2026-07-29T14:59:04Z https://nostr.ae Just Tom... 🐁 https://nostr.ae/npub18atlvp9mfttz3vdlrva79lua3ackdf8hg3ckdv27rtg5twjyy44svesy47 https://media.mastodon.scot/accounts/avatars/109/292/655/552/300/100/original/fa3761e46afe957d.jpg https://media.mastodon.scot/accounts/avatars/109/292/655/552/300/100/original/fa3761e46afe957d.jpg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvcg76njar92dqam76m5zscgkafspzqxw3w0jhc8gu3pefqrqxhgczyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkeuu68c For me, this (which I have pinned to the board where I can be reminded) epitomises Mastodon:<br/><br/>Be yourself<br/>So the people<br/>Looking for you<br/>Can find you.<br/><br/>Arlan Hamilton<br/><br/>May the people looking for you find you! 2026-07-22T11:29:25Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs894mjgzsdjnh9sqgww25ru25rz6tut50t2jng3a9f375es8uhghgzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkk0fxpez &#34;Astronomers are deeply worried&#34; - the understatement of the year. This is a dreadful escalation of the pollution of low-earth orbit with satellites - this one worse by far. Environmentally damaging (animals and plants that need darkness), polluting the dark skies needed for astronomy and once again tech bros messing up the planet for their own selfish ends. <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02218-9?utm_source=Live+Audience&amp;utm_campaign=7558629e58-nature-briefing-daily-20260720&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-33f35e09ea-49717696">https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02218-9?utm_source=Live+Audience&amp;utm_campaign=7558629e58-nature-briefing-daily-20260720&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-33f35e09ea-49717696</a> 2026-07-20T17:23:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf38xyafnpj80u3facj009kkp4ssr840v0a27uxl87e9ewe2qv4rgzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkr72nt2 RE: <a href="https://mastodon.world/@ginaintheburg/116741258968073022">https://mastodon.world/@ginaintheburg/116741258968073022</a><br/><br/>The whole world should be permitted to see this. Hiding it away won&#39;t help - in the end all will be revealed. It&#39;s a start to the process of removing his name from everything.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1m9h53zpcg5zuxmu7tu7eznnul0cc5nzq7nk29q4klxgufstmmcdqled7s0" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1m9h…d7s0</a></span><br/> </div> They gonna put this plastic drape all over the scaffolding so no one can see them actually take down Donald Trump's name? <br/><br/>O the horror! O the shame! No one may watch! <br/><br/>Crowd is beginning to jeer as some begin to realize what's happening.<br/><br/>#Kennedy Center #JFKC #USpol<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/aAhm880quUg?is=H3bs6kG-o9MZxHwD">https://www.youtube.com/live/aAhm880quUg?is=H3bs6kG-o9MZxHwD</a><br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/116/741/258/795/738/110/original/0a4bcb1e7636391c.jpg"> <br/> </blockquote> 2026-06-13T06:29:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstrhekhlsatj464jwr4nlg5ed7lz3yw7hdmunjyg2sl2u9p4agdzqzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkenjtc3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs05f9u6t2k7he5glzm62k5yl3l4ur3rasnf0dhnfrptej7p0lx02ss99x0c'>nevent1q…9x0c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Several threads this morning from <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1703zd7vvwpa8q6dm0yhsjy7nrzv2m2nmffq73ddc8j4kkmhs0reqf42l86" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>earthling</span> (<span class="italic">npub1703…2l86</span>)</a></span> about the already inevitable global heating and the fact that the rate of increase in CO2 levels has no parallel in the history of the planet. My only hope is that the wealth driving this suicidal &#34;investment&#34; evaporates, bringing the whole unstable edifice crashing down, destroying the bubble and ruining those who put personal profit before the health of the Earth. They are a homicidal cult with their hallucinating lying machines. 2026-06-07T12:37:12Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw5xs55ppaz04m3c5xv9xhnfhtan9sxu0p0c43932fnvpcs8lqjdgzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkqhuvnu And so it begins - conflating Murrell&#39;s admission of guilt with the whole of the SNP - &#34;You are all tarred with the same brush&#34;. There&#39;s not a shred of evidence that anyone but Murrell was involved and the investigations have been lengthy (an issue in itself) and thorough, exonerating Nicola Sturgeon who might have been, as Murrell&#39;s wife, better placed to know than anyone else. But let&#39;s use it to bring down the SNP and the independence cause as a whole. I see you! <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/26/snp-embezzling-voters-peter-murrell">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/26/snp-embezzling-voters-peter-murrell</a> 2026-05-26T16:17:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9mfx2pw0taxxcsh6rxxgd0re2h98g88w5pz8x0djpznllk6ch0hgzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkszy8sn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0vg68k3vp4fg3wqfn85mfhwkg5fux8gssapa9gwhdau8a8arw6msl9kjmd'>nevent1q…kjmd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Indeed it is. I don&#39;t fully understand the shift to the right by the electorate. Some of it is plain disillusionment with the establishment parties (and who can blame them) and I think that some is down to a lack of critical thinking that means that the ridiculous claims of Reform and the far right are not critically evaluated by voters. Then there&#39;s the print media ownership and what I see as a bias in the BBC. It scares the living daylights out of me as an avowed lefties 😢 <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1n5tg8xj7mf6t0z2zfjxa7raryhha07rmunc7t9ftkcjs4te0cd8qruhrcm" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Totts</span> (<span class="italic">npub1n5t…hrcm</span>)</a></span> 2026-05-25T21:05:56Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdwpv7zjavjnzk7fs8jflde8kfu08ued2jw42ajswrp0t6279hhaszyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkznukyv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw38tnh80ty5avxcad8kmynsl4zp3fdk3yk6w82jcl4d6wuv9sylgh5kv5z'>nevent1q…kv5z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>With figures like that (in reality with ANY figures), any arguments in favour of FPTP are unsustainable. It really is time that this country grew up and took steps (I want them to be giant strides) towards being a proper representative democracy. A proper proportional voting system (and there are several to choose from) would be a good start. Oh yes - and abolition of the current HoL and replacement with (I believe) an elected upper house. Grim stuff about the figures for Reform though! 2026-05-25T20:34:57Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdaggjqjzzl5990enc02ps3wav2u78xzsghc8y4w0ss2yw0ud6zlqzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkuzgahh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxfnyyfye77vq96g3087lnxc6m62yj5rrw2tf7sj9ttn3306ad6eg44erw5'>nevent1q…erw5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Private medicine is a parasite when it comes to training as well - they (the organisations) pay nothing toward the training of the staff that they poach from the NHS. From the first day that I stepped on a ward I swore that I would have no part of it. 2026-05-10T08:56:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrjx8072e2ezvktxae8p0pp5wunyt6929lqnngjljrhjdjm2627yszyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkksz5qd2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvcce24tmw9wdh99dwlmmd7efgvxj38h894p3l46e5p7ua9rwfvsqwznm4n'>nevent1q…nm4n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Why is a call for extra expenditure in the nation&#39;s budget always to be achieved by &#34;cutting an unaffordable welfare bill&#34;? There are many (and I include myself in this) who could afford tax rises to those nearer Scandinavian levels. We could then properly afford to give support to those who need it. And as a &#34;by the way&#34; - perhaps we could cut the budget for nuclear-equipped submarines. To zero. 2/2 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/14/starmer-accused-of-corrosive-complacency-about-defence-by-ex-head-of-nato">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/14/starmer-accused-of-corrosive-complacency-about-defence-by-ex-head-of-nato</a> 2026-04-14T12:22:03Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvcce24tmw9wdh99dwlmmd7efgvxj38h894p3l46e5p7ua9rwfvsqzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkuc0ee3 I see George Robertson, former NATO Secretary General, calling for cuts in welfare to fund military expansion and describing Starmer&#39;s &#34;Corrosive complacency&#34;. Whilst I see that as a call for yet another imposition of austerity on the British public, an increase in general taxation described elsewhere as &#34;one Cappuccino a day&#34;, I do think that &#34;Corrosive complacency&#34; fits Starmer well. I know many for whom one cappuccino would be an extravagance they could ill afford, never mind one a day. 1/2 2026-04-14T12:18:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszuxux27tzkaxyvz97g8zkqhmqn3jsqkpthkn7wkg0fzsn3cuxt4qzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkk3vl02t So let me see if I have this right: <br/><br/>The Strait of Hormuz is open to all shipping. <br/><br/>The US unilaterally starts a war against Iran<br/><br/>Iran closes the strait, charging those vessels it permits transit. <br/><br/>Negotiations to reopen the Strait fail at the first hurdle (Why would you let Vance negotiate anyway?).<br/><br/>The US will blockade the Strait now and intercept and charge vessels that have transited said Strait.<br/><br/>No - that can&#39;t be right... 2026-04-12T16:16:09Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswn4z6wx035jr355gq2vwyf2k46xn8lnse89ls7fg0df0drr9y8zszyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkk4uuskk Even more relevant today than when the words were written by Franklin D. Roosevelt for his second inaugural address. I can&#39;t imagine such sentiments from the mind of Donald Trump...<br/><br/>&lt;Edited&gt; Not, as I had misremembered, on the walls of the Scottish Parliament building...<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/387/866/909/233/248/original/87bbe769a3043fa2.jpg"> <br/> 2026-04-11T20:05:11Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9zme8gqdtwd5cc6rlkgqug436j04kex9fdkanfsws3jeyryzzphszyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkk9cd0m0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgac3h333d5nvjhmz9ssgy4fpvq3s699m7xay66g79cxvsastluxccz8nyp'>nevent1q…8nyp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Heinberg, and Meadows et al have been the mainstay of my life, together, perhaps with Joseph Tainter&#39;s &#34;Collapse of Complex Societies where he develops the argument that diminishing returns with increased complexity eventually make the cost of maintaining that complexity too much and the society regresses to a simpler form. I believe we are approaching that point globally.<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/299/704/710/248/781/original/224b3e4efb20395f.jpg"> <br/> 2026-03-27T06:24:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgr4jm46kqpd0g56ae9d6mwf9vptg60z9679le4k8e5lhpwnk2fxgzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkky6u99t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf3k2qjsksywx472sqaey9pculjrk03gcy804vffa8ctx7lzl59eqym9uvy'>nevent1q…9uvy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I see Cameron lumping together Reform UK and the Greens as populist against whom the centre must marshal their forces. I, as a supporter of much needed radical Green politics, find that incredibly offensive, the more so because it comes from the unrepentant architect of Brexit. 2026-03-22T10:56:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyhxpl9vsnmwc85jy89fv388kfnzx66d6rm4lyejcvmhz8kpwcrlszyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkrnpktv A few weeks ago Yuri, my little calico friend, developed a rapidly spreading black patch on her face, losing the hair in the process. The vet and I both thought it was an aggressive melanoma. Biopsy showed only a severe dermatitis and on steroids (fun and games, I keep finding the ones I thought she had swallowed spat out when I&#39;m not looking) she looks much better. Tailing off the steroids now, so an end to the fights is in sight. Will her fur grow back? TBH I&#39;m just glad it wasn&#39;t worse...<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/271/740/412/329/020/original/1ebda0883d43cd1f.jpg"> <br/> 2026-03-22T07:52:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs20aw5mlunkuuk8cjjj95xrszn782tgelk2u0v7yheut072c55s4czyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkk0lyc7n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxsw3f9ag8sapfrg94ke4y6vs485x0q09hawma4rqqqkhpeckm55sm7cynx'>nevent1q…cynx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Given Keir Starmer&#39;s record on U-turns, I suspect such a commitment would last only until the moment the polls close in May. 2026-03-20T18:09:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2g95hzeluvmjxe67zputdyt5khvsf87aaqvd4k3836q08qlelt0czyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkka9t2l7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2pp5y4hdnhxl6u0zvg3txhqnqkdc9prf7mdaytt0mvyt9lrn2t9swchuv8'>nevent1q…huv8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Whenever the topic of GDP comes up, I&#39;m reminded of Robert F. Kennedy&#39;s dismantling of GDP as a metric in 1968 with the summation of his speech: &#34;it measures everything in short, except that which makes life worthwhile.&#34; increasingly economic activity appears to have a somewhat tenuous relationship with the well-being of society as a whole,many of whose members have seen incomes stagnate while rent seeking entities take an ever larger portion of that already stretched income. 2026-03-19T07:16:37Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxqh84cggry5ty5et224dz2dsl6897njyh8jal4xktfm2n5jrsu0qzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkk2d8vfy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs838kk79wsquxhm07p3ht2ukhxsk3k6nugys3694tgv2yx733zy4gg7vxr2'>nevent1q…vxr2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>For further reading, (if people have the stomach for it), Jess Hill&#39;s book &#34;See what you made me do&#34; is a very sobering and sometimes uncomfortably graphic analysis of the shocking rates of violence against women and girls worldwide and the causes.<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/204/683/838/305/057/original/1aeaaa96c417f63b.jpg"> <br/> 2026-03-10T11:39:19Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst2gzwxq2a0y572vfgl9fz9rsmkvlz25p2mpswwe5depkazxz0lqqzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkm6d6ar In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgefd7utg8sg7fgctm569g3llzxp3zds7erptm82utvg2cdyggg5s9taw0l'>nevent1q…aw0l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Increasingly the man lives in a wee world of his own, completely out of touch with reality. The tragedy is that he still has the support of the Republican Party. 2026-03-07T22:13:49Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8e0p2accmyjndvzn0ualc8mfk5eaq2r4sqh6t70s7xfzekawj9hgzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkuy09dc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr3kvsafdx9s6sprn9d67lcxv94jv3vydl9zzk966zf65wc5jmzksj8wy80'>nevent1q…wy80</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have long admired Michael Marmot and his work, together with that of Wilkinson and Pickett who all show starkly how much wealth inequality damages the health and wellbeing of a society. Yet government after government show that they, like Mandelson, are &#34;intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich&#34; (even in the unlikely event that they pay their fair share of taxes). Huge wealth inequality is bad for everyone (even the wealthy). 2026-03-06T08:04:04Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdmn9mrznt32vz2a2udekvfu7tefwd6y7qcw83v8l37rzf6te79ggzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkxtpd0k From &#34;Today&#39;s Edition Newsletter&#34; by Robert B. Hubbell. Photographer unknown.<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/172/222/359/167/991/original/8790c3e706b05fd0.jpg"> <br/> 2026-03-04T18:05:52Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszsd5pvjqmguwemf4uw35vths4mky9v34f6h6ymwcnyr6nd869zwqzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkjp4uw6 Can someone explain to me how an Iranian warship, in international waters off the coast of Sri Lanka constitutes a legitimate target in an undeclared and probably illegal &#34;war&#34;? I remember the outrage at the sinking of the General Belgrano... 2026-03-04T14:55:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxmyqkew5rzq54sl4d322x8lxh89j8q3cp2jth02nkmpssvnrkn4czyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkqwgxx3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsda4qk8y63xsvnnp5pwladaq50m4pegd4wp4mw5ztmfgvfgf3hces63j3q5'>nevent1q…j3q5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I never ever imagined that a party, founded in the belief that it should support the most vulnerable in society, could be taken over by those so full of antipathy towards those vulnerable people. With every pronouncement Keir Starmer digs his party deeper into a hole. I always knew to expect this from right of politics, but Labour is aping their worst instincts. They deserve the fate that is coming in May and at the next General election. I hope the Greens succeed. <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ecsvapql5rerese5hwtmkn74rfhk02s2ad6d3n22cphjpv8rs8zqm0kh2u" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>JuneSim63 💚</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ecs…kh2u</span>)</a></span> 2026-03-02T07:37:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw3exgdx7r9namkzme9yfcfph367cftja5helwupgqgm77pzzjkrczyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkk4wc3ja A good read, and yes:<br/><br/>&#34;As part of the reactionary international, [Goodwin] displays an obvious dislike of a universal and equal franchise. In the days before the election, Reform had raised the spectre of ‘sectarian’ or ‘religious’ voting. It’s fatuous to claim that a Muslim voting for a feminist plumber standing for a party that’s vocal on trans rights and headed by a gay Jew is somehow making a religious vote, but the claim persists.”<br/><a href="https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/02/27/sarwar-as-necromancer-manchester-the-wake-and-the-autopsy/">https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/02/27/sarwar-as-necromancer-manchester-the-wake-and-the-autopsy/</a> 2026-02-27T20:19:34Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxty5vyxcrfqrdwtnhslj6fg4wf6h95sm3zh3anl5x3q5up2qfphszyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkk7n34zq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszxzcg5vnvl9wmdasxk2ev63zrsfujjj9gmnwgd0qvhkdztznrkyqu7df9v'>nevent1q…df9v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Wonderful news. The Green Party of England and Wales has, at long last, become the parliamentary representation of left wing environmental politics that those of us who know them always knew they should be. &#34;I don&#39;t vote for the Greens because under FPTP they have no chance&#34; is history now. 2026-02-27T06:45:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9akjnx753a0e0mnl3r0wgx9z7n9f4dm5c8752epwfeygvzcsuwgszyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkj9gndc &#34;The BBC and the wider Brit media seem to think they are talking down to the masses and people aren’t buying it. Expect the Royals to be heckled and harassed at every public event, and people to be arrested for not bowing down to this rotten, exposed feudal relic.<br/><br/>Abolish the Monarchy.&#34;<br/> <a href="https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/02/19/the-fall-of-the-house-of-windsor/">https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/02/19/the-fall-of-the-house-of-windsor/</a> 2026-02-19T23:09:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz2w8v9grmha2wwaewtsvxk4mhr5xhy8lls8wrteau09kasx55vaszyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkknusq3m It&#39;s not a &#34;sad thing&#34;, it is another of the reprehensible people in Epstein&#39;s circle being investigated - and for something only perhaps tangentially related to his sexual proclivities. It&#39;s time the activities of the person who pronounced this to be a &#34;sad thing&#34; were put under the microscope. He, after all, was at the very heart of Epstein&#39;s cabal. <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/andrew-arrest-donald-trump-epstein-files-b2924010.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/andrew-arrest-donald-trump-epstein-files-b2924010.html</a> 2026-02-19T22:57:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8h5vmcudr09gmu4alln6rapwu2djmn2pgl852nkxszap7nqscrkczyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkktnq76y Borrowed from Robert B. Hubbell&#39;s &#34;Today&#39;s Edition Newsletter&#34; ICE are very definitely NOT the Borg!<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/087/149/879/428/711/original/b4d5f22419fbf982.jpg"> <br/> 2026-02-17T17:30:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsghdwgyrctlpqcgywmmljyqfyhcem4ef68t0qf76yfpzwxnddexeszyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkk3n4vzu Kudos to all those who put their money where their mouth was and demonstrated peacefully against the proscription of Palestine Action, risking a criminal conviction in the process. The proscription was an outrageous assault on the right of free speech and this defeat for the government and the Home Secretary means that justice has prevailed. How dare Mahmood intimate that she intends to appeal the ruling! 2026-02-13T11:06:35Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr5cg5hdt2s4j9y5knk3aw7337yfazyc25a98fwfqsg40lg95wwrqzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkj2v9fs Watching the daily revelations about the very wealthy I&#39;m frequently reminded of the adage: If you want to know what God thinks of money, you just have to look at who he gives it to... 2026-02-11T19:34:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf36cjsqk9eyvvjgxgt59s7gdnf6hkaghmjedzguwk3kchsf09yfgzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkk3sprmn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgpklcql6y5ekal8yqff7gs35al8xsaw4x0c7kjmmv2nv98gyxr5s805t7r'>nevent1q…5t7r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is it wrong of me to wish for that? 2026-02-08T11:11:37Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx57dal4c8zcdl26yud4dde2nrjss2hfze6aghhk8zdse0h4lxkwqzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkyc7734 When I wake up tomorrow who will be toast? 2026-02-06T22:32:57Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszck2t298pqvayewxpa6pp37rqmrqnfqk6wzz9q487xqlf4f6m2xszyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkrhp2zw George Washington, first President - &#34;I cannot tell a lie&#34;<br/><br/>Donald Trump, 47th President - &#34;I cannot tell the truth&#34;... 2026-02-04T16:22:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrseu4gd9yfxj6uywgzjr788ejzd8zvg2g6t4r7769z0md05h0nrczyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkg7dr2g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstula74maamgn79eg2tw99a4xfyynl48ye0gewrja4umhnfu0ekpqr382md'>nevent1q…82md</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;... I keep hearing frantic commentary about what this means for Keir Starmer, for Fergie, for Mandelson’s peerage, whatever. How about the biggest and grimmest question of all: what it means for women and girls to be able to clearly see that we live in a world where so many of the richest and most powerful men alive are just not bothered enough by their exploitation. Or worse.&#34; 2026-02-03T16:39:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstula74maamgn79eg2tw99a4xfyynl48ye0gewrja4umhnfu0ekpqzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkemm4l5 Horrific story:<br/><br/>&#34;...I’ve been collating the emails from extremely famous men who actively sought to help the since-deceased underage sex trafficker trivialise his crimes in the years after his jail release in 2009. Richard Branson, Noam Chomsky, Steve Bannon, Mandelson, Andrew (obviously) – all of these men offer strategic advice, or media training, or chummy solidarity. Or, in the case of Chomsky, all of the above plus a drive-by on the notion of female victimhood.&#34; <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/03/jeffrey-epstein-powerful-men-women-girls">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/03/jeffrey-epstein-powerful-men-women-girls</a> 2026-02-03T16:29:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs08m35djhmktycm6wcd79v5g4dg6gmh00wznwv9r4vcq4tph9p6qczyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkmyypxl I had forgotten until a post reminded me this morning that it was Mandelson who said that &#34;We are intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich&#34;. The measure of the man, perhaps, a man who seemed to enjoy the company of those &#34;filthy rich&#34; a little too much for his own good. Out of the House of Lords, straight to jail, do not pass &#34;go&#34;... 2026-02-03T13:14:55Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0g6ksgshdlynwhtztfjzcyhj6mgp8lhv36aetnmsjvvpw6d02vaszyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkl7mrer In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstslt9ex4qdrwpzj23d2ly9qzgsyaan4h80lgjx5fljpxh3fwlgwqg03737'>nevent1q…3737</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hmmm... Despite the title &#34;UK towns and cities...&#34; a substantial part of the UK seems to be missing here! The Grauniad once again confusing England and Wales with the UK as a whole. 2026-01-26T07:38:31Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqg08zuhf7gau9w8cfkw783q23ndh5v554uhvk3nm5x4fx02sfclgzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkttq46l RE: <a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115901022866433993">https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115901022866433993</a><br/><br/>This (hopeful) thread that sees the huge opportunity presented by the rise of Zak Polanski and, under his leadership, GPEW as a whole. As with so much of Cory Doctorow&#39;s writing, well worth a read. It has brightened my morning considerably.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note170gafcka8c8w2sp2xvhj2lp4r2x93zek3xhu6sl08l39dx83tcfsvhvwwn" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note170g…vwwn</a></span><br/> </div> Of all the tools that I use to maintain my equilibrium in these dark days, none is so important as remembering the distinction between happiness, optimism and hope. <br/><br/>--<br/><br/>If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:<br/><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/15/how-the-light-gets-in/#theories-of-change">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/15/how-the-light-gets-in/#theories-of-change</a><br/><br/>1/<br/> <img src="https://static.mamot.fr/media_attachments/files/115/895/327/105/399/115/original/c2ea57cd9bf9ab9d.jpg"> <br/> </blockquote> 2026-01-16T08:02:48Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszklhamjv379zdhuuymzazv5tcc8hlr6xz5cutu5y42wepvxqxfeqzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkk6tkn68 RE: <a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115894410440299999">https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115894410440299999</a><br/><br/>I will NEVER (for as long as it is possible to do so) buy an &#34;internet-connected&#34; domestic appliance or other gadget. Selling things has been replaced by rental and extractive economics.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1mhkvgd8h8c969c28kgfjtnzzwkjd3u365zc6sj0wsjz8tmqhhnuq94g5hg" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1mhk…g5hg</a></span><br/> </div> > Samantha: This town has a weird smell that you're all probably used to...but I'm not.<br/><br/>> Mrs Krabappel: It'll take you about six weeks, dear.<br/><br/>-The Simpsons, "Bart's Friend Falls in Love," S3E23, May 7, 1992<br/><br/>--<br/><br/>If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:<br/><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/14/sole-and-despotic/#world-turned-upside-down">https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/14/sole-and-despotic/#world-turned-upside-down</a><br/><br/>1/<br/> <img src="https://static.mamot.fr/media_attachments/files/115/889/222/982/731/469/original/9839849fa53a4c1b.jpg"> <br/> </blockquote> 2026-01-14T16:59:56Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswjupqfv6rvj6a5negtwnj97ex9s3mmadnmsp8qlzwnxzy40qkquqzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkk70yx6y In a very real sense, with &#34;approximately 10-12,000 U.S. military personnel stationed in the UK, primarily at RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall, supporting air operations for Europe and serving as a crucial hub for the U.S. Air Force&#34;, Orwell&#39;s characterisation of the UK as &#34;Airstrip One&#34; seems to be about where we are, still a state tied firmly to a &#34;Special Relationship&#34; that is very clearly highly asymmetrical and which benefits the US and not Britain. <a href="https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/01/06/scotland-caracas-and-the-trump-corollary/">https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/01/06/scotland-caracas-and-the-trump-corollary/</a> 2026-01-06T22:47:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx6tt25gyq38ay3wr30pmugxcgclkx3effrz8ndx0gdewn60kx7aczyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkk23mfrk Blue &#34;Labour&#34;. The Overton Window has been decisively shifted, hasn&#39;t it! What a sad end (and I suspect it will be an end) to a once proud party that represented those who really earned the wealth of the country. <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/keir-starmer-labour-wealth-tax-budget-b2893442.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/keir-starmer-labour-wealth-tax-budget-b2893442.html</a> 2026-01-02T22:38:40Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8vuzqvah87czvpjpq9cztqpnhcld5pu57g8axjz2zcqufdyvrlfczyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkja2rvk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp0eptnymktw0ld9py5kms9gkee2tsz3puq2umf79wkwcf9na6hwg97yvdz'>nevent1q…yvdz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As someone who spent his working life in a profession where conflicts of interest were simply not permitted, I am profoundly mystified by the demonstrable ability that politicians have for convincing themselves that somehow the concept doesn&#39;t apply to them, that they, uniquely in this world, are somehow immune from the inevitable biases and self-serving that ensue. How easily they kid themselves. 2025-12-31T13:48:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0cw80fkhdzectzwuhhgspdz0u62pfgec4lpt5k2gj876yn2rcx2gzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkam9re2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspexwdf99fyyue8jfvg3uchkqq285lvwcnmxystv8eza8vp9ur06s38w528'>nevent1q…w528</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well that&#39;s the US off my list of countries I can visit, which will not be good news for my son in New Jersey... 😢 2025-12-11T18:52:56Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq50cdrvpmq6h788u5c262pywkvchw9qauy2m0jtwk2fdxsp4ramgzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkza8w2k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq4wf50c5g8es2ln4fx6k67ylme2gznqq5t7duxw66rj8znt0fcaqa3435j'>nevent1q…435j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>- Next thing he will be wanting to use Comic Sans for all official documents...! 2025-12-10T16:55:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp5ez3aue9lgep9l47xre5eshyfyax79fdc4psfen75gx742hnx3czyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkpeghe2 Wow, that&#39;s BOUND to work. A stroke of &#34;genius&#34; from Reform UK Ltd. <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/farage-reform-uk-scotland-tartan-falkirk-b2879329.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/farage-reform-uk-scotland-tartan-falkirk-b2879329.html</a> 2025-12-06T20:59:13Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvl22ydapknw0le3un0ja4yhy8j376kzvyhxhhye7xg6gk3mlychqzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkrp5kq8 Once again, the leader of &#34;Reform ltd&#34; is out to cause disharmony and dissent in Scotland. As a junior doctor I recall a colleague being asked by the judge in court what the acronym in an A&amp;E patient&#39;s notes &#34;TBR&#34; meant. &#34;The bum&#39;s rush&#34;, he muttered beneath his breath. &#34;Would you repeat that for the court&#34; he was instructed. Where Farage is concerned it needs to be said loud and clear... <a href="https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/12/03/farages-glasgow-dog-whistle/">https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/12/03/farages-glasgow-dog-whistle/</a> 2025-12-03T21:41:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgmkkx23hju42lcmmzwr8ckjvlf00cs5kn2quk33q5pcazy30jtsgzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkt6ky9w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszclgcmv470r4f4khrffln4k020upwtsftecksav4690ngceezzxqlqkrf8'>nevent1q…krf8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I always refer to Zohran Mamdami, who made tackling the economic insecurity of so many New Yorkers the basis for his campaign. Labour, in trying to outdo Reform, have lost their way completely. Why vote for a &#34;Reform - lite&#34; that has been such a disappointment, when you can vote for the genuine (!) article. 2025-11-24T12:12:48Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgnvkgxjtdtj8npev7femkqk22kg8e7gkmj8jx9zg7p3nt0vc09fqzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkk4zz60g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv5793g9yrrm7q3n80eykezdy06pqszyzc26clf7m4pkhg4z9pv3qd0djdt'>nevent1q…djdt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And pales into insignificance next to the money lost through tax avoidance and evasion. 2025-11-24T08:10:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs20d0p9pqrx0y8stj2mcltkamh4wv5apuyhh7fz7h8jtajtu9g23szyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkzl5tmr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgk0zqxn5utt3549ave2v7n2473sqvrsw2ypug4uphfd6cl0ca2fsadj9y6'>nevent1q…j9y6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>How utterly wasteful to have all those graduates and all of the vacancies in specialties and end up with expensively-trained medics unable to fill the posts. Some, no doubt, will go abroad, and others into graduate jobs of one sort or another; a great many will disappear into the general workforce with their ambitions unfulfilled through no fault of their own. What complete madness! 2025-11-23T14:31:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs22y55ylw6glqvza6dq7tk85fl9tnyx6d9m5awnx2rkp94jhh90zczyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkk5qd49f I hope that he enjoys his new accommodation when he takes up residence in HMP something-or-other. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/22/boris-johnson-took-four-days-off-as-nhs-warned-covid-could-overwhelm-system">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/22/boris-johnson-took-four-days-off-as-nhs-warned-covid-could-overwhelm-system</a> 2025-11-22T20:15:05Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvrlthm04hwr697f8qlc7cmtvj9h36s6v9h92wnr7c5rsffsg8rxczyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkk3f53fl Sooner or later many of us will need care because we are no longer able to manage unsupported. It is past time for reform. <br/><br/>&#34;Instead of facilitating the care of children, older people, disabled and learning disabled people, our care system facilitates the extraction of value and wealth from places and local public service budgets. While executive pay booms, frontline workers receive little more than the minimum wage.&#34; <br/><br/><a href="https://neweconomics.org/2025/11/ending-extraction-in-the-uk-care-system">https://neweconomics.org/2025/11/ending-extraction-in-the-uk-care-system</a> 2025-11-14T13:08:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfdjtzu7a25qkxhwzcjrlzhcnzm03re68qmmc8e2k9y5luyf5y0ygzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkka47mng In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvurklz0x9vt8vegd4sgp4c7nszpfpsu8ysnvs5gghm00829vh4lqyx2p98'>nevent1q…2p98</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I hate &#34;AI&#34; and will have nothing to do with it. Intelligent it is not. 2025-11-12T21:59:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswm4cql96qg0jgy9mc8lw6zakk4keehnxdyna4n9hpk5862kryv2qzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkcu4et3 Not exactly new news (it was known more than 12 years ago that there was a strong correlation), but another disease that can be laid at the door of EBV. That is one dangerous viral infection. MS and a number of autoimmune diseases?<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/nov/12/epstein-barr-virus-appears-to-be-trigger-of-lupus-disease-say-scientists">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/nov/12/epstein-barr-virus-appears-to-be-trigger-of-lupus-disease-say-scientists</a> 2025-11-12T20:59:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8kjsc60l6km9w55egpua9gdh9q43g0wjfnehpe8jglsma0dwyqdgzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkkhtchf Meanwhile, in the Sainsbury&#39;s car park this morning, someone put their clocks back further than they intended last week...<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/115/479/502/227/009/134/original/1681e754bf624a95.jpg"> <br/> 2025-11-02T09:56:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswax869hnunkdk7ew30prkrzwhfawj4amrqkf3njg6628y5jc9jyqzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkh5stkn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0s4jrgdezw8vdtl0rzwa283hd4hzc9wzck7t3ckptz8uqgty3c9gxelpmu'>nevent1q…lpmu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>😢 2025-10-31T18:47:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2nhk8hapkgv37n4q7z656ssvtgqaz2psq0646u7c5upuu40t0n9qzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkzgm7g5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8wztkc72stnk60uh229qmshshkq96ktra3dvq72fcwk34r8uq4jqw75pgh'>nevent1q…5pgh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>...and how are they going to keep it intact when assaulted or moved on by random people and the police? Or countries could follow the example of Finland and actually house the homeless. 2025-10-31T18:45:50Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw49capg54pt09k8z98l6wmjvd2y0a9wq30m042pzlmau05trwc5szyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkdwdvmr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf9p4lmma8kp8xyc67syrjawx06ef36k03u9ug7mxr4zv608slj5c78u9uz'>nevent1q…u9uz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have just finished &#34;See What You Made Me Do&#34; by Jess Hill - an often harrowing exposition of the facts behind Intimate Partner Violence and Coercive Control. She makes the case very strongly for a) believing children when they fight against being made to spend time with one (abusive) parent and b) a wholesale reform of the family courts and the training of those who provide advice (on things like &#34;parental alienation&#34;) to those courts. It makes for difficult reading. 2025-10-28T21:41:25Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs09j3d6xgd5xgh75v40gusa8scm35tjuzhqyuks7fjm859lhc5z7qzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkxwd0j2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgue0xhvkv9zx5r8ppj64g2l4acg8fhzpyvxvuqu3e5502cs9m2kq3df2ey'>nevent1q…f2ey</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh dear! &#34;A nightmare vision...&#34;? Only in the fevered imaginations of an exploding Macwhirter and his ilk. Bring on the Celtic alliance, free from his &#34;Anglo-Saxon England&#34; with all of its painted roundabouts and flegs. 2025-10-27T11:28:03Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrnc8ps4mla5hy7g36e73jphn958uzgy0qq4zemejkxaun5eepq3qzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkg3vaff In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrylvq0jryxjd6jp223nl85eukqcfcjf0u443n9rl8draae0kr63q6e0m39'>nevent1q…0m39</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Indeed, and as Michael Marmot pointed out in 2010,the Borough of Westminster has some of the the starkest disparities in the UK with consequent huge disparities in health and life expectancy. <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1dl644u43vqez77lfde56axyjcnhnpmjgc9838l6a4qx8unlz0uasp7jqx6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK</span> (<span class="italic">npub1dl6…jqx6</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ndxyfakmhrx4236utvmd2taezx0rks4dr0qvumkvk52x6x0wm6msl3w8le" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Ravensrod 🫖 🍰</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ndx…w8le</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub19f7x656yfrxyfwkcpvy4m0v3efyjpqpq88klprhl537eq5xjmxjs4f2kpt" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Jayne :wales_flag:🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈</span> (<span class="italic">npub19f7…2kpt</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub142wkkcyvzeyrqgplwpt9lvglfewqqx8mgkxhgc7q0nvhhwwjnweq29n2y5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Beverley</span> (<span class="italic">npub142w…n2y5</span>)</a></span> 2025-10-22T14:30:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx6q2eexge9zr83t6t86v3zarala0g84ejg9st9vma5akhcvch9mczyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkwwvayk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs256f5c82murgynhz2fwzvzes0nushdc2x3vf9v2v0jkuegma8awsltz44m'>nevent1q…z44m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub165wrxe0rdf55qy5gzt4ht7tukj48wr0aq2rsajr8gvwdeu5rqp3ssalfr7" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Juggling With Eggs</span> (<span class="italic">npub165w…lfr7</span>)</a></span><br/><br/>I will never ever forgive her for what she did to UK society. Brought up in Sheffield, I witnessed the destruction of the steel and coal industries, workers thrown on the scrap heap. I saw the same in the SW and Central belt of Scotland when I moved there. We are still living with the consequences of her policies. &#34;Thatcherite&#34; should be a term of abuse. 2025-10-22T08:15:19Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs00ks0c5q8nyydt06yk6dvxtw5x5uhvw75uq8n3rj9pmz2nzcxz8gzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkk8jwvlu Proud to belong to this group of young (at heart) radicals.<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/115/411/093/853/050/819/original/faec9b9e53f4986e.jpg"> <br/> 2025-10-21T07:58:57Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrxf60gym86exkh0kyxre0nzzfn74ha69mxujktmlw7fucvhx6yzgzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkly9c79 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq3kcj270q8edxkevs54rudkd4r2a9emejc25n7p2wpk33chlwg3gn283c8'>nevent1q…83c8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That&#39;s a sobering read, and one that doesn&#39;t bode well for the health of the planet or for the future of humanity. I have a great deal of time for Kate Raworth and her co-workers; her work ought to be compulsory reading for politicians and economists. 2025-10-17T07:16:13Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs09k63ze88dq9d86d3kpuyf0zkj9l4h622gj9855m4388c5e49gxszyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkk9lp2vp At the moment I&#39;m reading &#34;See What You Made me do&#34; by Jess Hill, a book that, as it says on the cover, is about power, control and domestic abuse. It&#39;s a slow and difficult read. Then today I saw this in the Grauniad. It too is hard going. I wonder sometimes whether men in our society will ever come to grips with their responsibility to end this. Just now I&#39;m not optimistic. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/13/these-men-think-theyve-done-nothing-wrong-philosopher-tried-understand-gisele-pelicot-rapists">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/13/these-men-think-theyve-done-nothing-wrong-philosopher-tried-understand-gisele-pelicot-rapists</a> 2025-10-13T11:16:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2mcnq7rjmz9qkqjxm382tf8njrslvh6w7h050mfguped726tr98qzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkk3prnnn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2pgaptkfysmykvvy36uxzm8swvs03ulzxqg0rz7zwhn4q32t0nesvud3kl'>nevent1q…d3kl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>After a long day yesterday, there&#39;s a fourth thing - the opportunity to sit down now and reflect on the goodness and generosity of others with Astor Piazzolla on the radio and a book on anarchism on my knee.., 🥰 2025-10-10T18:17:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2pgaptkfysmykvvy36uxzm8swvs03ulzxqg0rz7zwhn4q32t0neszyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkvscun4 #threegoodthings :<br/><br/>Tori, Aimee and Evie, my three granddaughters, three of the best things ever to have arrived in my life.<br/><br/>Visits by them, their dad, the straight-talking but endlessly caring friend who is teaching me by example to be a better person and by my friend/gardener with whom I shared tea and cakes.<br/><br/>Getting around the supermarket (accompanied and still a little tottery) to shop for essentials. 2025-10-10T18:16:49Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr9td5rycvllcx2f8cjwtyllwnmlnncfr06v5mffnqpxcypkntzzszyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkyt576j Oh the irony is off the scale this morning. The King (not my king) is, according to the news this morning, going to appear on UK television to tell us all about living sustainably. I&#39;ll believe that the day he renounces the homes and palaces, gives up helicopter travel and moves into a modest home on a council estate with his bidie-in. 2025-10-09T06:10:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy9fuy9mc4qzqdyyqc6cg7e2km38q9jyng7n5u9cuqlr63qt47v8gzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkks3ldxl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfu42zythuhv55f7un6ruvvafthga34pggutx4dedarnqv6uyq75shxqna5'>nevent1q…qna5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I hope that your wife is now better. End user experience is good, but always better avoided. 2025-10-07T18:28:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9f9tudcph8l0mzluv3k6jnlvn5zls7lpjjez0esl4726u2luyffczyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkxthus8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv056nq6776cwnrkq0tk0f5qje5act33zddcah9n99kmvf6pu8jqc80ul5g'>nevent1q…ul5g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As an addendum, I am profoundly aware that a moment&#39;s inattention in the workshop, two visits by a crew of ambulance technicians and one of paramedics, a ride to hospital, emergency surgery, three CT scans, Parenteral nutrition, and two weeks on High Dependency and another ward would, had I been in the US, have bankrupted me. 2025-10-07T13:27:40Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv056nq6776cwnrkq0tk0f5qje5act33zddcah9n99kmvf6pu8jqczyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkszdeu7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw5rwju50wnhpzx7vkepqy27f3xmzxypuuepj5f4l30etl3cxqsdc63y0aa'>nevent1q…y0aa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was discharged yesterday from hospital after emergency surgery and a couple of weeks recovery. The two highly competent surgeons were from the Middle East, I had nurses from Zimbabwe, India, Australia, South Africa, and elsewhere. The crew doing the CT scan were from Cameroon, whilst behind the scenes were countless others without whose good-natured expertise the Scottish NHS would cease to function. It is no exaggeration that today I recognise that I owe my life to them all. 2025-10-07T05:57:04Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp2mmusfvd7fm5kwrp3evvpy9y8qweyvjn8uez2fepvpm5atd8pcczyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkk046mj5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqkx43fvx554j3x4ju3tw2sytt9pgdql42srrwvtq5jcntul7tsyqus70g2'>nevent1q…70g2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh FFS this is a world I nearly departed just over a fortnight ago, and now I&#39;m on the mend it&#39;s worse than ever 😢😢😢<br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub12pw99cs5a6j6r56yafxt355j8h38hhw6fh3zwunhj99m3gv3nfds7zzvxn" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us has moved</span> (<span class="italic">npub12pw…zvxn</span>)</a></span> 2025-10-05T08:40:51Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdn5yhnvqcwjlhchj9dqlm9cvhp52srjqh22zgf3utgl30q2htzpszyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkcq4ztd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9yfamyz42ycl722yllj240908fpxk77r39c3f75j64qs76zyzc7cj2s95z'>nevent1q…s95z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Threatened by quiet non-violent &#34;Gandhian&#34; protest, and in the mean time those who protest violently about &#34;Immigrants&#34;, threaten communities, threaten to burn down hostels and paint the flag of St. George on road furniture get a free pass. The world is topsy turvy. 2025-10-05T07:26:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspjrr4gr6pmxt2j3ekuy5zjs6tmrzuvl28h95jh5c0dgyt4c5zjhszyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkm8hu7m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrrxvdm03xsnua067hudff7327lymyfj5v7tv2n5afha69qeqls0gpxjlrd'>nevent1q…jlrd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sympathise with their view - absolutely not. Empathy - being able, as far as it is humanly possible, to &#34;enter their world and to try to understand&#34; is still achievable. Without that we run the risk of making judgements without understanding. The difficulty is in being able to truly empathise without being drawn in. Friedrich Nietzsche put it well: &#34;When you look long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you&#34;. 2025-10-04T09:42:12Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd9mh4sxafcka8jkqqp205rgwak8sycvz6axkf4dpylu25vlnhaqczyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkky0vs8n A radical kills one worshipper on the streets of the UK and we are, quite correctly, asked to consider the grief of the Jewish community. Israel and their Zionist government murders thousands upon thousands of Palestinian men, women and children in their (appropriately named) &#34;offensive&#34; in Gaza. Where are the calls to consider the grief and anger of the Palestinian diaspora? Are these not people too, do they not bleed and mourn? We have entirely lost any idea of a common humanity. 2025-10-04T07:50:11Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf2hyv8hnpvr66ddd8yzdesh3lz0cd55pt0tc7hqezqckrkax262czyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkqds8ts In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0fge4637ycganfhflne2tp0ahcm9krc539kqevmexqljvhl0tffs7pjhg5'>nevent1q…jhg5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>...and amen to that! I remember a time when there was a thing called &#34;constructive dialogue&#34; that relied upon being able to take the perspective of &#34;the other&#34;. 2025-10-04T07:12:52Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqk4hzsj7jcjak5t8pgfkstewjjclketxuugsd5wkrpp9zp4v3y3szyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkk2f0r3k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstzzmt53ln4ntkkg8e6nz3gcwedtyyw4eegw8mxxnwl667ss5faecsun7rj'>nevent1q…n7rj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m not sure what it is that sets Mastodon apart, but given the lack of algorithmic content promotion is what largely sets it apart from social media in general, I suspect that has a significant role to place. Conversation, whilst perhaps partly siloed, (aren&#39;t our social lived IRL also characterised by silos?) is generally and genuinely respectful, thoughtful and appreciative. The antithesis of life on the bigger platforms. 2025-10-03T09:32:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf75e2ryrhy3cve8dpswwkrnfvjw86mlwndqeuwrc7zrs73j2rv4czyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkqjd9r0 My son brought me a pair of Bluetooth headphones to my hospital bed, and helped me connect them. Listening to Anton Webern&#39;s Langsamer Satz and, like Arnold Schoenberg&#39;s Verklarte Nacht, it&#39;s absolutely gorgeous music. How could I not have discovered it sooner? 2025-10-02T14:53:12Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrac9ghchz6zjmpzcky8m2puzfs7zjctmp6zkkuptyztmp5p0e8kgzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkw3svhk Do others who are now &#34;getting on in years&#34; feel, as I do, that they have an increasingly marginal place in a society that is moving in a direction that feels as though it&#39;s leaving the behind? I don&#39;t say this out of nostalgia for a mythical past, I&#39;ve no emotional attachment to my past, but rather that I see a world in which I feel alienated, that my beliefs about mutuality, empathy and community are being trashed systematically by people who believe in nothing but wealth and power. 2025-09-15T10:44:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxyzm0mprkdt0g3czrg7crkyhlt5d79mw9370radhswgq3c27ye8gzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkv65dwt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd364p6ru9vg2sv04xzsssnzsm3cz9mvf94gleuj57e5uj5wu0ugqpm3ksy'>nevent1q…3ksy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1prmf25mnzfah8drjmq2r45nh6fkflvun4wzawvmnn9f6nrgzujns4la9wj" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Steve Woods</span> (<span class="italic">npub1prm…a9wj</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1m0jej6wguj9528rfl05qry6wfwtzjactvkmc6cazwdnv5md43dvshjqy4f" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Totts</span> (<span class="italic">npub1m0j…qy4f</span>)</a></span><br/><br/>Thank you for the additional info. Mastodon at its best. 2025-09-13T12:31:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxjqu68eevpamp9lh6xhscm6dycvxt48zc7za3dpswxhpn8gmrxvszyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkk4r67nk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfd7egjl7rpvhhkljehfxecj2f2870j78hn7cjvdsn4mdanvl94pctuz4qc'>nevent1q…z4qc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s a descent into the madness of what is already a low-grade civil war, perhaps a continuation of the one of 1861-65. My understanding (someone correct me if I&#39;m wrong) is that the ideology of the Confederacy was founded on a belief in the supremacy of the &#34;white races&#34; (and the right to own and abuse slaves). My fear is that the current violence, encouraged by white supremacists like Fuentes, Kirk and Trump, will escalate into a full-blown civil war. Trump is despicable. 2025-09-13T10:43:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdf8s3kte2getyl5d9ltv9dghj28wxxk7n6cduxn9q58sqw76y9uczyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkudlwhz No-one should die in gun violence but the phrase &#34;Live by the sword...&#34; does seem to be appropriate here. It&#39;s just crazy that the USA, with a population of 340 million should have around 400 million guns in private hands. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/10/charlie-kirk-shot-utah">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/10/charlie-kirk-shot-utah</a> 2025-09-10T20:20:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw004pfkyf74kxq365en76eg9edzm5j530njg23jsg8rdnkaezqfqzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkk2dx5wk I scroll down my feed and get angrier every minute. There&#39;s enough food in the world to feed everyone adequately. <br/><br/>There&#39;s enough money to house them all. <br/><br/>There&#39;s enough goodwill to see an end to wars and expansionism.<br/><br/>Instead we let children go to bed starving, we build and trade in weapons, and we let a handful of people accumulate enormous wealth. <br/><br/>Call ourselves &#34;civilised&#34;? No we&#39;re (those who make these things possible) not! Time for Mme. la Guillotine...! 2025-09-10T19:41:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp2lylckyafeggsg3n02lcegwmshc2m4cnqa2l3ywexse6sxtyvjqzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkd7fn5a But as long as the GDP goes up and the wealthy get wealthier, then all&#39;s right with the world? Shame on politicians and the wealthy<br/><br/>&#34;Britain is facing a deepening hunger crisis with more than 14 million people going without food because they can’t afford it, shocking new analysis has revealed.<br/><br/>A total of 3.8 million children (27 per cent) are among those estimated to be living in homes where people are forced to skip or cut back on meals because of financial concerns.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/food-hunger-crisis-britain-trussell-report-poverty-b2822926.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/food-hunger-crisis-britain-trussell-report-poverty-b2822926.html</a> 2025-09-10T19:35:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs22hyvw2h77rszq9h3qywrux78cqh9c8qjraa46ptp8ley3phxffczyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkuaw6sa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsthyx9l03f90x42hhmp2m06p4fhzvlemgp2yynej4hm9r0qrjc8fsgkl4jz'>nevent1q…l4jz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>- Dot com all over again but even bigger this time. I don&#39;t know what they&#39;ll do with all the left-over data centres, but perhaps that will be the least of our problems. 2025-09-10T14:45:31Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrmyj83hc3z5kec72mvqpx5y0q3qjah32urvmgw4ggp9aggj773rqzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkktth2h0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv2zwsc5ehmq8j5u8vse26wh0mrp34y6q560rgsfs35xfuyy6ndtsxmdaf4'>nevent1q…daf4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The wiping out of the entire indigenous population of Tasmania was carried out systematically by Colonel Arthur after whom Port Arthur was named (a bleak dreadful penal colony for convicts shipped there, often for trivial offences) . British colonial history is a catalogue of similar shameful acts. The shame we should feel is a stark contrast with today&#39;s brutish British exceptionalism from a reinvigorated racist far right. <a href="https://theconversation.com/explainer-the-evidence-for-the-tasmanian-genocide-86828">https://theconversation.com/explainer-the-evidence-for-the-tasmanian-genocide-86828</a> 2025-09-10T10:31:17Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstyp70s0za9gqdd6r70lukzexglxed5dg7cw52f34ffh80v7ewj4czyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkk4qqnmz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdz6yvm4kp2lqekr9xtm3qkc45t6jvjn7r44gdmc8znhvhmv9h36cktrmcx'>nevent1q…rmcx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was thinking particularly about people like Johnson and Gove, but it seems to me that when these people are in charge of so much that affects the well-being of so many of us, then the very least we ought to expect is that there are basic competencies which every member should achieve. In the case of work (e. g. Clacton) then there must be regular surgeries for constituents. In other places, the need for a mechanism to &#34;retire&#34; those who are no longer fit for office is glaringly obvious. 2025-09-08T22:02:32Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdz6yvm4kp2lqekr9xtm3qkc45t6jvjn7r44gdmc8znhvhmv9h36czyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkdn96cu Politics is a weird business. Take airline pilots. Long training, regular line checks to demonstrate competence, restrictions on alcohol and drugs, and a professional approach to their work ( with a duty to report concerns to a regulatory body). Politics? None of that. No need to prove your mental fitness for the job, little or no training, no way to weed out underperformers, drink at subsidised rates in bars provided for your use, and don&#39;t mention the (alleged) coke habits of some members... 2025-09-08T21:54:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp0qj2um9zuzwrf93yqwpmpf5z3ug2f9g36senh5djcztcc3yfz7szyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkhqk965 If you live in the UK have a concealed phone that you keep for emergencies, one that you would rather not have others know about, then it would be sensible to turn it off tomorrow afternoon. <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/emergency-alert-drill-mobile-phone-b2821517.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/emergency-alert-drill-mobile-phone-b2821517.html</a> 2025-09-06T21:06:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgu7kv8a2z67tn4whjrvwd0tnz3e0c0av2xsj5aazf2cfswpk69cgzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkhvy2av In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv48h4zmcgyk8mfy96cazkyghheng4rnk3v6ge05ekd8zu4sz425g9umzdm'>nevent1q…mzdm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Around Christmas last year (thus not a New Year resolution) I decided I would read a hundred books in 2025. Like you I read avidly as a teenager. All kinds of things got in the way and I forgot the enormous pleasure that reading can give. Now on my 80th book. <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ef2qyjmwggut4say72ulyuv536wj5j06tfq6n83kqxamnnesfseq92j7q4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>John Wilker 👨🏽‍💻</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ef2…j7q4</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub13542797qn8u72zwks4umxqlr4q87vqyhlq4d65rwdcthtl42v0asq33rrz" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>#reading</span> (<span class="italic">npub1354…3rrz</span>)</a></span> 2025-09-05T06:56:21Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxdl4k08rfnny0wutjpwu9n6d4s3ph6962w4uddsnmsueznk3ehvczyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkknnyrwj How could we have forgotten so much about the events of 1935 and the subsequent decade when there are still those of 90 or over who remember (and when there is so much documented evidence)? I am not sanguine, not at all... 2025-08-12T17:55:28Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstdm2uaslm845z2y8aa9nmrnjvqwyr7etn2cyzp6lwmypszact2qczyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkr0ks9t At the moment, and as I see it, Trump is destroying everything in the world that I hold dear - human (and especially Women&#39;s) rights, enlightenment, science, the rule of law, environmentalism, tolerance, fairness, even optimism. We will be left with a dystopia, a wasteland and only a few wealthier billionaires to show for it. 2025-08-09T18:14:25Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgeyqqfhny0dn63jg7r30v2xy2zxna6use8v7lxe627jlv8dnq5jczyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkjamcp6 The &#34;I support Palestine Action&#34; are those on the right side of History (and Yvette Cooper is on the wrong one). There is a genocide being carried out in plain sight by the Israeli Government in Gaza and anyone that can&#39;t see that this is utterly abhorrent has no place in government in the UK. If government and police think that arresting those justified in protesting will make the issue magically go away, then they are as wrong as they were about the &#34;Poll Tax&#34; protests. <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/london-protests-palestine-action-arrests-terror-ban-live-updates-b2804813.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/london-protests-palestine-action-arrests-terror-ban-live-updates-b2804813.html</a> 2025-08-09T15:55:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9evvrul84zgtpnnuxjqe9jjx3edm7rkcm27f2wse0w3vhwvxksmczyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkuuvj90 <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/987/387/274/515/905/original/b56655d20a53511a.jpg"> <br/> 2025-08-07T12:04:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyc0gekgfm6xgqxd48zny3gtq4asun8kllsd3jsqexpa2se9zdxuqzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkk73f6zz As one who has travelled to work, both in this country and abroad, but who has in his seventy-odd (seventy odd) years taken, let me see, one honeymoon, two foreign holidays, three trips to visit a son in the US, and a couple of days stopover in Iceland and Malaysia, this article resonates. I prefer travelling with the mind, with the imagination. I&#39;m told I ought to learn solo travelling, but it holds few attractions. Am I really that boring? <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/the-case-against-travel">https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/the-case-against-travel</a> 2025-08-07T11:36:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9qjhhzl3ztjgrqtx9d590w8v5jzum4wqmk0vces72jw9mx7f8h3qzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkudua6q This strikes home. I struggle with the callous inaction of governments every day, (and still more so with the actions of governments that supply the arms that prolong the suffering of the Palestinian people). <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/08/05/gaza-is-also-a-war-on-the-human-instinct-for-compassion/">https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/08/05/gaza-is-also-a-war-on-the-human-instinct-for-compassion/</a> 2025-08-05T16:44:04Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2qhx5yc5x5g0kyxw8tlvxlwj90nnmspycuf22ly5yemldprqr9zczyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkknupd0e I&#39;m off to my much-needed bed. Before I go, I&#39;d like to express my admiration for Iceland and its leaders. I could live happily with people like this...<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/972/549/134/132/494/original/401b695c26ee795e.jpg"> <br/> 2025-08-04T21:14:11Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2wqtaecek9nszd460jm2nj6glcx2zhwsrjeav6s0scvjhj0sm8xgzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkk3yxeps already looking windy out to the west of Ireland... <a href="https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-8.61,54.07,3257">https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-8.61,54.07,3257</a> 2025-08-03T20:37:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8rd2eauv9ayuhuvyx75ud47fvyyf4hugt8vgkg4m37fnwugjskxczyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkk8qn0r6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2sqnfwqylqp2nyummss5hjcrzdkq5c0knx3xny05488kjp78ps2c92htvz'>nevent1q…htvz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>- crackpot &#34;journalist&#34;. &#34;An eye for beauty&#34;? Trump the aesthete? Tawdry gold-plated everything. The man majors on vulgarity. Someone please call the men in white coats for Simon Jenkins... 2025-08-01T21:14:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswx6nxsypcqjaqna9ltxe3smrnrfxzk3qu0udgrg3f4fx0jemlsrgzyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkks7z62x Way too little and way too late. It was indefensible months and months ago. Now it is quite plainly genocidal and a war crime. We (rightly) were in uproar over Srebrenica and Rwanda, but somehow only now are we timidly saying to the Netenyahu regime &#34;Would you please mind not killing so many people by shooting, bombing and starving them&#34;. <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/gaza-palestine-israel-starvation-aid-b2796196.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/gaza-palestine-israel-starvation-aid-b2796196.html</a> 2025-07-25T19:28:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspjrs0qkhnelkq93fhgaeqas6nzrxcz4satem44sp97g903jpc5eczyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkk955mx2 A a child I knew of the horrors of the Ghettos and the concentration camps. It was hard not to know of them; memories were fresh. Then, we recoiled from the horrors that were inflicted by the Nazis. In my mind, there is not the tiniest sliver of a difference between what was done then and what is being done now. The fact is that several nations of the world are permitting this. The world could stop it now - and doesn&#39;t. It MUST be stopped. NOW. Before more die. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/23/israel-gaza-starvation-humanitarian-groups-letter">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/23/israel-gaza-starvation-humanitarian-groups-letter</a> 2025-07-23T17:11:31Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfkjezl0agxk9xe4584zv5nl8nsfrglrrq4hhxtrau2lkg9fnrpsczyql40asyhd9dv293hudnhchlnk8hze4y7az8ze43tcddz3d6gsjkkgdpcz3 My current book. I naively believed I understood that the world is largely conceived by men for men. This is eye-opening. Thanks to Nairn Public Library for having it in a prominent position on their shelves. #bookstodon<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/903/219/778/933/778/original/8b495914f7da2222.jpg"> <br/> 2025-07-23T15:19:53Z