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Rob

@glastronomer.bsky.social

Food Systems Researcher, mostly. Used to do Libraries. It’s a play on Glasgow and Gastronomer. Gastronomy as in academic field, and no Mum, it wasn’t a cooking course. He / Him 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢 #Food #Sustainability #Agroecology

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flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social · 23h ago

The best part is, I recall hearing a senior Tory grandee - I forget which - telling Times Radio that Cameron and Osborne picked austerity as their great project not because it was smart or necessary, but because they needed a great project and that felt like a Tory thing to do.

In the spirit of people finally noticing the consequences of austerity on local government now the dam has finally burst, are the early 2010s one of the most pointlessly self-destructive moments ever for the modern British State? 22:47 • 04/08/2026 • 640 Views 3 L7 3 33 1 Relevant v View quotes > Marl Karx @BareLeft • 52m X Late Blairism was hardly good either and the current malaise was already seeping into the foundations, but the Coalition and subsequent Conservative govts basically set a ticking timebomb for local authorities having to salami-slice their budgets to meet legal requirements. • 1 • 13 ill 215只立 Marl Karx @BareLeft • 50m Rather than spending money responsibly in a way that kept on top of problems, cuts have allowed them to grow and fester to the point they are so big and complex to solve that it'll cost far more than was ever saved by austerity.
Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser.bsky.social · last wk.

maybe you see this and think "wow hannity is pathetic" or "trump is so small he demands obsequiousness even at someone else's funeral" I see this and think it is just an absolute delight that even at his own funeral nobody gives a shit about Lindsey Graham

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Hannity: "My President, Lindsey probably has a heavenly version of Mar-a-Lago. It may even be a little bigger. I wouldn't be surprised if he added one big beautiful ballroom and an arch somewhere on the property. Because he would want to obviously duplicate his dearest friend in life. You."

Davis Kyle@daviskyle.bsky.social · last wk.

Everything you need to know about “Park Activation” is “things to do”. This screenshot covers it, along with (probably) a washroom, fountain, and playground for bigger parks.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3w ago

WOW. The ex-wife of the ICE officer who shot a 26-year-old Colombian man in Maine has come forward to say that he had mental health issues and was abusive in their relationship. She says after the shooting he called asking her to vouch for him — instead, she went to the press.

Ashley Brouillette told the Portland Press Herald in a phone interview Thursday afternoon that her ex-husband called admitting to the shooting and defending his actions. The Press Herald reviewed a screenshot of incoming calls Ashley Brouillette received from her ex-husband’s current wife’s Facebook account on Wednesday. “He was asking me to lie for him and to cover for his character,” Ashley Brouillette said. “I told him that I was not going to lie for him. And then he tried to say that it was a justified shooting because the guy tried to hit him with his car.” She said she has seen videos of Brouillette on the scene of the shooting and confirmed that was him on scene, telling him: “nowhere in there does it show that this man charged at you with a car.” “In his head it’s justified. He’s unusually calm about it,” she said.Ashley Brouillette told a reporter that she wanted to speak publicly because she had previously reported concerns to his superiors in the military about his mental health. She said he was abusive in their relationship. She said that she’s been inundated with calls, since reports of Brouillette’s involvement began circulating online, threatening her and her family.
Bruno J. Navarro@brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 3w ago

The federal immigration agent who shot and killed a 26-year-old Colombian man in Biddeford has been identified as David Michael Brouillette. Brouillette, who is 37 and lives in Manchester, was identified by an ex-wife as the ICE agent who shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero.

Helen Barnard@helenbarnard.bsky.social · 4w ago

Totally disagree with the proposal in the Telegraph for a National Food Service: - Hunger is an income problem, not a food problem. - Solved by ensuring everyone has money for essentials. - Not pouring money into food provision rather than fixing the real drivers of hardship. 1/2

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Neil Mackay@neilmackay.bsky.social · 4w ago

It tells you everything you need to know about the state of British society when the Anne Frank Trust has to step in because of the dehumanising attacks on the LGBT community. What a disgrace we’ve become

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Rob@glastronomer.bsky.social · 4w ago

Twenty minutes of the BBC streaming a rant by a deranged madman with no idea what he’s about to say and no editorial control is a pretty 2026 thing.