Penny Ewles-Bergeron
@abroadbrush.bsky.social
Requires art, music, dance, books, cats, gardening, history, politics, good food and kindness to thrive. Lived in Dublin, Naples and Lisbon, now back in Blighty.
No unsolicited DMs, please.
No unsolicited DMs, please.
Current location, Trinity College Cambridge for The Sixteen.
December 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Current location, Trinity College Cambridge for The Sixteen.
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Extra insulting to hear this nonsense about an immutable gender binary coming from a guy who looks like the SNL "It's Pat" character
December 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Extra insulting to hear this nonsense about an immutable gender binary coming from a guy who looks like the SNL "It's Pat" character
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I’m not sure that I’ve ever found an official government statement creepy until today. Sinister and foreboding, yes… but this guy is straight out of central casting with a white van and a pit in his basement.
"Men are men. Men can never become women. Women are women. Women can never become men."
December 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I’m not sure that I’ve ever found an official government statement creepy until today. Sinister and foreboding, yes… but this guy is straight out of central casting with a white van and a pit in his basement.
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“Hostility to traditional views on religion” can trigger a federal investigation.
Sure, sure. It’s fun to say things.
Sure, sure. It’s fun to say things.
Our new golden age of free speech, where opposition to immigration enforcement can trigger a federal investigation
December 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
“Hostility to traditional views on religion” can trigger a federal investigation.
Sure, sure. It’s fun to say things.
Sure, sure. It’s fun to say things.
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Muting a Black woman to claim the vote was unanimous is so incredibly on the nose
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Muting a Black woman to claim the vote was unanimous is so incredibly on the nose
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Trump Administration to Dismantle Key Climate Research Center in Colorado – Mother Jones share.google/ihDarl9Ly0K5...
Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center in Colorado
Gov. Jared Polis warns that breaking up Boulder’s NCAR puts "public safety at risk."
share.google
December 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Trump Administration to Dismantle Key Climate Research Center in Colorado – Mother Jones share.google/ihDarl9Ly0K5...
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Always at least one laugh-out-loud bit.
December 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Always at least one laugh-out-loud bit.
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BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
December 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
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Incredible skies in Sheffield this morning.
December 17, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Incredible skies in Sheffield this morning.
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BBC lawyers need to adopt Pulitzer's tactics: demand wide-ranging discovery on every aspect of his claim, ie, he has to prove his finances/reputation/health etc have been harmed by revealing that which he has hidden for decades: his finances/reputation/health.
December 16, 2025 at 10:23 AM
BBC lawyers need to adopt Pulitzer's tactics: demand wide-ranging discovery on every aspect of his claim, ie, he has to prove his finances/reputation/health etc have been harmed by revealing that which he has hidden for decades: his finances/reputation/health.
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Okay, when are we going to answer back? Push back? Fight back? Anything? Because our way of life and society-building institutions are under attack from outside. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump sues BBC for defamation over Panorama speech edit
The US president has requested $5bn (£3.7bn) in damages, according to court documents filed in Florida.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Okay, when are we going to answer back? Push back? Fight back? Anything? Because our way of life and society-building institutions are under attack from outside. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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First hints of a pact to stop Farage.
Britain’s Greens eye a Labour pact to shut out Farage
Leftist party considers targeting resources away from Labour to block right-wing Reform UK — but not under Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
www.politico.eu
December 16, 2025 at 9:31 AM
First hints of a pact to stop Farage.
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"Ms Truss you were Prime Minister of the UK, is that correct"
"it is"
"and for what period off time did you hold that great office?"
"⁵⁵ ᵈᵃʸˢ"
"I'm sorry"
"₅₅ 𝒹ₐᵧₛ"
"could you speak up please"
"55 DAYS ALRIGHT UNTIL THE DEEP STATE AND ANDREW BAILEY DID FOR ME"
"it is"
"and for what period off time did you hold that great office?"
"⁵⁵ ᵈᵃʸˢ"
"I'm sorry"
"₅₅ 𝒹ₐᵧₛ"
"could you speak up please"
"55 DAYS ALRIGHT UNTIL THE DEEP STATE AND ANDREW BAILEY DID FOR ME"
December 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
"Ms Truss you were Prime Minister of the UK, is that correct"
"it is"
"and for what period off time did you hold that great office?"
"⁵⁵ ᵈᵃʸˢ"
"I'm sorry"
"₅₅ 𝒹ₐᵧₛ"
"could you speak up please"
"55 DAYS ALRIGHT UNTIL THE DEEP STATE AND ANDREW BAILEY DID FOR ME"
"it is"
"and for what period off time did you hold that great office?"
"⁵⁵ ᵈᵃʸˢ"
"I'm sorry"
"₅₅ 𝒹ₐᵧₛ"
"could you speak up please"
"55 DAYS ALRIGHT UNTIL THE DEEP STATE AND ANDREW BAILEY DID FOR ME"
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"call your next witness counsellor"
"thank you your honour, the defence calls Mary Elizabeth Truss"
"I thought she was appearing for the prosecution"
"a little leeway?"
"I'll allow it"
"thank you your honour, the defence calls Mary Elizabeth Truss"
"I thought she was appearing for the prosecution"
"a little leeway?"
"I'll allow it"
“No less an authority than the United Kingdom’s former Prime Minister, Liz Truss”
That’s a real sentence that someone wrote, which made it into Trump’s legal filing.
That’s a real sentence that someone wrote, which made it into Trump’s legal filing.
December 16, 2025 at 9:51 AM
"call your next witness counsellor"
"thank you your honour, the defence calls Mary Elizabeth Truss"
"I thought she was appearing for the prosecution"
"a little leeway?"
"I'll allow it"
"thank you your honour, the defence calls Mary Elizabeth Truss"
"I thought she was appearing for the prosecution"
"a little leeway?"
"I'll allow it"
Terrific Darius #Brubeck Quartet concert at the @unionchapeluk.bsky.social last night. Plenty of crowd pleasers. Immensely cool.
#jazz
#jazz
December 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Terrific Darius #Brubeck Quartet concert at the @unionchapeluk.bsky.social last night. Plenty of crowd pleasers. Immensely cool.
#jazz
#jazz
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Here they try to back it up a little bit, citing a Guardian report. One problem, though: that Guardian article is from 2015. Ten years ago. Since then, the BBC has introduced widespread VPN blocking (as anyone who’s tried to watch iPlayer using one knows).
December 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Here they try to back it up a little bit, citing a Guardian report. One problem, though: that Guardian article is from 2015. Ten years ago. Since then, the BBC has introduced widespread VPN blocking (as anyone who’s tried to watch iPlayer using one knows).
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Little bonus from the filing. The second paragraph here takes a general claim about VPN use in Florida and imagines everyone’s using it to watch the BBC.
But the first paragraph is missing something: notice it has absolutely no supporting reference. They’re just claiming it, sans evidence.
But the first paragraph is missing something: notice it has absolutely no supporting reference. They’re just claiming it, sans evidence.
December 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Little bonus from the filing. The second paragraph here takes a general claim about VPN use in Florida and imagines everyone’s using it to watch the BBC.
But the first paragraph is missing something: notice it has absolutely no supporting reference. They’re just claiming it, sans evidence.
But the first paragraph is missing something: notice it has absolutely no supporting reference. They’re just claiming it, sans evidence.
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Here’s the full original story in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social from several weeks ago, where we pointed out the issues in Prescott’s dossier:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Here’s the full original story in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social from several weeks ago, where we pointed out the issues in Prescott’s dossier:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
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If the BBC supposedly owed Donald Trump an apology for its edit – which had no negative consequences for the President – then surely Michael Prescott owes the BBC an apology for his own misleading edit, too? Especially given how serious its consequences could be?
December 16, 2025 at 8:42 AM
If the BBC supposedly owed Donald Trump an apology for its edit – which had no negative consequences for the President – then surely Michael Prescott owes the BBC an apology for his own misleading edit, too? Especially given how serious its consequences could be?
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Michael Prescott’s report edits Trump’s quote *at least* as badly as Panorama did (I’d argue worse). And that misleading edit is now very obviously at the core of a $5 billion lawsuit against the corporation.
The Panorama had been online, without complaint, for a year before that dossier.
The Panorama had been online, without complaint, for a year before that dossier.
December 16, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Michael Prescott’s report edits Trump’s quote *at least* as badly as Panorama did (I’d argue worse). And that misleading edit is now very obviously at the core of a $5 billion lawsuit against the corporation.
The Panorama had been online, without complaint, for a year before that dossier.
The Panorama had been online, without complaint, for a year before that dossier.