Yes Ayatollah Khamenei WAS an evil tyrant β but when is Trump going to call out his buddy Putin? Also one of the most evil men in history β but instead he got the red carpet treatment in Alaska.
01.03.2026 09:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@pauldavidgould.bsky.social
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Yes Ayatollah Khamenei WAS an evil tyrant β but when is Trump going to call out his buddy Putin? Also one of the most evil men in history β but instead he got the red carpet treatment in Alaska.
01.03.2026 09:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I donβt get Israelβs logic.
Its defence minister says it launched βpre-emptiveβ airstrikes on Iran to βdefend Israelβ β¦
β¦ but then says: βAs a result, a missile + drone attack against the Israelβs civilian population is expected.β
Well, duh! itβs hardly βdefenceβ when you provoke an attack.
So Israel is launching a "preventive" strike on Iran and also announcing a state of emergency, because they expect Iran to respond to their "preventive" strike by launching missiles. So like... what's being prevented here?
28.02.2026 06:42 β π 3552 π 688 π¬ 123 π 20Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started
Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started
28.02.2026 07:19 β π 22712 π 6853 π¬ 670 π 391
I donβt get Israelβs logic.
Its defence minister says it launched βpre-emptiveβ airstrikes on Iran to βdefend Israelβ β¦
β¦ but then says: βAs a result, a missile + drone attack against the Israelβs civilian population is expected.β
Well, duh! itβs hardly βdefenceβ when you provoke an attack.
Yes, this is also the theme of this BBC documentary β and it cynically covers up the extent of the carnage from Russia's more comfortable classes in Moscow and St Petersburg
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Bravo @bbcstever.bsky.social
But Putin also tries to cover up the carnage of his pointless war in Ukraine by keeping it well away from the comfortable classes in Moscow & St Pburg.
How? By cynically conscripting prisoners & ethnic minorities who the Kremlin treats as disposable cannon fodder.
Just watched the excellent but depressing documentary . . . This woman Polina Azarnykh is evil
19.02.2026 09:38 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0You're right: she's vicious and evil
19.02.2026 09:38 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Just watched the excellent but depressing documentary . . . This woman Polina Azarnykh is evil
19.02.2026 09:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Just watched the excellent but depressing documentary . . . That woman Polina Azarnykh is evil
19.02.2026 09:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
There's a lot wrong across UK media β esp The T'graph, Mail, Express and Sun owned by rightwing tax-dodgers
But fact-chk: Guardian, FT and BBC *AREN'T* owned by them β Guardian by a charitable trust; FT by Nikkei of Japan; BBC by us, the public
Down Memory Lane @unibirmingham.bsky.social
Big thanks @davidep82.bsky.social & Laura Price-Scott of #Birmingham's #alumni office!
As part of #LGBTQ history, I discussed my #novel Last Dance (pub'd by @unboundsocials.bsky.social now @wiltonsquare.bsky.social) #Russia #Putin #gay rights & #writing
Down Memory Lane @unibirmingham.bsky.social
Big thanks @davidep82.bsky.social & Laura Price-Scott of #Birmingham's #alumni office!
As part of #LGBTQ history, I discussed my #novel Last Dance (pub'd by @unboundsocials.bsky.social now @wiltonsquare.bsky.social) #Russia #Putin #gay rights & #writing
Catch me on MON 9 FEB @unibirmingham.bsky.social with #alumni tsar @davidep82.bsky.social in #LGBTQ History Month
β‘οΈLaw Building 1pm, FREE but register at shorturl.at/TnCI5
We'll discuss my #Russia-set #pre- #Putin #gay #novel Last Dance, studying #Russian #journalism #creativewriting & #publishing
Ice-rink #gay romance
Closeted #Russian boy
Steamy #same-sex love
#Heated #Rivalry fan?
Check out my post-Soviet pre- #Putin suspense novel 'Last Dance'
Buy it @wiltonsquare.bsky.social
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Can Trump sink any lower?
Sadly yes. News of his sick racist βTruthβ social post depicting the Obamas as apes says it all.
Trump is an abhorrent, petty, disgusting cesspit of a person.
#dumpTrump #impeachTrump #ICEout #standwithMinneapolis
Can Trump sink any lower?
Sadly yes. News of his sick racist βTruthβ social post depicting the Obamas as apes says it all.
Trump is an abhorrent, petty, disgusting cesspit of a person.
#dumpTrump #impeachTrump #ICEout #standwithMinneapolis
π’Must-watch viewing! @bbcstever.bsky.social shares a year as BBC Moscow correspondent
Steve voices a fair-minded fascination with #Russia, showing its descent into war with #Ukraine under #Putin β but also shares the 1990s hopes of peace and democracy
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUe7...
π’Must-watch viewing! @bbcstever.bsky.social shares a year as BBC Moscow correspondent
Steve voices a fair-minded fascination with #Russia, showing its descent into war with #Ukraine under #Putin β but also shares the 1990s hopes of peace and democracy
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUe7...
Join me β sign the petition!
Stop Trump sportswashing his reputation and keep his ICE thugs away from football fans during the World Cup
footballagainstfascism.org
Bravo Steve! Iβm impressed and touched by your combination of reporting and empathy, your nostalgia for the friendlier and more optimistic times we knew in Russia. Stay safe, vaevo samovo dobrovo, Paul
03.02.2026 22:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Ice-rink #gay romance
Closeted #Russian boy
Steamy #same-sex love
#Heated #Rivalry fan?
Check out my post-Soviet pre- #Putin suspense novel 'Last Dance'
Buy it @wiltonsquare.bsky.social
@bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social @kemptownbookshop.bsky.social @citybookshove.bsky.social @waterstones.bsky.social
Catch me on MON 9 FEB @unibirmingham.bsky.social with #alumni tsar @davidep82.bsky.social in #LGBTQ History Month
β‘οΈLaw Building 1pm, FREE but register at shorturl.at/TnCI5
We'll discuss my #Russia-set #pre- #Putin #gay #novel Last Dance, studying #Russian #journalism #creativewriting & #publishing
RIP Alex Pretti.
25.01.2026 04:05 β π 2683 π 720 π¬ 102 π 49
Another American shot dead in Minneapolis, weeks after the murder of Renee Good.
And now β while governor Tim Walz and mayor Jacob Frey call for restraintβ the sickening spectacle of lie-spewing Trump-appointed Stepford harridan Kristi Noem
Another American shot dead in Minneapolis, weeks after the murder of Renee Good.
And now β while governor Tim Walz and mayor Jacob Frey call for restraintβ the sickening spectacle of lie-spewing Trump-appointed Stepford harridan Kristi Noem
Unbelievable barefaced lying on @channel4news.bsky.social by #Russiaβs OSCE representative Polyansky, blaming #Ukraine & #Zelensky for the war that spawn-of-Satan #Putin STARTED.
Fact: it was #Russia that invaded.
#slavaUkraini #PutinOut #dumpTrump
Unbelievable barefaced lying on @channel4news.bsky.social by #Russiaβs OSCE representative Polyansky, blaming #Ukraine & #Zelensky for the war that spawn-of-Satan #Putin STARTED.
Fact: it was #Russia that invaded.
#slavaUkraini #PutinOut #dumpTrump
As Zelensky travels to Davos . . .
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