SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Have a look at the US. They've got loads of billionaires and it seems to be a shite place to live. Been there a couple of times and my main take away after walking past rough sleepers was - I'm so glad I don't live there. 000
SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This idea that attracting more rich people in the UK through tax cuts helps someone who can't feed their family or pay bills because they're on the minimum wage as a carer or NHS worker.... 1/2 #tories #conservatives 100
SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026the art will be the focus, rather than a few dodgy criminals. 000
SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This year's Turner prize is being hosted by the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art. So proud of this fact. It's about time we challenged the negative coverage in the media about this town. Hopefully, the controversy about.. #art #mima #middlesbrough news.artnet.com/art-world/tu...news.artnet.comThe 2026 Turner Prize Show Is Grim—but the Strongest in Years | Artnet NewsThe 2026 Turner Prize opens with Marguerite Humeau, Tanoa Sasraku, Simeon Barclay and Kira Freije tackling apocalypse, greed, and grief. 100
SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Oh yeah, another non-tax paying billionaire has an opinion. As a historian, I have a slightly different understanding of how 'great' the British Empire was, and how two world wars actually ended. But, hey that's education for you. #billionare #britishempire www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBillionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UKIneos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea. 010
SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This bit of #history and #folklore about my local area got me thinking about the hidden side of the villages and towns in the #Teesside area. www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2655509...thenorthernecho.co.ukThe 'roaring ghost' that haunted a Darlington road and foretold deathIN olden times, on the road between Darlington and Haughton, there used to be a steep-sided, tree-lined dip with a streamlet running through it and… 020
SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Can't 🤔 of a more damning indictment to be honest 000
SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 17/09/2026www.middleeasteye.net/trending/tom... #edsheeran #tommyrobinsonmiddleeasteye.netTommy Robinson backs Ed Sheeran as Paloma Faith and Ms Rachel side with MacklemoreRapper Macklemore was dropped from Sheeran's US tour as a supporting act after making pro-Palestinian comments on stage 100
SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Not sure if it could get any worse for Ed right now. Staying on the fence hasn't worked out for him. 000
SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Things I was frightened of as a child. 1. Rabies (thanks various documentaries and Survivors for that one) 2. The bomb 3. My old man 4. Sharks (jaws) 5. Getting a bath (see above) 000
SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I was working at Tower Hamlets College at the time in the shadow of Canary Wharf, London. The panic as the financial hub was evacuated after a warning that there might be another plane headed into London was astounding. 011
SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Headline: Investigative reporting is alive and well. www.verbatiminvestigations.com/full-investi...verbatiminvestigations.comDirty Money: A Year Undercover in Reform UKA yearlong investigation into Nigel Farage’s fundraising operation reveals a plot to break the law by bringing foreign money into British politics 000
SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Good luck eating that gold when the shtf www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukDNB: Netherlands bank moves billions in gold to London in 'crisis preparedness' moveThe Dutch central bank removes some of its gold reserves from the US and Canada, saying it is because of "increasing geopolitical unrest". 010
SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Because Gary Oldman is great he can rescue a film 020
SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 02/09/2026TBH I thought the original films were shite. Not a political or ethical stance, just personal taste. 220
SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Totally true in my case, born in 1965, when the Boomer-Gen X switch took place. 110
SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 02/09/2026On a positive note - great times for those whose rich daddies paid for them to breeze through a 'business degree' at an Ivy League university or falsified medical records to avoid them being drafted into the army. 000
SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Sobering stuff. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukCollapsed glacier likely caused devastating Nepal-Tibet floods, scientists sayPreliminary investigations by scientists have pointed to a collapsed glacier as the cause, highlighting the issue of rapidly melting Himalayan ice. 000
SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 21/08/2026So I'm 61 and I retired, like 3 years ago and now I'm doing a PhD. That's a challenge. 000
Reposted by SmallGeorgeManchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Venue upgrade! Our Folklore paperback launch at Topping & Company York with @odavies9.bsky.social & @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social will now be held at @yorkstjohn.bsky.social's Creative Centre Auditorium. Book your place here: www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/york/... #FolkloreThursday #bookskytoppingbooks.co.ukFolklore: A Journey Through the Past and Present with Owen Davies and Ceri Houlbrook at Creative Centre Auditorium 02512
SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Waiting for the day of the triffids thing after everyone looks at the sun through defective Amazon bought eclipse glasses. 000
SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Damn, missed a chance at using a line from a song there - 'instant coma's gonna get you..' 150
SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 12/08/2026It's the spectre they fear, the idea that someday the downtrodden poor and disenfranchised will rise up and take their mansions and their pointless wealth off them. 010
SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Socialism is the British and Irish way. I love it. 000
SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Was the point (badly put I'll give you that) I was trying to make I guess. 000
SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 29/01/2026True, it is surprising how powerful the man was, but I guess if you are one of his shockingly large number of victims you may be a little put out by people cosplaying this particular monster for laughs. 200
SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 29/01/2026The West Wing. That shit is so old. Why are they still making it? 110
SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Feeling bad for America right now. I can imagine my grandfather felt the same about Germany in 1936 (he joined the royal navy in 1940). 010
