@trogerc.bsky.social
British boomer back in the UK after 30 years working in France 🇨🇵 and Sweden 🇸🇪. I miss being an EU 🇪🇺 citizen but thankfully my kids have Swedish passports so their lives haven't been completely screwed. Be nice. Be kind.
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Personal note: London has been home for a very, very long time, but as of today, I am also officially a Brit - that is to say, a British citizen. I feel relieved and I feel grateful - but not, perhaps, in the forelock-tugging way GB News/Starmer expect a new immigrant to be.
November 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Personal note: London has been home for a very, very long time, but as of today, I am also officially a Brit - that is to say, a British citizen. I feel relieved and I feel grateful - but not, perhaps, in the forelock-tugging way GB News/Starmer expect a new immigrant to be.
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Man on the platform (looking up from his book about mindfulness): Shit. I’ve missed my train.
November 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Man on the platform (looking up from his book about mindfulness): Shit. I’ve missed my train.
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For many years I have been posting little observations online. What you may not know is that for many years, artists have been illustrating them - for no reason other than they wanted to respond. Below is a thread of some of these beautiful drawings because they should be seen 🧵
October 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
For many years I have been posting little observations online. What you may not know is that for many years, artists have been illustrating them - for no reason other than they wanted to respond. Below is a thread of some of these beautiful drawings because they should be seen 🧵
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September 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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I have no idea what's going on here, but I truly believe the most masculine thing we can do as men is go around making people happy. The strongest men I know lift up the people around them.
I love this so much and I am absolutely tearing up about it. The gentleness and plainness of this, the way he just lets her be her (and she seems so damn lovely, who wouldn’t?), the generosity.
It isn’t going to solve the world’s problems, but this kind of humanity is a hell of a start.
It isn’t going to solve the world’s problems, but this kind of humanity is a hell of a start.
August 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I have no idea what's going on here, but I truly believe the most masculine thing we can do as men is go around making people happy. The strongest men I know lift up the people around them.
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It’s getting harder to tell the humans from the spammers - @stephenkb.bsky.social is so smart on this issue
www.ft.com/content/07ed...
www.ft.com/content/07ed...
www.ft.com
June 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM
It’s getting harder to tell the humans from the spammers - @stephenkb.bsky.social is so smart on this issue
www.ft.com/content/07ed...
www.ft.com/content/07ed...
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Well this is rather good
April 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Well this is rather good
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Reminded, once again, of the story of Franz Reichelt - the tailor whose lust for fame and fortune and extreme case of Dunning Kruger led him to leap off the Eiffel Tower.
thepinprickcom.wordpress.com/2018/07/29/f...
thepinprickcom.wordpress.com/2018/07/29/f...
April 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Reminded, once again, of the story of Franz Reichelt - the tailor whose lust for fame and fortune and extreme case of Dunning Kruger led him to leap off the Eiffel Tower.
thepinprickcom.wordpress.com/2018/07/29/f...
thepinprickcom.wordpress.com/2018/07/29/f...
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Hi, BlueSky. It's Hillary.
I've joined up here to help get the word out about an important election in Wisconsin tomorrow, and other ways to defend our democracy against those who think votes can be bought.
I've joined up here to help get the word out about an important election in Wisconsin tomorrow, and other ways to defend our democracy against those who think votes can be bought.
March 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Hi, BlueSky. It's Hillary.
I've joined up here to help get the word out about an important election in Wisconsin tomorrow, and other ways to defend our democracy against those who think votes can be bought.
I've joined up here to help get the word out about an important election in Wisconsin tomorrow, and other ways to defend our democracy against those who think votes can be bought.
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Wrote for @theipaper.com about how people from backgrounds involving wealth & privilege most of us can only dream of have become the self-appointed gatekeepers of ‘working class values’ and I’ve HAD ENOUGH - inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
I regret not calling myself working class
We emerged with posher accents and a belief we would automatically out-perform our parents financially (which never quite panned out). The working-class label didn’t quite seem to fit
inews.co.uk
March 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Wrote for @theipaper.com about how people from backgrounds involving wealth & privilege most of us can only dream of have become the self-appointed gatekeepers of ‘working class values’ and I’ve HAD ENOUGH - inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
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*coughs*
*taps mic*
Now, we promise we won't keep on doing this, but we're tantalisingly close to 2,000 followers, so if anyone fancies giving us a follow and/or an RT, that would be amazing.
#TeslaTakedown 🇬🇧💪
*taps mic*
Now, we promise we won't keep on doing this, but we're tantalisingly close to 2,000 followers, so if anyone fancies giving us a follow and/or an RT, that would be amazing.
#TeslaTakedown 🇬🇧💪
March 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
*coughs*
*taps mic*
Now, we promise we won't keep on doing this, but we're tantalisingly close to 2,000 followers, so if anyone fancies giving us a follow and/or an RT, that would be amazing.
#TeslaTakedown 🇬🇧💪
*taps mic*
Now, we promise we won't keep on doing this, but we're tantalisingly close to 2,000 followers, so if anyone fancies giving us a follow and/or an RT, that would be amazing.
#TeslaTakedown 🇬🇧💪
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Has it occured to Elon that he should give the hackers a piece of his company to get them to stop doing it?
Apparently that's how this works.
Apparently that's how this works.
March 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Has it occured to Elon that he should give the hackers a piece of his company to get them to stop doing it?
Apparently that's how this works.
Apparently that's how this works.
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Three years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a hundred miles from Moscow we ask Russians about three years of war and whether they believe Donald Trump will help to end it. Producer @bentavener.bsky.social
Voices from Russia - three years after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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February 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Three years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a hundred miles from Moscow we ask Russians about three years of war and whether they believe Donald Trump will help to end it. Producer @bentavener.bsky.social
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America: how it’s changed.
The 46th President of the United States called Vladimir Putin “a murderous dictator.”
The 47th President called Volodymyr Zelensky “a dictator without elections.”
The 46th President of the United States called Vladimir Putin “a murderous dictator.”
The 47th President called Volodymyr Zelensky “a dictator without elections.”
February 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
America: how it’s changed.
The 46th President of the United States called Vladimir Putin “a murderous dictator.”
The 47th President called Volodymyr Zelensky “a dictator without elections.”
The 46th President of the United States called Vladimir Putin “a murderous dictator.”
The 47th President called Volodymyr Zelensky “a dictator without elections.”
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In these difficult days thank goodness for the Daily Star. Please share this with Trumpy friends
February 20, 2025 at 6:21 AM
In these difficult days thank goodness for the Daily Star. Please share this with Trumpy friends
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January 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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May start casually referring to the US as West England for the time being
January 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
May start casually referring to the US as West England for the time being
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Confused Welshman here. Since we’re now arbitrarily renaming large bodies of water, can I rename the Atlantic to the Anti-Nazi Moat?
January 21, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Confused Welshman here. Since we’re now arbitrarily renaming large bodies of water, can I rename the Atlantic to the Anti-Nazi Moat?
I don't write much online, and I don't think I ever will. More passive stalker than angry talker. But I felt I should say that while I have absolutely no problems with Threads, it was a safe place after Xitter, Bluesky is lovely and the go to for breaking news and views now.
December 10, 2024 at 12:46 PM
I don't write much online, and I don't think I ever will. More passive stalker than angry talker. But I felt I should say that while I have absolutely no problems with Threads, it was a safe place after Xitter, Bluesky is lovely and the go to for breaking news and views now.
They're right. Things seem to be getting much more animated over here. I'll have to come over more often and think of something interesting to say.
December 3, 2024 at 3:27 PM
They're right. Things seem to be getting much more animated over here. I'll have to come over more often and think of something interesting to say.
I left X and I'm happy on Threads, so I haven't interacted here much. But you seem to be a nice crowd so I'll try to make an effort.
Dog stories with happy endings and silly jokes get a thumbs up and a follow. Anyone mean gets a block. Life's too short to be unkind and angry all the time.
Dog stories with happy endings and silly jokes get a thumbs up and a follow. Anyone mean gets a block. Life's too short to be unkind and angry all the time.
October 10, 2024 at 6:36 AM
I left X and I'm happy on Threads, so I haven't interacted here much. But you seem to be a nice crowd so I'll try to make an effort.
Dog stories with happy endings and silly jokes get a thumbs up and a follow. Anyone mean gets a block. Life's too short to be unkind and angry all the time.
Dog stories with happy endings and silly jokes get a thumbs up and a follow. Anyone mean gets a block. Life's too short to be unkind and angry all the time.
So I've just joined and 'discover' is showing me a lot of cats. Nothing wrong with that but here's a picture of my dog for balance.
September 1, 2024 at 9:34 AM
So I've just joined and 'discover' is showing me a lot of cats. Nothing wrong with that but here's a picture of my dog for balance.
The view I left behind when I left Sweden after Brexit to return to the UK.
September 1, 2024 at 9:24 AM
The view I left behind when I left Sweden after Brexit to return to the UK.