Reposted by Rob Parsonsringmerlibrary.bsky.social @ringmerlibrary.bsky.social · 6hSoupercalifragilisticexpialidocious!! Soup, and books, and jigsaw sale this Saturday 10th Oct 12 noon – 2 pm at the village hall all in aid of Ringmer Library 021
Rob Parsons @robparsons.bsky.social · 23/09/2026@netflix.com Hey Netflix, your new interface was designed by AI wasn't it? That's all I'm saying. 000
Reposted by Rob ParsonsLiberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 22/09/2026This is a fight for the future of our country. For liberty, equality and community. For the values we hold dear. This is the fight of our lives. And we are going to win it. 05730
Reposted by Rob ParsonsAlex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Wey hey!! Two cheers. Hurrah! I’m almost, but not, quite, mildly excited that something might not be ruled out in a few years time. Way to go, Andy. Bold, bravely ambivalent, solidly ambiguous, resolutely vague leadership, at last. 🙄🙄🙄 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comAndy Burnham does not rule out Brexit reversal being in next Labour manifestoPM says immediate focus is on rebuilding bridges with EU as he prepares for first meeting with Ursula von der Leyen 80678142
Reposted by Rob ParsonsBirds Are Dinosaurs @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I.... I need to update my will. 19723
Reposted by Rob ParsonsPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026There is no middle ground with the kind of people who attack the RNLI. We don’t need to ‘listen’ to them. We need to tell them where to go. 751935432
Rob Parsons @robparsons.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I think we're entitled to ask what the fuck are the police doing about this? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...independent.co.ukRNLI closes Portsmouth lifeboat station after huge anti-migrant protestsRNLI volunteers were branded ‘traitors’ after bringing migrants ashore 000
Reposted by Rob ParsonsJane @localnotail.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Only one clear strong voice against racism and xenophobia swirling around Piddington #Newsnight I hope she's ok, Othered in her own home for being decent 244946
Reposted by Rob ParsonsSussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"Our green spaces belong to all of us, and we want everyone to feel welcome in them." Introducing our new Wild About Inclusion Lead, Anna Shamoon. sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/articles… #NationalInclusionWeek 📷Anna Shamoon 0145
Reposted by Rob ParsonsCharlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 16/09/2026“We believe that power does not belong to the strongest, the richest or the loudest, but to all of us. That democracies have the freedom to choose with whom to work.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comEuropean Union opens door for Canada to become first associate memberCommission president says partnership will create ‘common prosperity’ based on shared democratic values 341040298
Reposted by Rob ParsonsShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 27/12/2024maga has basically become the bjp- a party of mediocres resentful that theyre being judged on merit 941360
Rob Parsons @robparsons.bsky.social · 13/09/2026This is very true. Sometimes alt text is just a chore - one I undertake willingly - but sometimes it's a joy finding the right words to express the picture. 000
Reposted by Rob ParsonsPo-LINA-tergeist 👻 لينا @agirlcalledlina.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Just leaving this here 4838941357
Reposted by Rob ParsonsPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Crypto billionaires don’t become crypto billionaires by being generous or altruistic. They become crypto billionaires by being greedy, selfish, amoral, dishonest, untrustworthy shites. They don’t give away money for the common good. Is that who should control our politics? 20541163
Rob Parsons @robparsons.bsky.social · 13/09/2026There are occasions, not many of them, but they do happen, when the real naked visceral truth is expressed on social media. This is one of them. 👇 Wake up, Labour Party, and bloody well do something. 010
Reposted by Rob ParsonsAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/09/2026A trans man in the UK has been banned in the workplace restrooms after he was forced to use the women's restrooms to comply with the new EHRC guidance. The women complained because he is visibly male and so they told him he can't use any bathroom. 13750951543
Reposted by Rob ParsonsLiberal Quotes @liberalquotes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026“Fundamental is belief in the freedom of every individual. That is threatened from many directions: by over-mighty states, by private concentrations of power, by the actions of other individuals or by circumstances which leave the individual without access to power or opportunity." Alan Beith 023
Reposted by Rob ParsonsIlikecaketoo (UK) @ilikecaketoo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Disgraceful that the RNLI have to say this today, but here we are 😞. If you would like to donate👇🏻. rnli.org/support-us/g... #RNLI #RNLISavesLives 621934870
Reposted by Rob ParsonsPatrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I’m not sure why it’s impossible for a Labour politician to say that racism is not a “legitimate concern”. You cannot and will not ever be enough for your enemies. If you move, they’ll move further. So don’t move. 310625
Reposted by Rob ParsonsRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026A suggested statement for Andy Burnham. 271051351
Reposted by Rob ParsonsBen Whitham @drbenwhitham.bsky.social · 05/09/2026That the government's response to a large-scale fascist mobilisation is to say stuff like "the right to protest is fundamental" and "we already *are* stopping the boats" is in itself the story of how we got here. 221478
Reposted by Rob ParsonsSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Kent police said 'no arrests were made' of the people who blocked a port and roads. There's your two-tier policing, folks www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...bbc.co.ukPort of Dover delays: Disruption as masked 'stop the boats' protesters block roadsHundreds of demonstrators, wearing black with their faces covered, caused delays to traffic reaching the port. 1061846817
Reposted by Rob ParsonsHugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 03/09/2026"Hatred draws itself on your face and it doesn't use nice pens" is such a wonderful epigram 06515
Reposted by Rob ParsonsLiberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 01/09/2026It’s time to stop the Spex Offenders. Nobody should be secretly filmed through smart glasses and have it shared with millions online. Liberal Democrats are demanding stronger safeguards, including a ban on convicted sex offenders being able to purchase them. 1416043
Reposted by Rob Parsonsringmerlibrary.bsky.social @ringmerlibrary.bsky.social · 01/09/2026#WeAreReading Lesley Thomson's The Shrine "Martin was an entirely ordinary man. Ordinary men are not necessarily nice." 011
Rob Parsons @robparsons.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Endorsements work. One woman bought Nanotales today because "if @ellygriffiths.bsky.social endorses it, it must be good. Thanks, Elly!!! (See Nanotales at ko-fi.com/s/19f8a3feeb)ko-fi.comNanotales - Rob Parsons's Ko-fi ShopA book of short stories, mostly fantasy. Fundraising for St Peter and St James hospice. What happens when responsibility catches up with Eric? How d... 020
Reposted by Rob Parsonsringmerlibrary.bsky.social @ringmerlibrary.bsky.social · 28/08/2026#WeAreReading Holly Bourne's You Could Be So Pretty "I'm being everything I've ever feared. Looking like myself, acting myself, being myself - the self I've carefully zipped up every morning to stop it coming out..." 011
Reposted by Rob ParsonsJoni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Europe owes its security to Ukraine. Right now, Ukrainians are paying the ultimate price for our hesitation and inaction. We have not done enough, and we must step up immediately. The longer we delay, the higher the cost for all of us 312232
Reposted by Rob Parsonsringmerlibrary.bsky.social @ringmerlibrary.bsky.social · 23/08/2026#WeAreReading Tess Sharpe's The Girls I've Been. "I hate the whole 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger' thing... What didn't kill me didn't make me stronger. It made me a victim. But I made me stronger. I made me a survivor." 011
Rob Parsons @robparsons.bsky.social · 23/08/2026"The populists want people to look upwards for a saviour. Liberals should ask them to look around – at each other, their communities, and what they could achieve with the power to act." Very good piece. www.libdemvoice.org/roz-savage-m...libdemvoice.orgRoz Savage MP writes: Liberalism is having a Moment. But does it have a future?Liberalism seems to be going through an identity crisis. Within a few months, three very different thinkers have published books asking the same question: what has happened to Liberalism, and what wou... 011
Reposted by Rob ParsonsLiberal Quotes @liberalquotes.bsky.social · 22/08/2026We're with Paddy. “The simple liberal demand that every citizen should be enabled to live their life to the full.” Paddy Ashdown 064
Reposted by Rob Parsonsringmerlibrary.bsky.social @ringmerlibrary.bsky.social · 21/08/2026#WeAreReading Tess Sharpe The Girls I've Been "I didn't fall for her like a ton of bricks. I fell like I was a star and she was the end of the world." 011
Reposted by Rob ParsonsPaul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Dear government, don’t send startling, high-pitched alerts about wildfires to ordinary people's phones. Send them to the CEOs of fossil fuel companies and make them impossible to switch off until they stop the destructive plunder that's contributing to climate change. 18495232254
Reposted by Rob ParsonsLiberal Quotes @liberalquotes.bsky.social · 15/08/2026“The virtues in democratic life – community, solidarity, trust, civic friendship – these virtues are not like commodities that are depleted with use. They are, rather, the muscles that develop and grow stronger with use.” Michael Sandel 011
Reposted by Rob ParsonsCrowsa Luxemburg @quendergeer.bsky.social · 14/08/2026the British press hounds people to their death on a semi regular basis and i think perhaps we should stop them doing that 124182
Reposted by Rob ParsonsJacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 14/08/2026🚨🚨Good news: #AI detectors, human and otherwise, are about to get their biggest boost ever with new EU "watermarking" requirements that came into effect this month. Big tech is also falling in line. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/arti...politico.euHiding your use of AI is about to get much harder — thanks to BrusselsThe EU is requiring “watermarking” to signal that content was made with artificial intelligence. Big Tech is falling in line. 7183104
Reposted by Rob ParsonsEmma Lightfoot @emmalightfoot.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Seems highly likely. Exclusion in the name of "equalities". The parallels with the 1930s are truly terrifying, especially the idea that cis white women need protection from the dangerous "other". 191
Reposted by Rob ParsonsMax B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 13/08/2026Either way, he beats a Bin or he loses to a bin. The claim that he is beating the "establishment" is worthless. It's a Bin-Bin situation. [I apologize] 512920
Reposted by Rob Parsonsringmerlibrary.bsky.social @ringmerlibrary.bsky.social · 07/08/2026We have a challenge for our mature readers as well as our children! The August Book Challenge!! Take out and read three books, and you're in with a chance of the prize. 011
Rob Parsons @robparsons.bsky.social · 07/08/2026They say Count Binface isn't canvassing. I have evidence to the contrary. 010
Reposted by Rob ParsonsLiberal Quotes @liberalquotes.bsky.social · 06/08/2026"For the world is in a bad state, but everything will become still worse unless each of us does his best. So, let us be alert — alert in a twofold sense: Since #Auschwitz we know what man is capable of. And since #Hiroshima we know what is at stake." Viktor Frankl, Auschwitz survivor 031
Reposted by Rob ParsonsMEAction UK @meactionuk.bsky.social · 05/08/2026The most severely ill people with ME have nowhere to go, no treatment, no ward, no NHS service. They need a specialised service and virtual wards to be commissioned now! Your MP can help by lobbying Yvette Cooper, the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. 163