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Simon Oak

@simonoak.bsky.social
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Dutch singer, songwriter, musician focusing on the rich Irish music trad.☘️ EU citizen. Brexit was a crime and we know who did it. FPTP creates a dictatorship of the largest minority, it divides, rewards liars and leaves way too many unrepresented.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Over 25,000 emails from you to your MPs... All 650 MPs have been contacted. Some >100 times. All saying attend the parliamentary debate on the UK joining the EU. Keep sending those emails via this form. If you've already sent one, share this link with friends. 👇
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Ask your MP to stand up for our future in Europe
On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?
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Simon Oak @simonoak.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sunset over inundated tulip field. Lisse, Holland.
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Simon Oak @simonoak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Extremely disappointed to see Ireland play a football match against the genocide country.
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🇨🇦Tadhg Dalaigh @tadhgdalaigh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The UN Human Rights Council just confirmed US blockade against Cuba violates human rights and international law, citing Article 33 of Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibits collective punishment.The US is starving and killing babies in Cuba just like Israel is starving and killing babies in Gaza.
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Simon Oak @simonoak.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Doonbeg to write history?
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Simon Oak @simonoak.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Support our protest singers! youtube.com/watch?v=Lwz1...
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The Nerd Reich
YouTube video by Jesse Welles
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Simon Oak @simonoak.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Instead of investing in the preparation for natural disasters, more likely than ever to be more devastating than ever, he spends billions of US tax money on distant wars, the destruction of innocent immigrant lives, and with that disrupting the economy at home.
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Simon Oak @simonoak.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Fascism, once in, doesn't walk out just like that. I'm afraid it's too late. May the USA destroy itself without too many casualties and may the world survive the implosion.
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Simon Oak @simonoak.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
After having read Madeline Gleeson's book in 2016, I wrote a protest song about Nauru. Ten years later, Australia still outsources its crimes against humanity. Politicians and their voters who allow this to continue deserve a special place in hell. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Australia spent more than $9m for each asylum seeker held on Nauru last year – so why can’t they afford to buy food?
Many of the more than 100 people awaiting processing on the tiny Pacific island are skipping meals to make ends meet, a new survey has found
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Cllr Brian Smyth @briansmyth99.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Belfast I bloody well love you. You have excelled this week in a way many couldn't have imagined. We're going to build a better Belfast.
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Joe O’Brien @pnamblath.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Powerful from #Fleadh26 on @tg4.bsky.social “My heart is low,my heart is so low As only a mother's heart can be" Róisín El Cherif, Leen, Áine Tyrrell, Aoife Scott, Gráinne Holland, Sive, Aziz Abushark & Mothers Against Genocide Choir ag casadh 'A Mother's Heart for Palestine' #Gaza #FreePalestine
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Yes, you read that write. The IDF marked Palestinians and gave them numbers in the West Bank. archive.is/2CylM#select... www.haaretz.com/west-bank/20...
haaretz.com
IDF marks detained Palestinians with numbers as northern West Bank raids expand
After a West Bank raid the IDF said targeted Palestinians involved in planning attacks, several Palestinians were released with numbers written in marker on their face or bodies
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Simon Oak @simonoak.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Irish Session time in Leiden, NL, this afternoon 4pm.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The "party of free speech" strikes again
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LadyFluffyOrca 🫍📎 🇬🇧🇵🇸🇺🇦 @ladyfluffyorca.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
This should be required listening for everyone
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/07/2026
🚨 Rep. Ro Khanna calls for the arrests of Netanyahu and Putin: "The American president should arrest Netanyahu or Putin in accordance with international law. Full stop." "If the ICC has an arrest warrant for someone, they should be arrested by America if they come into American jurisdiction."
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Simon Oak @simonoak.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Me after reading how Farage plays the little annoying fascist in England's own parliament, after so many years in the EU.
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Orangutan's Bad Hair Day? Own It!
ALT: Orangutan's Bad Hair Day? Own It!
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Simon Oak @simonoak.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Brexit was a crime. And we know who did it. And we let them get away with it. Don't we?
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Simon Oak @simonoak.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Now, England, get yourself an independent, self-thinking leader who stands up against such obvious and heartbreaking violations of international humanitarian laws like we have been forced to witness for so long by this current tandem-terror-state: Israel-USA. I fear to see the UK sink further down.
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Simon Oak @simonoak.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Not to mention health care and modern infrastructure.
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 18/06/2026
Just who enabled Gaza’s destruction? Fintan Drury's new book looks at the scale of Israel's violent campaign against the Palestinians, which would not have been possible without Western support... jrnl.ie/7075249
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The case against the West: Just who enabled Gaza’s destruction?
Fintan Drury’s new book, Genocide: Sponsoring the Destruction of Gaza, is out today. In it, he argues that the scale of Israel’s destruction of Gaza would not have been possible without Western support.
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Simon Oak @simonoak.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The artist protesting against the ultra rich should not post on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, etc. Are you blind or just too stupid to see?
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Simon Oak @simonoak.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Join this whistleblower's call for support to protect our digital sovereignty? actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/wh...
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WHISTLEBLOWER SUSPENDED saving 18 million DIGITAL IDENTITIES (EU) from U​.​S. CONTROL
Call to the European Parliament and the European Commission to act: • Protect Chief Privacy Officer Pieter van Oordt against an unfair dismissal, encouraged by senior officials and the Dutch governmen...
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Simon Oak @simonoak.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Free the Filton Four!
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Simon Oak @simonoak.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Money at the top is no money for communities. Money for outer space hobbies is no money for infrastructure on the ground. Money for private projects is no money for public transport. Money for data centers is no money for public health.
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Simon Oak @simonoak.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
$3.8 billion go from US tax payers to Israel's genocide machinery each year. Say that again loud in the mirror every morning when you wake up, and use it at every opportunity when some politician tells you that there's no money for your tax dollars spending suggestion. MAGA my ass.
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Simon Oak @simonoak.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
This could become the best change the UK has ever experienced. Please support the initiative for all of us.
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Angeliki T. 💎 in NYC @ellinidata.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Chinese newspaper cartoon (Today... 😂 )
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📎🐸🕊️ΩZhSigma@332ppm≅Σx,x∈S{🌱💚🇪🇺λP(θ|y)⁂}learn-languages-world-life @stphrolland.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
🇨🇦 I think that's the most beautiful statue I have seen in my life 🇳🇱 Ik denk dat dit het mooiste beeld is dat ik in mijn leven heb gezien 🇪🇸 Pienso que es la mas maravillosa escultura que hé visto en mi entera vida 🇫🇷 Bansky déchire! Je pense que c'est la plus belle statue que j'ai vue dans ma vie
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Simon Oak @simonoak.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Documentary (2023) about the late Tom Munnelly who collected more than 20 thousands old songs in Ireland. www.youtube.com/watch?v=87d0...
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Tom Munnelly: Fear na nAmhrán - Oíche Nollag @ 20.15 | TG4 🎵
YouTube video by TG4
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Simon Oak @simonoak.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
DigiD moet in Nederland blijven! www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...
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#ngo #digid | Pieter van Oordt | 30 comments
TREK AAN DE NOODREM - GROF VALS SPEL MINISTERIE BZK - TWEEDE KAMER KOMT BEDROGEN UIT Aan: Minister-president Rob Jetten Cc: Willemijn Aerdts | Staatssecretaris Digitale Economie en Soevereiniteit; H...
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Simon Oak @simonoak.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
"The stone Saint Paul's Cathedral was made of" artsreach.co.uk/projects/dro...
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Drop the Hammer | Artsreach
Drop the Hammer
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Proportional Commons @propvoting.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
The Commons is now in Easter recess until 13th April. Of the 466 divisions held so far this session, 246 would have changed result if seats matched votes. That is, ~53% of the time, opposition MPs represented *more* people but the government won anyway. @makevotesmatter.bsky.social
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Simon Oak @simonoak.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Starmer is an Israeli asset. aje.news/30ic1p
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British universities paid security firm to ‘spy’ on pro-Palestine students
Investigation reveals how Horus, a company led by ex-military intelligence officials, was hired during protest movement.
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Simon Oak @simonoak.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
An inside job with a lot of outside actors eager to help the destruction of an empire that is rotten to the core. May the US destroy itself without too many casualties.
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Simon Oak @simonoak.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Mark Rutte is the NATO Clown.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I don’t think this is enough. In fact I think when politicians or other such people go on radio or TV and make grossly 8na curate statements like this they should have to appear again in the same programme and time slot to be publicly corrected…and cannot go on (BBC etc) until he or she complies.
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Simon Oak @simonoak.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Imagine how the 165 thousand US troops currently on duty outside the USA could help fix the infrastructure at home. Imagine them making friends. #BringThemHome
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Douglas A. Boneparth @dougboneparth.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
So if Iran decides to blockade our blockade of their blockade, we will just have to blockade their blockade of our blockade blockading their blockade.
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Simon Oak @simonoak.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Get yourself a democracy, USA, one where every vote gets the same share of representation. One where adults know what they represent and negotiate the best way forward. One where the rich pay their fair share of tax without quid pro quo.
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Guy Venables @guyvenables.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
One of my cartoons in Monday's Metro
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Simon Oak @simonoak.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Brexit was a crime, we know who did it, and we let them get away with it. Time for the UK's apology to its neighbours. Admit it, Starmer!
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Cartoon by Gábor Pápai, a well-known Hungarian political cartoonist.
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I don’t think people around the world realize how bad the attack on Lebanon was today. It’s BAD. Like 9/11 BAD. Hospitals are overflowing and do not have enough blood. We still don’t know what the death toll is. This is TERRORISM. Pure and Simple. April 8. Never forget.
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Simon Oak @simonoak.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Zionism needs Antisemitism. You'll find a nasty bit of antisemitism among the far right, losers full of self-pity, and among the religious supremacists, those who believe they are the chosen few. Like Zionists they are the same kind of evil.
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Simon Oak @simonoak.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
USA, get yourselves a democracy that works. Not this fake binary one. Americans don't want this mafia.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Spanish PM Pedro calls for the IMMEDIATE ARREST of Netanyahu He said: "Netanyahu launched the worst possible unjustified attack against Lebanon. His contempt for life and international law is intolerable. He is a criminal that must be arrested immediately.” #cdnpoli
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The Zio Nazis have sabotaged the ceasefire with Iran - as they consistently sabotage every "ceasefire."
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