Cheef Pedant🐜
@cheefpedant.bsky.social
Motto: Liffe is too short to be in a hurry.
Age: I'm not a min of my age!
Life: Don't talk to me about lifge, anyway the answer's 42.
Retyred, but eviro- mentally freundly
History: The past is a foreign country, they do thangs differently there.
Age: I'm not a min of my age!
Life: Don't talk to me about lifge, anyway the answer's 42.
Retyred, but eviro- mentally freundly
History: The past is a foreign country, they do thangs differently there.
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@cheefpedant.bsky.social
· Apr 10
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It's almost as if this was always the plan.
This sounds preposterous.
Until you realise how incredibly quickly the Tory Party, legendary as the most effective political machine in history, has completely and utterly destroyed itself.
The age of Brexit is the dinosaur extinction event for traditional parties.
Until you realise how incredibly quickly the Tory Party, legendary as the most effective political machine in history, has completely and utterly destroyed itself.
The age of Brexit is the dinosaur extinction event for traditional parties.
How does it feel to be living under what is likely to be the last ever Labour government?
(If through their terrible policy choices and abysmal comms, they open the door to an outright Reform victory in 2029, there's no walking away from that level of failure. Think LibDems and tuition fees x100!)
(If through their terrible policy choices and abysmal comms, they open the door to an outright Reform victory in 2029, there's no walking away from that level of failure. Think LibDems and tuition fees x100!)
May 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It's almost as if this was always the plan.
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Who Governs?
JP Morgan threatened to quit UK over mooted tax rise for banks.
CEO met Reeves/Starmer, tax didn't rise.
Govt cut benefits, dept budgets; real tax rises for others.
Corporations dodge taxes, bully govts and govern. Curbing their power is essential for any form of democracy.
JP Morgan threatened to quit UK over mooted tax rise for banks.
CEO met Reeves/Starmer, tax didn't rise.
Govt cut benefits, dept budgets; real tax rises for others.
Corporations dodge taxes, bully govts and govern. Curbing their power is essential for any form of democracy.
Banking giant threatened to leave UK over mooted tax hike
JP Morgan Chase wrote to Rachel Reeves to lobby against rumoured banking surcharge rise ahead of autumn budget
www.opendemocracy.net
May 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Who Governs?
JP Morgan threatened to quit UK over mooted tax rise for banks.
CEO met Reeves/Starmer, tax didn't rise.
Govt cut benefits, dept budgets; real tax rises for others.
Corporations dodge taxes, bully govts and govern. Curbing their power is essential for any form of democracy.
JP Morgan threatened to quit UK over mooted tax rise for banks.
CEO met Reeves/Starmer, tax didn't rise.
Govt cut benefits, dept budgets; real tax rises for others.
Corporations dodge taxes, bully govts and govern. Curbing their power is essential for any form of democracy.
Hypocrisy writ large!
FFS.
The top image:
The Guardian, July 2016
The article:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The bottom image:
The Guardian, May 2025
The article:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian, July 2016
The article:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The bottom image:
The Guardian, May 2025
The article:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
May 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Hypocrisy writ large!
Whilst the MSM love a 'good' misleading headline and enough spin to keep their readers ,'wokeless', we need threads like this to give weight to the counter balance. Thank you Emma.
Ok - you’ve seen the headlines about the “secretive” government agency planning on “dimming” the sun?
Sounds like something out of a Marvel film or a 1960’s James Bond, right?
Here’s a 🧵on who the government agency is and what *exactly* it is that they’re funding
1/
Sounds like something out of a Marvel film or a 1960’s James Bond, right?
Here’s a 🧵on who the government agency is and what *exactly* it is that they’re funding
1/
May 19, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Whilst the MSM love a 'good' misleading headline and enough spin to keep their readers ,'wokeless', we need threads like this to give weight to the counter balance. Thank you Emma.
100%
Brexit was a referendum on whether the UK should leave the European Union.
The UK has left the European Union. Referendum fulfilled.
If the people bleating about "Brexit Betrayal" wanted the Referendum to enshrine their pet policy preferences, they should have included them in the question.
The UK has left the European Union. Referendum fulfilled.
If the people bleating about "Brexit Betrayal" wanted the Referendum to enshrine their pet policy preferences, they should have included them in the question.
May 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
100%
The trouble with 'the truth' it is usually a typo. Insert 'ir' suffix to 'the'.
If something can be destroyed by the truth, then it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.
May 16, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The trouble with 'the truth' it is usually a typo. Insert 'ir' suffix to 'the'.
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Britain should be a welcoming home for those who help us, not a hornet's nest of hate.The immigrant nurse is our sister. The immigrant delivery driver is our brother. Immigrants hold the fabric of our UK together. They're Britain's honorary children. They should be treated with respect!
#NoStrangers
#NoStrangers
May 15, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Britain should be a welcoming home for those who help us, not a hornet's nest of hate.The immigrant nurse is our sister. The immigrant delivery driver is our brother. Immigrants hold the fabric of our UK together. They're Britain's honorary children. They should be treated with respect!
#NoStrangers
#NoStrangers
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Did you know Dr. Makenzie Lystrup was sworn in as the director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center using Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot instead of a Bible?
May 16, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Did you know Dr. Makenzie Lystrup was sworn in as the director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center using Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot instead of a Bible?
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The North Sea,1955
Patrick von Kalckreuth, (Germany,1898-1970)
Oil on canvas
Patrick von Kalckreuth, (Germany,1898-1970)
Oil on canvas
May 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The North Sea,1955
Patrick von Kalckreuth, (Germany,1898-1970)
Oil on canvas
Patrick von Kalckreuth, (Germany,1898-1970)
Oil on canvas
Max Klinger, a blast from the past.
May 10, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Max Klinger, a blast from the past.
A genuine and much needed antidote to the attention seeking wrecking balls.
The best part of this is: Instantly the most famous American in the world is the new pope
May 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A genuine and much needed antidote to the attention seeking wrecking balls.
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Contemporary textile art by Cape Town artist Danielle Clough #WomensArt
May 9, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Contemporary textile art by Cape Town artist Danielle Clough #WomensArt
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Creepy!
It’s genuinely embarrassing that a minor sectoral deal with a fascist clown (not irrelevant, not pointless, but definitely minor) is being compared by Keir Starmer with the historic significance of VE Day. UK needs to grow up and do a proper deal with Europe.
May 9, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Creepy!
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OMG!! Don't give them any ideas!
May 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
OMG!! Don't give them any ideas!
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This Morning the World is Made of Wind
acrylic on birch panel
9 x 12
sold
This morning the world is made of wind,
nearly everything creaking or flying,
even the shingles vainly lifting
as if the house…
were drawing wind into its gills. - Ted Kooser.
#art #painting #landscapeart
Story-ALTtext⬇️
acrylic on birch panel
9 x 12
sold
This morning the world is made of wind,
nearly everything creaking or flying,
even the shingles vainly lifting
as if the house…
were drawing wind into its gills. - Ted Kooser.
#art #painting #landscapeart
Story-ALTtext⬇️
May 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This Morning the World is Made of Wind
acrylic on birch panel
9 x 12
sold
This morning the world is made of wind,
nearly everything creaking or flying,
even the shingles vainly lifting
as if the house…
were drawing wind into its gills. - Ted Kooser.
#art #painting #landscapeart
Story-ALTtext⬇️
acrylic on birch panel
9 x 12
sold
This morning the world is made of wind,
nearly everything creaking or flying,
even the shingles vainly lifting
as if the house…
were drawing wind into its gills. - Ted Kooser.
#art #painting #landscapeart
Story-ALTtext⬇️
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Laura Boswell, contemporary printmaker based in Scotland specialising in wild landscape and coastal prints in linocut & woodblock
May 9, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Laura Boswell, contemporary printmaker based in Scotland specialising in wild landscape and coastal prints in linocut & woodblock
Already we have factory farmed, free range and organic chicken. Cost to the consumer might be a side issue over nutritional aspects, but the ethics of animal husbandry becomes a side issue. Far more complex than single trade deal issues.
'That would be your government making an arrangement that undercut British chicken.'
'You're saying people on a budget are getting less good food.'
As the US-UK trade deal is announced, Shelagh Fogarty explains the 'injustices' that accepting chlorinated chicken could lead to.
'You're saying people on a budget are getting less good food.'
As the US-UK trade deal is announced, Shelagh Fogarty explains the 'injustices' that accepting chlorinated chicken could lead to.
May 9, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Already we have factory farmed, free range and organic chicken. Cost to the consumer might be a side issue over nutritional aspects, but the ethics of animal husbandry becomes a side issue. Far more complex than single trade deal issues.
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Papal politics may just tip the balance.
At last, moral leadership from an American who now leads much of the world’s faithful. No wonder we are all profoundly hopeful.
May 9, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Papal politics may just tip the balance.
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Yayoi Kusama, 'Pumpkins', 2013 #WomensArt #FridayFeeling
May 9, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Yayoi Kusama, 'Pumpkins', 2013 #WomensArt #FridayFeeling
Trump is all theatrics, in his theatre of fighting invisible enemies.
May 9, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Trump is all theatrics, in his theatre of fighting invisible enemies.
No doubt the Trump visit is on then. Faragisters out in force v those who will jeer and boo.
May 9, 2025 at 7:40 AM
No doubt the Trump visit is on then. Faragisters out in force v those who will jeer and boo.
Could we have that in the UK too! Thank you.
May 9, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Could we have that in the UK too! Thank you.