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Phoenixrising1051

@scorpions51.bsky.social
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Mid 70s. Gardening, reading, bibliophile, preserving, cooking, politicaly left. Left UK to escape Brexit. Pro Palestine, anti fascism. Pro humanity & all creatures that live on this planet. Not very optimistic for the future of the world 🏳️‍🌈🌱🍴🌻🇵🇸 🇪🇺 🇮🇪☘️

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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 1h
A long read that is very informative.
jonathancook.substack.com
Worried about Russian meddling in UK politics? Wait till you see what Israel is up to
Andy Burnham’s government is rolling out a new “Centre for Information Defence”. But the outside actors most aggressively undermining what little remains of British democracy are nowhere in its sights
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 3h
How can something be passed with a blank page with "To be filled in later" ?
thebulletin.org
Congress has the power to fix the Trump-Saudi nuclear deal
Far from being helpless against a veto, Congress holds significant legal and procedural power over the administration's incomplete Saudi nuclear deal—if lawmakers choose to use it.
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 7h
#Russia, #Israel, the United States of America ( #USA )are all #rogue states. They care nothing for humanity.😡😡😡👿👿👿💔💔💔
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 10h
Wow!
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 10h
Yay
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 10h
Good morning! Very dark out there. Bread baking day. The overnight starter is very bubbly, so should make good bread, and its pizza night 😋🍕 Wordle 1,944 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Obviously not as I tied with the bot!
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 21h
So hard to believe they are human like me ? Such warped beings.
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Drac 🇪🇺 🕉️ 🏵️ @dracnoiseperson.bsky.social · 21h
Big UK banks pocketed £29.2bn in six months while our bills went up! A windfall tax on bank profits would raise £19bn for our schools & NHS. @TheGreenParty's already backing it - sign the petition and tell John Healey to #TaxtheBanks! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
you.38degrees.org.uk
#TaxTheBanks
Years of higher interest rates have sent our rent, mortgage, and debt payments soaring, while banks have raked in huge profits for doing absolutely nothing. The big four UK banks (Barclays, HSBC, Ll...
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Peace & Justice Project @peaceandjustice.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
History will judge our government by its unforgivable complicity in Israel’s war crimes in Gaza — and its demonisation of those who opposed the genocide of the Palestinian people.
bbc.co.uk
Sally Rooney says her books will be removed from sale in UK over Palestine Action support
The Irish writer is best known for novels such as Normal People, Intermezzo and Conversations With Friends.
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 23h
I left twitter long before the big exodus, as soon as musk took over. The other two have never been part of my life.
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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
No. Just ban the pervert glasses.
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I appear to have picked up an upper respiratory bug. Not a happy bunny, just want to sleep. Shopping is dangerous for so many reasons.😷😿🤧
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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
A fellow of the @royalsociety.org aiding and abetting the Russian terror state.
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Maybe I will try again. I have never succeeded with cauliflower.
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Yay
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Good morning. Just a small little bit of light on the horizon. Yesterday I potted up a load of small plants including house plants. Wordle 1,943 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Whoopee! I beat the bot.
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Nay
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Good morning! Drinking a cup of tea in bed, and trying to make sense of my dreams as well as making plans for the day. Wordle 1,942 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 That'll do. Tied with the bot.
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Jeremiah Savant @jpofgwynedd.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Just in case... act.38degrees.org.uk/act/no-execu...
act.38degrees.org.uk
Ban the US death row execution from being live streamed in the UK!
I just signed the campaign calling on the Government to ban the US death row execution from being live streamed in the UK!
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Ambivalent.
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Good morning. It is black out there. Much done over the last few days. A bit of satisfaction, but as always much more still to be done. Wordle 1,941 6/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Not the first word to come to my mind!
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Elinor Elliot @elinorelliot.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I tend to think that anyone lacking empathy for animals is also deficient in empathy towards humanity. They may protest otherwise, but I don't believe them.. It's an easy "tell" for psychopathy-spectrum callousness.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Delighted that Navi Pillay, chair of the UN commission which found Israel guilty of genocide in Gaza, has won the Nobel Peace Prize. Let Trump and Netanyahu splutter and fume: the truth becomes ever harder to deny.
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Today i have arisen very late 😁 Wordle 1,940 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Took too long!
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Jonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
There’s a reason why so few truly leftwing politicians are visible in public life. Because the media’s role is to weed them out, discredit them, place them beyond the pale. Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/how-the-bb...
jonathancook.substack.com
How the BBC sets a trap to make sure leftwing politicians never get a fair hearing
There’s a reason why so few truly leftwing politicians are visible in public life. Because the media’s role is to weed them out, discredit them, place them beyond the pale
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Jonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
What’s shameful is that no party before the Greens called Zionism racist. Read my latest here: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/what...
middleeasteye.net
What’s shameful is that no party before the Greens called Zionism racist
Israel was forged out of ethnic cleansing and apartheid. The Greens have very belatedly recognised what should have been obvious all along
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
They don't care as they do not believe. So what is needed is punishment in this life.
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Good morning! My Blusky seems to think it is still nighttime. Wordle 1,939 4/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Tied with the bot!
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Gilly 📎 @gillmh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Sick, depraved country.
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I never took ours off! Thinking of adding the 2.5 one! It gets cold here 😁
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ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕖 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Nothing says "civilized nation" like live-streaming an execution.
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is what we were talking about last night, we appear to be living in a strange other world horror show.
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Good morning. The sky looks interesting, some very dark clouds with little bits of light. Still not sunrise. Wordle 1,938 X/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 Will have to start yet again at trying to get to 100, I was five away!
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Great fun. Power outage. Wonder what caused that, apparently all the way over at Castlerea!
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
We do grow in very deep beds, both in the tunnel and outside.
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Usually they last through to the beginning of March when I end up pulling them all up and making a batch of vegetable soup. Carrots will not last that long as I didn't sow enough this year. But we have a lot of winter cabbage, kale and sprouts in the ground outside as well as giant leeks.
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Looks like I really will have to purchase a new phone. This has lost more than 50% of its power since 7am. It will not last the day. Back to looking at some of the european models.
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Back to my youth 😁
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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
UPDATE 🚨: Finland orders Google to halt data centre work after they purposefully disregard requirements for an environment review Sadly 530 hectares of trees have already been destroyed - so much for "Don't be evil"
gadgetreview.com
Finland Orders Google to Halt Data Centre Work Over Missing Environmental Reviews
Finland ordered Google to halt data centre work at Muhos and Kajaani after hundreds of hectares were cleared before required environmental reviews finished.
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Presumably at some point in her life she was able to think logically, not any more.
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MaggsLondonGirl @maggslondongirl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Good morning! Interrsting colours developing in the sky to the east. Small crescent moon also visible. Lots of the wet stuff expected today. Need to make some cakes or biscuits to take when visiting tomorrow. Wordle 1,937 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 That'll do!
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I Have sent an email to Sadiq Khan. I am truly horrified, how can a supporter of the trans community invite her to do anything at all.
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I have just heard that J K Rowling will be switching on the lights in #OxfordStreet, #London. I am extremely upset with the #Mayor for allowing this. Goes against everything I thought he stood for. 🌈🏳️‍🌈😢😡🤬
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I grow mine in the tunnel and let them overwinter in their beds. I do stop watering, the same with the carrots and parsnips.
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
And how many has he started or is encouraging?
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Phoenixrising1051 @scorpions51.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How a society looks after its young, its old and its vulnerable should be how that society is judged. If all it does is enrich business and their owners it is no longer a society.
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Grouchy Marx (aka Rupert) @grouchymarx.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
#Budget2027 is classic FFFG politics. Little bits here and there. Just enough to write a media release, 'an extra €10 a week', no mention of the percentage, no acknowledgement that heating oil is up 80% on last Winter. Public transport up 15%, electricity up 8%. Optics. Never fix the real problems.
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Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
What exactly is “climate action” that ordinary people can take when the fucking billionaires and politicians are literally happy to burn the whole planet down for money and power? (Sorry, feeling very down about all this).
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Squeeful Raven 🐦‍⬛ @squeefulraven.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Billions for #Sports though, of course!! why the fuck not? it's not as if they are not already hugely funded already! 🙄
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