@thisoldman.bsky.social
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I always find these memorials at Postman’s Park unbearably moving. They make my eyes water every time. It’s a lovely idea, to commemorate ordinary people who do extraordinary things.
December 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I always find these memorials at Postman’s Park unbearably moving. They make my eyes water every time. It’s a lovely idea, to commemorate ordinary people who do extraordinary things.
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Ein wirklich sehr nettes Weihnachtsgeschenk. Danke dafür! @claudiusseidl.bsky.social
Ein Königreich für diese Frau: Abschied der ARD-Korrespondentin Annette Dittert
Die ARD-Korrespondentin Annette Dittert wird vom Jahresende an nicht mehr aus London berichten. Ein Protest.
www.sueddeutsche.de
December 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Ein wirklich sehr nettes Weihnachtsgeschenk. Danke dafür! @claudiusseidl.bsky.social
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“A special place in hell…”
To have inflicted that much damage on our country and to be enabled to still strut around, insisting on keeping us trapped in their dead-end of prejudice and failure… well, it’s beyond forgiveness… and sanity.
So, yes. Fuck that. Fuck them.
And cheers to the resistance🥂
To have inflicted that much damage on our country and to be enabled to still strut around, insisting on keeping us trapped in their dead-end of prejudice and failure… well, it’s beyond forgiveness… and sanity.
So, yes. Fuck that. Fuck them.
And cheers to the resistance🥂
December 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
“A special place in hell…”
To have inflicted that much damage on our country and to be enabled to still strut around, insisting on keeping us trapped in their dead-end of prejudice and failure… well, it’s beyond forgiveness… and sanity.
So, yes. Fuck that. Fuck them.
And cheers to the resistance🥂
To have inflicted that much damage on our country and to be enabled to still strut around, insisting on keeping us trapped in their dead-end of prejudice and failure… well, it’s beyond forgiveness… and sanity.
So, yes. Fuck that. Fuck them.
And cheers to the resistance🥂
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This right here.
This woman is still a twat, but part of being on the left is believing in rehabilitation. This shit from our side isn't helpful.
I don't think this necessarily applies to Trump or his regime, but close to half of voters picked this guy, you need to let them admit their error.
This woman is still a twat, but part of being on the left is believing in rehabilitation. This shit from our side isn't helpful.
I don't think this necessarily applies to Trump or his regime, but close to half of voters picked this guy, you need to let them admit their error.
December 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
This right here.
This woman is still a twat, but part of being on the left is believing in rehabilitation. This shit from our side isn't helpful.
I don't think this necessarily applies to Trump or his regime, but close to half of voters picked this guy, you need to let them admit their error.
This woman is still a twat, but part of being on the left is believing in rehabilitation. This shit from our side isn't helpful.
I don't think this necessarily applies to Trump or his regime, but close to half of voters picked this guy, you need to let them admit their error.
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Searched back through Blue Sky for this.
Which is one of the best things I saw all year in any medium.
Which is one of the best things I saw all year in any medium.
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Searched back through Blue Sky for this.
Which is one of the best things I saw all year in any medium.
Which is one of the best things I saw all year in any medium.
Very well said!
Merry Christmas Dr. Rubens may you have festive Christmas and healthy, peaceful New Year.
I would like to thank you for teaching me to appreciate Dutch masters. Now each time I visit National Gallery in London my first place to visit is to gallery where Dutch paintings are displayed. Thank you.
I would like to thank you for teaching me to appreciate Dutch masters. Now each time I visit National Gallery in London my first place to visit is to gallery where Dutch paintings are displayed. Thank you.
December 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Very well said!
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So many nstagram adverts going 'hey, Stephen...would you like a newbuild in your area that is both smaller and more expensive than your flat'. Good news in the longterm, but no way that the government is going to make its housing targets in the capital without state intervention.
December 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
So many nstagram adverts going 'hey, Stephen...would you like a newbuild in your area that is both smaller and more expensive than your flat'. Good news in the longterm, but no way that the government is going to make its housing targets in the capital without state intervention.
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This is ominous and also very silly. The EU has never attempted to impose its standards on the US, so the allegations of extraterritorial censorship are false.
The EU has only ever attempted to control what the US makes available to publishees inside the EU. That is within its jurisdiction.
The EU has only ever attempted to control what the US makes available to publishees inside the EU. That is within its jurisdiction.
US sanctions EU officials, former commissioner Thierry Breton targeted
US sanctions EU officials, former commissioner Thierry Breton targeted
US sanctions EU officials over digital policies, banning five European figures including former EU commissioner Thierry Breton. Washington cites censorship concerns The United States has announced US sanctions EU officials, imposing entry bans on five European figures involved in digital regulation and efforts to combat online disinformation. Among those targeted is Thierry Breton, former European […]
www.liberoreporter.it
December 23, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This is ominous and also very silly. The EU has never attempted to impose its standards on the US, so the allegations of extraterritorial censorship are false.
The EU has only ever attempted to control what the US makes available to publishees inside the EU. That is within its jurisdiction.
The EU has only ever attempted to control what the US makes available to publishees inside the EU. That is within its jurisdiction.
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“The longer I live, the more convinced I am that this planet is used by other planets as a lunatic asylum.”
- George Bernard Shaw
- George Bernard Shaw
December 23, 2025 at 4:47 AM
“The longer I live, the more convinced I am that this planet is used by other planets as a lunatic asylum.”
- George Bernard Shaw
- George Bernard Shaw
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🔥 THIS IS HUGE!
Horizon is the world’s science programme, hosted by the EU. It just got bigger.
Other non-European countries associated to the programme (ie paying in) include Korea, New Zealand, Canada.
Horizon is the world’s science programme, hosted by the EU. It just got bigger.
Other non-European countries associated to the programme (ie paying in) include Korea, New Zealand, Canada.
December 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🔥 THIS IS HUGE!
Horizon is the world’s science programme, hosted by the EU. It just got bigger.
Other non-European countries associated to the programme (ie paying in) include Korea, New Zealand, Canada.
Horizon is the world’s science programme, hosted by the EU. It just got bigger.
Other non-European countries associated to the programme (ie paying in) include Korea, New Zealand, Canada.
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🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
Here's a German version of "Silent Night" by the Comedian Harmonists. It was made in 1932 in the Weimar Republic, one year before Hitler seized total power and two years before the Nazis stopped them performing. It's still one of the most beautiful versions ever recorded!
#MerryChristmas
Here's a German version of "Silent Night" by the Comedian Harmonists. It was made in 1932 in the Weimar Republic, one year before Hitler seized total power and two years before the Nazis stopped them performing. It's still one of the most beautiful versions ever recorded!
#MerryChristmas
December 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
Here's a German version of "Silent Night" by the Comedian Harmonists. It was made in 1932 in the Weimar Republic, one year before Hitler seized total power and two years before the Nazis stopped them performing. It's still one of the most beautiful versions ever recorded!
#MerryChristmas
Here's a German version of "Silent Night" by the Comedian Harmonists. It was made in 1932 in the Weimar Republic, one year before Hitler seized total power and two years before the Nazis stopped them performing. It's still one of the most beautiful versions ever recorded!
#MerryChristmas
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Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
December 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
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Is the UK prepared for a plunging birthrate and net emigration?
“We are already seeing schools struggling to attract enough children, but the consequences are a lot more serious than that”
www.thetimes.com/business/eco...
“We are already seeing schools struggling to attract enough children, but the consequences are a lot more serious than that”
www.thetimes.com/business/eco...
Is the UK prepared for a plunging birthrate and net emigration?
We are already seeing schools struggling to attract enough children, but the consequences are a lot more serious than that
www.thetimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Is the UK prepared for a plunging birthrate and net emigration?
“We are already seeing schools struggling to attract enough children, but the consequences are a lot more serious than that”
www.thetimes.com/business/eco...
“We are already seeing schools struggling to attract enough children, but the consequences are a lot more serious than that”
www.thetimes.com/business/eco...
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“What more is there to say about the character of this petty, hollow, squalid, overstuffed man? — sometimes the point bears stressing: We are led by the most loathsome human being ever to occupy the White House.”
www.sltrib.com/opinion/comm...
www.sltrib.com/opinion/comm...
Opinion: Our petty, hollow, squalid ogre in chief
Opinion: We are led by the most loathsome human being ever to occupy the White House.
www.sltrib.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“What more is there to say about the character of this petty, hollow, squalid, overstuffed man? — sometimes the point bears stressing: We are led by the most loathsome human being ever to occupy the White House.”
www.sltrib.com/opinion/comm...
www.sltrib.com/opinion/comm...
Freedom of movement is key to economic success (quite apart from its other virtues)
Wes Streeting is as idiotic about Brexit in his own way as Starmer is.
And to think that some in Labour feel that his wishy washy Customs Union comment will bring voters stampeding back tells you all you need to know about their tenuous grasp of the reality of geopolitics.
And to think that some in Labour feel that his wishy washy Customs Union comment will bring voters stampeding back tells you all you need to know about their tenuous grasp of the reality of geopolitics.
Apparently engaging with the EU is all about economics, while also avoiding freedom of movement. Sigh.
Anyone hoping to rejoin has a very very long wait.
Frankly, if you're a rejoiner over 50, I'd suggest taking up stamp collecting or bird watching instead. It'll be more fulfilling.
Anyone hoping to rejoin has a very very long wait.
Frankly, if you're a rejoiner over 50, I'd suggest taking up stamp collecting or bird watching instead. It'll be more fulfilling.
December 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Freedom of movement is key to economic success (quite apart from its other virtues)
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Fox hunting is a revolting sport. It's only survived in any form because it's done by ghastly, entitled, influential and aristocratic people who feel it's the God given right to charge about the place in silly costumes tearing animals apart for no good reason.
December 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Fox hunting is a revolting sport. It's only survived in any form because it's done by ghastly, entitled, influential and aristocratic people who feel it's the God given right to charge about the place in silly costumes tearing animals apart for no good reason.
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I’d never seen this until this evening. Isn’t it wonderful? ♥️
December 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I’d never seen this until this evening. Isn’t it wonderful? ♥️
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I really dislike this new trend of attacking politicians if they don’t attend memorial events, by claiming it shows they don’t care about your community, and also booing them when they do attend, because how dare they show their face in your community.
December 21, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I really dislike this new trend of attacking politicians if they don’t attend memorial events, by claiming it shows they don’t care about your community, and also booing them when they do attend, because how dare they show their face in your community.
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Viewing this whole Trump nightmare from afar, it's truly amazing how anyone can make every single event about themselves. Somehow he manages to insert himself into everything. And while we're at it. Why the fuck is Jared Kushner anywhere near any US state business?
December 19, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Viewing this whole Trump nightmare from afar, it's truly amazing how anyone can make every single event about themselves. Somehow he manages to insert himself into everything. And while we're at it. Why the fuck is Jared Kushner anywhere near any US state business?
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"On that blue dot, that's where everyone you know and everyone you ever heard of, and every human being who ever lived, lived out their lives."
― #CarlSagan
December 20, 1996: Carl Sagan passed away.
🔭 🧪 #PaleBlueDot #Voyager1 #HistSci #Science
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― #CarlSagan
December 20, 1996: Carl Sagan passed away.
🔭 🧪 #PaleBlueDot #Voyager1 #HistSci #Science
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December 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"On that blue dot, that's where everyone you know and everyone you ever heard of, and every human being who ever lived, lived out their lives."
― #CarlSagan
December 20, 1996: Carl Sagan passed away.
🔭 🧪 #PaleBlueDot #Voyager1 #HistSci #Science
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― #CarlSagan
December 20, 1996: Carl Sagan passed away.
🔭 🧪 #PaleBlueDot #Voyager1 #HistSci #Science
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The stench of Donald Trump will cover America for decades.
Because it’s not just about him.
It’s about the people that elected him. And could elect the next traitorous “tell me everything I want to hear” lying Nazi.
America never dealt with its racism.
Because it’s not just about him.
It’s about the people that elected him. And could elect the next traitorous “tell me everything I want to hear” lying Nazi.
America never dealt with its racism.
December 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The stench of Donald Trump will cover America for decades.
Because it’s not just about him.
It’s about the people that elected him. And could elect the next traitorous “tell me everything I want to hear” lying Nazi.
America never dealt with its racism.
Because it’s not just about him.
It’s about the people that elected him. And could elect the next traitorous “tell me everything I want to hear” lying Nazi.
America never dealt with its racism.
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How pleasingly ironic it would be for the British Broadcasting Corporation to remind Americans what the First Amendment is all about. The BBC may be about to lose a director general, but it still has a spine. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC has no choice but to teach Trump a lesson about free speech
The corporation may have lost a director general, but now needs to prove it still has a spine
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
How pleasingly ironic it would be for the British Broadcasting Corporation to remind Americans what the First Amendment is all about. The BBC may be about to lose a director general, but it still has a spine. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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I’ve been in US for so long now that I really was struck when I arrived yesterday by the general niceness, politeness and normality of people here! On my BA flight it was so disarming to hear the pilot and crew repeatedly apologizing for every tiny inconvenience, and speaking in unassuming tone.
I’m in UK right now; full of nice people from different backgrounds, exchanging pleasantries, doing Christmas shopping, eating out, attending carol
services, chatting about the weather, and generally going about their business in friendly manner. Far from the hellhole MAGA would have you believe!
services, chatting about the weather, and generally going about their business in friendly manner. Far from the hellhole MAGA would have you believe!
meanwhile, the Twitterati are calling for a ban on all travel from Europe
December 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I’ve been in US for so long now that I really was struck when I arrived yesterday by the general niceness, politeness and normality of people here! On my BA flight it was so disarming to hear the pilot and crew repeatedly apologizing for every tiny inconvenience, and speaking in unassuming tone.
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President Clinton is right. This is not getting as much attnetion as it should. The USA under Trumpstein is betraying this promise, which means any agreement involving Russia and the USA is not worth the paper it’s written on 🤷♂️ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapes...
December 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
President Clinton is right. This is not getting as much attnetion as it should. The USA under Trumpstein is betraying this promise, which means any agreement involving Russia and the USA is not worth the paper it’s written on 🤷♂️ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapes...
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The FT notes that delusional claims about London from Trump, Musk and others are having a reputational impact.
The paper points out the capital's murder rate is a third of that in Berlin, a quarter of New York's, and 5% of that in Washington DC
The paper points out the capital's murder rate is a third of that in Berlin, a quarter of New York's, and 5% of that in Washington DC
December 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The FT notes that delusional claims about London from Trump, Musk and others are having a reputational impact.
The paper points out the capital's murder rate is a third of that in Berlin, a quarter of New York's, and 5% of that in Washington DC
The paper points out the capital's murder rate is a third of that in Berlin, a quarter of New York's, and 5% of that in Washington DC