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Andy
@andynotabot.bsky.social
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Cynic, stoic, beer drinker. Work in special education. Love music, books, science, food, politics and philosophy.
Be kind, have fun!
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Well played.
Split image showing White House Secretary Karoline Leavitt wearing a red dress next to a screenshot of the same dress for sale online labeled as made in China, with a caption claiming the Chinese embassy mocked her for boycotting Chinese goods while wearing Chinese-made clothing.
April 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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shakespeare.lol
But then I sigh, and, with a piece of scripture,
Tell them that God bids us do good for evil:
And thus I clothe my naked villainy
With odd old ends stol’n forth of holy writ,
And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.
April 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
andynotabot.bsky.social
Wow
March 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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politicalcartoon.bsky.social
Andy Davey: Trump does a deal with Putin, excluding Zelensky, Nato & Europe & flies home to play golf. 80 years of peace in Europe tossed aside by a man of no principle. Iwo Jima reminded me of the USA's moral high ground – political cartoon gallery original-political-cartoon.com
February 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
andynotabot.bsky.social
I think getting rid of DEI has got to be a good thing. There's far too many women, disabled and old people in the workplace and I for one will be glad to see the back of them.

Nb I'm British and this is irony. I'd like to call it satire but it's not clever enough.
February 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
andynotabot.bsky.social
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: End the use of cages and crates for all farmed animals
We think the UK Government must ban all cages for laying hens as soon as possible. We think it should also ban the use of all cage and crates for all farmed animals including: • farrowing crates for ...
petition.parliament.uk
February 4, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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profaliceroberts.bsky.social
Did you know…
Purple isn’t real.
It’s a pigment of the imagination!
www.snexplores.org/article/colo...
Purple exists only in our brains
Most colors represent a single wavelength of light. But your brain invents purple to deal with wavelengths from opposite ends of the visible spectrum.
www.snexplores.org
January 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
We’ve always been at war with East Asia.
January 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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brianmoore666.bsky.social
January 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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politicalcartoon.bsky.social
Chris Riddell on the new American Gothic, starring #DonaldTrump and #ElonMusk – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
January 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
andynotabot.bsky.social
news.sky.com/story/trumps...

Luckily Trump supporters are used to getting inside the Capitol building 🦬
Donald Trump's swearing-in ceremony to be moved indoors due to cold weather
The decision means the 250,000 people who had tickets to view the inauguration outside will no longer be able to do so - with a live viewing now taking place at the nearby Capital One Arena.
news.sky.com
January 18, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
I just spit out my tea.
January 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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tompmarshall.bsky.social
I found this interesting

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
We still don’t know cause of grooming gangs, says scandal reporter
Andrew Norfolk, The Times journalist who first revealed the abuse in 2011, says there needs to be proper research into the issues that let criminals flourish
www.thetimes.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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adambienkov.bsky.social
The Conservative party accuses Keir Starmer of refusing to take child abuse seriously.

In other news, here's former Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson complaining about £60 million being "spaffed up the wall" investigating historic child abuse cases
January 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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richardburgon.bsky.social
Today you are going to be fed a complete lie by the Conservative Party about a vote in Parliament this evening on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. This will be pushed by their social media mouthpieces as well as other right-wing voices, including the billionaire owners of social media sites. But you should not believe a word of it. MPs are today voting on a Bill which aims to improve children’s education and wellbeing through measures that will help limit school uniform costs, introduce free breakfast clubs, make important reforms to academy schools, introduce a power to cap the profits made by children’s social care providers and create a compulsory Children Not in School register among other measures. It is not a vote on a national inquiry into child sexual exploitation. Nor is there any Amendment which would add such an Inquiry to the Bill. Nor is one possible at this stage of a Bill. Any politician who says there is such an Amendment is lying to you. There is simply game-playing by the Tories, who do have an Amendment, but an Amendment which would throw out the WHOLE Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. Even if the Tory Amendment were passed, it would not add an Inquiry to the Bill – it would simply kill the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, preventing all its positive measures being passed. The Tories know all this, but they are continuing with their totally cynical and deliberate campaign of confusion (as part of their fight for survival in their political battle with Reform). It is sickening to see child abuse, one of the most serious of all issues, being used as a political football in this way.
January 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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pickardje.bsky.social
🚨🚨

in case you’re wondering why the Tories didn’t implement the Alexis Jay report into child sex abuse

we reveal tonight that her proposal for a compensation scheme for victims would cost £5-10bn according to preliminary Whitehall estimates

www.ft.com/content/cef1...
Whitehall estimates child sexual abuse compensation could hit £10bn
Starmer has criticised previous Conservative government for not implementing recommendations of 2022 Jay review
www.ft.com
January 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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peterwmurphy1.bsky.social
For Maths fans, 2025 is a square.
45² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9² x 5² = 2025
40² + 20² + 5² = 2025
My favourite?
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
#Mathematics #teaching #education
January 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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altnps.bsky.social
Don't destroy their home and wonder why they invade yours. 💚
December 30, 2024 at 6:05 PM
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greenwitchtea.bsky.social
There's not much Mr Asimov says that I don't agree with . . . 📚 📖 📚

#greenwitchtea #greenwitch #books #learning #sciencefiction #fairytales #fantasy #library #reading #witchsky #witch #isaacasimov
December 29, 2024 at 3:43 AM
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
In 1659, the the Puritans in Massachusetts enacted a law that declared that Christmas was sacrilege and exchanging of gifts, greetings, and wearing fine clothing on that day was Satanic. Anyone caught celebrating was fined 5 shillings. (About 5 days wages.)

The "War on Christmas" was an inside job.
December 25, 2024 at 5:40 PM
andynotabot.bsky.social
Have a miserable Gothmas. 🫥 Hope you get lost in a forest....
December 25, 2024 at 7:17 AM
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guyvenables.bsky.social
Here's our family Christmas card to you all. Full of Christmas cheer. Merry yule to you all.
December 23, 2024 at 12:51 PM
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peterstefanovic.bsky.social
The UK's environment watchdog has said the government and regulators have broken the law by being too lenient on water companies over sewage.

Guy Linley-Adams from conservation charity WildFish spoke to #BBCBreakfast
December 17, 2024 at 8:01 AM