StrawDog
@astrawdog.bsky.social
i am a citizen of the planet come what may
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Egg? No. Stock go up? No. Plane crash? Yes! Often! Yes!
March 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Egg? No. Stock go up? No. Plane crash? Yes! Often! Yes!
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The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) reported 36 million cases of suspected child rape media in 2023, containing 100 million files.
An overwhelming 85% of child rape media distribution came from Zuckerberg's Meta—primarily Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. #OpDeathEaters 🧵
An overwhelming 85% of child rape media distribution came from Zuckerberg's Meta—primarily Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. #OpDeathEaters 🧵
January 13, 2025 at 4:20 AM
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) reported 36 million cases of suspected child rape media in 2023, containing 100 million files.
An overwhelming 85% of child rape media distribution came from Zuckerberg's Meta—primarily Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. #OpDeathEaters 🧵
An overwhelming 85% of child rape media distribution came from Zuckerberg's Meta—primarily Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. #OpDeathEaters 🧵
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From a desk calendar my wife gave me for Christmas:
"You can't judge people only by how they treat you. The true test of character is how they treat those they don't like or need."
A true indicator of goodness, and leadership.
"You can't judge people only by how they treat you. The true test of character is how they treat those they don't like or need."
A true indicator of goodness, and leadership.
January 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
From a desk calendar my wife gave me for Christmas:
"You can't judge people only by how they treat you. The true test of character is how they treat those they don't like or need."
A true indicator of goodness, and leadership.
"You can't judge people only by how they treat you. The true test of character is how they treat those they don't like or need."
A true indicator of goodness, and leadership.
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MIND BLOWN 💥
Just after midnight on New Year’s, the richest 229 Americans maxed out their Social Security tax for the year. The cap is $176,100—so anyone making that salary, pays the same as Elon Musk.
If the oligarchs who are about to run our government really want to fix SS—they’d raise the cap.
Just after midnight on New Year’s, the richest 229 Americans maxed out their Social Security tax for the year. The cap is $176,100—so anyone making that salary, pays the same as Elon Musk.
If the oligarchs who are about to run our government really want to fix SS—they’d raise the cap.
January 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
MIND BLOWN 💥
Just after midnight on New Year’s, the richest 229 Americans maxed out their Social Security tax for the year. The cap is $176,100—so anyone making that salary, pays the same as Elon Musk.
If the oligarchs who are about to run our government really want to fix SS—they’d raise the cap.
Just after midnight on New Year’s, the richest 229 Americans maxed out their Social Security tax for the year. The cap is $176,100—so anyone making that salary, pays the same as Elon Musk.
If the oligarchs who are about to run our government really want to fix SS—they’d raise the cap.
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There are more than a million British people with Pakistani heritage in the UK.
For the Shadow Home Secretary to suggest they have an "alien" and "medieval" culture and to smear them by association with the crimes of a tiny minority, is the politics of the far-right gutter.
For the Shadow Home Secretary to suggest they have an "alien" and "medieval" culture and to smear them by association with the crimes of a tiny minority, is the politics of the far-right gutter.
January 5, 2025 at 10:19 AM
There are more than a million British people with Pakistani heritage in the UK.
For the Shadow Home Secretary to suggest they have an "alien" and "medieval" culture and to smear them by association with the crimes of a tiny minority, is the politics of the far-right gutter.
For the Shadow Home Secretary to suggest they have an "alien" and "medieval" culture and to smear them by association with the crimes of a tiny minority, is the politics of the far-right gutter.
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“It's amazing how pollution has dropped in #Paris in 15 years. @annehidalgo.bsky.social has filled the city with bike-lanes & not only has she reduced pollution by 40% but she’s also been re-elected.”
Trading car space for green space, bike space, kid space…trading pollution for people. Good trade.
Trading car space for green space, bike space, kid space…trading pollution for people. Good trade.
Es alucinante cómo ha bajado la contaminación en París en 15 años. Anne Hidalgo lo ha llenado todo de carriles bici y no sólo ha reducido la contaminación en un 40%, sino que ha sido reelegida.
December 18, 2024 at 7:49 PM
“It's amazing how pollution has dropped in #Paris in 15 years. @annehidalgo.bsky.social has filled the city with bike-lanes & not only has she reduced pollution by 40% but she’s also been re-elected.”
Trading car space for green space, bike space, kid space…trading pollution for people. Good trade.
Trading car space for green space, bike space, kid space…trading pollution for people. Good trade.
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Something I enjoy in Star Trek TNG is when an officer is like 'I wanna do this thing' and Picard is all 'mmmidk bout that one'
But then an Admiral or someone comes in like 'we're here to stop your officer from doing the thing' and Picard is like 'I think the fuck not you trickass bitch'
But then an Admiral or someone comes in like 'we're here to stop your officer from doing the thing' and Picard is like 'I think the fuck not you trickass bitch'
December 18, 2024 at 3:20 AM
Something I enjoy in Star Trek TNG is when an officer is like 'I wanna do this thing' and Picard is all 'mmmidk bout that one'
But then an Admiral or someone comes in like 'we're here to stop your officer from doing the thing' and Picard is like 'I think the fuck not you trickass bitch'
But then an Admiral or someone comes in like 'we're here to stop your officer from doing the thing' and Picard is like 'I think the fuck not you trickass bitch'
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👀The Department of Health has again blocked release of Ministers WhatsApp messages during the pandemic on "security" grounds.
They claim disclosure "would be likely to, prejudice the prevention or detection of crime".
They a blocking the release of entire chains of messages using this excuse. 🤦♂️
They claim disclosure "would be likely to, prejudice the prevention or detection of crime".
They a blocking the release of entire chains of messages using this excuse. 🤦♂️
December 18, 2024 at 3:36 PM
👀The Department of Health has again blocked release of Ministers WhatsApp messages during the pandemic on "security" grounds.
They claim disclosure "would be likely to, prejudice the prevention or detection of crime".
They a blocking the release of entire chains of messages using this excuse. 🤦♂️
They claim disclosure "would be likely to, prejudice the prevention or detection of crime".
They a blocking the release of entire chains of messages using this excuse. 🤦♂️
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I taught high school in a largely affluent area. In Econ class, groups were tasked with creating an ideal economic system. Then (surprise) they had to randomly draw which socioeconomic class they belonged.
Never failed - the lower/poverty designees, "Can we change our minds?"
Never failed - the lower/poverty designees, "Can we change our minds?"
December 14, 2024 at 8:17 PM
I taught high school in a largely affluent area. In Econ class, groups were tasked with creating an ideal economic system. Then (surprise) they had to randomly draw which socioeconomic class they belonged.
Never failed - the lower/poverty designees, "Can we change our minds?"
Never failed - the lower/poverty designees, "Can we change our minds?"
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Starmer makes a point often missed about ending freedom of movement.
Migration figures were lower when we were in the EU. Because Europeans could live, work, study in the UK for as long as they wanted - and then leave. Now, migrants are more likely to move permanently.
#PMQs
Migration figures were lower when we were in the EU. Because Europeans could live, work, study in the UK for as long as they wanted - and then leave. Now, migrants are more likely to move permanently.
#PMQs
December 11, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Starmer makes a point often missed about ending freedom of movement.
Migration figures were lower when we were in the EU. Because Europeans could live, work, study in the UK for as long as they wanted - and then leave. Now, migrants are more likely to move permanently.
#PMQs
Migration figures were lower when we were in the EU. Because Europeans could live, work, study in the UK for as long as they wanted - and then leave. Now, migrants are more likely to move permanently.
#PMQs
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Update on possible #H5N1 case in a #MarinCounty child:
-Fever & vomiting after drinking #rawmilk
-Positive for #Influenza A, now recovered
-No illness in family members
-Investigation ongoing with @capublichealth.bsky.social & CDC
PSA: Don’t drink raw milk.
More info: marinhhs.org/h5n1-bird-flu
-Fever & vomiting after drinking #rawmilk
-Positive for #Influenza A, now recovered
-No illness in family members
-Investigation ongoing with @capublichealth.bsky.social & CDC
PSA: Don’t drink raw milk.
More info: marinhhs.org/h5n1-bird-flu
December 11, 2024 at 3:32 AM
Update on possible #H5N1 case in a #MarinCounty child:
-Fever & vomiting after drinking #rawmilk
-Positive for #Influenza A, now recovered
-No illness in family members
-Investigation ongoing with @capublichealth.bsky.social & CDC
PSA: Don’t drink raw milk.
More info: marinhhs.org/h5n1-bird-flu
-Fever & vomiting after drinking #rawmilk
-Positive for #Influenza A, now recovered
-No illness in family members
-Investigation ongoing with @capublichealth.bsky.social & CDC
PSA: Don’t drink raw milk.
More info: marinhhs.org/h5n1-bird-flu
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Rebels are within 6km from Assad's palace. Locals are tearing down Assad images & signs 15 minutes from the Palace. Russia is fleeing Tartus port and Iran is evacuating forces. An emergency meeting to be held between Turkey, Iran, Russia, Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. #freeSyria
December 7, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Rebels are within 6km from Assad's palace. Locals are tearing down Assad images & signs 15 minutes from the Palace. Russia is fleeing Tartus port and Iran is evacuating forces. An emergency meeting to be held between Turkey, Iran, Russia, Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. #freeSyria
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The Tories' biggest donor - actually the biggest donor in British politics AFAIK - seems to have changed his name following racist comments about Diane Abbott.
And he's given himself a fake knighthood, apparently... Via Private Eye
And he's given himself a fake knighthood, apparently... Via Private Eye
December 7, 2024 at 8:07 AM
The Tories' biggest donor - actually the biggest donor in British politics AFAIK - seems to have changed his name following racist comments about Diane Abbott.
And he's given himself a fake knighthood, apparently... Via Private Eye
And he's given himself a fake knighthood, apparently... Via Private Eye
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🚨Private healthcare companies are lobbying the Health Secretary to sign up to a new PFI deal.
⏰We’re running out of time to stop this deal.
📋Add your name to the petition now and show Wes Streeting YOU stand against new #PFI in our #NHS.
#NoNewPFI
weownit.org.uk/act-now/tell...
⏰We’re running out of time to stop this deal.
📋Add your name to the petition now and show Wes Streeting YOU stand against new #PFI in our #NHS.
#NoNewPFI
weownit.org.uk/act-now/tell...
Tell Wes Streeting - NO new PFI in our NHS!
weownit.org.uk
December 6, 2024 at 1:34 PM
🚨Private healthcare companies are lobbying the Health Secretary to sign up to a new PFI deal.
⏰We’re running out of time to stop this deal.
📋Add your name to the petition now and show Wes Streeting YOU stand against new #PFI in our #NHS.
#NoNewPFI
weownit.org.uk/act-now/tell...
⏰We’re running out of time to stop this deal.
📋Add your name to the petition now and show Wes Streeting YOU stand against new #PFI in our #NHS.
#NoNewPFI
weownit.org.uk/act-now/tell...
I think he grasps this concept very well but hopes we won't until it's too late.
The concept Nigel Farage is incapable of grasping is human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want. I’ll fight that to my last breath
December 7, 2024 at 10:21 AM
I think he grasps this concept very well but hopes we won't until it's too late.
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Just when you thought it couldn’t possibly get any worse…
‘Brexit problem’: UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut down
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘Brexit problem’: UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut down
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘Brexit problem’: UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut down
Exclusive: EU countries will share laboratory capacity but UK rules mean products cannot be tested abroad
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2024 at 7:23 AM
Just when you thought it couldn’t possibly get any worse…
‘Brexit problem’: UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut down
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘Brexit problem’: UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut down
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Did you know?
Private finance (PFI) deals signed in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 mean hospitals are skint today
NHS Trusts are locked into paying up to 27x the original cost!! 💰🔒
Share our new league table to tell Wes Streeting: say NO to PFI #NoNewPFI 👇
weownit.org.uk/tell-wes-str...
Private finance (PFI) deals signed in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 mean hospitals are skint today
NHS Trusts are locked into paying up to 27x the original cost!! 💰🔒
Share our new league table to tell Wes Streeting: say NO to PFI #NoNewPFI 👇
weownit.org.uk/tell-wes-str...
December 6, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Did you know?
Private finance (PFI) deals signed in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 mean hospitals are skint today
NHS Trusts are locked into paying up to 27x the original cost!! 💰🔒
Share our new league table to tell Wes Streeting: say NO to PFI #NoNewPFI 👇
weownit.org.uk/tell-wes-str...
Private finance (PFI) deals signed in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 mean hospitals are skint today
NHS Trusts are locked into paying up to 27x the original cost!! 💰🔒
Share our new league table to tell Wes Streeting: say NO to PFI #NoNewPFI 👇
weownit.org.uk/tell-wes-str...
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Worried about #ElonMusk buying his way into UK politics? Think we need to take money out of our democracy?
Help #DemocracyForSale's people-powered plan to #SafeguardDemocracy by taking this short survey: democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard Please share. Thanks!
Help #DemocracyForSale's people-powered plan to #SafeguardDemocracy by taking this short survey: democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard Please share. Thanks!
Democracy For Sale
A survey into people's attitudes to the health of British politics from leading investigative journalists who write about lobbying and dark money
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December 5, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Worried about #ElonMusk buying his way into UK politics? Think we need to take money out of our democracy?
Help #DemocracyForSale's people-powered plan to #SafeguardDemocracy by taking this short survey: democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard Please share. Thanks!
Help #DemocracyForSale's people-powered plan to #SafeguardDemocracy by taking this short survey: democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard Please share. Thanks!
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Troy Club tonight! Spread the word and come on down!
TROY CLUB! Tonight (Friday 6th December)! With headliner HANNAH PLATT ("Humour sharp enough to draw blood" - Chortle) and a lineup that is, frankly, absurd. You should come along.
wegottickets.com/event/638856
wegottickets.com/event/638856
December 6, 2024 at 9:38 AM
Troy Club tonight! Spread the word and come on down!
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Hello kind followers! 😽
Um...there's no easy way to say this...it's bandcamp friday!!
We still have some lovely cat themed shirts for sale and we are recording next weekend, so...if you have been thinking about buying some merch - now is the time! 🐈⬛🔪
fortitudevalley.bandcamp.com/merch 👕
Um...there's no easy way to say this...it's bandcamp friday!!
We still have some lovely cat themed shirts for sale and we are recording next weekend, so...if you have been thinking about buying some merch - now is the time! 🐈⬛🔪
fortitudevalley.bandcamp.com/merch 👕
December 6, 2024 at 9:44 AM
Hello kind followers! 😽
Um...there's no easy way to say this...it's bandcamp friday!!
We still have some lovely cat themed shirts for sale and we are recording next weekend, so...if you have been thinking about buying some merch - now is the time! 🐈⬛🔪
fortitudevalley.bandcamp.com/merch 👕
Um...there's no easy way to say this...it's bandcamp friday!!
We still have some lovely cat themed shirts for sale and we are recording next weekend, so...if you have been thinking about buying some merch - now is the time! 🐈⬛🔪
fortitudevalley.bandcamp.com/merch 👕
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hi followers new and old,
it's bandcamp friday, if you'd like to support us we've got records, a zine, caps and tees on ours and @fikarecordings.com's pages
sadults.bandcamp.com/merch
fikarecordings.bandcamp.com/album/for-ev...
fikarecordings.bandcamp.com/album/in-the...
it's bandcamp friday, if you'd like to support us we've got records, a zine, caps and tees on ours and @fikarecordings.com's pages
sadults.bandcamp.com/merch
fikarecordings.bandcamp.com/album/for-ev...
fikarecordings.bandcamp.com/album/in-the...
December 6, 2024 at 9:53 AM
hi followers new and old,
it's bandcamp friday, if you'd like to support us we've got records, a zine, caps and tees on ours and @fikarecordings.com's pages
sadults.bandcamp.com/merch
fikarecordings.bandcamp.com/album/for-ev...
fikarecordings.bandcamp.com/album/in-the...
it's bandcamp friday, if you'd like to support us we've got records, a zine, caps and tees on ours and @fikarecordings.com's pages
sadults.bandcamp.com/merch
fikarecordings.bandcamp.com/album/for-ev...
fikarecordings.bandcamp.com/album/in-the...
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this only suggests to me that everyone needs to keep being meaner to those in power. the wealthy elite need to be scared
December 5, 2024 at 7:38 PM
this only suggests to me that everyone needs to keep being meaner to those in power. the wealthy elite need to be scared