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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley)

@otooleyauthor.bsky.social
1.6K followers 2.1K following 2.3K posts

Writer, publisher, woke lefty, he/him, founder of Blue Poppy Publishing, in North Devon. #NoAI - I always block AI users if I see them.

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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 19h
The Green Party has always allowed for dissent and different options. Long may that continue. Not on the fundamentals, but this is not that.
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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 22h
In my kid's book series involving anthropomorphic animal detectives there is Wi-Fu which is the wireless fungal network. Hopefully not too similar. 😊
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Mourning NAVALNY😢 @jan-readsalot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Rubbish. You have selective hearing is all.
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RDCK98 @comradekenobi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"This Labour Government is the worst thing to have ever happened to trans children." That should ring in the head of every single Labour MP
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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Brilliant analogy. This makes perfect sense.
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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I would rather have a million people with a thousand pounds in savings each.
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Rosemarie the moth @pastelgothmoth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Day 1 apple #inktober #apple #inktober2026 #SnowWhite #theBrothersGrim
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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Their lack of votes has nothing to do with stunts or stupidity and everything to do with our broken electoral system. Also, the triple lock is stupid and should be ditched.
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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
As one who was lead singer in various bands, including a Led Zeppelin tribute for seven years, I can 100% confirm this is true. It creates a positive feedback loop, although an empty venue can lead to the opposite result. I've seen audiences from single digits to several thousand.
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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It looks great. 😉
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
SIXTEEN HOURS IN THE COLD Mike Higgins, who’s blind and uses a wheelchair, attempted to leave after five hours in the cold, but was blocked by Mersey Police and subsequently left in the cold for a further 11 hours before police simply left the scene without arresting him. (post attempted 28/09/26)
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Richest 1% of Britons owns more wealth than the bottom 70% of the population combined. 50 richest families hold more wealth than the poorest half of the population combined. The concentration of wealth in fewer hands has not provided the necessary economic stimulus. Need redistribution.
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This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population
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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm sure they are, but who will go? Okay, the same people who go to watch a so-called "DJ" play with their laptop. :(
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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And it couldn't have happened without the USA who put him there in the first place by orchestrating a coup d'état Never forget the *real* 9/11 : 11th September 1973
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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The money these days is in live performance because streaming ruined the recording industry. And AI cannot perform live.
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Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yup. Almost no/one makes this valid comparison. And solar panels don’t leak methane from old uncapped drill sites. At average methane leakage rates, 10,000 abandoned wells will have a near-term climate impact equivalent to 20,000 cars on the road each year
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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Do you realise, if we dredge up every historic rape that went unpunished, sacked the perpetrators and those who let them off, we'd lose most senior politicians, several world leaders, about half the police, lawyers, and judiciary, and a vast swathe of academia, right? I can't think of a downside.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 29/09/2026
"It is clear that Labour needs the Greens to keep them in check everyday to push them towards the real transformation this country needs." @zackpolanski.bsky.social reacts to the Prime Minister's speech at Labour conference.
HOPE IS NOT JUST A SLOGAN, IT NEEDS TO MEAN REAL CHANGE

ZACK POLANSKI
LEADER OF THE GREEN PARTY

"Unlike his predecessor, we have a PM who talks like he gets it. But sadly like his predecessor he isn’t prepared to break from the powerful and wealthy interests that have created an inequality, affordability and a climate crisis.
 
Hope is not just a slogan, it needs to mean real change. The speech today had no wealth taxes, no rent controls, no water nationalisation and a strong hint of more North Sea drilling.
 
It is disappointing that we have a country ready to break from the last 40 years, a Labour government with the majority to do it, and yet what we see are more half measures, reannouncements and tinkering."

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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Fabulous. If I didn't know this was a real animal I would think you faked it. 🤣
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Tom Larkin @tomlarkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We’ve spent many, many hours over the past few months searching the rock pools of Cornwall for a rainbow sea slug. Today, we finally found one! Absolutely worth all the time we’ve spent - it was truly breathtaking.
Rainbow sea slug on a rockRainbow sea slug on a rockRainbow sea slug on a rock from aboveRainbow sea slug on a rock
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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Who gives a shit? He is aiding and abetting genocide in Gaza. Fuck Labour vote Green
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Nathan Nelson @nathannelson.co.uk · 29/09/2026
"We don't let people sell food which damages health" - Andy Burnham. Er, yeah, we do
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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's bad enough arresting peaceful protesters, but arresting passers-by is another level of fascist. The police should be ashamed of themselves and our entire government is unfit for office.
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2 Wheeled Wolf @2-wheeled-wolf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sounds familiar doesn't it??
School assembly in the 1930s, Germany.
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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Aww she is the goodest of good girls. 😍
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Blue Poppy Publishing @bluepoppypub.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
... and the selling
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Only eight? 😕
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Great response on the doorsteps in Holborn & St Pancras this evening - more & more people recognising that @zackpolanski.bsky.social will make a brilliant local MP. One more Labour backbencher changes nothing - the best way to make this Labour government braver, bolder & better is to #VoteGreen
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Blue Poppy Publishing @bluepoppypub.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
No problem. I don't want to work for anyone with that attitude.
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Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Not a drag queen. Not a migrant. Not a refugee. Not a Muslim.
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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
(r)oof!
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P(aul) Frazee @pfrazee.com · 07/07/2023
Good morning here’s a little weasel guy
A little weasel guy
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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Otter be obvious
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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Oh wow. They are teeny. How can this be a ferocious predator? 🤣😍
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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is what social media is meant to be for. 😊
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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We need to recognise that the USA is the enemy. They are an imperialist nation and they want absolute power at all costs.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 24/09/2026
“I would be a voice that speaks up on so many of the issues that I know young people care about.” Zack Polanski on what he would do for young people if elected as the MP for Holborn and St Pancras.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good. Now arrest those who were with him for conspiracy, and then arrest those who tried to set fire to a hotel for arson. And then proscribe the group as a terrorist organisation. Which is what you are if you use violence for political ends. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Police arrest far-right activist Daniel Thomas after dinghy slashed in Channel
Thirty-seven-year-old in custody on suspicion of crimes including criminal damage with intent to endanger life
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Dr Alex Fitzpatrick @animalarchaeology.com · 24/09/2026
Centrists are happy to enable any and all forms of marginalisation and oppression, so long as it’s done politely with the proper paperwork.
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Rosemarie the moth @pastelgothmoth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I’ve been working on a some art for a friend and it’s finally done Here is a link to the project this is all for, it’s a magical girl horror ttrpg sapphic-flesh.itch.io/oneiroi (I was gonna do alt text but then lost half what I wrote i give up)
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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Would be pretty stupid to do Shakespeare in old English That is more suited to Beowulf
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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Oh dear, those puns are sheer Mordor.
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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Yep. It's not the improbable apocalypse that bothers me, it is the actual one that is already happening. #ClimateChange
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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The number of times people are afraid to send me their MS in case I steal their idea... But they are happy to write it in Word or Google Docs, check it with grammarly, upload it to Amazon... They trust faceless corporations but not a real human they can meet. 🤣
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 20/09/2026
We wish all those observing Yom Kippur well over the fast.
FROM THE GREEN PARTY

WISHING A MEANINGFUL
YOM KIPPUR
TO ALL THOSE WHO OBSERVE IT

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Tony @antonyillahiwarren.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I've just seen Ed Sheeran's speech from last night and I want to make this clear: Genocide is not a complicated situation,it's not complicated to understand Israel has killed thousands of innocent people. Since the "ceasefire" Israel has killed another 1400 people. Ed Sheeran did PR, not an apology
Joe Lycett: What a week, like many artists, I've spent the week pulling out of Ed Sheeran.
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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Of course this is only a graph of taxation of the whole economy, right? It can't possibly cover the appalling inequality of tax paid by the poorest as a percentage of disposable income which in some cases is more than 100% – compared with the tax paid by some billionaires of 0%
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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I was just thinking exactly this. Despite how awful Reagan and Bush were ... even compared with Nixon the tango king is worse by a whole order of magnitude. Worse for the USA and worse the entire world as well; openly evil and smug about it. I hope he shits himself to death in public.
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