Grumpy Muppet

Grumpy Muppet

@grumpymuppet.bsky.social

Resident of Wales. Interested in politics, comedy, science, technology, movies, 80s/90s retro, health and fitness, and the Oxford comma. Just trying to be a decent person. Not an actual muppet.

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Everyone in Wales needs to hear this

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

On Question Time last night, I talked about the extractive economic model that has left Wales - and many other nations - impoverished *because they were so rich in resources*. You can see the problem simply by looking at the map: the infrastructure looks like a drainage system.

I Love Animals@petsanimals.bsky.social

She could have walked out of the shelter alone, but she wouldn鈥檛 go without the little dog who had become her family. In the end, someone understood that these two hearts belonged together. 馃ス鉂わ笍

What free speech is: The assurance that you can speak out against your government. What free speech isn鈥檛: The right to tell whatever lies you like, or incite hate and violence without consequence

- What did you do during the war daddy? - Well, I gave myself gout by eating nothing but ham, cheese and white bread. I also worked for the resistance and once stole a crate of avocados from round the back of Waitrose

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