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Crinkly old boater with an idiot streak

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mikefa.bsky.social @mikefa.bsky.social · 10h
Farage and Reform are traitors to the UK
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Mark @markyarn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you want vibes, these are they
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Mark @markyarn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
✂ 1m 53s clip open.spotify.com/clip/3hECFil... There is falling support in both populations* for one of the myriad two-state solutions. Not surprising I suppose. It's obviously a deeply sticky mess, and motions like 'Zionism=racism' are MAGA level divisive & need to fuck off to the same naughty step
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Clip - Special Report: Has Zack Polanski peaked?
The News Agents · Clip · 2m
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Mark @markyarn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Ugh. How can..I mean.. Just who is this pucker-mouthed fucker anyway??! Give me strength o dog
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Mark @markyarn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Exactly this. Fascists picking on minority targets is the pattern. Trans, Muslims, Welfare claimants. All are groups whose percentage of the population is minimal compared to the level of outrage aimed at them by these swivel-eyed pissflaps.
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Mark @markyarn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
That is top, top class.
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Mark @markyarn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I have no beef with any of these places wanting their independence, but I worry it's more of the nationalism and division that has poisoned western politics recently. We are a social species that has thrived because we work with each other. From the village family to the EU, we are better together.
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Helen Alexander @bawley.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Statement from Irish President Catherine Connolly. Ireland, a country that suffered through colonialism and genocide at the hands the English, apparently, has little patience for Donald Trump's embrace of both colonialism and genocide. And President Connolly told him straight to his orange face.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"You are the problem" meme via Expose Racism
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Neoliberals have neutered direct state investment in infrastructure. Everything is privatised, state guarantees profits. UK languishes at or near the bottom of the OECD league for investment in productive assets. China invests over 41% of its GDP in productive assets, India 34.3%, UK 17.9%.
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Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...
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Mark @markyarn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"The crucial question about Patriot Platform is not whether it will still exist in five years. It is whether its networks...and ideological framing will become more broadly adopted within the UK far right." The last census (E&W) shows 46% Christian 37% nothing. Not all of the 46% will be fascists 🤞
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Mark @markyarn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This radgy nacker has just been grunting outside demanding food. It couldn't even see me. The oats sink, so at least she has to do some work..
Two images of a swan by the front deck of a narrowboat, the first waiting for food, the second with it's bum in the air feeding on the sinking porridge oats
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Mark @markyarn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
He means it's the opposite of self-enrichment. The US' focus on 'profit', be it financial or otherwise, is an Achilles Heel when it comes to a just society.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Like frogs in a pot.
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Mark @markyarn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"You can’t fault the effort; they gave everything and whilst I have all the time for Régis Le Bris, I can’t help but think on nights like this, a lot of that endeavour is wasted." In RLB I trust, but the inability to finish chances (not the penner: That was a good save imho) is a concern. HWTL🔴⚪
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Here's a French video (with English subtitles) about what would happen if the far-right racists got their way and all foreigners and people of colour were forced to leave.
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Mark @markyarn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Match of the Day. Not a SINGLE word about Sunderland's performance; all Arsenal analysis. I listened to the match and we were in it. Poor.
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Mial Pagan @mialp.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
@labourlewis.bsky.social you're walking into a massive electoral defeat if you don't legislate against foreign donations & cap donations in general. Otherwise there's nothing to stop Musk, Thiel & co giving Reform & Restore $1billion each while also putting huge tech resources at their disposal.
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Mark @markyarn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Come on Sunderland man. You beautiful bastard🔴⚪
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Mark @markyarn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Exactly right. Each of these incidents is nudging matters gradually in a sinister direction. I hold on to the hope that they'll nudge themselves enough rope to metaphorically hang themselves.
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Amante2 AmeliaBee7 @amante2ameliabee7.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
And women teachers are not pushing an “anti-boy ideology” in the classrooms either
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Must just be a coincidence that two of Reform's main donors have been convicted of money laundering related offences (Delo and George Cottrell).
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Hate loses again.
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Mark @markyarn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
youtube.com/watch?v=mfyi... Man of the people here. If the people are slugs. And apologies to the slugs. Except the people shaped ones.
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Who is Nigel Farage?
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
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thepolyorchid @thepolyorchid.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The other 25% or so are effectively lobotomised.
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This broke my heart because it gets to the part of this moment that is hardest to confront. The danger was never just the con man. It was the hunger for what he was selling, and the willingness to sacrifice compassion, decency and other people’s humanity to get it. Read this.
You know what truly breaks my heart?
It's not that America fell for a brilliant con-man. He isn't. And they weren't fooled.
What I find devastating is how many people were absolutely desperate to believe the lies.
How many ached for permission to dress their cruelty in patriotism. How many clung to racist. Homophobic. Transphobic.
Ethnocentric stereotypes. Because they thought the lies were promising them a shortcut to power. A way to profit.
Personally and politically. From the suffering of millions of absolutely innocent people.
The tragedy isn't the con. It's the hunger for it.
The willingness to trade compassion for the cheap thrill of feeling superior. The way hate sells because too many people show up already desperate to buy. —KALEN DION
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Mark @markyarn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I passionately believe that education should focus not on what to learn, but HOW to learn.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Capitalists and rapists revel in victim blaming ... meme via David Royce Leach
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Mark @markyarn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
How powerful is that? 💔
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Mark @markyarn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
open.spotify.com/episode/4Emb... From 36:26 in this podcast is a poignant anecdote on capitalism. This beautiful human wears a bag on his head so you can trust him xx
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The shared history of Madeira Cake, Crack Cocaine and Bicycle Repairs
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gwen 🌶️👹 @gwenpepperoni.myatproto.social · 11/09/2026
watching ppl jump out of the towers on live tv still one of the most upsetting things I've ever witnessed though.
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Mark @markyarn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
That's scandalous. They need to unite and agree together to not turn up. Patrol their own village/town/city streets instead. Pluck cats from trees, visit the vulnerable, & use the time to strengthen relationships with their local communities. Let the toxic orange fatberg pay for his own security.
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Mark @markyarn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Outcome Bias: Why Sunderland Fans Need to Embrace Risk | Roker Report share.google/sb7n301ar3EJ... This is apolitical, but a parable for our times nonetheless.
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Outcome Bias: Why Sunderland Fans Need to Embrace Risk
Was Habib Diarra’s chip really a bad decision, or are we simply judging players by the result? Sunderland’s latest moment of magic offers a lesson in footballing risk.
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NewsThump @newsthump.com · 10/09/2026
Whenever we see someone post that they're stopping their donation to the RNLI, like some right-wing virtue-signalling flex, we can't help but think of this. You can donate to the RNLI here: buff.ly/bsku22S
Only 1.2% of RNLI calls are for asylum seekers in the Channel — red poster arguing that cancelling RNLI donations equates to saying "I hate migrants... I'm willing to jeopardise the lives of the other 98.8% of rescues," followed by the sarcastic "Lovely people, right?"
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 10/09/2026
Water company profits are soaring as raw sewage is being pumped into our waters. The government must bring all water companies back into public ownership: end the unlawful dumping of sewage, and ensure profits are being reinvested back into fixing leaks and building new infrastructure.
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Mark @markyarn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Absolutely bang on. The chasm between executive and worker pay tells the whole story, really. Does the CEO of a care home company need benefits to make ends meet in the same way the carers often do? Of course not.
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Mark @markyarn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A brief biographical thread. 20 years ago last Sunday (6 Sep) I moved onto a brand new, unfitted narrowboat. The fitting out was daunting so only 12v electrics, plumbing, (inc a shower) & a multi-fuel stove for heating were taken on. No gas, no fridge, no pool, no pets. I had plenty cigarettes. 1/3
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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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WTF Sunderland Podcast @wtfsunderlandpod.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Gooooooooch 🇺🇸 #SAFC
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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Dolly !!!
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Desperate vulnerable people crossing the channel are not a significant problem. Violent thugs marauding on our streets are a significant problem.
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The electric fist pump
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Mark @markyarn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Happy National National Day Day everyone ❤️
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Mani Isna La 🇨🇺 🇵🇸 🇬🇱🕊️ 🪶 #IndigenousLivesMatter @maniisnala.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
🧵1/2 Petition: Require all car park operators to build green roof and solar panel parking shelters which could reduce the need to use farmland for solar farms and support biodiversity. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/77... Deadline 4 February
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