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Espen Gisvold

@espengis.bsky.social
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Married and retired IT professional, left wing bridge player and writer. Into politics, philosophy, science, bridge, art and fiction writing. Locking for an agent! he/him when polite when you are impolite I know not what you would use. DM's = 🚫 313 ppm

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Espen Gisvold @espengis.bsky.social · 6h
Big news from Labour Conference: the PM has announced the government's plan to scrap first past the post. Seats that match votes would change British politics for good, but only if it happens. I've added my name. Join me? action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/201578/...
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The PM used his big speech to promise to fix Westminster's broken voting system.
We've heard promises before. I've signed to make sure this one is kept. It takes 30 seconds
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Espen Gisvold @espengis.bsky.social · 7h
He IS making a lot of the right noises Burnham, and yes we HAVE won the argument, now we just need to win the implementation of the consequences of having won the argument! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I heard one thing loud and clear in Andy Burnham’s landmark speech: the left has won the arguments | Owen Jones
The PM’s stated trajectory is a rebuke to past Tory and Labour governments. The challenge now is to make his project progressive in word and deed, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
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Espen Gisvold @espengis.bsky.social · 20h
I do agree that UK pensions are insulting low. BUT what is proposed is NOT to take money away from pensjoners. I agree we should have a wealth tax, that billionaires are an insult, BUT what CAN be done and PASS? It is not the best possible solution, but it might be the best solution possible?
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Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
About Ukrainians #ukraine #ukrainians #war #ukrainerussiawar #ukrainiangirl
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Espen Gisvold @espengis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'm so feed up with the "Speculariat" wasting hours and end speculating on air. We used to have the commentariat, who were commenting (they thought with wisdom, but in fact with pomposity). Now they have stoped commentating on what is happening and instead speculating with the same self importans!
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Espen Gisvold @espengis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
About right I'd say. What do you think?
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Espen Gisvold @espengis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There was a moon over our street last night :D
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Espen Gisvold @espengis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Watched "The Damned United" last night. About Brian Clough. I can understand being a fan of a club back in those days - Local boys bye and large from that area. £25,000 was and outrageous amount of money. Today a fotball club is a plc. Being a fan is like being a fan of Ford, or KIA or whatnot.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Funny how business CEOs who depend on £millions in government subsidies for their huge profits want the pittance of benefits for poor people to be slashed meme via James Branch
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Jojo she/her @jojofe24.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I didnt know i was capable of hating someone so much, but i hate him, his propaganda, his manipulative lies and behaviour But most of all i hate every person who is so terrified of him, they are making us all complicit in genocide
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
But they let the genocidal war criminal, Netanyahu, spout his insane bullshit.
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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Kyiv. At least five people were killed during russian attacks today. I’m going to the exhibition to explore Ukrainian heritage. One city. One war. We pack our pain into already heavy backpacks and keep going.
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Espen Gisvold @espengis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How many lies can you find? How fing vain is it possible to be??
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Espen Gisvold @espengis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Would it not be wonderful if we could have one day, only one day without seeing, hearing about or having to relate to something TACO has said or done? FFS, he is an idiot!
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Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Morning, friends🫂🫂 Even though I wasn’t in constant danger tonight, it was still hard. Every time I tried to sleep, I heard explosions that didn’t exist. I kept thinking about ballistics and checking the news. And unfortunately, they really hit my poor Kyiv again💔
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Zelenskyy at the UN: "Ukrainians understand that this winter could be very harsh for us, but in response we will have no choice but to make it harsh for Russia too"
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We Should Ban Trump, Not The Press.......
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A new bookstore opened in Kyiv. I visited it today. russian drones burn warehouses full of books and damage whatever they can reach. A new bookstore opened in Kyiv. russia will never win.
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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Kyiv is covered in clouds and smoke today. The city was under drone attack this morning. Casualties and damage again. And it’s cold.
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Espen Gisvold @espengis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Super intelligence is what TACO wants to call AI. Not really a surprise as anything that shows a spark of intelligence over and above that og a positron is, to him, super intelligent.
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Espen Gisvold @espengis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Twice as many people are waiting twice as long for treatment. THIS is the reason for the "explosion" of the welfare bill. It is expensive to not treat people. This is what underfunding of the NHS leads to. Fund and rebuild the NHS and most of the welfare bill "problem" would be solved!
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👣Coco👣 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is going to infuriate Donald, especially with Fox joining the boycott. Donald as a little boy never got enough attention from his wary, selfish parents. As an adult, he is so thirsty for attention—and watches for himself on television CONSTANTLY—being ignored by media is kryptonite.
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Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Dear Moscow, If you smell smoke, that’s us. If you hear buzzing, that’s us too. If you’re panicking - good. Sincerely, Ukrainian drone swarm P.S. We don’t knock.
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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Espen Gisvold @espengis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Lets deal with the real problems!
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Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
❗️We have already had the second successful use of the new Ukrainian interceptor drone today, – Zelenskyy Fighting units of the SBU military counterintelligence struck a russian jet-powered drone "Geran-5".
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This pretty much says it all.
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Espen Gisvold @espengis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Happy Friday!
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Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🤬 Another ballistic strike on Kyiv. Footage shows the aftermath of a russian attack on railway infrastructure. Local media report this is the Mykilska Slobidka station.
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Espen Gisvold @espengis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
For years we have not given Christmas presents - we have given to Medicine Sanse Frontiers instead. This year we will giv to RNLI. The racist attaches in them is outrageous, and we have to make a stand! Make a stand and save life!
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Tony @antonyillahiwarren.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Remember that the people hiding Ann Frank were breaking the law, the people who killed her were following it. #PalestineAction 🇵🇸
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Espen Gisvold @espengis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
All of a sudden there is a lot of discussions about the danger of AI. Rightfully so. The discussion of course is only about wether or not AI could be able to extinguish us as a human race and not the consequences it has for employment, employment rights and wealth distribution. I'll leave them too.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities were under russian attack last night. Again. I had a slow warcoffee. We have water. Even water is among russian targets. How welcome the sunshine feels.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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ADAPTIVE INDOMITABLE UKRAINE: “Badly Chafed Legs, 3 Days No Food, Barely Alive”? Continue the Mission! Blyat! The Story of an Ru Mobiki
So goes an expletive-laden recently intercepted communication between a Russian “infil” and his commander near Sloviansk, Northern Donetsk oblast. A harrowing 15km trek on foot, badly blistered…
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🦋MOM🦋 @momcjl.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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lol
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PizzaCake @pizzacakecomic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Espen Gisvold @espengis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
To say that "Free Palestine" is antisemitic is like saying "Free Europe" is Islamophobic (Turkey is a rather non democratic country and largely muslim). There will never be peace in the midle east without a free and thriving Palestine. Any and every attempt on stopping this is support of genocide.
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Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If Ukraine disappears From your feed for a day, Please don’t assume the war disappeared too. We’re still here. And we are still need your support. #ukraine #war #ukrainerussiawar #ukrainians #ukrainian
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Christina🌊🌊 @sassycc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Do you understand it!!
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Espen Gisvold @espengis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Well done!
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