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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 43m

... it develops, but it seems to have been unleashed upon the world way too prematurely.

Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 43m

VERY early development. The first two things I tried to do with the PhotoShop alternative couldn't be done. (Loading filters, and using the 'twirl' function which, in this case, simply takes the circle you designate and rotates it). I kinda gave up after that. Early days, I know. We'll see how...

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 48m

Yes, but a mafia boss isn't in the business of winning hearts and minds. He didn't become President and never filled a stadium with swim-with-the-fishes ultimatums. Ultimata? ... Oh. Both apparently.

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 56m

... he was saying. QT audiences are mixed and support parties across the entire political spectrum, including parties hostile to the Greens. They're also notoriously vocal when someone says something unpleasant or stupid. But to this, no response. Context is all.

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 56m

I would add to anyone reading this and thinking there's something to this... watch an extended video of it. See it in context. And note that the 'shocked surprise' of our friend here and so many others over this wasn't mirrored by anyone in the large studio audience, who understood precisely what...

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 1h

... ball.' Mindless tribal shouts are mindless tribal shouts. I only responded to you so if anyone else came along who may have been taken in by it they'd realise there was more to what you claimed than what you stated. I don't think we can have an intelligent conversation about this. Muted.

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 1h

... stuff up with all the political alacrity of a football fan on the terraces yelling 'Foul, ref!' in the full knowledge that it isn't. I'm not interested in engaging with you any more than I'm interested in approaching such a fan and saying 'I say, old chap, I think you'll find he went for the...

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 1h

See above. I know what he said. Yes, you can put a negative slant on it, of course. Or you can take it as intended, particularly in the context in which that quote was made. Look, it gets a bit tiresome, okay? You wouldn't have the tiniest intention of voting for the Green Party, so you pick...

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 1h

I should imagine he's seen a lot of polls by now that tell him 80% of the people are against this, that and the other. It hasn't stopped him so far. I suspect this is such a completely stupid idea that even Trump, for all his derangement, won't wear it.

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 2h

... generated. We all want the same damn thing, but that wretched motion has caused artificial divisions and the threat of civil war over numpties, their definitions, and their colonial prescriptiveness when it comes to the future of the Palestinian people.

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 2h

It's got out of hand when anyone who supports the 2SS is a Zionist who is racist against Palestinians and an apologist for genocide, and yet so many Palestinians themselves support the 2SS. We need to backtrack here. A great deal of counterproductive heat is being... pcpsr.org/en/node/1010

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ARAB BAROMETER 9 in Palestine | PCPSR

This report is the second in a series covering the results of the ninth Arab Barometer (AB9) survey in Palestine. It presents findings related to three main issues: perceptions of the challenges confr...

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 2h

Hegseth must be seriously out to lunch if even Trump feels he has to rein him in.

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 2h

When you've been lying through your teeth for years, why would you take on a job you know will subject you to intense media scrutiny and that your story will collapse at first glance? Trump selects by appearance. He got very lucky with Leavitt. This one not so much.

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 3h

Ah, okay, just saw Bienkov's post. An all-but-literal nobody.

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 3h

Who is he? And I've gotta ask... how many researchers does Vine need to dig up all these human rejects from whatever gutter they inhabit?

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 3h

If so, he must have a very slender willy.

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 3h

Not funny. People have been put to the wrack for less.

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 3h

He must have a very slender willy.

Image of a very long and slender seaweed type. Description:

Thongweed

Thongweed (Himanthalia elongata) is easy to recognise due to its unusual structure. The main body of the plant is actually a small, button‑like disc attached firmly to the rock. This round, leathery button is the holdfast and reproductive organ, and it’s the first thing to look for when identifying the species.

From this button, two long, flat strap‑like fronds grow. These ribbons can reach 1–2 metres in length and often split into multiple straps as they mature. They’re smooth, flexible, and olive‑brown, becoming darker and tougher with age. Because thongweed grows on the lower shore, the straps usually lie draped across rocks or float freely when the tide comes in.

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 3h

Er... did they take something too literally here?

Thongweed

Thongweed (Himanthalia elongata) is easy to recognise due to its unusual structure. The main body of the plant is actually a small, button‑like disc attached firmly to the rock. This round, leathery button is the holdfast and reproductive organ, and it’s the first thing to look for when identifying the species.

From this button, two long, flat strap‑like fronds grow. These ribbons can reach 1–2 metres in length and often split into multiple straps as they mature. They’re smooth, flexible, and olive‑brown, becoming darker and tougher with age. Because thongweed grows on the lower shore, the straps usually lie draped across rocks or float freely when the tide comes in.

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 3h

Starlings are quite intelligent. HAVE YOU EVER TRIED??? 😡 Bloody ornithophobes. I blame that Hitchcock bloke.

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 3h

If your religion makes you hate someone, you're a heretic.

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 3h

If your religion makes you hate someone, you're a heretic.

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 3h

... their bills assessed before installation. 50% of the money saved on bills after installation goes towards paying back the cost.

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 3h

Is this another one of those schemes where, if you already can't afford what you have, if you pay even MORE money, then you will feel the benefits a decade down the line? (Or your successors will if your home is repossessed). We need free installation as a government scheme. The householder has...

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 3h

This is what I don't get. Put a person like this in a bar and let him descend into barely coherent, self-absorbed rambling, much of which is transparent nonsense, and people would get quickly bored and wander off. Yet in the USA, this one holds huge rallies, and they made him President. Twice.

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 3h

This is what I don't get. Put a Trumpalike in a bar and let him descend into barely coherent, self-absorbed rambling, much of which is transparent bullshit, and people would get quickly bored and wander off. Yet in the USA, this one holds huge rallies, and they made him President.

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 3h

... has been a longstanding issue on the left, which bad actors can exacerbate, but didn't create.

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 3h

Sadly, there IS a strain of colonial authoritarianism on the left. Some are bad actors to be sure, we know Putin serves the left with one story and the right with another to further his ends, and somehow the numpties on both sides don't spot he's telling two different stories at once. But this...

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 3h

... if this had been the Spirit of 1776. Americashire would still be ours.

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 3h

... ignore every bite Trump takes out of American democracy by yelling 'We're not distracted! RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!!!' Turns out the USA is one of the easiest places in the world for fascism to take hold. Even if most people don't want it, they're not inclined to do much about it. Imagine...

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 3h

I've heard many explanations. * The weather's too cold. (Didn't get much better when it warmed up). * We have jobs. (So do the people of Georgia). * America is big so we can't get there. (Er...) My hat is off to those who DO protest and protest regularly, but I fear there are more people who...

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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

The DAWN investigation just exposed AIPAC's "network of networks" for what it is: over 3,000 staff embedded across Congress, the Pentagon, and the White House. This isn't lobbying. This is Israel operating our foreign policy from the inside. We're not a partner, we're occupied!

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 4h

I do love it when Piers Morgan gets decent people onside by doing no more than stating the astoundingly bleedin' obvious. Please God, let the midterms cripple Trump.

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 4h

I was waiting for the interviewer to interrupt and laugh it off, but then I realised he had to let it run given he didn't have the first clue what she was talking about.

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 4h

No... he tells it like it is to racists and watchers of GB News. Which is precisely how it isn't. Look, cherub, you're lost in here. We're intelligent people who know a bit about the world. Get back on Twitter. With all the Russian bots spouting your sort of nonsense down, they need you. Muted.

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 5h

But so often, dear heart? So often?

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 5h

Fair enough. One has already been suspended, another is under investigation, so we're on our way.

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 5h

... Enthusiasts', 'Racist Trash', 'Disinfo Propagator' and 'Zionist Dipshits'. Impressive that these lists are so fine-tuned, and the way this particular numpty has acknowledged the complexity of the human condition by ensuring all my character traits have been accounted for. All reported.

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 5h

... to have unblocked me just long enough to add me to his 'Racists' list before blocking me again. This one has issues beyond being a mere numptiness, methinks. However, he seems to face some competition from @aragorn-estragon.bsky.social, who has added me to FOUR lists: 'Genocide...

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 5h

Wow! Okay. The numpties have been busy this morning. All, I think, deriving from my agreeing with George Monbiot of all people, see if you can make sense of this little clutch of passive-aggressive list-making. @barneydied.bsky.social already had me on two lists before blocking me, but seems...

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 17h

Interesting way to respect someone, saying they're likely to be a sellout. But I guess confronted with the fact if you were going to talk nonsense about one then it made no sense unless you talked nonsense about both, you were stuck with a difficult choice. Enough. Muted.

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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 22h

At the heart of Tirana, thousands mark months of relentless anti-government protests, demanding systemic change and an end to corruption. Citizens refuse to back down in their fight for accountability, true democracy, and a sovereign future that belongs to the people of Albania.

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 18h

The UN would beg to differ. www.unocha.org/occupied-pal...

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 18h

The good news is if they're both denying it, then both are uncomfortable with it, and neither wants to take the blame. Hopefully, this decision will be reversed in short order.

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 18h

Yusuf is not the party leader. He's the man the party leader hides behind.

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 18h

Interesting perspective. Where did you get your PhD in political theory? 😏

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 18h

The point he was making, very clearly, is those people are paid too little and too little respected for the job they do which anyone would baulk at doing. Polanski's own boyfriend works in palliative and hospice care. Give it a rest. That was one smear that never gained traction.

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 18h

We're changing the party rules so this can't happen again. The only mistake we've made is in not changing them earlier.

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 18h

What makes you think he would? It seems odd - and very artificial - that you say Polanski would but Lucas wouldn't. Clearly, neither would.

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