform with Labour not far behind.
However, it's within the margin of error that has them tying with the Tories, the LibDems and Reform with Labour not far behind.
I have so had enough of the 'high flyers' in political journalism.
I just watched the intro to see if there would be anything of interest in the Kuennsberg programme today, (there wasn't), but this face-to-face placing of Reeves and Badenoch for artificial discomfort before introducing an...
I just watched the intro to see if there would be anything of interest in the Kuennsberg programme today, (there wasn't), but this face-to-face placing of Reeves and Badenoch for artificial discomfort before introducing an...
November 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I have so had enough of the 'high flyers' in political journalism.
I just watched the intro to see if there would be anything of interest in the Kuennsberg programme today, (there wasn't), but this face-to-face placing of Reeves and Badenoch for artificial discomfort before introducing an...
I just watched the intro to see if there would be anything of interest in the Kuennsberg programme today, (there wasn't), but this face-to-face placing of Reeves and Badenoch for artificial discomfort before introducing an...
Given its reliance on misused words to get its message across, the intent can only be understood by those who live in or near the same small tent as the writer.
The left has fragmented into shrapnel, each shard has its own vernacular, and all those tents are trying to pitch on Your Party's lawn.
The left has fragmented into shrapnel, each shard has its own vernacular, and all those tents are trying to pitch on Your Party's lawn.
Behold, the Your Party voter (the 'zionist' is Polanski haha)
November 30, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Given its reliance on misused words to get its message across, the intent can only be understood by those who live in or near the same small tent as the writer.
The left has fragmented into shrapnel, each shard has its own vernacular, and all those tents are trying to pitch on Your Party's lawn.
The left has fragmented into shrapnel, each shard has its own vernacular, and all those tents are trying to pitch on Your Party's lawn.
Reposted by Pete Marchetto
