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@tonybarrett.bsky.social

Ex-Bloomberg editor, Pontypridd Observer reporter and NCP carpark ramp sweeper.

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Yes, and sorry for the typo. My bad

14.10.2025 10:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

King Cnut

14.10.2025 10:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œYou basically get a building drive that doesn't answer the reasons you wanted it in the first place.”

Counterpoint. If you want to build more housing, you need to make it viable to build more housing.

13.10.2025 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe Brits can find jobs in thriving Poland… oh, wait

12.10.2025 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Well dressed older lady asks riot police for directions as tourists in sunglasses sit around with the Eiffel Tower in the distance.

Well dressed older lady asks riot police for directions as tourists in sunglasses sit around with the Eiffel Tower in the distance.

This was the extent of the turmoil I saw at the Bloquon Tout demo…

11.10.2025 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not in contradiction, & stealing from @mariosrichards.bsky.social, when I suggest it was coalition between authoritarians & market liberals. 'We get lower taxes and free trade, you get to see unions, minorities, etc. bashed over the head'. Liberals failed, authoritarians split

08.10.2025 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Not great

07.10.2025 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The blue line and the black line

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05.10.2025 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The loss of ancient pylon lands

02.10.2025 09:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks!

01.10.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you

30.09.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œIn fact the CIA actively promoted it.” You have a source?

30.09.2025 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I predict a 'self-deprecating' tax avoidance joke

28.09.2025 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Points me in the right direction, tho. Thanks!

26.09.2025 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks. Was looking for something similar

26.09.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Brand please?

26.09.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
David Fincher - People Are Perverts
YouTube video by kbwn David Fincher - People Are Perverts

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20.09.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œall sorts”

18.09.2025 09:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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No Shortcuts - Wikipedia

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12.09.2025 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And keep reposting this bsky.app/profile/sjwr...

12.09.2025 06:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Going to keep reposting this

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12.09.2025 06:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
3 Brilliant Moments of Blocking (in Kurosawa's High and Low)
YouTube video by CineFix - IGN Movies and TV 3 Brilliant Moments of Blocking (in Kurosawa's High and Low)

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06.09.2025 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At least the operation had as its goal crucially advancing Trump’s renowned negotiating skills with dictators and nothing stupid

05.09.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œrates of defection from Labour are highest among those who strongly oppose immigration and higher taxes. These losses are limited in number, given so few of [those] people voted for Labour in 2024, but they underline the fact that Labour’s strategy has not succeeded on its own terms”

03.09.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

They're going to turn it into Moral Maze, aren't they

03.09.2025 11:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I see what you're saying though don't know enough to judge. If people won't pay level of taxes to fund govt housing, then needs to be profit for private sector. I also think of distracted bf meme where, gf is housing crisis and the distraction is kicking your enemies in the teeth. Maybe wrong

02.09.2025 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ha

02.09.2025 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Isn't this the perfect being the enemy of the good?

02.09.2025 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tangential, trivial & almost certainly bollox but I can't stop it rattling around my head so finally posting it here to exorcise. I wonder if Joseph Henrich's idea of WEIRDness is less Catholic Church banning cousin marriage & more recent post-WWII lib-dem norms. Caveat: I haven't read his book...

02.09.2025 10:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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