@mrjamesob.bsky.social
There once was a woke Marxist pope,
Who proposed to bring peace love and hope.
A lunatic Loomer
Made a social post bloomer
And transformed him into a trope
There once was a woke Marxist pope,
Who proposed to bring peace love and hope.
A lunatic Loomer
Made a social post bloomer
And transformed him into a trope
May 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
There once was a woke Marxist pope,
Who proposed to bring peace love and hope.
A lunatic Loomer
Made a social post bloomer
And transformed him into a trope
There once was a woke Marxist pope,
Who proposed to bring peace love and hope.
A lunatic Loomer
Made a social post bloomer
And transformed him into a trope
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Robert Wolf on Fox News: "This big beautiful economy that actually was rolling pretty good with jobs and inflation coming down feels more like the Game of Thrones red wedding. I mean, it's not going well."
April 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Robert Wolf on Fox News: "This big beautiful economy that actually was rolling pretty good with jobs and inflation coming down feels more like the Game of Thrones red wedding. I mean, it's not going well."
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Such an important piece - and UK journalists treating this as a traditional political horse race story eg shouting “will you apologise” at Zelenskyy need to take note
Wrote up something about Techdirt's recent coverage, and why (whether we like it or not) we need to be a "democracy blog" now, rather than just a "tech" blog (not that we've ever been just a tech blog).
This story is *the* story and it impacts everything else.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
This story is *the* story and it impacts everything else.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not)
While political reporters are still doing their view-from-nowhere “Democrats say this, Republicans say that” dance, tech and legal journalists have been watching an unfortunately recogn…
www.techdirt.com
March 5, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Such an important piece - and UK journalists treating this as a traditional political horse race story eg shouting “will you apologise” at Zelenskyy need to take note
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
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Please share. 🙏🏻
March 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Please share. 🙏🏻
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“If Roosevelt had told Churchill to sue for peace on any terms with Adolf Hitler and to fork over Britain’s coal reserves to the United States in exchange for no American security guarantees, it might have approximated what Trump did to Zelensky.”
Opinion | A Day of American Infamy
A dreadful moment for Ukraine, for the free world, for the legacy of an America that once stood for the principles of the Atlantic Charter.
www.nytimes.com
March 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
“If Roosevelt had told Churchill to sue for peace on any terms with Adolf Hitler and to fork over Britain’s coal reserves to the United States in exchange for no American security guarantees, it might have approximated what Trump did to Zelensky.”
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Important to take the week as a whole. Statement from Dominic Grieve:
March 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Important to take the week as a whole. Statement from Dominic Grieve:
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Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
February 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
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February 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.
February 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.
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Appalled to hear a commentator on Radio 4 suggesting that Trump will do a deal which sees Putin hold on to Russia’s territorial gains in Ukraine as if that’s a decent outcome
February 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Appalled to hear a commentator on Radio 4 suggesting that Trump will do a deal which sees Putin hold on to Russia’s territorial gains in Ukraine as if that’s a decent outcome
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DOGE's chaos isn't preventing waste — it's causing it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Nearly $500m of food aid at risk of spoilage after Trump USAid cuts
US government auditors find cuts have ‘degraded USAid’s ability to distribute and safeguard humanitarian assistance’
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 11:43 PM
DOGE's chaos isn't preventing waste — it's causing it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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An excellent analysis of why we should rejoin from @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
"It makes no sense for Starmer to pretend he would die in a ditch over Brexit – the sooner he abandons it the better"
Spot on.
Spot on.
Labour’s Brexit problem: why Starmer must soon face a rejoin reality check
It makes no sense for Starmer to pretend he would die in a ditch over Brexit – the sooner he abandons it the better
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
January 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
An excellent analysis of why we should rejoin from @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
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This isn't a surprising but it is devastating.
The great betrayal of Ukraine begins.
We, in Europe, are in a place of danger.
We all owe Ukraine & its people a debt of gratitude for its extraordinary courage. 😢
The great betrayal of Ukraine begins.
We, in Europe, are in a place of danger.
We all owe Ukraine & its people a debt of gratitude for its extraordinary courage. 😢
February 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This isn't a surprising but it is devastating.
The great betrayal of Ukraine begins.
We, in Europe, are in a place of danger.
We all owe Ukraine & its people a debt of gratitude for its extraordinary courage. 😢
The great betrayal of Ukraine begins.
We, in Europe, are in a place of danger.
We all owe Ukraine & its people a debt of gratitude for its extraordinary courage. 😢
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This. Right now, UK govt departments, from the Home Office to Education, from Business & Trade to Science, Industry & Technology, ought to be drafting plans to welcome US experts of every discipline as they flee this pogrom against science, innovation and learning.
If the UK was really, really smart, it would now plough tens of billions into research centres and take in all the American academics fleeing the US. Spoiler: the UK is not smart. 🇬🇧
8. It is difficult to overstate what a catastrophe this will be for the US research and education systems, particular in biomedical fields.
It is deliberate and wanton devastation entirely out of scale with any concern about DEI activities on campuses.
The goal is destroy US universities.
It is deliberate and wanton devastation entirely out of scale with any concern about DEI activities on campuses.
The goal is destroy US universities.
February 8, 2025 at 10:18 AM
This. Right now, UK govt departments, from the Home Office to Education, from Business & Trade to Science, Industry & Technology, ought to be drafting plans to welcome US experts of every discipline as they flee this pogrom against science, innovation and learning.
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Asimov saw this with razor-sharp clarity.
In the end, the ‘cult of ignorance’ and its political representatives won in the US elections, so that they can now undermine democracy and science.
European and US progressive movements must work closely together to fight Trump's aggressive cult.
In the end, the ‘cult of ignorance’ and its political representatives won in the US elections, so that they can now undermine democracy and science.
European and US progressive movements must work closely together to fight Trump's aggressive cult.
February 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Asimov saw this with razor-sharp clarity.
In the end, the ‘cult of ignorance’ and its political representatives won in the US elections, so that they can now undermine democracy and science.
European and US progressive movements must work closely together to fight Trump's aggressive cult.
In the end, the ‘cult of ignorance’ and its political representatives won in the US elections, so that they can now undermine democracy and science.
European and US progressive movements must work closely together to fight Trump's aggressive cult.
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Happy #imbolc to those who celebrate it, the halfway point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. Such a hopeful time of year as tree buds fatten, and spring flowers start to bloom.
[Photo Snowdrops and Aconites at St. Botolph's Church Swyncombe, Oxfordshire.]
#WildFlowerHour 📷
[Photo Snowdrops and Aconites at St. Botolph's Church Swyncombe, Oxfordshire.]
#WildFlowerHour 📷
February 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Happy #imbolc to those who celebrate it, the halfway point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. Such a hopeful time of year as tree buds fatten, and spring flowers start to bloom.
[Photo Snowdrops and Aconites at St. Botolph's Church Swyncombe, Oxfordshire.]
#WildFlowerHour 📷
[Photo Snowdrops and Aconites at St. Botolph's Church Swyncombe, Oxfordshire.]
#WildFlowerHour 📷
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Five years after we left, a new YouGov poll finds a grand total of 2% of voters think Brexit has had a very positive impact on the NHS.
January 31, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Five years after we left, a new YouGov poll finds a grand total of 2% of voters think Brexit has had a very positive impact on the NHS.
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The UK needs to lead in Europe again. We can't rely on Trump, and Labour hasn't shown the urgency or ambition to fix our relationship with our closest neighbours.
A UK-EU customs union is the first step repairing that relationship.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-cost-starme…
A UK-EU customs union is the first step repairing that relationship.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-cost-starme…
Starmer accused of having head in the sand over cost of Brexit
Exclusive: PM urged for a radical rethink of Brexit to boost economic growth as it’s revealed government won’t calculate loss of the UK’s biggest market
buff.ly
January 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The UK needs to lead in Europe again. We can't rely on Trump, and Labour hasn't shown the urgency or ambition to fix our relationship with our closest neighbours.
A UK-EU customs union is the first step repairing that relationship.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-cost-starme…
A UK-EU customs union is the first step repairing that relationship.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-cost-starme…
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US science is getting trashed.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) in combing through $billions in already awarded grants to find anything that might displease Trump.
Grantees are blocked from accessing funds while the review is ongoing, wreaking havoc across the academic research community.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) in combing through $billions in already awarded grants to find anything that might displease Trump.
Grantees are blocked from accessing funds while the review is ongoing, wreaking havoc across the academic research community.
EXCLUSIVE: NSF starts vetting all grants to comply with Trump’s orders
Grantee accounts remain frozen, while union accuses NSF of ignoring rules governing peer review
www.science.org
January 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
US science is getting trashed.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) in combing through $billions in already awarded grants to find anything that might displease Trump.
Grantees are blocked from accessing funds while the review is ongoing, wreaking havoc across the academic research community.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) in combing through $billions in already awarded grants to find anything that might displease Trump.
Grantees are blocked from accessing funds while the review is ongoing, wreaking havoc across the academic research community.