Very thought-provoking. The primary information providers in the world are also the very few at the absolute top of the wealth chain. This affects how we communicate with each other. The top of the wealth chain used to be in banking, manufacturing, & transportation. What does this mean? #ProudBlue

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This was a lot of fun...

I went down a rabbit hole reading about Charlie Chaplin, which led me to wonder if anyone donned the "toothbrush moustache" after WWII. Lo and behold, there were a handful of people who did sport the "Hitler moustache" - including Fred F-ing Trump. SURPRISE, SURPRISE.

By Barry Blitt.

63% of Americans are embarrassed that Trump is our president. I am one of them.

27 October 1903 | A Czech Jewish woman, Mariana Mautnerová, was born in Jihlava. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 15 May 1944. She did not survive. --- Women at Auschwitz Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/ Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8

A bloody good read! In every sense.

It's no surprise that Reform voters don't see themselves as racist. Everybody thinks they're the good guys. What's shocking is that 1 in 20 Reform voters know they're racists, and do it anyway.

How can this be 500 years old? Rosso Fiorentino painted this “Deposition from the Cross” (detail) in 1521. The vibrant oil paints & gestures really catch the eye. Formerly in Volterra Duomo. Now recently restored & in Pinacoteca e Museo Civico di Volterra, Italy #Art #Renaissance

Richard Gere helping Asylum Seekers, RT if he is a billion times the man Nigel Farage is.

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Even in terrible times, our Heroes still find time for humor 😄💪🏻

Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "You are famous for talking about refugees, Palestinians" Richard Gere, "Do you really believe what these clowns like Trump, Orban, Netanyahu, Putin, what these guys say?" "Or do you look at your heart and go: the world isn't like that?"

I called out a Reform MP’s racist comments in Parliament today. I withdrew calling her a racist for her racist comments. But let’s be clear - racism has no place in Parliament or our politics.

Reform UK Kent ➡️ Kicked Out Brian Black Oliver Bradshaw Paul Thomas Bob Ford Bill Barratt ➡️ Defected Amelia Randall ➡️ Suspended Maxine Fothergill

Daisy Cooper makes it clear: if Nigel Farage is serious about tackling racism in his party, he needs to act now. @libdemdaisy.bsky.social

Sensible people in Cornwall 👍

BREAKING - Liberal Democrats have overtaken Reform to become the largest group on Cornwall Council. We are the only party that can stand up and win against Nigel Farage, Reform and their divisive, populist politics.

"23 councillors, Reform now sits behind the Liberal Democrats who have 26 sitting councillors. The council is run by a Lib Dem / Independent coalition." www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...

Walz: "They are paying contractors to pay down the East Wing but they're not putting money into the food bank. So if there's a sense of frustration in America, it's very real ... when the White House press secretary said their top priority is the ballroom, we could not disagree more."

More early SNL cast sketches. #caricature #art

The far right is rising - but so is the resistance! From no-platforming to community action, activists fight hate with unity and creativity. Real change means standing for something, not just against. Stop the Far Right! 🛑 #HopeNotHate #DefendDemocracy thesocialchangeagency.org/blog/ways-to...

Oh look. Grooming gang victim who resigned from inquiry is doing a joint press conference with Farage.

Absolute THUGS should NOT be on the streets 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

In this week’s Pecksniff – Green momentum, Labour mutiny, Tory turmoil and one very cross Farage.

Halloween is nearly upon us! Here's "Witches: five silhouetted figures." Aquatint by M. Dubourg after B.A. Townshend, 1815. From the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social

A 2,000 year-old Roman mosaic glass bowl with a dazzling swirl of colours resembling a kaleidoscope of tiny flags! V&A Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

Brazil and Peru are failing uncontacted people – and the Amazon’s future is at stake | Julio Cusurichi Palacios and Beto Marubo

Everything's ... fine?

#MosaicMonday with this one of a Panther and other Dionysiac symbols on display in Herculaneum's on-site musem. The museum panel doesn'tsay where it's from, or specify each symbo, though I can definitely see the thyrsus. #AncientBlueSky🏺

Idiotic man 😱😡😱😡

"They’ve been here for billions of years. They do evolution on a much faster scale." Microbiologist Bonnie Bassler shares how understanding bacteria and their surprisingly complex behaviors could help us better understand ourselves.

A remarkably well-preserved early medieval comb, found in Trier, 5th century, made from animal bone with iron rivets. The comb consists of three layers: the central strip with fine teeth is decorated with stylized animal heads and is framed by two side plates. To protect the ... 🧵1/2 📷 me 🏺

Sky news also interrupted their news programme to go live to Farage. They both do this all the time,and it's a big factor in how Farage &Co are gaining power and voters. Same way Trump got to where he is now. MSM normalise them till it becomes self fulfilling prophecy. God help us.

Ahem

"They call it 'violence' when we refuse to die quietly." Kasper Benjamin Reimer Bjørkskov

You may notice a lot of US flags are being flown in Georgia's protests recently, this is because protestors are working towards pushing the US to pass the MEGOBARI Act and impose sanctions on the Russian backed regime that took over their country. A real shot in the dark but worth the try. #3E

Without well-funded public schools and well-paid teachers, the class divide will widen until we wake up one day to find we're living under Authoritarianism. We can't let Trump defund the Department of Education nor public school funding. It's straight from the fascist playbook.

NT members: time to vote…

Men who are willing to do whatever it takes to gain power over others are morally unfit to wield that power.

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The fifth consecutive year of archaeological excavations at Bremenium Fort, High Rochester in Northumberland National Park has delivered its most remarkable season yet