Sara Connick
@sarawaterer.bsky.social
Centre-left, tree hugger into painting, drawing, news and politics - good journalism underpins democracy.
Live in East Anglia, UK and dragged on walks by a Hungarian Puli.
Live in East Anglia, UK and dragged on walks by a Hungarian Puli.
Why Trump really wants Ukraine’s minerals – China has put theirs off limits
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Why Trump really wants Ukraine’s minerals – China has put theirs off limits
Donald Trump is demanding Ukraine do a deal to hand over some of its critical minerals.
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February 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Why Trump really wants Ukraine’s minerals – China has put theirs off limits
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Eight of the most romantic poems to read to your love this Valentine’s Day
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Eight of the most romantic poems to read to your love this Valentine’s Day
These poems express the wonder and complexities of romantic love.
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February 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Eight of the most romantic poems to read to your love this Valentine’s Day
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Kemi Badenoch's Refusal to Distance Herself From Elon Musk is an Act of Moral Cowardice – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/01/06/k...
Kemi Badenoch's Refusal to Distance Herself From Elon Musk is an Act of Moral Cowardice
The Conservative Party leader's refusal to criticise the X owner's dangerous misinformation campaign against the UK should exclude her from ever returning to high office
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January 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Kemi Badenoch's Refusal to Distance Herself From Elon Musk is an Act of Moral Cowardice – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/01/06/k...
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Every single @uklabour.bsky.social MP, the UK PM and every single office of state should come off X and join blue sky.
It would send a very powerful message.
It would send a very powerful message.
January 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Every single @uklabour.bsky.social MP, the UK PM and every single office of state should come off X and join blue sky.
It would send a very powerful message.
It would send a very powerful message.
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“Hundreds of thousands”
This ketamine-addled man is insane.
This ketamine-addled man is insane.
January 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“Hundreds of thousands”
This ketamine-addled man is insane.
This ketamine-addled man is insane.
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I'm still struggling to formulate the thought process where you have six peerages you can give to anyone wiling to sit for your party and you choose Toby Young.
December 20, 2024 at 4:47 PM
I'm still struggling to formulate the thought process where you have six peerages you can give to anyone wiling to sit for your party and you choose Toby Young.
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Just going to leave this here...
December 20, 2024 at 1:23 AM
Just going to leave this here...
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The world's richest man managed to take $190 million away from a *child cancer research center* with his posts yesterday. Funding now stripped in the new bill.
December 19, 2024 at 10:22 PM
The world's richest man managed to take $190 million away from a *child cancer research center* with his posts yesterday. Funding now stripped in the new bill.
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Another must-read blog post about from Chris Grey, even though I don't agree with his assessment that Labour can't move faster than they are when it comes to reversing Brexit's effects.
He certainly makes an immense intellectual effort to back up his thesis. As always, commendable and appreciated.
He certainly makes an immense intellectual effort to back up his thesis. As always, commendable and appreciated.
Beware the Brexit reset backlash. New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog. With the reset barely begun, the Brexiters' vicious backlash against it is gathering force. But the reset has good justification (& those dismissing it as trivial should beware):
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December 20, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Another must-read blog post about from Chris Grey, even though I don't agree with his assessment that Labour can't move faster than they are when it comes to reversing Brexit's effects.
He certainly makes an immense intellectual effort to back up his thesis. As always, commendable and appreciated.
He certainly makes an immense intellectual effort to back up his thesis. As always, commendable and appreciated.
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Billionaires have more money than they could ever need but never enough to fill the holes in their souls. They would send every last one of you into an early grave if it meant paying one cent less in taxes.
December 20, 2024 at 3:40 AM
Billionaires have more money than they could ever need but never enough to fill the holes in their souls. They would send every last one of you into an early grave if it meant paying one cent less in taxes.
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#TreeOfTheDay this birch tree must have been growing out of that oak stump for a few years to reach that size
December 19, 2024 at 4:48 PM
#TreeOfTheDay this birch tree must have been growing out of that oak stump for a few years to reach that size
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Room full of satire writers will struggle to find a funnier line that the BBC Newsreader just now saying “The Chinese approached Prince Andrew in the hope of finding intelligence’”
December 16, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Room full of satire writers will struggle to find a funnier line that the BBC Newsreader just now saying “The Chinese approached Prince Andrew in the hope of finding intelligence’”
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Thank God Vanity Fair is keeping it REAL!
December 15, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Thank God Vanity Fair is keeping it REAL!
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BREAKING: Baroness Margaret Hodge, former Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Anti-Corruption & Responsible Tax, is the govt's new Anti-Corruption Champion
She will lead the Government's efforts to ‘drive forward and develop the anti-corruption agenda’
She will lead the Government's efforts to ‘drive forward and develop the anti-corruption agenda’
December 9, 2024 at 1:41 PM
BREAKING: Baroness Margaret Hodge, former Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Anti-Corruption & Responsible Tax, is the govt's new Anti-Corruption Champion
She will lead the Government's efforts to ‘drive forward and develop the anti-corruption agenda’
She will lead the Government's efforts to ‘drive forward and develop the anti-corruption agenda’
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Not exactly the most important issue, but this site has proved exceptional at covering breaking international news, exclusively due starter packs. Far superior to Twitter, even in its prime.
December 9, 2024 at 7:57 AM
Not exactly the most important issue, but this site has proved exceptional at covering breaking international news, exclusively due starter packs. Far superior to Twitter, even in its prime.
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Nobody ever planted a tree in this photo. It was a working gravel pit 30 years ago.
We need to get over our obsession with planting trees and let nature do the job. The results are just SO much better.
It's also about realising we are not, in fact, central to everything. 🌍
We need to get over our obsession with planting trees and let nature do the job. The results are just SO much better.
It's also about realising we are not, in fact, central to everything. 🌍
December 9, 2024 at 8:09 AM
Nobody ever planted a tree in this photo. It was a working gravel pit 30 years ago.
We need to get over our obsession with planting trees and let nature do the job. The results are just SO much better.
It's also about realising we are not, in fact, central to everything. 🌍
We need to get over our obsession with planting trees and let nature do the job. The results are just SO much better.
It's also about realising we are not, in fact, central to everything. 🌍
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Bluesky is brilliant for the Bylines Network. 🦋
So much better than X or Facebook. It doesn’t kill news links, the news mix is healthier here, and it’s an ideal environment for community-building.
Our citizen journalism is thriving here. Keep it up @bsky.app!
So much better than X or Facebook. It doesn’t kill news links, the news mix is healthier here, and it’s an ideal environment for community-building.
Our citizen journalism is thriving here. Keep it up @bsky.app!
December 9, 2024 at 11:45 AM
Bluesky is brilliant for the Bylines Network. 🦋
So much better than X or Facebook. It doesn’t kill news links, the news mix is healthier here, and it’s an ideal environment for community-building.
Our citizen journalism is thriving here. Keep it up @bsky.app!
So much better than X or Facebook. It doesn’t kill news links, the news mix is healthier here, and it’s an ideal environment for community-building.
Our citizen journalism is thriving here. Keep it up @bsky.app!
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He will live in infamy because history is written by dispassionate scholars based on facts, not ideological political extremists living in their own reality.
#NoNamesNeeded
#NoNamesNeeded
December 8, 2024 at 12:04 AM
He will live in infamy because history is written by dispassionate scholars based on facts, not ideological political extremists living in their own reality.
#NoNamesNeeded
#NoNamesNeeded
This is Mollie - our four-year old Hungarian Puli. The beach is her idea of heaven.
Life is never dull or quiet with a puli #dogsofbluesky
Life is never dull or quiet with a puli #dogsofbluesky
December 8, 2024 at 12:30 AM
This is Mollie - our four-year old Hungarian Puli. The beach is her idea of heaven.
Life is never dull or quiet with a puli #dogsofbluesky
Life is never dull or quiet with a puli #dogsofbluesky
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Word of the morning is ‘williwaw’ (19th century): a sudden violent squall or a toppling gust of wind.
Goes well with ‘thunderplump’: a sudden downpour that soaks you to the skin in seconds.
Goes well with ‘thunderplump’: a sudden downpour that soaks you to the skin in seconds.
December 7, 2024 at 11:34 AM
Word of the morning is ‘williwaw’ (19th century): a sudden violent squall or a toppling gust of wind.
Goes well with ‘thunderplump’: a sudden downpour that soaks you to the skin in seconds.
Goes well with ‘thunderplump’: a sudden downpour that soaks you to the skin in seconds.