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Married and retired IT professional, left wing bridge player and writer. Into politics, philosophy, science, bridge & art. he/him when polite when you are impolite I know not what you would use. Not interested in DM's ---> Unsolicited DM's = 🚫 313 ppm
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Connections Puzzle #723 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ 🟦πŸŸͺ🟦πŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ🟨πŸŸͺ πŸŸͺ🟦🟨πŸŸͺ This one should have been within my capabilities...

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"A few even might get to make a few quid on the black market. Not to mention handing over food coupons and weapons contracts to cronies. Because they were worth it. Covid had been a good training ground for politicians" www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Happy Pride Month! #LoveIsLove πŸ©·β€οΈπŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ©΅πŸ’™πŸ’œπŸ–€πŸ©ΆπŸ€πŸ€Ž

With all the cards in his hand :D

... and, Keir Starmer, the mass murder of tens of thousands of children can never be justified by the 'right of self-defence' meme via Dave Hunt

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This is how to celebrate transitioning from a man in my 60s to a man between 70 and 80. The final whisky - a 21 year old Glenfiddich matured in Cuban casks and therefore illegal between Canada and Mexico was a perfect end to the evening. I know it is privileged.

Spread the word, wide and farβ€¦πŸ‘‡ Enjoy. 😎✨

May 30, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

"The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s false facade of relief" 'Israel’s arrangements for allowing aid into Gaza are not just inadequate, but are a smokescreen for continuing its genocide and ethnic cleansing, argues Zahid Rahman' www.counterfire.org/article/the-...

My last aquavit as a young man in my 60's. My next will be as an old man between 70 and 80! That said, your not old until you have thought all the thoughts you have thought to think! So hopefully still some milage in the tank! Happy Friday!

Brill, but sad too!

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"These are not aid workers ..... they are 'camp guards'" via Anthony Corella

Connections Puzzle #718 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺ🟦🟦🟦 🟦πŸŸͺ🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ My day today!

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqSj... The "Cristians" in US wants to deport and kill this child. What a bunch of immoral fuckers!

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Dear BBC, Stop calling it a war It's mass murder It's war crimes It's ethnic cleansing It's GENOCIDE via Petition For Peace - Send UN Peacekeepers To Palestine