Vgillian
@vgillian.bsky.social
English Teacher, Socialist, Feminist, GenX, Atheist, LGBTQ+ Ally, Unmarried Cat Lady, Embarrassment to her Children😁
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YES YES YES YES YES YES ON PROP 50!
DEMOCRACY DEPENDS ON IT
DEMOCRACY DEPENDS ON IT
October 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
YES YES YES YES YES YES ON PROP 50!
DEMOCRACY DEPENDS ON IT
DEMOCRACY DEPENDS ON IT
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Give it a few more weeks and Greenland is going to make an offer to buy the U.S.
April 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Give it a few more weeks and Greenland is going to make an offer to buy the U.S.
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I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre
I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre
Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking of going to Trump’s America: don’t do it
Just before the graphic artist Rebecca Burke left Seattle to travel to Vancouver, Canada, on 26 February, she posted an image of a rough comic to Instagram. “One part of travelling that I love is seeing glimpses of other lives,” read the bubble in the first panel, above sketches of cosy homes: crossword puzzle books, house plants, a lit candle, a steaming kettle on a gas stove. Burke had seen plenty of glimpses of other lives over the six weeks she had been backpacking in the US. She had been travelling on her own, staying on homestays free of charge in exchange for doing household chores, drawing as she went. For Burke, 28, it was absolute freedom.
Within hours of posting that drawing, Burke got to see a much darker side of life in America, and far more than a glimpse. When she tried to cross into Canada, Canadian border officials told her that her living arrangements meant she should be travelling on a work visa, not a tourist one. They sent her back to the US, where American officials classed her as an illegal alien. She was shackled and transported to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detention centre, where she was locked up for 19 days – even though she had money to pay for a flight home, and was desperate to leave the US. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre
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Friends and opponents of the far-right French politician need to be honest about what her barring from the next Presidential election is really about, argues Olly Haynes
Donald Trump's Claim That Marine Le Pen's Conviction is a 'Witch Hunt' Doesn't Hold Up
bylinetimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Friends and opponents of the far-right French politician need to be honest about what her barring from the next Presidential election is really about, argues Olly Haynes
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Oswald Mosley's grandson is head of Palantir UK? Writers phoning it in.
“You could see in his [Starmer's] eyes that he gets it"
Louis Mosley, UK chief of tech firm Palantir, talks to @sophiealichurch.bsky.social about how his company is using AI to help make the NHS, MoD & HS2 more efficient
"We are just at the beginning," says Louis, grandson of Oswald, nephew of Max
Louis Mosley, UK chief of tech firm Palantir, talks to @sophiealichurch.bsky.social about how his company is using AI to help make the NHS, MoD & HS2 more efficient
"We are just at the beginning," says Louis, grandson of Oswald, nephew of Max
Palantir Boss Louis Mosley: Keir Starmer 'Gets' AI, 'You Could See In His Eyes'
In a bid to boost growth, Labour has thrown open government’s doors to controversial US tech firm Palantir. In his first ever sit-down interview, P...
www.politicshome.com
April 5, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Oswald Mosley's grandson is head of Palantir UK? Writers phoning it in.
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'Not just anger and not just hope, but anger and hope'
Research on the emotions of protest finds that you need both anger and hope to mobilize people against autocracy.
Research on the emotions of protest finds that you need both anger and hope to mobilize people against autocracy.
'Not just anger and not just hope, but anger and hope'
The resistance to Trump is building faster than last time. Here's how to stay a part of a lasting movement that can win.
thelastbillionaires.com
April 5, 2025 at 11:14 AM
'Not just anger and not just hope, but anger and hope'
Research on the emotions of protest finds that you need both anger and hope to mobilize people against autocracy.
Research on the emotions of protest finds that you need both anger and hope to mobilize people against autocracy.
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Military target, right? Yeah Moscow go fuck yourselves.
This is Tymofii. Russia killed him with a cluster-loaded Iskander missile strike on Kryvyi Rih. He was only 3 years old.
#Ukraine
#Ukraine
April 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Military target, right? Yeah Moscow go fuck yourselves.
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Zelensky wears a suit Trump didn’t have the guts to wear.
March 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Zelensky wears a suit Trump didn’t have the guts to wear.
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Actual leadership:
UK PM Starmer to Zelensky:
"You are very, very welcome here in Downing Street. As you heard from the cheers on the street outside, you have full backing across the United Kingdom. We will stand with you and Ukraine for as long as it may take."
"You are very, very welcome here in Downing Street. As you heard from the cheers on the street outside, you have full backing across the United Kingdom. We will stand with you and Ukraine for as long as it may take."
March 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Actual leadership:
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Sounds like a plan
January 19, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Sounds like a plan
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whatever you feel about this you have to admit it's rare for a radicalized man who's frustrated or angry and ready to choose violence to actually correctly identify the source of their suffering, instead of just blaming and killing women and minorities.....
December 10, 2024 at 10:05 PM
whatever you feel about this you have to admit it's rare for a radicalized man who's frustrated or angry and ready to choose violence to actually correctly identify the source of their suffering, instead of just blaming and killing women and minorities.....
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The concept Nigel Farage is incapable of grasping is human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want. I’ll fight that to my last breath
December 7, 2024 at 10:11 AM
The concept Nigel Farage is incapable of grasping is human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want. I’ll fight that to my last breath
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perfume adverts are surely all competing with each other to see which can be the maddest cheese dream
December 6, 2024 at 9:37 PM
perfume adverts are surely all competing with each other to see which can be the maddest cheese dream
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BREAKING: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez today vowed to add abortion rights and gay marriage to Spain’s constitution so they “can never be undone.”
Spain to enshrine gay marriage and abortion rights into its constitution so 'they cannot be undone in the future' - Olive Press News Spain
PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez today vowed to add abortion rights and gay marriage to Spain's constitution so they 'can never be undone'. The left-wing PSOE
www.theolivepress.es
December 6, 2024 at 9:46 PM
BREAKING: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez today vowed to add abortion rights and gay marriage to Spain’s constitution so they “can never be undone.”
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December 6, 2024 at 7:35 PM
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Why is the government not capable wiping the floor with Nigel Farage every single day like this? Alastair Campbell effortlessly destroys him over his Brexit legacy which by almost every economic and financial measure has been disastrous for the country
December 6, 2024 at 6:41 AM
Why is the government not capable wiping the floor with Nigel Farage every single day like this? Alastair Campbell effortlessly destroys him over his Brexit legacy which by almost every economic and financial measure has been disastrous for the country
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Musk is not just a stunted, inadequate thug, but also an incredibly petty thug. Imagine having your own super-pac to funnel millions to the rapey cheeto, but choosing to start another, just to troll a dead woman's family.
What a teeny-tiny excuse of a man!
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
What a teeny-tiny excuse of a man!
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk revealed as sole funder of RBG Pac that claimed Trump and Ginsburg were aligned
Musk bolstered Pac with $20.5m ahead of election while late supreme court justice’s family denounced it as ‘appalling’
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Musk is not just a stunted, inadequate thug, but also an incredibly petty thug. Imagine having your own super-pac to funnel millions to the rapey cheeto, but choosing to start another, just to troll a dead woman's family.
What a teeny-tiny excuse of a man!
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
What a teeny-tiny excuse of a man!
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Across Europe and the US, neither the centre-right nor centre-left (i.e. Liberal democracy) know how to deal with the far-right insurgency. Why? Because they have no policy to deal with growing inequality, unlike the far-right, which (acting on behalf of billionaires), pretend to
December 4, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Across Europe and the US, neither the centre-right nor centre-left (i.e. Liberal democracy) know how to deal with the far-right insurgency. Why? Because they have no policy to deal with growing inequality, unlike the far-right, which (acting on behalf of billionaires), pretend to
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The Associated Press has officially joined Bluesky. Follow us at @apnews.com.
December 5, 2024 at 2:20 AM
The Associated Press has officially joined Bluesky. Follow us at @apnews.com.
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Worried about #ElonMusk buying his way into UK politics? Think we need to take money out of our democracy?
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Democracy For Sale
A survey into people's attitudes to the health of British politics from leading investigative journalists who write about lobbying and dark money
democracyforsale.co.uk
December 5, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Worried about #ElonMusk buying his way into UK politics? Think we need to take money out of our democracy?
Help #DemocracyForSale's people-powered plan to #SafeguardDemocracy by taking this short survey: democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard Please share. Thanks!
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