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Ken Gray
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Infrequent poster, OU afficionado, snowboarding & downhill MTB, doing my best to promote V2H electricity use to reduce utility bills
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davidallengreen.bsky.social
Again and again, the optimal position when legally threatened by Trump is to be resolute in defence and prepare for court.

You will likely not then have to go to court, as he will fold or settle.

But if you seek to settle from the off, he has got you and he will crush you.
sharonhawth.bsky.social Sharon Hawthorne @sharonhawth.bsky.social · 2d
Everyone should stand up to this bully.
December 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
kengray1967.bsky.social
How’d you like your eggs?
Sunny side up please!

@pareidolia.bsky.social
3 raw eggs in a bowl, 2 look like eyes, one has broken and looks like a smile
December 17, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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dorianlynskey.bsky.social
When he dies I’m not going to be taking the moral high ground, I’m going to be down in the swamp hooting and cackling
justinbaragona.bsky.social Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 4d
Trump doubles down on his Rob Reiner attack: "I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person... He became like a deranged person, Trump Derangement Syndrome. So I was not a fan of Rob Reiner at all in any way, shape or form. I thought he was very bad for our country."
December 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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maks23.bsky.social
VERY BIG TOP NEWS TODAY 🔝

🎉 SBU drones “Sub Sea Baby” blew up a Russian submarine “Varshavyanka” in Novorossiysk.

🔥 Astrakhan Gas Processing Plant Hit

😎 SBS hot Kamensky Plant (Rostov Region), carries out the production of rocket fuel.

1/7
December 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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nursinghistory.bsky.social
#HistNursing Advent day 14. the famous Little Misses of Pervyse- gutsy Mairi Chisholm mechanic - & Elsie Knocker Nurse. They set up a first aid station near the front. Displays from IWM London & Yser Tower Museum Belgium - photos mine from displays bbc.com/news/world-eur…
December 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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robinince.bsky.social
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
kengray1967.bsky.social
@footballweekly.bsky.social Zian Flemming just scored for Burnley, are there any other ‘almost’ writer named football players?
December 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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wartranslated.bsky.social
Monitoring channels report that more than 100 strike drones are flying to bomb Russia and the occupiers in the occupied territories. The map also shows the trajectory of a cruise missile, marked with a green arrow.
December 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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sturdyalex.bsky.social
Perhaps my bitchiest moment on any podcast ever.

Naomi: "The OBR are looking for a new director after Richard Hughes fell on his sword."

Me: "Deliberately or did he just stumble?"
quietriotpod.bsky.social Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 15d
🆕 What's past is prologue 🆕

🇪🇺 Brexit's back alright
🗳️ lessons from 2024 GE
📰 media's Reeves derangement
🧌 Dungeons & Dragons

@pimlicat.bsky.social, @sturdyalex.bsky.social & guest @samfr.bsky.social put the world to rights.

🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/11Nv...

🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
What's past is prologue
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 04/12/2025 · 1h 10m
podcasts.apple.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
kengray1967.bsky.social
Fuck me, I’ve used 2.5% more water than the same 6 month period last year and my bill has risen 36.5% !
Thank god we’re living in a region with a not for profit water company! @dwrcymru #ripoffbastards
December 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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dempster2000.bsky.social
For viewers in Scotland, Your Party will of course be known by its full title: “Oor Party, Your Party, A’body’s Party!”
November 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
kengray1967.bsky.social
Why is this being reported as a problem caused by asylum seekers when the article clearly indicates it’s fraud by the taxi firms and their contractors? It’s not the fault of asylum seekers if the companies are doing this

apple.news/A7uaYFkbhQlq...
Asylum seekers will be banned from taking taxis for medical appointments — BBC News
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
apple.news
November 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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ottocr.at
oh go on then
cunt on a garage
November 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
kengray1967.bsky.social
@footballweekly.bsky.social @maxrushden.bsky.social does Shearer understand the rules of football? Chalobah cleaned out Barca forward nowhere near ball “had to go for that, no chance of a pen” & then claimed Sanchez was justified going through another with head high boots outside the box (Amazon)
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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chrisgrey.bsky.social
"Sir Keir told the BBC: 'Every minute that is spent talking about anything other than cost-of-living is a wasted minute in my book.'"

OK, so why does his government keep banging on about immigration?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Judge me at next election, Keir Starmer tells doubters
The PM tells the BBC he has made
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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berlinbridge.bsky.social
Germany, France, and Britain should have summarized their response to Washington in three points:
Nein.
Non.
No.
November 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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igorsushko.bsky.social
This is all so obvious, and yet needs to be constantly repeated. Russia is a tyrannical regime, guilty of mass murder and war crimes in Ukraine.
November 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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tendar.bsky.social
This further bolsters my recent assumption that in light of the unfolding events around the Epstein case Russians have the urge to move quickly and press Trump before his grip of the Republican Party fades away. Russians most certainly must think that Trump will soon be of not much use to them.
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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minnierahman.bsky.social
1. Farage’s ideas have form for crashing the economy/increasing discrimination
2. Labour intro Farage’s ideas and make it their responsibility.
3. When everyone is having a bad time, they won’t vote for the people/parties who made them have a bad time.

Is this not logical???
November 19, 2025 at 8:07 AM
kengray1967.bsky.social
@maxrushden.bsky.social ok, so given that he scored, is Kenny McLean better than Pele (who missed)? Scenes in the Gray household
@footballweekly.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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tanjabueltmann.net
🌍 42.5m refugees
Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries.

🇬🇧 548k refugees
= 0.78% of the UK population.

It is not refugees who tear our country apart, it is the mainstreaming of far right policies. And that’s a risk to all of us.

My letter to my MP.

#asylum #Mahmood

🧵
Dear [my MP’s name], As the Home Secretary prepares to announce sweeping changes to the UK’s asylum system, I see it as both my duty as a citizen and responsibility as a migration expert to do all I can to urge policymakers to oppose the proposals—not only for what they will do to refugees, though that is the first concern, but also for what they will mean for all of us and the future society we live in.  That is why I am writing to you as my MP. This letter explains why I consider the need to oppose the Home Secretary’s proposals urgent and, at the most fundamental level, in the national and your constituents’ interest. I was born in Germany, a country whose history taught me how quickly societies can go down dark paths; how quickly our leaders can fail in the choices they make. But the history of the displacement of people that the Nazi regime was responsible for also shaped my understanding of why refugee movements occur—and why our response to any of them can never compromise what are, and must always be, universal human rights. Which is why what is happening in the UK now is so deeply alarming. A manufactured crisis As of June 2025, there were 42.5 million refugees globally. Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries; most of them immediate neighbours. Overall, five countries—Colombia, Germany, Türkiye, Iran and Uganda—host a third of the total number of refugees; Germany is the main host in the EU, hosting 2.7 million. The UK hosts 548,000 refugees; that is 0.78% of the UK population. About 110,000 people are in receipt of asylum support; that is 0.15% of the UK population.
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
kengray1967.bsky.social
Half-clickbaity headline.

Read the headline. This is not what you think it is about.

Welsh rugby player did not call a sex worker on his Virgin Media account.

Virgin Media mistranslated (rugby) hooker to prostitute.
Misleading BBC News headline implying Welsh rugby player called a sex worker, when Virgin Media auto translated his rugby playing position (hooker) to ‘prostitute’. Headline implies he called a prostitute when in fact the translation called him a prostitute
November 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
kengray1967.bsky.social
Bluesky hive mind.

My biggest waste of time watching a tv series is one whose name I have now forgotten.

US. Sure actress/producer person was Marin/Malin something. Underground glass cages, young people doing stupid repetitive hand/dance movments in sync to try to get released/make contact.

???
November 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
kengray1967.bsky.social
It’s a universal truth that anyone who does the ‘thumbs up & a cheesy grin’ pose for photos is an unmitigated c#nt
November 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
That WW2 veteran who says that winning the war "wasn't worth it" for the state we are now in is just plain wrong.

Naziism was an evil that caused the deaths of millions and the systematic murder of millions more. Defeating it was necessary.

We need to stop treating every old person as a holy sage.
November 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM