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thornspiker.bsky.social @thornspiker.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I don’t say much here, but wonder if you can help about this war. I know Iran has been ‘difficult’ internationally. I see Israel wants them ‘neutered’, I see they influence ‘Proxy’ militias in their region. I get that,it’s awful. But please tell me what’s in it for Trump.
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Alex Steffen @alexsteffen.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
I hadn't seen this before. This is pretty remarkable. Earth and Moon in one NASA photo. ht @astrokatie.com
Earth and Moon from DSCOVR NASA's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured this unique view of the Moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth last month. This view shows the fully illuminated “dark side” of the moon that is never visible from Earth. Ian Regan processed this version of the image to account for the Moon's motion. NASA / NOAA / Ian Regan
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 18/03/2026
The Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace, Washington DC
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Dr. Steven Buckley @stevenjcbuckley.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
I think a quote that helps answers the question is by Brennan Lee Mulligan - “On the level of individuals and civilizations, personality predates ideology. Meaning, before you were a fascist, you were a bully and an asshole.”
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StuInNorway @stuinnorway.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I'm always amazed, not only at the new versions @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social manage to put together, but the speed at which they get them out after events occur. Possibly, very possibly, their best to date, certainly top 3. youtu.be/F4nefIN4_LY?...
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"Donald's Sewage Stream" - Marsh Family adapt "Islands in the Stream" by Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers
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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
"One of Us" was ABBA's final parting single - so we've adapted it into a 🎶 parody we're calling "Exodus" to reflect on the urinary trickle of Tory departures to Reform UK, most notably two driplets this week from the very bottom of the last government's barrel. youtu.be/GRQrQr198to
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"Exodus" - Marsh Family parody of "One of Us" by ABBA - about failed Tories defecting to Reform UK
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 19/12/2025
The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Here's a short happy-go-lucky 🎶 parody about the way that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now collapsing American healthcare - based off #PaulSimon's toe-tapping "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard". youtu.be/FDiXrd-R68U It's called: "Measles and Polio Down in the Schoolyard."
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"Measles and Polio Down in the Schoolyard" - Marsh Family parody of Paul Simon "Me and Julio" on RFK
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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
We are calling this "Raise the Colours (or, The Ballad of Little Bobby Jenrick)" www.youtube.com/watch?v=87bY... It's a musical commentary on #raisethecolours, celebrating Robert Jenrick's latest social media antics, with a ukelele gradually going out of tune.
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"Raise the Colours (or, The Ballad of Little Bobby Jenrick)" - original song by The Marsh Family
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Rosie Holt @rosieisaholt.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Looks like we’ll have to raid a lot of retirement homes after today.
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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Here's "The Game with the Names" - a home-made 🎶 parody of the legendary #ABBA song ("The Name of the Game"), but offering a satirical twist on the #Trump & #Epstein files story (so far) with a dose of disco lights and half-hearted hand gestures ... 🕺 youtu.be/Jjl6g2K9fsw
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"The Game with the Names" - Marsh Family parody of ABBA "The Name of the Game" on Trump and Epstein
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Adrian C. Jackson @adriancjax.blacksky.app · 18/07/2025
Did your parent(s) read to you when you were young? My Mamma started out reading to me; then over time, had me read back to her (I heard “sound it out” a lot). It. Starts. At. Home.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Coming soon
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Supertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Ffs who did this? 😂
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 05/06/2025
Trump has tapped Palantir, which has been used by the Israeli government in its war on Gaza, to compile information on people in the United States. “If you're not freaking out yet, you should be,” says @carolecadwalla.bsky.social.
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Jonathan Pie @jonathanpienews.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
This is just like when Ross and Rachel broke up in Friends. SAD!
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Ian Betteridge @ianbetteridge.com · 22/05/2025
One of the things that Blair's Labour got absolutely right was Sure Start - of course the Tories killed it. And sadly it's exactly the kind of state intervention that Starmer seems allergic to. www.theguardian.com/education/2025/…
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Sure Start centres saved UK government £2 for every £1 spent, study finds
New Labour initiative created ‘remarkably long-lasting’ health and education improvements, says report
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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Here’s a reflective mash-up of “White Cliffs of Dover” & “Over the Rainbow” we made about VE Day and where we’re at 80 years on. Dedicated to Great Grandad (DFC as an RAF pilot, 619 Squadron, Lancasters) - his favourite saying was "the price of freedom is eternal vigilance." youtu.be/xAZBpukSc2M
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"VE Day 80" adaptation by The Marsh Family of "White Cliffs of Dover" & "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
We made a parody song about #PamBondi and the #Qatar #jet being the latest in a pretty sorry state of legal affairs at the #DoJ. It's based off the fantastic #NikKershaw and #ChesneyHawkes's "The One and Only" - though of course, Pam Bondi was really the number two choice. 😘🎶 youtu.be/yYfWkPekNTI
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"Pamela Bondi" - Marsh Family parody of "The One and Only" sung by Chesney Hawkes (by Nik Kershaw)
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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
To insult two highly respected and free thinking politicians like this is disgraceful. It just shows how far standards in society have fallen. Anyone reposting this insulting photograph should feel utterly ashamed. 😡
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Figures from ‘The Barge Haulers on the Volga’ by Ilya Repin are now hauling Putin’s yacht on the Potomac river Washington DC. The haulers are Tulsi Gabbard, Trump, Doug Bergum, Vance, Kennedy Jr, Hegseth, Tucker Carlson, Marco Rubio and Farage. Musk is having a ride in the yacht. ET is floating dead on the river surface.
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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
An Ode to JD Vance. (Ahem) (With gravitas & gravy) JD JD JD THANK YOU For your pomposity JD JD JD THANK YOU For your insincerity JD JD JD THANK YOU For your negativity JD JD JD THANK YOU For your bigotry JD JD JD THANK YOU For your small willy. Thank you. 🇺🇸
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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
youtu.be/pvT3aQjLxdE Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?" It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine. #SlavaUkraini #Dontabandonthem
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"Puppets on a Kremlin String?" - Marsh Family adaptation of Coldplay's "Viva la Vida" on Trump/Vance
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
A year today since #AlexeiNavalny was killed. So we're resharing our song in his memory, "Sit For The Road" ("Сядем На Дорожку") - the Russian tradition of stopping for a moment before journeys. "You're not allowed to give up" - Navalny. youtu.be/yXl40qeC5M4
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"Sit For The Road" - Marsh Family original song in tribute to Alexei Navalny ("Сядем На Дорожку")
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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Hats off to @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social and sod off to Elon Musk. Here's a 🎶 parody of Leonard Cohen's "Bird on the Wire" about Musk's recent spate of diarrhoea tweets about the UK, called "Turd on a Wire" (with an attempted nod to the wonderful k.d. lang version ❤️). youtu.be/G_N4UmUjJeo
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"Turd on a Wire" - Marsh Family parody of Cohen's "Bird on the Wire" about Elon Musk's UK Tweeting
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