Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. I wrote this last year - it still carries relevance. If it helps just one person, it will be worth it. 000
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Monday 3 – 215/365 Strewingherb The essence of our summer days Another anchor to our former ways The creamy splendour of meadowsweet A herb to scatter ‘neath our feet Where crushed and bruised, a heady release 000
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Sunday 2 – 214/365 – 31/52 Resin Summer swelter Larch resin seeps Once essential A special tree From soothing balms To hard varnish Chest-clearing scent Aromatic, clean and deep Another flora We ignore now. Inured by commerce, We've lost the how. 000
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Saturday 1 – 213/365 Vetch Striking, vibrant minuscule Vetch in flower, a tiny jewel But pay close attention, girls and boys For the streak of purple Lost in the grass's noise 000
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Seen elsewhere..."Le Pen is not mightier than le fraud" 😆 000
Reposted by Christopher Cotton - poetCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 03/03/2025NEW: "America is your enemy," I interviewed Jason Stanley for this week's newsletter & podcast. A Yale professor, who's a leading expert in fascism. We're normalizing what's happening & we urgently need to stop. Please read/listen/share. 🙏 broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-united...broligarchy.substack.com'The United States is Your Enemy'A conversation about fascism as Europe faces the darkness in the west 471772767
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 24/02/202524th February - SCN 2A Awareness Day. Missing my grandson today ❤️ 020
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 24/02/2025We reap what we sow, despite a lot of folks warning that this was what was going to happen... 030
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 22/02/2025So, now we know... "The Russian word Krasnov (Краснов) translates to "Krasnov" in English. It is a Russian family name that comes from the word krasota, which is a diminutive of krasa meaning "beauty". The feminine form of the name is Krasnova." 120
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Seems clear that the Waitrose edition of the Daily Mail has taken a side. Farewell, Pax Americana. 120
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 18/02/2025A song for our times, a song for the populists of the world and for the people who blindly enable them. We reap what we sow. youtu.be/q0BOpkA2Vs4?...youtu.beTOOL - Ticks & Leeches (Audio)YouTube video by TOOLVEVO 000
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Last night's moon, peeking through the clouds. 010
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Adam's Broadside, ahead of a pub lunch, after a long muddy trudge with the dogs. There are few things finer. 020
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 14/02/2025The roses are dead They got put in a vase They cost a damn fortune And the payoff is sparse... 110
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Just wondering whether Trump and Putin will be meeting in Munich... They could call the meeting the Chamberlain accords. 🙄 000
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Another day, another cavalcade of WTF from the Tumeric Tyrant / Mango Mussolini and his coterie of psychopaths. I always thought that the end of civilisation as we know it would involve more explosions and flames, but there is still time, I guess? 010
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 11/02/2025My companion this evening, is a tired and yet content spaniel... 120
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Prejudice is the emotional commitment to ignorance, Nathan Rutstein. Words to think about today. 000
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Since being diagnosed with cancer, I've gone right off fatty meat. Now, I'm not gonna call myself a vegetarian or vegan, but I'm really enjoying eating fewer dead things. Cheers! Pasta with black olive sauce and feta. 020
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Botulism, n. The poisonous consequences of allowing too many bots to infiltrate social media discourse, with the intent of achieving polarisation on a pre-defined, pseudoscientific spectrum. 030
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Somehow, I don't think these convictions will see riots on the streets or indeed, much in the way of comment from Tommy Ten Names, Nigel Farage, Elon Musky or even the Mango Mussolini. BBC News - Glasgow child sex abuse gang given life sentences www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comGlasgow child sex abuse gang given life sentencesThe victims were abused over a seven-year period in a Glasgow drug den which became known as "the beastie house". 021
Reposted by Christopher Cotton - poetCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Finally, there's a big up for @bloomberg.com's brilliant investigation on the podcast bros. Culture is now men talking to other men on tech platforms owned by men. If that fucks you off as much as it does me,please consider subscribing. Thank you, xx broligarchy.substack.com/p/seig-heil-... 17562130
Reposted by Christopher Cotton - poetCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Nigel Farage's inauguration party was sponsored by Arron Banks & the "New Federal State of China". That's an organisation set up Steve Bannon & Guo Wengui that considers itself "the Chinese government in exile". Nope, nothing to see here. 5/ 5310104
Reposted by Christopher Cotton - poetAlastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 25/01/2025I’m sure the Sunday papers will be doing massive write throughs on the amazing story of how a Royal and a minister forced Murdoch empire to admit widespread Sun criminal activity. I mean look how the dailies covered it next day!! All in this together! So they bury it. Mail still in firing line 2026 28975201
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Today we visited my namesake's house in Harwich, UK. Without whom we would most likely not have Turkey for Christmas, or Thanksgiving at all, and America would barely be the same place... has anyone got a time machine I can borrow? 010
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 20/01/2025youtube.com/watch?v=LfS4... Four years old, and now unexpectedly relevant again...youtube.com 000
Reposted by Christopher Cotton - poetJonathan Pie @jonathanpienews.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Pie on Trump. 24472157
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Well, today's the day when America's recurrence of malignant neoplasm is rethroned. I fear that this will affect us all. But, I'm certainly not going to be boosting his viewing figures today. 010
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 19/01/2025open.substack.com/pub/broligar... Our new dystopia. No one can say they weren't warned... The dumbing down of the polity, our new kings are ennobled.open.substack.comThe tech gods arriveAs our new broverlords ascend to the presidential dais, it's up to us now 000
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 19/01/2025You know your weight loss program is going well when the wildlife mistakes you for a small grassland mammal... 030
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Trump’s Deportation Plan Is Said to Start Next Week in Chicago www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/u... From the NYT. Having just watched SILO, a dystopian tale of a future Georgia... "Operation Safeguard" has really sinister overtones. If you know, you know. 🙄nytimes.comTrump’s Deportation Plan Is Said to Start Next Week in ChicagoThe size of the planned immigration raids is unclear, but they would be the opening step in the president-elect’s goal of overseeing the largest deportation program in history. 000
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Just finished watching the second series of Silo on Apple TV. Fabulous sci-fi and a great adaptation from the books. If you like stuff to make you think, I recommend it. 000
Reposted by Christopher Cotton - poetCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 16/01/2025NEW: Elon Musk’s X is a weapon currently owned and controlled by a non-state entity. But from January 20, that changes. At that point, we need to understand in the context of information warfare from a hostile nation state. open.substack.com/pub/broligar...open.substack.comTotal information collapseIt's started. And it's only going to accelerate from here. 19945349
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 15/01/2025From Ben Jennings in today's Guardian... The new normal... 000
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 13/01/2025In other news, ursine quadrupeds defecation habits are found to be arboreal in nature... It's all going to become very strange... The dynamics that polarise us on social media are about to get worse theconversation.com/the-dynamics...theconversation.comThe dynamics that polarise us on social media are about to get worseRelying on social media users to police information accuracy could further polarise platforms and amplify extreme voices. 020
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 12/01/2025My car appears to be growing feathers...🤔 010
Reposted by Christopher Cotton - poetSusie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 10/01/2025This was a joy; do have a listen on iPlayer. I could chat with @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social for days. 19793111
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Quick snap of the moon, Jupiter and mars (and Orion) from outside my house just now. I missed Venus and Saturn which had set about an hour ago. I love these clear winter nights 😊 030
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Worth sharing, I thought... But also... No shit Sherlock! All British politicians should immediately distance themselves from the foreign interference of Elon Musk theconversation.com/all-british-...theconversation.comAll British politicians should immediately distance themselves from the foreign interference of Elon MuskConstant X posts about the UK amount to meddling in another country’s democratic processes – a practice that should not be enabled by any party. 120
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Hopeful news. Kudos to the UK for moving towards renewables, a long way to go, but progress. www.reuters.com/world/uk/win...reuters.comWind Britain’s top electricity source in 2024Wind power was Britain’s largest source of electricity in 2024, topping gas-fired power plants for the first time, data showed on Tuesday. 010
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 08/01/2025There's an awful lot of this about in our political discourse... A useful acronym. 020
Reposted by Christopher Cotton - poetRafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Interesting and fruitful excursion by @pmdfoster.bsky.social into the deep end of post-Brexit trade/regulation align-or-innovate dilemma. www.ft.com/content/90f7...ft.comUK delays gene editing plans in push for Brexit reset[FREE TO READ] Brussels warns that current British plans not compatible with agreement to cut border checks 22711
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Shoshana Zuboff, she should be properly credited for predicting a lot of the current omnishambles. 000
Reposted by Christopher Cotton - poetCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Mark Zuckerberg doesn't just bend the knee to Trump, he throws himself prostrate on the floor in front of the throne. Darkness falls. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/b...nytimes.comMeta Moves to End Fact-Checking ProgramThe social networking giant will stop using third-party fact checkers and instead rely on users to add notes or corrections to posts. It is likely to please the Trump administration. 801518489
Christopher Cotton - poet @pjbloke.bsky.social · 07/01/2025I've resisted for a while... Living pretty much in the Metaverse, but today's news from Zuckerberg about the changes to fact checking and moderation has caused me to join the exodus. Hello everybody 😊 330