Jaq Main
@jaqmain.bsky.social
Retired local government officer from Sussex, now living in Scotland. New Nana. Refugee from X.
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Knuckle dragging God botherers is the last thing the UK needs
A very intersting article from those great people @humanists.uk #Religion #Christianity #FarRight #UK
Rising Christian nationalism: a threat to us all
Scenes on Saturday of Christian preachers denouncing ‘Secular Humanism’ from the main stage of Tommy Robinson’s radical right Unite the Kingdom rally in London may have been surprising to see on the s...
humanists.uk
September 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Knuckle dragging God botherers is the last thing the UK needs
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It's time to repost this Easter masterpiece
April 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
It's time to repost this Easter masterpiece
A very brave lady.
Carole Cadwalladr gives an emotional TED talk about the danger of our current tech coup.
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED
YouTube video by TED
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April 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
A very brave lady.
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The full statement from the family of R.E. Burke clarifies that there were no grounds whatsoever for the British cartoonist to be detained by ICE for almost 3 weeks – she held a valid ESTA, had broken no rules or laws in the US, and was ready & able to return home.
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Comic Creator RE Burke: Her Visa Story
Full family statement after her welcome return to the UK
downthetubes.net
March 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The full statement from the family of R.E. Burke clarifies that there were no grounds whatsoever for the British cartoonist to be detained by ICE for almost 3 weeks – she held a valid ESTA, had broken no rules or laws in the US, and was ready & able to return home.
downthetubes.net/comic-creato...
downthetubes.net/comic-creato...
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Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?"
It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine.
#SlavaUkraini
#Dontabandonthem
Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?"
It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine.
#SlavaUkraini
#Dontabandonthem
"Puppets on a Kremlin String?" - Marsh Family adaptation of Coldplay's "Viva la Vida" on Trump/Vance
YouTube video by Marsh Family
youtu.be
March 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
youtu.be/pvT3aQjLxdE
Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?"
It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine.
#SlavaUkraini
#Dontabandonthem
Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?"
It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine.
#SlavaUkraini
#Dontabandonthem
So great to see this
March 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
So great to see this
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And this is in some ways even better.
Goes part of the way to evening the score against Trump.
Goes part of the way to evening the score against Trump.
March 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
And this is in some ways even better.
Goes part of the way to evening the score against Trump.
Goes part of the way to evening the score against Trump.
very glad to see this
🇬🇧🇺🇦 "Did you hear people cheering you on the street? You can see the support. And we will support as long as it takes. We want long-term peace," — Starmer to Zelensky
March 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
BREAKING: Chancellor Rachel Reeves has signed a £2.26 billion loan agreement with Ukraine to strengthen its defence capabilities, to be repaid using profits from frozen Russian assets 👏
March 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Every single one of the Trump supporters sounds like a domestic abuser. "You should've let him hit you, you shouldn't have complained in public, you're never grateful, you never say thank you."
March 1, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Every single one of the Trump supporters sounds like a domestic abuser. "You should've let him hit you, you shouldn't have complained in public, you're never grateful, you never say thank you."
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Titanic paper from @andrewduffeu.bsky.social, which I missed at the time
While there may be some stuff to quibble about, and some of this will be hard reading for Europeans, as well as for some in the UK, as a whole this is what needs to be said.
This should be the focus for join.
A reaction 🧵
While there may be some stuff to quibble about, and some of this will be hard reading for Europeans, as well as for some in the UK, as a whole this is what needs to be said.
This should be the focus for join.
A reaction 🧵
February 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Titanic paper from @andrewduffeu.bsky.social, which I missed at the time
While there may be some stuff to quibble about, and some of this will be hard reading for Europeans, as well as for some in the UK, as a whole this is what needs to be said.
This should be the focus for join.
A reaction 🧵
While there may be some stuff to quibble about, and some of this will be hard reading for Europeans, as well as for some in the UK, as a whole this is what needs to be said.
This should be the focus for join.
A reaction 🧵
It is the worst. But what just strikes me – it may seem trivial but it really isn't – is that Trump broke the age old custom of hospitality. He invited someone into his home and publicly ambushed him there with the aim of destroying his credibility. This breaks a taboo in ALL human cultures.
February 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.
February 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I think this is the closest many of us have ever got to seeing the real Trump. The only consistent thread in his entire unhinged rant was the love & praise for Vladimir Putin. Zelensky has more courage & dignity in his little finger than every member of Trump's regime & fan club combined.
February 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Does the British government appreciate the magnitude of the crisis we're in? From this, it doesn't sound encouraging.
🚨🚨THIS ONE IS AN ACTUAL EMERGENCY 🚨🚨
Mike Martin MP on Ukraine, the end of the Western Alliance and what comes next.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
Mike Martin MP on Ukraine, the end of the Western Alliance and what comes next.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
THIS ONE'S A REAL EMERGENCY EPISODE: THE END OF THE WESTERN ALLIANCE
Podcast Episode · Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · 21/02/2025 · 45m
podcasts.apple.com
February 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Does the British government appreciate the magnitude of the crisis we're in? From this, it doesn't sound encouraging.
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“NATO may have already died - in the sense that, if the Article 5 commitment is no longer believable, if it is not something you can bank on, we may already be at a point when we need to start looking at something else, which looks a bit like NATO but doesn’t involve the US.”
⛪ NEW Sunday School: Time for Europe to Fight Back ⛪
@sturdyalex.bsky.social and @snellarthur.bsky.social talk through the end of NATO and how Europe can step up.
PLUS 🇩🇪 German election primer AND Apple 🔐 encryption tussle.
🔊 open.spotify.com/episode/76Wk...
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@sturdyalex.bsky.social and @snellarthur.bsky.social talk through the end of NATO and how Europe can step up.
PLUS 🇩🇪 German election primer AND Apple 🔐 encryption tussle.
🔊 open.spotify.com/episode/76Wk...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Sunday School: Time for Europe to Fight Back
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 23/02/2025 · 47m
podcasts.apple.com
February 23, 2025 at 6:23 AM
“NATO may have already died - in the sense that, if the Article 5 commitment is no longer believable, if it is not something you can bank on, we may already be at a point when we need to start looking at something else, which looks a bit like NATO but doesn’t involve the US.”
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The latest @chrisgrey.bsky.social piece is about the reaction Trump, in particular the @bestforbritain.bsky.social paper on Europe recognising UK standards as "equivalent".
Advise strongly to read it, as it's quite subtle.
Quick🧵reaction
chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/02/how-...
Advise strongly to read it, as it's quite subtle.
Quick🧵reaction
chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/02/how-...
February 23, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The latest @chrisgrey.bsky.social piece is about the reaction Trump, in particular the @bestforbritain.bsky.social paper on Europe recognising UK standards as "equivalent".
Advise strongly to read it, as it's quite subtle.
Quick🧵reaction
chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/02/how-...
Advise strongly to read it, as it's quite subtle.
Quick🧵reaction
chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/02/how-...
Love this thread
Good morning!
We were listening to Pompeii by Bastille this morning and it made us think. What is your favourite historical themed song?
Get the grey matter going on the chilly Thursday! 🤔
We were listening to Pompeii by Bastille this morning and it made us think. What is your favourite historical themed song?
Get the grey matter going on the chilly Thursday! 🤔
February 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Love this thread
Great speech. Well done Canada 🇨🇦
Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.
Trudeau: Canada will retaliate with 25% tariffs on $155B of U.S. goods
YouTube video by CBC News
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February 2, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Great speech. Well done Canada 🇨🇦
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Welcome to the National Library of Scotland's Bluesky account! We're chuffed to be joining you all here 🦋
Lets run through some introductions!
Lets run through some introductions!
January 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Welcome to the National Library of Scotland's Bluesky account! We're chuffed to be joining you all here 🦋
Lets run through some introductions!
Lets run through some introductions!
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For the UK returning, to be in a happy place, it needs to wrestle with identity, in particular European and English, but not only.
And it needs to decide if it wants big reforms, not just for accession, but for itself.
I really hope you get there.
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And it needs to decide if it wants big reforms, not just for accession, but for itself.
I really hope you get there.
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January 31, 2025 at 8:53 AM
For the UK returning, to be in a happy place, it needs to wrestle with identity, in particular European and English, but not only.
And it needs to decide if it wants big reforms, not just for accession, but for itself.
I really hope you get there.
16
And it needs to decide if it wants big reforms, not just for accession, but for itself.
I really hope you get there.
16
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I did not think they could be more on point. Dare I say best one yet!
🔥 TOMORROW: #BrokenNews files its latest report at 8am sharp.
👇 BE THERE: Click below and subscribe to the channel.
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👇 BE THERE: Click below and subscribe to the channel.
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What Is Causing Extreme Weather? - #BrokenNews
YouTube video by Larry & Paul
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January 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I did not think they could be more on point. Dare I say best one yet!
Brilliant 🤣
Right, this may be controversial, but we're going to say it anyway....
We think the Boxford Mosaic is rubbish. 😬
Seriously we have art stuck to our fridge door that's better. (please don't @ us).
We think the Boxford Mosaic is rubbish. 😬
Seriously we have art stuck to our fridge door that's better. (please don't @ us).
#MosaicMonday #AncientBluesky #RomanBritain
The stunning late C4th mosaic from Boxford, England is a magnificent example of Romano-British art. Bellerophon, Pelops and Hercules smacking a centaur over the head with his club, all in one place. What more could you want? Just wonderful.
The stunning late C4th mosaic from Boxford, England is a magnificent example of Romano-British art. Bellerophon, Pelops and Hercules smacking a centaur over the head with his club, all in one place. What more could you want? Just wonderful.
January 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Brilliant 🤣