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Occasionally poetic

@m1304.bsky.social
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"Radical Left Scum", Health and Policy researcher, occasional poet, now retired to French countryside. Cares about the earth and its people, nature and wildlife.

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Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The story of forced deportees in Trump's USA. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Banished to alien lands: Trump’s secret deportation deals
After a plane journey in shackles, an Iranian woman found herself in the middle of Africa in a country she did not know existed. She is one of thousands deported from the US on the back of shadowy dea...
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Chris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
New substack: You can marginalize Marxism, but you cannot marginalize the facts. chrisdillow.substack.com/p/marx-on-ai
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Marx on AI
Technical change is an issue of what capitalism does to workers.
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Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Suddenly I'm being asked to verify my age... it is 72.
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Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Should we tell her about the 'secret ballot'?
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Greater Manchester candidate says non-Reform voters should house ‘migrant rapists’
Sian Astley doubles down on stance that ‘people who vote for open borders should house criminals and rapists who enter UK’
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Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Reads like a movie you wouldn't quite believe! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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The man who blew up a nuclear power station and disappeared
The long read: In December 1982, South African Rodney Wilkinson walked four bombs into Koeberg power station – the crown jewel of the apartheid state – pulled the pins and then left on his bicycle. Ho...
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Charlotte Church sang From the River to the Sea at a fundraising event for Palestinians and now all the usual people are screaming antisemitism and trying to cancel her. RT if you stand with Charlotte Church and Palestine.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
I thought Alito was history’s worst supreme court justice. But Thomas has outdone him. www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2…
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I thought Alito was history’s worst supreme court justice. But Thomas has outdone him | Robert Reich
The supreme court justice recently condemned an entire philosophy of government. How can we believe in his impartiality?
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AtlantaDon💙🌈💙🌈💙 @donshantajr.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Y'all know what to do with this one...😎
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Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I keep hearing this ad for some holiday company for 'older' people (like me). They say: 'one of the best parts of your holiday is being picked up by a 'chauffeur' and driven to the airport'. I think... must be a pretty shit holiday then.
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Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
So... now Trump has 'ended' 8 wars, he's trying to start some... Venezuela, Greenland, Minnesota, Iran. I guess he really is 'Bored of Peace'
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Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
BBC News - Greenland says 'no thanks' to Trump US hospital boat www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Trump is a president of very little brain.
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Greenland says 'no thanks' to Trump US hospital boat
Greenland's PM reminded Trump of its free healthcare, after Trump said he was sending a boat to aid people who were allegedly
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Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
BBC News - Another big beast defection shows momentum is with Reform www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 'Big beast' is working hard here ... the Cabinet of no talents moves to the party of no policies...
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Suella Braverman: Another big beast defection shows momentum is with Reform
Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman is the fourth sitting Tory MP to join the party since the last election.
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Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Mark Carney tells Davos the old world order is ‘not coming back’ as Trump heads to Switzerland
Carney warns US-led global system of governance is enduring ‘a rupture’ as US president flies in for showdown with European leaders over Greenland
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Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
This is interesting! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
America's descent into suppression of dissent 🧵 I've been tracking Trump's actions since Jan and have included 93 actions that I consider to suppress dissent. They fall into 4 domains and their use is quite different over time. 1/16
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Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Lines of hope within fields of conflict. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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I crisscrossed America to talk to people whose views I disagreed with. I now have one certainty
I’ve spoken to white nationalists in Tennessee and Black activists in Texas – and learned about what it takes to connect across difference
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Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Fab!
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Jay Thurber Show 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @jaythurber.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
From the print edition of The Onion, just out.
Headline says, "Unpopular Pete Hegseth Forced to Drink Lunch Alone"
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Aquilino A. Gonell @sergeantaqgo.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, during his confirmation said he would not be drinking on the job. But hey he never drunk texted to this degree before. 🥃😉
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Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
We've been re-watching 'The West Wing'. Bartlet's administration faced some 'real' crises but faced them with intelligence and fortitude.
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Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
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Redirecting...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 02/03/2025
Full page ad in today’s New York Times:
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Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Comrade agent Krasnov argues like a toddler. His hillbilly friend whines constantly that he wants his toys back. The only adult in the room can't get a word in edgeways. Embarrassing.
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Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Jason Smith chair of Ways & Means - "The tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China send a powerful message that the US will no longer stand by as other nations fail to halt the flow of illegal drugs and immigrants." How are US customs intending to collect the tariffs on these illegal goods?
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DebbyQ @debbyq.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
What a dork 🤣🤣🤣
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Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Really proud of the Wales rugby team tonight. They never gave up against the powerful and skilful Springboks. They may be battered and bruised but they should hold their heads high.
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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
#RefugeesWelcome please share.
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Occasionally poetic @m1304.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Hi, I'm Michael, interested in loads of stuff but principally politics and poetry. I'm from the UK but live in France.
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