Roy Harmsworth
@royharms.bsky.social
Into history, cooking and reading but not necessarily in that order.
Donald Trump sparked outrage with his shocking display of bullying at the Oval office meeting with Ukraine’s President Zelensky. Now, over 150,000 of us are calling to cancel his second UK state visit - will you join the backlash too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
No second state visit for Trump
Unbelievable. Keir Starmer has handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and should not go ahead.
This is the...
you.38degrees.org.uk
March 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Donald Trump sparked outrage with his shocking display of bullying at the Oval office meeting with Ukraine’s President Zelensky. Now, over 150,000 of us are calling to cancel his second UK state visit - will you join the backlash too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
No second state visit for Trump
Unbelievable. Keir Starmer has handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and should not go ahead.
This is the...
you.38degrees.org.uk
March 3, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
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We were seeing a 98% drop in exposure over on Twitter. The censorship was so extreme we thought it best to start over somewhere else. We chose Bluesky.
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December 20, 2024 at 11:36 PM
We were seeing a 98% drop in exposure over on Twitter. The censorship was so extreme we thought it best to start over somewhere else. We chose Bluesky.
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Sherman Vc ‘Spitfire’ from ‘A’ Squadron, East Riding Yeomanry, 27th Armoured Brigade, reverses onto LST361 at Gosport, 1st June 1944. Fitted with wading stacks and interestingly, the 17pdr is covered with a tarpaulin.
Derrick Knight behind the camera.
#27Armd #ERY #SWW #History #WW2 #TankMarkings
Derrick Knight behind the camera.
#27Armd #ERY #SWW #History #WW2 #TankMarkings
December 18, 2024 at 6:14 AM
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This needs to be taken very seriously. All donations that originate from abroad, no matter who is the final donor, should be banned. Only UK citizens should be allowed to donate to British political organisations
December 18, 2024 at 7:01 AM
This needs to be taken very seriously. All donations that originate from abroad, no matter who is the final donor, should be banned. Only UK citizens should be allowed to donate to British political organisations
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Just when you thought it couldn’t possibly get any worse…
‘Brexit problem’: UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut down
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘Brexit problem’: UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut down
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘Brexit problem’: UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut down
Exclusive: EU countries will share laboratory capacity but UK rules mean products cannot be tested abroad
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2024 at 7:23 AM
Just when you thought it couldn’t possibly get any worse…
‘Brexit problem’: UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut down
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘Brexit problem’: UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut down
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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By far and away, my favourite thing about this spectacularly dumb post...
Is that that's THE MATTERHORN
Is that that's THE MATTERHORN
December 3, 2024 at 10:17 PM
By far and away, my favourite thing about this spectacularly dumb post...
Is that that's THE MATTERHORN
Is that that's THE MATTERHORN
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Russia has just turned Georgia into a totalitarian theme park. If Georgians dont defeat this Russian trash now. It's over for the next 50 years.
December 3, 2024 at 11:03 PM
Russia has just turned Georgia into a totalitarian theme park. If Georgians dont defeat this Russian trash now. It's over for the next 50 years.
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Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
November 17, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
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Let me say something that is controversial because our brains are broken:
Vaccines are a miracle and amazing
Vaccines are a miracle and amazing
November 15, 2024 at 2:12 AM
Let me say something that is controversial because our brains are broken:
Vaccines are a miracle and amazing
Vaccines are a miracle and amazing
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shot, but the sky was so clear I forgot about the cold, I was in absolute awe at what I was seeing. The pinky area a 3rd of the way up the Milky Way is the North America nebula and in the top left you just about make out the Andromeda galaxy.
#photography
#photography
November 13, 2024 at 5:34 AM
shot, but the sky was so clear I forgot about the cold, I was in absolute awe at what I was seeing. The pinky area a 3rd of the way up the Milky Way is the North America nebula and in the top left you just about make out the Andromeda galaxy.
#photography
#photography
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Here's a blog I wrote a little while ago about the Disarming Acts
archives.blog.parliament.uk/2021/04/23/t...
archives.blog.parliament.uk/2021/04/23/t...
The Disarming Acts – myth and reality
In 1707 the Parliaments of Scotland and England were brought together in the Acts of Union, just over 100 years after James VI and I had taken the throne of England after the death of his cousin, Quee...
archives.blog.parliament.uk
November 12, 2024 at 6:37 AM
Here's a blog I wrote a little while ago about the Disarming Acts
archives.blog.parliament.uk/2021/04/23/t...
archives.blog.parliament.uk/2021/04/23/t...
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just because you aren't on X anymore doesn't mean that it isn't shaping the reality of the far right. from @noupside.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Rumors on X Are Becoming the Right’s New Reality
The site formerly known as Twitter has become the center of a fantastical political culture.
www.theatlantic.com
October 12, 2024 at 9:56 AM
just because you aren't on X anymore doesn't mean that it isn't shaping the reality of the far right. from @noupside.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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We cannot turn away from #Sudan
V guardian opinion:
Sudan is the world’s gravest humanitarian disaster – but almost nobody cares
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
By Jonathan Freedland
If you do though, here is a good backgrounder from #TheGlobalJigsaw
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
Sudan is the world’s gravest humanitarian disaster – but almost nobody cares
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
By Jonathan Freedland
If you do though, here is a good backgrounder from #TheGlobalJigsaw
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
October 12, 2024 at 11:23 AM
We cannot turn away from #Sudan
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Ukrainian reporter Victoria Roshchyna died in Russia after a year in captivity, Ukrainian authorities said.
She was just 27.
Captured and imprisoned in the Russian-occupied zone of Ukraine’s Zaporizhia Oblast, she spent over a year in captivity.
She was just 27.
Captured and imprisoned in the Russian-occupied zone of Ukraine’s Zaporizhia Oblast, she spent over a year in captivity.
October 10, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Ukrainian reporter Victoria Roshchyna died in Russia after a year in captivity, Ukrainian authorities said.
She was just 27.
Captured and imprisoned in the Russian-occupied zone of Ukraine’s Zaporizhia Oblast, she spent over a year in captivity.
She was just 27.
Captured and imprisoned in the Russian-occupied zone of Ukraine’s Zaporizhia Oblast, she spent over a year in captivity.
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EU slams Knesset Bill aimed at excluding UNRWA from operating in Occupied Territories. www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/israelp...
Israel/Palestine: Statement by the High Representative on a draft legislation that could stop UNRWA operations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
The European Union expresses its grave concern about the draft bill on UNRWA currently discussed in the Israeli parliament. The EU strongly supports the UN Secretary General’s call on the matter and s...
www.eeas.europa.eu
October 12, 2024 at 9:59 AM
EU slams Knesset Bill aimed at excluding UNRWA from operating in Occupied Territories. www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/israelp...
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Very fair assessment.
Embarrassing anecdotes, long-winded justifications, old lies rewritten: a book nobody needs to read.
(thank you @iandunt.bsky.social for your assessment!)
(thank you @iandunt.bsky.social for your assessment!)
Britischer Ex-Premier Johnson veröffentlicht Memoiren
Keine anderthalb Jahre nach seinem Rücktritt als britischer Premier bringt Boris Johnson seine Memoiren auf den Markt. Viel Erhellendes bergen die mehr als 700 Seiten nicht, dafür falsche Behauptungen...
www.tagesschau.de
October 10, 2024 at 8:17 AM
Very fair assessment.
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October 1, 2024 at 6:31 AM
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And you may find yourself in a tight Congressional race;
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife;
And you may tell yourself, "This is not my beautiful house;”
And you may tell yourself, "This is not my beautiful wife!”
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife;
And you may tell yourself, "This is not my beautiful house;”
And you may tell yourself, "This is not my beautiful wife!”
This guy is running for Congress in one of the tightest races in Virginia. He is single, so he borrowed a family for photos. Check out the NYT caption. These people are... weird.
September 27, 2024 at 10:36 PM
And you may find yourself in a tight Congressional race;
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife;
And you may tell yourself, "This is not my beautiful house;”
And you may tell yourself, "This is not my beautiful wife!”
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife;
And you may tell yourself, "This is not my beautiful house;”
And you may tell yourself, "This is not my beautiful wife!”
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Anyone lost a memory card from a birding trip to #Iceland in May in Norfolk? This guy has found it! Please share!
From the other place. Let’s find this person.
September 24, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Anyone lost a memory card from a birding trip to #Iceland in May in Norfolk? This guy has found it! Please share!