Russell
@rmstrs.bsky.social
Local history enthusiast. Allotment holder. Read books. Saints fan (sadly). Love curry, hate fascists.
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Here's a seven-point peace plan:
November 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Here's a seven-point peace plan:
I hope Hell exists and I pray there’s a particularly nasty little pit reserved for Trump and Putin. Slava Ukraini.
November 22, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I hope Hell exists and I pray there’s a particularly nasty little pit reserved for Trump and Putin. Slava Ukraini.
Only right to put this on tonight. RIP Mani 😢
November 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Only right to put this on tonight. RIP Mani 😢
I saw Bob Dylan last night. Bob Dylan. There, a little way off in the distance, at his piano. It was remarkable and surreal.
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I saw Bob Dylan last night. Bob Dylan. There, a little way off in the distance, at his piano. It was remarkable and surreal.
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This perfectly encapsulates why we need the BBC
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This perfectly encapsulates why we need the BBC
🤯 Just read that in 1954 Woodie Guthrie wrote notes and lyrics about how his landlord made money by stirring up racial hatred and using discriminatory rental policies. His landlord was Fred Trump, father of Donald, who must have taught his son a thing or two about profiting from racism…
October 24, 2025 at 6:43 AM
🤯 Just read that in 1954 Woodie Guthrie wrote notes and lyrics about how his landlord made money by stirring up racial hatred and using discriminatory rental policies. His landlord was Fred Trump, father of Donald, who must have taught his son a thing or two about profiting from racism…
Shoutout to the parents of the Strictly Come Dancing Camera Supervisor:
October 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Shoutout to the parents of the Strictly Come Dancing Camera Supervisor:
Great to be back in my own bed last night after operation and sleepless night in hospital in Winchester. The NHS is one of this country’s greatest triumphs. The staff and the nurses - a diverse range of people from all over the world - were utterly amazing. Wonderful humans. They are superheroes.
October 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Great to be back in my own bed last night after operation and sleepless night in hospital in Winchester. The NHS is one of this country’s greatest triumphs. The staff and the nurses - a diverse range of people from all over the world - were utterly amazing. Wonderful humans. They are superheroes.
Sane people: ‘We’re horrified by all these videos of the masked and armed wannabe-Gestapo ICE thugs terrorising, assaulting, killing, and disappearing their fellow human beings in America.’
The Tories: ‘Yes! ICE! ICE is exactly what we need to make Britain great again!’
God give me strength…
The Tories: ‘Yes! ICE! ICE is exactly what we need to make Britain great again!’
God give me strength…
October 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Sane people: ‘We’re horrified by all these videos of the masked and armed wannabe-Gestapo ICE thugs terrorising, assaulting, killing, and disappearing their fellow human beings in America.’
The Tories: ‘Yes! ICE! ICE is exactly what we need to make Britain great again!’
God give me strength…
The Tories: ‘Yes! ICE! ICE is exactly what we need to make Britain great again!’
God give me strength…
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I bet corporations are loving the fact that everyone is so distracted by ‘the immigrants’ because they can just get away with ripping us off. We should be angry about their huge profits but nobody is bothered because ‘blame the immigrants’. I want my country back from the profiteering extortionists.
September 28, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I bet corporations are loving the fact that everyone is so distracted by ‘the immigrants’ because they can just get away with ripping us off. We should be angry about their huge profits but nobody is bothered because ‘blame the immigrants’. I want my country back from the profiteering extortionists.
Phew!!! Heroes, every single one of them!
July 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Phew!!! Heroes, every single one of them!
Another legend gone. There’ll be a hell of a party going on somewhere right now…
July 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Another legend gone. There’ll be a hell of a party going on somewhere right now…
I’m currently reading Wuthering Heights. This Heathcliff chap is a real piece of work.
July 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I’m currently reading Wuthering Heights. This Heathcliff chap is a real piece of work.
Feel like I’ve aged a few years this evening. Bloody well done, England… Phew! 🏴
July 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Feel like I’ve aged a few years this evening. Bloody well done, England… Phew! 🏴
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Waiting outside the library
Eager for the doors to open
Because we got here early
A bag of stories to be returned
Others yet undiscovered
Waiting for us on the shelves.
Eager for the doors to open
Because we got here early
A bag of stories to be returned
Others yet undiscovered
Waiting for us on the shelves.
June 21, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Waiting outside the library
Eager for the doors to open
Because we got here early
A bag of stories to be returned
Others yet undiscovered
Waiting for us on the shelves.
Eager for the doors to open
Because we got here early
A bag of stories to be returned
Others yet undiscovered
Waiting for us on the shelves.
Currently holding a letter written by Frederick, Prince of Wales…🤯
June 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Currently holding a letter written by Frederick, Prince of Wales…🤯
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Back with the newspapers today, looking at mentions of the Prince and Princess of Wales in 1738. Of course, there's more there than just Frederick and Augusta. The papers yield unexpected gems like this one, from 29 September. A reminder that humans have always, always been messy and ridiculous:
June 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Back with the newspapers today, looking at mentions of the Prince and Princess of Wales in 1738. Of course, there's more there than just Frederick and Augusta. The papers yield unexpected gems like this one, from 29 September. A reminder that humans have always, always been messy and ridiculous: