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Paddy Elliot 🍉

@paddyelliot.bsky.social
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civil servant, trade unionist, vegan, Liverpool fan, and hip hop & grime enthusiast

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Brendan May @brendanmay.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Turns out it was a middle aged white man. Awks.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
A new week - and a new huge milestone! @greenparty.org.uk now have 100,000 members!!! We are absolutely on track to next overtake the Tories - let's make hope normal again! Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Robert Greenwald @robertgreenwald.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Elon Musk is on track to become the world’s first trillionaire. Imagine if his wealth was capped at $999M, and we taxed the rest (~$239B). We could: End homelessness: $20B End hunger: $40B annually to 2030 Build homes: 710K new homes at $308K each A trillion for one or a future for all?
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Paddy Elliot 🍉 @paddyelliot.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
remember the name: Rio Ngumoha
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
NEW: A wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover in right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter. This is his story, by @josh-kaplan.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...
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A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
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Paddy Elliot 🍉 @paddyelliot.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
I wonder if there’s some kind of link here?
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Paddy Elliot 🍉 @paddyelliot.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
now do social housing on.ft.com/3ZVJNB0
on.ft.com
UK government pays £6bn to end privatisation of military housing
Ministry of Defence to save £230mn in rent every year by buying back 36,000 properties sold off in 1996
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
This is sort of fascinating because if you were to turn on pretty much any talk radio station or pick up any tabloid, you'd be forgiven for thinking it was the inverse.
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Taj Ali @tajali1.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Young men are entering into an economy that is unequal, a society that is atomised and workplaces that are insecure. Right-wing influencers posing as self-help gurus are appealing directly to them. But an alternative is possible. Me for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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In my home town, I see teenage boys being pulled towards Andrew Tate and the ‘manosphere’ | Taj Ali
With inequality and insecurity growing, young men are vulnerable, but in Luton the community is showing them a real alternative, says writer Taj Ali
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
the Niger Delta already knows the answer to this question unfortunately - would be nice to have a political movement capable of forcing a different one
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
I did my first "Sounds interesting, let's touch base after the holidays" today, and it felt great. Did not specify that I meant Easter. They'll figure it out.
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Paddy Elliot 🍉 @paddyelliot.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Day 16 #Booksky #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge #Books
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Paddy Elliot 🍉 @paddyelliot.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
That may have been edited - it’s from the BBC
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Paddy Elliot 🍉 @paddyelliot.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
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Paddy Elliot 🍉 @paddyelliot.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
I don’t think it’s legit, since it doesn’t contain the lines being quoted by all the media
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Paddy Elliot 🍉 @paddyelliot.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
nvm, found it: breloomlegacy.substack.com/p/the-allopa...
breloomlegacy.substack.com
The Allopathic Complex and Its Consequences
luigi mangione's last words
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Paddy Elliot 🍉 @paddyelliot.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
link please?
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Tech Won’t Save Us @techwontsave.us · 09/12/2024
💥 THE BATTLE BEGINS 💥 The tech industry has had quite a year with its billionaires revealing who they really are for all to see. Who will be the WORST PERSON IN TECH? 🗳️ Voting is now open: forms.gle/XYERvxNFTBV1...
Full bracket of 32 names for The Worst Person in Tech 2024
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
America, I have discovered your biggest troll. [Ominous pause.] Its name is...the New York Times. "Attempts to punish the fossil fuel industry by limiting leases or permits for export facilities or blocking projects often backfire..."
 "We also need an approach to fossil fuels that moves beyond slogans like “keep it in the ground.” Attempts to punish the fossil fuel industry by limiting leases or permits for export facilities or blocking projects often backfire, creating price spikes with political backlash and price crashes that slow the clean energy transition. Instead, advocates should support stable oil and gas production for the near term while accelerating electric vehicle uptake, with the government acting as a “buyer of last resort” to avoid future price spikes. Price stability would prevent backlash while strengthening the economic incentives for transitioning to clean transportation."
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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 08/12/2024
The wrestler ceo dude meme where he’s getting more and more excited until he goes full red eye in the 4th frame: SHOOTS A HEALTH
INSURANCE CEO
ESCAPES
ON A BICYCLE
WRITES
DENY, DEFEND, DEPOSE ON THE BULLET SHELLS
LEAVES A
DECOY BACKPACK FULL OF MONOPOLY
MONEY FOR THE PIGS
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Paddy Elliot 🍉 @paddyelliot.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
this is them today
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Paddy Elliot 🍉 @paddyelliot.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
how bout this guy?
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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Having welcomed the fall of the "barbaric regime" in Syria, Keir Starmer is now visiting Saudi Arabia and the UAE to deepen UK ties with regimes whose violent, repressive nature resembles that of the Al-Assad dictatorship. 🧵 www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks...
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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
The Western media's duplicity has broken all records. When jihadists entered Kabul, ousting the US regime, it was the end of the world. Now that jihadists have entered Damascus to overthrow a secular enemy of the West, it is a triumph of the human spirit. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
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Syrians celebrate fall of Bashar al-Assad after five decades of dynastic rule
Citizens dream of a better future but some are wary of Islamist groups claiming to represent them
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Paddy Elliot 🍉 @paddyelliot.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Day 15 #Booksky #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge #Books
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Paddy Elliot 🍉 @paddyelliot.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
a lot can change in 7 years… #Syria
screenshot of tweet from the US embassy in Syria, dated 15 May 2017, showing a wanted poster which reads: “Stop This Terrorist” above a picture of a bearded man - Muhammad Al-Jawlani. They offer a reward of up to $10 million.
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Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Israel appears to be destroying strategic weapon caches around Syria, Iranian assets+aerial defense systems. Given Israeli capabilities this should be read to my best understanding as ensuring that any incoming regime will have limited capacity to threaten Israel proper+grant freedom of action.
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Paddy Elliot 🍉 @paddyelliot.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Day 14 #Booksky #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge #Books
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sasha baker @sasha98.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
For Twitter's many many faults it has exposed a lot of people (me included) to important information we wouldn't've seen elsewhere. Hoping the collapse of that platform doesn't drive a wedge between Western leftists and voices on the ground in places our media fails to inform us about.
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sasha baker @sasha98.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
There's a lot I like better about Bluesky but it's still noticably lacking in non-Western users and that's really showing up with the lack of deep discussion about Syria right now, and general lack of discussion about Gaza and Sudan.
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Paddy Elliot 🍉 @paddyelliot.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
sorry that happened to you, but glad you still had a great time
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Paddy Elliot 🍉 @paddyelliot.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
it’s a cult of personality
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Paddy Elliot 🍉 @paddyelliot.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Trump voters will support pretty much anything he does, simply because *he* did it
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Paddy Elliot 🍉 @paddyelliot.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Day 13 #Booksky #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge #Books
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sasha baker @sasha98.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Just want to remind people that journalists are workers and there were 500 of them on strike. The dozen or so prominent transphobes will probably be fine after the Tortoise sale, which has now gone through, and will largley screw over people you've never heard of.
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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 06/12/2024
It is a fact that when the dust settles on this story, what will be left will be a wide-open goal of near-unanimous public resentment and loathing of the American healthcare system for any politician of any stripe to jump on. It is unlikely that a single one will, and that is worth thinking about.
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Emma Garland @emmaggarland.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
recklessly revealing your identity as an assassin so you can chirpse the woman on front desk at a hostel ["a real hero" off the drive soundtrack plays] www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
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Taliesan @taliesan.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Musk+DOGE are *not* about government efficiency. It's purpose is to: 1.) Cement Musk's monopolies by ending gov't subsidies to his competitors. 2.) Get rid of any regulations that have ever or will ever constrain his behavior. 3.) Loot the gov't by privatizing public programs like SS and the VA.
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Paddy Elliot 🍉 @paddyelliot.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Day 12 #Booksky #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge #Books
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Paddy Elliot 🍉 @paddyelliot.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
I know that I don’t know a huge amount about anything, but I’m also very good at spotting when I’m standing in front of somebody who knows even less about [insert subject] than me
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Paddy Elliot 🍉 @paddyelliot.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
if you’ve seen them, no you didn’t
CCTV image of the suspect in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, released by NYPD.A second image of the suspect, released by NYPD.
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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 05/12/2024
Remember, it is now officially the position of the Republican Party that there is no Israeli occupation and that the Occupied Palestinian Territories recognized as The State of Palestine are Israel's sovereign territory from time immemorial.
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In Major Shift, GOP Rejects Two-State Solution, Says Israel Not “Occupier”
Rejecting decades-old policy, the Republican Party approved on July 12 a platform that does not include a call for a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Instead, it defers to Israe...
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Paddy Elliot 🍉 @paddyelliot.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Day 11 #Booksky #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge #Books
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Paddy Elliot 🍉 @paddyelliot.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Day 10 #Booksky #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge #Books
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Paddy Elliot 🍉 @paddyelliot.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Day 9 #Booksky #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge #Books
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Paddy Elliot 🍉 @paddyelliot.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
apparently “the only good commie is a dead commie” doesn’t go against Meta’s community standards
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“We've reviewed ballmeister 123's comment and found that it doesn't go against our Community Standards

To keep our review process as fair as possible, we use the same set of Community Standards to review all reports.

We've found that this comment doesn't go against our Community Guidelines on hate speech or symbols.

We understand that this might be upsetting. If you want to see less of ballmeister 123 on Instagram, you can unfollow, mute or block them.

If you think that we've made a mistake, you can request a review of this decision within 180 days.”Screenshot showing the reported comment was, by user ballmeister123: “@patrickelliot_ the only good commie is a dead commie”
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Paddy Elliot 🍉 @paddyelliot.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Day 8 #Booksky #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge #Books
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Paddy Elliot 🍉 @paddyelliot.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Day 7 #Booksky #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge #Books
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Paddy Elliot 🍉 @paddyelliot.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
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