Stirs
@stirs.bsky.social
MCFC ST Holder SS3. Cricket badger. Sober. Non-fiction books, films & music. Always Anti-Fascist.
Mines fallen off now. Worst ashes themed thing of the morning for me and I’m scattering my grandmother in laws at 11:30am
November 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Mines fallen off now. Worst ashes themed thing of the morning for me and I’m scattering my grandmother in laws at 11:30am
Life is Beautiful (La vita è bella) (1997)
4.5/5. It’s an extremely brave choice to do a half-comedy film set during the holocaust but fuck me this was incredible. No spoilers but the opening scene was one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a while and the ending nearly had me in tears.
#filmsky
4.5/5. It’s an extremely brave choice to do a half-comedy film set during the holocaust but fuck me this was incredible. No spoilers but the opening scene was one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a while and the ending nearly had me in tears.
#filmsky
November 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Life is Beautiful (La vita è bella) (1997)
4.5/5. It’s an extremely brave choice to do a half-comedy film set during the holocaust but fuck me this was incredible. No spoilers but the opening scene was one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a while and the ending nearly had me in tears.
#filmsky
4.5/5. It’s an extremely brave choice to do a half-comedy film set during the holocaust but fuck me this was incredible. No spoilers but the opening scene was one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a while and the ending nearly had me in tears.
#filmsky
But this year I decided to. Fuck them, fuck fascism and fuck hatred. We will remember them.
November 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
But this year I decided to. Fuck them, fuck fascism and fuck hatred. We will remember them.
in order to political point score because they don’t like brown people shows how much they’ve actually read into what happened or what they were fighting for. It’s grim. I haven’t worn a poppy for a few years because it’s been used as a tool by the right and by nationalists.
November 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
in order to political point score because they don’t like brown people shows how much they’ve actually read into what happened or what they were fighting for. It’s grim. I haven’t worn a poppy for a few years because it’s been used as a tool by the right and by nationalists.
The amount of posts I’ve seen on other socials that say “they’d be spinning in their graves at the state of this country” etc is fucking disgusting. They all bang on about respect but to disrespect those who were coerced into giving their lives for this country and those that fought against fascism
November 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The amount of posts I’ve seen on other socials that say “they’d be spinning in their graves at the state of this country” etc is fucking disgusting. They all bang on about respect but to disrespect those who were coerced into giving their lives for this country and those that fought against fascism
My great-granduncle on my other side of the family, William Pye also died in Belgium on 24th December 1914, a day before the famous Christmas truce football match. His body was never found. He is one of 54,000 members of "The Missing" represented on the Menin Gate in Ypres.
November 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
My great-granduncle on my other side of the family, William Pye also died in Belgium on 24th December 1914, a day before the famous Christmas truce football match. His body was never found. He is one of 54,000 members of "The Missing" represented on the Menin Gate in Ypres.
My family now have a book that was made in remembrance of Eric by his parents, including letters from the front, which I was fortunate enough to read this weekend, including stories of his channel crossing and his gratitude for some silk socks which had been sent over. They were an emotional read.
November 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
My family now have a book that was made in remembrance of Eric by his parents, including letters from the front, which I was fortunate enough to read this weekend, including stories of his channel crossing and his gratitude for some silk socks which had been sent over. They were an emotional read.
Eric decided he would enter the army from entry level along with 35 other riflemen in the 1/28th London Regiment, first going to France in November 1917. By the time the armistice was signed a year later, 12 of the 36 of his regiment were dead and another 12 had been sent home injured.
November 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Eric decided he would enter the army from entry level along with 35 other riflemen in the 1/28th London Regiment, first going to France in November 1917. By the time the armistice was signed a year later, 12 of the 36 of his regiment were dead and another 12 had been sent home injured.
Eric had turned down the place he had been offered at University of Oxford in order to join the army. Due to his academic achievements to that point and due to his class he was given the option to enter the forces at Officer level, which he turned down. A decision which probably cost him his life.
November 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Eric had turned down the place he had been offered at University of Oxford in order to join the army. Due to his academic achievements to that point and due to his class he was given the option to enter the forces at Officer level, which he turned down. A decision which probably cost him his life.