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barrydowney.bsky.social
Socialist, former firefighter and trade unionist. Not giving up on believing in people. Irish via both parents' English by birth.
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i've got some sympathy for their cause, but the ghormans lost me when they got all aggressive at palmo plaza, waving their fists at the troops. they walked right into the empire's hands - what did they THINK was going to happen?

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

I know there was a lot going on in American politics today, but I wanted to take a moment to highlight how much I admire the work that Greta Thunberg and the Freedom Flotilla are doing. They're sailing an aid ship across the Mediterranean to Gaza right now, despite lacking Israeli permission.

submitted 11 days ago • 31 comments

Taking off my shitposter: the reason we are being SO jokey is we clearly see these terrifying people shouldn't be in charge of everything, are destroying and stealing the entire country, we are powerless to stop it because even the Democrats hate us, and one day people will say no one saw it coming

submitted 11 days ago • 22 comments

Firefighters Jennie Logan and Martyn Sadler lost their lives at a major fire at Bicester Motion, Oxfordshire, on 15 May. Their families, the FBU and Oxfordshire FRS are raising money in their memory for the Firefighters Charity.

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Hopefully this time they’ll tell the truth. He never jumped the barrier. He never refused a call to stop. He wasn’t wearing a suspicious coat. They shot him in the head seven times over a period of 30 seconds after he’d been restrained. The police executed Jean Charles de Menezes.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

I don't know why, but I really want this to be true.

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

Alexei Sayle makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Medical Aid for Palestinians 1/2 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... @medicalaidpal.bsky.social

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

“The world cannot silently just watch while this humanitarian crisis is happening & this siege is also, of course, a continuation of many, many decades of illegal occupation.” Zeteo contributor Greta Thunberg explains how Israel bombed a Gaza Aid ship w/ drones w/ humanitarian volunteers on board.

submitted 44 days ago • 18 comments

next, getting The Simpson’s in to discuss nuclear safety

submitted 44 days ago • 2 comments

Fuck me this is grim reading.

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

NEW: The PNG Courier reports from Davy Jones's Locker Room on Trump's first 100 days. As Reform continue to goosestep towards Westminster, it's a tantalising glimpse of what we might be lucky enough to see here. mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/the-papua-...

submitted 46 days ago • 17 comments

#Solidarity with #kneepcap. Music that refuses to stand with the oppressed is worthless - as worthless as #SharonOsborne’s opinions.

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

World's Largest Burco Boiler Installed In St Peter's Square Ahead Of Pope's Funeral

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

Hi Everyone, I am enclosing the introduction to my new book, Burden of Conscience. Please read, share, and distribute. Words and ideas are crucial tools in the fight against authoritarianism. laprogressive.com/progressive-...

submitted 121 days ago • 0 comments

🧵NOT BY ME, this is a post from someone who wants to remain anonymous but works extensively with trans people pre-transition. They were asked by someone “why do you think that’s so much [coverage of trans people] in the news at the moment?” This was their response:

submitted 58 days ago • 50 comments

🚨 NEW | Wildfires expose the postcode lottery in the fire service. There were 286 wildfires between January and April - but response times, crewing and training vary across the country. We need a statutory advisory body to set national standards.

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve been poeming about how my nouns keep conversioning to verbs.

submitted 63 days ago • 19 comments

We have our eclipse glasses ready!

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

New blogpost: Fish Don't Recognise Water - The attempt by the liberal press to insist that the govt is economically leftwing (or will reveal itself as such imminently) is clearly intended to compensate for its social illiberalism, but it doesn't convince.

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment