Marianne Abrams
@flora19.bsky.social
Happily married gran to 7, Brit, new German citizen, grew up in France, lived in the Philippines, Turkey and Poland #FBPE have no problems with a multicultural society
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Marianne Abrams
@flora19.bsky.social
· Sep 22
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,574,009!
@mrjamesob.bsky.social James, I think you are speaking to a different generation. My husband cooks and sings in a choir, my daughters and I live life with partners but also do our own thing. The Neanderthal generation is disappearing and certainly in my sphere has disappeared
November 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social James, I think you are speaking to a different generation. My husband cooks and sings in a choir, my daughters and I live life with partners but also do our own thing. The Neanderthal generation is disappearing and certainly in my sphere has disappeared
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Farage, Boris Johnson & Rees-Mogg apparently plotting assaults on UK democracy with Bannon, who was reporting back to Epstein. Nothing to see here, newspaper folk…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Emails highlight Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon relationship
New documents show the pair discussing travel arrangements and UK politics in messages from 2018.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Farage, Boris Johnson & Rees-Mogg apparently plotting assaults on UK democracy with Bannon, who was reporting back to Epstein. Nothing to see here, newspaper folk…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Here's "Trump'll Nail Ya" - a song about the #BBC legal crisis (set to the tune of the shanty "Drunken Sailor") which created a big internal debate about what's a gremlin and what's a mogwai. 🎶⚓️
... fingers crossed for an apology but not a daft and unnecessary settlement ...
youtu.be/VeIF4leMaes
... fingers crossed for an apology but not a daft and unnecessary settlement ...
youtu.be/VeIF4leMaes
"Trump'll Nail Ya" - Marsh Family parody adaptation of sea shanty "Drunken Sailor" about BBC crisis
YouTube video by Marsh Family
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Here's "Trump'll Nail Ya" - a song about the #BBC legal crisis (set to the tune of the shanty "Drunken Sailor") which created a big internal debate about what's a gremlin and what's a mogwai. 🎶⚓️
... fingers crossed for an apology but not a daft and unnecessary settlement ...
youtu.be/VeIF4leMaes
... fingers crossed for an apology but not a daft and unnecessary settlement ...
youtu.be/VeIF4leMaes
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Immigration is good for us. This may be Germany, but I'm sure you could make something similar about the UK.
In case you missed it ...
The largest number of foreign doctors working in the German health sector are now Syrians who came to Germany as refugees 10 years ago.
The largest number of foreign doctors working in the German health sector are now Syrians who came to Germany as refugees 10 years ago.
November 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Immigration is good for us. This may be Germany, but I'm sure you could make something similar about the UK.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social really?? Do we have to listen to his ramblings??
October 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social really?? Do we have to listen to his ramblings??
@mrjamesob.bsky.social what’s this all about? Resignation speech?
October 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social what’s this all about? Resignation speech?
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Republican Arizona lawmaker makes post calling for execution of Democratic congresswoman
John Gillette on X called for ‘people like’ Pramila Jayapal to be ‘hanged’ in response to her video on anti-Trump protests
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
John Gillette on X called for ‘people like’ Pramila Jayapal to be ‘hanged’ in response to her video on anti-Trump protests
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Republican Arizona lawmaker makes post calling for execution of Democratic congresswoman
John Gillette on X called for ‘people like’ Pramila Jayapal to be ‘hanged’ in response to her video on anti-Trump protests
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Republican Arizona lawmaker makes post calling for execution of Democratic congresswoman
John Gillette on X called for ‘people like’ Pramila Jayapal to be ‘hanged’ in response to her video on anti-Trump protests
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
John Gillette on X called for ‘people like’ Pramila Jayapal to be ‘hanged’ in response to her video on anti-Trump protests
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I answered a post on X re. Digital ID by @lewisgoodall.com The responses are completely over the top. Disagreeing agreeably is not something one encounters over there
September 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I answered a post on X re. Digital ID by @lewisgoodall.com The responses are completely over the top. Disagreeing agreeably is not something one encounters over there
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Outrageous.
September 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Outrageous.
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Just spoke with PM Frederiksen regarding the drones incursion around Copenhagen airport.
While the facts are still being established, it is clear we are witnessing a pattern of persistent contestation at our borders.
While the facts are still being established, it is clear we are witnessing a pattern of persistent contestation at our borders.
September 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Just spoke with PM Frederiksen regarding the drones incursion around Copenhagen airport.
While the facts are still being established, it is clear we are witnessing a pattern of persistent contestation at our borders.
While the facts are still being established, it is clear we are witnessing a pattern of persistent contestation at our borders.
@amanpourpod.bsky.social Was the Charlie Kirk murder MAGAs Horst Wessel moment? Will they use it to justify arresting dissidents?
Trump just designated “Antifa” as a terrorist organization, on par with ISIS and Al Qaeda. As a reminder, “antifa” is short for “antifascist”.
They will use this lie to surveil, imprison, and kill Americans on the left.
This may be our Reichstag Fire moment. Wake up.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/p...
They will use this lie to surveil, imprison, and kill Americans on the left.
This may be our Reichstag Fire moment. Wake up.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/p...
Trump says he’s designating Antifa as a terrorist organization | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump said he is designating the far-left anti-fascism movement Antifa as a terrorist organization, announcing the move on his Truth Social platform in the early hours of Thursday mor...
www.cnn.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
@amanpourpod.bsky.social Was the Charlie Kirk murder MAGAs Horst Wessel moment? Will they use it to justify arresting dissidents?
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Good moment to remember that US foreign policy is also being reoriented to enable foreign censors and authoritarian propaganda around the world
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
America Surrenders in the Global Information Wars
The U.S. is reorienting its foreign policy to protect governments that manipulate and suppress information.
www.theatlantic.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Good moment to remember that US foreign policy is also being reoriented to enable foreign censors and authoritarian propaganda around the world
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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In case you missed it ...
Charles is also the King of Canada 🇨🇦 Yet he hosted a tyrant last night who has threatened to annex Canada, destroy its economy, and has just sanctioned a Canadian judge sitting on the International Criminal Court.
Charles is also the King of Canada 🇨🇦 Yet he hosted a tyrant last night who has threatened to annex Canada, destroy its economy, and has just sanctioned a Canadian judge sitting on the International Criminal Court.
Trump administration sanctions Canadian judge who sits on International Criminal Court | CBC News
The Trump administration slapped a Canadian judge on the International Criminal Court with sanctions as the U.S. State Department unleashes a new wave of restrictions against judges it said had been i...
www.cbc.ca
September 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
In case you missed it ...
Charles is also the King of Canada 🇨🇦 Yet he hosted a tyrant last night who has threatened to annex Canada, destroy its economy, and has just sanctioned a Canadian judge sitting on the International Criminal Court.
Charles is also the King of Canada 🇨🇦 Yet he hosted a tyrant last night who has threatened to annex Canada, destroy its economy, and has just sanctioned a Canadian judge sitting on the International Criminal Court.
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The far-right IS doing what Goebbels did. And the media is too stupid, too arrogant, and too corrupt to stop it.
September 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The far-right IS doing what Goebbels did. And the media is too stupid, too arrogant, and too corrupt to stop it.
@camanpour.bsky.social Is Charlie Kirk going to be MAGA s “Horst Wessel”?
September 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
@camanpour.bsky.social Is Charlie Kirk going to be MAGA s “Horst Wessel”?
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Americans have short memories—keep reminding them. PLEASE SHARE!
September 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Americans have short memories—keep reminding them. PLEASE SHARE!
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6 September 1933 | A Czech Jewish girl, Marie Borská, was born in Litomyšl.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 19 October 1944 and murdered in a gas chamber.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 19 October 1944 and murdered in a gas chamber.
September 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM
6 September 1933 | A Czech Jewish girl, Marie Borská, was born in Litomyšl.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 19 October 1944 and murdered in a gas chamber.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 19 October 1944 and murdered in a gas chamber.
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“A neighbour told this newspaper that he shouted the word ‘n*****’ at her repeatedly, said he would set the far-right English Defence League on her and told her there’d be ‘black body bags’
So not “just” racial slurs - death threats too.
So not “just” racial slurs - death threats too.
Perhaps rather than endlessly promoting Mr Farage, the national media could highlight what his local councillors are doing - as demonstrated here by @northantstelegraph.bsky.social
www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/...
www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/...
Corby Reform councillor resigns over serious racism allegations
Reform councillor Robert Bloom, who has been in his North Northamptonshire Council post for just 117 days, has resigned after a neighbour alleged he used appalling racial slurs toward her family.
www.northantstelegraph.co.uk
August 28, 2025 at 8:08 AM
“A neighbour told this newspaper that he shouted the word ‘n*****’ at her repeatedly, said he would set the far-right English Defence League on her and told her there’d be ‘black body bags’
So not “just” racial slurs - death threats too.
So not “just” racial slurs - death threats too.
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Can you imagine a US envoy handing a Nazi medal to the family of an American who died fighting for Hitler? Because this just happened:
www.cnn.com/2025/08/20/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/08/20/p...
Witkoff delivered Russian medal from Putin to family of American who was killed fighting for Russia in 2024 | CNN Politics
US special envoy Steve Witkoff delivered a Russian medal to the grieving family of an American who was killed fighting for Russia in 2024, a senior administration official told CNN.
www.cnn.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Can you imagine a US envoy handing a Nazi medal to the family of an American who died fighting for Hitler? Because this just happened:
www.cnn.com/2025/08/20/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/08/20/p...
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"memory is fragile. Every time we recall the past, we reshape it, filter it through what we’ve heard, what we’ve lost, and what we choose to believe. Repeated messages from those in power can overwrite what we thought we knew"
from @codastory.bsky.social
www.codastory.com/rewriting-hi...
from @codastory.bsky.social
www.codastory.com/rewriting-hi...
Why Georgia's National Memory is on Trial - Coda Story
On the anniversary of Russia's 2008 invasion of Georgia, an increasingly autocratic Georgian government toes the Kremlin line, blaming its predecessors for "instigating" war
www.codastory.com
August 8, 2025 at 7:03 AM
"memory is fragile. Every time we recall the past, we reshape it, filter it through what we’ve heard, what we’ve lost, and what we choose to believe. Repeated messages from those in power can overwrite what we thought we knew"
from @codastory.bsky.social
www.codastory.com/rewriting-hi...
from @codastory.bsky.social
www.codastory.com/rewriting-hi...
@mrjamesob.bsky.social maybe someone should point out to the Donald that if he supports a plan to deport all Gazans, he can forget any possibility of getting the Nobel Peace Prize
August 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social maybe someone should point out to the Donald that if he supports a plan to deport all Gazans, he can forget any possibility of getting the Nobel Peace Prize
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The White House has instructed NASA to terminate two major, climate change-focused satellite missions. They've been collecting widely-used data, providing both oil and gas companies and farmers with detailed information about the distribution of carbon dioxide and how it can affect crop health.
White House Orders NASA to Destroy Important Satellite
The White House has instructed NASA employees to destroy two major, climate change-focused satellite missions.
futurism.com
August 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The White House has instructed NASA to terminate two major, climate change-focused satellite missions. They've been collecting widely-used data, providing both oil and gas companies and farmers with detailed information about the distribution of carbon dioxide and how it can affect crop health.
@amanpourpod.bsky.social i have just listened to the episode where you mentioned that people no longer listen. Very true, something I teach in my language lessons: listen to the question. I did notice though that you, Christiane, interrupted Jamie when he was mentioning Russian casualties 😉
July 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
@amanpourpod.bsky.social i have just listened to the episode where you mentioned that people no longer listen. Very true, something I teach in my language lessons: listen to the question. I did notice though that you, Christiane, interrupted Jamie when he was mentioning Russian casualties 😉
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NEW: Indigenous activists opposed to Nevada’s Thacker Pass lithium mine have for years been surveilled by law enforcement agencies and the company behind the mine, records show.
“They treat us like we’re domestic terrorists,” an organizer said.
“They treat us like we’re domestic terrorists,” an organizer said.
“Under the Microscope”: Activists Opposing a Nevada Lithium Mine Were Surveilled for Years, Records Show
Law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, have collaborated with private security to surveil largely peaceful protesters opposed to the Thacker Pass mine, according to a ProPublica review of thousa...
www.propublica.org
July 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
NEW: Indigenous activists opposed to Nevada’s Thacker Pass lithium mine have for years been surveilled by law enforcement agencies and the company behind the mine, records show.
“They treat us like we’re domestic terrorists,” an organizer said.
“They treat us like we’re domestic terrorists,” an organizer said.