Paul Smith (StandandStare)
@str1der70.bsky.social
#BRFC S/T, 45 yrs happily married. Grandad of 5. Music, hill walking,gardening, photography, reading, sci-fi & real ale :) Eccentric. Gemini
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Sometimes when everyone’s being hysterical over not a lot you need to look at the stories getting no visibility. The Covid Inquiry yesterday declared 180,000 Brits died because Johnson and Hancock ignored expert advice. 180,000 people.
May 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Sometimes when everyone’s being hysterical over not a lot you need to look at the stories getting no visibility. The Covid Inquiry yesterday declared 180,000 Brits died because Johnson and Hancock ignored expert advice. 180,000 people.
Been following #Andor Season 2 with interest...thought eps 1 & 2 were relatively slow but 3 was epic... absolutely brilliant...the running juxtaposition of life for Mon and life for Cassian was so good...especially the last act as Cassian returned in the nick of time (not) and Mon whirled in anguish
April 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Been following #Andor Season 2 with interest...thought eps 1 & 2 were relatively slow but 3 was epic... absolutely brilliant...the running juxtaposition of life for Mon and life for Cassian was so good...especially the last act as Cassian returned in the nick of time (not) and Mon whirled in anguish
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Journalists quite often get emails written in exactly this style, often sent to scores of recipients on multiple publications, and the sadly reliable assumption is that the irate sender is miserable, paranoid and probably unwell.
April 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Journalists quite often get emails written in exactly this style, often sent to scores of recipients on multiple publications, and the sadly reliable assumption is that the irate sender is miserable, paranoid and probably unwell.
Nice out today ( in deepest darkest Yorkshire 🤣🤣) ...
April 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Nice out today ( in deepest darkest Yorkshire 🤣🤣) ...
Thought hard about renewing my #BRFC ST, about all the cr*p ownership / management saga, but, in the end I feel this. If there is one, just one Blackburn Rovers lad out there, trying his utmost in any game, then I will still be there at Ewood for him, the badge & history. #COYB #Teamnotregime
April 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Thought hard about renewing my #BRFC ST, about all the cr*p ownership / management saga, but, in the end I feel this. If there is one, just one Blackburn Rovers lad out there, trying his utmost in any game, then I will still be there at Ewood for him, the badge & history. #COYB #Teamnotregime
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As he breaks Strom Thurmond's record filibuster against the the Civil Rights Act of 1957, Sen. Cory Booker says that he's "not here though because of his speech, I'm here despite his speech. I'm here because as powerful as he was, the people were more powerful."
April 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
As he breaks Strom Thurmond's record filibuster against the the Civil Rights Act of 1957, Sen. Cory Booker says that he's "not here though because of his speech, I'm here despite his speech. I'm here because as powerful as he was, the people were more powerful."
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No one’s suffering should be used as content. Prisoners are not backdrops. 🛑
This is a terrifying normalization of inhumanity. 🤮
#HumanRights #Dignity
This is a terrifying normalization of inhumanity. 🤮
#HumanRights #Dignity
Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem making content in front of the imprisoned men of El Salvador's notorious Terrorism Confinement Center mega-prison www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
March 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
No one’s suffering should be used as content. Prisoners are not backdrops. 🛑
This is a terrifying normalization of inhumanity. 🤮
#HumanRights #Dignity
This is a terrifying normalization of inhumanity. 🤮
#HumanRights #Dignity
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This seems like a good time to remind folks of what Hannah Arendt once wrote:
March 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
This seems like a good time to remind folks of what Hannah Arendt once wrote:
Can't beat a cool drink on an unseasonably warm Lakes afternoon 👍🏼
March 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Can't beat a cool drink on an unseasonably warm Lakes afternoon 👍🏼
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To clear things up😂
March 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
To clear things up😂
Surprisingly accurate 😢
Live footage from #Rovers play off push.
a man and a boy are playing with a cat in a park .
ALT: a man and a boy are playing with a cat in a park .
media.tenor.com
March 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Surprisingly accurate 😢
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NEW: A federal judge, for the first time, has ordered discovery on Elon Musk’s role in DOGE and his authority over the massive overhaul of the federal bureaucracy.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Judge orders DOGE and Elon Musk to turn over documents, answer written questions
The demands for information are designed to clarify the “parameters of DOGE’s and Musk’s authority.”
www.politico.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:22 AM
NEW: A federal judge, for the first time, has ordered discovery on Elon Musk’s role in DOGE and his authority over the massive overhaul of the federal bureaucracy.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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“Illegal immigrant” was their first success.
Now comes
“Illegal boycott”
“Illegal protest”
“Illegal votes”
“Illegal posts”
Until the “illegal” is you. #3E
Now comes
“Illegal boycott”
“Illegal protest”
“Illegal votes”
“Illegal posts”
Until the “illegal” is you. #3E
March 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
“Illegal immigrant” was their first success.
Now comes
“Illegal boycott”
“Illegal protest”
“Illegal votes”
“Illegal posts”
Until the “illegal” is you. #3E
Now comes
“Illegal boycott”
“Illegal protest”
“Illegal votes”
“Illegal posts”
Until the “illegal” is you. #3E
It's on its way 😡
March 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
It's on its way 😡
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I asked Grok, Musk's AI to list the most influential "tech bros" in descending order of global influence... quelle surprise
1. Elon Musk
2. Jeff Bezos
3. Mark Zuckerberg
4. Sundar Pichai
5. Tim Cook
6. Sam Altman
7. Peter Thiel
8. Satya Nadella
9. Jensen Huang
10. Brian Armstrong
1. Elon Musk
2. Jeff Bezos
3. Mark Zuckerberg
4. Sundar Pichai
5. Tim Cook
6. Sam Altman
7. Peter Thiel
8. Satya Nadella
9. Jensen Huang
10. Brian Armstrong
March 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I asked Grok, Musk's AI to list the most influential "tech bros" in descending order of global influence... quelle surprise
1. Elon Musk
2. Jeff Bezos
3. Mark Zuckerberg
4. Sundar Pichai
5. Tim Cook
6. Sam Altman
7. Peter Thiel
8. Satya Nadella
9. Jensen Huang
10. Brian Armstrong
1. Elon Musk
2. Jeff Bezos
3. Mark Zuckerberg
4. Sundar Pichai
5. Tim Cook
6. Sam Altman
7. Peter Thiel
8. Satya Nadella
9. Jensen Huang
10. Brian Armstrong
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Musk told the Polish FM, a long-standing conservative ally of the US, "be quiet small man".
What I find so fascinating about Trump, Vance and Musk's verbal abuse of Ukrainians & Polish officials etc, is: can you imagine them speaking like this to a Russian or Chinese official?
What I find so fascinating about Trump, Vance and Musk's verbal abuse of Ukrainians & Polish officials etc, is: can you imagine them speaking like this to a Russian or Chinese official?
March 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Musk told the Polish FM, a long-standing conservative ally of the US, "be quiet small man".
What I find so fascinating about Trump, Vance and Musk's verbal abuse of Ukrainians & Polish officials etc, is: can you imagine them speaking like this to a Russian or Chinese official?
What I find so fascinating about Trump, Vance and Musk's verbal abuse of Ukrainians & Polish officials etc, is: can you imagine them speaking like this to a Russian or Chinese official?
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Also, true story
March 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Also, true story
Except it isn't fine, is it? 😡
It takes several months to complete the FAA Academy and two to four years of on-the-job training to become a certified air traffic controller, but don’t worry, the ones Elon’s DOGEbags want fired will be replaced with “geniuses from M.I.T.”
So this is fine.
Everything is fine.
So this is fine.
Everything is fine.
March 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Except it isn't fine, is it? 😡
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Exquisite response by Georgetown Dean to interim USA Ed Martin
On Martin's threat letter not to hire grads until Martin approves of law school curriculum:
"The constitutional violation behind this threat is clear, as is the attack on the University’s mission as a Jesuit and Catholic institution."
On Martin's threat letter not to hire grads until Martin approves of law school curriculum:
"The constitutional violation behind this threat is clear, as is the attack on the University’s mission as a Jesuit and Catholic institution."
March 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Exquisite response by Georgetown Dean to interim USA Ed Martin
On Martin's threat letter not to hire grads until Martin approves of law school curriculum:
"The constitutional violation behind this threat is clear, as is the attack on the University’s mission as a Jesuit and Catholic institution."
On Martin's threat letter not to hire grads until Martin approves of law school curriculum:
"The constitutional violation behind this threat is clear, as is the attack on the University’s mission as a Jesuit and Catholic institution."