LibLabGreen Barbara
@beealing.bsky.social
Can't keep quiet about politics, environment & active travel, solicitor at W London rights place, cyclist, Oxon
Intriguing vent at #ReadingMinster ...
January 8, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Intriguing vent at #ReadingMinster ...
January 6, 2026 at 10:15 AM
We need leaders, democratic leaders, not strongmen who are only doing it for their ego
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has issued a dire warning about the future of Europe, saying the continent is “finished” without unity, following a week that saw fractures in the stances of EU countries on foreign policy.
Europe must unite or it’s ‘finished,’ Poland’s Tusk warns as Trump salivates over Greenland
“One for all, and all for one,” Polish prime minister urges as U.S. strikes Venezuela and threatens Greenland.
www.politico.eu
January 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
We need leaders, democratic leaders, not strongmen who are only doing it for their ego
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Tell me we should trust AI to give us the facts. Tell me it's a future we can put our faith in. Come at me. I'm right here, waiting.
January 4, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Tell me we should trust AI to give us the facts. Tell me it's a future we can put our faith in. Come at me. I'm right here, waiting.
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THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
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Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Giuliani & Erik Prince travelled to Venezuela and attempted to reach a secret deal with Maduro during the first Trump presidency, the deal was not on behalf of the United States and would financially benefit Trump and his cohorts.
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
State Department says Giuliani was freelancing in Venezuela
Rudy Giuliani went rogue when he attempted back-channel diplomacy and did legal work on behalf of a businessman connected to Nicolás Maduro, according to Venezuela special envoy Elliott Abrams.
www.miamiherald.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Giuliani & Erik Prince travelled to Venezuela and attempted to reach a secret deal with Maduro during the first Trump presidency, the deal was not on behalf of the United States and would financially benefit Trump and his cohorts.
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
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Starmer and Farage both drape themselves in flags but once again it's really clear where their loyalty really is.
It's Trump first. They will always be on the side of the super rich and powerful - no matter how heinous the crime.
This is not patriotism. It's subservience.
It's Trump first. They will always be on the side of the super rich and powerful - no matter how heinous the crime.
This is not patriotism. It's subservience.
January 3, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Starmer and Farage both drape themselves in flags but once again it's really clear where their loyalty really is.
It's Trump first. They will always be on the side of the super rich and powerful - no matter how heinous the crime.
This is not patriotism. It's subservience.
It's Trump first. They will always be on the side of the super rich and powerful - no matter how heinous the crime.
This is not patriotism. It's subservience.
Only #Trump would simultaneously do this and release #Hondura ex-president 2 years into a 45 year US jail term for drugs offences just before Honduran #elections.
January 3, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Only #Trump would simultaneously do this and release #Hondura ex-president 2 years into a 45 year US jail term for drugs offences just before Honduran #elections.
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If Nigel Farage, GB News and Tommy Robinson really cared about the safety of women then they'd leave twitter.
I'll wait.
I'll wait.
January 2, 2026 at 10:36 PM
If Nigel Farage, GB News and Tommy Robinson really cared about the safety of women then they'd leave twitter.
I'll wait.
I'll wait.
Need to practice a little first.
January 1, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Need to practice a little first.
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I really like this joke from @joshgondelman.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I really like this joke from @joshgondelman.bsky.social
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Everyone does a 2025 roundup, but only the Clarion’s has:
🕊 Seagull attacks
🇺🇸 J.D. Vance’s summer holidays
💩 Sewage 1, housing 0
🦌 Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the A40
🗞 Our pick of the long reads
🔬 Lab space. So much lab space.
Read it online: oxfordclarion.uk/a-year-in-ox...
🕊 Seagull attacks
🇺🇸 J.D. Vance’s summer holidays
💩 Sewage 1, housing 0
🦌 Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the A40
🗞 Our pick of the long reads
🔬 Lab space. So much lab space.
Read it online: oxfordclarion.uk/a-year-in-ox...
A year in Oxfordshire, 2025
A growth corridor, a new stadium, a new branch line, a congestion charge, and partying seagulls. It’s been a busy year in Oxfordshire. Here are just a few of the highlights.
January
Growth, part on...
oxfordclarion.uk
December 31, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Everyone does a 2025 roundup, but only the Clarion’s has:
🕊 Seagull attacks
🇺🇸 J.D. Vance’s summer holidays
💩 Sewage 1, housing 0
🦌 Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the A40
🗞 Our pick of the long reads
🔬 Lab space. So much lab space.
Read it online: oxfordclarion.uk/a-year-in-ox...
🕊 Seagull attacks
🇺🇸 J.D. Vance’s summer holidays
💩 Sewage 1, housing 0
🦌 Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the A40
🗞 Our pick of the long reads
🔬 Lab space. So much lab space.
Read it online: oxfordclarion.uk/a-year-in-ox...
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Very good by @jamesrball.com on Alaa Abd el-Fattah and the double standards on the right on punishment for posts on social media.
app.thenewworld.co.uk/story/147668...
app.thenewworld.co.uk/story/147668...
Calls to remove el-Fattah’s UK citizenship are dictatorial
Yes his tweets were disgusting, possibly criminal, yet it should not be possible for politicians to revoke someone’s national identity just because they dislike their views
app.thenewworld.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Very good by @jamesrball.com on Alaa Abd el-Fattah and the double standards on the right on punishment for posts on social media.
app.thenewworld.co.uk/story/147668...
app.thenewworld.co.uk/story/147668...
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Diversity and immigration made Britain; this would be a pitiful island without foreign faces, ideas, stories...
Racists and Nazis are the only ones we should be making unwelcome.
#allrefugeeswelcome
Racists and Nazis are the only ones we should be making unwelcome.
#allrefugeeswelcome
December 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Diversity and immigration made Britain; this would be a pitiful island without foreign faces, ideas, stories...
Racists and Nazis are the only ones we should be making unwelcome.
#allrefugeeswelcome
Racists and Nazis are the only ones we should be making unwelcome.
#allrefugeeswelcome
I skied past where Michael Schuhmacher had his ski accident a day before.
Please quote this with the time you didn’t interact with someone famous
I missed meeting Jimmy Buffett by 90 seconds at the Phoenix airport in 1991 because I went for a wee.
I missed meeting Jimmy Buffett by 90 seconds at the Phoenix airport in 1991 because I went for a wee.
Please quote this with the time you didn’t interact with someone famous - eg one time I was in Cardiff the same weekend as Willem Dafoe (but I didn’t see him or even know he was there until he appeared on the telly later)
December 30, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I skied past where Michael Schuhmacher had his ski accident a day before.
Don't you just love it when you ring your parents and you can barely hear them because the TV is so loud? #parents #boomers #christmas
December 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Don't you just love it when you ring your parents and you can barely hear them because the TV is so loud? #parents #boomers #christmas
Absolutely brilliant!
THREAD.
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
December 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Absolutely brilliant!
Has someone told the @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social ?
Someone post that John Peel photo cheers
'Embarrassing bollards fiasco' at Exeter train station
Delays dragged on for months
www.devonlive.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Has someone told the @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social ?
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The legal challenge to the NHS’s clinical trial of puberty blockers is funded by a pressure group backed by Russian oligarchs and linked to the far right. goodlaw.social/1jop
From Russia to the far right: the shadowy forces challenging the NHS puberty blockers trial | Good Law Project
CitizenGO is backed by Russian oligarchs and linked to the far right. Good Law Project’s undercover investigation shows that it’s ramping up its work in the UK.
goodlaw.social
December 17, 2025 at 6:46 AM
The legal challenge to the NHS’s clinical trial of puberty blockers is funded by a pressure group backed by Russian oligarchs and linked to the far right. goodlaw.social/1jop
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Seven German journalism students tracked Russian-crewed freighters lurking off the Dutch and German coast—and connected them to drone swarms over military bases. (Hank Van Ess)
December 12, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Seven German journalism students tracked Russian-crewed freighters lurking off the Dutch and German coast—and connected them to drone swarms over military bases. (Hank Van Ess)
Phone calls w mum, abroad:
Me: rings, mother not answering
Her: rings me back from her landline and we speak
Me, 3 days later: sees call from mother and anwers
Her, panicked: "you rang, is everything ok?"
Me: "that missed call was 3 days ago, we've spoken since!"
Part 2 to follow....
Me: rings, mother not answering
Her: rings me back from her landline and we speak
Me, 3 days later: sees call from mother and anwers
Her, panicked: "you rang, is everything ok?"
Me: "that missed call was 3 days ago, we've spoken since!"
Part 2 to follow....
December 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Phone calls w mum, abroad:
Me: rings, mother not answering
Her: rings me back from her landline and we speak
Me, 3 days later: sees call from mother and anwers
Her, panicked: "you rang, is everything ok?"
Me: "that missed call was 3 days ago, we've spoken since!"
Part 2 to follow....
Me: rings, mother not answering
Her: rings me back from her landline and we speak
Me, 3 days later: sees call from mother and anwers
Her, panicked: "you rang, is everything ok?"
Me: "that missed call was 3 days ago, we've spoken since!"
Part 2 to follow....
Decades of underfunding has led to creative roof repairs at Slough rail station. Remember roof keep rain out. Sometimes.
December 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Decades of underfunding has led to creative roof repairs at Slough rail station. Remember roof keep rain out. Sometimes.
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
I don't get this current variant of the labour party....
Let’s be clear about who is responsible for trans girls being excluded from the Guides.
Keir Starmer
100%
He could have overturned the injustice of the flawed Supreme Court any time, but CHOSE not to. So he is responsible for these girls being harmed. There’s a word for adults who harm children.
Keir Starmer
100%
He could have overturned the injustice of the flawed Supreme Court any time, but CHOSE not to. So he is responsible for these girls being harmed. There’s a word for adults who harm children.
December 3, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I don't get this current variant of the labour party....
