Patricia Stoat
@patriciamustela.bsky.social
Crone, Catholic, lover of books, wine, opera. Poet, pilgrim. Peace.
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I'm being subtle on the bus
January 14, 2026 at 8:57 AM
I'm being subtle on the bus
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Westminster journalists are having a tantrum over No 10 briefings. But the real problems are their right wing bias and focus on gossip over policy
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The press that thinks it’s the opposition
Westminster journalists are having a tantrum over No 10 briefings. But the real problems are their right wing bias and focus on gossip over policy
www.thenewworld.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Westminster journalists are having a tantrum over No 10 briefings. But the real problems are their right wing bias and focus on gossip over policy
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✏️ @tombaldwin66.bsky.social
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“Pity the nation whose people are sheep,
and whose shepherds mislead them.
Pity the nation whose leaders are liars, whose sages are silenced,
and whose bigots haunt the airwaves.
Pity the nation that raises not its voice,
except to...acclaim the bully as hero”
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1958
#poetry
and whose shepherds mislead them.
Pity the nation whose leaders are liars, whose sages are silenced,
and whose bigots haunt the airwaves.
Pity the nation that raises not its voice,
except to...acclaim the bully as hero”
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1958
#poetry
June 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
“Pity the nation whose people are sheep,
and whose shepherds mislead them.
Pity the nation whose leaders are liars, whose sages are silenced,
and whose bigots haunt the airwaves.
Pity the nation that raises not its voice,
except to...acclaim the bully as hero”
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1958
#poetry
and whose shepherds mislead them.
Pity the nation whose leaders are liars, whose sages are silenced,
and whose bigots haunt the airwaves.
Pity the nation that raises not its voice,
except to...acclaim the bully as hero”
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1958
#poetry
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Since arriving in Brussels to run the EU's climate policy, Teresa Ribera has fought a quiet and often lonely battle to safeguard the bloc's green agenda.
Our long read on her first 7 months in office, w/ @karlmathiesen.bsky.social:
www.politico.eu/article/tere...
Our long read on her first 7 months in office, w/ @karlmathiesen.bsky.social:
www.politico.eu/article/tere...
‘She’s pretty much alone’: The EU’s greenest leader fights the tide
The European Commission’s second-most powerful politician is isolated, beleaguered and under attack — just like the green policy she has vowed to protect.
www.politico.eu
July 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Since arriving in Brussels to run the EU's climate policy, Teresa Ribera has fought a quiet and often lonely battle to safeguard the bloc's green agenda.
Our long read on her first 7 months in office, w/ @karlmathiesen.bsky.social:
www.politico.eu/article/tere...
Our long read on her first 7 months in office, w/ @karlmathiesen.bsky.social:
www.politico.eu/article/tere...
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Alastair MacIntyre taught us what modern moral philosophy could be. He will be missed.
May 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Alastair MacIntyre taught us what modern moral philosophy could be. He will be missed.
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Alastair MacIntyre was one of the reasons I became an academic. His explanation of tradition reshaped my thinking and my life. Unless a life is lived in terms of a grander narrative, it ceases to make sense. His life has made so many others make sense
Rest in peace MacIntyre. One of the greatest living thinkers ceased to think and gone to a well deserved rest.
May 23, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Alastair MacIntyre was one of the reasons I became an academic. His explanation of tradition reshaped my thinking and my life. Unless a life is lived in terms of a grander narrative, it ceases to make sense. His life has made so many others make sense
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First off, if people are eligible for family reunification then they should be getting it anyway and not being swapped like Pokémon cards. That's before the inevitable outcome of this leading to more smuggling and trafficking as people sent to France try again.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK in talks with France about deal to swap people seeking asylum
Officials discuss plan to exchange people who come to UK irregularly for some with family case for being in Britain
www.theguardian.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
First off, if people are eligible for family reunification then they should be getting it anyway and not being swapped like Pokémon cards. That's before the inevitable outcome of this leading to more smuggling and trafficking as people sent to France try again.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Here are some nice mushrooms
March 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Here are some nice mushrooms
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It doesn't matter if it is Rwanda, or Balkans, it doesn't matter if it is classed as offshoring or outsourcing and it doesn't matter if it is Tories or Labour doing it, shipping people who were seeking safety to a random third country is inhumane, and potentially illegal.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Government considering sending failed asylum seekers to Balkans
Home Office officials have discussed proposals to set up overseas "return hubs"
www.bbc.com
March 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
It doesn't matter if it is Rwanda, or Balkans, it doesn't matter if it is classed as offshoring or outsourcing and it doesn't matter if it is Tories or Labour doing it, shipping people who were seeking safety to a random third country is inhumane, and potentially illegal.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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The UN's meteorological agency said signs of human-induced climate change 'reached new heights' in 2024. www.ft.com/content/3691...
March 19, 2025 at 5:47 AM
The UN's meteorological agency said signs of human-induced climate change 'reached new heights' in 2024. www.ft.com/content/3691...
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Israel renews ground operation in Gaza
https://www.ft.com/content/6277ec96-2c33-43e0-b9db-664ba86e3579
https://www.ft.com/content/6277ec96-2c33-43e0-b9db-664ba86e3579
Israel renews ground operation in Gaza
The land offensive comes after air strikes killed more than 400 people and shattered a two-month truce
www.ft.com
March 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Israel renews ground operation in Gaza
https://www.ft.com/content/6277ec96-2c33-43e0-b9db-664ba86e3579
https://www.ft.com/content/6277ec96-2c33-43e0-b9db-664ba86e3579
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Recommend this nuanced perspective on the government’s reforms to the welfare system by @emmaburnell.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/softleft...
Welfare Reform: This time it's complicated
The biggest irony of welfare reform: that's it's almost always a problem of incentives
open.substack.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Recommend this nuanced perspective on the government’s reforms to the welfare system by @emmaburnell.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/softleft...
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"This literally is about reforming the system that supports disabled people!"
SNP MP Kirsty Blackman expresses her outrage at the Government publishing a consultation document on benefits reform without making a version accessible to disabled people available.
#Newsnight
SNP MP Kirsty Blackman expresses her outrage at the Government publishing a consultation document on benefits reform without making a version accessible to disabled people available.
#Newsnight
March 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"This literally is about reforming the system that supports disabled people!"
SNP MP Kirsty Blackman expresses her outrage at the Government publishing a consultation document on benefits reform without making a version accessible to disabled people available.
#Newsnight
SNP MP Kirsty Blackman expresses her outrage at the Government publishing a consultation document on benefits reform without making a version accessible to disabled people available.
#Newsnight
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The term "illegal immigrants" isn't just offensive, it is factually incorrect. People can be undocumented, they can use irregular routes. They, in and of themselves, cannot be illegal, no more than someone getting a parking ticket is an "illegal native". 1/
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Government ditches term 'illegal immigrants' and refuses to share replacement
Home Office not answering questions over the issue unless you use the right words - which it is refusing to share
www.mirror.co.uk
February 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The term "illegal immigrants" isn't just offensive, it is factually incorrect. People can be undocumented, they can use irregular routes. They, in and of themselves, cannot be illegal, no more than someone getting a parking ticket is an "illegal native". 1/
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Are we able to estimate how much more dangerous the world will be as a result of the demise of USAid and the UK and others cutting development funding?
February 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Are we able to estimate how much more dangerous the world will be as a result of the demise of USAid and the UK and others cutting development funding?
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"i know you’re afraid of blood so we’ll write it with water
the water the wounded man asked for when he could no longer swallow and just
looked at it
water that seeps through a shelled-out roof
water that can replace tears"
WHAT WAR IS
Ostap Slyvynsky
Full poem: snyder.substack.com/p/what-war-is
the water the wounded man asked for when he could no longer swallow and just
looked at it
water that seeps through a shelled-out roof
water that can replace tears"
WHAT WAR IS
Ostap Slyvynsky
Full poem: snyder.substack.com/p/what-war-is
WHAT WAR IS
A poem by Ostap Slyvynsky
snyder.substack.com
February 25, 2025 at 12:12 AM
"i know you’re afraid of blood so we’ll write it with water
the water the wounded man asked for when he could no longer swallow and just
looked at it
water that seeps through a shelled-out roof
water that can replace tears"
WHAT WAR IS
Ostap Slyvynsky
Full poem: snyder.substack.com/p/what-war-is
the water the wounded man asked for when he could no longer swallow and just
looked at it
water that seeps through a shelled-out roof
water that can replace tears"
WHAT WAR IS
Ostap Slyvynsky
Full poem: snyder.substack.com/p/what-war-is
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Somebody somewhere
Needs flowers tonight
Needs flowers tonight
February 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Somebody somewhere
Needs flowers tonight
Needs flowers tonight
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As Trump makes concessions to Russia, he is showing weakness on a level unprecedented in modern US history. His position is so weak that it is unlikely to convince anyone. Trump is a sheep in wolf’s clothing. The wolves can tell the difference
"The Weak Strongman"
snyder.substack.com/p/the-weak-s...
"The Weak Strongman"
snyder.substack.com/p/the-weak-s...
The Weak Strongman
Impotence and Unfreedom, Together
snyder.substack.com
February 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
As Trump makes concessions to Russia, he is showing weakness on a level unprecedented in modern US history. His position is so weak that it is unlikely to convince anyone. Trump is a sheep in wolf’s clothing. The wolves can tell the difference
"The Weak Strongman"
snyder.substack.com/p/the-weak-s...
"The Weak Strongman"
snyder.substack.com/p/the-weak-s...
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@orbisbooks
'Whenever I make a list of books I cannot live without "The Raft Is Not the Shore" is always at the top.' - bell hooks
This dialogue between Buddhist monk Thích Nhất Hạnh and Jesuit priest Daniel Berrigan is wonderful! I especially value the reflections on exile, nonviolence, and courage.
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This dialogue between Buddhist monk Thích Nhất Hạnh and Jesuit priest Daniel Berrigan is wonderful! I especially value the reflections on exile, nonviolence, and courage.
⭐⭐⭐⭐½/⭐
The Raft is Not the Shore: Conversations toward a Buddh…
A new dialogue between the radical Jesuit priest and th…
www.goodreads.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
@orbisbooks
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If Trump wants to see elections in Ukraine, all he has to do is use the power he keeps talking about to get the Russian invaders off Ukrainian soil. Then martial law in Ukraine ends, and elections will follow.
February 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
If Trump wants to see elections in Ukraine, all he has to do is use the power he keeps talking about to get the Russian invaders off Ukrainian soil. Then martial law in Ukraine ends, and elections will follow.
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Trump has now asked Elon Musk to examine US defence spending. Elon Musk’s companies have multi billion dollar contracts with the Department of Defense and are seeking more. The BBC’s Today Programme just reported the first part, without mentioning the second. Unacceptable
February 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Trump has now asked Elon Musk to examine US defence spending. Elon Musk’s companies have multi billion dollar contracts with the Department of Defense and are seeking more. The BBC’s Today Programme just reported the first part, without mentioning the second. Unacceptable
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For 500 years people have been coming up with technology after technology to replace, alter or disrupt books and they have all failed because business geniuses are somehow incapable of understanding that people really like reading
February 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
For 500 years people have been coming up with technology after technology to replace, alter or disrupt books and they have all failed because business geniuses are somehow incapable of understanding that people really like reading