Karen Martinez
@karenmmartinez.bsky.social
filmmaker — one foot in the caribbean, the other in the uk. director riposte pictures.
www.ripostepictures.co.uk
Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹🇬🇧U.K.
www.ripostepictures.co.uk
Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹🇬🇧U.K.
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TRINIDAD REMAINS Trailer
British-born NIKKI reluctantly embarks on a road trip across the island of Trinidad with her polar-opposite, freewheeling cousin, JADE, and her unreliable car. When…
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I’ll start things off with the trailer for my film Trinidad Remains
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Thank goodness! These strikes are illegal. USA needs to get out of Caribbean waters
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Thank goodness! These strikes are illegal. USA needs to get out of Caribbean waters
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The worst you can accuse Panorama of doing is making a misleading edit – and I’d dispute that! – to make *a point that was true*.
The programme aired without anyone seeing any issues with the edit. It was on iPlayer for a year without complaints. Donald Trump *did* incite Jan 6th.
The programme aired without anyone seeing any issues with the edit. It was on iPlayer for a year without complaints. Donald Trump *did* incite Jan 6th.
Tory culture spox demanding the BBC "grovel" to Trump is baffling. Who is this supposed to chime with?
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
November 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The worst you can accuse Panorama of doing is making a misleading edit – and I’d dispute that! – to make *a point that was true*.
The programme aired without anyone seeing any issues with the edit. It was on iPlayer for a year without complaints. Donald Trump *did* incite Jan 6th.
The programme aired without anyone seeing any issues with the edit. It was on iPlayer for a year without complaints. Donald Trump *did* incite Jan 6th.
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
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If you go to a march or join a party where you spend a lot of time justifying it as not racist, it’s almost certainly racist.
September 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
If you go to a march or join a party where you spend a lot of time justifying it as not racist, it’s almost certainly racist.
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We’re blown away by the response to Mainstream so far: thank you to everyone who’s joined us.
Labour's Mainstream is rising.
If you haven’t signed up yet, now’s the time.
mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved
Labour's Mainstream is rising.
If you haven’t signed up yet, now’s the time.
mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved
September 9, 2025 at 8:46 AM
We’re blown away by the response to Mainstream so far: thank you to everyone who’s joined us.
Labour's Mainstream is rising.
If you haven’t signed up yet, now’s the time.
mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved
Labour's Mainstream is rising.
If you haven’t signed up yet, now’s the time.
mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved
🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...
Petition: Make the arts part of UK National Renewal | Campaign for the Arts
The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. The arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them.
www.campaignforthearts.org
May 21, 2025 at 10:26 AM
🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...
Gaza has been the deadliest conflict for journalists in recent history, with more than 170 killed since 2023, though some estimates put it as high as 206.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrike
Fatima Hassouna, who had been documenting war in Gaza for 18 months and was subject of new documentary, killed along with 10 members of her family
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April 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Gaza has been the deadliest conflict for journalists in recent history, with more than 170 killed since 2023, though some estimates put it as high as 206.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
This man is a hero! #CoryBooker A record 25 hours standing and speaking, standing and speaking against injustice. As he says, “This is not a left right issue it’s a right wrong issue”. May he inspire more people to stand against tyranny ✊🏼
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
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April 2, 2025 at 6:52 AM
This man is a hero! #CoryBooker A record 25 hours standing and speaking, standing and speaking against injustice. As he says, “This is not a left right issue it’s a right wrong issue”. May he inspire more people to stand against tyranny ✊🏼
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@privateeyenews.bsky.social on top form as usual this issue.
March 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
@privateeyenews.bsky.social on top form as usual this issue.
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I can't stand bullies. President Zelensky is now trying to stand up against two of them. We should have his back. #SlavaUkraïni
February 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I can't stand bullies. President Zelensky is now trying to stand up against two of them. We should have his back. #SlavaUkraïni
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Trump calls Zelensky “a dictator without elections” having lauded Putin, a man who hasn’t had a free or fair election in years and who has prevented elections in Ukraine because he invaded.
February 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Trump calls Zelensky “a dictator without elections” having lauded Putin, a man who hasn’t had a free or fair election in years and who has prevented elections in Ukraine because he invaded.
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A superb piece by Natasha Walter on the feminist-led Rojava revolution, arguably the most inspiring democratic project on the planet, right now.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
‘Woman, life, freedom’: the Syrian feminists who forged a new world in a land of war
In a society riven by conflict and misogyny, the autonomous region of Rojava has a government with perhaps the most complete gender equality in the world
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A superb piece by Natasha Walter on the feminist-led Rojava revolution, arguably the most inspiring democratic project on the planet, right now.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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Trump's threats of ethnic cleansing in Gaza are abhorrent and the UK government must stand firmly against them
February 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Trump's threats of ethnic cleansing in Gaza are abhorrent and the UK government must stand firmly against them
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This is such a powerful documentary.
#holocaustmemorialday
#holocaustmemorialday
The Last Musician of Auschwitz review – an exceptionally moving film that will ring in your ears for years
The Last Musician of Auschwitz review – an exceptionally moving film that will ring in your ears for years
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, now 99, escaped death in the concentration camp because she played the cello. As this intelligent, chilling and devastating documentary shows, music proved a curse and a comfort
Auschwitz was a site of incomparable horror; people…
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This is such a powerful documentary.
#holocaustmemorialday
#holocaustmemorialday
Thank goodness for proper news reporting and investigation @thenewsagents.com
"For all the easy, cheap nonsense being peddled - changes 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 made."
Andrew Norfolk confirms Keir Starmer "completely changed the rules" as DPP to help prosecute grooming gangs - directly countering Musk's claim of a coverup.
@maitlis.bsky.social
@lewisgoodall.com
Andrew Norfolk confirms Keir Starmer "completely changed the rules" as DPP to help prosecute grooming gangs - directly countering Musk's claim of a coverup.
@maitlis.bsky.social
@lewisgoodall.com
January 9, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Thank goodness for proper news reporting and investigation @thenewsagents.com
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"For all the easy, cheap nonsense being peddled - changes 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 made."
Andrew Norfolk confirms Keir Starmer "completely changed the rules" as DPP to help prosecute grooming gangs - directly countering Musk's claim of a coverup.
@maitlis.bsky.social
@lewisgoodall.com
Andrew Norfolk confirms Keir Starmer "completely changed the rules" as DPP to help prosecute grooming gangs - directly countering Musk's claim of a coverup.
@maitlis.bsky.social
@lewisgoodall.com
January 8, 2025 at 11:35 AM
"For all the easy, cheap nonsense being peddled - changes 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 made."
Andrew Norfolk confirms Keir Starmer "completely changed the rules" as DPP to help prosecute grooming gangs - directly countering Musk's claim of a coverup.
@maitlis.bsky.social
@lewisgoodall.com
Andrew Norfolk confirms Keir Starmer "completely changed the rules" as DPP to help prosecute grooming gangs - directly countering Musk's claim of a coverup.
@maitlis.bsky.social
@lewisgoodall.com
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"I don't like the idea of 'understanding' a film. I don't believe rational understanding is an essential element in the reception of any work of art. Either a film has something to say to you or it hasn't. If you are moved by it, you don't need it explained to you."
- Federico Fellini
- Federico Fellini
a man and a woman are dancing together in a black and white photo
ALT: a man and a woman are dancing together in a black and white photo
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December 4, 2024 at 12:36 AM
"I don't like the idea of 'understanding' a film. I don't believe rational understanding is an essential element in the reception of any work of art. Either a film has something to say to you or it hasn't. If you are moved by it, you don't need it explained to you."
- Federico Fellini
- Federico Fellini
How the climate crisis impacts small islands
#climatecrisis #climatejustice #globalwarming #smallislands #caribbean #caribbeanincrisis www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
#climatecrisis #climatejustice #globalwarming #smallislands #caribbean #caribbeanincrisis www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
On the Grenadian island of Carriacou, even the dead are now climate victims
As ICJ hears landmark climate case, Grenada’s PM says vulnerable nations expect a long, hard fight for justice
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 3:42 PM
How the climate crisis impacts small islands
#climatecrisis #climatejustice #globalwarming #smallislands #caribbean #caribbeanincrisis www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
#climatecrisis #climatejustice #globalwarming #smallislands #caribbean #caribbeanincrisis www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
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“Mourn The Dead And Fight Like Hell For The Living” #transdayofremembrance - artwork by my amazing friend Fox Fisher, sharing with solidarity and BIGlove 🏳️⚧️🙏🏾
November 20, 2024 at 9:02 PM
“Mourn The Dead And Fight Like Hell For The Living” #transdayofremembrance - artwork by my amazing friend Fox Fisher, sharing with solidarity and BIGlove 🏳️⚧️🙏🏾
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📚🎧⭐️ Out today, Book Off Podcast, Hollie McNish and Salena Godden! Chatting about books, poems, performance and more... Loved recording this chat, thank you so much! @ohdobookoff.bsky.social @holliemcnish.bsky.social -
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#booksky #poetsofbluesky #books #poets
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#booksky #poetsofbluesky #books #poets
November 20, 2024 at 11:28 AM
📚🎧⭐️ Out today, Book Off Podcast, Hollie McNish and Salena Godden! Chatting about books, poems, performance and more... Loved recording this chat, thank you so much! @ohdobookoff.bsky.social @holliemcnish.bsky.social -
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#booksky #poetsofbluesky #books #poets
🔗 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
#booksky #poetsofbluesky #books #poets
I’ll start things off with the trailer for my film Trinidad Remains
vimeo.com/851352539
vimeo.com/851352539
TRINIDAD REMAINS Trailer
British-born NIKKI reluctantly embarks on a road trip across the island of Trinidad with her polar-opposite, freewheeling cousin, JADE, and her unreliable car. When…
vimeo.com
November 16, 2024 at 1:01 PM
I’ll start things off with the trailer for my film Trinidad Remains
vimeo.com/851352539
vimeo.com/851352539