@ollyinrecovery.bsky.social
An Englishman and recovering addict who’s fleeing the horror that Twitter has become. I work in social services. Left of centre and looking for a fairer and more peaceful world. 😎🙏
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Donald Trump is mentally unwell & unfit to hold the office of the Presidency. His words & actions show impaired judgment, reckless disregard for laws, allies, & stability. Congress has a constitutional duty to act under the Twenty-Fifth Amendment. The public must pressure Congress to act! It’s time!
January 19, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Donald Trump is mentally unwell & unfit to hold the office of the Presidency. His words & actions show impaired judgment, reckless disregard for laws, allies, & stability. Congress has a constitutional duty to act under the Twenty-Fifth Amendment. The public must pressure Congress to act! It’s time!
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The World Cup is being hosted by three countries and one of them has threatened to invade the other two
January 11, 2026 at 2:34 AM
The World Cup is being hosted by three countries and one of them has threatened to invade the other two
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I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
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It's difficult to imagine Trump ruling any country other than America. If he did, he would be an international pariah. But because he is the President of the United States, foreign leaders are forced to pretend that he isn't an absolute lunatic. It's really something
Trump to the UN: "I'm really good at this stuff. Your countries are going to hell."
September 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It's difficult to imagine Trump ruling any country other than America. If he did, he would be an international pariah. But because he is the President of the United States, foreign leaders are forced to pretend that he isn't an absolute lunatic. It's really something
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Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this.
You're welcome
You're welcome
September 16, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this.
You're welcome
You're welcome
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As long as guns are easily available to crazy people, mass killings directed at so-called soft targets will continue. This is a fact. Countries where it's more difficult for crazy people to obtain guns have less shootings. This is also a fact. Do with these facts as you will.
August 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
As long as guns are easily available to crazy people, mass killings directed at so-called soft targets will continue. This is a fact. Countries where it's more difficult for crazy people to obtain guns have less shootings. This is also a fact. Do with these facts as you will.
@reecedinsdale.bsky.social Reece, I’m not one to message actors or celebrities, but I managed to watch ID & Threads in the same evening, and you deserve some kind of acting trauma medal for your portrayals in those films….they are brutal but necessary tales…well done man, keep up the great work ✊👍
July 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
@reecedinsdale.bsky.social Reece, I’m not one to message actors or celebrities, but I managed to watch ID & Threads in the same evening, and you deserve some kind of acting trauma medal for your portrayals in those films….they are brutal but necessary tales…well done man, keep up the great work ✊👍
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Solution for US police, require university level: 4 year law course, human rights theory, humanities, communications, first 2 years as community / social services with no weapon, and mandatory physical fitness that must be maintained during career. 21 year to 42 year age caps.
June 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Solution for US police, require university level: 4 year law course, human rights theory, humanities, communications, first 2 years as community / social services with no weapon, and mandatory physical fitness that must be maintained during career. 21 year to 42 year age caps.
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Trump showed photo claiming it proved white farmers were massacred in South Africa. In reality, it was a 2023 Reuters image from Congo of body bags after clashes with M23 rebels. It was strategic propaganda designed to racialize asylum, justify apartheid nostalgia, and fuel far-right conspiracy #3E
Trump’s evidence of South Africa ‘white genocide’ contains images from Democratic Republic of Congo
Other images displayed by Trump during meeting with South African president Cyril Ramaphosa were false or misleading
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Trump showed photo claiming it proved white farmers were massacred in South Africa. In reality, it was a 2023 Reuters image from Congo of body bags after clashes with M23 rebels. It was strategic propaganda designed to racialize asylum, justify apartheid nostalgia, and fuel far-right conspiracy #3E
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The absence of the U.S. from the WHO's annual assembly is a glaring void in global health leadership. This withdrawal not only undermines international cooperation but also jeopardizes the fight against pandemics. The world cannot afford such negligence when lives are at stake. #3E
May 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The absence of the U.S. from the WHO's annual assembly is a glaring void in global health leadership. This withdrawal not only undermines international cooperation but also jeopardizes the fight against pandemics. The world cannot afford such negligence when lives are at stake. #3E
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Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Auschwitz — a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps — was not located in Nazi Germany either.
April 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Auschwitz — a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps — was not located in Nazi Germany either.
The US is now an authoritarian state. The US President is talking of sending “home grown” Americans to foreign prisons. If you have the ability to leave I would do so now…
April 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The US is now an authoritarian state. The US President is talking of sending “home grown” Americans to foreign prisons. If you have the ability to leave I would do so now…
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AOC, "The destruction of our rights and democracy is directly tied to the growing and extreme wealth inequality"
"It is not a coincidence that billionaires like Elon Musk dumped millions of dollars in this election to elect Trump.And I'll tell you LA he sure as hell isn't doing that out of charity"
"It is not a coincidence that billionaires like Elon Musk dumped millions of dollars in this election to elect Trump.And I'll tell you LA he sure as hell isn't doing that out of charity"
April 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
AOC, "The destruction of our rights and democracy is directly tied to the growing and extreme wealth inequality"
"It is not a coincidence that billionaires like Elon Musk dumped millions of dollars in this election to elect Trump.And I'll tell you LA he sure as hell isn't doing that out of charity"
"It is not a coincidence that billionaires like Elon Musk dumped millions of dollars in this election to elect Trump.And I'll tell you LA he sure as hell isn't doing that out of charity"
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Etymology of the day: ‘book’ comes from an ancient root shared by ‘beech’, a wood that people used for engraving inscriptions. ‘Paper’ comes from ‘papyrus’, and ‘volume’ is from the Latin for a ‘roll’ of parchment.
Happy World Book Day.
Happy World Book Day.
March 6, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Etymology of the day: ‘book’ comes from an ancient root shared by ‘beech’, a wood that people used for engraving inscriptions. ‘Paper’ comes from ‘papyrus’, and ‘volume’ is from the Latin for a ‘roll’ of parchment.
Happy World Book Day.
Happy World Book Day.
The US have voted with Russia, Belarus & North Korea at the UN…I never thought I would see that in my lifetime. I’m not sure the image of the US will ever recover from this, and freedom in the Western world is more at risk than at any time in the last 85-years…
February 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The US have voted with Russia, Belarus & North Korea at the UN…I never thought I would see that in my lifetime. I’m not sure the image of the US will ever recover from this, and freedom in the Western world is more at risk than at any time in the last 85-years…
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Stephen Fry, "Trump is a convicted felon"
"We have to come to a conclusion that the left and right in Britain have far more in common with each other than they do with Trump and the tyrants in the world"
"We have to come to a conclusion that the left and right in Britain have far more in common with each other than they do with Trump and the tyrants in the world"
February 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Stephen Fry, "Trump is a convicted felon"
"We have to come to a conclusion that the left and right in Britain have far more in common with each other than they do with Trump and the tyrants in the world"
"We have to come to a conclusion that the left and right in Britain have far more in common with each other than they do with Trump and the tyrants in the world"
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That's a risk we'll just have to take
February 18, 2025 at 9:58 AM
That's a risk we'll just have to take
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“I told you if you hold on to clothes long enough they come back in fashion”
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
February 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
“I told you if you hold on to clothes long enough they come back in fashion”
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Musk's fascist salutes are a signal, showing how far he intends to go. They point to the destruction of democracy he seeks, the impunity, the violent pursuit of power.
They point to the empire he wants to build, and to the degradation of all our lives as he sets out to crush our humanity.
They point to the empire he wants to build, and to the degradation of all our lives as he sets out to crush our humanity.
January 21, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Musk's fascist salutes are a signal, showing how far he intends to go. They point to the destruction of democracy he seeks, the impunity, the violent pursuit of power.
They point to the empire he wants to build, and to the degradation of all our lives as he sets out to crush our humanity.
They point to the empire he wants to build, and to the degradation of all our lives as he sets out to crush our humanity.
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Word of the Day is ‘uhtcearu’ [ucht-kay-aru, with the 'ch' as in the Scottish ‘loch']:
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
January 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Word of the Day is ‘uhtcearu’ [ucht-kay-aru, with the 'ch' as in the Scottish ‘loch']:
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
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HISTORIC VIDEO: Syrian people are rejoicing as the largest statue of Bashar al-Assad in Latakia, the principal port city of Syria, is being torn down.
December 8, 2024 at 7:25 AM
HISTORIC VIDEO: Syrian people are rejoicing as the largest statue of Bashar al-Assad in Latakia, the principal port city of Syria, is being torn down.
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Always a great joy to see a dictator fall. Syrians have suffered enough. The task now is to ensure they do not suffer more, as the Iraqis and the Libyans did after the fall of their dictators. To that end, foreign powers, Western and non-Western, must also be kept at bay.
December 8, 2024 at 8:55 AM
Always a great joy to see a dictator fall. Syrians have suffered enough. The task now is to ensure they do not suffer more, as the Iraqis and the Libyans did after the fall of their dictators. To that end, foreign powers, Western and non-Western, must also be kept at bay.
Great to wake up to hear of a dictator fleeing his country. Bashar Al-Assad was a cruel despotic tyrant…good riddance…👍
December 8, 2024 at 8:57 AM
Great to wake up to hear of a dictator fleeing his country. Bashar Al-Assad was a cruel despotic tyrant…good riddance…👍
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The Ring Nebula looks like a portal
- James Webb Space Telescope
- James Webb Space Telescope
November 18, 2024 at 2:36 AM
The Ring Nebula looks like a portal
- James Webb Space Telescope
- James Webb Space Telescope