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Pollik
@pollik.bsky.social
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Brit. Trans. Reluctantly political. Widow. 72yo (2025)

Background - probate/exor (asst manager high street bank), subpostmistress/shop owner, bus driver, independent living, mobile librarian, counsellor.

I block quickly, so don't play games with me.
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January 30, 2026 at 6:53 PM
pollik.bsky.social
Can't log in to FB (I use it for local groups and for messenger...or at least I did)

Which presumably also means that I can't use FB Messenger on my laptop, either. They killed Messenger as a desktop app
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January 30, 2026 at 6:43 PM
pollik.bsky.social
I prefer horses.

This was a random encounter on a walk, a while ago. They gave me a much needed cuddle.
Head shot of gray haired woman wearing glasses (Pollik) and being muzzled to death by two bay horses, one with a white blaze. Both horse are wearing harnesses, but no lead reins.
January 30, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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Trump did not draft this post.
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump I just finished speaking, by telephone, with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia. The call lasted approximately one hour and 15 minutes. We discussed the attack on Russia's docked airplanes, by Ukraine, and also various other attacks that have been taking place by both sides. It was a good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace. President Putin did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields. We also discussed Iran, and the fact that time is running out on Iran's decision pertaining to nuclear weapons, which must be made quickly! I stated to President Putin that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon and, on this, I believe that we were in agreement. President Putin suggested that he will participate in the discussions with Iran and that he could, perhaps, be helpful in getting this brought to a rapid conclusion. It is my opinion that Iran has been slowwalking their decision on this very important matter, and we will need a definitive answer in a very short period of time!
January 29, 2026 at 7:10 AM
pollik.bsky.social
Got it
January 25, 2026 at 10:38 AM
pollik.bsky.social
Yes, but not only that.
simp /simp/ A DEROGATORY. INFORMAL noun 1. a silly or foolish person. "anyone who likes cupcakes more than doughnuts is a simp!" 2. a person, in particular a man, who is excessively, attentive or submissive to someone in whom they are romantically or sexually interested. verb "treating the person you like well and being nice should not result in being dubbed a simp" be excessively, attentive or submissive to a person in whom one is romantically, or sexually interested. "he continues to simp for her even after she dumped him"
January 15, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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The ceiling of a Hong Kong ese restaurant in Warrington. Really nice food and staff at a very non silly price. Large portions too.

Turns out that there is quite an HK community there.

Thank you Warrington (and my brother and partner)
January 14, 2026 at 8:08 PM
pollik.bsky.social
To share a comment from elsewhere, why not an up to date photo

Source www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
January 14, 2026 at 9:08 AM
pollik.bsky.social
Ah...so the Falklands, Gibraltar or any of the other 12 Overseas Territories should all be handed back?
World map showing 14 UK overseas territories including Gibraltar, Falklands, Pitcairns, Bermuda, Caymans, Montserrat, Anguilla, Virgin Islands
January 10, 2026 at 2:06 PM
pollik.bsky.social
He doesn't mention that he wants to remove the triple lock on pensions.

Also...
January 4, 2026 at 10:04 AM
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Screen shot of a social media post, reads: "James Talarico Last year, Trump promised American oil executives "a great deal" if they donated $1 billion to his campaign. Today, he gave them Venezuela - home to the largest oil reserves in the world. This new war is not only illegal and reckless; it is deeply corrupt." Inside the screenshot is another screenshot, which reads: "The New York Times While Mr. Trump said little about how the United States would be "running" Venezuela, he insisted it "won't cost us anything" because American oil companies would rebuild the energy infrastructure in Venezuela, which holds vast reserves of oil. "We are going to run the country right," Mr. Trump said as he turned to oil. "It's going to make a lot of money."" The last 8 eight words have been highlighted in yellow
January 4, 2026 at 9:25 AM
pollik.bsky.social
Yes.
December 29, 2025 at 8:24 AM
pollik.bsky.social
You can believe that your religion is the only true religion all you like, but the odds are against you.

There are 45,000 denominations of christianity alone and between 4,000 and 10,000 different religions.
Image of chart of how 20 religions regard Jesus, eg as god, a prophet, a teacher, etc
December 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
pollik.bsky.social
Well, this is their LinkedIn
December 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
pollik.bsky.social
Agreed. Ivanka in her 40s now. That pic shows a 15yo? So DJT would have to be 50/55

i.guim.co.uk/img/media/cc...
December 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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I'm getting a lot of follows, all attractive women, all have this as their first post.

I am thinking it might not be genuine...?🤪
December 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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December 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
pollik.bsky.social
In the transcript, HB is Helen Belcher who does what I have been waiting for for months.

She challenges the expression "biological male/female". The responses (ie silences) are very telling.

tacc.org.uk/2025/12/12/t...
86:34 HB: Thanks, thanks {redacted}. What is biological sex? 86:38 8 second silence 86:46 MB: Melanie, would you like to give an answer on the basis on the law as it stands? 86:50 2 second silence 85:52 MF: Well, I would, the law as it stands doesn’t define biological sex so there is, um, you know, a definitional issue if the government wished to act on the letter, um 86:08 HB: So, sorry Melanie… 86:10 MF: Yeah 86:11 HB: So when the Secretary of State asked you about biological sex, what definition did you use? 87:19 5 second silence 87:24 MF: Um, well, what we’ve done is, is flag there is, there is a definitional issue, so I think the, um, the discussions that we’ve had have been on this on the basis that sex recorded at birth, um, is a proxy for biological sex and that’s the, um, that’s the position we’ve set out for existing guidance, um, 87:49 silence
December 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
pollik.bsky.social
Not a woman
Olivia Munn who has had a hysterectomy
December 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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December 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
pollik.bsky.social
What are schools for?

Ostensibly, they prepare us for adulthood.

Then again...
"And he once told me that the first thing that struck him about American schools was the fact that if he got a “C” in a course, nobody cared, but if he came to school three minutes late he was sent to the principal’s office—and that generalized. He realized that what it meant is, what’s valued here is the ability to work on an assembly line, even if it’s an intellectual assembly line. The important thing is to be able to obey orders, and to do what you’re told, and to be where you’re supposed to be" Chomsky (Understanding Power)
December 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
pollik.bsky.social
It is worth remembering yada yada yada
December 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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December 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
pollik.bsky.social
In a Google search today.

BBC seems to have edited it out, now, but for fucks sake.
December 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
pollik.bsky.social
Er...
December 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM