Rich Alderton | 🏳️🌈 🇪🇺
@ralderton.bsky.social
Points tart. Beer enthusiast. Green, lefty, middle-class, Guardian-reading, EV-driving, snowflake Remainer wanker. Refrigerator owner.
Then they came for the journalists.
(We don’t know what happened after that.)
(We don’t know what happened after that.)
It feels like it was only a matter of time before the regime started arresting journalists to punish them for what they are covering.
We've now reached that time.
We've now reached that time.
Ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon arrested on charges connected to Minnesota church protest
Lemon’s lawyer said he was taken into custody after attending protest in which demonstrators disrupted a church service earlier in January
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Then they came for the journalists.
(We don’t know what happened after that.)
(We don’t know what happened after that.)
Resistance is … working
January 27, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Resistance is … working
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BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:42 PM
I’m wandering round Valencia, having a delightful discussion with ChatGPT about how to tell Rococo from Art Nouveau.
‘This building is extremely powdered wig-coded’ is perhaps my favourite comment. 😂
‘This building is extremely powdered wig-coded’ is perhaps my favourite comment. 😂
January 26, 2026 at 9:28 AM
I’m wandering round Valencia, having a delightful discussion with ChatGPT about how to tell Rococo from Art Nouveau.
‘This building is extremely powdered wig-coded’ is perhaps my favourite comment. 😂
‘This building is extremely powdered wig-coded’ is perhaps my favourite comment. 😂
Maths is weird sometimes.
‘We want 10% more nurses ASAP’ sounds innocuous.
‘Ok. You have to double training capacity overnight, but only temporarily’ is the logical, difficult, and surprising solution.
Great piece by @timharford.ft.com
‘We want 10% more nurses ASAP’ sounds innocuous.
‘Ok. You have to double training capacity overnight, but only temporarily’ is the logical, difficult, and surprising solution.
Great piece by @timharford.ft.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Maths is weird sometimes.
‘We want 10% more nurses ASAP’ sounds innocuous.
‘Ok. You have to double training capacity overnight, but only temporarily’ is the logical, difficult, and surprising solution.
Great piece by @timharford.ft.com
‘We want 10% more nurses ASAP’ sounds innocuous.
‘Ok. You have to double training capacity overnight, but only temporarily’ is the logical, difficult, and surprising solution.
Great piece by @timharford.ft.com
I think Westbahn is taking the piss now @seatsixtyone.bsky.social 😂
€65 upgrade fee, when you already have a first class rail pass, to sit in first class.
I think that might be a record.
€65 upgrade fee, when you already have a first class rail pass, to sit in first class.
I think that might be a record.
October 22, 2025 at 9:49 AM
I think Westbahn is taking the piss now @seatsixtyone.bsky.social 😂
€65 upgrade fee, when you already have a first class rail pass, to sit in first class.
I think that might be a record.
€65 upgrade fee, when you already have a first class rail pass, to sit in first class.
I think that might be a record.
(At the bird design committee meeting) “What colour should we make this bird?”
“Yes”
“Yes”
October 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
(At the bird design committee meeting) “What colour should we make this bird?”
“Yes”
“Yes”
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Adam Douglas Thompson. #NewYorkerCartoons
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Very frank account by Jens Stoltenberg, former Nato Secretary-General, on how he handled Trump - at a time when the whole alliance was one wrong move away from completely collapsing.
TL;DR: Say a big number and tell him he's God.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
TL;DR: Say a big number and tell him he's God.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
“‘I’m leaving,’ Trump said. ‘There’s no reason to be here any more’”: inside the meeting that brought Nato to the brink
Former secretary general Jens Stoltenberg recalls the rollercoaster ride of dealing with Donald Trump – and how close the US president brought the alliance to the point of collapse
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Very frank account by Jens Stoltenberg, former Nato Secretary-General, on how he handled Trump - at a time when the whole alliance was one wrong move away from completely collapsing.
TL;DR: Say a big number and tell him he's God.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
TL;DR: Say a big number and tell him he's God.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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who called them "the Huns" and not "H from Steppes"
September 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
who called them "the Huns" and not "H from Steppes"
I can't wait for the 3rd of January, when Crystal Palace make the trip to play at St James Park
#supportpalacetyneaction
#supportpalacetyneaction
I’d like to see more work done to preserve the site of the ancient palace of the Roman Emperors so that many more generations can visit and enjoy it. Which is why I, like many others #SupportPalatineAction
August 20, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I can't wait for the 3rd of January, when Crystal Palace make the trip to play at St James Park
#supportpalacetyneaction
#supportpalacetyneaction
Did you know that most prescriptions are ready for collection the next day?
But if you make two phone calls to the GP, two visits to the pharmacy, and beg hard enough, this can be reduced to as little as a week.
But if you make two phone calls to the GP, two visits to the pharmacy, and beg hard enough, this can be reduced to as little as a week.
August 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Did you know that most prescriptions are ready for collection the next day?
But if you make two phone calls to the GP, two visits to the pharmacy, and beg hard enough, this can be reduced to as little as a week.
But if you make two phone calls to the GP, two visits to the pharmacy, and beg hard enough, this can be reduced to as little as a week.
Peak SNCF!
SNCF
Really
"Our trains are too full, what do we do?"
"Impose compulsory reservation to stop overcrowding, and restrict the numbers who can take them!"
"But now our tickets are so damned complex now everyone is queuing to try to buy tickets!"
"Make the ticket office compulsory reservation […]
Really
"Our trains are too full, what do we do?"
"Impose compulsory reservation to stop overcrowding, and restrict the numbers who can take them!"
"But now our tickets are so damned complex now everyone is queuing to try to buy tickets!"
"Make the ticket office compulsory reservation […]
Original post on gruene.social
gruene.social
August 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Peak SNCF!
I've just asked how much the nail clippers were in this shop, and got a look that mixed pity with disdain.
How's your day going?
How's your day going?
August 6, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I've just asked how much the nail clippers were in this shop, and got a look that mixed pity with disdain.
How's your day going?
How's your day going?
Looks like this has slipped from 'in mid summer' to 'by the end of the year'.
August 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Looks like this has slipped from 'in mid summer' to 'by the end of the year'.
Today something amazing happened. I asked a man if he would please turn down the music on his phone and he did!
No arguments, no getting defensive, no sneakily inching the volume back up five minutes later. He turned it off and we all got on with our day. 😮
I might but a lottery ticket.
No arguments, no getting defensive, no sneakily inching the volume back up five minutes later. He turned it off and we all got on with our day. 😮
I might but a lottery ticket.
July 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Today something amazing happened. I asked a man if he would please turn down the music on his phone and he did!
No arguments, no getting defensive, no sneakily inching the volume back up five minutes later. He turned it off and we all got on with our day. 😮
I might but a lottery ticket.
No arguments, no getting defensive, no sneakily inching the volume back up five minutes later. He turned it off and we all got on with our day. 😮
I might but a lottery ticket.
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THIS IS THE FUTURE LIBERALS WANT
June 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
THIS IS THE FUTURE LIBERALS WANT
Harry Potter and the Pinkwashed Transphobe
We're halfway through June so I guess we're hitting peak rainbowashing!
June 15, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Harry Potter and the Pinkwashed Transphobe
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But I don’t want to live in interesting times.
June 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
But I don’t want to live in interesting times.
You can leave as much time as you like for delays, but sometimes even the most generous connection time gets eaten by disruption.
I had nearly 5 hours between arriving in Hamburg and talking my sleeper to Stockholm, now down to 90 minutes, and my train is still stationary 😮. Friday 13th strikes…
I had nearly 5 hours between arriving in Hamburg and talking my sleeper to Stockholm, now down to 90 minutes, and my train is still stationary 😮. Friday 13th strikes…
June 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
You can leave as much time as you like for delays, but sometimes even the most generous connection time gets eaten by disruption.
I had nearly 5 hours between arriving in Hamburg and talking my sleeper to Stockholm, now down to 90 minutes, and my train is still stationary 😮. Friday 13th strikes…
I had nearly 5 hours between arriving in Hamburg and talking my sleeper to Stockholm, now down to 90 minutes, and my train is still stationary 😮. Friday 13th strikes…
@seatsixtyone.bsky.social There doesn't seem to have been any official announcement, but it looks like the Frecciarossa to Paris is going to be accepting Interrail from this summer.
Spotted by a friend of mine.
Spotted by a friend of mine.
June 13, 2025 at 10:19 AM
@seatsixtyone.bsky.social There doesn't seem to have been any official announcement, but it looks like the Frecciarossa to Paris is going to be accepting Interrail from this summer.
Spotted by a friend of mine.
Spotted by a friend of mine.
Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria and of course Hungary chose homophobia.
They chose to side with Viktor Orban and his ban on Pride marches.
Shameful.
They chose to side with Viktor Orban and his ban on Pride marches.
Shameful.
20 out of the 27 EU countries today signed a declaration condemning Viktor Orban's ban on pride parades in Hungary.
The map very much resembles the old iron curtain divide, with the glaring exception of 🇮🇹Italy which has joined with Hungary and 5 other Eastern European countries in refusing to sign.
The map very much resembles the old iron curtain divide, with the glaring exception of 🇮🇹Italy which has joined with Hungary and 5 other Eastern European countries in refusing to sign.
May 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria and of course Hungary chose homophobia.
They chose to side with Viktor Orban and his ban on Pride marches.
Shameful.
They chose to side with Viktor Orban and his ban on Pride marches.
Shameful.
2.30am, trying to sleep.
Brain: OK, but how about first we try to transcribe the name Peter, as spoken in Standard English, Tyneside English, and American English, into IPA? That would be fun and worthwhile, wouldn't it?
Brain: OK, but how about first we try to transcribe the name Peter, as spoken in Standard English, Tyneside English, and American English, into IPA? That would be fun and worthwhile, wouldn't it?
May 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
2.30am, trying to sleep.
Brain: OK, but how about first we try to transcribe the name Peter, as spoken in Standard English, Tyneside English, and American English, into IPA? That would be fun and worthwhile, wouldn't it?
Brain: OK, but how about first we try to transcribe the name Peter, as spoken in Standard English, Tyneside English, and American English, into IPA? That would be fun and worthwhile, wouldn't it?
The bread Marie Antoinette wants you to have
May 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The bread Marie Antoinette wants you to have
@seatsixtyone.bsky.social FYI, it seems Eurostar have bumped up the cost of Interrail reservations.
London to FR or BE is now €35/ €40
London to NL unchanged at €35/ €43
I don't know if they've changed the ex-Thalys costs.
London to FR or BE is now €35/ €40
London to NL unchanged at €35/ €43
I don't know if they've changed the ex-Thalys costs.
May 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
@seatsixtyone.bsky.social FYI, it seems Eurostar have bumped up the cost of Interrail reservations.
London to FR or BE is now €35/ €40
London to NL unchanged at €35/ €43
I don't know if they've changed the ex-Thalys costs.
London to FR or BE is now €35/ €40
London to NL unchanged at €35/ €43
I don't know if they've changed the ex-Thalys costs.