Emma writes songs ☘️
@emmagee.bsky.social
Brummie/Irish searcher of solace in Andalucia. Singer/songwriter of country/Americana songs of love and defiance.
Writer of one book...so far too.
Owns an old camper van and a conscience.
Anti-fascist #AVFC Rotterdam original!
Writer of one book...so far too.
Owns an old camper van and a conscience.
Anti-fascist #AVFC Rotterdam original!
Pinned
Subverting Americana
Emma Gee FlowersSongs of Love and Defiance(Self-Released)⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑
morningstaronline.co.uk
If I'm going to get a five star review, I'm chuffed that it's in the Morning Star!
Maybe give my songs a listen?
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Maybe give my songs a listen?
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Before I came on here, I had a mini tradition of doing a Blue Christmas parody each year.
I've struggled since because, well, how do you satirise genocide apologists and Trump?
Anyway, the lyrics from 2 years ago are still depressingly relevant.
Here it is
youtu.be/Dq6Nhltg4Ac?...
I've struggled since because, well, how do you satirise genocide apologists and Trump?
Anyway, the lyrics from 2 years ago are still depressingly relevant.
Here it is
youtu.be/Dq6Nhltg4Ac?...
Screw You Christmas 2023 (Blue Christmas parody)
YouTube video by Emma Gee Flowers Music
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Before I came on here, I had a mini tradition of doing a Blue Christmas parody each year.
I've struggled since because, well, how do you satirise genocide apologists and Trump?
Anyway, the lyrics from 2 years ago are still depressingly relevant.
Here it is
youtu.be/Dq6Nhltg4Ac?...
I've struggled since because, well, how do you satirise genocide apologists and Trump?
Anyway, the lyrics from 2 years ago are still depressingly relevant.
Here it is
youtu.be/Dq6Nhltg4Ac?...
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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
FGS
@labouruk.bsky.social
( if you EVEN read this!) DO something about this!
These are young people who are taking a stand against genocide!
Not terrorists !
You will NOT be forgiven if any of these people die!
FGS
@labouruk.bsky.social
( if you EVEN read this!) DO something about this!
These are young people who are taking a stand against genocide!
Not terrorists !
You will NOT be forgiven if any of these people die!
Two Palestine Action-linked hunger strikers taken to hospital
MPs and next of kin of prisoners Amu Gib, 30, and Kamran Ahmed, 28, call for immediate government intervention
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
FGS
@labouruk.bsky.social
( if you EVEN read this!) DO something about this!
These are young people who are taking a stand against genocide!
Not terrorists !
You will NOT be forgiven if any of these people die!
FGS
@labouruk.bsky.social
( if you EVEN read this!) DO something about this!
These are young people who are taking a stand against genocide!
Not terrorists !
You will NOT be forgiven if any of these people die!
"and it's Aston Villa, Aston Villa Xg.
We're by far the greatest expected non-scorers, the world has ever seen".
You'll never sing that!
We're by far the greatest expected non-scorers, the world has ever seen".
You'll never sing that!
December 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
"and it's Aston Villa, Aston Villa Xg.
We're by far the greatest expected non-scorers, the world has ever seen".
You'll never sing that!
We're by far the greatest expected non-scorers, the world has ever seen".
You'll never sing that!
We weren't very good for much of the game- but I don't care.
Up the Villa! 💜💙
Up the Villa! 💜💙
December 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
We weren't very good for much of the game- but I don't care.
Up the Villa! 💜💙
Up the Villa! 💜💙
Thank you, friends for your wishes.
A tough Christmas, but I'm not alone in that.
Love to anyone who is missing a loved one. 💔
A tough Christmas, but I'm not alone in that.
Love to anyone who is missing a loved one. 💔
I've kept quiet about this, but we had a meeting with clinical staff and social services last week and there isn't an alternative to Mom going into care.
She's fading, but crucially, she's not fretting.
We knew this would happen, but god it's hard when it actually does. 💔
She's fading, but crucially, she's not fretting.
We knew this would happen, but god it's hard when it actually does. 💔
December 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Thank you, friends for your wishes.
A tough Christmas, but I'm not alone in that.
Love to anyone who is missing a loved one. 💔
A tough Christmas, but I'm not alone in that.
Love to anyone who is missing a loved one. 💔
I've kept quiet about this, but we had a meeting with clinical staff and social services last week and there isn't an alternative to Mom going into care.
She's fading, but crucially, she's not fretting.
We knew this would happen, but god it's hard when it actually does. 💔
She's fading, but crucially, she's not fretting.
We knew this would happen, but god it's hard when it actually does. 💔
December 19, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I've kept quiet about this, but we had a meeting with clinical staff and social services last week and there isn't an alternative to Mom going into care.
She's fading, but crucially, she's not fretting.
We knew this would happen, but god it's hard when it actually does. 💔
She's fading, but crucially, she's not fretting.
We knew this would happen, but god it's hard when it actually does. 💔
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This is ridiculous. There clearly has not been a 660% increase in terrorism
in the UK over the past year.
How much is it costing the criminal justice system to arrest and prosecute all these people for the crime of wearing a t-shirt or holding a placard?
news.sky.com/story/terror...
in the UK over the past year.
How much is it costing the criminal justice system to arrest and prosecute all these people for the crime of wearing a t-shirt or holding a placard?
news.sky.com/story/terror...
Terrorism arrests soar by 660% after Palestine Action ban
Official figures show 1,630, or 86%, of the 1,886 arrests for terrorism-related activity in the year to the end of September 2025 were linked to supporting the group.
news.sky.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This is ridiculous. There clearly has not been a 660% increase in terrorism
in the UK over the past year.
How much is it costing the criminal justice system to arrest and prosecute all these people for the crime of wearing a t-shirt or holding a placard?
news.sky.com/story/terror...
in the UK over the past year.
How much is it costing the criminal justice system to arrest and prosecute all these people for the crime of wearing a t-shirt or holding a placard?
news.sky.com/story/terror...
I sent a WhatsApp this morning with the phrase "I've strained the kefir".
I feel like a traitor to the working class
I feel like a traitor to the working class
December 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I sent a WhatsApp this morning with the phrase "I've strained the kefir".
I feel like a traitor to the working class
I feel like a traitor to the working class
The thing with authoritarian regimes is that there's an assumption of guilt/wrongdoing, and everyone has to prove otherwise.
Of course, the magic "solution" as others have pointed out will be Digital ID.
It's not madness, it's method- and dubious method too.
Of course, the magic "solution" as others have pointed out will be Digital ID.
It's not madness, it's method- and dubious method too.
Got an appointment from the hospital. At the top of the first page is my name, address, NHS number and patient number. The first two pages of the letter tell me where and when and remind me that I should bring my hearing aids/walking stick/whatever other helps I might need. The usual stuff. (1/4)
December 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The thing with authoritarian regimes is that there's an assumption of guilt/wrongdoing, and everyone has to prove otherwise.
Of course, the magic "solution" as others have pointed out will be Digital ID.
It's not madness, it's method- and dubious method too.
Of course, the magic "solution" as others have pointed out will be Digital ID.
It's not madness, it's method- and dubious method too.
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Whamageddon! It's pretty difficult to achieve around here, but I've just managed it in a little supermarket I don't often go in.
A noble effort though.
A noble effort though.
December 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Whamageddon! It's pretty difficult to achieve around here, but I've just managed it in a little supermarket I don't often go in.
A noble effort though.
A noble effort though.
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This is the issue that so many, both in and out of the US struggle with.
There is a prevailing feeling that, once Trump is gone, everything will be somehow normal again
This has been a decades long project, and Trump was a useful boost for it.
There is a prevailing feeling that, once Trump is gone, everything will be somehow normal again
This has been a decades long project, and Trump was a useful boost for it.
December 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This is the issue that so many, both in and out of the US struggle with.
There is a prevailing feeling that, once Trump is gone, everything will be somehow normal again
This has been a decades long project, and Trump was a useful boost for it.
There is a prevailing feeling that, once Trump is gone, everything will be somehow normal again
This has been a decades long project, and Trump was a useful boost for it.
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Jim Ratcliffe’s company Ineos gets £120m govt subsidy to help save the UK’s last ethylene plant at Grangemouth.
Ratcliffe is worth $14.7bn (£11bn). Can he not invest? Will he be back for more?
Govt is not taking any equity stake. £120m is not repayable.
Ratcliffe is worth $14.7bn (£11bn). Can he not invest? Will he be back for more?
Govt is not taking any equity stake. £120m is not repayable.
Government invests £120m to save UK’s last ethylene plant
Funding for billionaire Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos plant in Scotland will help safeguard 500 jobs
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Jim Ratcliffe’s company Ineos gets £120m govt subsidy to help save the UK’s last ethylene plant at Grangemouth.
Ratcliffe is worth $14.7bn (£11bn). Can he not invest? Will he be back for more?
Govt is not taking any equity stake. £120m is not repayable.
Ratcliffe is worth $14.7bn (£11bn). Can he not invest? Will he be back for more?
Govt is not taking any equity stake. £120m is not repayable.
Grovel more for those crumbs Starmer.
Who’d have guessed that trying to appease wannabe dictators would be futile? 🤷♂️
Lessons from history.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Lessons from history.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
US suspends technology deal with Britain, FT reports
The United States has suspended a technology deal it struck with Britain earlier this year which was intended to boost ties in artificial intelligence, quantum computing and civil nuclear energy, the ...
www.reuters.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Grovel more for those crumbs Starmer.
Lots more rain overnight, and cold this morning, but lovely now the sun's out.
You need 5 changes of clothes a day for an Andalusian mountain winter!
You need 5 changes of clothes a day for an Andalusian mountain winter!
December 16, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Lots more rain overnight, and cold this morning, but lovely now the sun's out.
You need 5 changes of clothes a day for an Andalusian mountain winter!
You need 5 changes of clothes a day for an Andalusian mountain winter!
Four headlines on BBC sport about the Man Utd game, only one mentions Bournemouth.
Another reason I hate playing them- we'll barely get a mention on Sunday and the media will be praying for them to win. #avfc
Another reason I hate playing them- we'll barely get a mention on Sunday and the media will be praying for them to win. #avfc
December 16, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Four headlines on BBC sport about the Man Utd game, only one mentions Bournemouth.
Another reason I hate playing them- we'll barely get a mention on Sunday and the media will be praying for them to win. #avfc
Another reason I hate playing them- we'll barely get a mention on Sunday and the media will be praying for them to win. #avfc
This is the neoliberal sickness on speed that successive governments have allowed to flourish.
Private equity is not the "free" market, it's anyway of crippling companies and those that work for them.
Private equity is not the "free" market, it's anyway of crippling companies and those that work for them.
Curse of Private Equity
Throw the parcel at the door' - Evri couriers cutting corners to earn a decent wage.
Evri couriers are self-employed, company dodges employer NIC.
Couriers paid by the parcel, must meet targets or earn less than the minimum wage.
Throw the parcel at the door' - Evri couriers cutting corners to earn a decent wage.
Evri couriers are self-employed, company dodges employer NIC.
Couriers paid by the parcel, must meet targets or earn less than the minimum wage.
'Throw the parcel at the door' - Evri couriers cutting corners to earn a decent wage
BBC Panorama investigates the delivery firm - a market leader with the worst reputation for non-deliveries.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This is the neoliberal sickness on speed that successive governments have allowed to flourish.
Private equity is not the "free" market, it's anyway of crippling companies and those that work for them.
Private equity is not the "free" market, it's anyway of crippling companies and those that work for them.
These are both great signings!
Glos could do with Lake now as they couldn't throw a party never mind a line out right now.
www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-...
Glos could do with Lake now as they couldn't throw a party never mind a line out right now.
www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-...
Wales captains Jac Morgan and Dewi Lake to join Gloucester from Ospreys
Wales captains Jac Morgan and Dewi Lake are set to join Gloucester at the end of the season.
www.bbc.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
These are both great signings!
Glos could do with Lake now as they couldn't throw a party never mind a line out right now.
www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-...
Glos could do with Lake now as they couldn't throw a party never mind a line out right now.
www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-...
Thread:
Please read.
Please read.
A short (and contentious) thread about the social media ban for kids. One thing people might not understand is why ‘socially conservative’ people and groups are very much behind it. The thing is, the dislike of social media is in part just a dislike of modern things, and modern kids. 1/4
December 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Thread:
Please read.
Please read.
As someone who has been to 3 Heineken Cup finals, this format isn't working.
Weakened squads are cheating fans.
Change it or the magic goes.
#rugby
Weakened squads are cheating fans.
Change it or the magic goes.
#rugby
December 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
As someone who has been to 3 Heineken Cup finals, this format isn't working.
Weakened squads are cheating fans.
Change it or the magic goes.
#rugby
Weakened squads are cheating fans.
Change it or the magic goes.
#rugby
Oops, we're confounding the Xg people.
Up the Villa.
Up the Villa.
Aston Villa are scamming points at unheard of levels
they have been second best against a relegation side but they've got three goals somehow
they have been second best against a relegation side but they've got three goals somehow
December 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Oops, we're confounding the Xg people.
Up the Villa.
Up the Villa.
Amazing win that. Unai brilliant in terms of sorting it out at HT. Malen changed the game, and Rogers just brilliant!!
Up the flipping Villa! 💜💙
Up the flipping Villa! 💜💙
December 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Amazing win that. Unai brilliant in terms of sorting it out at HT. Malen changed the game, and Rogers just brilliant!!
Up the flipping Villa! 💜💙
Up the flipping Villa! 💜💙
Got to feel very sorry for the Wolves.
December 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Got to feel very sorry for the Wolves.