Paul Oldroyd
@paul-oldroyd.bsky.social
Retired former charity worker, now living in Spain.
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@teamlabouruk.bsky.social a reminder. Because apparently you need it.
March 21, 2025 at 6:27 AM
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social a reminder. Because apparently you need it.
The Convict thinks he is a caring and considerate man, believing in a loving God.
When told that some of his policies are the antithesis of this in a sermon in church he accused the Bishop of being too left win.
Fuck him.
Here's the sermon in full.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
When told that some of his policies are the antithesis of this in a sermon in church he accused the Bishop of being too left win.
Fuck him.
Here's the sermon in full.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘Contempt is a dangerous way to lead a country’: here is the sermon that enraged Donald Trump | Mariann Edgar Budde
This week, the Bishop of Washington delivered a sermon in front of President Trump urging him to show mercy towards LGBTQ+ and migrant communities. The president condemned it as ‘nasty’. We reproduce ...
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The Convict thinks he is a caring and considerate man, believing in a loving God.
When told that some of his policies are the antithesis of this in a sermon in church he accused the Bishop of being too left win.
Fuck him.
Here's the sermon in full.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
When told that some of his policies are the antithesis of this in a sermon in church he accused the Bishop of being too left win.
Fuck him.
Here's the sermon in full.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Paul Oldroyd
To the crowds cheering Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement:
Do you think you live on a different planet, which climate breakdown does not affect?
Do you imagine only greens and progressives will be harmed by Earth systems collapse?
Do you believe you can win an argument with physics?
Do you think you live on a different planet, which climate breakdown does not affect?
Do you imagine only greens and progressives will be harmed by Earth systems collapse?
Do you believe you can win an argument with physics?
January 21, 2025 at 6:28 AM
To the crowds cheering Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement:
Do you think you live on a different planet, which climate breakdown does not affect?
Do you imagine only greens and progressives will be harmed by Earth systems collapse?
Do you believe you can win an argument with physics?
Do you think you live on a different planet, which climate breakdown does not affect?
Do you imagine only greens and progressives will be harmed by Earth systems collapse?
Do you believe you can win an argument with physics?
There's any number of things that the convict is up to today that are cause for concern. (I promised myself I wouldn't get riled by his actions today, but here we are.)
This one is the most stupid and damaging.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This one is the most stupid and damaging.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump signs order to withdraw US from Paris climate agreement for second time
On first day back as president, Trump signs letter giving notice to UN of US exit from treaty seeking to curb climate crisis effects
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2025 at 2:46 AM
There's any number of things that the convict is up to today that are cause for concern. (I promised myself I wouldn't get riled by his actions today, but here we are.)
This one is the most stupid and damaging.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This one is the most stupid and damaging.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I'm pleased that everyone in Europe - apart from a few right wing extremists - wants Musk to just fuck right off.
Hopefully that means he's damaging the fascists rather than boosting them.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Hopefully that means he's damaging the fascists rather than boosting them.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk’s attempts to sway German and UK politics thought ‘unacceptable’ – poll
Exclusive: Majority polled by YouGov viewed billionaire negatively – except among Reform UK and AfD voters
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I'm pleased that everyone in Europe - apart from a few right wing extremists - wants Musk to just fuck right off.
Hopefully that means he's damaging the fascists rather than boosting them.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Hopefully that means he's damaging the fascists rather than boosting them.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Gaiman breaks his silence.
It's not an apology (or even an acknowledgement of what happened.)
journal.neilgaiman.com/2025/01/brea...
It's not an apology (or even an acknowledgement of what happened.)
journal.neilgaiman.com/2025/01/brea...
Breaking the Silence
Over the past many months, I have watched the stories circulating the internet about me with horror and dismay. I’ve stayed quiet until now,...
journal.neilgaiman.com
January 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Gaiman breaks his silence.
It's not an apology (or even an acknowledgement of what happened.)
journal.neilgaiman.com/2025/01/brea...
It's not an apology (or even an acknowledgement of what happened.)
journal.neilgaiman.com/2025/01/brea...
The problem with this article is that the author maintains that "anti-Zionism is antisemitism". Conflating the two muddies the message: the current leaders of Israel are culpable for war crimes.
So I'd like a bit more information about what exactly this antisemitism is.
So I'd like a bit more information about what exactly this antisemitism is.
OPINION: New data reveals a stark failure to pass on the memory and lessons of the Holocaust to younger generations — the very future of our world.
We’ve reached a critical tipping point, and it’s time to sound every alarm.
We’ve reached a critical tipping point, and it’s time to sound every alarm.
Nearly half the world’s population holds antisemitic beliefs
We have failed to pass on the memory and lessons of the Holocaust to younger generations — the very future of our world.
trib.al
January 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The problem with this article is that the author maintains that "anti-Zionism is antisemitism". Conflating the two muddies the message: the current leaders of Israel are culpable for war crimes.
So I'd like a bit more information about what exactly this antisemitism is.
So I'd like a bit more information about what exactly this antisemitism is.
Owen tells it like it is. There are many of these analyses around: the question is what to do about their conclusions?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Young people are abandoning democracy for dictators. I can understand their despair | Owen Jones
Fascism in power in the 1930s brought the world to genocidal war. But memories have faded, as has the stigma attached to the far-right – and that’s dangerous, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Owen tells it like it is. There are many of these analyses around: the question is what to do about their conclusions?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“We’ve given up on some ambitious continuation of the egalitarian agenda of making the most powerful economic actors accountable to democratic control, making them contribute to the public goods we need to fund.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on globalisation and its discontents: how the left was left behind | Editorial
Editorial: As national populist parties gain ground in the west, progressives must put social and climate priorities ahead of market interests
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
“We’ve given up on some ambitious continuation of the egalitarian agenda of making the most powerful economic actors accountable to democratic control, making them contribute to the public goods we need to fund.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I don't think they're really talking about the "boomer generation" here.
People in their 40s are at least 20 years younger than us. It's the next generation down.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
People in their 40s are at least 20 years younger than us. It's the next generation down.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Fears for UK boomer radicalisation on Facebook after Meta drops factcheckers
For middle-aged users, it will be ‘even harder to discern the truth’ among extremist content, expert says
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I don't think they're really talking about the "boomer generation" here.
People in their 40s are at least 20 years younger than us. It's the next generation down.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
People in their 40s are at least 20 years younger than us. It's the next generation down.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
A bit of an advert for a book of photos, but the article contains that genuine sensawunder.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
‘I think there is life there. Today’: the race to put a human on Mars – in pictures
Ever since the first fuzzy images of its surface were captured in 1964, Mars has sparked imaginations worldwide. As Nasa publishes its photographic archives of the red planet, will Elon Musk’s wild pr...
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
A bit of an advert for a book of photos, but the article contains that genuine sensawunder.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Since when did making clear what is truthful and factual amount to censorship?
January 11, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Since when did making clear what is truthful and factual amount to censorship?
A bit of an unusual post from David Allen Green and a bit late for the Christmas season but I've just come across it and found it fascinating.
A good bit of detective work (and a reason to distrust AI).
davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
A good bit of detective work (and a reason to distrust AI).
davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
“Twelfth Night Till Candlemas” – the story of a forty-year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
The day before the Winter Solstice, 2024 This post is about finally finding a book from one’s youth forty years later – and after nearly thirty years of searching. It is also a tale about gob…
davidallengreen.com
January 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
A bit of an unusual post from David Allen Green and a bit late for the Christmas season but I've just come across it and found it fascinating.
A good bit of detective work (and a reason to distrust AI).
davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
A good bit of detective work (and a reason to distrust AI).
davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
Kate's thought's about why most people are refusing to move here from FB.
I too feel comfortable there. Given most people are not going to transfer I'll be staying too, so I can keep up with people.
But most of my non-picture posts will be here.
warriorseamstress.substack.com/p/remember-w...
I too feel comfortable there. Given most people are not going to transfer I'll be staying too, so I can keep up with people.
But most of my non-picture posts will be here.
warriorseamstress.substack.com/p/remember-w...
Remember when we walked from the Tun?
We were younger then, and braver.
warriorseamstress.substack.com
January 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Kate's thought's about why most people are refusing to move here from FB.
I too feel comfortable there. Given most people are not going to transfer I'll be staying too, so I can keep up with people.
But most of my non-picture posts will be here.
warriorseamstress.substack.com/p/remember-w...
I too feel comfortable there. Given most people are not going to transfer I'll be staying too, so I can keep up with people.
But most of my non-picture posts will be here.
warriorseamstress.substack.com/p/remember-w...
Good to see the National Trust doing its bit to help combat the problems caused by the climate emergency.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
National Trust to restore nature across area bigger than Greater London
Charity reveals plans to create 250,000 hectares of nature-rich landscape as it marks 130th anniversary
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Good to see the National Trust doing its bit to help combat the problems caused by the climate emergency.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Looking forward to this. Schama is a voice of sanity in an increasingly polarised world.
www.radiotimes.com/app/state-of...
www.radiotimes.com/app/state-of...
State of our nation
Online hate and gladiatorial screaming threaten to divide us, says Simon Schama, but we are at our best when we celebrate our cultural common ground
www.radiotimes.com
January 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Looking forward to this. Schama is a voice of sanity in an increasingly polarised world.
www.radiotimes.com/app/state-of...
www.radiotimes.com/app/state-of...
Every time I think "just hunker down for four years and wait for the felon to leave the stage" up he comes with something so outrageous that he's impossible to ignore.
It's going to be a bumpy few years.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
It's going to be a bumpy few years.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump refuses to rule out using military to take Panama Canal and Greenland
Remarks likely to set off alarm bells around the world as Trump prepares to return to the White House this month
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Every time I think "just hunker down for four years and wait for the felon to leave the stage" up he comes with something so outrageous that he's impossible to ignore.
It's going to be a bumpy few years.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
It's going to be a bumpy few years.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I've almost convinced myself to move here from FB. This gives me that extra push ...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Ditching of Facebook factcheckers a ‘major step back’ for public discourse, critics say
Mark Zuckerberg’s decision regarding Meta platforms condemned as ‘a full bending of the knee’ to Donald Trump
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I've almost convinced myself to move here from FB. This gives me that extra push ...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Delicate sunset tonight.
January 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Delicate sunset tonight.
So the felon has announced Kennedy as Health Secretary. He's just trolling us now, isn't he?
November 14, 2024 at 9:32 PM
So the felon has announced Kennedy as Health Secretary. He's just trolling us now, isn't he?