Tea Junkie
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Free Palestine. Now.
Stop the killing.
And a curse on anyone who bombs a child.
Stop the killing.
And a curse on anyone who bombs a child.
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Tea Junkie
@teajunkie.bsky.social
· Feb 2
"I know you are tired. I am tired too. Will you walk along the edge of the desert with me? I would like to show you what lies before us."
Barry Lopez
Barry Lopez
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Worth noting that the U.S. has a specific law (the SPEECH Act) that means foreign libel judgments are unenforceable in U.S. courts.
They do like a bit of hypocrisy.
They do like a bit of hypocrisy.
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Worth noting that the U.S. has a specific law (the SPEECH Act) that means foreign libel judgments are unenforceable in U.S. courts.
They do like a bit of hypocrisy.
They do like a bit of hypocrisy.
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My cartoon in today's Toronto Star
November 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
My cartoon in today's Toronto Star
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People who object to terms like "birthing person" think they're being used as synonyms for woman, but they're not - that's the whole point. A childfree woman like me would never be called a birthing person. A 12-year-old giving birth wouldn't be called a woman.
November 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
People who object to terms like "birthing person" think they're being used as synonyms for woman, but they're not - that's the whole point. A childfree woman like me would never be called a birthing person. A 12-year-old giving birth wouldn't be called a woman.
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I must say Glasgow was looking rather lovely today, with Kelvingrove Park showing the last of its autumnal colour...
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I must say Glasgow was looking rather lovely today, with Kelvingrove Park showing the last of its autumnal colour...
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Michael Prescott and Sir Robbie Gibb both bailed out of journalism years ago, and enjoy lucrative careers in corporate PR. And now they are the arbiters of BBC editorial standards. Go figure www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump
It is the BBC’s entire governance structure–rather than individual stories–that should cause most concern
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Michael Prescott and Sir Robbie Gibb both bailed out of journalism years ago, and enjoy lucrative careers in corporate PR. And now they are the arbiters of BBC editorial standards. Go figure www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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I am regularly targeted on Instagram by single men. Often Christian, American and always with a child or two. They are scammers and they wouldn't get ££ out of me because 8m POOR.
But women are indoctrinated into "being nice to men" even when they KNOW it's a scam
But women are indoctrinated into "being nice to men" even when they KNOW it's a scam
It's all too easy to think we wouldn't fall for a romance scam, but the grooming techniques are frighteningly difficult to resist.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘I opened up like a giant elevator’: the seven sly, savage stages of a £100,000 romance scam
Last year, romance fraud rose 52% for over-55s in the UK. Victims often feel they’ve made a terrible mistake and are at fault – but really, they’ve been expertly groomed by criminals
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I am regularly targeted on Instagram by single men. Often Christian, American and always with a child or two. They are scammers and they wouldn't get ££ out of me because 8m POOR.
But women are indoctrinated into "being nice to men" even when they KNOW it's a scam
But women are indoctrinated into "being nice to men" even when they KNOW it's a scam
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Anybody who had a vision to bring American levels of political, cultural and social polarisation to Britain - whether their motive was clicks or cash, ideology, boredom or anything else - would make it their top strategic priority to abolish the BBC, or to damage and diminish it at the very least
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Anybody who had a vision to bring American levels of political, cultural and social polarisation to Britain - whether their motive was clicks or cash, ideology, boredom or anything else - would make it their top strategic priority to abolish the BBC, or to damage and diminish it at the very least
It's all too easy to think we wouldn't fall for a romance scam, but the grooming techniques are frighteningly difficult to resist.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘I opened up like a giant elevator’: the seven sly, savage stages of a £100,000 romance scam
Last year, romance fraud rose 52% for over-55s in the UK. Victims often feel they’ve made a terrible mistake and are at fault – but really, they’ve been expertly groomed by criminals
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
It's all too easy to think we wouldn't fall for a romance scam, but the grooming techniques are frighteningly difficult to resist.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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How many trans people have the BBC had on this week discussing the BBC's pro-trans bias?
Zero.
Zero.
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
How many trans people have the BBC had on this week discussing the BBC's pro-trans bias?
Zero.
Zero.
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
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In which Trump says "The Great Big Beautiful Bill" is "the greatest piece of legislation ever passed in the history of our country," a deranged statement that no one will even mull over for a single moment, because deep down 100% of Americans know he's a narcissist who thinks he's a demigod
November 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
In which Trump says "The Great Big Beautiful Bill" is "the greatest piece of legislation ever passed in the history of our country," a deranged statement that no one will even mull over for a single moment, because deep down 100% of Americans know he's a narcissist who thinks he's a demigod
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I know this is an obvious and old point, but it still shocks me how quickly the culture of the GOP has come to defined by the absurd personality type of the "toad-licking, ass kissing alpha." Amazing that they've built an audience that finds such deportment appealing, rather than disqualifying.
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I know this is an obvious and old point, but it still shocks me how quickly the culture of the GOP has come to defined by the absurd personality type of the "toad-licking, ass kissing alpha." Amazing that they've built an audience that finds such deportment appealing, rather than disqualifying.
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This sounds like the start of a conversation to put Paw Paw in an assisted living center.
Pirro: "Mr President, there is in this room a group of people who love you, who believe in you, and who are so proud to be in this Oval Office and to be part of this amazing day because you have changed the course of America."
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
This sounds like the start of a conversation to put Paw Paw in an assisted living center.
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The hero of the working class.
Trump on Newsom: "He did something even worse than that. He's now taking a big section of Palisades or some area and he's gonna build low income income where they used to have luxury housing."
November 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The hero of the working class.
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Hey @naturescot.bsky.social, would a 2 minute silence in memory of Merrick at the 'Revive' conference in Perth this weekend help to stiffen your resolve? 🧐
#ScottishEnvironment🌱
#RaptorPersecution
#SportingEstates
#ScottishEnvironment🌱
#RaptorPersecution
#SportingEstates
Merrick was shot & killed as she slept, over two years ago. NatureScot has had all the evidence on its desk for over 18 months. Now we're being asked to wait "a few weeks" more. It's pathetic.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/05/n...
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/05/n...
NatureScot says “decision in next few weeks” on whether to impose General Licence restriction in relation to shooting & killing of golden eagle Merrick
The Scottish Government’s nature advisory agency, NatureScot, has been now been procrastinating for over 18 months on whether to impose a sanction on an estate in relation to the ‘shooting and kill…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 6, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Hey @naturescot.bsky.social, would a 2 minute silence in memory of Merrick at the 'Revive' conference in Perth this weekend help to stiffen your resolve? 🧐
#ScottishEnvironment🌱
#RaptorPersecution
#SportingEstates
#ScottishEnvironment🌱
#RaptorPersecution
#SportingEstates
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it'd be good if we could collectively understand that these sorts of attacks are made in bad faith by bad actors - who happen to occupy the white house and start to work back from there rather than having to respond as if it's not that
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
it'd be good if we could collectively understand that these sorts of attacks are made in bad faith by bad actors - who happen to occupy the white house and start to work back from there rather than having to respond as if it's not that
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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Hey, yo. Joyce Carol Oates is dragging tech boys by their hair over on that weirdo app.
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Hey, yo. Joyce Carol Oates is dragging tech boys by their hair over on that weirdo app.
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For those wondering here is the post from Joyce Carol Oates that got under Musk's skin big time
November 11, 2025 at 5:49 AM
For those wondering here is the post from Joyce Carol Oates that got under Musk's skin big time
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elon, when oates posted
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
elon, when oates posted
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We’re watching Joyce Carol Oates slowly torture a Boer to death in real-time
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 AM
We’re watching Joyce Carol Oates slowly torture a Boer to death in real-time
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Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
The Home Office claimed that Palestine Action was proscribed as a terrorist organization as direct consequence of them damaging RAF planes in JUNE. But it was looking at proscribing them in MARCH.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Advisers told ministers banning Palestine Action could make it more popular
Briefing paper warned proscription could also heighten Muslim-Jewish tensions and be seen as favouring Israel
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:03 AM
The Home Office claimed that Palestine Action was proscribed as a terrorist organization as direct consequence of them damaging RAF planes in JUNE. But it was looking at proscribing them in MARCH.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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What do you call it when a British MP takes direct calls from a foreign leader to conspire against the BBC, our national broadcaster?
November 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
What do you call it when a British MP takes direct calls from a foreign leader to conspire against the BBC, our national broadcaster?