John Barnes
@slowcookedgoose.bsky.social
Custodian of slowcookedgoose and Below The Salt @ The Splott Shamanic Graft Loft.
This excellent Washpost story is an illustration of how the anguish from an unjustified arrest — in this case, of a veterinarian trying to protect animals near the Reflecting Pool —can linger long after the charges are dropped. Gift link ⤵️ wapo.st/3RSQ6nU
Arrested at Reflecting Pool, woman details ‘heartbreaking’ toll case has taken
Sophie Dennison-Gibby was one of three defendants charged with a misdemeanor related to Reflecting Pool damage. The charges were all dropped.
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Assholes who make fun of people eulogizing their dogs: There aren't many places for folks to do that, and it's a big moment in some people's lives they weren't exactly ready for. So shut the hell up and let them do it.
Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.
I can’t imagine the depravity of a person paying to go on a ‘human safari’ apple.news/AtgcGcXgmSHa...
Sarajevo’s human safari: the tourists who paid to shoot civilians — The Times and The Sunday Times
In the 1990s hundreds of residents were killed by snipers. Now foreign nationals are heading to court accused of murdering civilians for fun
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NationCymru has found that Reform politicians in Wales are regularly interacting with far-right social media accounts, including amplifying disturbing content and posts that target a prominent female Plaid Cymru figure with abuse✍️ Emily Price
Investigation: Reform figures in Wales linked to far-right social media networks
Emily Price An investigation by Nation.Cymru has found that Reform politicians in Wales are regularly interacting with far-right social media accounts, including amplifying disturbing content and…
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Burnham seems to be commanding the battle for the attention economy 36% have seen content from Burnham - including over half of 18-24 year olds. 16% have seen Farage content, no one else cracks 10%. Some of this will be the prime ministerial pulpit; but it’s lodging with people.
Haven’t seen PM Burnham in front of a flag yet. Polls up. Coincidence?
Who else could watch this for hours? Defragmenting Drive C in Windows 95
After last nights half successful drone attacks at Leipzig airport a police heli took of from Berlin at midnight towards area and spent first 30 min circling a field next to Autobahn 9, NW of airport and subsequent hours above an industrial area/hamlet by Bitterfeld-Wolfen. Returned 03:30.
Well we all wondered if the opposition parties would recapture the agenda while Burnham was on holiday and it does look like Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives will manage to do that for a crucial third day
Jessica Elgot@jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 5h agoFormer neo-Nazi activist withdraws... But Badenoch now offers him advisor role. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Terrorists. Time to destroy Russia's economy. Bring Russia to its knees: no jobs, no money, no electricity, not heating. Force the Russians to revolt and hang Putin. Let them beg for help from the West.
Drone with explosive device found near Ukraine cargo jet at Leipzig airport
German airports are on high alert after a series of drone sightings over sensitive places, including military facilities, energy terminals, seaports and logistics companies.
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🚨TIL the 1877 Super El Niño killed more than 3% of the world’s population. Our modern world should be resilient enough to prevent that — but then came Trump’s perfect storm of dismantling government, abandonment of international institutions, and war related bottlenecks.🚨
Keith Fitzgerald@keithfitzgerald.bsky.social · last wk.This is potentially very important. If history repeats, it could be catastrophic. youtube.com/watch?v=69o-...
Donald Trump stands out historically in one way. He has demilitarized the US military more quickly than any other political leader in US history. A full blown pacifist would have struggled to throw away weapons faster than he has.
My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amore. When your SpaceX rocket hits the moon like a big piece of junk and you don't give a shit, you're a moron.
I don’t understand why some commentators seem to think Badenoch is doing well as leader, when everything I see her do fits exactly this description. Sorry, she just comes across as very stupid
Dorian Lynskey@dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 14h agoBadenoch represents double-down conservatism. Never apologise or moderate. Insult your opponents. Patronise journalists when challenged. Contradict yourself, lie, whatever it takes, but never back down. And that's how you end up creating an extremely avoidable Tory antisemitism scandal overnight
New old sayings about the weather The new Private Eye is out now.
I thought vaguely that I’d sold this, but what a wally I am, I had not! But if you follow the following link, you can see lots of #birds www.chloecumming.com/birds
Chloe Cumming@chloecumming.bsky.social · last mo.A red dove thinking it’s the main character
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba... How the mighty have fallen. Maybe don't treat your last manager like shit and get him the sack, then maybe you might not end up playing in a fourth or fifth rate league.
Mohamed Salah: Turkish club Trabzonspor begin negotiations to sign former Liverpool forward
Turkish club Trabzonspor say they have begun negotiations to sign Mohamed Salah.
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Well that's a vote of confidence for all Tory councillors.
Good morning Bluesky ☀️ My grandad told me he saw the Titanic - from the outset he warned all the people that the ship would sink, but nobody listened to him. He knew he was right and didn't give up. He warned them again & again, until eventually they kicked him out of the cinema.
Naturally curved timbers in the magnificent 15th century oak roof in the Great Hall at Gainsborough Old Hall. Richard III visited in 1484, Katherine Parr lived here with 1st husband, Henry VIII and Katherine Howard dined here in 1541. #woodensday
That Joshua Bonehill-Paine is a suitable Tory candidate but Grant Shapps and Gavin Barwell have been excluded is quite a good indicator of how many seats the Tories will realistically regain at the next election.
Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election
Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election
Joshua Bonehill-Paine, creator of satirical Crewkerne Gazette, has convictions including for harassing a Jewish MP A former neo-Nazi activist with convictions including for harassing a Jewish MP has been selected as a Conservative candidate for a local election in Somerset. Joshua Bonehill-Paine, the creator of the viral Crewkerne Gazette series of AI clips, is due to stand for election to Somerset council next year in a new Crewkerne South district. He told the Guardian he was an executive member of the Tories’ Yeovil branch, working as an events organiser. Continue reading...
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Misinformation, including AI generated material, has been circulating online in the aftermath of the July earthquake in Kumamoto, pushing political views and conspiracy theories. 👉 ebx.sh/S01Rjj
The UK has existed as a state since 1801. The current borders of the UK have been in place since 1922. Do Reform UK politicians NOT know the basics of UK history?
A Glory Wipe every time is impossible under the laws of known physics.
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · yesterdayOh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.
