Bill Samuel
@booksellerbill.bsky.social
European, into human rights, food, travel, stuff like that. Author of An Accidental Bookseller and An Accidental Envoy
www.billsamuel.co.uk
www.billsamuel.co.uk
I'm not a Christian and I hate the hypocrisy of so many of those who claim to be. Two things always strike me when visiting the US, how many regular church goers there are, and levels of poverty unacceptable in any other developed country.
The truth here is so ever relevant, is so simple and profound. I think I might pop it into my next book. Sharing yet again:
July 31, 2025 at 6:57 AM
I'm not a Christian and I hate the hypocrisy of so many of those who claim to be. Two things always strike me when visiting the US, how many regular church goers there are, and levels of poverty unacceptable in any other developed country.
My thoughts exactly. Say yes, then work out how.
June 26, 2025 at 6:24 AM
My thoughts exactly. Say yes, then work out how.
Mankind's greatest invention, which will outlast any digital 'equivalent'.
i love how many of you bluesky people read books
June 10, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Mankind's greatest invention, which will outlast any digital 'equivalent'.
I always find monkdebunks.substack.com well researched, informative and reliable, absolutely what is needed on social in this misinformed time
June 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I always find monkdebunks.substack.com well researched, informative and reliable, absolutely what is needed on social in this misinformed time
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Britain, a trading nation, now has a vital choice to make about its priority trading partners:
- the EU, where agreements are made, kept, reciprocal, based on international norms, & enforced by a court
- the USA, where agreements are made, broken, changed & broken again at a whim, with no recourse
- the EU, where agreements are made, kept, reciprocal, based on international norms, & enforced by a court
- the USA, where agreements are made, broken, changed & broken again at a whim, with no recourse
April 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Britain, a trading nation, now has a vital choice to make about its priority trading partners:
- the EU, where agreements are made, kept, reciprocal, based on international norms, & enforced by a court
- the USA, where agreements are made, broken, changed & broken again at a whim, with no recourse
- the EU, where agreements are made, kept, reciprocal, based on international norms, & enforced by a court
- the USA, where agreements are made, broken, changed & broken again at a whim, with no recourse
Interesting. So easy to jump on a simple 'fix'
Found Adolescence a properly adult, complex, humane drama. To see it whittled down into 'ban phones in school' is so depressing.
April 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Interesting. So easy to jump on a simple 'fix'
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How a false Net Zero claim became ‘news’: the right-wing disinformation loop.
How a false Net Zero claim became ‘news’: the right-wing disinformation loop
This direct debunk and mini-lesson on how the right-wing media ecosystem can work may help you to spot and critique these types of ‘stories’ in the future
bylines.cymru
March 29, 2025 at 8:11 AM
How a false Net Zero claim became ‘news’: the right-wing disinformation loop.
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Not to be a wide-eyed naïf about such things but... am I right in thinking that they levelled an entire building to get to one guy and *that* is not controversial to anyone in the American media or political class, only that this information was recklessly shared in an unsecured chat?
March 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Not to be a wide-eyed naïf about such things but... am I right in thinking that they levelled an entire building to get to one guy and *that* is not controversial to anyone in the American media or political class, only that this information was recklessly shared in an unsecured chat?
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"We are an immigrant town, we’re just 200 years old. In 1825 there were 25 people, four houses and a farmhouse – that was it.
We’ve been one of the fastest growing towns in European history... everybody in Middlesbrough came from somewhere else. It’s something we should celebrate and enjoy."
We’ve been one of the fastest growing towns in European history... everybody in Middlesbrough came from somewhere else. It’s something we should celebrate and enjoy."
Middlesbrough: an immigrant town and a community fighting back
“We will use our people power, our police, our courts, our brooms and brushes, our shared sense of history that everybody here came from somewhere else and make sure nobody is in any doubt about what ...
northeastbylines.co.uk
March 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
"We are an immigrant town, we’re just 200 years old. In 1825 there were 25 people, four houses and a farmhouse – that was it.
We’ve been one of the fastest growing towns in European history... everybody in Middlesbrough came from somewhere else. It’s something we should celebrate and enjoy."
We’ve been one of the fastest growing towns in European history... everybody in Middlesbrough came from somewhere else. It’s something we should celebrate and enjoy."
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How a false Net Zero claim became ‘news’: the right-wing disinformation loop
This direct debunk and mini-lesson on how the right-wing media ecosystem can work may help you to spot and critique these types of ‘stories’ in the future.
✍️ @monkemma.bsky.social
bylines.cymru/politics-and...
This direct debunk and mini-lesson on how the right-wing media ecosystem can work may help you to spot and critique these types of ‘stories’ in the future.
✍️ @monkemma.bsky.social
bylines.cymru/politics-and...
How a false Net Zero claim became ‘news’: the right-wing disinformation loop
This direct debunk and mini-lesson on how the right-wing media ecosystem can work may help you to spot and critique these types of ‘stories’ in the future
bylines.cymru
March 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
How a false Net Zero claim became ‘news’: the right-wing disinformation loop
This direct debunk and mini-lesson on how the right-wing media ecosystem can work may help you to spot and critique these types of ‘stories’ in the future.
✍️ @monkemma.bsky.social
bylines.cymru/politics-and...
This direct debunk and mini-lesson on how the right-wing media ecosystem can work may help you to spot and critique these types of ‘stories’ in the future.
✍️ @monkemma.bsky.social
bylines.cymru/politics-and...
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😂
March 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
😂
Emma, brilliant as ever, showing how right wing trash like Tice manipulate the media
How a false Net Zero claim became ‘news’:
'Late that afternoon a tweet by Reform UK Ltd MP and GB News presenter Richard Tice caught my eye. He was claiming that Net Zero was the cause of the Heathrow shutdown, and that the issue was a “refusal to have diesel generators”.'
@monkemma.bsky.social
'Late that afternoon a tweet by Reform UK Ltd MP and GB News presenter Richard Tice caught my eye. He was claiming that Net Zero was the cause of the Heathrow shutdown, and that the issue was a “refusal to have diesel generators”.'
@monkemma.bsky.social
How a false Net Zero claim became ‘news’: the right-wing disinformation loop
This direct debunk and mini-lesson on how the right-wing media ecosystem can work may help you to spot and critique these types of ‘stories’ in the future
bylines.cymru
March 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Emma, brilliant as ever, showing how right wing trash like Tice manipulate the media
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They poor astronauts returning to Earth, have a look at the news...
"Is there any chance we can go back up there?"
"Is there any chance we can go back up there?"
March 20, 2025 at 7:37 AM
They poor astronauts returning to Earth, have a look at the news...
"Is there any chance we can go back up there?"
"Is there any chance we can go back up there?"
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Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽
March 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽
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Elon Musk pushed out the FAA chief — who resigned 1 year into a 5 year term, last week.
Why? Because last year the FAA fined SpaceX $600,000 — for safety violations.
Now the FAA has no chief — and we just had the first commercial airline crash in 16 years.
Why? Because last year the FAA fined SpaceX $600,000 — for safety violations.
Now the FAA has no chief — and we just had the first commercial airline crash in 16 years.
January 31, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Elon Musk pushed out the FAA chief — who resigned 1 year into a 5 year term, last week.
Why? Because last year the FAA fined SpaceX $600,000 — for safety violations.
Now the FAA has no chief — and we just had the first commercial airline crash in 16 years.
Why? Because last year the FAA fined SpaceX $600,000 — for safety violations.
Now the FAA has no chief — and we just had the first commercial airline crash in 16 years.
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Though "not seeking to participate at the present time"
But why do they have to make this so tediously hard? Probably the entirely self-defeating belief that you can't say what you want before negotiations...
But why do they have to make this so tediously hard? Probably the entirely self-defeating belief that you can't say what you want before negotiations...
January 23, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Though "not seeking to participate at the present time"
But why do they have to make this so tediously hard? Probably the entirely self-defeating belief that you can't say what you want before negotiations...
But why do they have to make this so tediously hard? Probably the entirely self-defeating belief that you can't say what you want before negotiations...
The rise of the obscene power of the oligarchs is so blindingly obvious. I hope Reich's predictions of a backlash are right, but fear they aren't.
Yes, Trump is back. Yet I remain hopeful about America | Robert Reich
Yes, Trump is back. Yet I remain hopeful about America | Robert Reich
Even before Trump, we were on the way to losing our democracy – but we did not pay attention. Now, we have no choice but to attend to it
If you’re feeling despair over Trump’s second regime, which begins today, I understand.
Yet I remain hopeful about…
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The rise of the obscene power of the oligarchs is so blindingly obvious. I hope Reich's predictions of a backlash are right, but fear they aren't.
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I’m surprised there are any millionaires left in the country, the number of times there’s been a mass exodus of them in the past
January 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I’m surprised there are any millionaires left in the country, the number of times there’s been a mass exodus of them in the past
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John F. Kennedy
22°F / outdoors
Jimmy Carter
28°F / outdoors
Barack Obama
28°F / outdoors
Donald Trump
23°F / indoors
It’s not about the cold. — It’s about covering up Trump’s embarrassingly small crowd size.
22°F / outdoors
Jimmy Carter
28°F / outdoors
Barack Obama
28°F / outdoors
Donald Trump
23°F / indoors
It’s not about the cold. — It’s about covering up Trump’s embarrassingly small crowd size.
January 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
John F. Kennedy
22°F / outdoors
Jimmy Carter
28°F / outdoors
Barack Obama
28°F / outdoors
Donald Trump
23°F / indoors
It’s not about the cold. — It’s about covering up Trump’s embarrassingly small crowd size.
22°F / outdoors
Jimmy Carter
28°F / outdoors
Barack Obama
28°F / outdoors
Donald Trump
23°F / indoors
It’s not about the cold. — It’s about covering up Trump’s embarrassingly small crowd size.
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Reasonably chunky drop in gilt yields this morning.
The GREAT PANIC of early 2025 has been wiped out.
The GREAT PANIC of early 2025 has been wiped out.
January 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Reasonably chunky drop in gilt yields this morning.
The GREAT PANIC of early 2025 has been wiped out.
The GREAT PANIC of early 2025 has been wiped out.
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Fancy that...
The overstoking of language over this story is ridiculous.
Nick Robinson was talking about the "markets crisis" this morning.
What will the BBC and Today say when there really is a crisis?
The overstoking of language over this story is ridiculous.
Nick Robinson was talking about the "markets crisis" this morning.
What will the BBC and Today say when there really is a crisis?
Reasonably chunky drop in gilt yields this morning.
The GREAT PANIC of early 2025 has been wiped out.
The GREAT PANIC of early 2025 has been wiped out.
January 17, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Fancy that...
The overstoking of language over this story is ridiculous.
Nick Robinson was talking about the "markets crisis" this morning.
What will the BBC and Today say when there really is a crisis?
The overstoking of language over this story is ridiculous.
Nick Robinson was talking about the "markets crisis" this morning.
What will the BBC and Today say when there really is a crisis?