Grommit
@grommit66.bsky.social
Just trying to be a decent human being, a good dad and make some people smile along the way. Broadly leftie.
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Kermit the Frog will return in Avengers: Doomsday
December 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Kermit the Frog will return in Avengers: Doomsday
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Musk and Trump hate the EU for the same reasons Farage and Putin hate it. It stands for civil rights, the rule of law, and regulation of oligarchs
December 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Musk and Trump hate the EU for the same reasons Farage and Putin hate it. It stands for civil rights, the rule of law, and regulation of oligarchs
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Yesterday, the largest far-right protest in UK history marched through London, led by racist Tommy Robinson.
Today, we say: They don’t speak for us — and they won’t have the last word.
This Wednesday we come together against Trump and for a better future. Do everything to be there.
Today, we say: They don’t speak for us — and they won’t have the last word.
This Wednesday we come together against Trump and for a better future. Do everything to be there.
September 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Yesterday, the largest far-right protest in UK history marched through London, led by racist Tommy Robinson.
Today, we say: They don’t speak for us — and they won’t have the last word.
This Wednesday we come together against Trump and for a better future. Do everything to be there.
Today, we say: They don’t speak for us — and they won’t have the last word.
This Wednesday we come together against Trump and for a better future. Do everything to be there.
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Big debate in the UK right now: "tax the rich to pay for public services" countered by "you can't, they'll all leave the country". Central is the truth, or otherwise, of whether or not they actually WOULD leave. So you might find this report rather interesting....
taxjustice.net/press/millio...
taxjustice.net/press/millio...
Millionaire exodus did not occur, study reveals - Tax Justice Network
The number of millionaires widely reported in the news to be leaving countries in "exodus" represented near-0% of all millionaires.
taxjustice.net
June 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Big debate in the UK right now: "tax the rich to pay for public services" countered by "you can't, they'll all leave the country". Central is the truth, or otherwise, of whether or not they actually WOULD leave. So you might find this report rather interesting....
taxjustice.net/press/millio...
taxjustice.net/press/millio...
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The awesome @carolecadwalla.bsky.social warning Americans of the techno authoritarian state being built by Trump and his tech broligarchs
youtu.be/vG7CvbccdVM?...
youtu.be/vG7CvbccdVM?...
Carole Cadwalladr - Broligarchs, AI, and a Techno-Authoritarian Surveillance State | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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June 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The awesome @carolecadwalla.bsky.social warning Americans of the techno authoritarian state being built by Trump and his tech broligarchs
youtu.be/vG7CvbccdVM?...
youtu.be/vG7CvbccdVM?...
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Lib Dems now have 72 MPs. Reform have 5. Tories have 121 as official opposition. There’s been a Westminster spending review - so which opposition party gets to be on the entire @itvpeston.bsky.social? Yeah u guessed it - Richard Tice. We Demand plurality now petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Petition: Ensure plurality of political coverage across UK broadcast media at all times
We want to ensure that a plurality of views from all political parties in Westminster are represented and the nations parliaments are heard all year round, not just election times. The rules for cover...
petition.parliament.uk
June 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Lib Dems now have 72 MPs. Reform have 5. Tories have 121 as official opposition. There’s been a Westminster spending review - so which opposition party gets to be on the entire @itvpeston.bsky.social? Yeah u guessed it - Richard Tice. We Demand plurality now petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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This ruling must not stand. Please join me in supporting Good Law Project's challenge.
🏳️⚧️ NEW 🏳️⚧️
We believe the Supreme Court – which disgracefully refused to hear from trans people before its decision last week – has placed the UK in breach of its obligations under the Human Rights Act.
So we’re readying a challenge – join us:
goodlaw.social/xpme
We believe the Supreme Court – which disgracefully refused to hear from trans people before its decision last week – has placed the UK in breach of its obligations under the Human Rights Act.
So we’re readying a challenge – join us:
goodlaw.social/xpme
Help us challenge the Supreme Court’s judgment on trans rights | Good Law Project
goodlaw.social
April 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
This ruling must not stand. Please join me in supporting Good Law Project's challenge.
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We're in London today with a big old bus to tell our Govt this country cannot afford cuts. Instead they should tax us, the super rich. A 2% wealth tax alone could raise up to £460mln a week. @Keir_starmer - invest in a fairer economy. Patriotic Millionaires say Tax Our Wealth
March 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
We're in London today with a big old bus to tell our Govt this country cannot afford cuts. Instead they should tax us, the super rich. A 2% wealth tax alone could raise up to £460mln a week. @Keir_starmer - invest in a fairer economy. Patriotic Millionaires say Tax Our Wealth
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Last month I did a little experiment.
I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
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I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
[Thread]
March 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Last month I did a little experiment.
I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
[Thread]
I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
[Thread]
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Trump (the genius) is about to place a 200% tax on Guinness the week of St Patrick's Day...
March 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Trump (the genius) is about to place a 200% tax on Guinness the week of St Patrick's Day...
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What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.
February 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.
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I’m somehow on a Heritage Foundation mailing list (😂) and they sent a survey to see what we think of DOGE.
Who wants to offer some m-fing feedback?!?
secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...
Please share with a friend or a thousand :)
Who wants to offer some m-fing feedback?!?
secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...
Please share with a friend or a thousand :)
secured.heritage.org
February 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I’m somehow on a Heritage Foundation mailing list (😂) and they sent a survey to see what we think of DOGE.
Who wants to offer some m-fing feedback?!?
secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...
Please share with a friend or a thousand :)
Who wants to offer some m-fing feedback?!?
secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...
Please share with a friend or a thousand :)
Hey @newsagents.bsky.social, yestrdy on parenting you missed that housing is so costly it's near impossible to pay for kids and a roof without both parents working full time. Parenting isn't just time spent with kids, it's cleaning, organising, shopping, cooking, laundry; another full time job!
February 26, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Hey @newsagents.bsky.social, yestrdy on parenting you missed that housing is so costly it's near impossible to pay for kids and a roof without both parents working full time. Parenting isn't just time spent with kids, it's cleaning, organising, shopping, cooking, laundry; another full time job!
Carole Cadwalladr has long been the canary in the coal mine. She uncovered the Cambridge Analytica scandal in 2016. Well worth your time to read.
IT IS A COUP.
In the few days since @carolecadwalla.bsky.social wrote this terrifying article, Trump and Musk have loudly displayed their allegiance to Putin.
They are rapidly turning the USA into a Putinist dictatorship.
broligarchy.substack.com/p/it-is-a-co...
In the few days since @carolecadwalla.bsky.social wrote this terrifying article, Trump and Musk have loudly displayed their allegiance to Putin.
They are rapidly turning the USA into a Putinist dictatorship.
broligarchy.substack.com/p/it-is-a-co...
IT IS A COUP
This is what should be on every front page in 150 point banner headlines. All I have is this Substack but I lay it beneath your feet and pray to a higher power that I'm wrong.
broligarchy.substack.com
February 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Carole Cadwalladr has long been the canary in the coal mine. She uncovered the Cambridge Analytica scandal in 2016. Well worth your time to read.
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Our latest Double Down News video, explaining just how billionaire power now operates and what it's doing to us.
And why we need to create billionaire-free societies.
And why we need to create billionaire-free societies.
REVEALED: Trump & Elon Musk's BRUTAL Secret @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
REVEALED: Trump & Elon Musk's BRUTAL Secret
It all makes sense now
www.doubledown.news
February 13, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Our latest Double Down News video, explaining just how billionaire power now operates and what it's doing to us.
And why we need to create billionaire-free societies.
And why we need to create billionaire-free societies.
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🔥 Well... this is now over 88,000 signatures!
Just one final push to get it over that magic 100,000 and get a parliamentary debate? Why not!
Link --> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Just one final push to get it over that magic 100,000 and get a parliamentary debate? Why not!
Link --> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
February 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
🔥 Well... this is now over 88,000 signatures!
Just one final push to get it over that magic 100,000 and get a parliamentary debate? Why not!
Link --> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Just one final push to get it over that magic 100,000 and get a parliamentary debate? Why not!
Link --> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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We might yearn for paradise, temporal or spiritual. But to our descendents our habitable planet will look like an almost unimaginable paradise. No tech fantasy, no space station or controlled environment will ever compare.
Fight for what we have. This is our heaven, and there can be no other.
Fight for what we have. This is our heaven, and there can be no other.
February 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
We might yearn for paradise, temporal or spiritual. But to our descendents our habitable planet will look like an almost unimaginable paradise. No tech fantasy, no space station or controlled environment will ever compare.
Fight for what we have. This is our heaven, and there can be no other.
Fight for what we have. This is our heaven, and there can be no other.
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Zoe is almost a lone voice in setting out the true position on this. Historical low birth rates, that are worsening, mean that to provide support for an ageing population (especially the NHS) and pay state pensions we rely on immigration.
Today I joined 3 Counties radio where they asked - is immigration the number one issue that politicians should be talking about?
I said no.
We need to talk about the catastrophic impacts of a stagnant, ageing population WITHOUT immigration
I said no.
We need to talk about the catastrophic impacts of a stagnant, ageing population WITHOUT immigration
February 7, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Zoe is almost a lone voice in setting out the true position on this. Historical low birth rates, that are worsening, mean that to provide support for an ageing population (especially the NHS) and pay state pensions we rely on immigration.
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I want to share with you some thoughts about the second horrific week of Trump II.
It’s even worse than I’d imagined. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-fuking...
It’s even worse than I’d imagined. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-fuking...
The Fu*king Nightmare
Trump II, week 2
robertreich.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I want to share with you some thoughts about the second horrific week of Trump II.
It’s even worse than I’d imagined. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-fuking...
It’s even worse than I’d imagined. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-fuking...
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I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
Readings - Civil Resistance How It Works Fall 2022.pdf
drive.google.com
January 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
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Ann Sotheran, contemporary UK Stained Glass artist #WomensArt
January 26, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Ann Sotheran, contemporary UK Stained Glass artist #WomensArt
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A tiny 2% wealth tax, on 20k people would raise £24 billion per year to spend on the things that urgently need fixing in our country.
We need some tax justice - the more money you have the less tax you pay and vice versa - that’s absurd.
We need some tax justice - the more money you have the less tax you pay and vice versa - that’s absurd.
January 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
A tiny 2% wealth tax, on 20k people would raise £24 billion per year to spend on the things that urgently need fixing in our country.
We need some tax justice - the more money you have the less tax you pay and vice versa - that’s absurd.
We need some tax justice - the more money you have the less tax you pay and vice versa - that’s absurd.
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This is a VERY important reference regarding misinformation as political strategy by the populist right.
I’d strongly advise reading the open access paper.
I’d strongly advise reading the open access paper.
Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
January 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is a VERY important reference regarding misinformation as political strategy by the populist right.
I’d strongly advise reading the open access paper.
I’d strongly advise reading the open access paper.
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Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
January 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...