paulnopunctures
paulnopunctures.bsky.social
paulnopunctures
@paulnopunctures.bsky.social
Music and arts lover. Spurs supporter. Systems thinking and the environment. Data and AI. Pronouns they, them, theirs.
Just wonderful how central Government hands out this largesse. The generosity is outstanding and the yokels should cower and scrape in their humble gratitude.
Been asked for info on specific things Labour are doing for Scotland and Wales. These are not complete, many projects include one or more of the Home Nations. But it’s a few to be aware of. All searchable for the detail. Usually on Gov website.
November 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Thank you Anna Maxwell Martin for backing the @asgsfprotest.bsky.social campaign🙏

These unconscionable cuts to a vital lifeline fund for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England are staggering & were introduced without consultation, warning and no evidence base
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 AM
50% of land in Scotland is owned by 421 people or entities.

Until 1999 Scottush land reform would have stalled in the House of Lords. Since devolution Scottish ministers have done nothing and the SNP blocked MSP proposals to cap an entity's land holding.

Glacial change matches the landscape.
November 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Republicans want to strip healthcare from the poor, sick, elderly, and disabled—while showering billionaires with tax cuts. Republicans let the ultra-rich write off private jets and yachts, but take food off the plates of our most vulnerable citizens.
November 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Good to see Reform voters beginning to understand what they voted for although TBH if they weren't all thick as pig shit they'd have checked that OUT BEFORE they voted.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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The oligarchy came out in full force against Zohran Mamdani's fight for a more affordable NYC.

It didn't matter.

Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.

The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.

They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.

Wanna fix fraud and abuse?

Fix that.
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Nigel Farage currently railing against Parliament being full of "professional politicians".

He founded UKIP in 1993 and was first elected as an MEP in 1999, twenty-six years ago. Less than 5% of current MPs (31 to be precise) have a longer career in politics than Farage. ~AA
November 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Fox News and News International. UK ITV series The Hack covers the deep rooted criminality that helped build an empire.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hack
November 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Do watch ITV's The Hack. It is superb and a thorough epose of the criminal venality of News International. The events intersect with my life from following Private Eye's investigations into Daniel Morgan's murder to the shameless hacking of Milly Dowler's phone.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hack
The Hack - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Severn Trent Water Co gets 4 stars out of four from The Environment Agency in its 2024 environmental performance rankings.

In 2024 they had 62,085 sewage spills lasting 7 hours each on average.

There in a nutshell is regulatory capture. Sh1t company, sh1t regulator. Profit before the environment.
November 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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The journalists of Gaza sacrificed their lives to raise awareness about the Israeli genocide. They left their families and dreams behind, and they lived under threat until each was targeted.

Let’s keep their memory alive!
Let’s keep delivering their message!
Let’s ALL be the voice of Gaza!
November 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Frank Zappa on the Religious Right (1986)
November 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Awesome victory. Full of fight skill and team determination.

COYS
Full Time / Spurs 2-1 Liverpool
November 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
COYS
Probably the most enjoyable early kickoff of the season yet, thanks to the extra hour of sleep. Watched Spurs Women win, took my dogs for a walk, had a nice warming breakfast, & now updating my Spurs spreadsheet & listening to one of my favorite Sufjan records while I wait for the skating to start.
November 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
South American dictatorships disappered people too.
🚨🚨🚨 #BREAKING | Report that the Israeli General Laywer of the IDF is MISSING

Please pray for her 🙏 all her crime was leaking a video of IDF soldiers raping innocent Palestinians, we don't know yet what happened to her and this is ongoing !!
November 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
BDS. Its a snowball that is an avalanche.
94% of Manchester University students vote to cut all academic ties with Tel Aviv University over its pro-active role in the Israeli genocide.
Manchester students vote to sever ties with Tel Aviv University
Universities and research bodies worldwide are escalating academic boycotts against Israel over its genocide in Gaza
thecradle.co
November 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
USA re-imagines the 19th century gun boat diplomacy protocol.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunboat...
November 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
UK complicit in genocide by sharing overflight surveillance data and then when facing impertinent questions outsourced to the USA private contractor to obfuscate. Not unlike the F35 global spares pot.

Data shared in real time with Isreal IDF.

UK ministers will get the black spot of Blair medal.
November 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
See this statement by Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, responding to Isreali Govt denial of genocide. youtu.be/zoqVSCTg1iQ?...
Francesca Albanese demands countries cut all ties with Israel
YouTube video by PoliticsJOE
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November 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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London - I can't recommend this event enough.

It's with the author of THE FRAUD - a devastating, scandalous exposé of Starmerism.

If you're around on 5th November, don't miss it 👇

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-fraud-...
'The Fraud', by Paul Holden
Join us for the launch of Paul Holden's sensational new book that exposes the ruthless project that brought Keir Starmer to power.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Overshooting 1.5°C wasn't 'inevitable.'

We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.

Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.

Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Wait, the left was correct again?

Argh.

Of course.
A new UN report has named Keir Starmer directly, alleging complicity in Israel's genocide in Gaza. It also claims the UK Government used spy planes over Gaza for purposes that went beyond the official reason of locating Hamas-held hostages.
October 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Odd that. Corporations and wealthy people funding authoritarians. It must be the first time in history this has happened- not.

I imagine there are AWS, Azure and Palantir etc platform configuration settings in their admin portals so you can dial-in your dictator of choice and their avatar.
What do Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Comcast, Meta, and HP have in common?

They all once pledged to stop donations to anyone who tried to overturn the 2020 election.

And now they're all donors to Trump's White House ballroom. https://popular.info/p/these-corporations-stopped-worrying
These Corporations Stopped Worrying About Democracy and Bought Trump a Ballroom
It has been nearly five years since the 2020 presidential election, but President Trump continues to baselessly insist i
popular.info
October 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Ummm, there’s over 20,000 Americans who went to fight for Israel.
And they walk around America with impunity. Child killers.
They need to be targeted by human rights groups too.
Law and Order, right?

HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP
SEEKS TO PROSECUTE BRITONS WHO FOUGHT FOR ISRAEL
youtube.com/post/Ugkxoln...
October 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM