James Armstrong
@blasphemous-fish.bsky.social
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The orange felon sent troops to Oregon because he’s a vindictive dangerous bully wannabe dictator who is hellbent on revenge as well as doing everything he can to keep the Epstein Files hidden. He should have been sent to prison for life, not given full power.
September 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The orange felon sent troops to Oregon because he’s a vindictive dangerous bully wannabe dictator who is hellbent on revenge as well as doing everything he can to keep the Epstein Files hidden. He should have been sent to prison for life, not given full power.
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There's a poisonous myth in the UK that needs to end.
When Margaret Thatcher privatised UK State Assets she did NOT sell them to the UK general public.
No she sold all the controlling shares at preferential rates to her billionaire mates
These people made almost all the profit
When Margaret Thatcher privatised UK State Assets she did NOT sell them to the UK general public.
No she sold all the controlling shares at preferential rates to her billionaire mates
These people made almost all the profit
January 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
There's a poisonous myth in the UK that needs to end.
When Margaret Thatcher privatised UK State Assets she did NOT sell them to the UK general public.
No she sold all the controlling shares at preferential rates to her billionaire mates
These people made almost all the profit
When Margaret Thatcher privatised UK State Assets she did NOT sell them to the UK general public.
No she sold all the controlling shares at preferential rates to her billionaire mates
These people made almost all the profit
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There is no more important challenge than the climate emergency.
That is why I will vote against Heathrow expansion.
Climate campaigners have defeated this before — and we will fight back again.
That is why I will vote against Heathrow expansion.
Climate campaigners have defeated this before — and we will fight back again.
January 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
There is no more important challenge than the climate emergency.
That is why I will vote against Heathrow expansion.
Climate campaigners have defeated this before — and we will fight back again.
That is why I will vote against Heathrow expansion.
Climate campaigners have defeated this before — and we will fight back again.
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(4/4)
10. Hand over baby to partner, and immediately have any hopes of relaxation dashed as the eldest decides they want to get in
11. Silently weep and let the tears be washed away in the water, as the eldest one body shames you remorselessly
#kids #parentingfail
10. Hand over baby to partner, and immediately have any hopes of relaxation dashed as the eldest decides they want to get in
11. Silently weep and let the tears be washed away in the water, as the eldest one body shames you remorselessly
#kids #parentingfail
January 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
(4/4)
10. Hand over baby to partner, and immediately have any hopes of relaxation dashed as the eldest decides they want to get in
11. Silently weep and let the tears be washed away in the water, as the eldest one body shames you remorselessly
#kids #parentingfail
10. Hand over baby to partner, and immediately have any hopes of relaxation dashed as the eldest decides they want to get in
11. Silently weep and let the tears be washed away in the water, as the eldest one body shames you remorselessly
#kids #parentingfail
(3/4)
8. Be alarmed and shamed by the size of the dump produced by your eldest
9. Endure the torture of fire and ice as you hold your baby at arms length so that they're out of the water as your eldest flushes (multiple times to deal with the alligator sized turd they've produced).
#fatherhood
8. Be alarmed and shamed by the size of the dump produced by your eldest
9. Endure the torture of fire and ice as you hold your baby at arms length so that they're out of the water as your eldest flushes (multiple times to deal with the alligator sized turd they've produced).
#fatherhood
January 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
(3/4)
8. Be alarmed and shamed by the size of the dump produced by your eldest
9. Endure the torture of fire and ice as you hold your baby at arms length so that they're out of the water as your eldest flushes (multiple times to deal with the alligator sized turd they've produced).
#fatherhood
8. Be alarmed and shamed by the size of the dump produced by your eldest
9. Endure the torture of fire and ice as you hold your baby at arms length so that they're out of the water as your eldest flushes (multiple times to deal with the alligator sized turd they've produced).
#fatherhood
(2/4)
5. Get vomited on (best time and place for that to happen TBF)
6. Accept that the older child needs to poo immediately and suddenly cannot use the downstairs toilet for inexplicable reasons
7. Endure the horrific smell unleashed by the elder child
#parenthood #dadlife #parent #dads
5. Get vomited on (best time and place for that to happen TBF)
6. Accept that the older child needs to poo immediately and suddenly cannot use the downstairs toilet for inexplicable reasons
7. Endure the horrific smell unleashed by the elder child
#parenthood #dadlife #parent #dads
January 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
(2/4)
5. Get vomited on (best time and place for that to happen TBF)
6. Accept that the older child needs to poo immediately and suddenly cannot use the downstairs toilet for inexplicable reasons
7. Endure the horrific smell unleashed by the elder child
#parenthood #dadlife #parent #dads
5. Get vomited on (best time and place for that to happen TBF)
6. Accept that the older child needs to poo immediately and suddenly cannot use the downstairs toilet for inexplicable reasons
7. Endure the horrific smell unleashed by the elder child
#parenthood #dadlife #parent #dads
Showering while a parent:
1. Notice that you smell
2. Be simultaneously horrified and relieved that you can count the days since your last shower on the fingers of one hand
3. Get into shower
4. Be handed your baby by your partner to wash "since you're in there"
(1/4)
#parents #parenting #kids
1. Notice that you smell
2. Be simultaneously horrified and relieved that you can count the days since your last shower on the fingers of one hand
3. Get into shower
4. Be handed your baby by your partner to wash "since you're in there"
(1/4)
#parents #parenting #kids
January 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Showering while a parent:
1. Notice that you smell
2. Be simultaneously horrified and relieved that you can count the days since your last shower on the fingers of one hand
3. Get into shower
4. Be handed your baby by your partner to wash "since you're in there"
(1/4)
#parents #parenting #kids
1. Notice that you smell
2. Be simultaneously horrified and relieved that you can count the days since your last shower on the fingers of one hand
3. Get into shower
4. Be handed your baby by your partner to wash "since you're in there"
(1/4)
#parents #parenting #kids
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The government has told elderly & disabled people to wait until 2028 to hear its plan for social care.
What about those who are suffering here and now?
We don’t need a commission to know what to do: end austerity, reverse privatisation and build a National Care Service for all.
What about those who are suffering here and now?
We don’t need a commission to know what to do: end austerity, reverse privatisation and build a National Care Service for all.
January 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The government has told elderly & disabled people to wait until 2028 to hear its plan for social care.
What about those who are suffering here and now?
We don’t need a commission to know what to do: end austerity, reverse privatisation and build a National Care Service for all.
What about those who are suffering here and now?
We don’t need a commission to know what to do: end austerity, reverse privatisation and build a National Care Service for all.
I'm not sure whether humanity has a future. I'm not sure we deserve one. We're reactionary, divided, egotistical and manipulable. This isn't nihilism, it's exhaustion.
In desperate need of reasons to hope, please link to your most uplifting technological or societal developments. #FeelingHopeless
In desperate need of reasons to hope, please link to your most uplifting technological or societal developments. #FeelingHopeless
December 27, 2024 at 9:07 PM
I'm not sure whether humanity has a future. I'm not sure we deserve one. We're reactionary, divided, egotistical and manipulable. This isn't nihilism, it's exhaustion.
In desperate need of reasons to hope, please link to your most uplifting technological or societal developments. #FeelingHopeless
In desperate need of reasons to hope, please link to your most uplifting technological or societal developments. #FeelingHopeless
Again.
£10 says this gets less press attention than the CEO shooting.
£10 says this gets less press attention than the CEO shooting.
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens theonion.com/no-way-to-pr...
December 17, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Again.
£10 says this gets less press attention than the CEO shooting.
£10 says this gets less press attention than the CEO shooting.
It's obvious that this CEO shooting is a false flag attack by the radical right. Obvious paid actors!
On a more serious note; I can't remember the last time this amount of media focus was devoted to a school shooting. But somebody slays a CEO and it tops the agenda for ages.
#deny #defend #depose
On a more serious note; I can't remember the last time this amount of media focus was devoted to a school shooting. But somebody slays a CEO and it tops the agenda for ages.
#deny #defend #depose
December 12, 2024 at 11:03 AM
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The problem is not the EU but rather the last Gov’t negotiated the first trade deal in history which actually involved walling the country off from a trading bloc made up of its nearest neighbours - making it harder both to sell your stuff & buy their stuff. Some might call that economic lunacy
December 9, 2024 at 4:03 PM
The problem is not the EU but rather the last Gov’t negotiated the first trade deal in history which actually involved walling the country off from a trading bloc made up of its nearest neighbours - making it harder both to sell your stuff & buy their stuff. Some might call that economic lunacy
Strapping the 5-year-old into his car seat, and he casually leans over and wipes his snotty nose on my jumper.
Me: "WHY?! Why did you do that?!"
Him: "Mummy said not to wipe my nose on MY clothes."
I'm almost impressed with the logic.
Me: "WHY?! Why did you do that?!"
Him: "Mummy said not to wipe my nose on MY clothes."
I'm almost impressed with the logic.
December 7, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Strapping the 5-year-old into his car seat, and he casually leans over and wipes his snotty nose on my jumper.
Me: "WHY?! Why did you do that?!"
Him: "Mummy said not to wipe my nose on MY clothes."
I'm almost impressed with the logic.
Me: "WHY?! Why did you do that?!"
Him: "Mummy said not to wipe my nose on MY clothes."
I'm almost impressed with the logic.
Me before kids: "I don't understand how anyone could ever lose their temper enough to smack their own child."
Me every night, fighting my 5-year-old into bed: "I don't understand how any of them make it to puberty. My blood pressure is so high, it's basically him or me at this point."
#Parenting
Me every night, fighting my 5-year-old into bed: "I don't understand how any of them make it to puberty. My blood pressure is so high, it's basically him or me at this point."
#Parenting
November 28, 2024 at 7:46 PM
Me before kids: "I don't understand how anyone could ever lose their temper enough to smack their own child."
Me every night, fighting my 5-year-old into bed: "I don't understand how any of them make it to puberty. My blood pressure is so high, it's basically him or me at this point."
#Parenting
Me every night, fighting my 5-year-old into bed: "I don't understand how any of them make it to puberty. My blood pressure is so high, it's basically him or me at this point."
#Parenting
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I just leave this here.....
November 27, 2024 at 12:18 PM
I just leave this here.....
Running late to get my son ready this morning, he kept falling down and claiming his legs didn't work, instead of getting dressed.
I bribed him with a biscuit for breakfast (because I'm a terrible parent), he demanded 2 biscuits, I caved. Suddenly his legs work again.
Biscuits cure paralysis.
I bribed him with a biscuit for breakfast (because I'm a terrible parent), he demanded 2 biscuits, I caved. Suddenly his legs work again.
Biscuits cure paralysis.
November 26, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Running late to get my son ready this morning, he kept falling down and claiming his legs didn't work, instead of getting dressed.
I bribed him with a biscuit for breakfast (because I'm a terrible parent), he demanded 2 biscuits, I caved. Suddenly his legs work again.
Biscuits cure paralysis.
I bribed him with a biscuit for breakfast (because I'm a terrible parent), he demanded 2 biscuits, I caved. Suddenly his legs work again.
Biscuits cure paralysis.
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Son: "Daddy, can we have an ordered tea?"
Me: "You mean a takeaway? No mate, I'm cooking us something."
Son: *Immediate sulk* "I'll NEVER eat it."
Me later that night: *Wondering why my blood pressure just keeps getting higher*
Me: "You mean a takeaway? No mate, I'm cooking us something."
Son: *Immediate sulk* "I'll NEVER eat it."
Me later that night: *Wondering why my blood pressure just keeps getting higher*
November 23, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Son: "Daddy, can we have an ordered tea?"
Me: "You mean a takeaway? No mate, I'm cooking us something."
Son: *Immediate sulk* "I'll NEVER eat it."
Me later that night: *Wondering why my blood pressure just keeps getting higher*
Me: "You mean a takeaway? No mate, I'm cooking us something."
Son: *Immediate sulk* "I'll NEVER eat it."
Me later that night: *Wondering why my blood pressure just keeps getting higher*
This is excellently explained from @richardjmurphy.bsky.social Why inheritance tax charges are good for real farmers: youtu.be/s9J0GpnXNhY?...
#farmers #agriculture #farming #farmer #farm #farmlife #inheritance #estateplanning #realestate
#farmers #agriculture #farming #farmer #farm #farmlife #inheritance #estateplanning #realestate
Why inheritance tax charges are really good for real farmers – but not for financial whizz kids
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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November 23, 2024 at 5:11 AM
This is excellently explained from @richardjmurphy.bsky.social Why inheritance tax charges are good for real farmers: youtu.be/s9J0GpnXNhY?...
#farmers #agriculture #farming #farmer #farm #farmlife #inheritance #estateplanning #realestate
#farmers #agriculture #farming #farmer #farm #farmlife #inheritance #estateplanning #realestate
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Jeez! Is this for real??
November 21, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Jeez! Is this for real??
The 5-year-old has been shouting at me because we don't have "an enormous garden" and he doesn't like our house anymore.
Now he's threatening to make a mess everytime I say we can't move to a new house. How does one negotiate with terrorists (without a sniper team on standby)?
#dadlife #parenting
Now he's threatening to make a mess everytime I say we can't move to a new house. How does one negotiate with terrorists (without a sniper team on standby)?
#dadlife #parenting
November 21, 2024 at 8:27 AM
The 5-year-old has been shouting at me because we don't have "an enormous garden" and he doesn't like our house anymore.
Now he's threatening to make a mess everytime I say we can't move to a new house. How does one negotiate with terrorists (without a sniper team on standby)?
#dadlife #parenting
Now he's threatening to make a mess everytime I say we can't move to a new house. How does one negotiate with terrorists (without a sniper team on standby)?
#dadlife #parenting
My first post here is the first thing my 5-year-old son said to me this morning: "You were sad and alone in your bed, thats why I came in to keep you company."
"Mummy and I weren't sad, or alone. We were quite happy being asleep in our own bed."
"Well, I came in to make it better."
"Yes, at 3am."
"Mummy and I weren't sad, or alone. We were quite happy being asleep in our own bed."
"Well, I came in to make it better."
"Yes, at 3am."
November 20, 2024 at 5:01 PM
My first post here is the first thing my 5-year-old son said to me this morning: "You were sad and alone in your bed, thats why I came in to keep you company."
"Mummy and I weren't sad, or alone. We were quite happy being asleep in our own bed."
"Well, I came in to make it better."
"Yes, at 3am."
"Mummy and I weren't sad, or alone. We were quite happy being asleep in our own bed."
"Well, I came in to make it better."
"Yes, at 3am."