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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 4h

I'm a dual national of the UK and the US. They used to be one nation state. I don't see the Declaration of Independence as placing an international border through my family and selfhood.

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Cllr Shona Jemphrey 🇵🇸 @shonajemphrey.bsky.social · 5h

Really proud of this - it took a lot of time and work to get sorted, but this should make a real difference to the tenants who are affected! Big shout out to everyone who worked and campaigned on this to make it happen ❤️

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#Bristol #BartonHouse #homechoice

Green Councillors welcome housing policy changes following Barton House evacuation - Bristol Green Party

Social housing tenants in Bristol who must leave their properties due to a “significant mass emergency event” will have greater priority getting rehoused, following changes to Bristol’s HomeChoice hou...

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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 9h

Yes!
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Exclusive: Zack Polanski backs Scottish and Welsh independence

The eco-populist Green leader has called for sweeping change to Britain's political system, and spoken about potentially leading an explicitly ‘English’ party for the first time.

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phildavies1995.bsky.social @phildavies1995.bsky.social · 10h

Looking forward to speaking on behalf of @walesgreenparty.bsky.social at the @yes.cymru March for Independence in Rhyl this Saturday!

We are clear we want to see a fully independent Republic of Wales free from both Westminster and Monarchy. To help us build a better future for all!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💚✊

Image of March for Independence poster including the speakers including Phil

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CarolineJMolloy @carolinejmolloy.bsky.social · 1d

Watching Maitlis (whom I quite like) and her side kick jump straight from from “woah this new Green party seems very popular“ to “wow, their next step will have to be to take donations from road builders“ is grimly hilarious

The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 1d

“What’s the point of Your Party - an economically radical, populist left party - when that’s now the Green Party?”

After early missteps from Corbyn and Sultana’s formally unnamed movement, have Polanski’s Greens taken their space?

@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com

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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 1d

This is some of the worst political analysis (in the last 30 seconds of this clip) that I've ever heard. I burst out laughing.

Why do centrist "commentators" have such a hard time understanding the Green Party? When will they learn how to ask questions and find out what drives our politics?

The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 1d

“What’s the point of Your Party - an economically radical, populist left party - when that’s now the Green Party?”

After early missteps from Corbyn and Sultana’s formally unnamed movement, have Polanski’s Greens taken their space?

@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com

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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 1d

I think they were talking nationally there

Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 1d

A good read by @isaac-kh.bsky.social on #gpconf

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Spirit of Zacktivism

Delegates at this year’s Green Party conference voted for a radical policy to ‘abolish landlords’, reflecting the party’s newfound confidence and an unprecedented membership surge. But can they mainta...

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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 2d

Cool, great to hear! "Geek stuff"? I would need to know there is sufficient of interest to me before opening an account but I suppose that's a Catch 22. I'm not as sure I need an internet happy place, I tend to find I prefer watching a film or look at YouTube for things I'm interested in. Hmm.

Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 2d

Talk to me about having a dormant account. I have this. Why should I delete rather than just leaving it vacant for when someone less bad takes Twitter on? Or am I hopelessly naive about that being a possibility in the future?

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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 2d

Oh and LinkedIn has residual use as way of connecting a network of people working in interesting stuff, but I barely post there.

Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 2d

Am I the only one not on Instagram? Should I bother? What are the benefits?

My current use:

Facebook - page for councillor news and personal account for family news

Bluesky - what you experience here, love it

M*sksite - lurking and contacting journos

Surely I'm covering everything necessary?

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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 2d

WEEK 40
A House Of Dynamite - 8/10
Taut! A third of the way through, I thought it might be about to do a twist and we would be shown two scenarios - one where the nuclear bomb hits and one where it it is destroyed by US defence. The geopolitics is very interesting but is relatively low in the mix.

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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 2d

WEEK 32 (Catch-Up)
The Smashing Machine - 7/10
Great performances, stylistically excellent, superb costume design that captures the last 90s, but also somehow lacking something to push it to the heights of the Safdie Brothers' earlier work (e.g. Good Time). "No fighting."

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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 2d

WEEK 39
All Of You - 7/10
Humorous yet tragic soft science fiction. Posits the idea that the only thing stopping us from true love and happiness is telling our friends what we really feel and not sticking rigidly to scientific method. I can go along with that.

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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 5d

Well, it's been a day...

www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...

Labour councillor suspended after 'racist' Facebook comment

"I unreservedly apologise for my comment and deeply regret making it"

www.bristolpost.co.uk

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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 5d

No idea!

Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 5d

I reckon colloquially "Bingo card" now means "things we want to look clever for predicting would be mentioned" more than it means "a square of numbers to be used to play the game Bingo".

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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 5d

Of course

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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 5d

Wish it bloody didn't. We might start despairing and start doing stuff. I'm going to read How To Blow Up A Pipeline I reckon.

Troy @troyleekelly.bsky.social · 5d

Sometimes ago. Yet "hope springs eternal in the human breast."

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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 5d

She didn't say it ironically. She's not funny enough to manage that.

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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 5d

Shrewsbury seems like a nice place full of people who want to be fair to everyone and think both sides of the war should be peaceful and claps a multi-millionaire fascist who started with nothing and pulled himself up by his bootstraps.

It's easy to forget this is what liberalism really means.

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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 5d

WE RAN OUT OF TIME FOR CLIMATE CHANGE

says Fiona Bruce at the end of Question Time

*Green Party bingo cards explode across the nation*

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UK Green Stats @ukgreenstats.bsky.social · 6d

Yesterday, the Greens were celebrating 87,000 members.

Today, they have skyrocketed 93,000 members, making this most likely the fastest growth the party has ever seen before in terms of membership figures.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 9d

The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.

This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester

BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview

The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

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