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Disillusioned idealist. Pro democracy. Pro EU. Politics & social policy addict. Retired Playing Field Leveller. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇦
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Exactly how I feel. Decency and humanity are not for sale. 🤬

Per @chrisdjackson.bsky.social on another platform: “It took me 30 seconds to find at least ten postings from Zelensky directly thanking the United States for their support. There are many more. This is pure BS.”

Zelenskyy refused to bend the knee today at the WH. Just like he refused to make up fake stories about Biden (which got Trump impeached) he refused to focus on agreements without real security guarantees. The display by Trump (and Vance) was not "diplomacy," it was a disgrace. Zelenskyy is a hero.

‘Icelanders awoke to all-male news teams announcing shutdowns across the country, with public transport delayed, hospitals understaffed and hotel rooms uncleaned.‘ apnews.com/article/icel...

America: where you can go to bed a civil servant and wake up hostage to an unelected billionaire.

To the DOJ/FBI who remain, Your new bosses are going to order you to do unconstitutional things. Unlawful things. Things to achieve their fascist agenda. Claiming "you were only following orders" did not cut it at the Nuremberg trials. It will not work here either. Proceed accordingly. America

Me neither.

Olaf loves playing football. Particularly waiting in goal til I kick the ball so he can save it. Seldom misses. ⚽️ #catsofbluesky #caturday

Repost if you have tinnitus.

I’ll be speaking at this rally tomorrow. ✊🇺🇦 If you’re anywhere near London - come along! Let’s make some real noise!!

FRANCE 24 English: Sweden launches probe after yet another Baltic Sea cable is damaged www.france24.com/en/europe/20...

FRANCE 24 English: US propagandist paid by Kremlin targets German election with network of fake news sites www.france24.com/en/live-news...

@dicoach.bsky.social www.bbc.com/news/article... #FactChecking

Olaf spent 5 minutes looking at social media and decided the world’s gone mad. He felt better after a snooze. 💤 #caturday #catsofbluesky

It looks like Starmer has finally found the real special relationship #RejoinEU

This by Anne Applebaum is a must-read for anyone who cares about the assault on American democracy and its consequences, both there and globally. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

A message from Scotland to JD Vance and his couch

100% this. Cracking read. We either have morals and pride - or we don't.

Long-term unpaid carers face overwhelming personal and financial pressures - how can we all help out?

What can you do? THIS. Be there next Saturday - and show the world, America included, that Europe is united with Ukraine. 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦🇪🇺

“Democracy is under more question and more threat than at any time in my lifetime. We have to really stand up and fight for democracy. We must make a case for it. That starts in local communities." #Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #Democracy #NicolaSturgeon

"optimism has drained as Starmer appears either committed to this hardest of Brexits or too worried about the next election to risk losing the votes of red wall Brexiters. 
But really he has nothing to lose."

She speaks truth.

It’s hard to get a handle on what’s happening in US. The flurry of activity is meant to blind us to the bigger picture & to stuff like this: Trump purging an arts centre board & making himself chair. On its own bad, but as part of the bigger pattern horrifying. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Oh…

Diversity is a fact: All kinds of people exist. Equity is a goal: All kinds of people deserve a chance at success. Inclusion is how we get to equity. By including them, they can achieve success. It's that simple.

Olaf is starting #caturday early this week with some sounds on his turntable. 🎶 #catsofbluesky

If I was appointed Canada’s first Alcohol Czar, I would promote the introduction of Seniors Days for all alcohol outlets. Seniors days should include Sample Stations, prize draws, food pairings and Senior Discounts. Hell, if your liver has lasted 65 years, haven’t you earned a discount? 🎉🍷🍺🍹🥃🎈🇨🇦🍁

Kamala Harris was not planning an ethnic cleansing to pave the way for golf course courses… Both sides were never the same.

"On 20 January 2025, the USA carried out the wholesale destruction of DEI roles, policies and initiatives by demonising them, taking people out of key roles and giving departments 60 days to terminate DEI practices." #Diversity #Equity #Inclusion

Olaf can’t help being cute. He loves everything. 🥰 #catsofbluesky

My daughter is in France watching the #UCICyclo-Cross world championships and sent me a photo of my favourite #WoutVanAert practicing. 👏🏼

Bras in A-C Cup: "Crafted in lace by our finest silk worms" Bras in D+ Cup: "We have refurbed these old army parachutes."

The Guardian: Scotland knows Brexit is holding Britain back. Why won't Labour admit it? | John Swinney www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

US healthcare is off the rails. “The parents of a 22-year-old Wisconsin man who died after an asthma attack have filed a lawsuit against Walgreens and UnitedHealth Group’s pharmacy benefit manager after they said the price for his medication suddenly rose from $66 to $539.”

I also live with a chronic illness that leaves me immunocompromised and I can’t begin to think how it must feel living in America right now. 😳