Cormallen
@cormallen9.bsky.social
Ageing librarian in run down (ish) coastal town. Social Democrat, queer and trans ally, despises Tories for destroying my country. Born at 319 ppm.
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In case you missed it ...
Here's Katherine Hepburn exposing a fascist plan to take over America in the 1942 film "Keeper of the Flame". The parallels between that plot and what's happening in the USA and elewhere today is staggering!
Here's Katherine Hepburn exposing a fascist plan to take over America in the 1942 film "Keeper of the Flame". The parallels between that plot and what's happening in the USA and elewhere today is staggering!
December 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
In case you missed it ...
Here's Katherine Hepburn exposing a fascist plan to take over America in the 1942 film "Keeper of the Flame". The parallels between that plot and what's happening in the USA and elewhere today is staggering!
Here's Katherine Hepburn exposing a fascist plan to take over America in the 1942 film "Keeper of the Flame". The parallels between that plot and what's happening in the USA and elewhere today is staggering!
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Perhaps this is Britains future, The Farage Boy Three after he has wrecked the country. There is a severe lack of education and critical thinking amongst the populous of many countries who are prepared to vote for unqualified fascist idiots
Burning down the house: Milei plays rock star as Argentina economy crashes
Facing protests and scandal, Argentina’s ‘rock star president’ performs in Buenos Aires, saying: ‘I’m human’
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Perhaps this is Britains future, The Farage Boy Three after he has wrecked the country. There is a severe lack of education and critical thinking amongst the populous of many countries who are prepared to vote for unqualified fascist idiots
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As a GP, I am not allowed to receive a pen or post-it note pad from a pharmaceutical company rep!
Govt banned them in case I was influenced to prescribe medications.
This should also be banned?
Influence being bought in Govt?
Patients should influence not the healthy & wealthy
Govt banned them in case I was influenced to prescribe medications.
This should also be banned?
Influence being bought in Govt?
Patients should influence not the healthy & wealthy
July 26, 2025 at 6:56 AM
As a GP, I am not allowed to receive a pen or post-it note pad from a pharmaceutical company rep!
Govt banned them in case I was influenced to prescribe medications.
This should also be banned?
Influence being bought in Govt?
Patients should influence not the healthy & wealthy
Govt banned them in case I was influenced to prescribe medications.
This should also be banned?
Influence being bought in Govt?
Patients should influence not the healthy & wealthy
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"Labour had a theory for acquiring power, but none for how to wield it"
"A lack of interest in the real meat of policy helps to explain why Starmer’s first year in government has gone so badly"
@stephenkb.bsky.social on why Starmer's government are so bad at creating workable policies
"A lack of interest in the real meat of policy helps to explain why Starmer’s first year in government has gone so badly"
@stephenkb.bsky.social on why Starmer's government are so bad at creating workable policies
Labour had a theory for acquiring power, but none for how to wield it
A lack of interest in the real meat of policy helps to explain why Starmer’s first year in government has gone so badly
www.ft.com
June 30, 2025 at 11:36 PM
"Labour had a theory for acquiring power, but none for how to wield it"
"A lack of interest in the real meat of policy helps to explain why Starmer’s first year in government has gone so badly"
@stephenkb.bsky.social on why Starmer's government are so bad at creating workable policies
"A lack of interest in the real meat of policy helps to explain why Starmer’s first year in government has gone so badly"
@stephenkb.bsky.social on why Starmer's government are so bad at creating workable policies
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Ben Jennings @BJennings90 on Keir Starmer’s first year as prime minister #KeirStarmer #Labour @guardian - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
June 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Ben Jennings @BJennings90 on Keir Starmer’s first year as prime minister #KeirStarmer #Labour @guardian - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
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Let me be clearer. I was former head of UK Foreign Office humanitarian affairs, incl policy on war crimes, genocide. I helped craft policy for international criminal court. I’m in no doubt these are war crimes. Disproportionate, indiscriminate, collective punishment by an occupying power.
This is from my friend, Nabil, in Gaza today. He says there is NO food left. He has never sounded so in despair. Israel is carrying out war crimes; violating international humanitarian law; inflicting collective punishment on a captive people; trying to starve them into submission. It’s obscene.
May 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Let me be clearer. I was former head of UK Foreign Office humanitarian affairs, incl policy on war crimes, genocide. I helped craft policy for international criminal court. I’m in no doubt these are war crimes. Disproportionate, indiscriminate, collective punishment by an occupying power.
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transphobia, whether you call it "gender critical" or whatever, is and always has been reactionary misogyny at bottom
This is going to be an absolute car crash, the Supreme Court verdict looks more absurd by the day
www.thetimes.com/article/86fb...
www.thetimes.com/article/86fb...
May 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
transphobia, whether you call it "gender critical" or whatever, is and always has been reactionary misogyny at bottom
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The BSL during Finland was sensational #Eurovision
May 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The BSL during Finland was sensational #Eurovision
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island of strangers
new reality show for ITV4
12 good-looking Brits are placed on a remote outcrop in Orkney
they must grow the island's economy sufficiently to pay for a proper health service before they get old enough to need it daily
must-watch
new reality show for ITV4
12 good-looking Brits are placed on a remote outcrop in Orkney
they must grow the island's economy sufficiently to pay for a proper health service before they get old enough to need it daily
must-watch
May 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
island of strangers
new reality show for ITV4
12 good-looking Brits are placed on a remote outcrop in Orkney
they must grow the island's economy sufficiently to pay for a proper health service before they get old enough to need it daily
must-watch
new reality show for ITV4
12 good-looking Brits are placed on a remote outcrop in Orkney
they must grow the island's economy sufficiently to pay for a proper health service before they get old enough to need it daily
must-watch
It's almost like investing in stuff pays off...
Why are solar panels and batteries from China so cheap?
It's more to do with automation and state-of-the art manufacturing processes than cheap labour @hannahritchie.bsky.social www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/china-chea...
It's more to do with automation and state-of-the art manufacturing processes than cheap labour @hannahritchie.bsky.social www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/china-chea...
May 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
It's almost like investing in stuff pays off...
Good morning New York. While you were sleeping, this was the most-read story www.ft.com/content/9019...
May 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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If you were shocked by my film on Israeli settlers in the West Bank, you haven’t been paying attention | Louis Theroux
If you were shocked by my film on Israeli settlers in the West Bank, you haven’t been paying attention | Louis Theroux
The response to The Settlers has been humbling. But the ongoing displacement and intimidation of Palestinians is more severe than we could capture, says documentary presenter Louis Theroux
www.theguardian.com
May 10, 2025 at 6:26 AM
If you were shocked by my film on Israeli settlers in the West Bank, you haven’t been paying attention | Louis Theroux
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It's April 25! Happy "perfect date" day!
April 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It's April 25! Happy "perfect date" day!
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This protects nothing and harms so many.
The UK Supreme Court has unanimously decided that the definition of sex under the Equality Act 2010 refers solely to biological sex, and does not include people with a Gender Recognition Certificate.
April 16, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This protects nothing and harms so many.
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They'll never eat a monkey's brains, or strap a whale carcass to their car to take home to eat later. Never find the joy in putting a dead bear in central park. Never experience the rush of a hit of pure smack. Never cause their spouse to commit suicide.
They'll never ruin Olivia Nuzzi's career...
They'll never ruin Olivia Nuzzi's career...
April 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
They'll never eat a monkey's brains, or strap a whale carcass to their car to take home to eat later. Never find the joy in putting a dead bear in central park. Never experience the rush of a hit of pure smack. Never cause their spouse to commit suicide.
They'll never ruin Olivia Nuzzi's career...
They'll never ruin Olivia Nuzzi's career...
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I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
April 15, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Lisa Rothstein. #NewYorkerCartoons nyer.cm/QAnwGsj
April 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Lisa Rothstein. #NewYorkerCartoons nyer.cm/QAnwGsj
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Holy shit, lads.
I've just seen this footage of Penelope Keith running away from the grassy knoll.
I've just seen this footage of Penelope Keith running away from the grassy knoll.
March 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Holy shit, lads.
I've just seen this footage of Penelope Keith running away from the grassy knoll.
I've just seen this footage of Penelope Keith running away from the grassy knoll.
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To a cat this might sound like Putin is playing with his food. And Trump can’t even tell he is the food.
Trump believed Putin would accept his call for an immediate 30-day ceasefire during a phone call on March 18, but was ultimately disappointed – The Economist
March 19, 2025 at 8:39 AM
To a cat this might sound like Putin is playing with his food. And Trump can’t even tell he is the food.
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NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes
NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes
SILVER SPRING, MD—As mass firings of career experts and scientists continued to roil the federal government, officials confirmed Friday that cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
theonion.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes
Yep...
“We wanted to saw the Western world into pieces, but Donald Trump decided to saw through it himself,” one Russian state television host said.
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/13/d...
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/13/d...
‘Doing Our Job For Us’: Russian State Media Rejoice at Trump’s Putin Embrace - The Moscow Times
Russian state media, officials and prominent bloggers are celebrating the news that U.S.
www.themoscowtimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Yep...
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‘-- nor had I understood til then how the shameless vanity of utter fools can so strongly determine the fate of others.’
Philip Roth, ‘The Plot Against America’
Philip Roth, ‘The Plot Against America’
January 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
‘-- nor had I understood til then how the shameless vanity of utter fools can so strongly determine the fate of others.’
Philip Roth, ‘The Plot Against America’
Philip Roth, ‘The Plot Against America’
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Have you noticed?
January 28, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Have you noticed?