Reposted by J SpoonerDavid Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 11/09/202625 years.🥺 most years i read tom junod's falling man out of respect/grief for the victims. my memories of the day are mixed with sadness/anger for what our govt did after, parts which i know too well. this is well known but worth remembering, i think 47837 0
Reposted by J SpoonerJames Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 10/08/2026If you haven't read this yet, then please do. It's been making the rounds for good reasons (& not just because who wrote it). It's refreshing to hear 'the lie' so clearly articulated. This lie pervades society. It's certainly well established in much of academia. Speak its name. 22414 0
J Spooner @snoopfish.bsky.social · 09/12/2025@theextrainch.bsky.social in case you haven’t seen this just in from @proudlilywhites.bsky.social Deeply upsetting that, at a time when putting *up* flags on lampposts and roundabouts is being argued as patriotic, we’re taking ours down to appease racists, homophobes and transphobes 😔 2112 0
J Spooner @snoopfish.bsky.social · 22/06/2025For the same reasons, the US’s use of force is also, plainly, unlawful. Impeach your President. 000 0
J Spooner @snoopfish.bsky.social · 21/06/2025“Israel’s use of force against Iran was and remains plainly unlawful and a manifest violation of the United Nations Charter… the law is more than well settled.” 010 0
Reposted by J SpoonerAdil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Timely article. Under IHL, attacking forces must do everything feasible to verify that targets are not civilian but military, and assess proportionality, prior to attack, and refrain from attack in case of doubt. 094 0
J Spooner @snoopfish.bsky.social · 21/08/2024AMAZING NEWS!!!! theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/21/microplastics-brain-pollution-healththeguardian.comMicroplastics are infiltrating brain tissue, studies show: ‘There’s nowhere left untouched’Twenty-four brain samples collected in early 2024 measured on average about 0.5% plastic by weight 010 0
J Spooner @snoopfish.bsky.social · 20/08/2024“ He [US Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson] ended his speech with words of hope that there would be ‘a reign of law to which sovereign nations will defer, designed to protect the peace of the society of nations’. “ (1941) 010 0
J Spooner @snoopfish.bsky.social · 15/10/2023“Only the truth is free, and only then does freedom become true” 010 0
J Spooner @snoopfish.bsky.social · 14/10/2023"Heroes never last to eat what they fight for. They start something... and there's always continuation, the fight continues." Esther Kiobel 000 0
J Spooner @snoopfish.bsky.social · 11/10/2023Sitting on a surf board, looking at the size of the wave approaching me and unsure (yet) if I’m going to be able to catch and then ride it… 000 0