Marty
@cleemartin.bsky.social
Gen X. Read a lot. Try to live gently. Above all else be kind.
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Marty
@cleemartin.bsky.social
· Apr 16
The world is beautiful, complex, nuanced & subtle. So are ideas & opinions. It’s not possible to express anything in a character limit that isn’t a grossly oversimplified, partial generalisation. We should recognise this as a limitation of the medium not the author & consider this in our responses
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Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
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Miriam Margolyes is just a warrior woman. That's the post.
She said it all.
She said it all.
October 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Miriam Margolyes is just a warrior woman. That's the post.
She said it all.
She said it all.
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Advice please: what are the new local journalism outlets sticking it to power? I'm thinking of publications like the Bristol Cable, Inside Croydon and West Country Voices. Which others should be on the list? Thanks.
September 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Advice please: what are the new local journalism outlets sticking it to power? I'm thinking of publications like the Bristol Cable, Inside Croydon and West Country Voices. Which others should be on the list? Thanks.
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Reminder that 100,000 people marched for Trans Pride in London earlier this year, but because they weren't violent fascists, there was minimal press coverage, unlike the Nazis today.
https://www.them.us/story/london-trans-pride-march-turnout-record-uk-transphobia
https://www.them.us/story/london-trans-pride-march-turnout-record-uk-transphobia
London’s Trans Pride March Just Shattered Its Turnout Record
Organizers say it was the largest transgender rights march in the world.
www.them.us
September 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Reminder that 100,000 people marched for Trans Pride in London earlier this year, but because they weren't violent fascists, there was minimal press coverage, unlike the Nazis today.
https://www.them.us/story/london-trans-pride-march-turnout-record-uk-transphobia
https://www.them.us/story/london-trans-pride-march-turnout-record-uk-transphobia
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Big sigh. Watch this.
Can you see why the Yankees’ moment of silence, the lowered flags, the promise of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, feel like a gut punch to the very people he spent years targeting?
No one wished death on this man, but what we’re seeing right now is too f*cking much.
Can you see why the Yankees’ moment of silence, the lowered flags, the promise of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, feel like a gut punch to the very people he spent years targeting?
No one wished death on this man, but what we’re seeing right now is too f*cking much.
September 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Big sigh. Watch this.
Can you see why the Yankees’ moment of silence, the lowered flags, the promise of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, feel like a gut punch to the very people he spent years targeting?
No one wished death on this man, but what we’re seeing right now is too f*cking much.
Can you see why the Yankees’ moment of silence, the lowered flags, the promise of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, feel like a gut punch to the very people he spent years targeting?
No one wished death on this man, but what we’re seeing right now is too f*cking much.
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Moose hunting season begins soon in Manitoba, but non-Indigenous hunters will be turned away at check stops managed by Bloodvein River First Nation in an effort to protect the moose population.
Here’s what Nisichawayasihk Chief Angela Levasseur had to say.
Here’s what Nisichawayasihk Chief Angela Levasseur had to say.
September 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Moose hunting season begins soon in Manitoba, but non-Indigenous hunters will be turned away at check stops managed by Bloodvein River First Nation in an effort to protect the moose population.
Here’s what Nisichawayasihk Chief Angela Levasseur had to say.
Here’s what Nisichawayasihk Chief Angela Levasseur had to say.
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'There is an element of self-fulfilling prophecy as many people start accepting that immigration is indeed a major concern for ‘the people’, if not for them. As such, they stop protesting or asking for better as they are made to feel their views are marginal'
aurelmondon.medium.com/the-people-l...
aurelmondon.medium.com/the-people-l...
‘The people’, ‘legitimate concerns’ and the far-right ‘protests’
Our understanding of the world, beyond the most direct elements in our personal life, is always mediated. In today’s information landscape…
aurelmondon.medium.com
August 31, 2025 at 7:17 AM
'There is an element of self-fulfilling prophecy as many people start accepting that immigration is indeed a major concern for ‘the people’, if not for them. As such, they stop protesting or asking for better as they are made to feel their views are marginal'
aurelmondon.medium.com/the-people-l...
aurelmondon.medium.com/the-people-l...
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Flag graffiti is attempt to intimidate, says vicar
#Lincolnshire #BBCNews
🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/arti...
#Lincolnshire #BBCNews
🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/arti...
'Flag graffiti on Lincoln church is an attempt to intimidate'
A St George's Cross daubed on a Lincoln church has upset an "inclusive" community, a vicar claims.
www.bbc.com
August 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Flag graffiti is attempt to intimidate, says vicar
#Lincolnshire #BBCNews
🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/arti...
#Lincolnshire #BBCNews
🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/arti...
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Plenty of them around these days, especially in governments around the world.
But also on the streets and on social media.
"See no evil, hear no evil, so evil can't be happening" they say with their heads buried in the sand.
But also on the streets and on social media.
"See no evil, hear no evil, so evil can't be happening" they say with their heads buried in the sand.
August 25, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Plenty of them around these days, especially in governments around the world.
But also on the streets and on social media.
"See no evil, hear no evil, so evil can't be happening" they say with their heads buried in the sand.
But also on the streets and on social media.
"See no evil, hear no evil, so evil can't be happening" they say with their heads buried in the sand.
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I found the article a useful synthesis of what many historians of specific societal upheavals argue. I preordered the book immediately
August 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I found the article a useful synthesis of what many historians of specific societal upheavals argue. I preordered the book immediately
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Ok, controversial statement time. MAGA movement is right about the political system! Its rigged in favour of wealth. We do massively disagree on the solutions but if we want to get back to normal , this is common ground that can start discussions ! time.com/5888024/50-t...
The Top 1% of Americans Have Taken $50 Trillion From the Bottom 90%—And That's Made the U.S. Less Secure
A report shows that a $50 trillion redistribution of income to benefit the richest has made America less healthy, resilient, and secure
time.com
August 3, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Ok, controversial statement time. MAGA movement is right about the political system! Its rigged in favour of wealth. We do massively disagree on the solutions but if we want to get back to normal , this is common ground that can start discussions ! time.com/5888024/50-t...
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Great video by @philmoorhouse.bsky.social ocial drawing on crucial investigative work by the team @desmog.com
" #Reform UK are not against net zero because they think it's bad, but because fossil fuels pay them more money"
youtu.be/tOoRyykV7Sg
" #Reform UK are not against net zero because they think it's bad, but because fossil fuels pay them more money"
youtu.be/tOoRyykV7Sg
Who Really Funds Reform UK? Not the People
YouTube video by A Different Bias
youtu.be
August 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Great video by @philmoorhouse.bsky.social ocial drawing on crucial investigative work by the team @desmog.com
" #Reform UK are not against net zero because they think it's bad, but because fossil fuels pay them more money"
youtu.be/tOoRyykV7Sg
" #Reform UK are not against net zero because they think it's bad, but because fossil fuels pay them more money"
youtu.be/tOoRyykV7Sg
Margaret Thatcher is looking up from hell smiling….
Cutting "red tape" (aka public protections), as Reeves is doing, does not save money. Instead, it transfers costs from the rich to the poor. Other people pay for financial recklessness, filthy rivers, air pollution, lax building standards and consumer rip-offs.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reeves says rules and red tape are ‘boot on the neck’ of business
At the Mansion House dinner she calls for regulators to allow more risk to clear the way for economic growth
www.theguardian.com
July 16, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Margaret Thatcher is looking up from hell smiling….
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The Not In Our Name petition of cis women opposed to Starmer’s state transphobia is now less than 2,500 signatures away from hitting 40,000!
www.change.org/p/not-in-our...
www.change.org/p/not-in-our...
July 13, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The Not In Our Name petition of cis women opposed to Starmer’s state transphobia is now less than 2,500 signatures away from hitting 40,000!
www.change.org/p/not-in-our...
www.change.org/p/not-in-our...
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It's not town vs country, whatever the culture warriors might tell you. It's money and power vs people.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
An entire village in Dorset is facing eviction – proof that private money holds all the power in rural England | George Monbiot
This scandalous story gives lie to the claim that the biggest threat to country life comes from city dwellers, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
June 28, 2025 at 7:28 AM
It's not town vs country, whatever the culture warriors might tell you. It's money and power vs people.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Absurd yes. But also sinister. This country has a long and proud history of civil disobedience, trespass & symbolic acts to challenge militarism. This is no worse than Greenham Common or Faslane protests in fact it’s minor in comparison PROTESTING GENOCIDE IS NOT TERRORISM
June 22, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Absurd yes. But also sinister. This country has a long and proud history of civil disobedience, trespass & symbolic acts to challenge militarism. This is no worse than Greenham Common or Faslane protests in fact it’s minor in comparison PROTESTING GENOCIDE IS NOT TERRORISM
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A tiktok content creator shares the before and after pictures of the Gaza Strip as seen on Google maps. Effects show the extent of the brutality of the Israeli genocide, ecocide, and destruction that is nearing two years on the Strip.
#FreePalestine
#FreePalestine
June 21, 2025 at 6:36 AM
A tiktok content creator shares the before and after pictures of the Gaza Strip as seen on Google maps. Effects show the extent of the brutality of the Israeli genocide, ecocide, and destruction that is nearing two years on the Strip.
#FreePalestine
#FreePalestine
@socialistdogmom.bsky.social that was one hell of an episode. Beautiful & moving, tender, emotional & gut wrenching. Subjective in the best possible way & unflinchingly honest. I wept, for Heather, for you, for T & L & all of us. Thank you ❤️ a dog mom & a wise story teller - kinda a mom to all❤️
June 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
@socialistdogmom.bsky.social that was one hell of an episode. Beautiful & moving, tender, emotional & gut wrenching. Subjective in the best possible way & unflinchingly honest. I wept, for Heather, for you, for T & L & all of us. Thank you ❤️ a dog mom & a wise story teller - kinda a mom to all❤️
So a guy is gonna start WW3 because nobody came to his birthday party? Entitled old white men will kill us all
June 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
So a guy is gonna start WW3 because nobody came to his birthday party? Entitled old white men will kill us all
Collapse has already started. But it’s not evenly distributed. Some are losing homes & their way life, forced to flee to unforgiving, unwelcoming places or face war, fire, famine, flood… some are taking their main family holiday at Easter rather than a more traditional summer getaway. FFS BBC
June 18, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Collapse has already started. But it’s not evenly distributed. Some are losing homes & their way life, forced to flee to unforgiving, unwelcoming places or face war, fire, famine, flood… some are taking their main family holiday at Easter rather than a more traditional summer getaway. FFS BBC
Very worthy cause for hard working deserving person and Emily the cat. Please chip in.
My cat Emily has malignant
tumors. The bill for having them removed and saving her life is massive! At the same time I need very expensive car repairs! Any help in this financial emergency, even just signal boosts, much appreciated. ❤️❤️❤️ www.gofundme.com/f/help-cure-...
tumors. The bill for having them removed and saving her life is massive! At the same time I need very expensive car repairs! Any help in this financial emergency, even just signal boosts, much appreciated. ❤️❤️❤️ www.gofundme.com/f/help-cure-...
Donate to Help cure Emily of her cancer, organised by James Graham
Hi, I'm Jack Graham - the British guy on the podcast I Don't Speak German - and I'm asking … James Graham needs your support for Help cure Emily of her cancer
www.gofundme.com
June 14, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Very worthy cause for hard working deserving person and Emily the cat. Please chip in.
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a woman just trying to get home gets shot
June 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
a woman just trying to get home gets shot
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Here is a drawing in my sketchbook of a skateboard kid standing in resistance with the community to fascist ICE raids today in Paramount California giving the middle finger to the agents who fired dozens of munitions at them. Pen and ink on paper.
June 8, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Here is a drawing in my sketchbook of a skateboard kid standing in resistance with the community to fascist ICE raids today in Paramount California giving the middle finger to the agents who fired dozens of munitions at them. Pen and ink on paper.