Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 18hOh sure, flood the market with the last drops of our strategic reserve to artificially lower prices just before the election and then watch prices skyrocket shortly thereafter. 1471088358
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 9hUAE officials have warned the UK that a severe punishment for Man City could hurt future Emirati investment in Britain, Bloomberg reports. This is the perfect argument for keeping foreign money out of football. 2383176744
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026it didn't even occur to me that the government might try to execute someone a second time if they torture the person but fail to kill them during a first botched attempt. truly grotesque and a moral stain upon all involved. 615115372012
petalpainter48.bsky.social @petalpainter48.bsky.social · 22hOk . So it's national black dog day .. and we did adopt a black dog ... officially a few days ago . 360
petalpainter48.bsky.social @petalpainter48.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Last little pink rose on the bush 170
petalpainter48.bsky.social @petalpainter48.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Watercolour sketch .. 6 X 5 inches 050
petalpainter48.bsky.social @petalpainter48.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Just sketches of vases of gladioli and pumpkins , and marrows .. on big orange flowered back ground . 0102
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm… 1272185876071
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialJeffrey Ⓥ @liftforever67.bsky.social · 28/09/2026#MondayThoughts 1103
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialJeffrey Ⓥ @liftforever67.bsky.social · 28/09/2026#MondayThoughts 01713
petalpainter48.bsky.social @petalpainter48.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Miniature railway for kids .. £1.50 a ride , at garden centre . 040
petalpainter48.bsky.social @petalpainter48.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Maybe it wasn't intelligence led ... just the farmers wife noticing dodgy men 020
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialrichard mortimer @richardmortimer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Just when you think the world's biggest pile of Orange shit is sitting in Mar-a-Lago these idiots come back out to try and prove you wrong. 34910
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialMoon-Watcher @bobsmyusername.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It took him two years to destroy everything America has built since 1945—a goal that Soviet leaders dreamed of for decades 0212
petalpainter48.bsky.social @petalpainter48.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Market square Wymondham ,east England 1120
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialVeronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 🍁 🇸🇪 🇵🇷 @vero1986.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Nothing is sacred anymore. The people in power shout to the rooftop that they're Christians, yet they are lying hypocritical blasphemous heathens who have no idea what the word Christian means. I see their God is trump. They would be shocked if you told them there were no white people in the Bible. 1124
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Trump: "I’m surprised CNN is here is covering me. You shouldn’t be here.” CNN’s Kaitlan Collins: “The United Nations allowed us in, sir.” 961183251
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialconifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Europe has seen this circus before. For centuries, it was clowns in crowns and megalomaniacs in uniforms who promised national rebirth and delivered only ashes and chaos. 727593
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialBlasé Boylan @blazesboylan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Glad as well, but I'm also disappointed that as in so many other instances, the Milennials and Gen Z's seem nowhere to be found. It's their future at stake, but they seem so passive. At my university, you'd barely know anything is happening by the students' behavior. 3271
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialJeffrey Ⓥ @liftforever67.bsky.social · 17/09/2026#WednesdayThoughts 0207
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialMoon-Watcher @bobsmyusername.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I’m looking forward to a time when we have a president that doesn’t constantly tell us how smart he is while repeatedly doing stupid shit 3213
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialMadeleine @madeleine1016.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Regardless of who is in power, they must be bound by the law. The system is more important than any individual; it is the most valuable asset of a democratic country 1018242
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialStewart Macdonald @mrred8691.bsky.social · 12/09/2026No it isn’t the planet will be fine. It’s us who are being killed,a slow painful death and long after we are gone the planet will still be here in much better shape. Tell people THEY are being killed and that THEY will die a slow painful death if we don’t change our ways . See if that helps. 131
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Imagine a Vice President of the United States getting a fact-check Community Note that the heckler was right and you are lying. These people just can’t stop lying. 693216567190
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialDr. Dave @drdave1999.bsky.social · 13/09/2026To be hated here, you’d have to be a world-class epidemiologist who saves millions of lives by teaching people how to survive during a deadly pandemic. Alternatively, you could be an intelligent, kind, successful President respected all over the world, but who doesn’t lie, cheat, and embezzle. 081
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialLee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 11/09/2026So X has done nothing to suspend these accounts, but Bluesky took action: A Russian disinfo campaign is doctoring celebrity videos to meddle in the midterms. The Kremlin-backed operation, known as Matryoshka, has Hollywood actors telling voters to disavow the Democratic Party & vote Republican.ms.nowA Russian disinformation campaign is doctoring celebrity videos to meddle in the midtermsThe Kremlin-backed operation, known as Matryoshka, has Hollywood actors telling voters to disavow the Democratic Party and vote Republican. 981524981
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Not a narcissist, not a cult 161731203
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialAbilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The planet isn’t dying. It’s being killed. And the fingerprints are on fossil fuel contracts, deforestation permits, and plastic production lines. We still have time to stop the crime. Act like it. #ClimateAction #Environment 14326149
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 11/09/2026This should be on the front page of every newspaper tomorrow. 1470192526835
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Yes, this is deplorable behavior, but it is typical of Trump. He is a rude, deranged idiot. What I find more disturbing is the woman's colleagues not defending her. They don't have the excuse of being a sociopath with dementia to explain away their inability to do the right thing. 71760162
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I hope folks realize this Bab al-Mandab situation will be much worse than the Strait of Hormuz if it’s not sorted out quickly. And it doesn’t currently look like it will be sorted out quickly. 47190562389
petalpainter48.bsky.social @petalpainter48.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Just for today .. let's take ourselves less seriously , have a smile , a giggle . 1110
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialLevon Dymond @levondymond.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Folding phones! Fuck that, let's save some forest and ecosystems and wildlife and stuff we all need! 1213
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialAndy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 10/09/2026📍Loci: The Magic of Twilight in Ludlow www.digest.andymarsh... 2666
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialAbilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Forests are not just trees. They are climate regulators, water protectors, biodiversity vaults, and home to Indigenous peoples who have safeguarded them for generations. Deforestation is not development. It is self-destruction. Protect the guardians. Protect the forests. #SaveOurForests 315358
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.social𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨 @salix.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Vinted is the most miserable archive of awful clothes women have bought, worn & failed to see how unappealing they were even brand new, blended with the charity shop entrepreneur overpricing anything with a vaguely designer label. “Brand new unworn George of Asda greige sequinned full brief.” 181
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Baby Dolphin 🐬 Rescued 821736
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialFED UP! @val.sheshed.rocks · 08/09/2026I’m sick of this shit! I’m sick of his incompetence. Congress better act now! This idiot has access nuclear codes and is not fit to be President…never has been. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, we are #FedUp and need to remove him from office in January. Period! #SheShed #Pinks 34043121269
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialSXRATCH @sxratch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026THIS is sweet!! 🥳🥳🥳 30951301089
petalpainter48.bsky.social @petalpainter48.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Wild hops .. they were climbing up some tress . Interesting .. I alwsys find them here ... there is a Maltings nesrby.. ( Hertfordshire ) Windy and humid weather . 180
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialJay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Criselda Vasquez, American, The New American Gothic, 2017, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in, private collection The artist's father, portrayed in the painting, was kidnapped by ICE on 31 March 2026 201308665016
petalpainter48.bsky.social @petalpainter48.bsky.social · 05/09/2026See what hsppens in the kitchen , when the condiments think you aren't looking ? 3140
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialSciCommic @scicommic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Carl Sagan said something similar. 26717
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/09/2026 5747981296
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialJacqui @jamelle33.bsky.social · 03/09/2026ANALYSIS: 'Lake America' makes one thing clear: we can’t trust U.S. tech companies The president’s decree is dumb. Why is anyone going along with it?tvo.orgANALYSIS: 'Lake America' makes one thing clear: we can’t trust U.S. tech companies | TVO TodayThe president’s decree is dumb. Why is anyone going along with it? 48074791894
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialThe Rundown @therundowntvo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026"Today it’s Lake America, but tomorrow the propaganda coming from south of the border could be both more serious and insidious, and the actions of Google, Apple and other companies show plainly that they will not be on our side." — @jm-mcgrath.bsky.socialtvo.orgANALYSIS: 'Lake America' makes one thing clear: we can’t trust U.S. tech companies | TVO TodayThe president’s decree is dumb. Why is anyone going along with it? 45992132879
Reposted by @petalpainter48.bsky.socialMr. Blabalino 🇳🇴🇺🇸💙 @blabalino.com · 02/09/2026Remember this going into the midterms. 42684943367