The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older.
Well, following it brought me here & here I plan to stay.
@usmansmith.bsky.social
Now enjoying Malta sun & sea. A life behind me of curious change and interesting people. From Mancunia and yet travelling in both time & space here. Join me for the craic & childlike adulting.
The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older.
Well, following it brought me here & here I plan to stay.
Pilot: (on intercom) There are no air traffic controllers today so everybody look out the window and holler if you see another plane
08.10.2025 15:18 โ ๐ 274 ๐ 48 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 3Xlendi sunset, sea sky and cliffs with the red ball of the sun sizzling as it drops onto the horizon into the sea.
Tables and chairs at dusk looking over a sea at dusk to dark brooding cliffs and pink sky.
Sunset.
Xlendi.
Easing onto another Mediterranean night from a hot sunny day.
A promise from nature that this sunset has been here for centuries & will still be happening for centuries more.
No matter what.
No matter if you or I are here to see it.
The same view for richer or poorer.
Natures vow
These are the core political decisions that save lives or cost lives, they don't get headlines, but they do matter far more!
08.10.2025 15:03 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Abolishing Healthwatch threatens accountability and patient representation โ both of which are essential for patient safety and the effective functioning of the NHS.
That's why Iโve signed Tom Gordonโs letter calling on the government to urgently rethink their decision.
Painting each other with virtue paint that's in only one shade is deeply offensive.
Not only a failure to spell Britian, but a failure to apply emotional intelligence to what it means.
The small power hungry group he is loyal to has taken us on a fairground ride for 14 years.
Change the ringmaster
Someone please explain how a person leaves their homeland, walks miles through rough terrain, comes here with $15, doesnโt speak the language, and still builds an empire. Yet some born here, with access to education, healthcare, & every opportunity, canโt get past complaining about how hard life is.
08.10.2025 09:10 โ ๐ 79 ๐ 10 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 0Kemi Badenoch blames those crossing borders for our problems. Itโs a lie aimed to distract.
The real issue is a system protecting the super-rich while nurses & carers canโt make ends meet. Tax wealth fairly, fund public services properly. This is how we give Britain hope again.
Sleep is when we cup a hand into the waters on the other side. Refreshed to have tasted some of the clear crystal healing liquids we can only glimpse normally.
Our bones & muscles stretched & moulded into lines & curves that better fit into the boxes we inhabit here.
We are energised.
We are more
I hope this does not kill your business my friend.
08.10.2025 12:32 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Mark it mate
He's just in the next room, his shadow lingers here.
Remembering gives that shadow colour.
It's on Americas tortured brow, that Micky mouse has grown up a cow.๐น๐ธ
08.10.2025 10:24 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.
08.10.2025 08:20 โ ๐ 1810 ๐ 468 ๐ฌ 79 ๐ 97Serfs don't need educating on things that could make them see the riches they shall never have.
Born, work, die.
The master holds the whip.
The blindfold too.
WAR smiled.
"Hey death, they are banning the arts again in education"
DEATH sighed.
"Stupidity runs deep in wannabee dictators, that's the only human trait worth preserving!"
WAR rattled a sabre.
"Education, the enemy of peace, so I am fine with that"
DEATH lifted the scythe.
"Rest in Peace!?"
Light bulbs, history & faith.
Even if you don't believe you can enjoy the trappings of faith.
The fools who try to convince you that Christmas is cancelled, Easter is banned, Eid is dangerous don't see reality.
We all enjoy a good celebration, ours & everyone else's.
We are more human than haters.
Breeding the next generation of serfs to serve the masters.
The conservatives still imagine themselves as the political arm of the masters.
But 14 years of incompetence has shifted that view.
Labour are unfortunately filling that void.
But they are struggling to serve master & serf.
Greens next?
Tomorrow we will learn who has been awarded the #NobelPeacePrize for this year. Whoever wins will receive worldwide attention to what they have done to merit the award. In my view it should go to the healthcare workers working in Gaza so many of whom, with their families, have been injured or killed
08.10.2025 09:07 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0DEATH gave a dry chuckle.
"Memory, something I cannot escape, I have to remember each one I collect".
The pale horse farted again.
"Anthropomorphic entity & I have to spend eternity remembering every one of you, no matter how boring"
WAR stood up.
"Drones are no fun, I just want to stab something"
Teenage life, above Shaw, Lancashire, 1957, photo by Bert Hardy.
07.10.2025 07:18 โ ๐ 205 ๐ 35 ๐ฌ 6 ๐ 2Dark satanic thrills, simpler times wonderfully framed, when Skiffle was king & rebellion was in the smog heavy air.
08.10.2025 01:45 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Once you have seen it, you cannot unsee it.
Unlike the actual memory wipe device.
Class war
No class
Lots of war
It's all built on sand
The Donald trump way
Does not own the land
All you can do is pray
Towers of gold
Our future sold
Children the victims
So are the Dems
Can't speak of the devil
Or your soul they will level
Disease is his gift
No healing the rift
Between city's he hates
With speeches he bates
Just had a Men in Black moment....
07.10.2025 23:25 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0To rapturous applause!
07.10.2025 23:21 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Old frail immune compromised guy here who will be chasing down needles next week.
They are on offer here .
Avoided COVID completely.
I suspect moving to a tiny island away from people may ultimately be the reason.
Flying to the UK in November so I intend to limit the damage of anything I catch.
I object to the way 'pure' was tainted in this.
Biggley Evil?
And wear a nice suit...
07.10.2025 22:34 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Weighty words, measured responses, interesting content.
It adds to life's sparkle here.