Chrispanda
@ailuruschris.bsky.social
One time writer and film-maker now mostly gardener and grandad. Still failing to understand how infinite growth can work on a finite planet. #FBPE
So will Tyler Robinson hang himself in his cell, be shot on the way to trial, or be allowed to tell a court why he did what he did?
September 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM
So will Tyler Robinson hang himself in his cell, be shot on the way to trial, or be allowed to tell a court why he did what he did?
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The Diary of Anne Frank is among the hundreds of books banned in Florida this year. When I was in school, it was required reading. (Guardian)
August 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The Diary of Anne Frank is among the hundreds of books banned in Florida this year. When I was in school, it was required reading. (Guardian)
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...
Appalling that the BBC apologised for this
Appalling that the BBC apologised for this
BBC apologises over Thought for the Day ‘xenophobia’ claim against Jenrick
Corporation says Krish Kandiah’s criticism of senior Tory not appropriate for faith-based radio segment
www.theguardian.com
August 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...
Appalling that the BBC apologised for this
Appalling that the BBC apologised for this
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Meet the NEVLAs – (Never Voting Labour Again) 👇👇
Meet the NEVLAs – (Never Voting Labour Again)
It’s not Reform voters Starmer needs to entice back to the Labour fold, they were never in it. There’s another group he should be worrying about
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
June 27, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Meet the NEVLAs – (Never Voting Labour Again) 👇👇
June 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Starmer's speech today means I will never vote labour again. It's not just the echoes of Powell and bowing to the reform agenda. It's the failure to understand where the problem lies. Capitalism is in its death throes and we need a revolution in politics and economics or democracy dies with it.
May 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Starmer's speech today means I will never vote labour again. It's not just the echoes of Powell and bowing to the reform agenda. It's the failure to understand where the problem lies. Capitalism is in its death throes and we need a revolution in politics and economics or democracy dies with it.
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I have a feeling that just as a large but ill informed section of the UK population discovered after Brexit that Britain wasn't as important as they thought, some Americans are about to suffer a similar shock.
April 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I have a feeling that just as a large but ill informed section of the UK population discovered after Brexit that Britain wasn't as important as they thought, some Americans are about to suffer a similar shock.
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Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist at Harvard Medical School, was detained at Logan Airport after returning from France and sent to an ICE detention in Louisiana, The Insider reports.
A big critic of Putin and the war in Ukraine, she may now be deported to Russia.
A big critic of Putin and the war in Ukraine, she may now be deported to Russia.
March 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist at Harvard Medical School, was detained at Logan Airport after returning from France and sent to an ICE detention in Louisiana, The Insider reports.
A big critic of Putin and the war in Ukraine, she may now be deported to Russia.
A big critic of Putin and the war in Ukraine, she may now be deported to Russia.
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Hold on, so Steve Witkoff was participating in the Signal group discussing war plans against Houthis while being physically in Moscow, perhaps even in the Kremlin? He met Putin late on March 13. Obviously the odds of Russia not compromising any device he would bring there are pretty slim.
March 25, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Hold on, so Steve Witkoff was participating in the Signal group discussing war plans against Houthis while being physically in Moscow, perhaps even in the Kremlin? He met Putin late on March 13. Obviously the odds of Russia not compromising any device he would bring there are pretty slim.
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We’re taking our message across the capital: No cuts. Tax our wealth.
March 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
We’re taking our message across the capital: No cuts. Tax our wealth.
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Such a fuss made about Starmer accepting use of Lord Alli’s flat & yet when Badenoch is funded by anti-net zero lobbyists - many of whom earn their enormous wealth through fossil fuels - hardly anything about it in MSM.
Corruption & dishonesty are accepted as baked in to the Tories.
Corruption & dishonesty are accepted as baked in to the Tories.
March 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Such a fuss made about Starmer accepting use of Lord Alli’s flat & yet when Badenoch is funded by anti-net zero lobbyists - many of whom earn their enormous wealth through fossil fuels - hardly anything about it in MSM.
Corruption & dishonesty are accepted as baked in to the Tories.
Corruption & dishonesty are accepted as baked in to the Tories.
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www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/m... I know this is probably the least important bit of news today, but do we need more othering in a world that is already more divided than ever? Oh, money says yes 😡. I'll miss the banter.
Saracens and Leicester to trial separate away sections for Premiership fans
Traditionally rugby fans have liked lack of segregation, but organisers believe new areas could improve atmospheres
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 6:53 AM
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/m... I know this is probably the least important bit of news today, but do we need more othering in a world that is already more divided than ever? Oh, money says yes 😡. I'll miss the banter.
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This country is awash with money. The very rich are rich beyond imagination. So when Starmer wants to stay within his arbitrary fiscal rules, who does he decide to take money from? The very rich? No, from people with disabilities who depend on benefits for the bare minimum of a decent life.
March 18, 2025 at 6:36 AM
This country is awash with money. The very rich are rich beyond imagination. So when Starmer wants to stay within his arbitrary fiscal rules, who does he decide to take money from? The very rich? No, from people with disabilities who depend on benefits for the bare minimum of a decent life.
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The value of the 1700+ nuclear weapons Ukraine gave away in 1994 was $2 trillion. Under the USSR, these weapons were aimed at the US. During negotiations, Ukraine offered to give them to America. Instead the US insisted they go to russia. We agreed because we trusted their promise to protect us.
March 5, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The value of the 1700+ nuclear weapons Ukraine gave away in 1994 was $2 trillion. Under the USSR, these weapons were aimed at the US. During negotiations, Ukraine offered to give them to America. Instead the US insisted they go to russia. We agreed because we trusted their promise to protect us.
The Danes and Greenlanders are quite clear it's not for sale and Trump is quite clear "he's going to get it". Greenland is in NATO. So what's the plan when he invades?
March 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The Danes and Greenlanders are quite clear it's not for sale and Trump is quite clear "he's going to get it". Greenland is in NATO. So what's the plan when he invades?
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PM keeps saying cutting aid budget was a “hard decision”. Rubbish, it was an easy cowardly decision - those feeling impacts are 1000s of miles away & won’t trouble him. A harder decision might have been to stand up to vested interests who oppose a wealth tax - but it would’ve been right thing to do
Caroline Lucas, "A hard choice for Starmer would be a wealth tax"
"Why are the poorest people paying for increase in defence spending?"
@carolinelucas.bsky.social #Newsnight
"Why are the poorest people paying for increase in defence spending?"
@carolinelucas.bsky.social #Newsnight
February 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
PM keeps saying cutting aid budget was a “hard decision”. Rubbish, it was an easy cowardly decision - those feeling impacts are 1000s of miles away & won’t trouble him. A harder decision might have been to stand up to vested interests who oppose a wealth tax - but it would’ve been right thing to do
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Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.
February 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.
"Some human rights advocates liken the idea to ethnic cleansing." What has happened to the @theguardian.com as a paper that speaks truth to power?
February 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
"Some human rights advocates liken the idea to ethnic cleansing." What has happened to the @theguardian.com as a paper that speaks truth to power?
Just read today's news. Think I may need to go and stick my head in the sand for a week.
February 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Just read today's news. Think I may need to go and stick my head in the sand for a week.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social is steadily documenting the coup in the USA. I fear for her safety.
February 3, 2025 at 6:46 AM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social is steadily documenting the coup in the USA. I fear for her safety.
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The EU might well do that.
But in the UK we've backed ourselves into a corner with Brexit.
Taking on the U.S. now would leave us even more isolated and feeble.
Trouble is, the answer's staring Starmer in the face but he refuses to see it.
But in the UK we've backed ourselves into a corner with Brexit.
Taking on the U.S. now would leave us even more isolated and feeble.
Trouble is, the answer's staring Starmer in the face but he refuses to see it.
February 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The EU might well do that.
But in the UK we've backed ourselves into a corner with Brexit.
Taking on the U.S. now would leave us even more isolated and feeble.
Trouble is, the answer's staring Starmer in the face but he refuses to see it.
But in the UK we've backed ourselves into a corner with Brexit.
Taking on the U.S. now would leave us even more isolated and feeble.
Trouble is, the answer's staring Starmer in the face but he refuses to see it.
I was on a three hour bus journey in India yesterday, sitting behind two Americans. You can imagine my relief when they referred to Trump as "He who shall not be named"
January 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I was on a three hour bus journey in India yesterday, sitting behind two Americans. You can imagine my relief when they referred to Trump as "He who shall not be named"