Bernswords
@bernswords.bsky.social
Supporter of Harlequins, Leinster, Ireland rugby. Servant to Loki cat.
Great to catch up with @nickheathsport.bsky.social at the Brewers watching 6Nations with @sw20macca.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Great to catch up with @nickheathsport.bsky.social at the Brewers watching 6Nations with @sw20macca.bsky.social
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
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CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
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CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
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CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
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BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
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HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
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HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
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HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
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CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
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CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
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HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
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HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreibw4ldc3fhslbvxgy2oqrof2oys5kpgh7zu6a5f3usmx3lf4547qm@jpeg)
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Sounds like a cheap hit. But maybe it wasn’t a great time to freeze hiring of new air traffic controllers for no reason why there was already a shortage. I’m not sure this is a stretch.
January 30, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Sounds like a cheap hit. But maybe it wasn’t a great time to freeze hiring of new air traffic controllers for no reason why there was already a shortage. I’m not sure this is a stretch.
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Do you wonder why you haven’t heard much about this massive TB outbreak recently? Cuz the CDC can’t hold any press conferences or issue public statements of any kind.
abcnews.go.com/Health/kansa...
abcnews.go.com/Health/kansa...
Kansas faces one of the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in US history
Kansas is currently facing one the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history with 67 confirmed active cases and 79 confirmed latent cases.
abcnews.go.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Do you wonder why you haven’t heard much about this massive TB outbreak recently? Cuz the CDC can’t hold any press conferences or issue public statements of any kind.
abcnews.go.com/Health/kansa...
abcnews.go.com/Health/kansa...
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Left: Nadine Dorries says that child sexual abuse was never discussed the entire time she was serving in cabinet
Right: Boris Johnson criticised spending money on child sexual abuse inquiries, "£60 million spaffed up the wall"
Right: Boris Johnson criticised spending money on child sexual abuse inquiries, "£60 million spaffed up the wall"
January 8, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Left: Nadine Dorries says that child sexual abuse was never discussed the entire time she was serving in cabinet
Right: Boris Johnson criticised spending money on child sexual abuse inquiries, "£60 million spaffed up the wall"
Right: Boris Johnson criticised spending money on child sexual abuse inquiries, "£60 million spaffed up the wall"
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INDEPENDENT: Five years on, the true cost of Brexit #TomorrowsPapersToday
January 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
INDEPENDENT: Five years on, the true cost of Brexit #TomorrowsPapersToday
Getting a bit messy for unelected President Musk (how long until Trump realises he isn’t in charge?) MAGA - making anarchy great again
December 20, 2024 at 8:50 AM
Getting a bit messy for unelected President Musk (how long until Trump realises he isn’t in charge?) MAGA - making anarchy great again
Reporting a Guinness crime in Kentish Town….
December 13, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Reporting a Guinness crime in Kentish Town….
Good day to go kayaking at Balmoral beach
December 3, 2024 at 5:05 AM
Good day to go kayaking at Balmoral beach
Big cruise ship leaving Circular Quay, Sydney (impressive manouverability)
November 29, 2024 at 5:25 AM
Big cruise ship leaving Circular Quay, Sydney (impressive manouverability)
Good reason to never go to any of his pubs for a drink - Tory gobshite who probably treats his employees badly anyway
Dear Mike, you're a tory. The tories sold off everything of value that they could, for a pittance, to their mates. They left an empty husk. You voted for them. We are all reaping what tories have sown.
Own your own sh1t 👍
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Own your own sh1t 👍
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Why I started petition for fresh general election' - BBC News
More than 2.5 million people have signed Michael Westwood's petition for another general election.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2024 at 4:13 AM
Good reason to never go to any of his pubs for a drink - Tory gobshite who probably treats his employees badly anyway
Mosman to Cremorne walk - journey to enjoy
November 24, 2024 at 10:14 AM
Mosman to Cremorne walk - journey to enjoy
Made the mistake of looking in on Twitter and it’s full of Musk glorifying himself and basking in the likes and comments from a load of Bots
November 24, 2024 at 2:50 AM
Made the mistake of looking in on Twitter and it’s full of Musk glorifying himself and basking in the likes and comments from a load of Bots
Beach day - Edward’s beach, Sydney
November 23, 2024 at 3:49 AM
Beach day - Edward’s beach, Sydney
Sydney night lights - no better place for a ferry ride home
November 21, 2024 at 9:32 AM
Sydney night lights - no better place for a ferry ride home
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NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:18 AM
NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Watched Gladiator II yesterday and still puzzling how the Romans got the sharks out of the water in the colosseum after the sea battle re-enactments? Maybe pulled the plug and let it drain and a slave had to dispose of the shark?
November 16, 2024 at 12:02 PM
Watched Gladiator II yesterday and still puzzling how the Romans got the sharks out of the water in the colosseum after the sea battle re-enactments? Maybe pulled the plug and let it drain and a slave had to dispose of the shark?
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Did you know - Hundreds of school playing fields were sold off by last government.
The UK government authorised sales of school playing fields on at least 279 occasions between 2010 and 2023 - according to data analysed by The Pitch Inspection.
open.substack.com/pub/thepitch...
The UK government authorised sales of school playing fields on at least 279 occasions between 2010 and 2023 - according to data analysed by The Pitch Inspection.
open.substack.com/pub/thepitch...
Hundreds of school playing fields sold off by last government
The UK government has authorised sales of school playing fields on at least 279 occasions between 2010 and 2023 - according to recently published data analysed by The Pitch Inspection.
open.substack.com
November 13, 2024 at 11:07 PM
Did you know - Hundreds of school playing fields were sold off by last government.
The UK government authorised sales of school playing fields on at least 279 occasions between 2010 and 2023 - according to data analysed by The Pitch Inspection.
open.substack.com/pub/thepitch...
The UK government authorised sales of school playing fields on at least 279 occasions between 2010 and 2023 - according to data analysed by The Pitch Inspection.
open.substack.com/pub/thepitch...
When you post something on BlueSky is it a “bluey” or a “skyie”?
November 15, 2024 at 10:42 PM
When you post something on BlueSky is it a “bluey” or a “skyie”?
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Also it is literally illegal to say "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" in Germany btw.
But Neo-Nazis marching? No problem
But Neo-Nazis marching? No problem
November 14, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Also it is literally illegal to say "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" in Germany btw.
But Neo-Nazis marching? No problem
But Neo-Nazis marching? No problem
First visit to the New Forest for lunch and some New Forest ponies stopped by
November 14, 2024 at 2:58 PM
First visit to the New Forest for lunch and some New Forest ponies stopped by
Saw this on the “other side” - cortado for me but never realised it came from the Basque country. But where’s the Irish coffee? 🤔
October 26, 2024 at 11:27 AM
Saw this on the “other side” - cortado for me but never realised it came from the Basque country. But where’s the Irish coffee? 🤔
If ever there was a reason to not let him back…vote for Kamala
September 27, 2024 at 3:37 PM
If ever there was a reason to not let him back…vote for Kamala
Trip to British museum - Egyptians loved their cats (don’t tell Elon and Donald)
September 13, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Trip to British museum - Egyptians loved their cats (don’t tell Elon and Donald)
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Telegraph article:
"The OBR found that the average migrant worker pays more in tax than they receive in public services throughout their lives compared to British-born workers."
The headline:
"The OBR found that the average migrant worker pays more in tax than they receive in public services throughout their lives compared to British-born workers."
The headline:
September 13, 2024 at 8:02 AM
Telegraph article:
"The OBR found that the average migrant worker pays more in tax than they receive in public services throughout their lives compared to British-born workers."
The headline:
"The OBR found that the average migrant worker pays more in tax than they receive in public services throughout their lives compared to British-born workers."
The headline: