A beautiful and humble tribute to the late Pope Francis. A lesson in kindness and humility, by Dr Timothy Snyder open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Segesta, Sicily. A day away from April Fool jokes, social media and right wing MAGA morons yo clear my head and regain some balance.

She told us so but many laughed, scoffed and claimed ‘it would never happen’. Well, she told you so. kamala2024.substack.com/p/kamala-was...

Happy Mothers Day to mine in heaven. I wish I could buy her an ice cream and we could have one more together. We ate a lot of ice cream. I miss her dreadfully

Il cibo fantastico della Sicilia #mangia

Mangiamo! #sicily

Breathtaking Monreale Cathedral, Sicily.

Blood on his hands. Netanyahu is committing genocide with our permission.

Imagine negotiating with Putin and then coming out and telling everyone what bastards the Canadians are. Imagine having a brain so broken that this sequence of events is even thinkable.

Clear as day - Trump wants more Ukrainians to die.

The whole thing was a set up to entertain and reassure Russia that Trump is paying his dues. Let that one sink in. Get angry, get vocal now. Tomorrow we got to get even.

If it comes to tearing up an alliance with the US, on whom our full defence capability still rests, we will have to deal with it. Once we commit to backing Ukraine militarily, we must see it through to whatever end, including our troops facing war and death. So, please stop shouting 'DO SOMETHING'

Today’s UK Defence statement is a comfort & a worry. Comfort in that our Govt and the opposition talk in conciliatory and collaborative ways. In my view, we edge nearer to a wartime footing by choosing to transfer soft power the international devt aid budget to UK defence. We are European.

JD Vance is such a loser. He hates the truth and all who espouses fact and decency. We don’t need the USA. We and Europe need to wean ourselves off the US in the same way we weaned ourselves off Russia.

Chris Mason @BBC is on a biased anti Labour war path based on last night’s piece on Rachel Reeves. He had the nerve to go on air and claim it is his “duty to report nuance” (lack of evidence) to make a mockery of BBC journalism. Shame on him. He should go to his new spiritual home at GB News.

Europe threw Ukraine under the bus three years ago when we limited their weapons capability and range. We are to blame for Ukraine not winning and should start thinking faster, more creatively about how to help them end this. Trump has made this all the more harder. Do we want Putin on our doorstep?

Unsurprisingly, inflation in the US starts its climb. Quickly. The price of eggs (avian flu aside) has risen by 15%. How much patience is Trump expecting of those who voted for him? When will they show him the door? www.reuters.com/markets/us/u...

One minute sunshine the next minute rain

Trying out Flashes…bit clunky but I’m delighted there is a contender for Instagram that connects to your Bluesky account. Still a long way to go but listen… Yay!!

Acera rock pools

Day trip to Agaete, Gran Canaria

We're seeing a toxic surge of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric on GB News. This is what advertisers such as Sky are enabling. If Ofcom continues failing to enforce its own rules, then MPs need to step in and hold it to account. bylinetimes.com/2025/01/31/g...

If only he would go swimming, with the fishes…

The Brexit fault lies firmly with Nigel Farage, David Cameron and Boris Johnson. They destroyed our country. End of. #rejoinEU

Kung Hei Fat Choi! Happy Chinese New Year. As the new Year of the Snake slithers in, I wish you all wisdom, grace and vitality for this auspicious year.

Hey @flashesapp.bsky.social are we nearly there yet?

It’s an eye opening assessment and explanation into the man and his psyche. Now I understand the only way to deal with him is to simply ignore him and help stupid people break the hypnotic spell he has has over them.

Brexit is dead. Let’s #rejoinEU

My Instagram is now flooded with Melania and Musk profiles. The more I block them, more show up. Bit of a coincidence after I requested all my data for Facebook and Instagram. I guess my decision is more than made for me. #goodbyemetaverse

Looks like the Trump government isn’t going down too well in Germany then. “Sad”

Keep up the hard work! Well done to everyone who contacted companies and asked them to stop advertising on GB news. 👏👏

Sit tight. Trump is on a rampage and he has only just started. Today he has picked on innocent Palestinians to 'clean out' Gaza. www.bbc.com/news/article... Also picked on Colombian farmers and anyone in the USA who buys coffee, avocados, and bananas. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...

Keep the great work up. It is down to us to keep our world sane and habitable

Trump is bad for our planet. He promotes the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians out of their homelands and supports Netanyahu’s genocidal rampage. He is a monster and needs to be stopped. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Israel do not want peace. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Elon isn’t a fascist or racist or even a patriot. He doesn’t care enough to be any of those things. He is a useful idiot just like Trump. He is only in for himself. So stay tuned and watch him blow up when things go belly up for him with Trump. Bring popcorn. 🍿

Trump, the man who said he wanted to execute drug dealers, just pardoned… a drug dealer.

Good game tonight, LFC! I’m so proud of you! What a great time to be a brand new fan and member 💕💕

Europe needs to wake up and realise we need to live without Trump’s USA. The UK should not rely on our close relationship with the Americans. The next 4 years will be turbulent because this man is going to change world order and not for the better.

I’ve been on Facebook since 2007. Today I deactivated my account and I have requested all my data. Wow, it feels like such a big step. Some of my friends think I’m mad, that I shouldn’t burn my bridges. Maybe I’ll just keep the acccount deactivated for a few years. What do you think?

Trump comes to power. Tariffs are coming down the line. The Tories admit Brexit was a disaster under them. Growth isn’t happening fast enough and we need to get real. Face up to the truth and fact that Brexit has damaged our country. Time for the UK to rejoin the EU. #RejoinEU

Oh gawd’s sake, LFC, get yer act together. So many opportunities!

Read and enjoy

A new contender for Insta, and hopefully a solution for me to take my content from Instagram and leave the metaverse. Please hurry!!

Kemi Badenoch to criticise Theresa May and Boris Johnson ‘mistakes’

Is this really the kind of ‘unbiased’ journalism we should expect from the BBC? New City minister's pro-China stance under scrutiny www.bbc.com/news/article...

Father of Israeli captive says Netanyahu 'committing war crimes' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-captive-father-says-netanyahu-committing-war-crimes