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Suzanne Bosworth. Tofu-eating wokerata. Opinionated, often polite. English-born Scot. Writer, vegan, reader, butler to cats. Maker of things. Retired and old but politically active.
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Offer Ukraine immediate NATO membership or immediate deployment of enough Western troops to stop and hold Russia and Zelensky will immediately step down. He said as much. But urging him to step down to please Trump and Pu and for nothing in return for Ukraine is nonsense or work on behalf of Ru.
March 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Offer Ukraine immediate NATO membership or immediate deployment of enough Western troops to stop and hold Russia and Zelensky will immediately step down. He said as much. But urging him to step down to please Trump and Pu and for nothing in return for Ukraine is nonsense or work on behalf of Ru.
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From the good news department: Thanks to the support of thousands of Poles, Slawek Sierakowski and I have reached the goal of funding one armored ambulance for Ukrainian medics — in one day. Today starting the drive for a second. Please help.
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Timothy Snyder and Sławomir Sierakowski Are Raising Funds Towards an Armored Evacuation Vehicle | UNITED24 (Ukraine House DC Foundation) (Powered by Donorbox)
Timothy Snyder, Sławomir Sierakowski, and UNITED24 Are Raising Funds Towards an Armored Evacuation Vehicle for UkraineAmerican historian Timothy Snyder, Polish journalist Sławomir Sierakowski, and UNI...
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March 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
From the good news department: Thanks to the support of thousands of Poles, Slawek Sierakowski and I have reached the goal of funding one armored ambulance for Ukrainian medics — in one day. Today starting the drive for a second. Please help.
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There are so many foreign books of a very immoral tendency it is not safe or judicious to choose your own.
December 28, 2024 at 11:56 AM
There are so many foreign books of a very immoral tendency it is not safe or judicious to choose your own.
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Folks, this one is PERSONAL to me. Elon Musk said that "Homeless" is a lie.
Since I was actually once homeless myself, I know it's not a lie.
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Since I was actually once homeless myself, I know it's not a lie.
This Substack article is totally FREE. Please read, share, and subscribe. 🙏💪
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'Homeless' is NOT a Lie
Take it from a guy who has been there and back
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December 19, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Folks, this one is PERSONAL to me. Elon Musk said that "Homeless" is a lie.
Since I was actually once homeless myself, I know it's not a lie.
This Substack article is totally FREE. Please read, share, and subscribe. 🙏💪
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Since I was actually once homeless myself, I know it's not a lie.
This Substack article is totally FREE. Please read, share, and subscribe. 🙏💪
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In December 1981, a volunteer lifeboat crew in Cornwall launched into hell to try to help a ship in distress.
None of them came back.
This is our RNLI.
Please support them if you can.
penleehouse.org.uk/40th-anniver...
None of them came back.
This is our RNLI.
Please support them if you can.
penleehouse.org.uk/40th-anniver...
40th Anniversary of the Penlee Lifeboat Disaster - Penlee House
On 19 December 1981, the Penlee Lifeboat was lost with all hands while attempting to rescue those aboard the coaster Union Star after its engines failed in heavy seas.
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December 20, 2024 at 12:51 AM
In December 1981, a volunteer lifeboat crew in Cornwall launched into hell to try to help a ship in distress.
None of them came back.
This is our RNLI.
Please support them if you can.
penleehouse.org.uk/40th-anniver...
None of them came back.
This is our RNLI.
Please support them if you can.
penleehouse.org.uk/40th-anniver...
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An independent Scottish Republic sounds good to this Scot too.
#ScottishRepublic
#ScottishIndependence
#ScottishRepublic
#ScottishIndependence
December 19, 2024 at 8:28 PM
An independent Scottish Republic sounds good to this Scot too.
#ScottishRepublic
#ScottishIndependence
#ScottishRepublic
#ScottishIndependence
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"But there's something that’s much more difficult to confront than the inspiration and dignity of Gisèle Pelicot. 51 men. 51 men who are #notallmen… but who are, also, quite a lot of men. 51 of them, in fact."
Exceptional opening monologue by @sophyridge.bsky.social tonight. ~AA
Exceptional opening monologue by @sophyridge.bsky.social tonight. ~AA
December 19, 2024 at 7:39 PM
"But there's something that’s much more difficult to confront than the inspiration and dignity of Gisèle Pelicot. 51 men. 51 men who are #notallmen… but who are, also, quite a lot of men. 51 of them, in fact."
Exceptional opening monologue by @sophyridge.bsky.social tonight. ~AA
Exceptional opening monologue by @sophyridge.bsky.social tonight. ~AA
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Lou I’m so sorry this happened to you. Like you I’ve been there myself. All rapists and abusers should be given life and serve that time. It will never compensate their victims or give them their life’s back regardless of a sentence but at least it would stop them abusing again. Such a brave woman.
December 19, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Lou I’m so sorry this happened to you. Like you I’ve been there myself. All rapists and abusers should be given life and serve that time. It will never compensate their victims or give them their life’s back regardless of a sentence but at least it would stop them abusing again. Such a brave woman.
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So much is skewed against victims.
We see lenient sentences because a court doesn't want to "ruin a man's life".
We see defence counsel undertaking character assassination of the victim.
We see excuses such as "he was in a bad place", "he will always regret his actions"...
We see lenient sentences because a court doesn't want to "ruin a man's life".
We see defence counsel undertaking character assassination of the victim.
We see excuses such as "he was in a bad place", "he will always regret his actions"...
December 19, 2024 at 11:11 PM
So much is skewed against victims.
We see lenient sentences because a court doesn't want to "ruin a man's life".
We see defence counsel undertaking character assassination of the victim.
We see excuses such as "he was in a bad place", "he will always regret his actions"...
We see lenient sentences because a court doesn't want to "ruin a man's life".
We see defence counsel undertaking character assassination of the victim.
We see excuses such as "he was in a bad place", "he will always regret his actions"...
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Rapists should be jailed for life.
Rape victims like myself are forever scarred, & the rest of our lives are forever different. Why should rapists get to enjoy the rest of their lives?
As for the rapists of Pelicot, they should get life for every time they raped her.
Absolute scum of the earth.
Rape victims like myself are forever scarred, & the rest of our lives are forever different. Why should rapists get to enjoy the rest of their lives?
As for the rapists of Pelicot, they should get life for every time they raped her.
Absolute scum of the earth.
20 years seems insufficient. I read some of the men - fucking scum who repeatedly raped an drugged woman - might get only 6 years.
I can't get my head around any part of it. Not the crimes. Not the motivation. Not the mentality.
And definitely not the leniency.
I can't get my head around any part of it. Not the crimes. Not the motivation. Not the mentality.
And definitely not the leniency.
December 19, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Rapists should be jailed for life.
Rape victims like myself are forever scarred, & the rest of our lives are forever different. Why should rapists get to enjoy the rest of their lives?
As for the rapists of Pelicot, they should get life for every time they raped her.
Absolute scum of the earth.
Rape victims like myself are forever scarred, & the rest of our lives are forever different. Why should rapists get to enjoy the rest of their lives?
As for the rapists of Pelicot, they should get life for every time they raped her.
Absolute scum of the earth.
Mesmeric. It's AI, but not as we know it, Jim.
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December 10, 2024 at 12:32 AM
Mesmeric. It's AI, but not as we know it, Jim.
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BREAKING: In an unprecedented move, more than 75 Nobel Prize winners have signed a letter urging senators not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as head of the Department of Health and Human Services.
It's the first time in history that Nobel laureates have come together to oppose a Cabinet choice.
It's the first time in history that Nobel laureates have come together to oppose a Cabinet choice.
December 9, 2024 at 10:09 PM
BREAKING: In an unprecedented move, more than 75 Nobel Prize winners have signed a letter urging senators not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as head of the Department of Health and Human Services.
It's the first time in history that Nobel laureates have come together to oppose a Cabinet choice.
It's the first time in history that Nobel laureates have come together to oppose a Cabinet choice.
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So fucking annoying when you’ve not kept on top of your monthly tracker and you realise that your Somme has come early in public. No ibuprofen or anything.
December 10, 2024 at 12:21 AM
So fucking annoying when you’ve not kept on top of your monthly tracker and you realise that your Somme has come early in public. No ibuprofen or anything.
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Sorry if I’ve been a bit short tempered today, suffering quite badly from Pre Somme Tension.
December 10, 2024 at 12:22 AM
Sorry if I’ve been a bit short tempered today, suffering quite badly from Pre Somme Tension.
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D'uh.
✍️ 'There certainly seems to be a correlation in the Norstat poll between the increase in support for independence and the loss of confidence in Labour'
Read more - www.thenational.scot/news/2477996...
Read more - www.thenational.scot/news/2477996...
December 9, 2024 at 12:06 PM
D'uh.
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Odd.
They misspelt "lack of interest".
They misspelt "lack of interest".
December 9, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Odd.
They misspelt "lack of interest".
They misspelt "lack of interest".
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UK exported 8,500 tonnes of pesticides that are banned on British farms because of the dangers they pose to human health and nature.
Profits prioritised over people, with full approval of the state.
Today someone else, tomorrow it will happen to you.
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Profits prioritised over people, with full approval of the state.
Today someone else, tomorrow it will happen to you.
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‘Ultimate hypocrisy’: UK exported 8,500 tonnes of banned pesticides last year
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December 9, 2024 at 8:45 AM
UK exported 8,500 tonnes of pesticides that are banned on British farms because of the dangers they pose to human health and nature.
Profits prioritised over people, with full approval of the state.
Today someone else, tomorrow it will happen to you.
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2024/12/08/u...
Profits prioritised over people, with full approval of the state.
Today someone else, tomorrow it will happen to you.
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2024/12/08/u...
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Morning all.
Photograph by Shirley Baker, Manchester, 1966.
Photograph by Shirley Baker, Manchester, 1966.
December 9, 2024 at 7:50 AM
Morning all.
Photograph by Shirley Baker, Manchester, 1966.
Photograph by Shirley Baker, Manchester, 1966.
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Private healthcare is lobbying Wes Streeting to sign a new PFI deal with them. Time is running out to ask Wes Streeting to say NO. Please add your name to this petition now. PFI hobbles hospitals with millions in ongoing payments and will bankrupt them. #NoNewPFI weownit.org.uk/act-now/tell...
Tell Wes Streeting - NO new PFI in our NHS!
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December 6, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Private healthcare is lobbying Wes Streeting to sign a new PFI deal with them. Time is running out to ask Wes Streeting to say NO. Please add your name to this petition now. PFI hobbles hospitals with millions in ongoing payments and will bankrupt them. #NoNewPFI weownit.org.uk/act-now/tell...
My favourite film clip of all time bar none and I cry laughing every time I see it. It's the centurion at the back, bending over trying to draw breath and dropping his spear. Cracks me up.
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December 5, 2024 at 10:07 PM
My favourite film clip of all time bar none and I cry laughing every time I see it. It's the centurion at the back, bending over trying to draw breath and dropping his spear. Cracks me up.
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Absolutely.
And if that was the case, you'd think he'd be pretty explicit about it! For his own self preservation.
And if that was the case, you'd think he'd be pretty explicit about it! For his own self preservation.
December 4, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Absolutely.
And if that was the case, you'd think he'd be pretty explicit about it! For his own self preservation.
And if that was the case, you'd think he'd be pretty explicit about it! For his own self preservation.