Reposted by RussRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/03/2026This is why you always follow the money... 613134874972
Reposted by RussSaganism @sagan.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Listen closely as Carl Sagan explains how regular people can create change! 278106363910
Reposted by RussGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 20/07/2025Last week I wrote about yet another of the disastrous outcomes of privatisation. If there's one thing almost everyone in England wants, it's renationalisation of water. But no, we can't have nice things. Just more shit. Literally in this case. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comHigh water bills, filthy rivers – and now drought. This is England's great artificial water crisis of 2025 | George MonbiotIn its refusal to nationalise water, it’s clear the government operates in the interests of private capital and not of the country, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 16495159
Reposted by RussGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 20/07/2025So, by government diktat, it's a deckchair-rearranging exercise, avoiding the one measure that would make a decisive difference. A measure which would cost far less than sustaining the current system. This is not about the public good. It's about protecting the worst excesses of capital. 337648
Reposted by RussGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 20/07/2025Lots of time and effort has gone into the Independent Water Commission, which reports tomorrow. Unfortunately, it's a largely wasted exercise, because the government insisted that renationalisation of the water companies was outside its terms of reference: ie, it was not allowed to consider it.🧵 49874287
Reposted by RussDarth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 20/07/2025OTD in 1944 the July 20 plot to assassinate Hitler failed. It left the madman with an injured ear, heroic status in his cult & a maniacal sense of his invincibility. 24777125
Reposted by RussDarth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Trump will reveal his actual weight before he releases the Epstein client list. 2572384
Reposted by RussRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/06/2025I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Sound familiar? 409168787572
Reposted by RussSaganism @sagan.bsky.social · 13/06/2025If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves... If we become even slightly more violent, shortsighted, ignorant, and selfish than we are now, almost certainly we will have no future. - Carl Sagan 321925607
Reposted by RussCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Dear Keir Starmer, On National Talk Like Yoda Day, reversed your winter fuel policy have you. Too late it is. Voters' goodwill up the wall have you pissed. Choose Binface they will. 737456
Russ @russ-c.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Late contender from Rosie for #TongueOutTuesday. It's a fair size, that one, excellent for surprise kisses for the unwary. 😁 010
Reposted by RussAlice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 19/05/2025I still think represents the most shocking void in the UK’s COVID response - when the largest biomedical facility offered to undertake testing (many universities did the same) the government didn’t even answer. The cost would have been minimal. But no profit for private companies… is that it? 871463611
Reposted by Russfesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Boss of a small regional office decided that he liked the idea of everyone staying an extra 10 mins after their shifts to fill in an online form listing five things they did that day. He changed his mind very quickly after just one email from Unite the Union. Join a union. 14795113
Reposted by RussSlenderSherbet @slendersherbet.bsky.social · 30/04/2025If you've had one of those days when all you really need is a baby bear trying to catch snowflakes, here's a baby bear trying to catch snowflakes. 15583361496
Reposted by RussSaganism @sagan.bsky.social · 30/04/2025This is from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson aired on May 20th, 1977. Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then. 411148344057
Reposted by RussJacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 01/05/2025🚨🚨 #brexit's disastrous impact on the #NHS led to 1485 extra deaths per year, according to a new academic study, particularly due to qualified EU nurses leaving and being replaced by more unskilled staff. #brexitshambles www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...independent.co.ukBrexit led to 1,500 deaths a year as EU nurses left UK, study findsQuality of care dropped as staff were replaced with less experienced nurses, researchers at the University of Surrey say 11189151
Reposted by RussTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 19/04/2025An exclusive extract for easter! (From this week’s @theguardian.com books) 3855217
Reposted by RussNereide @drnereide.bsky.social · 17/04/2025🧵 Here is Earth's rotation realized in an unusual way: using a camera scanning the landscape of Tivoli, Namibia, Bartosz Wojczyński focused on the sky. He created a timelapse spanning 24 h that has a focal point in the sky rather than on the ground. ➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap20070... 🔭 🧪 #galactic 1003034654
Reposted by RussAlexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Merz just said on German TV that the primary priority of his government will be to ensure that Europe can achieve full strategic independence from the United States in the defence against Russia. Merz was once a die hard Atlanicist. Now, after Trump he is a Gaullist. Extraordinary. 242104212413
Reposted by Russ🇬🇧🌳Country girl Lin 🌳🇬🇧🦋loves animals 🦋 👎🏼ANTI BLOODSPORTS👎🏼 @lingraham6.bsky.social · 02/02/2025 3656
Russ @russ-c.bsky.social · 17/01/2025www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Oh dear, Cybertruck seized by UK police. Why? 1) They haven't passed UK safety standards, and hence are illegal on UK roads. 2) They self-identify the driver as a complete tool, and the police are just doing him a favour. 🙂bbc.co.ukDriver stopped in Tesla Cybertruck banned in UK - BBC NewsThe eye-catching vehicle, which carries a price tag of about £48,000, is not yet legal on UK roads. 030
Reposted by RussIda Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Thinking a lot about Jimmy Carter, born a white, rural man in 1924 in a strictly apartheid Georgia and how he became a champion for racial justice and human rights, demonstrating once again that racism, xenophobia, crass and selfish individualism, are always a choice. 272043458
Reposted by RussChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/01/2025While we’re banning books… Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar. Be. Like. Finland. 13255179016054
Reposted by Russandyburnham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Despite all of the challenges - legal and meteorological - we did it! After 40 years of damaging deregulation, Greater Manchester has this morning successfully retaken control of the whole its bus network. 🙌🏻 25585961229
Reposted by RussAaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 04/01/2025Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public. He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit. Make sure everyone sees this cartoon. 10326455330801
Reposted by RussAn Irredeemable Heretic outlawed by donOld drumpft @furfaced1.bsky.social · 01/01/2025 525446
Reposted by Russ🇬🇧🌳Country girl Lin 🌳🇬🇧🦋loves animals 🦋 👎🏼ANTI BLOODSPORTS👎🏼 @lingraham6.bsky.social · 02/01/2025 1513926
Reposted by RussSusie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Word of the Day is one I keep posting at the end of the year, hoping its time will come. ‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair. Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025. 20299462655
Reposted by RussRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Trump’s team claimed that their tax cuts would boost household income by $4,000. But research shows that the lowest paid workers saw no change in earnings. Meanwhile, exec salaries increased sharply. Trump and Republicans want to double down on yet another trickle-down scam. 922193742
Reposted by RussGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 29/12/2024This is why I let Brad carry my phone most of the time. 435188091980
Reposted by RussRichard Carter, FCD @friendsofdarwin.bsky.social · 27/12/202427-Dec: On this day in 1831, HMS Beagle set sail on her second voyage with a young Charles Darwin on board… #HistScifriendsofdarwin.com 123
Russ @russ-c.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Canada should put in a counter offer; the U.S. can become their southernmost territory. I know it'll take a while for some to adjust to civilisation, but most Americans aren't bad sorts, they've just made some poor choices of late. 😁 021
Reposted by RussKhashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Elon hates Wikipedia because they cannot be bought or bullied. He can't force them to print things that are not true, or stop them from publishing things that are. He would buy them if he could to control information, and then they'd no longer be a reliable source. Please donate to protect them. 45646213
Russ @russ-c.bsky.social · 26/12/2024After yesterday's excesses, Rosie requires the entire length of the sofa for resting purposes. #LongDog #DogsOfBluesky 1110
Reposted by RussFox Baudelaire @baudelairefox.bsky.social · 26/12/2024"Babbage never foresaw the terrible consequences of his invention, a machine that would autocorrect his name to cabbage, every single time." 2193
Russ @russ-c.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Rosie and Wogan, after chasing each other around the field for an hour yesterday. The car may smell of wet dog for a while, but sharing the simple, unencumbered joy of these two furry lumps is definitely good for the soul. #DogsOfBluesky 0110
Reposted by RussRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Do you know how much CEO pay has skyrocketed since 1978? 100%? 500%? Try 1,085% Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.commondreams.orgCEO Pay Has Risen 1,085% Since 1978, But for Workers? Just 24% | Common DreamsCEOs at top US companies saw their pay skyrocket by 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay only increased by 24% 9872862011573
Reposted by RussHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 22/12/2024Even his head ferret is trying to flee. 1163130052493
Reposted by RussGod @thegodshow.com · 23/12/2024Thou shalt pay Amazon workers fairly, for they are as close as it gets to being Santa’s elves. Without them, Christmas doesn’t happen. 380229243409
Reposted by RussChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 22/12/2024Ynterviewere: Kan you explayne this gap in your resume? Gandalf: Then Darknesse took me, and I strayede out of thoughte and tyme, and I wanderid far on roades that I will not telle. 111048208