Robert Tressell
@tressell.bsky.social
UK based historian, economist, & #NCFC follower. Trying to understand why a lot of people vote for fascists and seem to learn nothing from history. I’m also a digital inclusion volunteer with AgeUK, ‘celebrating’ 30 years online on Dec 24
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Robert Tressell
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· Nov 12
Why is that ‘political leadership’ seems to be an oxymoron 🤔 Easy to get depressed at seeing the mistakes of the 1930’s being repeated, but hoping for uplifting sources of hope, optimism and inspiration.
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January 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Wow, Bannon describes Musk as 'racist' & 'truly evil' 🤦🏻
Wow, Bannon describes Musk as 'racist' & 'truly evil' 🤦🏻
Steve Bannon condemns Elon Musk as ‘racist’ and ‘truly evil’
Ex-Trump adviser denounces tech CEO’s embrace of some forms of immigration and vows to ‘take this guy down’
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Wow, Bannon describes Musk as 'racist' & 'truly evil' 🤦🏻
Wow, Bannon describes Musk as 'racist' & 'truly evil' 🤦🏻
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Mark Zuckerberg, Recipient of World's First Rat Penis Transplant, Announces Meta Will Stop Fact Checking
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Mark Zuckerberg, Recipient of World's First Rat Penis Transplant, Announces Meta Will Stop Fact Checking
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, medical pioneer who received the world's first experimental rat penis transplant, announced today that the social media juggernaut would stop fact checking.
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January 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Mark Zuckerberg, Recipient of World's First Rat Penis Transplant, Announces Meta Will Stop Fact Checking
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Starmer actually doing a very decent job, calling out Musk's obsessive flirtation with the far right
The platform is a constant conveyor of missinformation and used to undermine European democracies to satisfy his ego
I'd like to see UK Government accounts now boycott the platform
The platform is a constant conveyor of missinformation and used to undermine European democracies to satisfy his ego
I'd like to see UK Government accounts now boycott the platform
January 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Starmer actually doing a very decent job, calling out Musk's obsessive flirtation with the far right
The platform is a constant conveyor of missinformation and used to undermine European democracies to satisfy his ego
I'd like to see UK Government accounts now boycott the platform
The platform is a constant conveyor of missinformation and used to undermine European democracies to satisfy his ego
I'd like to see UK Government accounts now boycott the platform
So the first caller on Canary Call: 'I'm 55 and got so excited a little bit of wee came out...'😅 #NCFC the effect of scoring twice in added time to win ...
January 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
So the first caller on Canary Call: 'I'm 55 and got so excited a little bit of wee came out...'😅 #NCFC the effect of scoring twice in added time to win ...
Frustrated by decisions which seem to be gifts for the populist right, especially our poundland trump. Nicola Jennings take in the Guardian seems unfortunately accurate.
December 22, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Frustrated by decisions which seem to be gifts for the populist right, especially our poundland trump. Nicola Jennings take in the Guardian seems unfortunately accurate.
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Short #ncfc thread. Shocking indiscipline @ SoL. Unnecessary, petulant Sainz foul 20 yards out = FK for SAFC 1st goal. Winner followed sending off of Cordoba for 2nd yellow. They’re called ‘cautions’ for a reason. There could be subsequent charge for failing to walk straight away imo. (More …)
December 22, 2024 at 7:40 AM
Short #ncfc thread. Shocking indiscipline @ SoL. Unnecessary, petulant Sainz foul 20 yards out = FK for SAFC 1st goal. Winner followed sending off of Cordoba for 2nd yellow. They’re called ‘cautions’ for a reason. There could be subsequent charge for failing to walk straight away imo. (More …)
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Nice easy question for Canaries fans… James Maddison had a leading role in the Spurs rout of Southampton that led to Russ Martins dismissal. In what season did Maddison and Martin play together in the same Norwich team? #NCFC
Southampton at a crossroads after wasting precious time under Martin
Southampton at a crossroads after wasting precious time under Martin
After investing so much time and energy in a possession-based style, Saints are now left to start from scratch
By Sam Hammond for WhoScored
Southampton supporters collectively breathed a sigh of relief when it was confirmed – just over an hour after the…
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December 18, 2024 at 8:33 AM
Nice easy question for Canaries fans… James Maddison had a leading role in the Spurs rout of Southampton that led to Russ Martins dismissal. In what season did Maddison and Martin play together in the same Norwich team? #NCFC
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Pensioners forced to use bucket as a toilet, persistent problems with the sewage system that Severn Trent Water failed to address.
Owned by private equity, banks, insurance co.; has 62 criminal convictions.
Paid £300m dividend, CEO collected £3.2m pay.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Owned by private equity, banks, insurance co.; has 62 criminal convictions.
Paid £300m dividend, CEO collected £3.2m pay.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Pensioners forced to use bucket as a toilet
John Grimley, 79, says he and his wife have lived with sewage system problems for 14 years.
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December 18, 2024 at 8:03 AM
Pensioners forced to use bucket as a toilet, persistent problems with the sewage system that Severn Trent Water failed to address.
Owned by private equity, banks, insurance co.; has 62 criminal convictions.
Paid £300m dividend, CEO collected £3.2m pay.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Owned by private equity, banks, insurance co.; has 62 criminal convictions.
Paid £300m dividend, CEO collected £3.2m pay.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
From X to Bluesky: why are people fleeing Elon Musk’s ‘digital town square’? www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
From X to Bluesky: why are people fleeing Elon Musk’s ‘digital town square’?
Musk’s platform has lost 2.7 million active US users in two months, while its rival has gained 2.5 million
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December 11, 2024 at 8:49 AM
From X to Bluesky: why are people fleeing Elon Musk’s ‘digital town square’? www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
From X to Bluesky: why are people fleeing Elon Musk’s ‘digital town square’?
Interesting to see German football clubs migrating. Seems quality of engagement trumps quantity. Be nice to see #NCFC and others using the space they have on Bluesky, and encouragement by those on both to move across.
Interesting to see German football clubs migrating. Seems quality of engagement trumps quantity. Be nice to see #NCFC and others using the space they have on Bluesky, and encouragement by those on both to move across.
December 11, 2024 at 8:47 AM
From X to Bluesky: why are people fleeing Elon Musk’s ‘digital town square’?
Interesting to see German football clubs migrating. Seems quality of engagement trumps quantity. Be nice to see #NCFC and others using the space they have on Bluesky, and encouragement by those on both to move across.
Interesting to see German football clubs migrating. Seems quality of engagement trumps quantity. Be nice to see #NCFC and others using the space they have on Bluesky, and encouragement by those on both to move across.
So, no VAR in the Championship, but cameras can be used for sending offs after the game is over 🧐 Still, Kenny is next available for the home return with ….. QPR (Dec 29). Could be lively #NCFC
December 10, 2024 at 9:56 PM
So, no VAR in the Championship, but cameras can be used for sending offs after the game is over 🧐 Still, Kenny is next available for the home return with ….. QPR (Dec 29). Could be lively #NCFC
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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget
December 9, 2024 at 12:21 PM
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget
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🔴The Death of the Critic: How Cultural Visionaries Were Usurped by the Far-Right
The role of the critic, once firmly at the heart of our culture, has been sidelined by far-right populists and clickbait-driven algorithms, reports @iainoverton.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/09/t...
The role of the critic, once firmly at the heart of our culture, has been sidelined by far-right populists and clickbait-driven algorithms, reports @iainoverton.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/09/t...
The Death of the Critic: How Cultural Visionaries Were Usurped by the Far-Right
The role of the critic, once firmly at the heart of our culture, has been sidelined by far-right populists and clickbait-driven algorithms
bylinetimes.com
December 9, 2024 at 10:38 AM
🔴The Death of the Critic: How Cultural Visionaries Were Usurped by the Far-Right
The role of the critic, once firmly at the heart of our culture, has been sidelined by far-right populists and clickbait-driven algorithms, reports @iainoverton.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/09/t...
The role of the critic, once firmly at the heart of our culture, has been sidelined by far-right populists and clickbait-driven algorithms, reports @iainoverton.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/09/t...
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Delighted to see you can download my namesakes autobiographical book ‘The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists’ from the wonderful Project Gutenberg website. Over 100 years old and still relevant - good reading for #SocialistSunday
Delighted to see you can download my namesakes autobiographical book ‘The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists’ from the wonderful Project Gutenberg website. Over 100 years old and still relevant - good reading for #SocialistSunday
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
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December 8, 2024 at 11:07 AM
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Delighted to see you can download my namesakes autobiographical book ‘The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists’ from the wonderful Project Gutenberg website. Over 100 years old and still relevant - good reading for #SocialistSunday
Delighted to see you can download my namesakes autobiographical book ‘The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists’ from the wonderful Project Gutenberg website. Over 100 years old and still relevant - good reading for #SocialistSunday
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BREAKING: An uprising is now taking place in Arbin of Damascus, where residents are tearing down pictures of Assad.
December 7, 2024 at 4:31 PM
BREAKING: An uprising is now taking place in Arbin of Damascus, where residents are tearing down pictures of Assad.
Westminster today 😎
December 4, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Westminster today 😎
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Nicola Jennings on a Britain beset by stormy weather – cartoon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Another interpretation of ‘between a rock and a hard place’
Nicola Jennings on a Britain beset by stormy weather – cartoon
As the second age of Trump looms, Putin’s shadow war against the west breaks cover in the form of the missile crisis
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November 24, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Nicola Jennings on a Britain beset by stormy weather – cartoon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Another interpretation of ‘between a rock and a hard place’
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Surprise, surprise - more examples of hypocrisy from our Tory press
Surprise, surprise - more examples of hypocrisy from our Tory press
I’ll defend Allison Pearson’s right to be obnoxious – as she should defend mine | Kenan Malik
Police investigation into writer’s alleged tweet has sparked a debate over free speech, albeit a somewhat selective one
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2024 at 8:51 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Surprise, surprise - more examples of hypocrisy from our Tory press
Surprise, surprise - more examples of hypocrisy from our Tory press
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We went to see The Ragged TP on Friday. Neil Gore was superb. Townshend Theatre are crowdfunding for a production next year of We Are The Lions Mr Manager.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/we-are-the-lions-mr-manager.
Please support if you can
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/we-are-the-lions-mr-manager.
Please support if you can
November 24, 2024 at 2:36 PM
We went to see The Ragged TP on Friday. Neil Gore was superb. Townshend Theatre are crowdfunding for a production next year of We Are The Lions Mr Manager.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/we-are-the-lions-mr-manager.
Please support if you can
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/we-are-the-lions-mr-manager.
Please support if you can
From a Swiss friend:
November 22, 2024 at 4:37 PM
From a Swiss friend:
I’m seeing comments about people being variously ‘shocked’ and ‘stunned’ by Trumps picks for the top posts in his administration. Don’t know what they were expecting - looks to be going exactly as expected for a fascist dictator.
November 13, 2024 at 10:53 PM
I’m seeing comments about people being variously ‘shocked’ and ‘stunned’ by Trumps picks for the top posts in his administration. Don’t know what they were expecting - looks to be going exactly as expected for a fascist dictator.