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Paul Foxton

@paulfoxton.bsky.social

Paint stuff. Also other stuff and maybe tunes.

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Paul Foxton@paulfoxton.bsky.social · last yr.

It's a coup. This is the most powerful - and admittedly, frightening - piece I've read yet on what's happening to the US. And very likely to the rest of us soon if we don't do something*. *"Something" starts with being informed. broligarchy.substack.com/p/it-is-a-coup

IT IS A COUP

This is what should be on every front page in 150 point banner headlines. All I have is this Substack but I lay it beneath your feet and pray to a higher power that I'm wrong.

broligarchy.substack.com

Paul Foxton@paulfoxton.bsky.social · 2y ago

Sunday so some fiddle practice. Plus the weather's awful so staying in by the fire and playing tunes. Today I'm practising Ashokan Farewell. Yes, I know my playing is baggy 😬 I'll get better, honest.

Paul Foxton@paulfoxton.bsky.social · 2y ago

Final stage on the quince painting. This is 10 x 8, oils and cold wax medium. I mention the medium just because. It made a lot of the texture and it sounds cool to say it.

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Louisa@louisathelast.bsky.social · 2y ago

I think a lot about an interview I heard with Ben Ferencz, who was the last living Nuremberg prosecutor and a lifelong human rights activist. He lived to be 103 and was working to the end. He talked about progress as the work of lifetimes. Of knowing you won’t reach your goal in your life.

Andrea Grimes@andreagrimes.com · 2y ago

the thing most people, and most notably white people but this applies across the board, is that resistance to oppression is neither a marathon nor a sprint but a diverse and multi-faceted effort, much of which will result in no victories whatsoever but you do it anyway, the little things

Chris Packham@chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 2y ago

Yes it’s a set back . A major one . But we cannot give up . Not now , not ever . In the UK I’m campaigning for a ban on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship , because for too long these companies have had largely unlimited £££ to greenwash their filthy reputations . No more .

Petition: Ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship

Advertisements encourage the use of products and sponsorship promotes a positive reputation & creates a social licence of trust & acceptability. In 2003 a ban on all tobacco advertising was introduced...

petition.parliament.uk

Paul Foxton@paulfoxton.bsky.social · 2y ago

"Feel the pain. Cry the tears. Witness the suffering. Experience the beauty...No matter what happens, nobody can take these things from you. No matter what else the bastards might take, they can never take away your innate exuberance at living a human life on this terrestrial wonderball." Beautiful

Caitlin Johnstone@caitoz.bsky.social · 2y ago

How To Be Happy In A Genocidal Dystopia On A Dying World We are living in dystopia, but we don't need to be living in hell. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/how-to-be-...

Paul Foxton@paulfoxton.bsky.social · 2y ago

I've subscribed, and am supporting. I've been reading Dave Troy for a good while, wasn't convinced about all his analysis at first. He's been proved right time and again. We need poeple like this to unravel the obfuscation and they need to eat so they can do it, that's how I look at it.

Dave Troy@davetroy.com · 2y ago

If you haven’t subscribed to our new site America 2.0 yet (whether free or paid), please consider doing so to get emailed directly when something new drops. We have big plans for the next few weeks; you won’t want to miss it! america2.news

Paul Foxton@paulfoxton.bsky.social · 2y ago

I resolved to post more of myself here than I did at that other place. This is my favourite Sunday morning thing to do. Most mornings actually. And this is a bit embarrassing for me to post so good for accountability 🙄 it's a Scottish tune I'm learning called Da Stocklit Light.

Dave Troy@davetroy.com · 2y ago

📄 EXCLUSIVE: The Kremlin's "Project Russia" poses a potent framework for mobilizing illiberal forces against the United States and its allies — and it's all but unknown to Western analysts. We must act to counter it. america2.news/project-russ...

Project Russia: The Kremlin's Playbook for Undermining Democracies

The Kremlin's "Project Russia" poses a potent framework for mobilizing illiberal forces against the United States and its allies — and it's all but unknown to Western analysts.

america2.news

Owen Jones@owenjones.bsky.social · 2y ago

This is important. A British Muslim was fired by his workplace after calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. If we do nothing while people are fired, we will all end up silenced. Please support and share this crowdfunder 👇

Fired for standing in solidarity with Palestine, CEO's son in the IDF!

I am Hisham, a family man. I am originally from Egypt with friends in Palestine (not that I needed to have any to advocate for Humanity). I am also a Muslim.

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