Anne-Marie
@amariese23.bsky.social
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Anne-Marie
@amariese23.bsky.social
· Jan 22
Beautiful photos of the Lake District, and Scotland, that I know any of my friends who find me again on here will appreciate 🙂
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Consequences of the precariousness of the Global South in an era of Great Power politics.
Consequences, on a level that hysterical Europeans have yet encounter in reality
Consequences of the precariousness of the Global South in an era of Great Power politics.
Consequences, on a level that hysterical Europeans have yet encounter in reality
Trinidad and Tobago went all in with the US – it will prove a costly misjudgment | Kenneth Mohammed
Aligning itself with Washington and casually dismissing regional diplomacy has left the dual island nation isolated amid the Venezuela crisis, says Caribbean analyst Kenneth Mohammed
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January 11, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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Consequences of the precariousness of the Global South in an era of Great Power politics.
Consequences, on a level that hysterical Europeans have yet encounter in reality
Consequences of the precariousness of the Global South in an era of Great Power politics.
Consequences, on a level that hysterical Europeans have yet encounter in reality
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We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands.
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
January 8, 2026 at 6:38 PM
We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands.
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
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Teen Sick Of Mother Barging Into Room With Clean, Folded Clothes https://theonion.com/teen-sick-of-mother-barging-into-room-with-clean-folde-1819577305/
January 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Teen Sick Of Mother Barging Into Room With Clean, Folded Clothes https://theonion.com/teen-sick-of-mother-barging-into-room-with-clean-folde-1819577305/
Been thinking, ever since I heard about the US kidnap of a sitting Head of State (who I am no fan of, but y'know *International Law*), that Volodomir Zelenskyy, will be spending the rest of his term in an even deeper bunker than the one he must be in for avoiding the bombs...
January 3, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Been thinking, ever since I heard about the US kidnap of a sitting Head of State (who I am no fan of, but y'know *International Law*), that Volodomir Zelenskyy, will be spending the rest of his term in an even deeper bunker than the one he must be in for avoiding the bombs...
I keep trying to imagine how I would have felt if it had been Jimmy Carter doing that to Augusto Pinochet.
Problem is, I just can't see it would ever have happened.
Hubby says, it's because decent people behave decently, even with un-decent people, 'cos, like, respect for international rule of law
Problem is, I just can't see it would ever have happened.
Hubby says, it's because decent people behave decently, even with un-decent people, 'cos, like, respect for international rule of law
January 3, 2026 at 11:16 PM
I keep trying to imagine how I would have felt if it had been Jimmy Carter doing that to Augusto Pinochet.
Problem is, I just can't see it would ever have happened.
Hubby says, it's because decent people behave decently, even with un-decent people, 'cos, like, respect for international rule of law
Problem is, I just can't see it would ever have happened.
Hubby says, it's because decent people behave decently, even with un-decent people, 'cos, like, respect for international rule of law
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Well done, Ms Burke.
Excellent point, well made.
You do not judge a government by who they save, you judge it by who they throw under the bus to do it
Well done, Ms Burke.
Excellent point, well made.
You do not judge a government by who they save, you judge it by who they throw under the bus to do it
Campaigner turned down MBE over ‘scapegoating’ of people with disabilities
Exclusive: In letter declining proposed award, Tressa Burke, CEO of Glasgow Disability Alliance, accused government of ‘fuelling hatred’
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December 30, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Well done, Ms Burke.
Excellent point, well made.
You do not judge a government by who they save, you judge it by who they throw under the bus to do it
Well done, Ms Burke.
Excellent point, well made.
You do not judge a government by who they save, you judge it by who they throw under the bus to do it
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#OnThisDay in 1831, the HMS Beagle departs on its second voyage with an unknown young naturalist aboard. The ship will eventually visit the Galapagos Islands where the scientist, Charles Darwin, will begin to formulate his theories on evolution. #HistoryOfScience
December 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
#OnThisDay in 1831, the HMS Beagle departs on its second voyage with an unknown young naturalist aboard. The ship will eventually visit the Galapagos Islands where the scientist, Charles Darwin, will begin to formulate his theories on evolution. #HistoryOfScience
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CCDH works to protect kids, fight antisemitism, and stop online harms.
"I'm feeling really confident that the courts will see the importance of our work and recognize the vitality of protecting our First Amendment rights."
Watch our CEO @imranahmed.bsky.social on @cnn.com 👇
"I'm feeling really confident that the courts will see the importance of our work and recognize the vitality of protecting our First Amendment rights."
Watch our CEO @imranahmed.bsky.social on @cnn.com 👇
December 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
CCDH works to protect kids, fight antisemitism, and stop online harms.
"I'm feeling really confident that the courts will see the importance of our work and recognize the vitality of protecting our First Amendment rights."
Watch our CEO @imranahmed.bsky.social on @cnn.com 👇
"I'm feeling really confident that the courts will see the importance of our work and recognize the vitality of protecting our First Amendment rights."
Watch our CEO @imranahmed.bsky.social on @cnn.com 👇
First, Wordle, now apparently Only Connect's 'The Wall'!
Connections is a daily game about finding common threads between words. Players must select four groups of four words without making more than three mistakes. Play now. trib.al/R27QzUh
December 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
First, Wordle, now apparently Only Connect's 'The Wall'!
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Steve, I need you to help me clean up the house today. Steve?
December 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Steve, I need you to help me clean up the house today. Steve?
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The Fight Is Not Over
As Palestinian bus drivers in Jerusalem face racist attacks on their buses, our Solidarity Guard came to stand with them and provide protective presence.
But we can’t do it alone – we need you in the fight with us.
Donate here: standtog.org/4939O4K
As Palestinian bus drivers in Jerusalem face racist attacks on their buses, our Solidarity Guard came to stand with them and provide protective presence.
But we can’t do it alone – we need you in the fight with us.
Donate here: standtog.org/4939O4K
December 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The Fight Is Not Over
As Palestinian bus drivers in Jerusalem face racist attacks on their buses, our Solidarity Guard came to stand with them and provide protective presence.
But we can’t do it alone – we need you in the fight with us.
Donate here: standtog.org/4939O4K
As Palestinian bus drivers in Jerusalem face racist attacks on their buses, our Solidarity Guard came to stand with them and provide protective presence.
But we can’t do it alone – we need you in the fight with us.
Donate here: standtog.org/4939O4K
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Our new shared prosperity portal is live - featuring examples of projects exploring benefit sharing and community ownership models in the renewable energy sector, with examples of best practices, challenges and opportunities to learn.
Explore here: www.business-humanrights.org/en/big-issue...
Explore here: www.business-humanrights.org/en/big-issue...
December 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Our new shared prosperity portal is live - featuring examples of projects exploring benefit sharing and community ownership models in the renewable energy sector, with examples of best practices, challenges and opportunities to learn.
Explore here: www.business-humanrights.org/en/big-issue...
Explore here: www.business-humanrights.org/en/big-issue...
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Yesterday we walked in an emergency march of Palestinian and Jewish women in Jaffa after a racist and violent attack against Hanan Kh’imal, a Palestinian resident in her ninth month of pregnancy. Hanan was attacked with tear gas, pushed, and called racist slurs. (1/3)
December 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Yesterday we walked in an emergency march of Palestinian and Jewish women in Jaffa after a racist and violent attack against Hanan Kh’imal, a Palestinian resident in her ninth month of pregnancy. Hanan was attacked with tear gas, pushed, and called racist slurs. (1/3)
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Economy focused, but with wider implications for politics, and ones which should be the natural territory of the Left. Key points: the critical roles of decentralisation for effective systems in an uncertain world, and trust... again.
Economy focused, but with wider implications for politics, and ones which should be the natural territory of the Left. Key points: the critical roles of decentralisation for effective systems in an uncertain world, and trust... again.
In this age of global uncertainty, where in the world can we look for guidance?
The loss of the central role of people in today’s complex global systems is the greatest danger of all. In Kenya and Amdo Tibet, it can be rediscovered.
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December 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Economy focused, but with wider implications for politics, and ones which should be the natural territory of the Left. Key points: the critical roles of decentralisation for effective systems in an uncertain world, and trust... again.
Economy focused, but with wider implications for politics, and ones which should be the natural territory of the Left. Key points: the critical roles of decentralisation for effective systems in an uncertain world, and trust... again.
theconversation.com/what-looks-l...
How the rise in diagnosis of neaurodiversity and mental health conditions is tied to the current care model - not system-gaming.
Chances of Wes Streeting's review recommending person-centred, joined up care? Probably pretty high.
Of that actually happening..?🤔
How the rise in diagnosis of neaurodiversity and mental health conditions is tied to the current care model - not system-gaming.
Chances of Wes Streeting's review recommending person-centred, joined up care? Probably pretty high.
Of that actually happening..?🤔
What looks like ‘overdiagnosis’ is really a system struggling to provide continuous care
Diagnosis rates are rising because the NHS pathway is overwhelmed and fragmented, not because distress is being exaggerated.
theconversation.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM
theconversation.com/what-looks-l...
How the rise in diagnosis of neaurodiversity and mental health conditions is tied to the current care model - not system-gaming.
Chances of Wes Streeting's review recommending person-centred, joined up care? Probably pretty high.
Of that actually happening..?🤔
How the rise in diagnosis of neaurodiversity and mental health conditions is tied to the current care model - not system-gaming.
Chances of Wes Streeting's review recommending person-centred, joined up care? Probably pretty high.
Of that actually happening..?🤔
On 'levelling down'... the reason people distrust Socialism is that not enough allegedly Left politicians work to, in the words of Chris Mullin's PM Harry Perkins (in the novel 'A Very British Coup') "abolish Second Class". Egalitarianism should mean the best for all, not the minimum.
Latest from me: on the budget, Labour's troubles, & the government's increasingly tense & distant relationship with the UK's squeezed middle www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The ‘squeezed middle’ is back – and this time it could be Labour’s undoing | John Harris
Last week’s budget left middle-income families anxious and angry. The party is turning its back on voters it can little afford to lose, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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November 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
On 'levelling down'... the reason people distrust Socialism is that not enough allegedly Left politicians work to, in the words of Chris Mullin's PM Harry Perkins (in the novel 'A Very British Coup') "abolish Second Class". Egalitarianism should mean the best for all, not the minimum.
Yet again, the data shows that *trust* is the most important driver of democratic politics.
“So besotted are conservatives with Mahmood, many even praise her use of the “race card”. Experience of racism, though, is no guarantee of wisdom in combating it.” My @theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/columni...
Britain's problem isn’t immigration. It’s a profound breakdown in trust | The Observer
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November 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Yet again, the data shows that *trust* is the most important driver of democratic politics.
Serious question for Gen Z/Alpha... *is this for real????* 💀💀💀!
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Serious question for Gen Z/Alpha... *is this for real????* 💀💀💀!
This. This is how grievance/resentment is a mentality rooted in insecurity, played out as insistence on adherence to social convention preserved in aspic, for the sake of individual comfort over and above that of others.
Oohwee, David Wong still spitting.
This pushed my brain to remember this video again
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This. This is how grievance/resentment is a mentality rooted in insecurity, played out as insistence on adherence to social convention preserved in aspic, for the sake of individual comfort over and above that of others.
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Brazil is at a crossroads as it seeks to solidify its climate leadership at COP30.
COP discussions must centre human rights, environmental justice & commitment to remedy historical injustices & harms. Our new joint report with Instituto Cordilheira: www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/b...
COP discussions must centre human rights, environmental justice & commitment to remedy historical injustices & harms. Our new joint report with Instituto Cordilheira: www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/b...
November 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Brazil is at a crossroads as it seeks to solidify its climate leadership at COP30.
COP discussions must centre human rights, environmental justice & commitment to remedy historical injustices & harms. Our new joint report with Instituto Cordilheira: www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/b...
COP discussions must centre human rights, environmental justice & commitment to remedy historical injustices & harms. Our new joint report with Instituto Cordilheira: www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/b...