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Twitter escapee. Rarely post. Just enjoy reading observations of others, wishing I'd thought of writing what they’d said.
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Saw this walking around San Mateo. A.P. Giannini lent money to low paid workers. Founded Bank of Italy, which became Bank of America. I read the inscription above the door, which made me think of Trump, Musk & others of their ilk. Imagine our world if only they lived by the values of Mr Giannini?

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Highlanders know a total spoon when they see one. #visitinverness

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If Trump was President in 1940

submitted 9 days ago • 67 comments

More of this, please, from politicians and the media who really need to start saying it like it is.

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Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” He goes on to ask if we suffered childhood trauma and concludes by suggesting we are suffering from “generational trauma.” This is my response. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...

submitted 20 days ago • 1382 comments

This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP. It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

submitted 30 days ago • 169 comments

This is disgraceful, on top of changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico - buckling to the ridiculous whims of an orange man-baby. Shame on you Google. @searchliaison.bsky.social

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submitted 32 days ago • 14 comments

These are fantastic! Genius casting. Think he's in Ardross Castle, used in Traitors 🤔

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Capitulating to Trump, American Elites Follow a History of Autocratic Enabling that Doesn't End Well open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...

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