Môr Leidr
@bartiddu.bsky.social
Prof of Child Health (retired)
Interests: art; history; children’s rights; 🏴.
🏳️⚧️ & 🇵🇸 rights are human rights
Banner: 1 of our dogs contemplating his existence in a shaving mirror
Profile: the other channelling Rousseau’s tiger🐅
No DMs (I can’t access) 🙏🏻
Interests: art; history; children’s rights; 🏴.
🏳️⚧️ & 🇵🇸 rights are human rights
Banner: 1 of our dogs contemplating his existence in a shaving mirror
Profile: the other channelling Rousseau’s tiger🐅
No DMs (I can’t access) 🙏🏻
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Brecht had it dead right
Brecht had it dead right
January 25, 2026 at 11:13 AM
….
Brecht had it dead right
Brecht had it dead right
Brilliant cartoon by @bjennings90.bsky.social in yesterday’s Guardian
Made me splutter tea everywhere
Made me splutter tea everywhere
January 24, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Brilliant cartoon by @bjennings90.bsky.social in yesterday’s Guardian
Made me splutter tea everywhere
Made me splutter tea everywhere
That’s stunning
But I prefer the one over Greenland
But I prefer the one over Greenland
January 22, 2026 at 8:05 PM
That’s stunning
But I prefer the one over Greenland
But I prefer the one over Greenland
He’s got eyes like a hen
Cold & empty
Cold & empty
January 16, 2026 at 9:28 AM
He’s got eyes like a hen
Cold & empty
Cold & empty
Winter walk
(Four photos of a winter coastal walk)
(Four photos of a winter coastal walk)
January 7, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Winter walk
(Four photos of a winter coastal walk)
(Four photos of a winter coastal walk)
For anyone out there still arguing that there is no evidence of intention of genocide…
December 24, 2025 at 10:43 AM
For anyone out there still arguing that there is no evidence of intention of genocide…
Lebedev’s 60th birthday party
Sadiq Khan -either not invited or didn’t go
Jeremy Corbyn- invited but didn’t go
👏🏻👏🏻
Some of the attendees are so very disappointing
Sadiq Khan -either not invited or didn’t go
Jeremy Corbyn- invited but didn’t go
👏🏻👏🏻
Some of the attendees are so very disappointing
December 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Lebedev’s 60th birthday party
Sadiq Khan -either not invited or didn’t go
Jeremy Corbyn- invited but didn’t go
👏🏻👏🏻
Some of the attendees are so very disappointing
Sadiq Khan -either not invited or didn’t go
Jeremy Corbyn- invited but didn’t go
👏🏻👏🏻
Some of the attendees are so very disappointing
Cat version of a Midwich cuckoo
December 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Cat version of a Midwich cuckoo
Also this is a favourite
December 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Also this is a favourite
A bit like this tree then
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A bit like this tree then
i.e. one more step in Israel’s determination to ethnically cleanse Gaza of its indigenous ancient Levantine population, and of the Palestinian refugees that arrived there after the 1948 Nabka
December 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
i.e. one more step in Israel’s determination to ethnically cleanse Gaza of its indigenous ancient Levantine population, and of the Palestinian refugees that arrived there after the 1948 Nabka
The Daily Mail has form of course
December 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The Daily Mail has form of course
No
A belief in white supremacy never was, & still isn’t, protected under the Equality Act
(Why, I wonder, would anyone assert this so strongly without checking?????)
From www.equalityhumanrights.com/equality/equ....
A belief in white supremacy never was, & still isn’t, protected under the Equality Act
(Why, I wonder, would anyone assert this so strongly without checking?????)
From www.equalityhumanrights.com/equality/equ....
December 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
No
A belief in white supremacy never was, & still isn’t, protected under the Equality Act
(Why, I wonder, would anyone assert this so strongly without checking?????)
From www.equalityhumanrights.com/equality/equ....
A belief in white supremacy never was, & still isn’t, protected under the Equality Act
(Why, I wonder, would anyone assert this so strongly without checking?????)
From www.equalityhumanrights.com/equality/equ....
I worked promoting the rights of the child
I felt childhood was valuable as itself; it wasn’t merely a preparation for something else
So argued we should strive to make childhoods as happy as possible (& that eradicating child poverty was fundamental)
#TomStoppard nailed it in this speech
Beautiful
I felt childhood was valuable as itself; it wasn’t merely a preparation for something else
So argued we should strive to make childhoods as happy as possible (& that eradicating child poverty was fundamental)
#TomStoppard nailed it in this speech
Beautiful
November 30, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I worked promoting the rights of the child
I felt childhood was valuable as itself; it wasn’t merely a preparation for something else
So argued we should strive to make childhoods as happy as possible (& that eradicating child poverty was fundamental)
#TomStoppard nailed it in this speech
Beautiful
I felt childhood was valuable as itself; it wasn’t merely a preparation for something else
So argued we should strive to make childhoods as happy as possible (& that eradicating child poverty was fundamental)
#TomStoppard nailed it in this speech
Beautiful
Just found this gem of an exchange on Reddit
Indeed separated by a common language
Indeed separated by a common language
November 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Just found this gem of an exchange on Reddit
Indeed separated by a common language
Indeed separated by a common language
I am not generally supportive of long prison sentences but corrupt politicians really deserve harsh measures Honestly don’t believe he was the only Reform MEP taking bribes like this
They were all supportive of Russia
They were all supportive of Russia
November 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I am not generally supportive of long prison sentences but corrupt politicians really deserve harsh measures Honestly don’t believe he was the only Reform MEP taking bribes like this
They were all supportive of Russia
They were all supportive of Russia
It’s not December yet and I am already dreaming of Spring
November 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
It’s not December yet and I am already dreaming of Spring
Two very relevant quotations here, from Aneurin Bevan, the founder of the British NHS, which the political right and corporate lobbyists in the UK are trying very hard to destroy
November 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Two very relevant quotations here, from Aneurin Bevan, the founder of the British NHS, which the political right and corporate lobbyists in the UK are trying very hard to destroy
We have a tiny front lawn that’s covered in the spring
November 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
We have a tiny front lawn that’s covered in the spring