Pam Baker
@pamatluing.bsky.social
Elderly traveller, hence currently cat-free. West of Scotland. St. Hilda’s College, Oxford. Books, art, conservation, meditation, spirituality, gardens. Always something new to learn. Sorry, I don’t do DMs.
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Pam Baker
@pamatluing.bsky.social
· Nov 14
I’ve been on Bluesky for almost 24 hours now and I am here to stay. A very brief introduction is called for.
Old woman with active brain and trying to keep an active body. I live in the West of Scotland but travel a lot.
Beauty nourishes me. I care deeply about the future of the world.
Old woman with active brain and trying to keep an active body. I live in the West of Scotland but travel a lot.
Beauty nourishes me. I care deeply about the future of the world.
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Masked men putting up flags and demanding that passers by who challenge them tell them where they come from is not something to be celebrated.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why I am putting up Union flags on my high street in Sutton
www.bbc.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Masked men putting up flags and demanding that passers by who challenge them tell them where they come from is not something to be celebrated.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This'll be very telling when he comes to speak. If Farage uses his appearance in front of that committee to encourage a foreign state to bully his own country, he'll have crossed a very specific line.
Politico: "The Sun has seen evidence to [a US] committee submitted by Nigel Farage in which he suggests the White House should use “diplomacy and trade” in the free speech battle, which sounds like calling for Britain to be bullied into a law change."
Is Farage calling for sanctions AGAINST the UK?
Is Farage calling for sanctions AGAINST the UK?
September 3, 2025 at 6:51 AM
This'll be very telling when he comes to speak. If Farage uses his appearance in front of that committee to encourage a foreign state to bully his own country, he'll have crossed a very specific line.
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I have my critiques about Pritzker, but right now they seem insignificant against my appreciation that he is the governor right now
September 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I have my critiques about Pritzker, but right now they seem insignificant against my appreciation that he is the governor right now
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*DOG: “You're finally back! I missed you so much!!”
September 3, 2025 at 12:29 AM
*DOG: “You're finally back! I missed you so much!!”
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Ranavalona I Queen of Madagascar 1828-1861. Very powerful, she strongly resisted attempts to Christianise her country, as well as French & British desire for colonisation. Read more in Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy 4 Sept @wearefootnote.bsky.social #womenwhoruledtheworld
September 2, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Ranavalona I Queen of Madagascar 1828-1861. Very powerful, she strongly resisted attempts to Christianise her country, as well as French & British desire for colonisation. Read more in Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy 4 Sept @wearefootnote.bsky.social #womenwhoruledtheworld
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"Dear friends, let us pray that the Church will always be a school of humility for everyone, a home where all are welcome, a place where rivalries are set aside and where Jesus still speaks to us and teaches us to imitate his own humility and freedom." #PopeLeoXIV #LiveTheGospel #ShareGodsLove
September 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
"Dear friends, let us pray that the Church will always be a school of humility for everyone, a home where all are welcome, a place where rivalries are set aside and where Jesus still speaks to us and teaches us to imitate his own humility and freedom." #PopeLeoXIV #LiveTheGospel #ShareGodsLove
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Pritzker: "Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next?"
September 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Pritzker: "Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next?"
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The White House has made it clear that any Republicans considering joining Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) in his bipartisan push to force a vote on the full release of the Epstein files will be treated as committing a “very hostile act to the administration,”
September 3, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The White House has made it clear that any Republicans considering joining Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) in his bipartisan push to force a vote on the full release of the Epstein files will be treated as committing a “very hostile act to the administration,”
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I know this sounds crazy, but shouldn’t the Secretary of Energy know something about energy?
September 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I know this sounds crazy, but shouldn’t the Secretary of Energy know something about energy?
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nʌki\'wah Graham Greene💙
He is a son of the Great Lakes basin.
This one goes out in your honor
RIP
🌊🌊
He is a son of the Great Lakes basin.
This one goes out in your honor
RIP
🌊🌊
September 3, 2025 at 12:16 AM
nʌki\'wah Graham Greene💙
He is a son of the Great Lakes basin.
This one goes out in your honor
RIP
🌊🌊
He is a son of the Great Lakes basin.
This one goes out in your honor
RIP
🌊🌊
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We’re back in session after Speaker Johnson let us out early at the end of July, feeling the pressure from our subpoenas for the Epstein files.
Today, @oversightdemocrats.house.gov sat down with survivors who endured horrific abuse. What we heard was beyond disturbing.
(1/2)
Today, @oversightdemocrats.house.gov sat down with survivors who endured horrific abuse. What we heard was beyond disturbing.
(1/2)
September 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
We’re back in session after Speaker Johnson let us out early at the end of July, feeling the pressure from our subpoenas for the Epstein files.
Today, @oversightdemocrats.house.gov sat down with survivors who endured horrific abuse. What we heard was beyond disturbing.
(1/2)
Today, @oversightdemocrats.house.gov sat down with survivors who endured horrific abuse. What we heard was beyond disturbing.
(1/2)
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So they re-released most of the same shit they gave the GOP binder crew in February?
Color me shocked.
Never thought I’d say this, but I’m with Massie. Release the rest of the damn Epstein files, not this cherry-picked bullshit.
Color me shocked.
Never thought I’d say this, but I’m with Massie. Release the rest of the damn Epstein files, not this cherry-picked bullshit.
September 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
So they re-released most of the same shit they gave the GOP binder crew in February?
Color me shocked.
Never thought I’d say this, but I’m with Massie. Release the rest of the damn Epstein files, not this cherry-picked bullshit.
Color me shocked.
Never thought I’d say this, but I’m with Massie. Release the rest of the damn Epstein files, not this cherry-picked bullshit.
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"I spoke with a Midlands-based Reform UK candidate. Instead of trying to convince me to support the party by discussing its manifesto policies and ability to govern, he took another approach: he told me that the UN were sneaking ‘military-aged’ migrants into asylum hotels"
Why Reform UK’s conspiracism should worry you
Reform UK appear to embrace conspiracism as an ideology to gain power but it brings an underlying threat to UK democracy
centralbylines.co.uk
September 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
"I spoke with a Midlands-based Reform UK candidate. Instead of trying to convince me to support the party by discussing its manifesto policies and ability to govern, he took another approach: he told me that the UN were sneaking ‘military-aged’ migrants into asylum hotels"
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This is ICE-style immigration enforcement in the UK, it is also very reminiscent of Windrush.
Motorcyclist on shopping trip arrested amid Labour’s crackdown on undocumented migrants
Fernando Fontoura, who moved to the UK aged 12, detained in drive to find people ‘illegally working’ as delivery drivers
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:11 AM
This is ICE-style immigration enforcement in the UK, it is also very reminiscent of Windrush.
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Pritzker: "It breaks my heart to report that we have been told ICE will try to disrupt community picnics and peaceful parades. Let's be clear -- the terror and cruelty is the point, not the safety of anybody living here."
September 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Pritzker: "It breaks my heart to report that we have been told ICE will try to disrupt community picnics and peaceful parades. Let's be clear -- the terror and cruelty is the point, not the safety of anybody living here."
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As many as 100 survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and other victims of sexual abuse are expected to attend a rally Wednesday in Washington, D.C. as a bipartisan Congressional effort gains steam to force the U.S. Department of Justice to make public its controversial files on the disgraced sex trafficker.
As many as 100 Epstein victims will attend Washington rally Wednesday
The rally comes as lawmakers Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) want a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to force Attorney General Pam Bondi to release Epstein files.
www.miamiherald.com
September 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
As many as 100 survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and other victims of sexual abuse are expected to attend a rally Wednesday in Washington, D.C. as a bipartisan Congressional effort gains steam to force the U.S. Department of Justice to make public its controversial files on the disgraced sex trafficker.
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Victims of Epstein to speak out today at 10:30.
Only 2 more votes needed to release the list.
Only 2 more votes needed to release the list.
September 3, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Victims of Epstein to speak out today at 10:30.
Only 2 more votes needed to release the list.
Only 2 more votes needed to release the list.
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Cities in Texas with higher violent crime rates last year than Chicago.
Houston
Corpus Christi
Lubbock
Amarillo
Dallas
San Antonio
Pasadena
This isn't about crime. It's never been about crime.
Houston
Corpus Christi
Lubbock
Amarillo
Dallas
San Antonio
Pasadena
This isn't about crime. It's never been about crime.
List of United States cities by crime rate - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Cities in Texas with higher violent crime rates last year than Chicago.
Houston
Corpus Christi
Lubbock
Amarillo
Dallas
San Antonio
Pasadena
This isn't about crime. It's never been about crime.
Houston
Corpus Christi
Lubbock
Amarillo
Dallas
San Antonio
Pasadena
This isn't about crime. It's never been about crime.
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Just looking up Speaker Johnson’s congressional district map and oh I have questions. Straight and wiggly lines. Wonder where the black folks live?
September 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Just looking up Speaker Johnson’s congressional district map and oh I have questions. Straight and wiggly lines. Wonder where the black folks live?
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Not at all the entirety of my politics, but I do firmly believe that one pillar of leftism simply must be: Trains Go Zoom. 🤯🤓
I enjoyed this. And what an infectious laugh. ❤️
"Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"
"Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"
September 3, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Not at all the entirety of my politics, but I do firmly believe that one pillar of leftism simply must be: Trains Go Zoom. 🤯🤓
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🚨 Trump’s LACK of ACTION toward STRONGMEN
"I think we're going to look back on today as a very big deal because that image of Xi Jinping with Putin, Modi & Kim Jong-un should send a CHILL DOWN the SPINE of every American,"
That is a NEW WORLD ORDER www.rawstory.com/van-jones-26...
"I think we're going to look back on today as a very big deal because that image of Xi Jinping with Putin, Modi & Kim Jong-un should send a CHILL DOWN the SPINE of every American,"
That is a NEW WORLD ORDER www.rawstory.com/van-jones-26...
Van Jones warns Trump's latest move pointed a 'dagger' at the 'heart of the West'
President Donald Trump's lack of action toward some global strongmen has created a situation where a dagger is pointed "at the heart of the West," according to one analyst. Van Jones, a former White H...
www.rawstory.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🚨 Trump’s LACK of ACTION toward STRONGMEN
"I think we're going to look back on today as a very big deal because that image of Xi Jinping with Putin, Modi & Kim Jong-un should send a CHILL DOWN the SPINE of every American,"
That is a NEW WORLD ORDER www.rawstory.com/van-jones-26...
"I think we're going to look back on today as a very big deal because that image of Xi Jinping with Putin, Modi & Kim Jong-un should send a CHILL DOWN the SPINE of every American,"
That is a NEW WORLD ORDER www.rawstory.com/van-jones-26...
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this is what's so strange to me. the news has a material incentive to sensationalize, and this is huge stuff without any exaggeration. is journalistic ideology really that impenetrable?
you'd think the governor of illinois basically going "we're being invaded by an authoritarian" would be something you'd see real easy on the front page of most everything an hour later
September 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
this is what's so strange to me. the news has a material incentive to sensationalize, and this is huge stuff without any exaggeration. is journalistic ideology really that impenetrable?
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September 3, 2025 at 3:10 AM