aboyle67.bsky.social
@aboyle67.bsky.social
Born in Ireland 🇮🇪 , living in the UK 🇬🇧. Married, grumpy, and increasingly exasperated with the world.
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We live in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, and yet 1 in 7 people in the UK are facing hunger.

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April 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Morning Bluesky! Have you cancelled a planned trip or move – holiday, work, short-term or long-term – to the USA? Fancy chatting to me about for a piece?

@ me or DM if so, especially if you’re located in the UK. (RTs much appreciated too).
April 22, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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King Charles III statement on the passing of Pope Francis:

“Our heavy hearts have been somewhat eased, however, to know that His Holiness was able to share an Easter Greeting with the Church and the world he served with such devotion throughout his life and ministry.”
April 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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"It's not whether you believe but whether you are believable." - Pope Francis
In his final 24 hours Francis condemned the deliberate starvation in Gaza, called for peace in Ukraine and Sudan and scolded JD Vance over abuses of the rule of law.
Go to the angels.
April 21, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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While the gospels say that Judas led the Romans to Jesus, a new theory is gaining traction with some Biblical scholars. There is evidence, some say, that Judas merely shared Christ's location on an insecure group chat that accidentally included several Roman officials and journalists.
April 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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If you know, you know
April 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Worth remembering that Pope Francis regularly called out the genocide in Gaza. He stayed in daily contact with his priests in Gaza.
April 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Yep. Perfectly put. In essence, tyranny.👇
April 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Seconded
just because I'm all fuck the u.s. at the moment does not mean I'm not fuck china. I'm fuck china forever. I've seen Hong Kong. I know what they're planning in Taiwan. they're not the good guys and I'm not about to start retweeting chinese propaganda videos like so many people seem to be. sigh.
April 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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I am so concerned about the impact of corporations kowtowing to the American administration by rescinding DEI efforts that I have created a Parliamentary petition to ask the government to only make contracts with organisations where DEI is still active.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Petition: Government to only issue contracts to organisations that have a DEI policy
Update the government Public Procurement Policy to only allow contracts with organisations that publish a diversity and inclusion policy and how they measure themselves against it.
petition.parliament.uk
April 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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“Orban won in 2010 & used law to stay forever—gutted civil service to remove disloyals, cut funding for newspapers, universities & nonprofits; packed judiciary w/ loyalists; gerrymandered legislative districts; seized control of prosecutor’s office & amended const.”

www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
It Is Happening Here
Trump is following the playbook of autocrats around the world — and it could change America forever.
www.huffpost.com
April 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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April 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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April 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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I needed to hear this. Maybe you do too.

“Fear has a way of being contagious… courage is also contagious.” — Kamala Harris

Man, I miss her.
April 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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....and then they came for the Quakers. FFS🤷‍♀️

No silly, not Trump's America but Westminster. London Westminster.

Get me out of this insanity🤦🏻‍♀️ Past time Scotland was Independent

www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House
Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.
www.quaker.org.uk
March 29, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Dr. Franks has read my mind and expressed my angst! 🤯
March 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Ungrateful S.O.B!
March 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Priorities
March 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Answer his questions for yourself.
Make this viral.
March 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Maybe it’s just confirmation bias, but really feels like there is one of these every day.
March 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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March 20, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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March 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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THIS
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March 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM