Ken Matheson @kenem.bsky.social · 05/10/2026'Journey Into Space' on the BBC Radio Light programme. I found it spellbinding and slightly frightening. 000
Ken Matheson @kenem.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I wonder what history will be taught about the current era in 50 years time? (If we last that long.) 000
Reposted by Ken MathesonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down. 329110854309
Ken Matheson @kenem.bsky.social · 03/10/2026And intercity rail transport instead of huge HGVs. 'Just in time' stockholding improves profit at the cost of the environment. 000
Ken Matheson @kenem.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It's the world we live in, too many people are blind to reality, are unable to think further than their nose and refuse to accept the obvious - that change is needed on our roads, probably because it may inconvenience them. It will get worse until enough people see the need for change. 000
Ken Matheson @kenem.bsky.social · 03/10/2026My abiding memory from the Wimpy on The Headrow, Leeds, in the 1960s. 000
Ken Matheson @kenem.bsky.social · 02/10/2026...now I have a problem being a socialist and disliking so many people. 110
Ken Matheson @kenem.bsky.social · 02/10/2026When I emigrated to South Africa in 1976 I was apolitical. My experiences there changed me. I returned to the UK in 1982 and was shocked to see my working class family supporting the anti-working class politics of Thatcherism. My political attitudes became entrenched.... 100
Reposted by Ken MathesonMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Today, in lying: Trump: “The arrest in the UK was fantastic. Working with Britain, it was an amazing job. “We had them under investigation. They were looking to do big damage to our fort, and working with the British worked out great. “We had them under view for a long time, and we got them.” 5342194
Ken Matheson @kenem.bsky.social · 27/09/2026But seemingly no real concern about the increasing numbers and noise from modified and dangerously driven motor vehicles? I suppose it's easier to police one than the other. 000
Ken Matheson @kenem.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Tell me, Mr Hargreaves, how did you become a £billionaire? 020
Ken Matheson @kenem.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"Data is good but understanding, perception, feel and common sense will never be replaced by instrumentation and AI." I wrote this 4 years ago, in a longer piece about sport. I now think that I was wrong, but right. 000
Ken Matheson @kenem.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I went to school for about 11 years and left in 1961. I'm still re-educating myself about history. 001
Ken Matheson @kenem.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Give up Robbie, you're co-commentating with an idiot. 010
Ken Matheson @kenem.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Anyone get the feeling that humanity has run its course? 010
Ken Matheson @kenem.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Not giving him/them the oxygen of publicity and avoiding martyrdom isn't working is it? 000
Ken Matheson @kenem.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Isn't that terrorism? Pre-planned damage to equipment used to save lifesaving. 100
Reposted by Ken MathesonOsbert Lancaster @osbert.org · 22/09/2026Connecting changemakers to explore what's happening and discuss what's next! Please join us and invite your networks! @greenspacetrust.bsky.social @thecockburn.bsky.social @caltonhill.bsky.social @scotlink.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social events.humanitix.com/what-if-edin...events.humanitix.comWhat if Edinburgh was designed for wildlife as well as people?A networking discussion for changemakers working for environmental and social change: exploring how we can respond in the climate, nature and human crisis. 145
Ken Matheson @kenem.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Do it!rnli.orgGive Money To Charity – Donate And Support the RNLI In Saving Lives At SeaDonate money to the RNLI and help us save lives at sea. Your donation provides volunteers with the kit, equipment and lifeboats they need to save lives. 010
Ken Matheson @kenem.bsky.social · 21/09/2026One of the most odious men I hope never to have the misfortune to meet. 000
Reposted by Ken MathesonOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Jacob Rees-Mogg has put out a video about how everyone needs to "grow up" and put childhood things behind them and show a bit more backbone and be prepared to do things fir themselves. That's Jacob Rees-Mogg who as an adult ... quite literally went canvassing with his nanny. 112881203
Ken Matheson @kenem.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Yes, even the ephemeral standards of a senile infant psychopath. 130
Reposted by Ken MathesonDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 20/09/2026I don't think we disdain the center-right enough. First, they rode nativist populist tigers to power to get their tax cuts and deregulation; Then, they lost control of their own parties to those tigers; Now, they sit in lucrative jobs as columnists writing about how it's all the left's fault. 433129790
Ken Matheson @kenem.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Britain's future relationship with Europe is being debated in Parliament on 12th October. I've just asked my MP to attend. Will you ask yours? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...europeanmovement.co.ukAsk your MP to stand up for our future in EuropeOn 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate? 020
Ken Matheson @kenem.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Same with the sports he washes his money in. Very British except for most of the people he employs 001
Reposted by Ken MathesonUrban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 16/09/2026For those in the UK and other countries where the lie is called a “war on motorists” rather than a “war on cars,” here’s a poster version for you to use and share. Either way, never forget, if there’s REALLY been any war in cities, it’s been a century-long WAR ON WALKING. #UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking 217462
Ken Matheson @kenem.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Bilbao is certainly powerful but everything about his riding style seems to be indexed. #vuelta2026 000
Ken Matheson @kenem.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Votes=power=personal gain. Good governance and the welfare of people are of no concern. 000
Ken Matheson @kenem.bsky.social · 12/09/2026You may not be interested in the views of an 80+ year old Brit but here goes. Reagan and Thatcher sowed the seeds of decline (neoliberalism, free market, deregulation) but we, the public, were happy with their giveaways. Then came corruption & lies on steroids and the disappearance of shame. 020
Reposted by Ken MathesonResist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 11/09/2026"The vast majority of the civilians [in Gaza] were killed by two groups. One is the lawyers that legitimized the attacks, and the other is the pilots. And these groups are loved by Israel." Neve Gordon, Professor of International Law, on The +972 Podcast. 09352
Ken Matheson @kenem.bsky.social · 10/09/2026He's sinking into his second childhood so quickly that soon he won't be able to speak at all, just gurgle.... oh wait. 000