Helen121
@helen121.bsky.social
Retired librarian. Politics, economics, current events. Rarely lighthearted. European Brit. 🕷️💙🇬🇧🇪🇺🌍
Excuse me! New York is pipped at the post by London. Another fabulous and diverse city (mainly) run by a 3 times elected Muslim mayor. They are evidently both great, global cities. 👍
November 8, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Excuse me! New York is pipped at the post by London. Another fabulous and diverse city (mainly) run by a 3 times elected Muslim mayor. They are evidently both great, global cities. 👍
They wouldn't be able to cope with Thai lady boys at all.... or perhaps they would? 🤔
November 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
They wouldn't be able to cope with Thai lady boys at all.... or perhaps they would? 🤔
"She tries to ask thoughtful but revealing questions: Where does he go to church? What is he reading?"
😂🤣
And this: I think when he said humble, he thought it = submissive:
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And this: I think when he said humble, he thought it = submissive:
November 4, 2025 at 5:15 AM
"She tries to ask thoughtful but revealing questions: Where does he go to church? What is he reading?"
😂🤣
And this: I think when he said humble, he thought it = submissive:
😂🤣
And this: I think when he said humble, he thought it = submissive:
I hadn't seen this photo of Andrew glaring at the Princess of Wales. Is that real dislike? I bet he calls her middle-class behind her back.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
October 31, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I hadn't seen this photo of Andrew glaring at the Princess of Wales. Is that real dislike? I bet he calls her middle-class behind her back.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
What was especially sad about that guy was that he had no concept of *being loved*, let alone loving someone else. Her question totally threw him. He just wants a housekeeper. He needs serious therapy.
October 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM
What was especially sad about that guy was that he had no concept of *being loved*, let alone loving someone else. Her question totally threw him. He just wants a housekeeper. He needs serious therapy.
As this was the previous definition, it gave too much wriggle room to rapists.
October 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
As this was the previous definition, it gave too much wriggle room to rapists.
No, I think that is still an under-estimate. This might be closer, but still not there.
The footprint of the main building is 18,000sq ft, the ballroom is 90,000 sq feet.
The footprint of the main building is 18,000sq ft, the ballroom is 90,000 sq feet.
October 26, 2025 at 6:46 AM
No, I think that is still an under-estimate. This might be closer, but still not there.
The footprint of the main building is 18,000sq ft, the ballroom is 90,000 sq feet.
The footprint of the main building is 18,000sq ft, the ballroom is 90,000 sq feet.
I'm loving the AI overview of Katie Lam being married to Neil Hamilton! 😂
October 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I'm loving the AI overview of Katie Lam being married to Neil Hamilton! 😂
Yes - a lot of that! And Peter York wrote that in 2017 before we had pictures of Putin's palace, described as 'the golden insanity'. Not sure if Trump's ballroom is based on Versailles, or the Kremlin.
October 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Yes - a lot of that! And Peter York wrote that in 2017 before we had pictures of Putin's palace, described as 'the golden insanity'. Not sure if Trump's ballroom is based on Versailles, or the Kremlin.
Did you not see the Golden Goat in Mar a Lago - covered in dollar bills saying "In Trump We Trust"?
October 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Did you not see the Golden Goat in Mar a Lago - covered in dollar bills saying "In Trump We Trust"?
Remember Epstein and Maxwell and Harvey Weinstein (!😳 🤮) were invited to Beatrice's 18th birthday party?
October 23, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Remember Epstein and Maxwell and Harvey Weinstein (!😳 🤮) were invited to Beatrice's 18th birthday party?
And what about Naomi Campbell? She is looking straight at Virginia in this picture - and she is clearly a very young looking 17, she looks about 12. What did Campbell think she was doing there?
October 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
And what about Naomi Campbell? She is looking straight at Virginia in this picture - and she is clearly a very young looking 17, she looks about 12. What did Campbell think she was doing there?
My first job was one on the left - I kid you not - (only bigger, because it was a bank in the City of London in the mid-70s), and my second job was the second picture.
October 14, 2025 at 4:11 AM
My first job was one on the left - I kid you not - (only bigger, because it was a bank in the City of London in the mid-70s), and my second job was the second picture.
Or in the teachings of Christ 🙄
October 10, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Or in the teachings of Christ 🙄
That was 6 years ago, and while Trump's eyesight has probably continued to deteriorate, his mental faculties are deteriorating at a faster rate. I thought this was also illuminating:
October 9, 2025 at 5:29 AM
That was 6 years ago, and while Trump's eyesight has probably continued to deteriorate, his mental faculties are deteriorating at a faster rate. I thought this was also illuminating:
I mean, we don't know, do we? Far right marchers quite happy to sample foreign food when away from the others.
October 7, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I mean, we don't know, do we? Far right marchers quite happy to sample foreign food when away from the others.
Grooming standards? From a drunken slob with nazi tattoos?
September 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Grooming standards? From a drunken slob with nazi tattoos?
This is the 5 day Johnson & Johnson stock rating :
September 24, 2025 at 5:45 AM
This is the 5 day Johnson & Johnson stock rating :
Unfortunately those around him have plenty of ideas..
September 22, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Unfortunately those around him have plenty of ideas..
I normally quite like Melania's 'Pretty Woman' type clothes - but this dress is awful.
September 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I normally quite like Melania's 'Pretty Woman' type clothes - but this dress is awful.
Don't worry, Ron, Trump is going to hate the food - almost all veggies and a bombe for dessert! And it's in French! 🤣
September 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Don't worry, Ron, Trump is going to hate the food - almost all veggies and a bombe for dessert! And it's in French! 🤣
I think the King is trolling Trump at the Windsor dinner - isn't he renowned for not eating vegetables, and then serving a bombe for dessert? 😂
September 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I think the King is trolling Trump at the Windsor dinner - isn't he renowned for not eating vegetables, and then serving a bombe for dessert? 😂