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@robinjohns.bsky.social

I love Books, Movies, Art, Skiing, Wine, Coffee, Travel, Cricket, Running. Am a Dad, Husband & Twin. Born in Luxembourg. Anti-Brexit. Pro-US Dems. Pro-Choice.

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WARNING: This video will change you
YouTube video by Eleven Films WARNING: This video will change you

Number of days without a school shooting:

ZERO.

We hope someday our video will not be relevant anymore.

#EndGunViolenceNow

16.12.2024 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 5649    πŸ” 2137    πŸ’¬ 211    πŸ“Œ 180
Old Fox's Advent Calendar. The Seventeenth Window. Ermine had been hard at work all summer and autumn on a collection of painted, wooden toys. Many of them were directly influenced by the boats in the harbour of their fishing village, their bright red and yellow sails, their clean, functional shapes.  Buoys and floats and bells and anemometers and signals and beacons, buckets and flags and ensigns all entered her sketchbooks, then took form in her little workshop at the back of her Georgian cottage. That morning, accompanied by a proud and beaming Sea Otter, she took samples up to London, to a friend from school, Marjorie Abbatt, who was thinking of setting up a very modern toy shop. Marjorie loved everything and together they made plans. Later that night, at Old Fox's flat in Bedford Square, Ermine opened a window and looked out at the night, breathing in the cold air, the sounds of London so familiar  - she was a success, she whispered to the trees, to the taxis - her ideas, her art, her design, her small Cornish life really meant something. And this time next year, in the glorious Christmas of 1931, her toys would enter the world, be bought, be played with, have presence and life and vitality!

Old Fox's Advent Calendar. The Seventeenth Window. Ermine had been hard at work all summer and autumn on a collection of painted, wooden toys. Many of them were directly influenced by the boats in the harbour of their fishing village, their bright red and yellow sails, their clean, functional shapes. Buoys and floats and bells and anemometers and signals and beacons, buckets and flags and ensigns all entered her sketchbooks, then took form in her little workshop at the back of her Georgian cottage. That morning, accompanied by a proud and beaming Sea Otter, she took samples up to London, to a friend from school, Marjorie Abbatt, who was thinking of setting up a very modern toy shop. Marjorie loved everything and together they made plans. Later that night, at Old Fox's flat in Bedford Square, Ermine opened a window and looked out at the night, breathing in the cold air, the sounds of London so familiar - she was a success, she whispered to the trees, to the taxis - her ideas, her art, her design, her small Cornish life really meant something. And this time next year, in the glorious Christmas of 1931, her toys would enter the world, be bought, be played with, have presence and life and vitality!

16.12.2024 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 93    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
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It’s on every Christmas, seemingly on a bloody loop every Christmas - to the point where you can get a bit sick of it without even having seen it for a while.

But it’s worth stripping away all that bollocks & remembering, it IS a GREAT Movie.

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)πŸŽ„

16.12.2024 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Rich, The Powerful, The Cowardly We are witnessing media companies, journalists and billionaires bowing down to Trump and his hostile takeoverβ€”seeking access, favors and security. They are doing us a favor.

β€œRather than fear that the opposition is weakened by these Americans who are bending down to Trump, they are saving us time by telling us that they are not up to the fight and we cannot count on them.”

16.12.2024 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 884    πŸ” 218    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 12

The issueΒ isn’tΒ just our media capitulating to Trump. It is that our media is now owned by conglomerates and billionaires with multiple interests before the government. They are compromised from the get go.

16.12.2024 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5024    πŸ” 674    πŸ’¬ 148    πŸ“Œ 39

Yet another deadly school shooting today. Assholes out there still don't want to do anything about gun reform.

16.12.2024 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 482    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 4
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Swandro Uncovered Swandro is an incredible archaeological site in Rousay, Orkney, at threat from coastal erosion. The excavation has been covered in The Orkney News in several articles. There is an excellent website…

Swandro is an incredible archaeological site in Rousay, Orkney, at threat from coastal erosion. The excavation has been covered in The Orkney News in several articles.
Swandro Uncovered theorkneynews.scot/2024/12/16/s...

16.12.2024 07:10 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Et Tu, ABC? The Dangerous Implications of the Sweetheart Settlement

"Trump already has shifted the balance of power between the media and the presidency before even taking office. This is a significant and deeply troubling development..."

Harry Litman writes on ABC's capitulation to Trump.

16.12.2024 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 5037    πŸ” 1340    πŸ’¬ 287    πŸ“Œ 52
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My husband @robertcooper-us.bsky.social and I are on our way to DC for a White House holiday reception. It’s going to be our last one for the next four years, so I’ll be stuffing my pockets with official WH holiday cookies!! πŸ˜‰πŸŽ„

16.12.2024 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 19629    πŸ” 1612    πŸ’¬ 989    πŸ“Œ 81

here's what we know so far: a teenager obtained a weapon, just as our founders intended, and took that weapon into a school, just as our founders intended, and shot and killed a teacher and a student, just as our founders intended, and ended up dead, just as our founders intended

16.12.2024 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2096    πŸ” 379    πŸ’¬ 99    πŸ“Œ 21
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Royal Mail takeover by Czech billionaire Daniel KΕ™etΓ­nskΓ½ approved UK government to retain β€˜golden share’ in parent company of International Distribution Services

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

We all know privatisation does not work ,it always means the consumer pays through the nose for a poorer service. So why did the Govt let this go through ?

16.12.2024 08:41 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hi! Every single one of my podcasts is free. My newsletter is also free. So I’m wondering if you’ve even tried to subscribe for free to any of my content.

16.12.2024 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 8669    πŸ” 1471    πŸ’¬ 282    πŸ“Œ 43

If you’re able, please send some prayers and positivity our way for today and tomorrow please πŸ™πŸ½ Gracias!

16.12.2024 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 42830    πŸ” 2838    πŸ’¬ 2054    πŸ“Œ 172
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Today’s beautiful cricket ground is Page Park in Bristol

#cricket #cricketgrounds #cricketground #villagecricket #clubcricket #beautifulcricketgrounds #cricketuk #cricketukπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ 🏏

16.12.2024 05:46 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s a lovely bluesky…

From the Collapse Into Now sessions. Photo by Bob Whittaker.

14.11.2024 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 961    πŸ” 79    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 29

I have never tolerated diversity.

I have celebrated it. πŸ––

10.12.2024 06:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1736    πŸ” 257    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 16
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The Daily Beans Daily News Podcast Β· 2,424 Episodes Β· Updated Daily

If you haven’t turned on the news on for a while, but you know you should be staying informed, please give us a try. It’s free. It’s safe. And there’s appropriate profanity. Women-owned. Women-operated. Independent. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

10.12.2024 04:17 β€” πŸ‘ 11841    πŸ” 2469    πŸ’¬ 296    πŸ“Œ 115
Painting of a snowy rural landscape with a barn to the left and a group of bare tall trees to the right, the field has a fence which leads from tbe barn to the trees in a horizontal line across the work, in the centre distance is another tree, all under a grey sky

Painting of a snowy rural landscape with a barn to the left and a group of bare tall trees to the right, the field has a fence which leads from tbe barn to the trees in a horizontal line across the work, in the centre distance is another tree, all under a grey sky

Sarah Evans, contemporary Welsh painter known for her local landscapes

10.12.2024 06:33 β€” πŸ‘ 712    πŸ” 91    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Posting for no particular reason.

09.12.2024 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4435    πŸ” 898    πŸ’¬ 168    πŸ“Œ 29
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Supreme Court term limits? Senators push for constitutional change Bipartisan push for Supreme Court term limits gains momentum as poll shows majority support across party lines.


As a member of the President’s Commission on the US Supreme Court I ended up strongly supporting this change. In my view, it can be accomplished by an appropriate Act of Congress, without any need to amend the Constitution.
www.newsweek.com/senators-pus...

09.12.2024 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 13213    πŸ” 3278    πŸ’¬ 555    πŸ“Œ 209
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This is just your friendly public service announcement to remind you that…

…IT’S ONLY 116 DAYS UNTIL THE START OF THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP!!!

#SeeingRed 🏏
#cricket

09.12.2024 08:11 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sunlight above the horizon with boats reflected on the water of the Thames

Sunlight above the horizon with boats reflected on the water of the Thames

this was the view out running along the Thames this morning

06.12.2024 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 6620    πŸ” 210    πŸ’¬ 110    πŸ“Œ 9
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Asked on Fox & Friends what programs she's going to champion in the White House this time around, Melania Trump brings up her ornaments collection

06.12.2024 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 768    πŸ” 140    πŸ’¬ 292    πŸ“Œ 75
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Why is the government not capable wiping the floor with Nigel Farage every single day like this? Alastair Campbell effortlessly destroys him over his Brexit legacy which by almost every economic and financial measure has been disastrous for the country

06.12.2024 06:41 β€” πŸ‘ 9503    πŸ” 2374    πŸ’¬ 560    πŸ“Œ 166
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Sometimes the combination of arrogance and ignorance is breathtaking. Yes, US health care has high admin costs; that's because it relies so much on private insurers. Govt-run health insurance has much lower overhead

06.12.2024 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 28148    πŸ” 6962    πŸ’¬ 1282    πŸ“Œ 460

Take your hate somewhere else.

05.12.2024 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 60899    πŸ” 7022    πŸ’¬ 1200    πŸ“Œ 315
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Why I Just Resigned From The Los Angeles Times By Harry Litman

BREAKING: Renowned former federal prosecutor Harry Litman announces he has resigned from his role as a contributor for the LA Times.

"I don’t want to continue to work for a paper that is appeasing Trump and facilitating his assault on democratic rule for craven reasons."

05.12.2024 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 44112    πŸ” 9984    πŸ’¬ 1662    πŸ“Œ 844

Thank you @bsky.app for suspending the fake account within hours of it being reported. On X there are several fake accounts which have been live for more than a year & X has proved incapable of removing them. What a difference. The sky is most definitely bluer hereπŸ™

05.12.2024 06:12 β€” πŸ‘ 7277    πŸ” 632    πŸ’¬ 91    πŸ“Œ 16

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