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Christopher Kelly @hfmatters.bsky.social · 16h

I remember @johncooperclarke.bsky.social at Ledbury Poetry festival back in 1997 - he was bloody great! Glad to hear he's still on the road, surviving... @poetrysociety.org.uk

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Christopher Kelly @hfmatters.bsky.social · 18h

Probably many such posts but here's an old one...

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 09/10/2026

🏅 South African Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize South African jurist Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Pillay served as the UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2008 to 2014.

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Christopher Kelly @hfmatters.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I agree. @elliechowns.bsky.social who stood against him last year would be my choice for leader, but some in the Greens have a downer on her because she's not 110% behind every trans right issue. FWIW I just cancelled my membership of the Green Party

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Christopher Kelly @hfmatters.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Reminds me of exchange with my MP in 2021 about Environment Bill and debate about imposing duties on water companies, stop discharge of untreated sewage etc. MP asserted it'd cost every UK household £5k to be rectified so only minimal changes possible. Figures quoted were of course bollocks

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Christopher Kelly @hfmatters.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A contribution to World Sight Day (8th October 2026) - Holy Moses! #WorldSightDay www.iapb.world/world_sight_...

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Christopher Kelly @hfmatters.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Exactly... bsky.app/profile/hfma...

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Christopher Kelly @hfmatters.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Einstein was surely a renowned *humanitarian* rather than humanist. He fought for social justice, freedom, peace and against all injustice, racism. Didn't believe in (cruel) Abrahamic god or the afterlife but considered himself "a deeply religious man", passionate about being a Jew and Jewish ideals

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Christopher Kelly @hfmatters.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Interesting. An even stronger case for Christianity being foundational to Western civilisation was eloquently made by Christopher Dawson, 70-80 yrs before Holland. Curiously, Dawson isn't cited in Dominion's 400+ references...

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Christopher Kelly @hfmatters.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Indeed, here's an old one of mine at UK price of 45p! Donaldson's message about "what matters...is not growth, but growth of what, for whom and at what cost; not full employment, but the nature of work; not just more wealth, but its equitable distribution" seems still relevant as ever...

Images of the front and back cover of paperback called "Economics of the Real World" by Peter Donaldson, published by Pelican in 1973

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Christopher Kelly @hfmatters.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Interesting. FWIW, Albert Einstein would have agreed... bsky.app/profile/hfma...

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Christopher Kelly @hfmatters.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Indeed. Latest report from @britishfuture.bsky.social sets out the widely mixed views of the "tribes". As I've said before, probably take a generation before UK actually rejoins by which time of course EU will be a different beast anyway... www.britishfuture.org/publication/...

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Britain and Europe: How close should we get? - British Future

New research on public attitudes to the future UK-EU relationship, including on trade, asylum, free movement and youth mobility.

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Christopher Kelly @hfmatters.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Olah finds “things that are mysterious, even unsettling…evidence of introspection" but I'd take that with big pinch of salt. As per Iain McGilchrist, AI is self-referring system, only repeats what it knows, hence prone to delusions. AI can never really "understand", have leap of insight or be moral

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Christopher Kelly @hfmatters.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I joined @greenparty.org.uk last year (inspired by Zack) but won't be renewing my membership. This stupid zionism motion, coming after its misplaced obsession with trans rights, has wiped out my support and any enthusiasm @elliechowns.bsky.social

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Christopher Kelly @hfmatters.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Maybe, but surely someone could have done more with that lasso story... news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england...

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Christopher Kelly @hfmatters.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Yes, Palestine and its people have a right to exist and United Nations has reaffirmed their inalienable rights for decades eg Resolution 3236 (XXIX) including: a) right to self-determination without external interference b) right to national independence and sovereignty. docs.un.org/en/A/RES/323...

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Christopher Kelly @hfmatters.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Clarke is distorting what Burnham said. Burnham said he wanted to reverse the "wrong path" since Thatcher but he didn't say let's go back to 1970s, which are remembered for Callaghan's shitty 3-day week, high inflation, unemployment etc. But I got to see Bob Marley so there were good times too...

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Christopher Kelly @hfmatters.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

...and then calling for an ambulance because execution failed! Cruel and insane

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Christopher Kelly @hfmatters.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"bloviating gobs" - good choice of words!

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Christopher Kelly @hfmatters.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Agree. Just utterly depressing that so many people continue to listen to the crap spouted by Farage and gang

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Christopher Kelly @hfmatters.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Great that Burnham is opening up discussion about EU. Cautious "softly-softly" strategy sounds good too. But I can't help recalling that once upon time (*2013*) the toxic dickhead Johnson advised about the need "to wrap that cold towel round our heads" when considering Leave/Remain options... <sigh>

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Christopher Kelly @hfmatters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Indeed. I recall an interview with Dyson a few years back and the only benefit he could laud was ""an independence of spirit". Fuckwit billionaire

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Christopher Kelly @hfmatters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Indeed... bsky.app/profile/hfma...

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Christopher Kelly @hfmatters.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Sounds good. Have you considered accreditation with Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors (CIEHF)? @human-factors.bsky.social

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Christopher Kelly @hfmatters.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Yeah, like I said before... bsky.app/profile/hfma...

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Christopher Kelly @hfmatters.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In 2016 my Tory MP supported Remain and declared passionately that effects of Brexit would be "catastrophic", which it’s proved to be. But as a minister under May and Johnson she dutifully kept quiet. Yeah, I might remind her...

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Christopher Kelly @hfmatters.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sorry to hear that Steve. Hope you fully recover soon. Take care mate

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

That thug sabotaging rescue efforts, racist riots, flags on lampposts, pink ladies wanting to burn down hotels, doxxing charity workers, ICE-style deportation plans, threats to scrap the Equality Act and leave the ECHR… “legitimate concerns” No. A tornado of hate and prejudice set off by Farage.

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Christopher Kelly @hfmatters.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Perhaps read some Iain McGilchrist? As he put it, AI is self-referring system, only repeats what it knows (hence prone to delusions) firmly stuck in left-hemisphere processing. Consequently AI can never produce leaps of insight, "understanding" etc characteristic of human (right-hemisphere) thinking

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Christopher Kelly @hfmatters.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Extraordinary how Trump has debased and weakened the US in so many ways. Hopefully, as @mitch.social predicts, he'll resign in 2027 and the world will be (kinda) rid of the lunatic...

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“Trump is the biggest arch villain.” - Why is that, Batman? “For he is the villain who wants the biggest arches.”

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Christopher Kelly @hfmatters.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Well done #Wolves! If you carry on like this, you might even go top... @wolvesfc.bsky.social

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Christopher Kelly @hfmatters.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Ah yes, I remember him well... bsky.app/profile/hfma...

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Christopher Kelly @hfmatters.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

There’ve been failure narratives since Suez. But after 2012 euphoria, UKIP triumphed in 2014 Euro elections. How on earth was that possible? Answer: Cameron. Unable to see off Farage (who he’d labelled a fruitcake), failed at Referendum, then exits stage to let in toxic buffoon Johnson...

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Christopher Kelly @hfmatters.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"We had the greatest empire in the world. We were a great people. We won two world wars," he said. British exceptionalism just never ends for these people

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