alan
@spacexecadet.bsky.social
I would only trade our Devon lifestyle for a palazzo in Venice, or a Villa on the Venice Lido.
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Violence against women and girls does not occur in a vacuum - it is born out of misogyny that goes unaddressed on streets, in workplaces, and in schools.
On #WhiteRibbonDay, we stand with all those who have experienced vile abuse, and those working to end it.
On #WhiteRibbonDay, we stand with all those who have experienced vile abuse, and those working to end it.
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Violence against women and girls does not occur in a vacuum - it is born out of misogyny that goes unaddressed on streets, in workplaces, and in schools.
On #WhiteRibbonDay, we stand with all those who have experienced vile abuse, and those working to end it.
On #WhiteRibbonDay, we stand with all those who have experienced vile abuse, and those working to end it.
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Breaking: The six Democrats now confirmed they've been contacted by the FBI.
The lawmakers accuse Trump of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress."
The lawmakers accuse Trump of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress."
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Breaking: The six Democrats now confirmed they've been contacted by the FBI.
The lawmakers accuse Trump of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress."
The lawmakers accuse Trump of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress."
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In these challenging times someone might need one of them:
Childline: 0800 1111
Samaritans: 116 123
Domestic Violence Hotline: 0808 2000 247
Mind: 0300 123 3393
Age UK: 0800 169 6565
Alcoholics Anonymous : 0800 9177 650
Cruse Bereavement Care: 0808 808 1677
MH text support: 85258
Childline: 0800 1111
Samaritans: 116 123
Domestic Violence Hotline: 0808 2000 247
Mind: 0300 123 3393
Age UK: 0800 169 6565
Alcoholics Anonymous : 0800 9177 650
Cruse Bereavement Care: 0808 808 1677
MH text support: 85258
November 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
In these challenging times someone might need one of them:
Childline: 0800 1111
Samaritans: 116 123
Domestic Violence Hotline: 0808 2000 247
Mind: 0300 123 3393
Age UK: 0800 169 6565
Alcoholics Anonymous : 0800 9177 650
Cruse Bereavement Care: 0808 808 1677
MH text support: 85258
Childline: 0800 1111
Samaritans: 116 123
Domestic Violence Hotline: 0808 2000 247
Mind: 0300 123 3393
Age UK: 0800 169 6565
Alcoholics Anonymous : 0800 9177 650
Cruse Bereavement Care: 0808 808 1677
MH text support: 85258
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November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Tonight, @europarl.europa.eu glows in orange.
A light for every woman and girl who has suffered in silence.
A promise to every woman and girl who deserves safety, dignity, and a life free from fear.
We owe them more than awareness.
We owe them change.
#OrangeTheWorld
A light for every woman and girl who has suffered in silence.
A promise to every woman and girl who deserves safety, dignity, and a life free from fear.
We owe them more than awareness.
We owe them change.
#OrangeTheWorld
November 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Tonight, @europarl.europa.eu glows in orange.
A light for every woman and girl who has suffered in silence.
A promise to every woman and girl who deserves safety, dignity, and a life free from fear.
We owe them more than awareness.
We owe them change.
#OrangeTheWorld
A light for every woman and girl who has suffered in silence.
A promise to every woman and girl who deserves safety, dignity, and a life free from fear.
We owe them more than awareness.
We owe them change.
#OrangeTheWorld
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Trump reposted on Truth Social multiple accounts from X this weekend who have been identified as foreigners posing as American MAGA supporters. meidasnews.com/news/trump-a...
Trump Amplified Foreign-Based Accounts This Weekend
One account boosted by Trump promoted banning Ilhan Omar from office. The account is based in Africa.
meidasnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Trump reposted on Truth Social multiple accounts from X this weekend who have been identified as foreigners posing as American MAGA supporters. meidasnews.com/news/trump-a...
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"If you go back a million minutes, get to the start of 2023. If you go back a billion minutes, you get to the Roman Empire. That's the scale of inequality we're living with." Zack Polanski
Such a brilliant illustration.
Such a brilliant illustration.
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"If you go back a million minutes, get to the start of 2023. If you go back a billion minutes, you get to the Roman Empire. That's the scale of inequality we're living with." Zack Polanski
Such a brilliant illustration.
Such a brilliant illustration.
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BREAKING: Case against former FBI Director James Comey dismissed, judge says prosecutor was illegally appointed
November 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
BREAKING: Case against former FBI Director James Comey dismissed, judge says prosecutor was illegally appointed
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BREAKING: The Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly for possible military law violations after he joined a video urging U.S. troops to refuse "illegal orders."
Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly for video urging troops to defy 'illegal orders'
The Pentagon says that it is investigating Democratic Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona for possible breaches of military law after Kelly joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for U.S. troops to refuse unlawful orders.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
BREAKING: The Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly for possible military law violations after he joined a video urging U.S. troops to refuse "illegal orders."
@petagna.bsky.social
As previously discussed there is still a bizarre overwriting of 'Cardiff', by 'Cardiff Bute Park' on the weather map. Cardiff Bute Park being a unique (and irrelevant) qualifier, the likes of which exist nowhere else on the map.
Who should I contact for a fix ?
Cheers alan
As previously discussed there is still a bizarre overwriting of 'Cardiff', by 'Cardiff Bute Park' on the weather map. Cardiff Bute Park being a unique (and irrelevant) qualifier, the likes of which exist nowhere else on the map.
Who should I contact for a fix ?
Cheers alan
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
@petagna.bsky.social
As previously discussed there is still a bizarre overwriting of 'Cardiff', by 'Cardiff Bute Park' on the weather map. Cardiff Bute Park being a unique (and irrelevant) qualifier, the likes of which exist nowhere else on the map.
Who should I contact for a fix ?
Cheers alan
As previously discussed there is still a bizarre overwriting of 'Cardiff', by 'Cardiff Bute Park' on the weather map. Cardiff Bute Park being a unique (and irrelevant) qualifier, the likes of which exist nowhere else on the map.
Who should I contact for a fix ?
Cheers alan
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This is my kind of good trouble.
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This is my kind of good trouble.
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It's been obvious for years that many social media accounts are foreign trolls. The tragedy has been the utter complacency about it. All an enemy had to do was tinkle a little bell and the dumb doggies would bark away at each other. Why bother with a nuclear arsenal?
November 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It's been obvious for years that many social media accounts are foreign trolls. The tragedy has been the utter complacency about it. All an enemy had to do was tinkle a little bell and the dumb doggies would bark away at each other. Why bother with a nuclear arsenal?
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You can see the Dutch Golden Age influence on Anna Ancher's early Maid in the Kitchen (1883-86, Hirschsprung Collection, Copenhagen). Now in the excellent light-filled exhibition @dulwichgallery.bsky.social. Read about the show here: art-exhibitions.blogspot.com/2025/11/let-...
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
You can see the Dutch Golden Age influence on Anna Ancher's early Maid in the Kitchen (1883-86, Hirschsprung Collection, Copenhagen). Now in the excellent light-filled exhibition @dulwichgallery.bsky.social. Read about the show here: art-exhibitions.blogspot.com/2025/11/let-...
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In honour of its proponents, I suggest that the Dmitriev-Witkoff proposal should henceforth be called the Dim-Wit Plan
November 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
In honour of its proponents, I suggest that the Dmitriev-Witkoff proposal should henceforth be called the Dim-Wit Plan
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He will kill people
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
He will kill people
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Rightwing MAGA Christianity has about as much relation to the gospels as MAGA politics does to the Constitution.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Rightwing MAGA Christianity has about as much relation to the gospels as MAGA politics does to the Constitution.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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youtu.be/G5tLqb8T5xU?...
They did this one in Glasgow using buildings due for demolition.
They did this one in Glasgow using buildings due for demolition.
Sony Bravia - Paint (2006, UK)
YouTube video by The Hall of Advertising
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
youtu.be/G5tLqb8T5xU?...
They did this one in Glasgow using buildings due for demolition.
They did this one in Glasgow using buildings due for demolition.
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It’s a sign of how insane the news cycle is these days that this historic failure of government policy got just one day of news coverage this week.
Not saying that’s right or wrong, but it’s astonishing how quickly the agenda moves on these days.
Not saying that’s right or wrong, but it’s astonishing how quickly the agenda moves on these days.
BREAKING: UK’s response to Covid was “too little too late”. Acting faster could have saved 23,000 lives in England according to the public inquiry.
Boris Johnson presided over a “toxic, sexist, chaotic culture” in No10, where rule-breaking seriously undermined public confidence.
Boris Johnson presided over a “toxic, sexist, chaotic culture” in No10, where rule-breaking seriously undermined public confidence.
November 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
It’s a sign of how insane the news cycle is these days that this historic failure of government policy got just one day of news coverage this week.
Not saying that’s right or wrong, but it’s astonishing how quickly the agenda moves on these days.
Not saying that’s right or wrong, but it’s astonishing how quickly the agenda moves on these days.
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Raawiyah Rifath, co-coordinator of Exeter Green Party addresses the Exeter for Everyone rally.
"We must call out hate, call out racism and call out fascism."
"We must call out hate, call out racism and call out fascism."
November 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Raawiyah Rifath, co-coordinator of Exeter Green Party addresses the Exeter for Everyone rally.
"We must call out hate, call out racism and call out fascism."
"We must call out hate, call out racism and call out fascism."
Keep a copy of this to laugh at in thre year's time ?
Nowcast Update - Green's vote share surpasses Lib Dems, as Labour hits new low.
RFM: 350 (+345), 30.2% (50 Maj.)
LAB: 87 (-324), 18.8%
LDM: 75 (+3), 13.0%
SNP: 44 (+35), 2.7%
CON: 38 (-83), 17.6%
GRN: 23 (+19), 13.5%
PLC: 7 (+3), 1.1%
Oth: 7 (+2), 3.1%
electionmaps.uk/nowcast
RFM: 350 (+345), 30.2% (50 Maj.)
LAB: 87 (-324), 18.8%
LDM: 75 (+3), 13.0%
SNP: 44 (+35), 2.7%
CON: 38 (-83), 17.6%
GRN: 23 (+19), 13.5%
PLC: 7 (+3), 1.1%
Oth: 7 (+2), 3.1%
electionmaps.uk/nowcast
November 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Keep a copy of this to laugh at in thre year's time ?
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Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the English throne, was executed by hanging at Tyburn on this day in 1499
thefreelancehistorywriter.com/2014/06/27/p...
thefreelancehistorywriter.com/2014/06/27/p...
Perkin Warbeck ~ Pretender to the English Throne
The Yorkist/Lancastrian conflict known as the War of the Roses is filled with interesting stories from battles to execution by drowning in a butt of malmsey. Because the two young sons of King Edwa…
thefreelancehistorywriter.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the English throne, was executed by hanging at Tyburn on this day in 1499
thefreelancehistorywriter.com/2014/06/27/p...
thefreelancehistorywriter.com/2014/06/27/p...
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“I think our bill was $74,000 on broken windows,” said Ranahan. “And the crazy thing is, everyone loved it. The people, the neighborhood, they still come out to me and talk to me about it.”
(via The Browser)
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(via The Browser)
www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
'It was chaos': The history of San Francisco's most unforgettable TV ad
The million-dollar shoot resulted in $74,000 in broken windows.
www.sfgate.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
“I think our bill was $74,000 on broken windows,” said Ranahan. “And the crazy thing is, everyone loved it. The people, the neighborhood, they still come out to me and talk to me about it.”
(via The Browser)
www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
(via The Browser)
www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
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Don't forget the public threat from Trump-sign this Russian turd plan by Thursday, or else. Realizing that this is theatrical bluster, yes, it nonetheless will cause quite a stir (horror) in US circles-and of course, Ukrainian partners will look at us with tad bit of unease and say "seriously, wtf?"
November 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Don't forget the public threat from Trump-sign this Russian turd plan by Thursday, or else. Realizing that this is theatrical bluster, yes, it nonetheless will cause quite a stir (horror) in US circles-and of course, Ukrainian partners will look at us with tad bit of unease and say "seriously, wtf?"
