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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 18/03/2026

The Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace, Washington DC

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

A List of Complaints from 1926 🧵

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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 24/01/2026

Board of Peace - Season 1

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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

It's New Year, so time to look back and forward. These are 10 things I think we need to recognise in 2026. It’s a response to what I think are profoundly damaging mistaken assumptions I’ve heard and read from practitioners, journalists, and analysts in 2025. Warning: very long🧵

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

As an antidote to the constantly dreadful news, have some philosophical concepts:

35 Philosophical Concepts That Don't Exist in English (But Totally Should)
1-10: Concepts About Self & Identity
• Ubuntu (Zulu/Xhosa) - "I am because we
• Shinrin-yoku
(Japanese)
"Forest
are"; the idea that our humanity is shaped
bathing"; a meditative appreciation of nature.
through community.
• Lagom
• Tatemae &
Honne
(Japanese) - The
(Swedish) - Not too much, not
too little - just the right amount.
contrast between a person's public face • Kalpa (Sanskrit) - A cosmic unit of time; (tatemae) and their true feelings (honne).
often
used in Hindu and Buddhist
• Janteloven (Scandinavian) - The cultural cosmology.
belief that no one is better than anyone • Memento mori (Latin) - "Remember you else; humility over individualism.
• Ikigai (Japanese) - Your reason for being;
must die"; a reflection on mortality and the value of life.
the intersection of passion, mission, $ 21-30: Emotions, Relationships & Human vocation, and profession.
Nature
• Duende (Spanish) - A mysterious, soul-stirring emotional
• Kaukokaipuu (Finnish) - A longing for
power,
often
distant places you've never been.
experienced through art or music.
• Kintsugi (Japanese) - The art of repairing * Jayus (Indonesian) - A joke so badly told
that it becomes funny again.
broken pottery with gold, symbolizing • Mamihlapinatapai (Yaghan) - The look beauty in imperfection and healing
shared by two people who want to act
• Zanshin (Japanese) - A state of relaxed
but hesitate.
alertness
and
focused awareness, • Forelsket (Norwegian) - The euphoria of
especially in martial arts.
falling in love.
• Gezelligheid (Dutch) - The warm,
collective comfort of being with loved • Humorebi (Japanese) - The sunlight that
filters through the leaves of trees.
ones.
• Mokita (Kivila, Papua New Guinea) - The
• Wabi-sabi (Japanese) - A
worldview
truth everyone knows but no one says.
centered on accepting transience and • Ya'aburnee (Arabic) - Literally "you bury imperfect beauty.
me"; a declaration that life without the
• Sprezzat…

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Wrote this about flags and patriotism in 2021 (in The Decade In Tory). Stand by every word now.

Patriotism is about caring for your fellow citizens – all of them,
not just the ones who buy peerages. It is about decently funding our
national institutions and investing in our collective futures. It involves
delivering a full and enriching education for the next generation, and
providing decent care and respite for the elderly and vulnerable.
It’s about ensuring we have a capable and well-founded health
service, a justice system that is open to all – and which applies equally
to all. Patriotism is about ensuring equality of life chances, and the
possibility of a home and a family. It recognises that it doesn’t matter
what colour, faith, gender or sexuality you are: every person in Britain
is equally British, and division demeans us all.
But simply being British isn’t enough. We live on this planet with
billions of other people, and we have to make it work. So patriotism
is building sound and convivial relationships with our neighbours
and allies. It is tackling global climate change in congress with the
entire world, not seeking ways to screw our rivals and condemn our
grandkids to a terrifying heat death.
Patriotism is about crushing corruption and fostering decency,
rather than the other way around. Those things are patriotic. Not
flags. Fuck your flags. Flags are just the wrapping paper around those
things, and nothing more. Yet increasingly they’re wrapped around a
hollowed-out nation.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Dear USA Deploying troops against civilians will not go well. Yours Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Lucky insomniacs. Only three more sleeps until Christmas.

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Ian Marcus @ianmarcus.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Breaking : British & Irish Lions team named. Big names in, a few big names missing, all in all an impressive looking squad, can't wait for the tour to kick off.

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Liz Truss being inspiring

Philip Cross: What Pierre Poilievre can learn from Liz Truss

The former British PM ran into heavy opposition from the civil service and the Bank of England. A prime minister Poilievre likely would, too

By Philip Cross

Published Aug 20, 2024

https://financialpost.com/opinion/philip-cross-pierre-poilievre-liz-truss

Former Prime Minister Liz Truss loses seat in Tory wipeout

Britain's shortest-lived leader kicked out of parliament in shock result.

July 5 2024
https://www.politico.eu/article/former-prime-minister-liz-truss-lose-seat-tory-wipeout-uk-election/

Canada's conservative leader Pierre Poilievre loses his own seat in election collapse

The remarkable campaign was upended by a backlash against U.S. President Donald Trump, which sparked a stunning liberal resurgence.

https://www.politico.eu/article/pierre-poilievre-mark-carney-canada-election-conservative-liberal/

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

A light blue diagram depicting the sea, with the water's surface at the top, and just below it is an outline of the Mary Rose, with the depth (12m, 40ft or 6.7 fathoms). There is a line showing the seabed, which takes a rapid dive into the vertical...

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Financial markets 2, Lettuces 0

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Ian Marcus @ianmarcus.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Wife and son just landed a brilliant April's Fools on me. I'm living with evil geniuses.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

🧵 I want to follow up this earlier thread by examining why the USA finds itself in the state it does at the moment; the process of disordered discourse capturing state institutions and how it inevitably results in a slide towards authoritarianism, a process we're seeing unfold before our very eyes.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Here’s to another relaxing Sunday.

Day of Rest

Blessed Sunday, day of rest,
a day on which to catch your breath
and put the busy world on pause,
while cracking on with all the chores.

The hoovering, the weekly shop.
The housework, laundry, washing up.
The futile war on disarray –
Sunday, such a restful day.

A chance to let yourself unwind,
to spend some precious family time
when on your phones or arguing
about the state the bathroom’s in;

to shake off last night’s beer and wine
by being made to run the line
at your youngest’s football game,
while getting yelled at in the rain.

Long may the reign of peace prevail
so you can answer work emails
and start the coming week less stressed –
blessed Sunday, day of rest.

Brian Bilston

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God @thegodshow.com · 26/02/2025

Wyoming Republicans have banned so-called “compelled speech” regarding pronouns. No one, they proclaimed, should be forced to use someone’s preferred pronouns. And yet, when Senate Chairman Tim French was addressed as “Madam Chairman”, he was not pleased. Not one bit.

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Wyoming Bans Pronouns, Madam Chairman Objects When It Applies to Him

SMITE!

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Squidge Rugby @squidgerugby.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Amen. The Six Nations should get heat for making a stupid decision, but ultimately this all comes back to 14 years of a Conservative government breaking down the country and selling it off for scrap. The BBC is criminally underfunded, and live sport is the most expensive sector in modern TV.

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Ian Marcus @ianmarcus.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Welcome to the misinformation age.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Today’s poem is called ‘Love is a Skin’.

Love is a Skin

love is a skin
that protects you,
a warmth that spreads
from the tips of your fingers
to your heart

sorry – not love –
glove, i meant glove

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The Rest Is Politics @therestpolitics.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

We are here 🥳 This is the official The Rest Is Politics account on Bluesky. Follow this account for everything Rory and Alastair based in the art of disagreeing agreeably.

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Ian Marcus @ianmarcus.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I don't know why, but this has made my day.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Please help the Bylines Network get over 50K! Follow @bylinesnetwork.bsky.social … and share. Thank you. 🙏🏻

Screenshot of Bylines Network on Bluesky showing 49.7K followers.

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Ian Marcus @ianmarcus.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Snow days, 1st sledge of the year.

A snow scene, with a boy in the background running up a hill dragging a sledge behind him.

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Ian Marcus @ianmarcus.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Bluesky feels like social media as it should be, and is now my go-to app, over FB, Insta & Linkedin. X uninstalled from phone altogether.

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Ian Marcus @ianmarcus.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I actually love the fact that, in the same way Elon Musk opened up the "Twitter Files" when he bought the company, when he leaves and a new owner takes over they'll open up the "X Files". Spooky.

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 14/11/2024

We’ve put a lot of work into making Bluesky a healthier social network. This app is designed to give you a choice — in what you want to see, what you don’t want to see, and how you want to interact. Some tips on how to customize your experience:

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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 14/11/2024

Hello folks. Just joined. Got to learn how it works. Will do a post on my twitter now so you can see this is the real me and not some scammer!

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

I hear it is far nicer over here! Message received. Words of the day start tomorrow.

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Ian Marcus @ianmarcus.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Another really useful tool. Find people that your people have already found.

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Ian Marcus @ianmarcus.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

About to start reading this, with the two sequels on the shelf ready to go. The Netflix show was excellent, and have a feeling that, as usual, the book will be better.

A picture of a book, titled The Three Body Problem.

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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 09/11/2024

How Musk broke Twitter and helped elect Trump (Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam) www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3v...

youtube.com

TESLA = TRUMP

YouTube video by Led By Donkeys

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Ian Marcus @ianmarcus.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

This is awesome, a starter-pack directory 🙌🏼 Thanks @mubashariqbal.com, so useful!

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Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Welcome, new arrivals on Bluesky - hope you'll find this a place for smooth debate and hearty chats 😉 To get plenty of news in your feed straight away, here is a starter pack of a good bunch of #BBCNews journos: go.bsky.app/8gWbLmD

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Ian Marcus @ianmarcus.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

This needs to be read today. And to American friends, followers, connections, whatever - we're with you, stay strong.

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

America, what the fuck did you just do?

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Ian Marcus @ianmarcus.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

Up close and personal with the Kelpies this afternoon.

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Ian Marcus @ianmarcus.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

Yes! @squidgerugby.bsky.social is here! Bluesky just keeps getting better. 🏉

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Ian Marcus @ianmarcus.bsky.social · 29/09/2024

"Character Limit". Brilliant book, totally compelling, never read 600 pages so fast. Looking forward to the sequel! @kateconger.bsky.social @rmac.bsky.social

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