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@johnwiththatcat.bsky.social
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🇬🇧🗣️Generally ranting about: Politics/Animal Rights/The Environment/Cats. 🕊️Humanist 🌱Vegan 🏳️‍🌈He|Him

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
When you see the relentless attacks from other parties on the Greens across the media remember this: They hate our plan to end Rip Off Britain. They don't want a wealth tax. They don't want public ownership & lower bills. They're trying everything in their power to stop us.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet. This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.
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John @johnwiththatcat.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
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John @johnwiththatcat.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Any European leaders still clinging to the hope that Trump can be reasoned with or relied upon are deluding themselves. He's a psychopath that acts purely for his own self interest. The sooner Europe strengthens itself and cuts itself off from him the better.
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Democrats at Munich security summit to urge Europe to stand up to Trump
European leaders divided over how far to accommodate Trump’s ‘wrecking ball’ politics and foreign policy
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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Just going to leave this here
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John @johnwiththatcat.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Current mood:
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Boycott American - Buy British & European @boycottamericanuk.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
#BoycottChatGPT #BoycottAmerican
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John @johnwiththatcat.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
"We must place true value on the environment and go beyond gross domestic product as a measure of human progress and wellbeing. Let us not forget that when we destroy a forest, we are creating GDP. When we overfish, we are creating GDP." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief
Exclusive: António Guterres says world’s accounting systems should place true value on the environment
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
We have so under-estimated the capacities of non-human animals www.livescience.com/animals/land...
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Kanzi the bonobo could play pretend — a trait thought unique to humans
Past anecdotal observations have hinted that great apes play pretend. But now, experimental research shows that our closest living relatives can keep track of imaginary objects.
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Boycott American - Buy British & European @boycottamericanuk.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Argos we love you, but we do kinda miss the little blue pens. #BoycottAmerican #BuyBritish #BuyEuropean
Argument meme bigging up Argos and cancelling Amazon
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
the post I needed today! both my cats are purrosauruses :-)
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/01/2026
A new video appears to show the moments leading up to a fatal shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis, with the individual appearing to simply record on his phone as agents escalated the situation. 🎥 dangjessie / Threads
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John @johnwiththatcat.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
What Nigel Farage says vs what Nigel Farage does. Grifting, fraudulent, cosplay everyman little cunt.
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John @johnwiththatcat.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Insult after insult after insult after insult after insult after insult from Trump towards the UK, Europe, NATO, Canada... and yet still not a single bad word said against Putin. I think we all know by now where he stands; firmly in the lap of the Kremlin. #TrumpIsARussianAsset
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John @johnwiththatcat.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
1/ In Davos, @caolanrob.bsky.social tried to ask Steve Witkoff about his ties to Russia. Witkoff ran away - & is now in Moscow. @bylinetimes.bsky.social has detailed Witkoff's financial dealings with a man at the heart of Putin's mafia state. Why are so few other journalists digging into this?
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 22/01/2026
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 22/01/2026
Also, this story illustrates a fundamental truth: Trump's opinions are shaped by the last person he spoke to
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
No MP should be earning £380,000 on top of their parliamentary salary. Farage manages it because he's turned "politainment" into a viable career. Like his US counterparts he's discovered that being a disruptor can make you very wealthy indeed. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Nigel Farage apologises for 17 breaches of MPs’ code of conduct
Reform UK leader, who failed to declare £380,000 on time, says he is computer-illiterate ‘oddball’
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John @johnwiththatcat.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
The time to cut off the USA and re-join the EU has never, ever been more urgent. #BoycottAmerica #RejoinTheEU
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/01/2026
Crockett: "You only love enforcement when they're going after Black, brown, immigrants, that kind of folk. But on January 6, you didn't care about law enforcement."
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Russia is invading Europe and the president of the United States is ranting about the danger that "windmills" pose to the Western World.
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John @johnwiththatcat.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
What he said 👇👏
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John @johnwiththatcat.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
1. Why is anybody still seeking Mandelson's opinion? 2. How do you take the heat out of situation when someone is coming at you with a flamethrower? 3. Over and over and over again we have seen that appeasment and "sense" have zero impact on Trump. Delusions will only keep you safe for so long.
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Terry Reintke @terryreintke.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Europe must stand strong and united against Trump‘s threats. For now, a trade deal is off the table. The Commission must initiate the ACI. We must target US Big Tech and its enormous profits in the EU. We have the power to stand up to Trump, and we need to use it.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
For well over a decade, Nigel Farage criticised Davos and just two years ago criticised Starmer for going and calling him a "full-on globalist, hanging out with his mates at the World Economic Forum." So, question. Where do you think Nigel Farage is going today?
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John @johnwiththatcat.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Christ on a bike. 'You didn't give me a medal so I'm going to invade Greenland!' Politics by a manbaby with the emotional maturity of a blob of jelly. Pathetic, deranged, demented. We have to deal with chaos because his mother didn't hug him as a child 😒
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Femi @femi-oluwole.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Let me get this straight: Zia Yusuf says Farage WON'T call Trump to stop him putting tariffs on the UK over Greenland, as it's "not his place". But Farage was happy tell the US congress to put tariffs on the UK over Lucy Connolly? Reform UK = TREASON
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Farage WANTS Trump to punish the UK - Greenland TREASON
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!
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John @johnwiththatcat.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... "Robert Jenrick was described as “the new sheriff in town” and the politician needed by Reform UK to give it experience and political “heft”, according to a leaked media plan for his defection prepared by his aides." 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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Leaked Jenrick defection plan calls him ‘the new sheriff in town’
Former Tory’s media strategy reportedly calls him ‘biggest defection story Reform has ever had’
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James Heale @jaheale.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Kemi Badenoch says she backs Keir Starmer on Greenland
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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Who funds the Free Speech Union?
Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.
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John @johnwiththatcat.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Agree 👌 "Only Americans can save their country from a descent into something even uglier and deadlier than what we are witnessing already. But for everyone’s sake, theirs included, Europe must cut the cord now, and not follow them into the storm." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Europe must now tell Trump that enough is enough – and cut all ties with the US | Alexander Hurst
How do you retain a space of democracy in a world that is reverting to violent conquest? By building a protective moat of federalism around it, says Paris-based Guardian writer Alexander Hurst
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John @johnwiththatcat.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Agree 👌 "Only Americans can save their country from a descent into something even uglier and deadlier than what we are witnessing already. But for everyone’s sake, theirs included, Europe must cut the cord now, and not follow them into the storm." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Europe must now tell Trump that enough is enough – and cut all ties with the US | Alexander Hurst
How do you retain a space of democracy in a world that is reverting to violent conquest? By building a protective moat of federalism around it, says Paris-based Guardian writer Alexander Hurst
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Boycott American - Buy British & European @boycottamericanuk.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Getting a cheeky coffee on the way to work? Have an extra shot but leave out the fascism... •Starbucks 🇺🇸👎 •Costa Coffee 🇺🇸👎 •McDonalds 🇺🇸👎 •Buy local and independent🏆🇬🇧 •Caffe Nero 🇬🇧 •Pret a Manger 🇪🇺 •Greggs 🇬🇧 #BoycottAmerican #BuyBritish #BuyEuropean
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/01/2026
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Another great episode of The Traitors. In completely unrelated news, here's this week's podcast on Reform and Russia. youtu.be/43m0LKNDz6M
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Why A Vote For Reform UK Is A Vote For Russia | Carole Cadwalladr | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
In his opening address to the Nuremberg Tribunal, Justice Jackson described the criminals in the dock in a way that fits Trump, Miller, Hegseth, Vance et al to a T. Sadly, he was right that their kind of evil would lurk in the world long after their bodies had returned to dust.
What makes this inquest significant is that these prisoners represent sinister influences that will lurk in the world long after their bodies have returned to dust. We will show them to be living symbols of racial hatreds, of terrorism and violence, and of the arrogance and cruelty of power. They are symbols of fierce nationalisms and of militarism, of intrigue and war- making which have embroiled Europe generation after generation, crushing its manhood, destroying its homes, and impoverishing its life. They have so identified themselves with the philosophies they conceived and with the forces they directed that any tenderness to them is a victory and an encouragement to all the evils which are attached to their names. Civilization can afford no compromise with the social forces which would gain renewed strength if we deal ambiguously or indecisively with the men in whom those forces now precariously survive.
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John @johnwiththatcat.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Preach. The UK government should have been off X the moment its owner called for the violent removal of the UK government...
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen: “If we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO, the Kingdom of Denmark, and the EU.”
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💖 Birdhism Jen @birdhism.com · 13/01/2026
Humans are part of nature, not above it. We share this planet with countless other species, each with an equal right to exist without fear of abuse and exploitation. 🪶
Illustration of Pudge the Pigeon with a bow-tie. “I think sometimes we need to take a step back and just remember we have no greater right to be here than any other animal.”
- Sir David Attenborough
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John @johnwiththatcat.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
For fucks sake. Labour out-Torying the Tories on the restriction of our fundamental rights to protest yet again. Disgraceful 😤
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Pat @maytce.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
In case it’s of interest, the following high street retailers are US-owned companies: Boots Hotel Chocolat Morrisons Waterstones/Hatchards/Blackwells Gails bakery Majestic wine Sweaty Betty Costa Coffee TK Maxx
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Advocates for Animals | Solicitors @animallawyersuk.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Two public consultations with the aim of banning cages for laying hens, and ending castration and tail docking of lambs without pain relief, were launched on 12 January. Both close on 9 March.
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John @johnwiththatcat.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j... Spoken like the true rapist that he is: no consent needed, do as I say. Fellow UKers - we really need to take a leaf out of the Canadians and have an organised boycott of anything and everything American.
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‘Unacceptable’ for Greenland not to be in US hands, says Trump
US president’s comments come hours before high-stakes talks between Denmark, Greenland and US
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Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
When the interior ministry declares its militia to be above the law in terms that equate dissent with treason there really isn’t any question of whether or not we are looking at an authoritarian regime.
Department of Homeland Security post on X affirming immunity for ICE agents under all circumstances
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Mike Townsend @mike-earthshine.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
We know that Putin is evil. But, this is really vile. All human life is expendable to him. I look forward to the day when he is gone.
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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
We need to plan for the less liveable world we’re creating. Me in the @bmj.com
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Climate migration is inevitable; we are unprepared
We must face up to the inevitability of climate migration and find ways to manage global human mobility for everyone's benefit, writes Gaia Vince As the climate crisis develops, conditions in many p...
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