Paddy Roberts

I AM NOT FREE WHILE ANY WOMAN IS UNFREE, EVEN WHEN HER SHACKLES ARE VERY DIFFERENT FROM MY OWN.

#WIPSnips A glorious return of the actual WIP, Bloodbath & Beyond! Today, Freya meets Chad the human and they discuss things big and small. Including wars.

“Somewhere, I believe, the esteemed Terry Pratchett is smiling and nodding with approval at Larssen” –
@plstuart-author.bsky.social

A thousand thank yous, @dmcwriter.bsky.social

Merçi, @dmcwriter.bsky.social for the repost!

#AutumnVibes 🍂 @Reddit

a man holds up a card that says would i lie to you ALT: a man holds up a card that says would i lie to you

Thank for the repost. Based on a true story, I swear.

suspecting mine may be the first generation to wish, on their deathbed

not that they’d spent less time working or conforming

but less time on their phones instead of with the person in front of them

A self #evolution,
each #instance
that I #write,
my #oeuvre
forming—
#verve pouring
from my heart,
little parts of me
birthed into words.

Some I midwife
easily, others flow
more painfully,
yet no matter,
my infant parts
are fragile
so handle
with care
lest they
should shatter.

#2wordprompt #vss365

Home English Poets The British by Benjamin Zephaniah "Take some Picts, Celts and Silures And let them settle, Then overrun them with Roman conquerors. Remove the Romans after approximately 400 years Add lots of Norman French to some Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Vikings, then stir vigorously. Mix some hot Chileans, cool Jamaicans, Dominicans, Trinidadians and Bajans with some Ethiopians, Chinese, Vietnamese and Sudanese. Then take a blend of Somalians, Sri Lankans, Nigerians And Pakistanis, Combine with some Guyanese And turn up the heat. Sprinkle some fresh Indians, Malaysians, Bosnians, Iraqis and Bangladeshis together with some Afghans, Spanish, Turkish, Kurdish, Japanese And Palestinians Then add to the melting pot. Leave the ingredients to simmer. As they mix and blend allow their languages to flourish Binding them together with English. Allow time to be cool. Add some unity, understanding, and respect for the future, Serve with justice And enjoy. Note: All the ingredients are equally important. Treating one ingredient better than another will leave a bitter unpleasant taste. Warning: An unequal spread of justice will damage the people and cause pain. Give justice and equality to all."

The British by Poet Mr #BenjaminZephaniah

Once again, thank you @jangoeswriting.bsky.social

Vervet monkey, probably bored with all the tourists poking cameras at her. Stolen from welcometozambia.com Sorry.

Monkey bit my wife
To prove she was the OG:
Mutha 'ing Verve-T

#vss365 #prompt #verve

I Don't Know

Favourite lyric? You'll be asking us to choose between our children next...

But, in the spirit of answering your question, I often find myself humming through this song: open.spotify.com/track/7IsvEE...

Thank you, @oddly-me.bsky.social for your kind repost.

The UK Media is very interesting, Angela Rayner who tried to avoid tax was on the TV and in Media every day of the week.

But Reform UK's ex-Welsh Leader pleads guilty to Bribery Charges.

And we need to forget about it instantly.

Can't be having bad PR for Reform.

Ooof.

"Nobel Committee chairman Jorgen Watne Frydnes begins by saying it goes to a "brave and committed champion of peace".

"A woman who keeps the flame of democracy burning amidst a growing darkness."

I guess that's not Donald, then.

Lay's "India's Magic Masala" flavour crisps.

Being an "if there are crisps, I'll eat them" sort of person, I'm not sure how anyone can have a favourite (or "flavourite") crisp. Especially if it's Prawn Cocktail, which is well known to be the work of the Devil.

These are nice, though (although they self-identify as <shudders> 'chips'):

As good a place to be as any! And thank you for the repost.

I am not dead;
Just lying here, communing with the forest's floor.
I have taken off my boots, and my summer coat.
I may be some time:
I might make a log of my thoughts.

#WildWalkPrompt #Log

Thank you for the repost, @nache-bisconti.bsky.social

Indeed... and thanks for the repost, @thedevilstuna.bsky.social

Many thanks, @bithipaulauthor.bsky.social for reposting this!

Thanks, again, @jangoeswriting.bsky.social for the repost!

Thank you @fizzytwizler.bsky.social for reposting!

Release
the Files*

Libertine:
Infinitely
Believable;
Earnest
Reprobate
Trump
Instructed,
Neutralize
Epstein.

#tHartigan
#vss365 #libertine
* all the files & everyone complicit

Still from a film of that name with a couple of actors.

Is one man's freedom
Not another's slavery?
Libertines say "no".

#vss365 There's a very #libertine search thread on bluesky, should you follow it...😵‍💫

a man is singing into a microphone in a dark room . ALT: a man is singing into a microphone in a dark room .

Living in the Netherlands in the 00s I mined a particularly rich vein of music. From Amy Winehouse to Iron Maiden, via Burning Spear, Bob Dylan, Dr John, Meatloaf, Miriam Makeba ... : but possibly my favourite was Leonard Cohen, at the Westerpark, Amsterdam.

A poem, set to a Presidential Portrait. Guilted Ticket: What will happen when they realise That they've been in an immersive show? Those premium tickets that they bought, With the sweet popcorn, for the front row, That they marked (in pen) with an 'X', Or posted, or keyed into the machine, Weren't really for a President But, in cold reality, may have been... The last time they had to do it. Well, now; would they have risked it, If it had said on the flyer: "Vote for me once: I'll never retire" And now they may whimper; but they'd better not yell: Or a dawn raid from his agents might take them to Hell.

#poetry

Blimey! Thank you. I honestly don't know what to say.

Thank you.