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Aaah ... thank you, my friend. You are definitely one of the very best things about BlueSky x 10.

Excellent points. I can understand the yearning for independence. Indeed, I found Scotland very different from England. There has long been a movement in California to make the Golden State independent. Now more than ever. California is the engine the rest of the country runs on.

Good to know. Thank you, David. Perhaps I've landed on some perverse lists. I've been advised that those who describe themselves as feminists get pelted on all social media.

Haven't we though? We only have to look to at the natural world - and to our wonderful family pets - to see how much better other species are than humans.

You are right to be cynical about America, Paul. It is cruel, barbaric country. It always has been, now more than ever. You are very fortunate to live in Scotland. Do you favour Scottish Independence?

Indeed, December is the big giving month for sure. This year more than ever.

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I discovered her on your feed, David. Thank you, my friend. She is indeed a tremendous talent.

Greed is a good one, Babsi. And epidemic these days.

Well said, as always Paul. We need a whole new species. One that honours women and girls; equality; socialism; education, and our environment - for starters.

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Excellent choice. You're right. Patriarchy is deadly dangerous, Helen. Happy to find you here.

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Thank you, David. Well said, my friend.

I thought the same until recently, my friend. Now everyone who wants to be 'my friend', is asking for money on BlueSky.

That surprises me, Steve. How annoying for you. Apparently BlueSky has around 8-million active accounts now. The number of people asking for money this month is off the charts. I detest scammers and tome wasters.

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Obviously, I don't agree about that.

Thank You for sharing this. It's useful - but I disagree about Hilary Clinton. She did not become president because America is a stunningly misogynistic country. We do need to weed out the corporate Democrats. Big time. This starts with Schumer and Jeffries.

Delete one thing forever. Explain why. I'd delete misogyny. Women and girls are murdered, raped, imprisoned, force to have babies, denied an education, by the tens if millions, in every country in the world, because of misogyny.

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Misogyny. Violence and oppression against women and girls is an epidemic that costs millions of lives and keeps millions living in fear and poverty.

Only an absolute jerk. Those blowers should be illegal.

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I will soon be visiting the Harvey Milk Library in San Francisco.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

This applies equally to countries. There is a time for letting go, for shedding old ideas of who we are - and who we might yet become.

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Most importantly more people watched my TED talk than watched Sam Altman’s for which I thank everybody involved 🙏

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Only one response to someone like that. Block Block Block

You missed nothing. I left the moment I read Musk was buying it, April 2022, nearly four years ago. I knew he would destroy Twitter and he did.

@DUH4Healthcare @duh4healthcare.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

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www.change.org/p/deliver-un...

America's healthcare
system is proof that we'll let people die before we'll let corporations lose money.
@blackvneck
Deliver Universal Healthcare, Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Necessary Medical
Sign Petition

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Our library, through 'Friends of The Library' has a massive book sale two days a month, handled by volunteers. It's astonishing the quality books one finds there for a couple of bucks. Every kind of book imaginable, well organized, just like a library would do.

pg13reynolds2.bsky.social @pg13reynolds2.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

It's not a bad thing to survive with our reputation in tatters --- as long it will be. For too long, America (the country) was an arrogant bully. We have been humbled to the core by the fascism threatening us every day. If we survive this, we will have been deservedly humbled by the experience.

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Yule Countdown > 13 Days before Solstice🎄 [via TheMagickCirclet.com] #Yule #WinterSolstice #Pagansky #Wiccasky

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Who knew there was such a career as an 'Escaping-Fascism-Doula'? Story likely under a paywall, but I appreciate the message and the artwork.

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A constant blazing terror that somewhere, somebody might be getting a free cheese sandwich. Or indeed brief use of a wheelchair.

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Project 25 is massive. I doubt anyone has gotten through all of it, Steve. And the date just means the start of it. It could go on for decades. They will succeed and fail. We will succeed and fail. They will not win. We will not win. This is a long, long, long struggle.

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Agree, my friend. They are disdained and they know they are. BUT - and we see this within all oppressed groups - they seek to appease the oppressor by joining the oppressor and becoming that which seeks to destroy them. It's stunningly common.

As @suzette.bsky.social points out, religion makes people more conservative - and I would add judgemental. Many marginalized groups in Britain and America are members of religions that are deeply misogynistic and insular. As you say, Dave, they fear 'the other', even when they are 'the other'.

Yes. I believe you are quite right, Suzette. Religion often makes people more conservative and dare I say, judgemental. It's bad for women and very bad for democracy. It is one of the reasons America is such a dangerous place for anyone who isn't white and male.

davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

LOVE this. Violinist, Nora Germain and pianist Michael Feinstein helping us get in the holiday spirit.

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This may be the most fascinating - and enjoyable - moment of your day. 😊

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'The Woman King', of course. Viola Davis as Nanisca, 'The Woman King'.

When I lived in England, I was surprised that most of the people I met from India, Iran and Pakistan were Conservatives with a very large C. They denied others the advantages they themselves had enjoyed. I see the same in America. California has a large population from Mexico who are Republicans.

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I can see that. They also may find themselves hugely attracted to people from other countries, in spite of themselves.

This is happening not far from us in California. Oligarchs quietly buying up farmland all over the state with the intent to create new towns and cities in their likeness. Future generations may find themselves living in places like Musk; Gates; Cook; Jobs; Altman; Zuckerberg; Andreessen . . .

THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 09/12/2025

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With Digital ID, Starmer has pulled off a remarkable feat - he's united Nigel Farage, Zack Polanski, Jeremy Corbyn, Kemi Badenoch, Boris Johnson & Ed Davey on the same team.

Graphic showing public figures who oppose Digital ID - including Jeremy Corbyn, Boris Johnson, Owen Jones, Ed Davey, Nigel Farage, Kemi Badenoch, Diane Abbott and Piers Morgan.

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Steve B @stevebasnett.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Carole Cadwalladr and The Nerve are way ahead of other news providers on this. Think of the grimmest people on the planet you've heard of. Chances are their grubby fingers are in this Blair digital ID pie. Doesn't matter whether it's fundamentally a good idea or not, they're gonna exploit it.

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There is nobody the US government won't seek to destroy. Nurses Teachers Librarians Should be the highest paid, most respected professions in the world.

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People showing up for their US citizenship ceremony are now being picked up and imprisoned. Just when we think the America government can't get more barbaric, they show us they can.

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Why do people who habitually partner with people from other countries, like Farage and Trump, constantly attack people from other countries?

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I adore old cookery books. When I lived in England, a charming cafe in our village featured a library of old British cookery books one could peruse over lunch.