Flo Fflach
@flofflach.bsky.social
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#repostingbeauty because we really need it right now.
Beauty sustains us.
Photographer: @walktoworkglasgow.bsky.social
Beauty sustains us.
Photographer: @walktoworkglasgow.bsky.social
January 17, 2026 at 8:07 PM
#repostingbeauty because we really need it right now.
Beauty sustains us.
Photographer: @walktoworkglasgow.bsky.social
Beauty sustains us.
Photographer: @walktoworkglasgow.bsky.social
Anorak: "It is a garment Nielsen wears regularly..." As did previous Prime Ministers and men in general in Kalaallit Nunaat~Greenland, this article could have mentioned that the annoraaq~anorak is the formal national clothing for men & boys @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026...
www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026...
‘Designed for uncertainty’: windbreakers are a hit in turbulent times
From Greenland’s prime minister to Timothée Chalamet, the anorak signals a shift from aspiration to realism
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Anorak: "It is a garment Nielsen wears regularly..." As did previous Prime Ministers and men in general in Kalaallit Nunaat~Greenland, this article could have mentioned that the annoraaq~anorak is the formal national clothing for men & boys @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026...
www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026...
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Supermarket daffs ftw
January 18, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Supermarket daffs ftw
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I mean it was standard practice in the UK for me not to have the right to vote in 1917. Does McDonald feel women, therefore, should accept the standards of those times in the interests of placatory diplomacy? To say nothing of the rights of colonised people.
January 18, 2026 at 12:52 PM
I mean it was standard practice in the UK for me not to have the right to vote in 1917. Does McDonald feel women, therefore, should accept the standards of those times in the interests of placatory diplomacy? To say nothing of the rights of colonised people.
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BBC R4 news headlining with opinion of Simon McDonald (former diplomat & member of Lords) that Denmark & Greenland need to negotiate for the best deal because it's standard trade practice to acquire land, citing the US buying the Virgin Islands in (checks notes) 1917.
January 18, 2026 at 12:52 PM
BBC R4 news headlining with opinion of Simon McDonald (former diplomat & member of Lords) that Denmark & Greenland need to negotiate for the best deal because it's standard trade practice to acquire land, citing the US buying the Virgin Islands in (checks notes) 1917.
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Don't forget Johnson's part in all of this either
#BrexitTrumpRussia
#BrexitTrumpRussia
January 18, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Don't forget Johnson's part in all of this either
#BrexitTrumpRussia
#BrexitTrumpRussia
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BREAKING: President Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minneapolis.
Minneapolis live updates: Trump says he will invoke Insurrection Act if state politicians 'don’t obey the law'
Follow live updates as protesters face tear gas and flash bangs in Minneapolis after a Venezuelan man was shot following a traffic stop last night.
nbcnews.to
January 15, 2026 at 2:40 PM
BREAKING: President Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minneapolis.
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Nurses push back after Trump excludes them from ‘professional’ status
Nurses push back after Trump excludes them from ‘professional’ status
Nurses push back after Trump excludes them from ‘professional’ status
www.independent.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Nurses push back after Trump excludes them from ‘professional’ status
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The "experiment in open borders" claim also featured in Starmer's "Island of Strangers" speech, which was equally dishonest.
We will never get a sane immigration debate until leaders talk truthfully to the public about why immigration happens.
We're light years from that.
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We will never get a sane immigration debate until leaders talk truthfully to the public about why immigration happens.
We're light years from that.
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If you're going to attack immigration levels in 2022-3, you need to say something about provision for Ukraine & Hong Kong (which Labour backed).
Blaming a "one-nation experiment in open borders" is not levelling with voters or restoring trust.
It's telling the kind of lie on which populism thrives
Blaming a "one-nation experiment in open borders" is not levelling with voters or restoring trust.
It's telling the kind of lie on which populism thrives
January 15, 2026 at 2:14 PM
The "experiment in open borders" claim also featured in Starmer's "Island of Strangers" speech, which was equally dishonest.
We will never get a sane immigration debate until leaders talk truthfully to the public about why immigration happens.
We're light years from that.
bsky.app/profile/robe...
We will never get a sane immigration debate until leaders talk truthfully to the public about why immigration happens.
We're light years from that.
bsky.app/profile/robe...
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A key part of the so-called "Boriswave" was a generous policy towards Ukraine & Hong Kong.
Labour (rightly) backed that.
This rhetoric just feeds populist claims of an establishment conspiracy to "experiment" on "the British people".
It will not be Sir Keir Starmer KC who benefits from that mood.
Labour (rightly) backed that.
This rhetoric just feeds populist claims of an establishment conspiracy to "experiment" on "the British people".
It will not be Sir Keir Starmer KC who benefits from that mood.
January 15, 2026 at 2:14 PM
A key part of the so-called "Boriswave" was a generous policy towards Ukraine & Hong Kong.
Labour (rightly) backed that.
This rhetoric just feeds populist claims of an establishment conspiracy to "experiment" on "the British people".
It will not be Sir Keir Starmer KC who benefits from that mood.
Labour (rightly) backed that.
This rhetoric just feeds populist claims of an establishment conspiracy to "experiment" on "the British people".
It will not be Sir Keir Starmer KC who benefits from that mood.
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Starmer keeps using this line, & it's bonkers.
Most importantly, it's untrue: the party that ended Free Movement, ran the "hostile environment" & made Suella Braverman Home Sec did not run "an experiment in open borders".
It's also politically mad. Voters who believe this will not vote for Starmer
Most importantly, it's untrue: the party that ended Free Movement, ran the "hostile environment" & made Suella Braverman Home Sec did not run "an experiment in open borders".
It's also politically mad. Voters who believe this will not vote for Starmer
!["And this is what Keir Starmer’s press secretary has said about Robert Jenrick at the lobby briefing this morning.
[Highlighted] Robert Jenrick was the immigration minister in a government that presided over an open borders experiment [Highlighted], a health minister who left people stuck on waiting lists, and a Treasury minister during the worst decline in living standards on record.”
While Reform continues to welcome failed Tory retreads, this Labor government is putting the country back on track."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cixgmtrg7nzy4gkmyfeosaox/bafkreibe3jczrmbmzfnhj2adl4qe432lbpmcbn6m6qrentwih7vxj4fu7y@jpeg)
January 15, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Starmer keeps using this line, & it's bonkers.
Most importantly, it's untrue: the party that ended Free Movement, ran the "hostile environment" & made Suella Braverman Home Sec did not run "an experiment in open borders".
It's also politically mad. Voters who believe this will not vote for Starmer
Most importantly, it's untrue: the party that ended Free Movement, ran the "hostile environment" & made Suella Braverman Home Sec did not run "an experiment in open borders".
It's also politically mad. Voters who believe this will not vote for Starmer
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For every human being in need of a hug, i sent two.
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January 15, 2026 at 12:36 PM
For every human being in need of a hug, i sent two.
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If the North had seen the same transport investment as London under the previous government, it would have received £140bn more – enough to build seven Elizabeth Lines.
While London received £1,183 per person, the North only saw £486 per person.
While London received £1,183 per person, the North only saw £486 per person.
January 15, 2026 at 12:39 PM
If the North had seen the same transport investment as London under the previous government, it would have received £140bn more – enough to build seven Elizabeth Lines.
While London received £1,183 per person, the North only saw £486 per person.
While London received £1,183 per person, the North only saw £486 per person.
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Nah only if that injury is cuteness. It's a heat regulation technique
When I posted this many folks said this likely isn't an injury, it's just something they do to stay warm, and OMG today over 100 sanderlings flew in right next to me and almost all of them were hopping on one foot. See thread for more 😭🪶
January 14, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Nah only if that injury is cuteness. It's a heat regulation technique
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Thank you so much to @zackpolanski.bsky.social for inviting me onto his podcast. We talked about critical issues the media & political establishment is ignoring such as the extraordinarily dumb & dangerous UK defence deal with Peter Thiel’s Palantir
"Peter Thiel... the founder of this company, does not believe in democracy"
January 15, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Thank you so much to @zackpolanski.bsky.social for inviting me onto his podcast. We talked about critical issues the media & political establishment is ignoring such as the extraordinarily dumb & dangerous UK defence deal with Peter Thiel’s Palantir
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"It's fine for a president to disagree. It's not okay to threaten to jail someone for doing the job that Congress tells him to do."
January 15, 2026 at 12:52 PM
"It's fine for a president to disagree. It's not okay to threaten to jail someone for doing the job that Congress tells him to do."
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The asymmetric intraguild predation relationship cannot be denied. But it's mostly the lack of hedges and the ever-widening spread of industrialised farming practices that's harming the hedgehog.
January 15, 2026 at 11:51 AM
The asymmetric intraguild predation relationship cannot be denied. But it's mostly the lack of hedges and the ever-widening spread of industrialised farming practices that's harming the hedgehog.
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A maxim from a few of my fellow farmers (from over here across the pond):
Make making habitat a habit.
Make making habitat a habit.
January 15, 2026 at 12:41 PM
A maxim from a few of my fellow farmers (from over here across the pond):
Make making habitat a habit.
Make making habitat a habit.
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Seizure ... by whom? If we're asserting that the money is safer in Qatar than the US, that suggests that it is being protected because Qatar has something the US lacks — presumably a lack of accountability to American courts and Congress. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
January 14, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Seizure ... by whom? If we're asserting that the money is safer in Qatar than the US, that suggests that it is being protected because Qatar has something the US lacks — presumably a lack of accountability to American courts and Congress. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
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Because the Quaker movement emerged out of an earlier time of profound crisis and upheaval and is in essence an end-time spirituality, it might still have something crucial to offer a humanity faced with such significant existential threats.
The Quaker Faith: Friends of Love and Truth, pp.172-173.
The Quaker Faith: Friends of Love and Truth, pp.172-173.
January 15, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Because the Quaker movement emerged out of an earlier time of profound crisis and upheaval and is in essence an end-time spirituality, it might still have something crucial to offer a humanity faced with such significant existential threats.
The Quaker Faith: Friends of Love and Truth, pp.172-173.
The Quaker Faith: Friends of Love and Truth, pp.172-173.
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This website contains information and resources relating to my writing, teaching, and speaking activities.
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Explore the Quaker faith with Stuart Masters, who offers learning opportunities that cover the history, theology, and spirituality of Friends, through accessible and engaging teaching, speaking, and w...
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www.stuartkmasters.com
www.stuartkmasters.com
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The 15 🇺🇸 billionaires gained nearly $1 trillion in wealth during the first year of Donald Trump’s 2nd term.
Most of it going to Elon Musk, who added $305B to his wealth last year, a solid 1,059x return on the $288M he spent helping Trump and other Republican candidates get elected in 2024.
Most of it going to Elon Musk, who added $305B to his wealth last year, a solid 1,059x return on the $288M he spent helping Trump and other Republican candidates get elected in 2024.
January 15, 2026 at 11:59 AM
The 15 🇺🇸 billionaires gained nearly $1 trillion in wealth during the first year of Donald Trump’s 2nd term.
Most of it going to Elon Musk, who added $305B to his wealth last year, a solid 1,059x return on the $288M he spent helping Trump and other Republican candidates get elected in 2024.
Most of it going to Elon Musk, who added $305B to his wealth last year, a solid 1,059x return on the $288M he spent helping Trump and other Republican candidates get elected in 2024.
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You can be as racist as you like but my god you'd better be a loyal racist
BREAKING Kemi Badenoch has sacked Robert Jenrick from the shadow cabinet, removed the whip and suspended his party membership.
She says she was "presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect" to Reform
She says she was "presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect" to Reform
January 15, 2026 at 11:57 AM
You can be as racist as you like but my god you'd better be a loyal racist
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🆘 “This is the pure hell of Brexit for food exporters.”
Toby Ovens of Broughton Transport told MPs at the business & trade committee that Brexit has been a costly and logistic nightmare:
Vets chasing lorries.
Meat stuck in Calais for a month.
£16,000 burned because of a stamp in the wrong place.
Toby Ovens of Broughton Transport told MPs at the business & trade committee that Brexit has been a costly and logistic nightmare:
Vets chasing lorries.
Meat stuck in Calais for a month.
£16,000 burned because of a stamp in the wrong place.
January 14, 2026 at 8:32 PM
🆘 “This is the pure hell of Brexit for food exporters.”
Toby Ovens of Broughton Transport told MPs at the business & trade committee that Brexit has been a costly and logistic nightmare:
Vets chasing lorries.
Meat stuck in Calais for a month.
£16,000 burned because of a stamp in the wrong place.
Toby Ovens of Broughton Transport told MPs at the business & trade committee that Brexit has been a costly and logistic nightmare:
Vets chasing lorries.
Meat stuck in Calais for a month.
£16,000 burned because of a stamp in the wrong place.
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'"We want to say loud and clear that there's no such thing as a better colonizer," said Sara Olsvig, chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council and a former member of both the Greenlandic and Danish parliaments.'
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'No such thing as a better colonizer': Inuit emphatically reject U.S. takeover of Greenland | CBC News
Inuit advocacy groups, as well as Greenlanders who live in Canada, are emphatically opposed to American designs on their homeland. And, they say, they're tired of being used as geopolitical chess piec...
www.cbc.ca
January 15, 2026 at 9:24 AM
'"We want to say loud and clear that there's no such thing as a better colonizer," said Sara Olsvig, chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council and a former member of both the Greenlandic and Danish parliaments.'
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...