Nicolas

Bluesky logged me out of my account @ragnar-viking.bsky.social and despite resets etc am unable to get back in, hence this “recovery“ account …

Meanwhile, pro-democracy, pro-Europe protesters in Tbilisi, Georgia, are tonight nearing their 700th consecutive day of protest against the pro-Russian government. They haven't missed a single day in the last 23 months.

Phew !!

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I had to look up The Cheesecake Factory that Obama referred to. Christ, no wonder there’s a health crisis in the USA

When I lived in Cardiff in the early 80’s there were salmon leaping up the wiers at Blackwier, Bute Park. Now this Unsafe water, burning eyes and kerosene slicks: residents demand answers on River Taff leak | Environment | The Guardian

Who are these idiots who make up the 36% ??

Elon Musk's attempt to distance himself from a move Ukraine says put lives at risk took a major hit with a new report.

Americans bemoaning the price of food always quote ground beef and eggs. Do they not eat anything else ?

Nothing says I’m protesting about the education system and rising costs like burning the tourist office and the Hotel de Ville before nicking a TV and some mobile phones.

Not quite sure what my carrots have been up to but it’s a new one for the KarmaSutra

If I were Healey, I’d tell the IMF to take a running jump.

An utter Bar Steward Trump puts new Russia sanctions passed by Congress on hold amid deepening row with Ukraine | Trump administration | The Guardian

I recall telling my teachers that no one is going to ask me for the square root of something but they may ask me directions in French We are teaching children maths they will never use. Isn’t it better to help them speak fluently? | Simon Jenkins | The Guardian

La honte …

If only the American tv companies had the balls of the BBC instead of rolling over and handing Trump millions of dollars.

If there was any lingering doubt about Trump’s Russian affiliations and his desperation regarding the midterms…. 👇 Trump says Ukraine needs a new leader after diesel deal with Russia | Volodymyr Zelenskyy | The Guardian

Shows where his loyalties lie. Some patriot.

Burnham on booze at football « I don’t see how it can be fair that some supporters of one sport can be treated differently. » That’s cos at rugby matches the thugs are on the pitch not the crowds as in soccer.

Harborne: “My £36M is a philanthropic gift to the nation” Delo: “My £36M creates a level playing field for Reform” Farage: “I’ll slash CGT to save you £100M/yr” Reform: bought by millionaires to enrich millionaires. Reform voters… They. Are. Laughing. At. You. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

I’m just a person on my fucking knees begging the government to use its absolutely massive majority to do something extremely fucking popular: save our democracy.

If Harbourne and Delo wanted to change society for the better, then their combined £72 million could have been given to cancer research, to buy hospital equipment, fund libraries, indeed, anything philanthropic but they chose to fund a dangerous ,vulgar and racist political company. F*ckers.

All the money in the world won’t make Reform’s moronic policies workable. It won’t make their people less racist or idiotic. It won’t sort out their ridiculous egos or end the investigations. It won’t make the majority of us loathe them any less. In fact, the money may well bury them. Let’s hope so.

What does he expect to gain from this ? Burnham ought to have taken action weeks ago. This is Americanising UK politics www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Having first tried being a ‘one nation’ Cameron-Tory, then a remainer, then a rabid brexiter, Jenrick has now decided that his route to power lies in being a nasty little far-right shit. A total loser scrabbling around for ‘likes’ in the cesspit of Reform. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/robert...

Well who’d have thunk ?? Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show | Rewilding | The Guardian

Im sorry but how is killing these fish a conservation success ??? First bluefin tunas caught off Yorkshire since 1960s ‘success story’ for marine conservation | Fish | The Guardian

This is not normal …

What could possibly go wrong?

Piss up and brewery come to mind

Quelle surprise ! Britain could face food shortages as drought continues, farmers warn | Farming | The Guardian

Why are they so surprised ? We’ve been warning them for years.

Just to recap: Calling Nigel Farage “an unflushable poo” = dehumanising hate speech. Calling for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set on fire = guest of honour at party conference. Bless those non-racist free speech warriors.

Bonjour tout le monde

6,000 year old carvings at Givrinis, Morbihan, Brittany.

Too late, we’re all already depressed and will remain so until the orange loon shuffles of his mortal coil.

En écrivant à Vladimir Poutine, Volodymyr Zelensky s’adresse aux élites russes, lassées de la guerre en Ukraine

Not just Thames Water www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Southport murders. Farage ignores victims' parents. Riles up his base. Riots. Henry Nowak murder. Farage ignores victim's parents. Riles up his base. Riots. Murders by white people. Silence. If that's not a pattern of racially motivated incitement to riot, I don't know what is.

If you say "I support Palestine Action", they might put you in jail. If you incite a racist riot, they put you on the news.

This is precisely what Farage wanted to happen

Racist politicians whip up racist outrage. Widespread disorder ensues. The courts treat widespread disorder with the severity that they have always treated widespread disorder. Racist politicians cry “two-tier justice”, whipping up racist outrage. Rinse. Repeat. It’s so fucking tedious.

35c en Normandie C’est pas normale

“I’ve appointed my personal lawyer as Acting Attorney General and he has agreed that the IRS can’t touch me” is pretty flagrant stuff.