Reposted by Mary E ClintonMorten Morland @mortenmorland.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Sunday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla... 7599135
Reposted by Mary E ClintonChristina Martin @christinamartin.bsky.social · 17/09/2025She's building up to it. 88712
Reposted by Mary E ClintonOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 20/03/2025This is absolutely hilarious. Russell Brand shares fake redacted file claiming that Penelope Keith shot JFK. Clearly didn't read it. Mind you, it's no madder than some of the other theories. 3183299790
Reposted by Mary E ClintonTim Gatzios @timgats.bsky.social · 19/03/2025One [Labour] MP said: “Increasingly I’m trying to figure out what we’re doing that the Tories wouldn’t be if they were in power.” 021
Reposted by Mary E ClintonGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22/02/2025And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know. 12827875317051
Reposted by Mary E ClintonSupertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social · 22/02/2025I actually managed to find the funny in this one. Yeah, I know, under THESE conditions?! Remarkable. I’ll do a shot of Novichok to celebrate. Russian warship, go fuck yourself! Here’s my take: Are Trump, Musk & Johnson KGB Agents? Yeah, Probably. youtu.be/XvBGrQ8gKEg?...youtu.beAre Trump, Musk & Johnson KGB Agents? Yeah, Probably.YouTube video by Supertanskiii 33472112
Reposted by Mary E ClintonSkree Ghoulsen 🎃🦇🌿 @breebird33.bsky.social · 14/02/2025happy valentine's day! looking at you my fellow heartless who may need some self love today 💚✨ 31071226
Reposted by Mary E ClintonAbigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 14/02/2025Happy Valentine's Day 🍷🩸🖤 71891344
Reposted by Mary E ClintonThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 31/01/2025The new U.S. Department of Transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, issued an order this week that threatened to shift federal transportation funding away from local governments that don’t cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.nytimes.comTrump Raises New Threat to Sanctuary Cities: Blocking Transportation DollarsA new order revives an old battle about how much an administration is allowed to coerce cities and states by withholding money. 88317136
Reposted by Mary E ClintonAlaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 31/01/2025White House announces tariffs on products from Canada, Mexico, China, reports Jennifer Shutt, @jennifershutt.bsky.social, of @statesnewsroom.com, via @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2025/01/31/d...alaskabeacon.comWhite House announces tariffs on products from Canada, Mexico, China • Alaska BeaconLeavitt said that Trump will place 25% tariffs on goods coming from Canada and Mexico, and a 10% tariff on imports from China. 21239
Reposted by Mary E ClintonLarry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 19/01/2025There's no Felon without elon... 432262258
Reposted by Mary E ClintonRobin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 04/01/2025Share this around if you like the sound of it - I do 02310
Reposted by Mary E ClintonPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 03/01/2025BREAKING: A judge has ordered US president-elect Donald Trump to be sentenced next week in his New York hush money case - but has suggested he will not jail him news.sky.com/story/judge-...news.sky.comJudge orders Donald Trump to be sentenced in hush money case - but signals he won't be jailedA judge has ordered US president-elect Donald Trump to be sentenced next week in his New York hush money case - but has suggested he will not jail him. 3631079
Reposted by Mary E ClintonBylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 15/12/2024Wes Streeting’s decision to interfere in what doctors think is best for young trans patients poses dangers for everyone | Jennie Kermodebylines.scotPoliticians should keep their hands off our bodiesWes Streeting’s decision to interfere in what doctors think is best for young trans patients poses dangers for everyone 410833
Reposted by Mary E ClintonThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 15/12/2024It wasn't the first time Nigel Richards, arguably the best Scrabble player ever, won a Scrabble competition in a language he didn’t speak.washingtonpost.comThis year’s Spanish Scrabble champion? A man who can’t speak Spanish.Nigel Richards, arguably the best Scrabble player ever, previously won French tournaments without speaking the language. 824638
Reposted by Mary E ClintonSusie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 10/12/2024‘Whelmed’ really means ‘capsized’ - the over and under were added later for effect. But you can be consolate: consoled and comforted. And gruntled too. 903132315
Reposted by Mary E ClintonChronicle of Higher Education @chronicle.com · 08/12/2024In Advice: Rethinking my assigned reading lists has reinvigorated my classroom. chroni.cl/3ZrBN9Fchroni.clAre You Assigning Too Much Reading? Or Just Too Much Boring Reading?Call me unrigorous if you like, but rethinking my assigned-reading lists has reinvigorated my classroom. 0275
Reposted by Mary E ClintonPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Nearly half the 1.5m UK children growing up in poverty in the private rental sector are pushed into it by housing costs. Private renters paying three times as much as mortgagor for the same housing. Yet govts cut real wages/benefits, don't curb profiteering morningstaronline.co.uk/article/priv...morningstaronline.co.ukPrivate rental costs drive hundreds of thousands of children into poverty 23516254
Reposted by Mary E ClintonRaw Story @rawstory.com · 05/12/2024"You put a billionaire who basically has made his fortune off government subsidies in charge of deciding how the government should spend its money."ow.ly'Sounds like a con job': Senator blasts DOGE plan — and suggests going after Elon MuskSen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) supports cutting government spending, but he does not believe someone receiving government money should decide what gets cut. Speaking to MSNBC on Thursday, Murphy addressed C... 31572214
Reposted by Mary E ClintonTechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 05/12/2024Uber will need to fingerprint drivers in California to transport teenstcrn.chUber will need to fingerprint drivers in California to transport teensUber has 30 days to require certain drivers to get fingerprinted if the ride-hail giant intends to continue transporting unaccompanied teens in California. The California Public Utilities Commission issued a ruling Thursday that requires taxi and… 48617
Reposted by Mary E ClintonThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/12/2024Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, is the 10th-richest person in the U.S., worth $127 billion. He is also the beneficiary of a series of tax dodges that will enable him to pass on much of his fortune tax free, according to securities and tax filings reviewed by The New York Times.nytimes.comHow Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, Is Avoiding Billions in TaxesThe chief executive of Nvidia, Jensen Huang, has taken advantage of popular loopholes in the federal estate and gift taxes, which have quietly been eviscerated. 3728199
Reposted by Mary E ClintonThe Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 05/12/2024The crypto world is jubilant after President-elect Donald Trump chose Paul Atkins, a crypto-company adviser, as the next chair of the Securities and Exchange Commissionon.wsj.comCrypto Players Celebrate SEC Pick, Bitcoin Touches $100,000Paul Atkins, Trump’s nominee to run the securities regulator has close ties to digital-asset companies. 143413
Reposted by Mary E Clinton👓Politcal Sceptic👓 @politicalsceptic.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Starmer still speaking like he's in opposition. Most of the analysis, I've heared, so far (mainly radio) are looking at his boring tone, his inability unable to hold a room... Most people just want them to deliver, and not talk about why failure is likely, bcus of that other lot.bbc.co.ukJudge Labour on six targets, Keir Starmer says in major speechThe PM says the pledges, ranging from living standards to the NHS, will allow voters to hold the government to account. 031
Reposted by Mary E ClintonFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Man in yellow, "As we've got a Cabinet made up of mainly public sector workers with no private sector experience, how are they going to hope to complete all of the things that they've laid out today" #BBCQT You mean the way Boris Johnson, Lis Truss and Rishi Sunak achieved great things 🤦♂️ 1819824
Reposted by Mary E ClintonAthena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 05/12/2024When I worked in the public sector two types of people were broadly responsible for things not getting done, MPs and Lords. The former, obsessed with optics over infrastructure. The later often had discrete and undue influence over projects 192
Reposted by Mary E ClintonMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 03/12/2024No matter how demoralized we are in today's America, I'll always have this selfie of me meeting Jane Goodall. 2153813044248
Reposted by Mary E ClintonCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 05/12/2024I ran into the fabulous @mazzucatom.bsky.social yesterday, one of the world’s leading economists, & she gave this super clear explanation on why the Guardian management should be listening to its journalists. AND restructuring its board. Please watch! 1/ 11765267
Reposted by Mary E ClintonCharles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Oldie but a goodie... 1238163
Reposted by Mary E ClintonLed By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 04/12/2024“Yes, it’s a genocide. And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent.” - Amos Goldberg, Israeli Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies (Location: Parliament Square, London. Read full statement below) 3833971521
Reposted by Mary E ClintonCharles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 13/11/2024#RefugeesWelcome please share. 24662283589
Reposted by Mary E ClintonKitty Ross @curatorkitty.bsky.social · 05/12/2024museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/pQaofO/abbey... If you are not familiar with Abbey House Museum #Leeds which is now threatened with closure, here is a lovely video from @leedsmuseums.bsky.social to show some of what would be lost.museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.ukAbbey House MuseumExplore the Victorian streets, reminisce in the childhood galleries and discover Leeds' social history. 42917
Reposted by Mary E ClintonGlen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Congratulations to Dr Ally Louks on her successful PhD! Haters and losers can get in the sea. www.forbes.com/sites/callum...forbes.comThe Online Reaction To The ‘Politics Of Smell’ PhD, ExaminedAn unexpected post went viral over the weekend: a University of Cambridge student sharing the fact she completed her PhD on the politics of smell. 48110
Reposted by Mary E ClintonSurprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 04/12/2024The Dutch traded live eels to London starting in the mid-15th C., & quickly won a monopoly on eel sales in the city. How do we know? Well...by the 16th C., English regulations started calling ALL eel sellers in the city as "palingmen" from the Dutch word for eel: paling. 1/2 🗃️🧪 611516
Reposted by Mary E Clintondamnatio memoriae @indamnatio.bsky.social · 22/11/2024St Cecilia, sculpted in 1610 by Stefano Maderno, allegedly in the same pose that her incorrupt body was found in 1599 The basilica bearing her name in Trastevere, Rome is supposed to be built over her house, a church has stood on the site since the 3rd century 0134
Reposted by Mary E Clintondamnatio memoriae @indamnatio.bsky.social · 26/11/2024A fantastic 1867 stained glass representation of Christ from the Book of Revelations, “in the midst of the seven candlesticks … girt about the paps with a golden girdle” And, quite literally, “From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations” St Mark’s Church, Ampfield 161
Reposted by Mary E ClintonJosh Russell → @MVTFWD @joshfwd.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Yep. Well, let’s try and make them see it. 0153
Reposted by Mary E ClintonCarol Vorderman @carolvorders.bsky.social · 01/12/2024I talk about this endlessly in my book....how our current electoral system is NOT fit for purpose @petergeoghegan.bsky.social explains more re donations Jeez Labour...tighten up these horrors.... 822001611
Reposted by Mary E ClintonEleriTudor @eleritudor.bsky.social · 30/11/2024F off Farage - We will NOT have women dying in car parks in this country! Nigel Farage Teams Up With Extreme Anti-Abortion Group and Calls for Debate on Restricting Abortion Rights in UK – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...bylinetimes.comNigel Farage Teams Up With Extreme Anti-Abortion Group and Calls for Debate on Restricting Abortion Rights in UKThe Reform Leader is joining forces with a US-based Christian legal group, which campaigns for abortion to be outlawed around the world 042
Reposted by Mary E ClintonThe Mirror @mirror.co.uk · 29/11/2024On Karim’s fourth attempt to cross the Channel, there were 70 people crammed into a smugglers’ boat. “After a few hours, the dinghy is going down. Everyone is screaming. I see three young guys my age fall from the boat and drown.” @roswynnejones.bsky.social @refugeestogether.bsky.socialmirror.co.uk'I watched three people die as our boat sank in Channel with 70 of us aboard'This year is already the deadliest for people crossing the English Channel in small boats. At least 60 are confirmed to have died this year, according to United Nations figures 1114
Reposted by Mary E Clintonorlabarry.bsky.social @orlabarry.bsky.social · 29/11/2024UK government acted illegally in withholding £14,250 in funding to the Irish-language rap trio Kneecap because of their political views www.theguardian.com/music/2024/n...theguardian.comKneecap: UK government acted illegally in withholding funding from Irish rap trioThe Department for Business and Trade said Kemi Badenoch’s decision to rescind funding had been ‘unlawful and procedurally unfair’ 043
Reposted by Mary E ClintonMr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Eating too much cake is the sin of gluttony. However, eating too much pie is okay because the sin of pi is always zero. 🖖 1257482657616
Reposted by Mary E Clinton💙Ann💙 @ahddrv.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Sunak's recovery plan made NHS dentistry crisis worse www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...mirror.co.ukNHS dentistry crisis as report finds Tory 'recovery plan' made situation worseA watchdog's damning verdict on the NHS dentistry crisis found 'patients who do not already have a relationship with a dental practice struggle to get accepted' 032
Reposted by Mary E ClintonWuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Remember when "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" tried to teach us about tariffs and no one was paying attention 660277828633