Andrew S
@asuther.bsky.social
Artist, dog lover, and avid reader.
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Maurice Grosser, The Pushcart, 1942
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135631
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135631
November 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Maurice Grosser, The Pushcart, 1942
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135631
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135631
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"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
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The desire to protect people fleeing atrocities & to live in a society of equality and respect are, I’m pleased to inform you, STILL VERY MAINSTREAM VIEWS.
October 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The desire to protect people fleeing atrocities & to live in a society of equality and respect are, I’m pleased to inform you, STILL VERY MAINSTREAM VIEWS.
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I'm basically entering the third act of my life and I fucking hate the extent to which it is and will continue to be defined by donald fucking trump.
October 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'm basically entering the third act of my life and I fucking hate the extent to which it is and will continue to be defined by donald fucking trump.
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Digging into @anatosaurus.bsky.social's manifesto on Magnestism > Pollingism.
Genius from her diagnosis of what's missing from most 2025 "autopsies" on: why we want to win.
"...to enact the agenda you believe in or, at the very least, blunt the authoritarian assault against Americans now underway"
Genius from her diagnosis of what's missing from most 2025 "autopsies" on: why we want to win.
"...to enact the agenda you believe in or, at the very least, blunt the authoritarian assault against Americans now underway"
Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight
“Pollingism” Has Failed Democrats and Voters. Here’s Why, and What to Do Instead.
www.weekendreading.net
October 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Digging into @anatosaurus.bsky.social's manifesto on Magnestism > Pollingism.
Genius from her diagnosis of what's missing from most 2025 "autopsies" on: why we want to win.
"...to enact the agenda you believe in or, at the very least, blunt the authoritarian assault against Americans now underway"
Genius from her diagnosis of what's missing from most 2025 "autopsies" on: why we want to win.
"...to enact the agenda you believe in or, at the very least, blunt the authoritarian assault against Americans now underway"
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Print and send this chart (from your newsletter on Tuesday) to every household in the country.
October 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Print and send this chart (from your newsletter on Tuesday) to every household in the country.
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On Sunday 21st September, Oxford Street belonged to people, not traffic.
For one extraordinary day, the street came alive with dancing, dining and community.
This Is Oxford Street proved why pedestrianisation should be the future of the nation’s most iconic high street ⬇️
For one extraordinary day, the street came alive with dancing, dining and community.
This Is Oxford Street proved why pedestrianisation should be the future of the nation’s most iconic high street ⬇️
No more honking horns and din of engines: Oxford St car ban is the future, writes Sadiq Khan | LBC
On Sunday 21st September, for the first time, Oxford Street belonged to people, not traffic.
www.lbc.co.uk
October 6, 2025 at 8:10 AM
On Sunday 21st September, Oxford Street belonged to people, not traffic.
For one extraordinary day, the street came alive with dancing, dining and community.
This Is Oxford Street proved why pedestrianisation should be the future of the nation’s most iconic high street ⬇️
For one extraordinary day, the street came alive with dancing, dining and community.
This Is Oxford Street proved why pedestrianisation should be the future of the nation’s most iconic high street ⬇️
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One of the things I took away from the 60s and Richard Nixon, first mentioned by Hunter Thompson, but I believe to be true, is the fact that we believed, at time, that all our protesting, marching and sign waving was futile and pointless when in fact, it drove Richard Nixon to alcohol fueled madness
Everyone is trying to have a normal Saturday night and the president's top advisor is on X announcing that civil war is necessary
October 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
One of the things I took away from the 60s and Richard Nixon, first mentioned by Hunter Thompson, but I believe to be true, is the fact that we believed, at time, that all our protesting, marching and sign waving was futile and pointless when in fact, it drove Richard Nixon to alcohol fueled madness
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thought this would be a helpful resource for my journalist friends
October 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
thought this would be a helpful resource for my journalist friends
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One of my favorite poems since childhood, and a poem I share every #autumnequinox.
By the 12thc warrior poet Xin Qiji 辛棄疾, sidelined during peacetime, demoted, drifting through a decade of minor posts in remote lands.
Poetry, then, is that which is left unsaid.
“My, what a cool and lovely autumn.”
By the 12thc warrior poet Xin Qiji 辛棄疾, sidelined during peacetime, demoted, drifting through a decade of minor posts in remote lands.
Poetry, then, is that which is left unsaid.
“My, what a cool and lovely autumn.”
September 22, 2024 at 11:07 AM
One of my favorite poems since childhood, and a poem I share every #autumnequinox.
By the 12thc warrior poet Xin Qiji 辛棄疾, sidelined during peacetime, demoted, drifting through a decade of minor posts in remote lands.
Poetry, then, is that which is left unsaid.
“My, what a cool and lovely autumn.”
By the 12thc warrior poet Xin Qiji 辛棄疾, sidelined during peacetime, demoted, drifting through a decade of minor posts in remote lands.
Poetry, then, is that which is left unsaid.
“My, what a cool and lovely autumn.”
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September 11, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Think about this a lot. My most hippy-dippy belief is this: constant, expensive, powerful right-wing hate campaigns do a lot of damage, but properly packaged decency sells quicker, and for a lot less, cf. my 77yo dad is solid on trans issues cos of a single sympathetic Corrie plotline from 20yrs ago
April 3, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Think about this a lot. My most hippy-dippy belief is this: constant, expensive, powerful right-wing hate campaigns do a lot of damage, but properly packaged decency sells quicker, and for a lot less, cf. my 77yo dad is solid on trans issues cos of a single sympathetic Corrie plotline from 20yrs ago
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That didn’t disappoint to be honest. Solid beeping, nice exclamation mark sign. A little after 15.00 though so an 8/10 from me.
September 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
That didn’t disappoint to be honest. Solid beeping, nice exclamation mark sign. A little after 15.00 though so an 8/10 from me.
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We have launched a series highlighting the positive stories of refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland 💙
Our team tells you why we felt this was necessary to do 👇
#refugeeswelcome #refugeesarewelcomehere
Our team tells you why we felt this was necessary to do 👇
#refugeeswelcome #refugeesarewelcomehere
August 25, 2025 at 6:31 AM
We have launched a series highlighting the positive stories of refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland 💙
Our team tells you why we felt this was necessary to do 👇
#refugeeswelcome #refugeesarewelcomehere
Our team tells you why we felt this was necessary to do 👇
#refugeeswelcome #refugeesarewelcomehere
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Because they are so fixated on Right-wing leaning voter demographics a dynamic many US, UK and German commentators or political figures are not adequately engaging with is radicalisation on the centre and liberal-left as key social groups hanker after leaders willing to fight
August 23, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Because they are so fixated on Right-wing leaning voter demographics a dynamic many US, UK and German commentators or political figures are not adequately engaging with is radicalisation on the centre and liberal-left as key social groups hanker after leaders willing to fight
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*bloody* hell, this entire story www.ft.com/content/0e24...
August 9, 2025 at 8:17 AM
*bloody* hell, this entire story www.ft.com/content/0e24...
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Arguably the greatest thing ever committed to print
August 4, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Arguably the greatest thing ever committed to print
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brown's lobby, fallsburg, new york, 1977
August 5, 2025 at 7:36 AM
brown's lobby, fallsburg, new york, 1977
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When presented economy vs immigration trade-offs, Britons typically opt for economic benefit over lower migration
Those who support requiring large nos of migrants to leave would pick fully staffing NHS over reducing immigration, but economic arguments hold less sway
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Those who support requiring large nos of migrants to leave would pick fully staffing NHS over reducing immigration, but economic arguments hold less sway
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
August 5, 2025 at 8:15 AM
When presented economy vs immigration trade-offs, Britons typically opt for economic benefit over lower migration
Those who support requiring large nos of migrants to leave would pick fully staffing NHS over reducing immigration, but economic arguments hold less sway
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Those who support requiring large nos of migrants to leave would pick fully staffing NHS over reducing immigration, but economic arguments hold less sway
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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DEVIANTS ARE SACRIFICED TO INCREASE GROUP SOLIDARITY
Jenny Holzer, Times Square, 1993
Jenny Holzer, Times Square, 1993
September 16, 2023 at 2:02 PM
DEVIANTS ARE SACRIFICED TO INCREASE GROUP SOLIDARITY
Jenny Holzer, Times Square, 1993
Jenny Holzer, Times Square, 1993
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New post: Delusions on the Left and Labour Right
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/07/delu...
In which I will upset nearly everyone by arguing that the Labour Party only works if it is a broad church that spans left to right, but only if the left does not have control.
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/07/delu...
In which I will upset nearly everyone by arguing that the Labour Party only works if it is a broad church that spans left to right, but only if the left does not have control.
Delusions on the Left and Labour Right
I had it with writing about internal Labour party politics at the end of the 2010s, and have written very little on the subject since. Wri...
mainlymacro.blogspot.com
July 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
New post: Delusions on the Left and Labour Right
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/07/delu...
In which I will upset nearly everyone by arguing that the Labour Party only works if it is a broad church that spans left to right, but only if the left does not have control.
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/07/delu...
In which I will upset nearly everyone by arguing that the Labour Party only works if it is a broad church that spans left to right, but only if the left does not have control.
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I declare this National Brotherhood Week in memoriam Tom Lehrer
youtu.be/aIlJ8ZCs4jY?...
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Tom Lehrer - National Brotherhood Week
YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel
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July 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I declare this National Brotherhood Week in memoriam Tom Lehrer
youtu.be/aIlJ8ZCs4jY?...
youtu.be/aIlJ8ZCs4jY?...
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Like maybe if you want people with different views to unify with you and be more open, model that yourself?
This goes for a lot of people of different stripes on here.
Civil disagreement is a dying art!
This goes for a lot of people of different stripes on here.
Civil disagreement is a dying art!
July 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Like maybe if you want people with different views to unify with you and be more open, model that yourself?
This goes for a lot of people of different stripes on here.
Civil disagreement is a dying art!
This goes for a lot of people of different stripes on here.
Civil disagreement is a dying art!
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It's Siderea's Two Moral Modes again (siderea.dreamwidth.org/1249694.html, if you've never read it)
From part three: "all three of the big Abrahamic monotheisms look like Mode 1 attempts to channel, subvert, and generally manage Mode 2 morality" [Mode 1 is universalism, Mode 2 is tribalism]
From part three: "all three of the big Abrahamic monotheisms look like Mode 1 attempts to channel, subvert, and generally manage Mode 2 morality" [Mode 1 is universalism, Mode 2 is tribalism]
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July 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
It's Siderea's Two Moral Modes again (siderea.dreamwidth.org/1249694.html, if you've never read it)
From part three: "all three of the big Abrahamic monotheisms look like Mode 1 attempts to channel, subvert, and generally manage Mode 2 morality" [Mode 1 is universalism, Mode 2 is tribalism]
From part three: "all three of the big Abrahamic monotheisms look like Mode 1 attempts to channel, subvert, and generally manage Mode 2 morality" [Mode 1 is universalism, Mode 2 is tribalism]