Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 02/10/2026open.spotify.com/episode/19yQ...open.spotify.comThe scandal hiding inside Britain’s prisonsJames O'Brien Daily · Episode 1355
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This, on the reality of prison and early release, is among the best shows I’ve ever had the privilege of presenting. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comThe scandal hiding inside Britain’s prisonsPodcast Episode · James O'Brien Daily · 2 October · 1hr 1418825
mabellucie.bsky.social @mabellucie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026@mrjamesob.bsky.social this morning was awesome James - just looked up The Shannon Trust and joined and donated🤗It was heartbreaking to listen to and horrifying too at the abuse and neglect of these poor prisoners. Everyone should be given at least one chance to ‘anabranch!’ 010
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The latest @yougov.co.uk tracker data shows that 59% of Britons support rejoining the EU, and 73% support a closer relationship Only 30% support the status quo, and just 16% want to loosen ties further 23359110
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialNaomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026British travel industry says yes to EU membership. Boss asks Brexiters if we rejoined which “Brexit freedom” they’d miss most? 😂 www.ttgmedia.com/travel-indus...ttgmedia.comSteven Freudmann: 'Travel would love to rejoin the EU after misery of Brexit'Having attended many political party conferences, ITT chair Steven Freudmann believes prime minister Andy Burnham 's speech was one of the best he'd seen 315228
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 02/10/2026We need the EU, and they need us. We are stronger together. ♥️ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/polit… 24696164
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialBarbara Appleby @barbapple.bsky.social · 21/09/2026We are the species of opposable thumb and forefinger & aside from our excessive aggression exemplified by war & rape there’s not much going for us intellectually 281
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.social◉●○•° @cosmoecology.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Wouldn’t surprise me at all. Primate intelligence is mostly in our ability to coordinate at larger scales. 161
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialBarbara Appleby @barbapple.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I bet the average IQ of an octopus exceeds by far that of the average Homo sapiens 3303
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialoutspoken1net.bsky.social @outspoken1net.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Spain just banned octopus farming. 1171
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialmabellucie.bsky.social @mabellucie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Octopuses are wonderful creatures. 021
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.social◉●○•° @cosmoecology.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Octopus farming is extremely unethical and stupid. These creatures among the smartest species in the entire planet, with complex emotional lives. To subject these being to a lifetime of confinement and suffering in barren tanks before a slow and agonising death needs to stop. Please sign this 👇🏼action.eko.orgGovernor Hochul: Ban Octopus Farming NowOctopuses are among the most extraordinary animals on Earth. They solve puzzles, use tools and even recognise individual people. But octopus farming would subject these intelligent animals to a lifeti 9126591114
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialCoral King @rocketcoral.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Peacock 🦚 #butterfly 🦋 1117226
mabellucie.bsky.social @mabellucie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Just sharing this now — because once you see #HowToGetFilthyRich on Channel 4, you’re going to want to sign it. It’s time to tax wealth, not work. Add your name and help make wealth taxes the first item on the new PM’s list. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...you.38degrees.org.ukDear future Prime Minister: It's time to tax the super-richJust sharing this now — because once you see #HowToGetFilthyRich on Channel 4, you’re going to want to sign it. It’s time to tax wealth, not work. Add your name and help make wealth taxes the first it... 010
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialCoral King @rocketcoral.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Time for 🛏️ #sunset (Dec 2020) 514615
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Trump cut down cherry trees for which Washington DC is famous for one of his tacky golf courses. He’s planning to sell some of Yosemite Park to a private developer. He’s destroyed the East Wing. He’s threatened to demolish the Kennedy Center. That vulgar slob has no respect for beauty. 36635241415
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Israel has universal healthcare—which they can afford because of all the money they get from the USA—but the USA does not. Funny, how that worked out. 1283320990
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/08/2026When this nation’s first president chopped down one cherry tree, he was honest and contrite. When the current president chopped down a slew of cherry trees, he did so in violation of a court order—and didn’t give a shit. 429122693693
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 20/08/2026open.spotify.com/episode/2ya1...open.spotify.comBritain was told to hate Meghan MarkleJames O'Brien Daily · Episode 3124945
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialAsh Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 20/08/20261/3 @mrjamesob.bsky.social I have a treat for you. You mentioned the Gauging Lock and then talked about water spill over etc. Well I asked some old friends and they got back to me with these... These are from the gauging book and explain how it actually works. 77210
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialReuters @reuters.com · 21/08/2026Prince Harry to learn how much failed Daily Mail lawsuit will cost reut.rs/4xi9dr4reut.rsPrince Harry to learn how much failed Daily Mail lawsuit will costDays after it was revealed he will return to Britain, Prince Harry will learn on Friday how many millions of pounds he might have to pay towards the legal costs of the Daily Mail publisher after losing a high-profile privacy lawsuit. 3113
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialBob Hawkins @bobhawkins.bsky.social · 21/08/2026This is getting ridiculous.. how many more days will #r4today waste on the fact that a family that emigrated to the USA are returning to the UK? 2212
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialGrumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org · 21/08/2026How many days of bile from pointless, parasitic royal correspondents, and breathless royal stories are we going to have to put up with this time? I‘d had enough of this latest Megan & Harry frenzy after about 30 seconds. All they‘ve done is move home ffs. 1274
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialNeil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Newsnight, billed as the most intelligent news programme on the BBC, has so far spent the entire show talking about Harry and Meghan returning to Britain. It’s all done with the breathless hyperbole of a 1930s Pathe news reel. What a ridiculous country. It’s embarrassing to live here 90% of the time 6551583
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialNeil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Americans seem to think that just because their media is a total disaster we here in Britain should be content with a mere disaster. That’s not how it works. We care about our media. We don’t measure ourselves by how shit your country is. Now go look after your mistakes and we will deal with our own 24211
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialNicolas Chinardet @zefrog.eu · 21/08/2026Sources close to the BBC are not denying that its coverage of the Sussexes' return is scraping the effing barrel #r4today 2285
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialMike @mikem51.bsky.social · 21/08/2026The media are creating non stop stories about Harry and Meghan to deflect from Farage and Reform’s demise and stop the polls on there downward slide. Most people couldn’t care less about them as Burnham says it’s a private matter. 3397
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialStezzabuzza 🐝🦋 🇪🇺 🐶🐕🥂 @stezzabuzza.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Fed up if all the Harry and Meghan news already. I don’t care where they live. There is far more important news that should be reporting. 1201
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialaidThompsin (live, fridays @ 19:30) @aidthompsin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026As the climate emergency rages & our extinction grows ever more certain by the hour... Every single UK newspaper splashes with the story that a man and a woman are moving back to England. 1110521
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialTracey @2300.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Harry & Meghan... All over the news like an irritating rash. Will they do this, will they do that.. Why do we have to swallow this drivel for hours on end 🤦. Who cares tbh. Let them get on with it! 11395
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 21/08/2026Totally normal front page in a totally normal country 4518631
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialLoony Left Media 🚨#TaxTheGas + KillAUKUS @loonyleftmedia.bsky.social · 21/08/2026From the other place. It’s funny cause it’s true. 🤣🤣🤣 16514
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialFunnyVia @funnyvia.com · 20/08/2026Thunder buddies in their thunder bunker... 1198544667
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialCoral King @rocketcoral.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Brown peacock 🦚 #butterfly at Pili Palas butterfly house 😍🦋 318023
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/08/2026The Navy may change the name of a warship to honor a brave black man who served honorably in the Pearl Harbor attack to the name of a cowardly draft dodger who is so ignorant he didn’t even know what happened at Pearl Harbor, according to his then Chief of Staff accompanying him on the visit 1568105644400
mabellucie.bsky.social @mabellucie.bsky.social · 21/08/2026www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comRewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images showNational Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding 000
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialAlan McGowan @alan1970.bsky.social · 13/08/2026@mrjamesob.bsky.social #barneyfarmer #Leehealey the strip you were after 38530
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Zero hours contracts & the (mostly) ghoulish arguments against abolishing them. Leaving London (Lundun?). The 400th ep of JOB Daily 🥳 open.spotify.com/episode/494t...open.spotify.comThe workers sent home without payJames O'Brien Daily · Episode 1324434
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialJørgen Heszlein @heszlein.bsky.social · 12/08/2026New estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 9136761736
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 14/08/2026And now the investigation into the £5 million secretly-gifted by an ‘economic migrant’ recommences. If nothing else has been achieved with this daft by-election, the idea that Farage is some sort of master strategist has been put to bed. It’s easy to look good when you’re getting free passes galore. 1152677589
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 14/08/2026And, of course, there’s a real chance of *another* by-election in Clacton sooner rather than later. The egotism involved is off the charts. I do wonder whether people who voted for him this time might tire of indulging it. 1241102148
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Wow this is a bad result for Farage. In the most Reform friendly seat in the country should get more than this - and Binface’s result shows once again that the centre and left will vote for literally anyone to try and stop him. 711363293
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 14/08/2026It's not just that Farage stands accused of inventing the notion of a credible threat to save himself from embarrassment - it's that he linked it to the heroism of those who fought in world wars. 39815187
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialVictoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Nigel Farage has won Clacton by-election, which was boycotted by other major Westminster parties The contest was triggered when the Reform UK leader resigned as an MP while under investigation for £5m gift he didn't declare Now he’s been re-elected, that parliamentary investigation will resume 53635109
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Afternoon. [Note the date] 75853168
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 14/08/2026What's most sickening about Trump supporters (esp in the media) on both sides of the Atlantic is that they bought & amplified his bullshit about caring for families & service members when anybody unseduced by the racism & violence could see that he hates them at least as much as he hates himself... 46717190
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialGareth0108 @gareth0108.bsky.social · 14/08/2026this is important to add 13898243
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 14/08/2026Cambridge University should have known better, Fleet Street should have known better, the people hungrily absorbing every bit of news about it, making newsrooms feel like they had to keep going with it as a story, should have known better, horrible horrible horrible 1564206674
Reposted by @mabellucie.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Dear God what a tragedy 1081566162
