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@lukecsmith.bsky.social

Software engineer for the Economist. I also do music for film and theatre. Interested in environmental things, the wild world, gardening, building and making. Political lefty.

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Thank you Neville ! Top man

07.07.2025 06:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Damn right!!!

23.06.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 44118    πŸ” 11610    πŸ’¬ 805    πŸ“Œ 479

He’s going to make a really really right wing AI

21.06.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I hope those masks are incredible hot and uncomfortable.

20.06.2025 04:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Well i hate to state the bleeding obvious here, but this is rich to say the least. Israel have levelled pretty much every hospital in Gaza, and theyve imprisoned and tortured many of the medics too.

19.06.2025 11:35 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: David Cameron threatened to withdraw UK from ICC over Israel war crimes probe Former foreign secretary told ICC prosecutor Karim Khan that issuing arrest warrants for Israeli leaders would be like β€˜dropping a hydrogen bomb’

This is a huge scandal.

As Foreign Secretary, David Cameron tried to intimidate the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Courts into dropping his Israeli arrest warrants.

A violation of international law - ignored by British news outlets.

11.06.2025 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 506    πŸ” 219    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 6

Elons nazi salutes have helped to trash Tesla, hopefully beyond repair.

04.06.2025 22:22 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Marco Rubio officially announced that anyone who criticizes Israel will NOT be granted a visa to enter the United States.

01.06.2025 06:55 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 58

Well it’s only been happening about 15 years

01.06.2025 07:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Mid may for me like clockwork. Loratidine sorts me out!

31.05.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It strikes me that the only time when humanity at large will act on climate change, is when the climate breaks down. But at that point, it will be too late. We will continue driving into the wall until we hit the wall and then the car will be broken.

28.05.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We’re actually in the position where Labour are slashing projects created by the tories. Where Labour are worse than the tories at the environment. Frankly shameful.

28.05.2025 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Really clever full marks πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»

28.05.2025 09:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Are you incredibly effective then? If so please teach us how, oh learned one.

26.05.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

This just makes me sad for the poor horses desperate for a physical connection :(

23.05.2025 09:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Grim :(

22.05.2025 06:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe the point is that, he’s talking to the EU on adult terms again, and doing deals- anything. Just normalising. And the reaction from the right wing press shows why tiny steps is important. Bigger deals can come later.

21.05.2025 06:27 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Does the megalomaniac war monger democratic country invader psychopath want peace? Who could possibly say.

19.05.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Such a lightweight as chief political correspondent. Cannot even hold a candle to his great predecessor. Off to Reform soon no doubt.

19.05.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

international systems of accountability for crimes against humanity established in the wake of the holocaust destroyed at the behest of β€œthe light unto the nations” so that it can do its own genocide. our shame will be eternal.

16.05.2025 03:25 β€” πŸ‘ 343    πŸ” 135    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Labour has a whopping great majority and four years left to turn this country around.

They should be setting the agenda, not chasing about trying to placate voters of a party with five MPs who will never vote for them anyway.

It's not only disappointing... it's embarrassing

12.05.2025 07:17 β€” πŸ‘ 6442    πŸ” 1564    πŸ’¬ 300    πŸ“Œ 96

Were doomed to watch Starmer trying to beat Reform by trying to become ever more like Reform. Can someone teach the man politics please. Political parties are different, they appeal to different people for different things, and thats a good thing. Not everyone wants to vote Reform.

12.05.2025 10:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

2 million Palestinians this time

12.05.2025 04:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'Prepare yourselves for a story of breath-taking perversity' This is Piles Copse, the largest remaining fragment of high-ground temperate rainforest on Dartmoor. It’s a tiny speck of green in a dismal, human-made desert. Prepare yourselves for a story of breath...

Here, @westcountryvoices.bsky.social have compiled my thread on the utterly bonkers mismanagement of Dartmoor into an easy-to-read article: westcountryvoices.co.uk/prepare-your...

11.05.2025 10:26 β€” πŸ‘ 507    πŸ” 187    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 8

Extend that then- why don’t all important elements of an ecosystem have rights.

09.05.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely this. But will Starmer do it? I just can’t see it. He seems quite at home edging ever further right.

03.05.2025 11:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Watching the early news come in from the Australian election. Looks like Labor has it. If it does, it is goodbye to another Trump-lite candidate, Peter Dutton, after Polivier in Canada. UK Labour needs to learn the lesson. Stop kissing right-wing ass.

03.05.2025 10:06 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Terrifying. I’ve noticed this in a different way. You can leave a window open, at night, in a bedroom for eg, with the light on, and when you come back hours later, there are almost no insects in the room. It used to be that the room would fill up with insects. I live in the countryside.

30.04.2025 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Totally humiliating at this point. Our ex Bank of England governer Carney showing the world how to stand up to Trump while we just kiss ass.

30.04.2025 04:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

.. and you’d still be bombing and starving Gaza.

30.04.2025 04:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

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