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Books. Music. Language. Science. Theology. Family. Talk. Think. #FBPE #NHS 🩵 #KTTO Remarried widower. Retd pilot. PhD research (applied linguistics)
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I'm case people have forgotten (or choose to forget) .

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This is why I felt that #Wulferhampton really needed Ticketwalda.

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#ComeWhatMay is on preorder special at Waterstones this weekend

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Science is not a liberal conspiracy!

submitted 93 days ago • 67 comments

Movies you've watched more than six times, GIFs only. The BEST Disney movie. I will not be taking questions.

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Movies you've watched more than six times, GIFs only.

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Movies you've watched more than six times, GIFs only. Sorry.

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BBC busy BBCing. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6... You'd have to work hard with this report to realise that Russia launched unprovoked attacks on Ukraine. As for the fact that US and UK had also guaranteed Ukraine territorial integrity? (See Budapest Memorandum) Forget it.

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Europe urgently needs its own plan of action concerning Ukraine and our security, or else other global players will decide about our future. Not necessarily in line with our own interest. This plan must be prepared now. There’s no time to lose.

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hTZ... Courtesy of @adammockler.bsky.social

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A lot of pension funds will be invested in oil and arms companies (or financial orgs who invest in them). You could see if it's possible to move your pension fund so that your money is not being used to support these industries.

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Sadly underestimates 1) how many people will be affected by this inside the USA 2) how many will be affected outside the USA 3) the length of time it takes to rebuild anything 4) the acquiescence of non-idiots 5) the difficulty of getting rid of true believers 6) the misdirection of blame

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

The most important thread you'll read today. In brief: Europe has the power to save Ukraine and slip into the leadership position America has vacated. It must grasp it. And Europeans must pressure their governments to do so.

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Did Vance really say, "If America can survive ten years of Greta Thunberg scolding ..." as though THAT was a challenge? - rather than, say, the milking of trillions from US economy by the super-rich?!

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So, the fat orange shart suggested tariffs were being applied where trade deals were unfair, a deficit to the USA. But, in our case it is the other way around and the tangerine tyrant will probably do it because of a monumentally stupid take regarding VAT. Honestly, we need to build closer .....

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Russia might win the war if the US is on their side, I suppose.

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A new substack of an old blogpost which feels relevant today - Ender's Game and Sting's "Russians". paulfernandezexilefromgroggs.substack.com/publish/post...

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@chriswmanx.bsky.social4d FYI

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Any Bristol people into local music. Or any people into local music scene in Bristol. Start here: gammaj.com/index.php/20...

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Wish so much that @russincheshire.bsky.social's books were more widely read.

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We say @greenparty.org.uk: #RefugeesWelcome #MigrantsWelcome. If you want an anti-Reform Party force, that is us. For the future of the UK, we need to take on their narratives, NOT adopt them www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

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Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024. You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right? Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year. You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.

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"But what can I do?" Well, for one thing, have you considered moving pension funds out of oil and arms industry? (@joelrfernandez.bsky.social's suggestion to me) For another thing, have you considered having your bank account with a more ethical bank?

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