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Ian Halstead イアン・ハルステッド

@ianhalst.bsky.social

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Retired graphic artist and web designer. History, music – bass guitarist – silversmithing, book gorger with a pile of as yet unread books taller than I am.

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Ian Halstead イアン・ハルステッド @ianhalst.bsky.social · Aug 5

Apologies to all the Gazans requesting help. I’m doing what I can in helping five families when I can, but I cannot possibly help everyone. Having to choose who to support after checking the legitimacy as genuine Gazans in real need, is torture. It’s nothing compared with their lot however. 🇵🇸🍉🇵🇸🍉

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Ian Halstead イアン・ハルステッド @ianhalst.bsky.social · 6d

I hope the cats are being sympathetic. Possibly not if ours are anything to go by! 😬

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Ian Halstead イアン・ハルステッド @ianhalst.bsky.social · 15d

Hope he turns up soon. It’s horrible when they disappear beyond the usual time periods. 😬☹️

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Zoe Drayson @zoedrayson.bsky.social · 16d

When a typo in your Google search leads to new and exciting philosophical positions

AI Overview: "Dental realism"refers to the philosophical debate about whether teeth exist independently of human perception, a concept rooted in metaphysical realism. While realism asserts an objective reality for teeth, idealist philosophies contend that teeth's existence is tied to our consciousness and perception. Philosophers use this idea, for example, to discuss the ethics of tooth extraction, examining whether a procedure impacts a real entity or merely a subjective experience.

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Ian Halstead イアン・ハルステッド @ianhalst.bsky.social · 18d

Off to Aus in November. 2000+ km road trip with stops along the way, including with family in Armidale.

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Ian Halstead イアン・ハルステッド @ianhalst.bsky.social · 24d

Balfron, Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Ian Halstead イアン・ハルステッド @ianhalst.bsky.social · 24d

I think that the centre has been dragged so far to the right that what was once the centre now looks like the left in extreme. It isn’t, but that’s the perception of many. The current centre is just not a comfortable place for me. ☹️

Ian Halstead イアン・ハルステッド @ianhalst.bsky.social · 25d

Plucking the extraordinary from the mundane. Easily one of your best of this type.

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Ian Halstead イアン・ハルステッド @ianhalst.bsky.social · 25d

“A constant carousel of scapegoats…” is such a surgically wonderful phrase.

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Ian Halstead イアン・ハルステッド @ianhalst.bsky.social · 25d

2/2 The link to her fundraiser is here:
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ch...

Donate to Support Children Rebuilding Their Bright Futures, organized by Ahmed E

I am Yasmine Nasr, married to Khaldoun Al-Nafar. I have three children: Fakhr… Ahmed E needs your support for Support Children Rebuilding Their Bright Futures

www.gofundme.com

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Ian Halstead イアン・ハルステッド @ianhalst.bsky.social · 25d

1/2 I’ve been chatting to Yasmein today. She is stuck in northern Gaza with her family and cannot afford the exorbitant fees necessary to move further south as demanded by the IDF. Meanwhile, the city is being flattened around her. Please help out of you can. Fight evil with hope.

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Ian Halstead イアン・ハルステッド @ianhalst.bsky.social · 26d

We are visiting and touring around NSW in early November and I need to scope out Aussie politics before then to get some understanding. Your comment is a good start!

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Ian Halstead イアン・ハルステッド @ianhalst.bsky.social · 27d

The Labour Party which enabled me, born in a back to back Halifax terrace, later cleared as slums, to get to University – on a full grant – and chart a decent path through life, has evaporated. A hard-nosed corporate funded lobby pleaser has taken its place.

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Ian Halstead イアン・ハルステッド @ianhalst.bsky.social · 27d

A day of sunshine and rain showers. Polly is happy to just laze on the sofa.
#Sighthound #Podenco #HairyPodenco

Polly the hairy Podenco, outstretched on a sofa, her head partly resting on cushions and partly on an arm rest. Her front paws protruded over the arm rest. Polly has eyes almost closed, a white nose along with most of her face, and brown and tan shades on the rear of her head and to her body.

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Ian Halstead イアン・ハルステッド @ianhalst.bsky.social · 27d

It is. The MAGA movement and the Reform Party here in the UK rely on significant emotional investment from supporters – deliberately fostered – and circumventing this is incredibly difficult. Reason is way down the list, basic emotion is top. Some hurdle.

Ian Halstead イアン・ハルステッド @ianhalst.bsky.social · 28d

Soap Opera involving rich and slightly influential toffs. Unfortunately, it gets lapped up. It isn’t serious journalism – it’s a distractive confection of endless nothingburgers.

Ian Halstead イアン・ハルステッド @ianhalst.bsky.social · 29d

We seem to have ended up with the likes of Tommy Robinson and Andrew Tate. Intellect, knowledge and understanding are the enemy now.

Ian Halstead イアン・ハルステッド @ianhalst.bsky.social · 29d

League tables are no substitute for funding, good training and staff-driven professionalism.

Ian Halstead イアン・ハルステッド @ianhalst.bsky.social · 29d

My grandad served as engineer aboard air sea rescue launches in WWII, helping pluck many downed aircrew, including Luftwaffe, from the seas around our coast. Really not sure he’d have rescued anyone from Reform.

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Ian Halstead イアン・ハルステッド @ianhalst.bsky.social · 29d

Ah, but you’ve given yourself that quick option should it be necessary – I was admiring your preparedness! 😁

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Ian Halstead イアン・ハルステッド @ianhalst.bsky.social · 29d

The ability to abandon a household chore and just fling yourself into bed is not to be underestimated. Being prepared is vital. 😊

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Ian Halstead イアン・ハルステッド @ianhalst.bsky.social · Sep 6

It should be as obvious as the sweat on a Reform voter at a spelling bee that logic cannot counter the Farage narrative. You are absolutely right that an emotional response is required to counter the manufactured fear, uncertainty and doubt.