Reposted by @cobleyjoe.bsky.socialSusie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Word of day is ‘unasinous’ (17th century): united in stupidity. A riff on ‘unanimous’: which comes from the Latin for ‘one mind’. ‘Unasinous’ means ‘one ass’. 18370911902
Reposted by @cobleyjoe.bsky.socialMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 17/01/2025With everything so seemingly terrible these days & no sign of anything remotely hopeful in the near future, I thought you might need this photo of a baby giraffe. 403310783510528
Reposted by @cobleyjoe.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 08/01/2025I see three distinct phases. Pre-Fox, when opinion was diverse but actual facts were indisputable. Fox/Trump, where objective truth was subjected to the false equivalence of ‘alternative facts’ (ie lies). And now, where media & tech platform owners collude with him to drown out the truth altogether. 1092413596
Reposted by @cobleyjoe.bsky.socialMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 08/01/2025Cold weather can be life-threatening for people sleeping on the streets. Emergency accommodation is open across the capital during this freezing weather. Londoners—if you see someone sleeping rough, alert Streetlink to connect them with services that can help. thestreetlink.org.uk 112640
Reposted by @cobleyjoe.bsky.socialMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 07/01/2025My message to Zuck 356710116918516
Reposted by @cobleyjoe.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Outrageous! This needs to blow up. They want to throw out 60,000 votes and steal the state Supreme Court election in NC! 16223743415859
Reposted by @cobleyjoe.bsky.socialPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 04/01/2025MPs and peers could be forced to submit to criminal record checks under proposals submitted by a new Labour MP Many local authorities already run DBS checks on elected officials but it's not standard practice in parliament news.sky.com/story/parlia...news.sky.comParliament urged to begin mandatory DBS criminal record checks on new MPs and peersMany local authorities already run DBS checks on elected officials but it's not standard practice in parliament. 1431460363
Reposted by @cobleyjoe.bsky.socialMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 31/12/2024In 2024, hundreds of thousands of children in London received free school meals. Many young Londoners would otherwise have gone hungry. As we enter 2025, let's never forget that while politics can be frustrating, it can have a huge impact, offering much-needed hope to those who need it most. 1528947
Reposted by @cobleyjoe.bsky.socialLewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 30/11/2024NEW: Trump names Jared Kushner’s father Charles Kushner, as the next US ambassador to France. Jared is of course Trump’s son-in-law. Trump already pardoned Charles in the dying days of his first presidency for charges including illegal campaign contributions, tax evasion, and witness tampering. 117855291
Reposted by @cobleyjoe.bsky.socialBrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 25/11/2024All I want for Christmas is for Twitter to keep bleeding away millions of users every day to Bluesky until Twitter is nothing more than a bigger, emptier, Truth Social shithole. Manifest THAT. 🙏🎁 2024655506723
Reposted by @cobleyjoe.bsky.socialThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 20/11/2024US vetoes UN security council push to call for ceasefire in Gazadlvr.itUS vetoes UN security council push to call for ceasefire in GazaUN security council voted 14-1 in favor of resolution but it was not adopted because of the US veto The US has vetoed a UN security council push to call for a ceasefire in Gaza that Washington said would have emboldened Hamas. The resolution demanded… 4222077
Reposted by @cobleyjoe.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 19/11/2024All of this. 612423308918
Reposted by @cobleyjoe.bsky.socialRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 15/11/2024The Future of Orion xkcd.com/3012 288317733650
