Mary Francis
@quodlibet.bsky.social
Word-worker and poet. Somewhat self-absorbed, almost completely sane.
Happy to engage here publicly, but no DM’s please. I don’t check them.
http://quodlibetter.blogspot.com/
Banks are making record profits while our bills go up! 😡 We need to tax bank profits and fund our NHS & schools. Sign the petition and tell Rachel Reeves to #TaxtheBanks you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
#TaxTheBanks
Years of higher interest rates have sent our rent, mortgage, and debt payments soaring, while banks have raked in huge profits for doing absolutely nothing.
The big four UK banks (Barclays, HSBC, Ll...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Banks are making record profits while our bills go up! 😡 We need to tax bank profits and fund our NHS & schools. Sign the petition and tell Rachel Reeves to #TaxtheBanks you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Donny won’t be happy: youtube.com/shorts/R56lI...
Pope Leo on how Christians should treat migrants | Inside the Vatican Podcast
YouTube video by America - The Jesuit Review
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November 14, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Donny won’t be happy: youtube.com/shorts/R56lI...
I’m approaching my 75th birthday, and here are life lessons, I’m giving away for free …
1. Democratic Socialism provided me with affordable housing: I bought a house in 1975, in London aged 27; a decent free education through to college graduation; and benefitted from accessible health care
care.
1. Democratic Socialism provided me with affordable housing: I bought a house in 1975, in London aged 27; a decent free education through to college graduation; and benefitted from accessible health care
care.
October 24, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I’m approaching my 75th birthday, and here are life lessons, I’m giving away for free …
1. Democratic Socialism provided me with affordable housing: I bought a house in 1975, in London aged 27; a decent free education through to college graduation; and benefitted from accessible health care
care.
1. Democratic Socialism provided me with affordable housing: I bought a house in 1975, in London aged 27; a decent free education through to college graduation; and benefitted from accessible health care
care.
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AOC is fighting for: Medicare for all, housing as a human right, a peace economy, justice for workers & small businesses, Green New Deal, & reproductive and LGBTQIA+ rights. She is not beholden to corporations/lobbyists.
DEMAND LEADERS WITH INTEGRITY.
DEMAND LEADERS WITH INTEGRITY.
Support our campaign to oppose MAGA extremists
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October 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
AOC is fighting for: Medicare for all, housing as a human right, a peace economy, justice for workers & small businesses, Green New Deal, & reproductive and LGBTQIA+ rights. She is not beholden to corporations/lobbyists.
DEMAND LEADERS WITH INTEGRITY.
DEMAND LEADERS WITH INTEGRITY.
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Attacking a synagogue on Yom Kippur. Absolute depths of depravity. All my love to my Jewish friends and the entire Jewish community
October 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Attacking a synagogue on Yom Kippur. Absolute depths of depravity. All my love to my Jewish friends and the entire Jewish community
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I am horrified by the news of multiple stabbings at a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur.
My thoughts are with the loved ones of the victims of this heinous antisemitic attack.
We must defend a society where people of all faiths can practice their religion in safety and peace
My thoughts are with the loved ones of the victims of this heinous antisemitic attack.
We must defend a society where people of all faiths can practice their religion in safety and peace
October 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I am horrified by the news of multiple stabbings at a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur.
My thoughts are with the loved ones of the victims of this heinous antisemitic attack.
We must defend a society where people of all faiths can practice their religion in safety and peace
My thoughts are with the loved ones of the victims of this heinous antisemitic attack.
We must defend a society where people of all faiths can practice their religion in safety and peace
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I haven’t the energy to engage with hate-mongers these days. I have decided to bombard them with Beethoven instead! Just listen to this version. The lyrics are wonderful.(And in English)
open.spotify.com/track/1SArtz...
open.spotify.com/track/1SArtz...
Ode to Joy
open.spotify.com
September 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I haven’t the energy to engage with hate-mongers these days. I have decided to bombard them with Beethoven instead! Just listen to this version. The lyrics are wonderful.(And in English)
open.spotify.com/track/1SArtz...
open.spotify.com/track/1SArtz...
I’m birdwatching in my friend’s garden in Redmond WA. Amazing! Photos courtesy of Cornell Lab that recorded these birds and named them for me! (I’m a seasonal migrant from the UK. How would I
know what I was hearing?) 👍
know what I was hearing?) 👍
September 20, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I’m birdwatching in my friend’s garden in Redmond WA. Amazing! Photos courtesy of Cornell Lab that recorded these birds and named them for me! (I’m a seasonal migrant from the UK. How would I
know what I was hearing?) 👍
know what I was hearing?) 👍
40 years ago, a student in my school began by not recognising the end of a page and writing past her exercise book onto the desk. Then she would be found undressing in the toilet. These were the first symptoms of this rare desease that killed her.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/meas...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/meas...
Measles in the Brain Can Kill Years after Infection, Child’s Death Shows
A child in Los Angeles County has died from a rare but always fatal brain disorder that develops years after a measles infection. Experts underscore the need for vaccination to protect the most vulner...
www.scientificamerican.com
September 20, 2025 at 4:17 AM
40 years ago, a student in my school began by not recognising the end of a page and writing past her exercise book onto the desk. Then she would be found undressing in the toilet. These were the first symptoms of this rare desease that killed her.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/meas...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/meas...
MAGA has a second martyr . (Thoughts and prayers.) Their first martyr was democracy.
God bless America!
God bless America!
September 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
MAGA has a second martyr . (Thoughts and prayers.) Their first martyr was democracy.
God bless America!
God bless America!
I’m visiting friends in Redmond, Washington. Flew in yesterday from London, which is why I’m posting at 4:44 am …
September 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I’m visiting friends in Redmond, Washington. Flew in yesterday from London, which is why I’m posting at 4:44 am …
Welcome all new followers. Looked up at the moon last night, and thought, “That’s odd I swear it was bigger yesterday …”
September 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Welcome all new followers. Looked up at the moon last night, and thought, “That’s odd I swear it was bigger yesterday …”
Watching “Zoe”. Here’s a vital video for people approaching Type 2 diabetes, or unable to conceive, or wanting to remain healthy in old age. (Spoiler: interview with the Glucose Goddess and Tim Spector.)
youtu.be/sewTQZXnZtg?...
youtu.be/sewTQZXnZtg?...
Boost energy and reduce cravings with these hacks | Glucose Goddess Jessie Inchauspé & Tim Spector
YouTube video by ZOE
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September 4, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Watching “Zoe”. Here’s a vital video for people approaching Type 2 diabetes, or unable to conceive, or wanting to remain healthy in old age. (Spoiler: interview with the Glucose Goddess and Tim Spector.)
youtu.be/sewTQZXnZtg?...
youtu.be/sewTQZXnZtg?...
I asked Alfie, aged 6 what he wants to be when he grows up:
“God. Or a hacker.”
“God. Or a hacker.”
July 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I asked Alfie, aged 6 what he wants to be when he grows up:
“God. Or a hacker.”
“God. Or a hacker.”
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As I just said on CNN, my father's parents were Nakba survivors. I don't want Israeli children to live in fear and I don't want Palestinian children to starve to death. There is nothing anyone could do to make me put nationalistic talking points above basic human rights.
July 25, 2025 at 2:15 AM
As I just said on CNN, my father's parents were Nakba survivors. I don't want Israeli children to live in fear and I don't want Palestinian children to starve to death. There is nothing anyone could do to make me put nationalistic talking points above basic human rights.
CopOut28
I didn’t see it coming,
The FINAL Advent.
The End of Days.
I can't name my foreboding-
Don't ask me to. it's too deep.
So terrible that no-one dares play sad music
On the wireless.
The world is coming to an end, you see,
And no-one must know.
I didn’t see it coming,
The FINAL Advent.
The End of Days.
I can't name my foreboding-
Don't ask me to. it's too deep.
So terrible that no-one dares play sad music
On the wireless.
The world is coming to an end, you see,
And no-one must know.
July 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
CopOut28
I didn’t see it coming,
The FINAL Advent.
The End of Days.
I can't name my foreboding-
Don't ask me to. it's too deep.
So terrible that no-one dares play sad music
On the wireless.
The world is coming to an end, you see,
And no-one must know.
I didn’t see it coming,
The FINAL Advent.
The End of Days.
I can't name my foreboding-
Don't ask me to. it's too deep.
So terrible that no-one dares play sad music
On the wireless.
The world is coming to an end, you see,
And no-one must know.
June 30th. I was in holiday in Herefordshire. Sunday morning. I awoke to the dawn chorus for the final time this year. Now it’s just pigeons, crows and sparrows.
July 11, 2025 at 5:49 AM
June 30th. I was in holiday in Herefordshire. Sunday morning. I awoke to the dawn chorus for the final time this year. Now it’s just pigeons, crows and sparrows.
Seven days into The Big Butterfly Count: Peacock Brook, Newent, Gloucestershire
July 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Seven days into The Big Butterfly Count: Peacock Brook, Newent, Gloucestershire
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If I were still concerned about politics, I’d be furious all the time.
Meanwhile:
Meanwhile:
June 8, 2025 at 6:51 AM
If I were still concerned about politics, I’d be furious all the time.
Meanwhile:
Meanwhile:
Keir Starmer’s pitch to become Party Leader, or, “How I stole a Party and f**ked it up.”
Wry smiles as he sinks in the polls and tries to throw some sops to the disgruntled working class who are about to get shafted by Farage.
Glad I switched to birdwatching.
Wry smiles as he sinks in the polls and tries to throw some sops to the disgruntled working class who are about to get shafted by Farage.
Glad I switched to birdwatching.
June 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Keir Starmer’s pitch to become Party Leader, or, “How I stole a Party and f**ked it up.”
Wry smiles as he sinks in the polls and tries to throw some sops to the disgruntled working class who are about to get shafted by Farage.
Glad I switched to birdwatching.
Wry smiles as he sinks in the polls and tries to throw some sops to the disgruntled working class who are about to get shafted by Farage.
Glad I switched to birdwatching.
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