Baldur McQueen
baldurmcqueen.bsky.social
Baldur McQueen
@baldurmcqueen.bsky.social
Icelandic/Scottish. Grabber of photos, player of music, knitter of socks, rollercoaster of fat percentage, opinionator of politics, irritator of many.

Geographically tied to Iceland (32 yrs), Britain (16 yrs), Norway (4 yrs - current).

Mostly friendly.
Scenes from Lauparen - 2025, Norway (Møre og Romsdal)

#MountainMonday #mountain #Norway #møreogromsdal #climbing
October 28, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Brilliant answer 👏
October 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
MWRTOYHGA - Make Wearing Red Things on Your Head Great Again.

Doesn't have the same ring to it as MAGA, but I'm working on it.

#maga #selfportrait
October 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
- so many dictators, so little time -

#b&w #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #selfportrait
August 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Above: Israeli women enjoying the view of the IOF killing Palestinian men, women and children.

Below: Man standing over young Palestinian brothers, killed by Israel.
July 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"Daniel Blatman is an Israeli historian, specializing in history of the Holocaust. Blatman is the head of the Institute for Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem."
May 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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FT EDITORIAL BOARD: “The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.” www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
May 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I do find it shocking that the formerly respectful media organisation, BBC, has not shown any interest in this extremely newsworthy speech!!

The BBC has become vulgar in its blind protection of Israel - as if they see that as their primary objective, above all else.
🇬🇧 Conservative MP Mark Pritchard: “I have supported Israel at all costs - today I want to say I got it wrong. I condemn Israel for what it is doing to the Palestinian people in Gaza and indeed in the West Bank… the life of a Palestinian child is as precious as the life of a Jewish child."
May 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Even Mark is realising Israel's actions are indefensible.

“For 20 years I have defended Israel in this House. I believed it was a beacon of democracy in a troubled region. But today I must say clearly: I got it wrong”
(Conservative MP Mark Pritchard - UK)

greatreporter.com/2025/05/07/t...
The Day Britain Turned on Israel: Parliament Condemns Gaza’s “Ethnic Cleansing”, Tables Sanctions and Palestinian Recognition - Greatreporter
In one of the most extraordinary and emotionally charged sessions in recent memory, the UK Parliament broke decisively with decades of political tradition on Tuesday by openly condemning the Israeli g...
greatreporter.com
May 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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The Israeli vote to annex Gaza and expel Palestinians makes undeniably obvious that—whether they like it or not, and whether they accept this truth or not—all those who defended Israel over the last 19 months functioned as advocates for a colonial genocide. It's that simple.
May 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Well worth a listen!

youtu.be/osJCixlcdzc?...
Israeli Academic: "I Was Wrong" About Gaza Genocide - w/. Shaiel Ben-Ephraim
YouTube video by Owen Jones
youtu.be
May 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Just finished some leftover-yarn socks - was supposed to be for a laugh, but they're already a favourite.

Waste not, want not - as the saying goes 🙃

#knitting #hobbiesforhappiness #realmenknit
March 3, 2025 at 7:23 AM
February 27, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Please note: The only reason Trump is able to refer to Gaza as a "demolition site", is because Democrats - led by the most depraved precident in recent history - bankrolled and blessed the total annihilation of the area and it's people.

#gaza #palestine
February 9, 2025 at 10:52 AM
A few pictures from our paddle (kayak) to the old Skodje Bridge, yesterday (Møre og Romsdal, Norway).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skodje_...

#kayak #norway #skodje #kayaking #winter #paddle #sunset #bridge #ocean #water
February 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Should be required reading in all German schools and workplaces.
January 31, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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🔴The Sheer Scale of the Conservative Local Government Auditing Scandal Is Only Now Becoming Clear

Billions of pounds in spending remains unaccounted for, with the National Audit Office unable to sign off the nation’s accounts

bylinetimes.com/2024/11/27/t...
The Sheer Scale of the Conservative Local Government Auditing Scandal Is Only Now Becoming Clear
Billions of pounds in spending remains unaccounted for, with the National Audit Office unable to sign off the nation's accounts
bylinetimes.com
November 29, 2024 at 3:10 PM

"I'm quite used to being humiliated. I can even go stick my head in a bucket of water if you’d like."
(Marvin, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)

#photography #selfie #art #fotografia #portrait
November 19, 2024 at 10:12 PM
....when they grow where they shouldn't be able to, I love them even more.

Brimham Rocks, Yorkshire

#monochrome #photography #blackandwhite #art #fotografia
November 18, 2024 at 8:39 PM
#photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #art

Way back then - my son. Whitby, UK
November 17, 2024 at 10:13 PM
📷 #photography #monochrome

From back then. Malham Tarn, or thereabouts.
November 17, 2024 at 9:39 PM
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A new UN report finds that the policies and practices of Israel are "consistent with the characteristics of genocide".

There is no excuse for saying you did not know.

This is genocide in plain sight.

www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
A/79/363: Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories
SummaryThe present report contains information regarding the efforts of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of t...
www.ohchr.org
November 15, 2024 at 1:17 PM
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The truth on Gaza.

"This is a situation of daily atrocities, we are waiting to die."
November 17, 2024 at 7:47 PM
I stand with my friend Sangita.
November 17, 2024 at 9:21 PM