Rob Pountney
@robpountney.bsky.social
Apparently I'm supposed to write something here...
Somehow it feels like this needs to be said today...
Chumbawamba - Rappoport's Testament: I Never Gave Up
YouTube video by farin196
www.youtube.com
August 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Somehow it feels like this needs to be said today...
Absolutely spot on comment...
This is where we are at, sadly...
This is where we are at, sadly...
Their memorials are history. Ours are political. Because as always, there are two sexualities - straight, and political.
Two genders - male, and political.
Two religions - Christian, and political.
Two races - white, and political.
Two genders - male, and political.
Two religions - Christian, and political.
Two races - white, and political.
Workers under cover of night removed a rainbow crosswalk outside of the former Pulse nightclub, apparently as part of state and federal transportation officials’ aim to wipe “political banners” from public roadways. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/08/21/r...
August 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Absolutely spot on comment...
This is where we are at, sadly...
This is where we are at, sadly...
Certainly triggers my cynical streak...
August 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Certainly triggers my cynical streak...
Isn't it just...
July 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Isn't it just...
Pretty much sums up most PPLs working lives, I suspect it is also why socially valuable work is payed so badly, PPL want to do something useful with their working lives, & therefore must be punished with shitty wages & conditions...
May 16, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Pretty much sums up most PPLs working lives, I suspect it is also why socially valuable work is payed so badly, PPL want to do something useful with their working lives, & therefore must be punished with shitty wages & conditions...
Westminster couldn't run a tap IMHO.
The core problem is constitutional reform, there should be sensible regions with elected councils (PR, + local councils), political input in to Policing, Health, Fire, & water happening at this level, most trains & some buses...
The core problem is constitutional reform, there should be sensible regions with elected councils (PR, + local councils), political input in to Policing, Health, Fire, & water happening at this level, most trains & some buses...
May 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Westminster couldn't run a tap IMHO.
The core problem is constitutional reform, there should be sensible regions with elected councils (PR, + local councils), political input in to Policing, Health, Fire, & water happening at this level, most trains & some buses...
The core problem is constitutional reform, there should be sensible regions with elected councils (PR, + local councils), political input in to Policing, Health, Fire, & water happening at this level, most trains & some buses...
@benwildsmith.bsky.social
So, Nation have blocked me presumably because I object (firmly but politely) to their transphobic output
Any comment on that? given that you defended them on the basis of freedom of expression
Perhaps you could write an article that's gender affirming & see how far you get
So, Nation have blocked me presumably because I object (firmly but politely) to their transphobic output
Any comment on that? given that you defended them on the basis of freedom of expression
Perhaps you could write an article that's gender affirming & see how far you get
May 4, 2025 at 8:47 AM
@benwildsmith.bsky.social
So, Nation have blocked me presumably because I object (firmly but politely) to their transphobic output
Any comment on that? given that you defended them on the basis of freedom of expression
Perhaps you could write an article that's gender affirming & see how far you get
So, Nation have blocked me presumably because I object (firmly but politely) to their transphobic output
Any comment on that? given that you defended them on the basis of freedom of expression
Perhaps you could write an article that's gender affirming & see how far you get
Oh go on then, Part II
@sentimentbot.bsky.social
@sentimentbot.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Oh go on then, Part II
@sentimentbot.bsky.social
@sentimentbot.bsky.social
Why did this not occur to me before...
"They have come for your uncle"...
Dead Kennedys... Were not wrong, sadly...
"They have come for your uncle"...
Dead Kennedys... Were not wrong, sadly...
Dead Kennedys - California Uber Alles - Official Music Video
YouTube video by goregore dave
www.youtube.com
March 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Why did this not occur to me before...
"They have come for your uncle"...
Dead Kennedys... Were not wrong, sadly...
"They have come for your uncle"...
Dead Kennedys... Were not wrong, sadly...
Oh go on then...
@profanity.accountant
@profanity.accountant
March 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Oh go on then...
@profanity.accountant
@profanity.accountant
Well, Zelensky has left the building, along with every other person with a sense of common decency...
Time for the EU to get its shit together, you have days, not decades to turn this around...
Time for the EU to get its shit together, you have days, not decades to turn this around...
February 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Well, Zelensky has left the building, along with every other person with a sense of common decency...
Time for the EU to get its shit together, you have days, not decades to turn this around...
Time for the EU to get its shit together, you have days, not decades to turn this around...
Life at the moment seems like living on a knife edge between the Gulf of Righteous Fury and the Sea of Despondent Exhaustion...
February 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Life at the moment seems like living on a knife edge between the Gulf of Righteous Fury and the Sea of Despondent Exhaustion...
"Act as if you are now living in East Germany and Meta/Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp is the Stasi. It is."
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
www.theguardian.com
February 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"Act as if you are now living in East Germany and Meta/Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp is the Stasi. It is."
Something had to be said...
Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by FunBoyThreeVEVO
www.youtube.com
February 16, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Something had to be said...
A much undervalued thinker...
In 2015, Utopia Of Rules was published and written by David Graeber.
This is an extract from that book!
This is an extract from that book!
February 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
A much undervalued thinker...
Well worth a read :)
I wrote this about the media's first big test of Trump 2.0, and how poorly it scored. On the tedious, vital work of seeing what's in front of our faces for the next four years.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
Week one in Trumpland: The first step is seeing what’s in front of our faces
We should resist the voices attempting to tell us it’s all fine
www.irishexaminer.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Well worth a read :)
The Welsh Political Forum (which I have been doing for years on Failbook) is now live on Bluesky...
Probably up to full speed in a few hours :)
Probably up to full speed in a few hours :)
Hi.
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The Welsh Political Forum has arrived on Bluesky.
Much the same as on Failbook this serves as a place for news and current affairs in, about, or of relevance to Wales...
All suggestions welcome, let me know if you see anything you find relevant, or have suggestions for media sites to follow.
1/2
The Welsh Political Forum has arrived on Bluesky.
Much the same as on Failbook this serves as a place for news and current affairs in, about, or of relevance to Wales...
All suggestions welcome, let me know if you see anything you find relevant, or have suggestions for media sites to follow.
January 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The Welsh Political Forum (which I have been doing for years on Failbook) is now live on Bluesky...
Probably up to full speed in a few hours :)
Probably up to full speed in a few hours :)
Hits the nail on the head... Cult worship and antisocial behaviour...
Page by George Monbiot | @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
1. There are many things I’m glad to leave behind on X, but most of them come down to this: loyalism. Regardless of ideology, those who tend to be most abusive, unpleasant and vicious are staunch loya...
skywriter.blue
January 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Hits the nail on the head... Cult worship and antisocial behaviour...