Toby Johnson
@cooperatoby.bsky.social
Was a grassroots co-operator (Suma, Ale House, Tangram, ICOM), then spent prime of life promoting social economy at EU level (AEIDL). Oscillate between Brussels & Amsterdam. Very keen on trams and real ale.
Let's hear it for co-ops! observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Why the Co-operative party is Labour’s best shot at stopp...
Longtime Labour ally the Co-op party believes community empowerment can counter the populism of Nigel Farage’s party
observer.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Let's hear it for co-ops! observer.co.uk/news/politic...
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🇪🇺 The European project was, and still is, the greatest antidote to nationalism and tyranny that our continent ever created.
Never have we needed it more.
Now, it is our turn to resist and take this peace project further. Stronger, greener, more united and more democratic.
Never have we needed it more.
Now, it is our turn to resist and take this peace project further. Stronger, greener, more united and more democratic.
May 9, 2025 at 7:21 AM
🇪🇺 The European project was, and still is, the greatest antidote to nationalism and tyranny that our continent ever created.
Never have we needed it more.
Now, it is our turn to resist and take this peace project further. Stronger, greener, more united and more democratic.
Never have we needed it more.
Now, it is our turn to resist and take this peace project further. Stronger, greener, more united and more democratic.
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This short sequence of blog entries hits several nails bang on the head - well worth a look. litgaz.wordpress.com/2025/03/31/a...
A View from Airstrip One – part 5 – On Paralysis
When you look at the big picture, humanity is seriously stuck. Large segments are addicted to the consumption of ever more stuff; poorer nations envy us and aspire to the same; the end result is gl…
litgaz.wordpress.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:40 AM
This short sequence of blog entries hits several nails bang on the head - well worth a look. litgaz.wordpress.com/2025/03/31/a...
Congrats Richard!
Many thanks 🙏💙🙏 to @diannehi1.bsky.social for adding me to this starter pack, I feel honoured to be among so many wonderful folk.
#Resisters
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#Resisters
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March 31, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Congrats Richard!
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‘Multilingualism was so ordinary in 14th-century England that not everyone would have had a reliable sense of the boundaries between the country’s different languages.’
John Gallagher (@earlymodernjohn.bsky.social) on the influence of French on medieval English: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Gallagher (@earlymodernjohn.bsky.social) on the influence of French on medieval English: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Gallagher · What a spalage! Mis languages est bons
With contemporary English including more than eighty thousand terms of French origin, Georges Clemenceau might have had...
www.lrb.co.uk
March 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM
‘Multilingualism was so ordinary in 14th-century England that not everyone would have had a reliable sense of the boundaries between the country’s different languages.’
John Gallagher (@earlymodernjohn.bsky.social) on the influence of French on medieval English: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Gallagher (@earlymodernjohn.bsky.social) on the influence of French on medieval English: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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If you want more money, try a wealth tax.
February 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
If you want more money, try a wealth tax.
Why doesn't Bluesky upload my posts?
February 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Why doesn't Bluesky upload my posts?
"A romantic getaway in Antwerp" - such is the title of an optimistic e-mail I have just received from Brussels Airport. Antwerp is exceedingly interesting, true, but...
February 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"A romantic getaway in Antwerp" - such is the title of an optimistic e-mail I have just received from Brussels Airport. Antwerp is exceedingly interesting, true, but...
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Great letter in today's Guardian. What sort of free speech is prevented by factchecking, Zuck?
January 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Great letter in today's Guardian. What sort of free speech is prevented by factchecking, Zuck?
It had to happen. Having spent an agonising week including a trip to Liverpool to replace my lost passport, I have just found my old one - safe and sound in the door pocket of the car of course.
January 9, 2025 at 8:42 AM
It had to happen. Having spent an agonising week including a trip to Liverpool to replace my lost passport, I have just found my old one - safe and sound in the door pocket of the car of course.
LDnet Webinar - Citizen participation: From Sherry Arnstein’s ladder to Co-everything, Tue 21 Jan, 17:00 GMT - events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d491e6...
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Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams
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January 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
LDnet Webinar - Citizen participation: From Sherry Arnstein’s ladder to Co-everything, Tue 21 Jan, 17:00 GMT - events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d491e6...
It's working - my friends total has more than doubled to 7 in only a few days! You can see the exponentiality developing. Keep it up everybody...
I'm optimistic that Bluesky is going to be the one. Mind you I can still remember Facebook when it was warm and fluffy - whereas nowadays it is a rare exception when I recognise anyone. 10 days after joining Buesky I have 3 friends but am hoping this grows exponentially, like it didn't on Mastodon.
December 13, 2024 at 1:44 PM
It's working - my friends total has more than doubled to 7 in only a few days! You can see the exponentiality developing. Keep it up everybody...
'fietsstraten' would be more elegant
In the Netherlands Fietsstraats (bicycle streets) prioritize cyclists by removing through motor traffic, with red asphalt used to signal to motorists that bicycles have priority on these streets. This ensures safety for families cycling, without danger from too much, or too fast, motor traffic.
December 3, 2024 at 2:28 AM
'fietsstraten' would be more elegant
Dedicated cycle paths are excellent. I wonder how I have survived into my 70s when I used to cycle to school and work on ordinary mixed-use roads, mixing it with motorised traffic. Top tip: car drivers need to slow down, basically.
Any suggestions for books, toys, or experiments to buy for two boys who love math and science and are ages 8 and 10?
They’re a bit advanced so it’s okay if it’s for kids slightly older.
They’re a bit advanced so it’s okay if it’s for kids slightly older.
December 1, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Dedicated cycle paths are excellent. I wonder how I have survived into my 70s when I used to cycle to school and work on ordinary mixed-use roads, mixing it with motorised traffic. Top tip: car drivers need to slow down, basically.
I'm optimistic that Bluesky is going to be the one. Mind you I can still remember Facebook when it was warm and fluffy - whereas nowadays it is a rare exception when I recognise anyone. 10 days after joining Buesky I have 3 friends but am hoping this grows exponentially, like it didn't on Mastodon.
December 1, 2024 at 5:26 PM
I'm optimistic that Bluesky is going to be the one. Mind you I can still remember Facebook when it was warm and fluffy - whereas nowadays it is a rare exception when I recognise anyone. 10 days after joining Buesky I have 3 friends but am hoping this grows exponentially, like it didn't on Mastodon.