William the Mad
@virtualcouncil.bsky.social
Artist, Creator, and Heresiarch
He/She/They/It|Gender is Hare 🐇|+18|Heart is Stolen|DM to RP|Ave Humanitas
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♤ Amateur of Things
♤ Vicar of the Aftonite Church of Latter Day Sinners
♤ Wrote 'The Rabbit King' on AO3
♤ ASAP: 'Heresiarchy', other follies
He/She/They/It|Gender is Hare 🐇|+18|Heart is Stolen|DM to RP|Ave Humanitas
🇬🇧➡️🇨🇦
♤ Amateur of Things
♤ Vicar of the Aftonite Church of Latter Day Sinners
♤ Wrote 'The Rabbit King' on AO3
♤ ASAP: 'Heresiarchy', other follies
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#SaveSpeech
Updated list of major US bills ya'll need to yell at your congressmen about, w/ talking points.
Tell em to say NO to:
SCREEN ACT
KOSA
IODA
www.congress.gov/members/find...
CALL EM. MAIL EM. EMAIL EM. MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD.
Updated list of major US bills ya'll need to yell at your congressmen about, w/ talking points.
Tell em to say NO to:
SCREEN ACT
KOSA
IODA
www.congress.gov/members/find...
CALL EM. MAIL EM. EMAIL EM. MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD.
AND REMEMBER BILL S-209 IN CANADA. @jmivilledechene.bsky.social is responsible for the latest incarnation of this mess, and her office should hear what we as citizens of this fine nation think! [613-943-4780] Be polite, but firm. ^_^
Look at sencanada.ca for your senators' contacts, and call MPs. :}
Look at sencanada.ca for your senators' contacts, and call MPs. :}
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Oh, pleassseee! What could possibly go wrong if you were sailing nuclear reactors around increasingly stormy, little regulated, politically unstable seas? Has anyone thought about pirates? 🤦
#NoNewNuclear
www.thetimes.com/business/com...
#NoNewNuclear
www.thetimes.com/business/com...
Britain is planning nuclear-powered ships. Will they be safe?
Inside the plan to build merchant ships powered by a new generation of atomic reactors
www.thetimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Oh, pleassseee! What could possibly go wrong if you were sailing nuclear reactors around increasingly stormy, little regulated, politically unstable seas? Has anyone thought about pirates? 🤦
#NoNewNuclear
www.thetimes.com/business/com...
#NoNewNuclear
www.thetimes.com/business/com...
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Handy debunking of some often brandished US boosterism.
The US obviously presents a disastrous economic and political model; nothing to copy here
bylinesnetwork.substack.com/p/decline-wh...
The US obviously presents a disastrous economic and political model; nothing to copy here
bylinesnetwork.substack.com/p/decline-wh...
Decline, what decline? The myth of dying Europe
There is a widespread view that, by comparison with the USA, Europe is in economic and social decline. But, Zucman argues, it’s not true
bylinesnetwork.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Handy debunking of some often brandished US boosterism.
The US obviously presents a disastrous economic and political model; nothing to copy here
bylinesnetwork.substack.com/p/decline-wh...
The US obviously presents a disastrous economic and political model; nothing to copy here
bylinesnetwork.substack.com/p/decline-wh...
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When Trump says "one way or another we're going to have Greenland" - we should sit up and listen.
Time for British leaders to stop burying their heads in the sand.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Time for British leaders to stop burying their heads in the sand.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Trump's threat to Greenland must be a wake up call for Britain
For too long our politicians have toadied to a dangerous president
www.newstatesman.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:52 AM
When Trump says "one way or another we're going to have Greenland" - we should sit up and listen.
Time for British leaders to stop burying their heads in the sand.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Time for British leaders to stop burying their heads in the sand.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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Some people say Keir Starmer has been dealt a bad hand.
We're still in January and he's already signed a defence deal with Palantir - knowing full well how unpredictable and dangerous the US President is.
We're way past the point of giving pleading appeasement speeches.
We're still in January and he's already signed a defence deal with Palantir - knowing full well how unpredictable and dangerous the US President is.
We're way past the point of giving pleading appeasement speeches.
When Trump says "one way or another we're going to have Greenland" - we should sit up and listen.
Time for British leaders to stop burying their heads in the sand.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Time for British leaders to stop burying their heads in the sand.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Trump's threat to Greenland must be a wake up call for Britain
For too long our politicians have toadied to a dangerous president
www.newstatesman.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Some people say Keir Starmer has been dealt a bad hand.
We're still in January and he's already signed a defence deal with Palantir - knowing full well how unpredictable and dangerous the US President is.
We're way past the point of giving pleading appeasement speeches.
We're still in January and he's already signed a defence deal with Palantir - knowing full well how unpredictable and dangerous the US President is.
We're way past the point of giving pleading appeasement speeches.
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Our thoughts are with the families of the victims from the train crash in Adamuz, Spain yesterday, as well as everyone injured.
Thank you to the emergency service workers for their invaluable work.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Thank you to the emergency service workers for their invaluable work.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
High-speed train crash in Spain kills at least 39
More than 400 passengers were on board the trains that derailed near the city of Córdoba, in Spain's worst rail crash in more than a decade.
www.bbc.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Our thoughts are with the families of the victims from the train crash in Adamuz, Spain yesterday, as well as everyone injured.
Thank you to the emergency service workers for their invaluable work.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Thank you to the emergency service workers for their invaluable work.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Includes @mothinali.bsky.social @tamhauyu.bsky.social @anthonyslaughter.bsky.social @briansmyth99.bsky.social @gillianmacmsp.bsky.social @maggiechapman.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social @ariane-burgess.bsky.social @rachelmillward.bsky.social @zoegarbett.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/EERKRp4
go.bsky.app/EERKRp4
December 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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My husband was on the 2 train and a guy started braying about how Renee Good deserved to die and her "lesbian lover" did too. My husband got pissed and said, "You're absolutely disgusting." "Fuck you!" the guy said. "Fuck YOU!" my husband said. The guy left.
See? We just need to talk to each other.
See? We just need to talk to each other.
January 14, 2026 at 11:46 PM
My husband was on the 2 train and a guy started braying about how Renee Good deserved to die and her "lesbian lover" did too. My husband got pissed and said, "You're absolutely disgusting." "Fuck you!" the guy said. "Fuck YOU!" my husband said. The guy left.
See? We just need to talk to each other.
See? We just need to talk to each other.
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Seeing Zohran instantly getting a bunch of shit done in like a week makes you realize that politicians could always do that on some level if they wanted it bad enough and very few of them actually do.
January 15, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Seeing Zohran instantly getting a bunch of shit done in like a week makes you realize that politicians could always do that on some level if they wanted it bad enough and very few of them actually do.
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This is Minneapolis:
Walk into my neighborhood ACE last night & see the signage on their door notifying fed agents that it’s private property and cannot be used for immigration enforcement. These signs are all over the city.
Walk in & the nearest shelf has goggles & whistles.
Walk into my neighborhood ACE last night & see the signage on their door notifying fed agents that it’s private property and cannot be used for immigration enforcement. These signs are all over the city.
Walk in & the nearest shelf has goggles & whistles.
January 13, 2026 at 4:38 PM
This is Minneapolis:
Walk into my neighborhood ACE last night & see the signage on their door notifying fed agents that it’s private property and cannot be used for immigration enforcement. These signs are all over the city.
Walk in & the nearest shelf has goggles & whistles.
Walk into my neighborhood ACE last night & see the signage on their door notifying fed agents that it’s private property and cannot be used for immigration enforcement. These signs are all over the city.
Walk in & the nearest shelf has goggles & whistles.
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Oxford Greens have gained a 9th councillor, making them joint second largest opposition in the City Council. Independent Cllr Edward Mundy, who was elected for Labour in '21 and '22, but had left Labour along with 9 other councillors over Keir Starmer’s position on Gaza, joined the Greens today.
January 12, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Oxford Greens have gained a 9th councillor, making them joint second largest opposition in the City Council. Independent Cllr Edward Mundy, who was elected for Labour in '21 and '22, but had left Labour along with 9 other councillors over Keir Starmer’s position on Gaza, joined the Greens today.
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Green Councillors in action. Well done @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social 👏
"The top performing English council outside of London, according to Inside Housing" www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
"The top performing English council outside of London, according to Inside Housing" www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
Bristol smashed affordable homes records in 2025
In the first half of the year, 286 affordable homes were completed - 54 of which were built by the council
www.bristol247.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Green Councillors in action. Well done @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social 👏
"The top performing English council outside of London, according to Inside Housing" www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
"The top performing English council outside of London, according to Inside Housing" www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
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Nuclear deterrent is completely useless when it's controlled by the enemy. In any case it's useless when the world is ruled by lunatics. We need to send the USA packing and disable US access to the nuclear arsenal.
Keir Starmer says our nuclear deterrent requires us to have a good relationship with the United States.
But I thought we're always told our nuclear deterrent is independent.
But I thought we're always told our nuclear deterrent is independent.
January 19, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Nuclear deterrent is completely useless when it's controlled by the enemy. In any case it's useless when the world is ruled by lunatics. We need to send the USA packing and disable US access to the nuclear arsenal.
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You know what? Sometimes the worst thing is to be pragmatic.
When you're dealing with a toddler who just asks for more jelly beans, you have to stop trying to appease him. It won't last.
The tantrum is going to be less bad than the appeasement.
When you're dealing with a toddler who just asks for more jelly beans, you have to stop trying to appease him. It won't last.
The tantrum is going to be less bad than the appeasement.
January 19, 2026 at 10:15 AM
You know what? Sometimes the worst thing is to be pragmatic.
When you're dealing with a toddler who just asks for more jelly beans, you have to stop trying to appease him. It won't last.
The tantrum is going to be less bad than the appeasement.
When you're dealing with a toddler who just asks for more jelly beans, you have to stop trying to appease him. It won't last.
The tantrum is going to be less bad than the appeasement.
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End the scam of water privatisation 💚
Thousands left without water in the middle of winter in the UK. And those same people are now facing a massive bill hike.
Privatised water is a scam.
I've written to the Prime Minister asking why he won't end this rip off and bring failing South East Water into public hands.
Privatised water is a scam.
I've written to the Prime Minister asking why he won't end this rip off and bring failing South East Water into public hands.
January 17, 2026 at 11:30 AM
End the scam of water privatisation 💚
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How many road deaths are acceptable?
A driver doing 50mph in a 20mph limit killed 27 year old Harry Webb two years ago in Kenworthy Rd in Hackney.
Communities rightly remember people killed on roads, treated as race tracks, by people speeding through.
We all need to be clear that speeding is harmful and a risk never worth taking.
Communities rightly remember people killed on roads, treated as race tracks, by people speeding through.
We all need to be clear that speeding is harmful and a risk never worth taking.
January 18, 2026 at 3:25 PM
How many road deaths are acceptable?
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The Express directly associating a gay man they don't like with a notorious paedophile in a headline. That's not an accident.
It'd be a terrible shame if such an egregious smear backfired and increased support for the Greens!
join.greenparty.org.uk
It'd be a terrible shame if such an egregious smear backfired and increased support for the Greens!
join.greenparty.org.uk
December 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The Express directly associating a gay man they don't like with a notorious paedophile in a headline. That's not an accident.
It'd be a terrible shame if such an egregious smear backfired and increased support for the Greens!
join.greenparty.org.uk
It'd be a terrible shame if such an egregious smear backfired and increased support for the Greens!
join.greenparty.org.uk
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"While Labour's popularity has fallen sharply, support for the Greens among members of the education union has risen from 10 per cent to 23 per cent — making Zack Polanski's party the most popular option among this cohort."
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Who would NEU members vote for if there were an election tomorrow?
🟢Greens - 23%
🔴Labour - 18%
🟠Liberal Democrat 7%
🔵Conservative 4%
🟣Reform UK 6%
🔺Your Party 3%
🟢Greens - 23%
🔴Labour - 18%
🟠Liberal Democrat 7%
🔵Conservative 4%
🟣Reform UK 6%
🔺Your Party 3%
Support For Labour Has Collapsed Among Teachers, Union Poll Shows
Exclusive: Labour's support has collapsed among school and college staff, according to a poll carried out on behalf of the country's biggest educat...
www.politicshome.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:22 PM
"While Labour's popularity has fallen sharply, support for the Greens among members of the education union has risen from 10 per cent to 23 per cent — making Zack Polanski's party the most popular option among this cohort."
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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"Greens were on course to win when these elections were first cancelled and our support has grown rapidly since. Democracy isn't optional, and this should alarm everyone"
Green co-deputy leader @rachelmillward.bsky.social on the postponement of up to 30 council elections until 2027.
Green co-deputy leader @rachelmillward.bsky.social on the postponement of up to 30 council elections until 2027.
January 15, 2026 at 11:30 AM
"Greens were on course to win when these elections were first cancelled and our support has grown rapidly since. Democracy isn't optional, and this should alarm everyone"
Green co-deputy leader @rachelmillward.bsky.social on the postponement of up to 30 council elections until 2027.
Green co-deputy leader @rachelmillward.bsky.social on the postponement of up to 30 council elections until 2027.
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There’s nothing extreme about wanting a functioning NHS, a fair distribution of wealth, and a liveable planet.
January 15, 2026 at 5:43 PM
There’s nothing extreme about wanting a functioning NHS, a fair distribution of wealth, and a liveable planet.
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Petersfield action day
Agenda We will meet at 10am for the first session. Free vegan lunch at 12.30. Second session will run from 13.30 until 3pm Tea and coffees provided :) New members & recommended p...
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January 16, 2026 at 11:35 AM
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Our communities deserve cleaner air, warmer homes & honest politics. Greens are ready - but we need your help to deliver it.
Your donation funds leaflets, outreach & volunteer power.
If you can, chip in today and help us turn local energy into real wins. 🌱
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/elect-more...
Your donation funds leaflets, outreach & volunteer power.
If you can, chip in today and help us turn local energy into real wins. 🌱
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/elect-more...
Elect more Greens in Cambridge and South Cambs
To build upon our success and win the biggest number of Greens councillors ever.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Our communities deserve cleaner air, warmer homes & honest politics. Greens are ready - but we need your help to deliver it.
Your donation funds leaflets, outreach & volunteer power.
If you can, chip in today and help us turn local energy into real wins. 🌱
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/elect-more...
Your donation funds leaflets, outreach & volunteer power.
If you can, chip in today and help us turn local energy into real wins. 🌱
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/elect-more...