Rick Dove

@rickdove.bsky.social

Poet | UK Poetry Slam Champion 2021 | Creative Writing Workshop Facilitator | Activist 🏳️‍🌈♿️ ☮️ | 🔗 https://linktr.ee/rickdove |

Ever-so convenient of the Daily Mail to neglect to mention that as soon as it became clear that the allegations against him were going to surface, RB reinvented himself as a right wing grifter/Trump fan. Because actually ‘the left’ - with our pesky ‘cancel culture’ - are less forgiving of SA.

‘Downfall of the swaggering sec predator fawned over by the left’ Daily Mail

We've waited patiently for a plan to end neoliberalism. We won't wait anymore. We need rent controls We need a wealth tax We need *serious* cuts to energy bills Instead it's a few pence off gherkins & a payout which the experts say won't touch the sides on energy bills.

If you believe Melania Trump negotiated a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia, you're the reason "DO NOT EAT" labels are put on soap. If you believe Donald Trump is going to give you a check for $5,000 if Republicans win, you're the reason irons have "NEVER IRON CLOTHES WHILE BEING WORN" warnings.

You’re telling me the organisation founded by Toby Young, who was discovered to have deep connections to a secret white supremacist conference held at UCL and have made numerous sexually inappropriate remarks about women, was hit by allegations of racism and sexually inappropriate remarks?

Chris Grey@chrisgrey.bsky.social · 3w ago

Another item to put in the file on: what do people who say "we're not allowed to say what we really think" frequently say and really think? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Pope Innocent III,who died in 1216, spoke of a certain kind of older man, who is "easily provoked", "will believe anything and question nothing", is "stingy and greedy" and "praises the good old days and hates the present." Reform UK's voter base has been knocking around for a very long time.

If an internationally-wanted war criminal (whose forces have killed Americans) comes to US soil, attacks Americans (including the mayor of the largest city), and then says "Remember the beepers" in reference to a terrorist attack he committed — how can that be taken as anything other than a threat?

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Bibi Netanyahu at the UNGA, in front of a half-empty chamber: "Do you remember the beepers? Remember? Remember them?!" [pulls out a beeper from his pocket] "Well, I can tell you this. Hezbollah certainly remembers them!"

In the confusion I also left my lovely Kaweco Sport fountain pen behind. Green case. On the off chance someone spots it; was in carriage D seat 5, on the 14.33 that was due to go from Platform 3 at Kings Cross.

A lot will be said about Dolly's musical legacy, love for home, refusal to let anyone make her feel less, her charity work, the covid vaccine, her razor wit. Learn this from her: success gives you the chance to make other people's lives easier. Use every gift you're given to do good in the world.

This Emergency Alert could have been an e-mail/TV advert/comprehensive policy framework for avoiding the worst effects of climate catastrophe and adapting to the inevitable ones.