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Mark Baxter
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Here for craic and shenanigans!
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February 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Europe doesn't need any more wake-up calls.

It's awake. It's just very comfortable in its warm bed and procrastinating on getting up in the hopes something turns up to magically take care of all the chores it knows it should be getting on with.
February 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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E-M-P-A-T-H-Y

Spread it around!
January 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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January 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I've reposted this cartoon multiple times over multiple platforms and the sad thing is that it never stops being relevant.
January 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Folks: please be diligent about not disseminating Ann Telnaes' cartoon in a way that she's not getting the clicks on it (until she says differently). Her IP matters now more than ever.

Make it go viral but make sure she benefits.

anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Mary Poppins, a beautiful story where a nanny and some parkouring chimney sweeps teach children, through the medium of witchcraft, about CLASS WAR.
January 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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December 6, 2024 at 5:50 PM
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If you love beer and have logged at least 500 hours on Call of Duty, stay by your phone.

You could be the next nominee for Secretary of Defense.
December 3, 2024 at 3:38 AM
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“Just three companies, News Corp (Murdoch family), Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT, Viscount Rothermere) and Reach plc, control over 80% of daily newspaper circulation…

The hyper-rich continue to invest huge sums in acquiring control of media”

We need a free press - ie free from the billionaires.
We need a free press
It’s vital for democracy that we receive verifiable information that is not manipulated or controlled
sussexbylines.co.uk
December 2, 2024 at 10:24 AM
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Repost if BlueSky is now your primary social media site.
November 28, 2024 at 8:06 PM
This is a game changer! Who doesn't need more bacon in their life!? 😁
November 20, 2024 at 8:35 PM
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/19/e... Putin won't stop at Ukraine so our governments need to step up and do it.
'Europe and Canada Must Forget Trump and Form a Coalition of the Willing to Defend Ukraine'
Senior politicians, military leaders and experts send an open letter calling on Europe and Canada to join forces in defending Ukraine from Russian aggression
bylinetimes.com
November 19, 2024 at 12:12 PM
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The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry: a great poem for troubled time...
November 14, 2024 at 12:16 PM
To escape the absolute bin fire the world's becoming I've been playing Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West and they're absolutely brilliant. Solid single player games with no silly micro transactions. Do yourself a favour and check them out! Currently 124 hours into Forbidden West!!! 😂
November 15, 2024 at 1:52 AM
'I hope you're winning the battles noone else knows your fighting.' Heard this recently and it stuck with me. As the dad to an autistic son it can be hard to give a voice to your struggles never mind share them. The world would be a better place If we kept this in mind when dealing with each other.
November 13, 2024 at 10:09 PM
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We're just 700 short of the magic 20,000 and at the rate we are growing on BlueSky that could be tomorrow.

Please spread the word about our unique brand of citizen journalism here on BlueSky.
November 13, 2024 at 7:39 PM
A new era dawns. America’s tech bros now strut their stuff in the corridors of power | Carole Cadwalladr www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Scary stuff! How do we stop it!?
A new era dawns. America’s tech bros now strut their stuff in the corridors of power | Carole Cadwalladr
The era that began with the Great Disruptor’s first term is over. Beware the emerging elite
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Some pics from the aurora a few weeks back. Such an amazing thing to see. I still find it hard to believe that I ticked off a bucket list item from my own backyard! 😂
November 12, 2024 at 9:36 PM