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@brettuu.bsky.social
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Retired, Lapsed Chartered Engineer Socialist Woke Atheist The following will result in an instant block : Unsolicited DMs Resorting to insult instead of reasoned, logical, fact based debate Any posting on my account of Japanese style cartoons.

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 14/10/2026
Can someone help us get this message to Andy Burnham? Labour voters want public ownership, not public control - it is time to deliver it
Graphic that says "Andy Burnham, Labour voters want you to deliver public ownership" and shows that 77% to 91% support public ownership of different public services
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Vincent Zimmerman @zimmermanv66.bsky.social · 20h
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Lakota Man 🪶 @lakotaman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
So, a Trump supporter told me that, “nobody gives a sh*t” about Indigenous Peoples Day. Please, tell me, do you care about Indigenous Peoples Day?
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Right now Israel is invading Gaza and breaking the Ceasefire to blow up the last few habitable buildings and complete their Ethnic Cleansing so they can move onto completing their Genocide. And there is silence, TOTAL SILENCE. The West are as guilty of Genocide as Israel.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
So, finally, a PM who admits there **was** Russian interference in the Brexit Referendum — after all the evidence amassed by myself @carolecadwalla.bsky.social @lukeharding1968.bsky.social Sergei Cristo, J Patrick et al — dismissed as conspiracy for ten long years Truth is the daughter of Time
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brettuu.bsky.social @brettuu.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Alternatively, if wedded to the CLI, you could do a lot worse that install mc (Midnight Commander) and amongst the many functions provided is an embedded text editor. mc and btop are amongst the first applications installed when I initiate a new linux installation.
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brettuu.bsky.social @brettuu.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"... by my standards ..." Personal opinion from a sorry excuse for a human being.
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brettuu.bsky.social @brettuu.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Forward planning? More income for their donors as they are awarded contracts to put shoddy buildings right?
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brettuu.bsky.social @brettuu.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
F35, so still dependant upon the goodwill (or the president's current gripe) of the USA?
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brettuu.bsky.social @brettuu.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Selling off The Post Office for much less than it was worth? That went so well didn't it? Remind me who was the minister responsible for that debacle?
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 05/10/2026
Standing up to the balaclava nonces. Inspiring.
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Malcolm D. @mdpb53.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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brettuu.bsky.social @brettuu.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Considering Trump has just sent another carrier group out to the middle east, presumably it is to manufacture consent to supporting him in his next military venture.
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brettuu.bsky.social @brettuu.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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brettuu.bsky.social @brettuu.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Check out when Hertzl was developing the concept of Zionism.
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brettuu.bsky.social @brettuu.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It never ceases to amaze me how the septics still seem to go out of their way to mangle the English language. "Visitors" would have sufficed.
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brettuu.bsky.social @brettuu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Albert Bridge? It has towers.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If anyone imagines Donald Trump has the slightest clue about what AI actually is, I have a bridge to sell them. It has towers.
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brettuu.bsky.social @brettuu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a further dimension to this story, especially in view of recent pronouncements. www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
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EXCLUSIVE: 94yo arrested Jewish protester, friend of Miliband's mum, has words for him
Speaking to Skwawkbox by video link, Margaret Owen reminisced about her recently-passed friend Marion - Ed Miliband's mum
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brettuu.bsky.social @brettuu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How much does it cost the taxpayer each time he has a golf trip?
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brettuu.bsky.social @brettuu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Perhaps an appropriate place to post this lyric link. Note the date the song was written. genius.com/Billie-holid...
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Billie Holiday – Strange Fruit
Originally written in 1937 by Abel Meeropol, “Strange Fruit” is a dark and profound song centered around the lynching of African Americans in the Southern United States during the
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brettuu.bsky.social @brettuu.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Creating wealth for whom?
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It’s really not a good look.
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brettuu.bsky.social @brettuu.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Someone was maneuvring the boat as he carried out the slashing of the boat. He has a an accomplice.
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Politicians ‘talking’ about closer relationships or even rejoining the SM and CU do not automatically get my vote. Talk is cheap. I want to see cast iron promises and timelines. Then I’ll think about voting for you. @libdems.org.uk @greenparty.org.uk @labouruk.bsky.social
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Waving European Union Flag
ALT: Waving European Union Flag
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brettuu.bsky.social @brettuu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The person controlling the boat from which DT vandalised the other craft is also complicit.
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brettuu.bsky.social @brettuu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I would be more interested in the list of those that remained in their seats.
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LittleGravitas, →EU immigrant, UK→ emigrant, anti-Brexit @catanonim.me · 21/09/2026
There are plenty of people here wanting us all to give Burnham, and Labour under him, a fair crack of the whip. Get rid of Mahmood and her vile racist xeno 'policies', and I might be willing to consider doing that. Otherwise…
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brettuu.bsky.social @brettuu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Some interesting figures for comparison concerning "the real living wage" at www.jrf.org.uk/income-savin...
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A Minimum Income Standard for the United Kingdom in 2025
The Minimum Income Standard (MIS) provides a vision of the living standards that we, as a society, agree everyone in the UK should be able to meet. This report from the Centre for Research in Social P...
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brettuu.bsky.social @brettuu.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Start? They have been doing that for decades.
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brettuu.bsky.social @brettuu.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
No need to worry about RasPiOs dragging it's heels. Have a look at the dietpi.com offering.
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Claire S (UK not USA) @csav55.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026
They don't need to be proscribed to be banned and have injuctions placed on them to stop them going anywhere near her or her family. Her fellow villagers need to step up and condemn this loudly and clearly or be shown to be the racist bigots their silly little declaration of Independence was about.
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brettuu.bsky.social @brettuu.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Perhaps this will drive a return to proper journalism. I suspect the excluded media are more likely to be driven to seek facts that cause discomfort to the Trump administration.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I love this woman. If only her words could reach all human ears. A must watch till the end, Speaker-Vandana Shiva is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and antiglobalization author. #WomeninLeadership IG: @maturedgirl
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brettuu.bsky.social @brettuu.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
And bloc voting.
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If you think closing an RNLI station is done by people with "legitimate concerns" you really need to give your head a wobble. It's an unforgivable act of thuggery.
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brettuu.bsky.social @brettuu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Looks like it might have been the inspiration for the opening credits of Poirrot.
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brettuu.bsky.social @brettuu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Well that is Kraft, Heinz and Philadelphia products off this household's shopping list.
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brettuu.bsky.social @brettuu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Define "target". Surely, we have an expectation that all international companies trading in the UK, will be subject to UK law. Hence, it cannot be discrimination against the USA as Trump has suggested. The UK should not be offering special consideration in response to habitual tactic of bullying.
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brettuu.bsky.social @brettuu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Clearly, the media line is "Mustn't encourage critical thinking in the plebs".
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Dinsdale Piranha @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Notice how the BBC journalist doesn't mention that the people of Piddington are "worried" because their brains have been rotted by racist propaganda. "They are not far-right." Sure. They are NIMBYs who are patsies for the far-right. Your job is to explain it, not make excuses for it.
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brettuu.bsky.social @brettuu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Gnasher lives.
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brettuu.bsky.social @brettuu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Then there would have to be a rise in the basic tax allowance (£12,570 p.a.) or a specific exclusion for the state pension, in the forthcoming budget. If such an arrangement is not introduced, then government will be embarrassed at having to collect very small sums in income tax from pensioners.
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brettuu.bsky.social @brettuu.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Pastor Niemöller Warning (1946) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_T... Change the relevant entries for chosen target group and it remains appropriate.
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First They Came - Wikipedia
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brettuu.bsky.social @brettuu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
That statement can only be "fact" if the bell curve of IQ is symmetrical. In the UK the IQ bell curve is skewed. competehigh.com/average-iq-s... The value at which the numbers in the sample dataset are the same both above and below that value is the median. www.geeksforgeeks.org/maths/differ...
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Average IQ Score in the UK (2026 Definitive Guide) - Compete High
Quick Answer: What is the Average IQ Score in the UK?
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Alternatively, no it doesn’t. The main harms of AI aren’t the spurious ‘going rogue’ or ‘being abused’. They’re based on what it does *by design*.
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brettuu.bsky.social @brettuu.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It looks like the parental home is "somewhere cheaper" for those lucky enough to have supportive parents. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Clearly not a scenario with which KB is familiar.
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More people in late 20s still living with parents
The rising cost of buying or renting home has led more to remain in the family home, a think-tank says.
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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Quite. Today’s Inside Politics newsletter by @stephenkb.bsky.social
As of this year, it is illegal to use a mask to hide your identity at a protest. It has been illegal for a lot longer than that to blockade critical infrastructure - like a port, say. — and it is corrosive to the foundations of liberal democracy to turn up in masks outside a newspaper's HQ because of a legitimate story you don't like.
Tackling this stuff is the bare minimum of what we should expect of any government. An administration that appears incapable of arresting the ringleaders or the attendees of such a protest is one that is visibly failing to do the basics of being a government. It feeds into a general narrative of malaise - that whether it is bike theft or responding to tricky geopolitical issues, Labour cannot govern. Taken together with Reform's difficulties, it is a gift for the Conservatives - if Kemi Badenoch can seize it.
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brettuu.bsky.social @brettuu.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
But not for people with more money than they could possibly need. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Zuckerberg faces questions over why superyacht reportedly declined to help stranded boat
Small cruise ship rescued skiff in south-east Alaska even though Meta billionaire’s $300m megayacht was closer
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Dan @nouttosell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I'd say it was the USA that destroyed Cuba.
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