Bob Brightt
@bobbrightt.bsky.social
Yogi - TESOL educator - Poet - just one of 8 billion
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Good morning! What’s that in your feed? A bonus History Flakes episode on Berlin Wall escapes!
As we‘re prepping season 4 we‘re keeping you hooked with this, the first of two bonus episodes.
Enjoy!
As we‘re prepping season 4 we‘re keeping you hooked with this, the first of two bonus episodes.
Enjoy!
November 19, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Good morning! What’s that in your feed? A bonus History Flakes episode on Berlin Wall escapes!
As we‘re prepping season 4 we‘re keeping you hooked with this, the first of two bonus episodes.
Enjoy!
As we‘re prepping season 4 we‘re keeping you hooked with this, the first of two bonus episodes.
Enjoy!
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The FALL - 'Rowche Rumble' - 1979 45rpm
YouTube video by IndieAnnieJones
youtu.be
June 20, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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Germany’s Chancellor Merz presented Trump the birth certificate of his German grandfather, Friedrich Trump.
It was a clever jab to remind Trump he’s a German immigrant.
It was a clever jab to remind Trump he’s a German immigrant.
June 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Germany’s Chancellor Merz presented Trump the birth certificate of his German grandfather, Friedrich Trump.
It was a clever jab to remind Trump he’s a German immigrant.
It was a clever jab to remind Trump he’s a German immigrant.
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⭐️ 50 YEARS AGO TODAY ⭐️
17.4 million people voted “Yes” to Europe…
…the single largest vote for any single proposition in the UK’s history.
This 17.4M was from a pop at the time of just 56M - and represented a massive 67% of all votes cast.
Let’s do it again. #RejoinEU
17.4 million people voted “Yes” to Europe…
…the single largest vote for any single proposition in the UK’s history.
This 17.4M was from a pop at the time of just 56M - and represented a massive 67% of all votes cast.
Let’s do it again. #RejoinEU
June 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
⭐️ 50 YEARS AGO TODAY ⭐️
17.4 million people voted “Yes” to Europe…
…the single largest vote for any single proposition in the UK’s history.
This 17.4M was from a pop at the time of just 56M - and represented a massive 67% of all votes cast.
Let’s do it again. #RejoinEU
17.4 million people voted “Yes” to Europe…
…the single largest vote for any single proposition in the UK’s history.
This 17.4M was from a pop at the time of just 56M - and represented a massive 67% of all votes cast.
Let’s do it again. #RejoinEU
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The public meltdown happening between the world’s richest man 🙄 and the President of the United States 🙄🙄 once again begs the age-old question: are men simply too emotional to be in positions of power?
June 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The public meltdown happening between the world’s richest man 🙄 and the President of the United States 🙄🙄 once again begs the age-old question: are men simply too emotional to be in positions of power?
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With votes spread across at least five parties, First Past the Post elections become little more than a lottery.
Don't trust the mystery box. Demand a proportional system where seats match votes.
Don't trust the mystery box. Demand a proportional system where seats match votes.
May 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
With votes spread across at least five parties, First Past the Post elections become little more than a lottery.
Don't trust the mystery box. Demand a proportional system where seats match votes.
Don't trust the mystery box. Demand a proportional system where seats match votes.
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A vital, necessary, heart-breaking piece by @chrischirp.bsky.social on her experience with asylum seekers and the travesty of government policy open.substack.com/pub/christin...
The path to citizenship the UK has choked off - to our detriment
A story of hope and anger and one man called B.
open.substack.com
May 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
A vital, necessary, heart-breaking piece by @chrischirp.bsky.social on her experience with asylum seekers and the travesty of government policy open.substack.com/pub/christin...
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Island of Strangers - by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social m.facebook.com/story.php?st...
May 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Island of Strangers - by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social m.facebook.com/story.php?st...
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I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
May 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
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This next month could end up defining our place in the world. There's everything to play for. But pro-Europeans have to exert pressure in an achievable way, rather than stomping off the pitch iandunt.substack.com/p/the-battle...
April 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This next month could end up defining our place in the world. There's everything to play for. But pro-Europeans have to exert pressure in an achievable way, rather than stomping off the pitch iandunt.substack.com/p/the-battle...
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🚨This might be Story of the Year.
It should be shared everywhere.
“I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family & even politicians advocating for me. Yet, I was still detained for nearly 2 weeks. Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there.”
It should be shared everywhere.
“I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family & even politicians advocating for me. Yet, I was still detained for nearly 2 weeks. Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there.”
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
🚨This might be Story of the Year.
It should be shared everywhere.
“I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family & even politicians advocating for me. Yet, I was still detained for nearly 2 weeks. Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there.”
It should be shared everywhere.
“I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family & even politicians advocating for me. Yet, I was still detained for nearly 2 weeks. Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there.”
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I’ve temporarily taken the paywall off this article, in the hopes that it can raise awareness about how to push back effectively against Trump—and also how to understand the world we’re heading toward: competitive authoritarianism.
I wrote about how Trump is destroying American democracy, along with eight crucial lessons about how to counteract it, drawing on my 14 years of studying brave pro-democracy opposition movements in authoritarian regimes across the globe. We’re in serious trouble, but there’s still hope.
Is American democracy doomed?
How to understand the concept of "competitive authoritarianism" and why it's crucial to push back now to avoid it.
www.forkingpaths.co
March 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I’ve temporarily taken the paywall off this article, in the hopes that it can raise awareness about how to push back effectively against Trump—and also how to understand the world we’re heading toward: competitive authoritarianism.
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Congratulations to contributor @cdeskilson.bsky.social , whose collection, SCREAM / QUEEN: POEMS is out today from @acrebooks.bsky.social ! buff.ly/f2qeWDS #booklaunch #amreading #smallpress
Scream / Queen
A debut poetry collection drawing on horror-movie tropes to examine the body—both its traumas and its possibilities.Scream / Queen, CD Eskilson’s debut poetry collection, examines queerness, mental…
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March 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Congratulations to contributor @cdeskilson.bsky.social , whose collection, SCREAM / QUEEN: POEMS is out today from @acrebooks.bsky.social ! buff.ly/f2qeWDS #booklaunch #amreading #smallpress
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British comic book creator Becky Burke is still being held in a USA detention camp, without news of release or repatriation bleedingcool.com/comics/briti...
British Comics Artist R.E. Burke Still Being Held In US Detention Camp
British comic book creator R.E. Burke, or Becky Burke, is still being held in a USA detention camp, without news of release or repatriation
bleedingcool.com
March 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
British comic book creator Becky Burke is still being held in a USA detention camp, without news of release or repatriation bleedingcool.com/comics/briti...
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This is, whether you're seriously or just casually interested, an excellent listen. Beautifully considered and presented, as one would expect from Alex Andreou. I went from casually curious to fascinated and listened a second time this morning. Thanks, @sturdyalex.bsky.social
S1E1: Narcissus & Echo - The Influencer & The Follower
Most of what you think you know about the story of Narcissus, is wrong. This isn’t a tale of pride or vanity.
Let @sturdyalex.bsky.social take you on a journey.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/13qu...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Most of what you think you know about the story of Narcissus, is wrong. This isn’t a tale of pride or vanity.
Let @sturdyalex.bsky.social take you on a journey.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/13qu...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Narcissus & Echo - The Influencer & The Follower
Podcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 15/03/2025 · 59m
podcasts.apple.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is, whether you're seriously or just casually interested, an excellent listen. Beautifully considered and presented, as one would expect from Alex Andreou. I went from casually curious to fascinated and listened a second time this morning. Thanks, @sturdyalex.bsky.social
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March 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Good work from Khan. The London Fire Brigade appear to have lost their fucking minds.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Sadiq Khan steps in to save London Underground book swaps after outcry over closure
Transport for London said it was forced to close the beloved book-swaps across every London Underground station
www.independent.co.uk
March 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Good work from Khan. The London Fire Brigade appear to have lost their fucking minds.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Next week is World Social Work Day & I'm delighted to be celebrating by helping to launch a series of meetings on how we stand up to the hostile environment in all our work with @migrantsorganise.bsky.social
March 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Next week is World Social Work Day & I'm delighted to be celebrating by helping to launch a series of meetings on how we stand up to the hostile environment in all our work with @migrantsorganise.bsky.social
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As I highlighted here, real world activism matters: boycotts, protests, and strikes are tools to stand up to would-be autocrats. One data point: Tesla stock is down 14% today. That’s partly structural and partly the brand getting destroyed. Keep going.
I wrote about how Trump is destroying American democracy, along with eight crucial lessons about how to counteract it, drawing on my 14 years of studying brave pro-democracy opposition movements in authoritarian regimes across the globe. We’re in serious trouble, but there’s still hope.
Is American democracy doomed?
How to understand the concept of "competitive authoritarianism" and why it's crucial to push back now to avoid it.
www.forkingpaths.co
March 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
As I highlighted here, real world activism matters: boycotts, protests, and strikes are tools to stand up to would-be autocrats. One data point: Tesla stock is down 14% today. That’s partly structural and partly the brand getting destroyed. Keep going.
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The British public has very fundamentally different values to Donald Trump & the far-right politics of his oligarchs.
But our government is honouring him.
If you can support our call for Starmer to show strength against Trump as he appeases Putin, please consider donating-
stoptrump.org.uk/donate/
But our government is honouring him.
If you can support our call for Starmer to show strength against Trump as he appeases Putin, please consider donating-
stoptrump.org.uk/donate/
Help us stop Trump’s state visit! Donate to Stop Trump
Stop Trump Coalition
stoptrump.org.uk
March 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The British public has very fundamentally different values to Donald Trump & the far-right politics of his oligarchs.
But our government is honouring him.
If you can support our call for Starmer to show strength against Trump as he appeases Putin, please consider donating-
stoptrump.org.uk/donate/
But our government is honouring him.
If you can support our call for Starmer to show strength against Trump as he appeases Putin, please consider donating-
stoptrump.org.uk/donate/
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A message from Spain's left-wing government to the UK: take heart from our success on workers' rights. Raising living standards is the key to combating the far right.
"If you fall into the dialogue of the far right, the far right wins."
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
"If you fall into the dialogue of the far right, the far right wins."
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘If you fall into the dialogue of the far right, the far right wins’: Spain’s deputy PM on the need for workers’ rights
Yolanda Díaz Pérez’s leftwing government has championed employment reform similar to Labour’s proposals – and she tells British business there is nothing to fear
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
A message from Spain's left-wing government to the UK: take heart from our success on workers' rights. Raising living standards is the key to combating the far right.
"If you fall into the dialogue of the far right, the far right wins."
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
"If you fall into the dialogue of the far right, the far right wins."
www.theguardian.com/business/202...