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lara3000.bsky.social

@lara3000.bsky.social
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A 🇺🇸 expat living in England with my spouse who is 🇬🇧🇨🇦🇺🇸 (in order of receipt). Retired from corporate life, micropreneur, cheering on 🇺🇸 resisters from across the pond.

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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Britain'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.uk
Ask your MP to stand up for our future in Europe
On 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?
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10/05/2026
First, Trump’s district is repped by a Democrat, and now JK Rowling is repped by a trans person? Fabulous!! 💙💕🎊🏳️‍⚧️
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Monthly reminder Bezos is ripping u off. Cancelled Prime year ago. in past 12 months have placed 4 Amazon orders. Mostly small, hard to find things we weren’t in a hurry for. Spend more than £35/$35 get FREE shipping. learned Amazon is NOT the cheapest, just the most convenient.
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
David Attenborough turns 💯 🎈🎂🎈🎂🎈 “Many of us might never have bothered with such bountifulness, or thought ourselves likely candidates to be gripped by it, were it not for the single human who brought it to our attention.” —Anthony Lane
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I completed mine 24 years ago this month. You’ve got a long and healthy life in front of you !
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Yes, it is sad. But the reason isn’t because they won’t know. It’s because they don’t care enough to know. Citizenship is far more than voting periodically, is t requires engagement and persistence. And unfortunately, far too many Americans are content as it isn’t hurting them (yet).
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
There is a way to stop this ... stop using meta, stop using twitter, stop using amazon ... American's just don't care enough.
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
except DeJoy took office 5 months before the 2020 election. this implies that he wsa put in after that election
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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Just sobbed hardest I have since my mom died in 2020. She missed these trials by a few months. One of most ruthless cancers. Hard to fathom that maybe she'd still be here. I feel such a hole inside. In case you're wondering if we should fund mRNA research instead of another stupid war ... yes.
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MyPet Health by Vetcation @vetcation.com · 19/04/2026
This dog rescue had a slumber party night where volunteers got to sleep with a dog up for adoption! This is the kind of place I’d donate my time and money to. Slumber Pawty! 🐾
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Could this be how it breaks? because the military leaders understand what the crazy guy doesn’t. They understand what war crimes are and they will not participate?
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Worcester 🇬🇧
English setter staring at his ball on a table.
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
No your not. It’s got three exclusions before it kicks in. It’s a token attempt. Do better.
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Oh come on … you guys can do better than that. three exclusions is not the way to tax the wealthy.
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Worth a read. The only thing it is missing is: We create an amendment to the constitution that says that Presidents can be charged for breaking the law.
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
One of the best responses I have ever seen.
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I am guessing that part of it is because we have been taught, for decades, that all of this is our fault. We wore the wrong clothes, we said the wrong thing (at least that is what they told me in 1983), we drank too much, we should have known better …
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Ok. But it still requires electricity which, in the UK, is a lot more expensive than gas.
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Then how does he have a 5’rp% approval rating???
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
He still has a 40% approval rating 🙄
A 2-year, longitudinal graph showing tRumps approval and disapprove rating
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Except in parliamentary systems a snap election is called by the party in power, not by the people.
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Not gonna work. You need to create a movement to get the people to the polls. hungary happened because people had a leader, they proactively participated and THEN they voted. Wait until the election is over to call a general strike??? You just don’t get it.
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
They didn’t just get up that morning and decide to vote. They have been building a movement for 2 years. Americans are so friggin comfortable our movement meets quarterly with lots of signs but no leader and no direction. If you want 78% participation you gotta create a reason for people to come out
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
But this requires engagement. Not by the 9 million that show up once a quarter. But by 20 million that show up monthly and more frequently. And they need a leader. And they need one fast. And we need to reject the debate fiasco that just leaves everyone hating all the candidates.
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
They didn’t donate large sums of 💰 or expect their parliamentary representatives to solve it. They engaged, day in day out. They created a movement behind a leader. The Dems need to sack the months of debates where they talk everyone out of liking any of them and coalesce behind a leader. NOW!
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
JFK was right and Americans can learn a few things from how Hungarians engaged “Today, we won because Hungarians didn’t ask what their homeland could do for them; they asked what they could do for their homeland. You found the answer. And you followed through”. aje.news/fef7kz
aje.news
Who is Peter Magyar, Hungary’s new leader who trounced Viktor Orban?
Magyar's centre-right Tisza Party has won a two-thirds majority in Hungary's parliamentary elections.
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
They didn’t just vote. They participated for 2 solid years. Monthly marches, 2% + of the population marched every month for 2 solid years. No quarterly no Kings days … Americana need to get off their asses and participate stop waiting for Congress to fight their battles.
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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Regret to inform everyone that Peter Magyar beat the world’s smartest illiberal populist in large measure by working incredibly hard for 2 straight years, meaning the rest of us are just going to have to get off our asses and do shit rather than just complaining.
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
What you, and most Americans, are missing here is that Parliament didn’t make this happen. The people did. The people have been out in massive protests since 2024. Not a quarterly No Kings day, a steady drumbeat 200,000 strong (in a country with a 9.5 million population). That is what US needs
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
This is huge!!!! www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
GSK reports promising early results in ovarian and womb cancer drug trial
Mo-Rez reduced or eliminated tumours in over 60% of patients and is expected to be a blockbuster drug
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Size is irrelevant. What matters is passion. The Hungarian people have been fiercely focused. Strikes, protests, day in day out, not quarterly like in the US.
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Andy Muirhead @andymuirhd.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
In France, legislation came into effect recently for all car parks that have over 80 spaces to be covered with solar panels. Estimated to add around 11GW of renewable energy capacity to the national grid. Why not do likewise in Scotland? Braehead, Silverburn, Glasgow Fort etc.
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Not even 6 in the morning, and Hungarians are already lining up to vote! Hopefully get rid of Orban and Russians once, and for all! #cdnpoli
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Greater Manchester Patients Not Passports @gmpnp.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
We were never consulted on Palantir gaining access to our health data. But we've since made our views known. And in just 4️⃣ DAYS, MPs will debate activating the break clause in Palantir's NHS contract. Tell you MP to do the right thing 👇 www.amnesty.org.uk/get-involved...
amnesty.org.uk
Email your MP to demand no Palantir in our NHS
Palantir faces scrutiny for human rights abuses as MPs debate its £330m NHS data contract on 16 April. Urge your MP: no Palantir in our NHS. Act now.
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
You’re kinda missing the point Patty. The WORLD is paying a price for the crime syndicate in DC and the ineptitude of the Democratic Party to put together a coherent response.
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Hey America. Take note. This level of resistance and protest … daily. Is what it takes. Get moving.
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Not even 2 days …
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
This week … JD Vance spent longer in Hungary supporting Orban’s re-election than he did in Islamabad focused on a war (which has already killed thousands including 13 Americans) he reportedly opposed. 🙄
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Here we fixed this for you, @wsj.com We see you trying to help JD pretend he doesn’t have to wear this war when he runs for president. Nope.
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
So Oxford allowed women to attend in 1920’s where as Harvard waited until 1977. It’s all starting to make sense now 🙄
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
They only thing they have proven they truly understand is which way the wind is blowing.
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LisaLisa @lisalisa42.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Congress is completely useless at this point.
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Russia, China, North Korea. Next
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Jocelyn Leitzinger @jocelynl.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Comparison of voting by county in Wisconsin First pic is presidential election results from 2024. Second pic is Supreme Court results from 2026 In 2024, 34 counties went 60% or higher for Trump. Now, there's only 3 counties that voted red at that level. And >25 counties flipped from red to blue
Wisconsin election map for the 2024 presidential election, by county. The vast majority of the state is red. State Supreme Court election map for Wisconsin in 2026, by county. More than half the state is blue - maybe 60%?
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Amalia @ollied68.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
América, Your No Kings protests were a good start. But I’m afraid to make a difference your going to have to be more like the French. Protest every day. Shut the country down. One protest every 3 months doesn’t effect change. Daily pressure does.
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
No. We need a general strike. Tomorrow. Across the country.
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Wait, you think the guiding light is MtG 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Correction. The people who have enabled this have ruined America. The 53 senators and 217 congressional representatives have allowed this to happen and to continue.
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Point
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lara3000.bsky.social @lara3000.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Expats are not counted in the US census As we don’t live in the US. But we do pay taxes to the US in our world wide income. Guess they don’t want that either.
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