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Kerry Tolhurst
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Neurodivergent - Queer - Entrepreneur - Software Engineer - Gamer - Mushroom Nerd 🍄 🍄‍🟫
“Senno echo gammat” ❤️

Rewatched this classic last night 🎥📽️🍿

#movies #scifi #90smovies
February 15, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Happy Valentines from @humblebundle.com with the Love You to Death horror games bundle this month! 9 incredible titles including Iron Lung, Devour, and Without a Dawn.
#Gaming #IndieGames #HorrorGames #HappyValentines
Love You to Death Bundle
Catch feelings for the dark and horrific with the Love You to Death Bundle of heart-pumping games like Have A Nice Death!
www.humblebundle.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:32 PM
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed"
Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
The EU should prosecute Hungary’s leaders for breaking the ECHR they signed up to when they joined. The ECHR gives the people of Hungary the right free thought and expression and the right to assemble.
“Rather than being threatened with a criminal sentence, he should be commended for his courage in organising the largest Pécs Pride in history.”

Solidarity with Géza Buzás-Hábel and the many other activists in Hungary fighting for their freedoms. Everyone should be free to celebrate Pride.

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Hungary: Pride organiser faces prison in latest attack on LGBTI rights
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www.amnesty.org.uk
February 10, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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v1.116 is rolling out now!

For all the overthinkers and perfectionists out there, we're launching Drafts.
February 9, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Absolutely. Society is too big and complex for these archaic measures that measure production output, sales, and capital over quality of life, health, and happiness.
The UN Secretary General has said it's time to move beyond GDP and measure "the things that really matter to people and their communities."

He's right.
February 9, 2026 at 10:57 AM
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
I will not be silent
Gestapos opened fire, striking Martinez 5 times in the arm, chest & both legs

1 gestapo had body cam ... Martinez has said in court that it shows an officer shouting "do something b--"

The gestapo who shot her, in a group text: "I fired 5 rounds & she had 7 holes. Put that in your book, boys."
'My own government attempted to execute me,' Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol testifies
Marimar Martinez said she believes that she survived her encounter with Border Patrol agents so she could share her story.
www.yahoo.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:34 AM
The result of the global push to anti-immigration as it continues to roll over British culture. A woman guilty of 21 counts of assaulting babies of 2 years and under will walk free after deportation back to Poland after serving just 5 months of an 8 year sentence.
February 4, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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ATproto: The Enshittification Killswitch That Enables Resonant Computing

Disclosure: I'm on the board of Bluesky, which was inspired by my "Protocols, Not Platforms" paper. But this post isn't about Bluesky the app. It's about the underlying protocol and what it enables for anyone who wants to…
ATproto: The Enshittification Killswitch That Enables Resonant Computing
Disclosure: I'm on the board of Bluesky, which was inspired by my "Protocols, Not Platforms" paper. But this post isn't about Bluesky the app. It's about the underlying protocol and what it enables for anyone who wants to build technology (even competitive to Bluesky) that actually respects users. Last month, I helped release the Resonant Computing Manifesto, which laid out a vision for technology that empowers users rather than extracting from them.
www.techdirt.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:41 PM
This is your doing America. Who thought I’d grow up to hate America when I always wanted to go there. This America is destroying the world.
January 27, 2026 at 9:44 AM
More Conservatives defecting to our far right party that has removing your right to vote in their manifesto.

Our far right party in the UK IS far right and fascist because it actively promotes removing everyone’s human rights, selling our health service to the private sector.
Suella Braverman accuses Tories of betrayal as she defects to Reform UK
The MP was unveiled as Reform's latest recruit by leader Nigel Farage at a rally, bringing the number of the party's sitting MPs to eight.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 9:36 AM
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I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: It's time to abolish ICE. Do sign this petition with me. Thanks. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/it...
It's time to abolish ICE
Federal immigration agents have shot and killed another person in Minneapolis, the third such incident in just weeks amid aggressive federal enforcement. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agen...
actionnetwork.org
January 25, 2026 at 4:56 PM
"I know we'll come to [Nato's] rescue, but I just really do question whether or not they'll come to ours," he told reporters.

America is the only NATO country who has ever called on article 5 of NATO after 9/11 and we joined you for over a decade in Afghanistan.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump doubles down on Greenland threats, saying there is 'no going back' - BBC News
Trump was due to arrive at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday, but a minor electrical issue on Air Force One has forced his plane to turn around.
www.bbc.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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"We will continue to work around the clock to preserve, gather, and review as much evidence as we possibly can"

Anyone with photos or videos are encouraged to submit them to us via a secure link here: hennepinprosecutor.evidence.com/axon/communi...
January 15, 2026 at 8:44 PM
So Harvard made a bunch of courses relating to politics, government, and medicine free for citizens in response to Governmental attacks on it's rights to free speech and to accept foreign students.
All free and available now to American Citizens from Harvard, here:
pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
Government | Harvard University
Browse the latest Government courses from Harvard University.
pll.harvard.edu
May 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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So the Real ID is meaningless if you’re brown?
May 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
My brother is attempting to migrate to the US with 4 children and his partner whose father is a migrant from Scotland with citizenship this year. I’m stressed.
Trump administration ends Harvard's ability to enrol international students - BBC News
The move escalates the administration's row with America's oldest university over hiring, admissions and teaching practices.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Feels hard to believe America “promotes freedom and liberty” while they force the worlds most famous university to ban foreign students for protests against genocides in Gaza.
very cool that for ten years people at the heights of political commentary insisted to the point of rage that the paramount threat to free speech was “censorious” college students
after announcing that foreign students are being banned from Havard, Noem warns "this should be a warning to every other university to get your act together."
May 23, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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very cool that for ten years people at the heights of political commentary insisted to the point of rage that the paramount threat to free speech was “censorious” college students
after announcing that foreign students are being banned from Havard, Noem warns "this should be a warning to every other university to get your act together."
May 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Dear America,

Have you had enough yet?

I have.
May 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
When your administration is arresting academics for different thought… We’re all going to suffer.
I am at my first big international academic conference since this administration took over. It might be a little early, but seems to be extraordinarily quiet compared to other years. This makes me so sad. The brain drain is real. #medsky
May 20, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Finally. You don’t get to bomb and starve civilians because you are at war with the government that has held them politically hostage for 19 years. Thats how long it’s been since they’ve been allowed to vote for new leaders.
Netanyahu hits back after UK, France and Canada threaten action – Israel-Gaza war live
Netanyahu hits back after UK, France and Canada threaten action – Israel-Gaza war live
Leaders of UK, France and Canada condemn Israel’s ‘egregious actions’ in Gaza and warn of joint action if offensive continues * Full report: Netanyahu vows to ‘take control’ of Gaza The first few aid trucks entered Gaza on Monday after nearly three months of Israel’s blockade of food, medicine and other supplies, Israel and the UN said. Five trucks carrying baby food and other desperately needed aid entered the territory of more than 2 million Palestinians via the Kerem Shalom crossing, according to the Israeli defence body in charge of coordinating aid to Gaza, Cogat. The UN humanitarian chief, Tom Fletcher, called it a “welcome development” but described the trucks as a “drop in the ocean of what is urgently needed”. Food security experts last week warned of famine in Gaza. During the latest ceasefire that Israel shattered in March with a wave of deadly airstrikes, about 600 aid trucks entered Gaza each day. Fletcher said an additional four UN trucks were cleared to enter Gaza. Those trucks may enter Tuesday, Cogat said. Fletcher added that given the chaotic situation on the ground, the UN expects the aid could be looted or stolen, a growing problem as resources became increasingly scarce. Benjamin Netanyahu said his decision to resume “minimal” aid to Gaza came after allies said they couldn’t support Israel’s expansion of its assault if there were “images of hunger” coming from the Palestinian territory. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 20, 2025 at 9:22 AM