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Elon Musk Faces Fury Over Support for Jailed Fascist Leader The billionaire urged British authorities to free the anti-immigration activist.

I’m a Trump biographer and a Musk biographer.

And I’m telling you...the latter is harder.

Elon does more abominable things daily than Trump. By a lot. He’s a firehose of horror, and I’m finding it extremely hard to keep up with his malevolence.

He’s truly the worst person I’ve ever written about.

Hmmm… Barbra Streisand Effect? I probably wouldn’t have seen this cartoon had it just been allowed to be published in the WP as l don’t subscribe. Today it’s popped up in my feed about ten times from different sources.

Bluesky’s algorithm shows me posts by smaller accounts — many of whom I might never see but want to follow — instead of the same five people over and over and I love that very much.

Germany accuses Elon Musk of trying to influence its election with endorsement of far-right party | CBC News The German government accused U.S. billionaire Elon Musk on Monday of trying to influence its election due in February with articles supporting the far-right Alternative for Germany party, even though...

Not too worried about being allowed to post this here. Elonia doesn't control Blue Sky.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/e...

So why is the Uk imprisoning climate change protesters often on trumped up charges?

A headline saying “‘Worrying’ 40% of Scottish pupils passed maths”

I don’t know why that’s worrying. That’s well over half.

This remains, and I say this advisedly, one of the best exchanges I have ever seen on social media

Happy Christmas to the 600 or so of you who've found your way to this more pleasant place.
Hopefully, next year that number - and more importantly, the number of people on this platform - will have grown a LOT.
I very much doubt Muskland is going to become any more agreeable any time soon

As usual, thought-provoking and insightful from @robertjoseph.bsky.social in Meiningers: www.meiningers-international.com/wine/opinion...

Thank you

Finland gave every homeless person a house and within 6 months 85% had a job and were financially independent.

Less crime, less hospital visits, less suffering and even including the cost of the house, LESS COST than the UK/USA method of abandoning them on the streets.

Elon Musk's curious fixation with Britain The tycoon has changed his tune when it comes to the UK - and there are clues which help to explain why.

What the Muscovite thinks of Britain: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Bring back Erasmus+ and youth mobility in Europe Taking Britain out of the Erasmus+ programme was a huge mistake. Labour must rejoin and accept the EU’s offer of a youth mobility scheme

Taking Britain out of the Erasmus+ programme was a huge mistake.

Labour must rejoin and accept the EU’s offer of a youth mobility scheme

Watch this.

It will make you smile.

Guaranteed!

www.instagram.com/reel/DCsj720...

Photos: Thousands rally in Georgia’s 12th day of pro-EU protests People demanding a new vote and return to EU integration gathered in Tbilisi for the 12th consecutive day of protest.

The news cycle has a limited attention span and other things have been going on... but let's not forget that Georgians have been protesting for nearly 2 weeks now www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024...

Here's a treat: 20 year-old Bob Dylan's first ever recording - playing harmonica for all he's worth on a Harry Belafonte track.

Thanks to BBC R4 Add to Playlist for introducing me to it
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

open.spotify.com/track/5ZOcgv...

If you have any interest in art and the way it is discussed, please watch this.

www.instagram.com/reel/DCtvs6N...

@robertjoseph.bsky.social

Whatever was in these bottles, others with the same labels were produced from different grapes elsewhere in Soviet Union, including a 'wine factory' near Moscow.

Much used the now obsolete 'Russian Continuous' system www.leclubdesvins.com/topic/other-...

Why don't you have #Bluesky as an option on your web page for this petition?

The photograph, taken within a museum setting, depicts two remarkably well-preserved Roman barrels of substantial size. They appear largely complete, with the exception of their upper sections.

XXL transport containers: Two huge #Roman wooden barrels in an outstanding state of preservation, found in Xanten. Both had a capacity of approx. 1250 l and were used to transport #wine from the Mediterranean region to the Lower Rhine. They were recycled for lining wells.1/2

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🏺 #archaeology

UNESCO calls a special session due to the situation in Lebanon.

Tragic!