Ruby B
@redgemtree.bsky.social
Progressive, left leaning, doubt filled person of faith, hoping for the world to become a better place and me to become a better person. Every day’s a school day!
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
Relaxing in the sun with Sammy! #dogsofbluesky
May 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Relaxing in the sun with Sammy! #dogsofbluesky
Wonderful #IconStrings at #actorschurch Covent Garden this evening performing musicals by candlelight.
March 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Wonderful #IconStrings at #actorschurch Covent Garden this evening performing musicals by candlelight.
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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
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Trump whining that Democrats wouldn't applaud him even if he cured a disease and then a second later bragging about withdrawing from the World Health Organization
March 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Trump whining that Democrats wouldn't applaud him even if he cured a disease and then a second later bragging about withdrawing from the World Health Organization
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Over lunch we were talking about how the last five or so Prime Ministers might have handled this. We need someone acute, principled and a bit dull, and that's what we've got. It could have been so much worse.
March 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Over lunch we were talking about how the last five or so Prime Ministers might have handled this. We need someone acute, principled and a bit dull, and that's what we've got. It could have been so much worse.
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Former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton tells me on @lbc that Boris Johnson "is putting lipstick with a pig" here- "He [Trump] doesn't have a grand strategy."
This from Boris Johnson, attacking Donald Trump's critics for daring to suggest that the President of the United States shouldn't outright lie to us, tells us everything we need to know about him
February 23, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton tells me on @lbc that Boris Johnson "is putting lipstick with a pig" here- "He [Trump] doesn't have a grand strategy."
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Ukraine resolution at the UN called Russia an aggressor and demands the full withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine’s internationally recognized borders.
The United States, Israel, and Russia voted against it.
Every free democratic country around the globe voted in favour. #EndImpunity
The United States, Israel, and Russia voted against it.
Every free democratic country around the globe voted in favour. #EndImpunity
February 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Ukraine resolution at the UN called Russia an aggressor and demands the full withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine’s internationally recognized borders.
The United States, Israel, and Russia voted against it.
Every free democratic country around the globe voted in favour. #EndImpunity
The United States, Israel, and Russia voted against it.
Every free democratic country around the globe voted in favour. #EndImpunity
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President Macron, "The Ukrainian president was elected in free elections in Ukraine"
"That's not the case with Vladimir Putin, who kills his opponents and has been manipulating his elections for a long time"
"That's not the case with Vladimir Putin, who kills his opponents and has been manipulating his elections for a long time"
February 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
President Macron, "The Ukrainian president was elected in free elections in Ukraine"
"That's not the case with Vladimir Putin, who kills his opponents and has been manipulating his elections for a long time"
"That's not the case with Vladimir Putin, who kills his opponents and has been manipulating his elections for a long time"
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Stephen Fry, "I'm deeply worried about the darkening shadow that's going over the world, the shadow of fascism"
Laura Kuenssberg, "You would use that word?"
Stephen Fry, "Absolutely. It's a cult of power. And power only speaks to power"
Laura Kuenssberg, "You would use that word?"
Stephen Fry, "Absolutely. It's a cult of power. And power only speaks to power"
February 23, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Stephen Fry, "I'm deeply worried about the darkening shadow that's going over the world, the shadow of fascism"
Laura Kuenssberg, "You would use that word?"
Stephen Fry, "Absolutely. It's a cult of power. And power only speaks to power"
Laura Kuenssberg, "You would use that word?"
Stephen Fry, "Absolutely. It's a cult of power. And power only speaks to power"
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Stephen Fry, "Trump is a convicted felon"
"We have to come to a conclusion that the left and right in Britain have far more in common with each other than they do with Trump and the tyrants in the world"
"We have to come to a conclusion that the left and right in Britain have far more in common with each other than they do with Trump and the tyrants in the world"
February 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Stephen Fry, "Trump is a convicted felon"
"We have to come to a conclusion that the left and right in Britain have far more in common with each other than they do with Trump and the tyrants in the world"
"We have to come to a conclusion that the left and right in Britain have far more in common with each other than they do with Trump and the tyrants in the world"
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For those who still believe Russian propaganda: #Zelensky had already offered Putin negotiations
On February 25, 2022—just one day after #Russia launched its full-scale invasion—Zelensky publicly called on Putin to negotiate, hoping to stop the bloodshed.
The response? Silence.
On February 25, 2022—just one day after #Russia launched its full-scale invasion—Zelensky publicly called on Putin to negotiate, hoping to stop the bloodshed.
The response? Silence.
February 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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An important point to keep in mind.
February 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
An important point to keep in mind.
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Nordic-Baltic leaders’ statement on Ukraine (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden.)
"We stand fully and firmly behind Ukraine."
"Our priority now is to strengthen Ukraine."
"We fully commit to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine."
"We stand fully and firmly behind Ukraine."
"Our priority now is to strengthen Ukraine."
"We fully commit to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine."
Joint statement from the Nordic-Baltic leaders
Nordic-Baltic leaders’ statement (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, 14 February 2025).
www.government.se
February 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Nordic-Baltic leaders’ statement on Ukraine (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden.)
"We stand fully and firmly behind Ukraine."
"Our priority now is to strengthen Ukraine."
"We fully commit to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine."
"We stand fully and firmly behind Ukraine."
"Our priority now is to strengthen Ukraine."
"We fully commit to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine."
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Fact check: nearly 70 percent of US money for Ukraine actually went to US defense industry to replenish the stocks of OLD stuff that went to Ukraine to use.
Much of which we would have paid to destroy as their lifespan expired.
Much of which we would have paid to destroy as their lifespan expired.
February 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Fact check: nearly 70 percent of US money for Ukraine actually went to US defense industry to replenish the stocks of OLD stuff that went to Ukraine to use.
Much of which we would have paid to destroy as their lifespan expired.
Much of which we would have paid to destroy as their lifespan expired.
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Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it.
February 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it.
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Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
February 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
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Doge is auditing NASA today.
This is absurd. The owner of Space X should not be auditing NASA.
It’s a massive conflict of interest.
This is absurd. The owner of Space X should not be auditing NASA.
It’s a massive conflict of interest.
February 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Doge is auditing NASA today.
This is absurd. The owner of Space X should not be auditing NASA.
It’s a massive conflict of interest.
This is absurd. The owner of Space X should not be auditing NASA.
It’s a massive conflict of interest.
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The Room Next Door - Donald Trump Plane Crash Fact Check
The Room Next Door - Donald Trump Plane Crash Fact Check
YouTube video by Michael Spicer
youtu.be
February 3, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The Room Next Door - Donald Trump Plane Crash Fact Check
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Just finished reading @peterbeinart.bsky.social new book. I feel like buying 50 copies and just handing them out for free at my synagogue. It’s such an important contribution to how Jewish life and self-understanding needs to change. I can’t recommend it more highly.
February 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Just finished reading @peterbeinart.bsky.social new book. I feel like buying 50 copies and just handing them out for free at my synagogue. It’s such an important contribution to how Jewish life and self-understanding needs to change. I can’t recommend it more highly.
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Hoping this is the place to organise the resistance.
November 15, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Hoping this is the place to organise the resistance.
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‘No Other Land’ on Amazon Prime in the UK. It’s a heartbreaking, fury invoking and essential watch. Let’s hope it wins the Oscar.
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January 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
‘No Other Land’ on Amazon Prime in the UK. It’s a heartbreaking, fury invoking and essential watch. Let’s hope it wins the Oscar.
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I think it’s safe to say that the 2-State solution is now officially dead. Tonight has been an extraordinary news conference from the White House. Historic in all the worst ways.
February 5, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I think it’s safe to say that the 2-State solution is now officially dead. Tonight has been an extraordinary news conference from the White House. Historic in all the worst ways.
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If anyone wants to use me as a talking head or rent a quote I suggest the following format:
"You were an economist at the BoE?'
"Yes"
"At the same time as Reeves?"
"Yes"
"Can you confirm that she was an economist?"
"Yes"
"How can you be sure?"
"She wrote lots of economics and I read it."
"You were an economist at the BoE?'
"Yes"
"At the same time as Reeves?"
"Yes"
"Can you confirm that she was an economist?"
"Yes"
"How can you be sure?"
"She wrote lots of economics and I read it."
November 19, 2024 at 8:38 AM
If anyone wants to use me as a talking head or rent a quote I suggest the following format:
"You were an economist at the BoE?'
"Yes"
"At the same time as Reeves?"
"Yes"
"Can you confirm that she was an economist?"
"Yes"
"How can you be sure?"
"She wrote lots of economics and I read it."
"You were an economist at the BoE?'
"Yes"
"At the same time as Reeves?"
"Yes"
"Can you confirm that she was an economist?"
"Yes"
"How can you be sure?"
"She wrote lots of economics and I read it."
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Kemi Badenoch continues to rely on personal attacks on Labour ministers and rarely lands even the lightest blow on Starmer. I do wonder how long Tory voters will tolerate this poor leadership.
November 27, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Kemi Badenoch continues to rely on personal attacks on Labour ministers and rarely lands even the lightest blow on Starmer. I do wonder how long Tory voters will tolerate this poor leadership.