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John Daniels

@alembisque.bsky.social

Interested, not necessarily 'interesting', I write poetry for myself, SEND Added bow to string; now writing odd bits for https://northwestbylines.co.uk/

263 Followers  |  302 Following  |  1,297 Posts  |  Joined: 17.10.2024  |  1.8908

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An expert is a person able to swim in your pool of ignorance even if it requires arm bands!

12.10.2025 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œThe playbook is simple: keep the public fighting about borders and boats while corporations dismantle the state from within.”

12.10.2025 07:53 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

A donation is a bribe in disguise.

12.10.2025 07:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wheels within wheels.

12.10.2025 07:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There's a sweet spot where someone understands what they are talking about but can explain it a way that doesn't leave ordinary minds spinning.
People who have that skill should be well paid for it. Good teachers, for example.

12.10.2025 07:23 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Nope, employer spreadsheets will be done by AI as for the robots.......

12.10.2025 07:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I recognise two genuine; knocker up of workers and invisible net maker.

12.10.2025 07:24 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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How deference becomes client journalism in plain sight We have come through a period of often shameful journalism, bending the knee to Downing Street. Can our journalism recover?

British journalism has been through a shameful era – bending the knee to Downing Street.

Can it ever recover its dignity? Peter Thurlow wonders.

12.10.2025 06:33 β€” πŸ‘ 123    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 5
Painting of a hilly landscape reflected in still water in colours of purple green and blue

Painting of a hilly landscape reflected in still water in colours of purple green and blue

Georgia O'Keeffe, Lake George Reflection, 1921 #WomensArt

11.10.2025 08:47 β€” πŸ‘ 932    πŸ” 136    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 6
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Bikinis were around way before Brazil.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini#...

10.10.2025 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Polanski expertly dismantling the "rich people will move if we tax them" narrative, while Denham nimbly demonstrates how very patriotic such people are.

10.10.2025 07:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1412    πŸ” 474    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 18
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A think that @bylinesnetwork.co.uk is doing. Come along - bit.ly/BylinesHope

09.10.2025 08:36 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ugly, not the pic, but the vessel.

07.10.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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1. ECHR is nothing to do with EU.

2. I’m sure the Right will love this rare political quote from the Queen.

07.10.2025 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 306    πŸ” 121    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1
If you're 'concerned'

or 'worried'

about immigration,

& your 'worry' is limited

to people of colour,

then it's not 'worry',

it's racism.

If you're 'concerned' or 'worried' about immigration, & your 'worry' is limited to people of colour, then it's not 'worry', it's racism.

07.10.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Who wants to be Normal? Should we all aspire to be normal, and what even is normal?

Who is normal, what is normal, do you want to be normal? @alembisque.bsky.social asks

northwestbylines.co.uk/news/equalit...

07.10.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Who wants to be Normal? Should we all aspire to be normal, and what even is normal?

northwestbylines.co.uk/news/equalit...

07.10.2025 07:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Who wants to be Normal? Should we all aspire to be normal, and what even is normal?

northwestbylines.co.uk/news/equalit...

07.10.2025 07:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

05.10.2025 09:08 β€” πŸ‘ 37676    πŸ” 16927    πŸ’¬ 807    πŸ“Œ 2382

Not surprised.

06.10.2025 07:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reform UK’s Nigel Farage with the Russian Ambassador (that he denied meeting), and with Oleg Voloshyn's wife Nadia Borodi, Voloshyn bribed Nathan Gill.

Farage is still silent.

It’s deafening.

#ReformRussianBribes

04.10.2025 07:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1700    πŸ” 1019    πŸ’¬ 107    πŸ“Œ 61
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Emergency changes needed for the education of SEND children Education and schooling for SEND individuals has changed over the years, but it still isn’t working well enough

northwestbylines.co.uk/news/educati...

04.10.2025 09:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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03.10.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Green Party want to radically redistribute wealth in this country.

For too long the rich have hoarded our money and run our public services into the ground.
For too long mainstream politicians have helped them do it.

Not any more. It’s time for real change.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social

03.10.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
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Support powerful citizen journalism - we need it now, more than ever At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press, when local journalism is in decline, and social media is rife with misinformation and abuse, there has never been a greater nee...

If, like us, you're frustrated with billionaire-owned mainstream media -

-then do back the Bylines Network to bring a new type of grassroots media into the landscape, with monthly 300,000-400,000 article reads - and many millions of search engine & soc media impressions πŸ’ͺ

03.10.2025 07:12 β€” πŸ‘ 257    πŸ” 109    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.

London Heathrow airport owned by private/state investors from Australia, China, France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain.

Similar to steel, auto, ports, shipbuilding, care homes, hospitals, GP surgeries, veterinary services.

Dividends not taxed in the UK. Govts have fewer economic levers.

03.10.2025 08:13 β€” πŸ‘ 291    πŸ” 134    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 7

I didn't think you were a moneing type. πŸ™ƒ

03.10.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It isn't about what AI can or will be able to do, it is what the broliarchy will be lining it up to do with data. Regulate now with teeth.

03.10.2025 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
NT Independent: Blow jobs report finally released into questionable
NT Police senior appointments
by Christopher Walsh | Oct 2, 2025 |

NT Independent: Blow jobs report finally released into questionable NT Police senior appointments by Christopher Walsh | Oct 2, 2025 |

Meanwhile in Australia’s Northern Territory, Justice Blow has published his report about dodgy employment practices in the local police, and a local journalist has just spuffed all over his keyboard.

03.10.2025 08:40 β€” πŸ‘ 492    πŸ” 170    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 18

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