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Soapbox Sam

@soapboxsam.bsky.social
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Writer, speaker, leader, software guru, trustee, human. As a species, we will live or die on our success at remembering those we disagree with are usually not our enemies. In our fight to preserve democracy, freedom and equality, let's build, not destroy.

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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is profoundly true. Our ancestors shared child rearing among a community of aunts, uncles and grandparents. Now we expect two people (or just one) to cope 24/7 with an unbearable battle of endurance. Guilt is guilt, but understanding is crucial.
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you try to silence my granddaughter, daughter, wife, sister or mother, I will silence you, shame you, end you by every means at my disposal. You will be the enemy of progress, equality, fairness and justice.
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Young and middle life is a bustling, muscular shoving race in which mastering the nuance of the current zeitgeist is paramount. Later years allow for calm perspective and genuine wisdom to accrue, which is entirely rejected by the young. Bum.
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Tanga @tangatoo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ok world. There are good people & bad people. Even evil people. People who steal, people who would give the shirt off their backs to help others. That applies throughout EVERY culture, every race, every gender. Quit blaming people who are vaguely different from you!
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Tanga @tangatoo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Don't lump all billionaires with bad ones. Think of those who own companies providing worthwhile employment, on good salaries, with good health & pension benefits. Who invest in the companies so they can employ more people. Who invest in research that helps people & the planet. Who give to charity.
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
ICE are the SS. Their currency is terror, their ambition is subjugation. They are an extension of Trump's sick, inhuman mind.
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Humanity has been evolving over the last 200 years, discovering different looking people and adapting to this broader view of our species. One third of the population cannot make that change in oerspective. They must be sidelined, or we will not progress, we will destroy ourselves.
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My wife & grandson are Autistic, both diagnosed through the arduous, cautious & detailed NHS assessment. Those who 'buy' their diagnosis or claim Autism in their kids to cover for bad parenting, are undermining the support & understanding those genuinely affected desperately need. Stop bandwagoning!
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The way to deal with Reform UK and their like is to present your own vision, positive and forward looking. Don't try to occupy their space, leave them to moulder in it.
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Our fourth grandchild is due in a month. Despite the threat of nucelar war, I grew up in a time of optimism and the tearing down of barriers. It cuts deep to know that new human will grow up in the exact opposite of those times. What have we done?!
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We stand at a pivotal moment, the continuing existence of a 'free world' resting on our shoulders amid threats from within our countries as well as from others, all in the context of dangerous climate change. We could be the saviours of our world, or we could let it all go. Time to stand up.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trump is a weak, feckless puppet of Xi and Putin.
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
When a court instructs Epstein files be released, and they are not, and when a court instructs media be allowed into White House, but they are not, then your courts are irrelevant. You have no law, not for those in power. When a court says "Accept this vote" and it is not, what are you gonna do?
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Gosh! Tricky!
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Tanga @tangatoo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Just FYI "In British English: "Trump" is an old-fashioned or polite slang term meaning an audible flatulence or fart." Example "he has trumped again". Or "that was a particularly smelly trump".
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The true hunter does not follow or chase, they wait patiently in exactly the right place. Thus, I will wait, disguised as a Hydrangea bush in our border, ready to attack, with a cuttlefish, the local cat wishing to crap on our bulbs.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 23/09/2026
⚠️ Brexit has left us poorer and more isolated on the world stage. 💪 Burnham must go for EU membership. Not only will it deliver £92bn to our economy but will restore our standing in the world.
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Brexit has left Britain ‘impotent – a bobbing cork in the sea,’ says David Miliband
Exclusive: Former foreign secretary adds to mounting pressure for a new UK deal with EU to repair Brexit damage
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A certain type of old-fashioned British hotel shows a bizarre lack of thought. Is there a well lit mirror with adjacent mains socket? No. Is there a mains or USB socket on both sides of the bed? No. Can the room lighting get bright enough to organise things? No. Infuriating and so easily fixable.
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In this time of hurt, be kind - to yourself as much as the stranger you meet. #BeKind #8647
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
AI will always conclude from the available data that human survival and success depends on socialism. Not a message the tech bros want to hear. Interesting quandary for them.
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
When staying at a hotel, it is important to remember to use the glasses provided to take night time meds 'before' decanting into them the whisky we brought with us in a plastic bottle. Sophistication comes in many forms. Don't judge.
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Exactly this. It is an arsenal against the rebellion when Americans finally wake up.
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If I die and then my eyes open and I am 'elsewhere', I will order a Martini, slightly dirty, stirred, with an olive. What I am then served will tell me exactly where I've ended up.
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Young drivers today: "Damn, phone didn't sync." Me in '82: 11pm, sub-zero, snowing. Exhaust breaks free of brackets, drags on road. Me pulling onto icy snow covered verge, cutting clips off jump leads, getting under car and using leads to strap exhaust back up. Driving on. We were 'real' drivers 😂
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
My favourite "feminist" quote from one of Sir Terry Pratchett's wizard characters, Ponder Stibbons: "I think a woman can be almost as good as a man in any job." Oops.
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Do you think Father Christmas has a 'zero hours' contract?
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
You know those tall glass cylinders full of bubbling water and lights with plastic fish going up and down? I swear I can control the fish with my mind. Hey! Who are the men in the white coats? Put me down! Help!
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I am puzzled. Denmark already has guaranteed security for all of its territories. It's called NATO. I do hope this insane deal gets quashed in the Danish and Greenland parliaments.
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
PUP! ⚽
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
CT-7
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I find this poll terrifying. Close to half Americans do not consider Trump corrupt or dangerous. What more could he do? Even eating babies on live TV would probably only shift the numbers by a few percent. A vast percentage of Americans are gulled, blind, moronic or complicit. They need to wake up!
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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I was in the RNLI gift shop today, Whitby. Bought a few gifts and thank the staff for being there for is in these difficult times. If you vote reform, you need a good long look in a mirror to see how far you have disgraced yourself. These people are heroes!
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We're not eating any more, because buying food creates a deficit for us. #Trumponomics101
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Tanga @tangatoo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
There is a huge difference between physical maturity and psychological/emotional maturity. Most adult women know this. We remember.
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
When the final judgement arrives, in whatever form, The guilty will be first. The apologists will be second. Rape is both a vile physical assault and the theft of innocence. Perpetrators deserve no quarter, no mercy. Their excusers no oxygen or regard. Humanity demands justice. #EpsteinFiles
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
For Sale: Second hand failed politician, bit of a fixer-upper, would suit complete arsehole. Price: £77M
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I think Europe wants to have Carney's babies 😆
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
On a lighter note... CELEBRITY TRAITORS IS BACK! Can't wait. Way more than two 'big dogs' this time!
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
That the house speaker can unilaterally decide that representation of the people is going to stop on his whim ranks 5th in the list of crazy things in USA, after 1) way too much POTUS power, 2) political judge appts, 3( guns, 4) universal healthcare (lack of)
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Great speech by @mark-carney.bsky.social to the European Parliament. The leader of the liberal democrat movement against Trump’s America.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 16/09/2026
@pimlicat.bsky.social, CEO of Best for Britain: “Carney is treating the EU as the strategic asset it is, and the UK must do the same, going much further than the status quo to signal our intention to apply for membership. Voters want it, our economy needs it, and Burnham can deliver it.”
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
By Jan 2029, USA will be comprehensively wrecked. The incoming Dem POTUS will not be able to fix it all in 4 years, not even close. So Americans will say they failed and elect a Republican again. It's so inevitable I want to cry.
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Canada heading for close ties with EU. We are watching the west rearrange itself, ejecting USA like cutting away a gangrenous limb. Not just Trump, but Americans' tolerance of Trump. Not a free people. Not to be trusted.
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Tanga @tangatoo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
C'mon America! Especially Republicans. When do you finally add EVERYTHING up and scream ENOUGH! Is rape, pillage and plunder not enough for you?
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
AI as a servant is good. It is solving previously intractable maths problems. Good. Next up: FTL spaceflight, anti-grav and a ring pull that doesn't snap off.
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The SNP fought alongside other pro-EU Brits (like me) to try and keep us in the EU, so that the UK would be a small part of a much larger entity and subject to its laws. Don't you just love irony.
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Sane: "Name one thing that's better under Trump." MAGA: "Don't care!" Sane: "Why did you vote for Trump?" MAGA: "He promised things would be better." Sane: 🤨
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Trump is an object lesson. A shambling, slurring, farting explanation to humanity of exactly who NOT to elect. It is not a subtle lesson. If it has not penetrated a skull, it is being blocked by a red cap.
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