Alison Begas
@kamfinsa.bsky.social
Dubliner, European from birth, interested in history, politics, books, baking, classic cinema. Re-posts are not endorsements.
President-Elect Trump has refused to confirm he will NOT use military force to take over #Greenland. Bluster, or the imminent end of the rules-based approach to international co-operation and mutual respect?
I call it, the USA will invade Greenland and tell Denmark if they resist they will blow them to pieces.
So they won't, and no one else will do anything except say angry words either.
Then the rise of fascism and WW3 truly begins.
So they won't, and no one else will do anything except say angry words either.
Then the rise of fascism and WW3 truly begins.
January 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
President-Elect Trump has refused to confirm he will NOT use military force to take over #Greenland. Bluster, or the imminent end of the rules-based approach to international co-operation and mutual respect?
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Thanks for following! Late 18th century woollen hooded cloak, American or European. Description & images via The Met here: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
January 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Thanks for following! Late 18th century woollen hooded cloak, American or European. Description & images via The Met here: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
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Absolutely @danielrolphauthor.bsky.social
When I was growing up we had no money to buy books. All I had was my local library. I spent hundreds of hours in it. But for that library I might never have become a lawyer. A thousand of them were closed under successive Conservative Governments
When I was growing up we had no money to buy books. All I had was my local library. I spent hundreds of hours in it. But for that library I might never have become a lawyer. A thousand of them were closed under successive Conservative Governments
Libraries matter now more than ever. They stand for the powerful idea that knowledge is free and belongs to everyone. In a time when books and free thought are under threat, we must defend and support our libraries and librarians—they are guardians of access, learning, and freedom.
December 10, 2024 at 9:12 AM
Absolutely @danielrolphauthor.bsky.social
When I was growing up we had no money to buy books. All I had was my local library. I spent hundreds of hours in it. But for that library I might never have become a lawyer. A thousand of them were closed under successive Conservative Governments
When I was growing up we had no money to buy books. All I had was my local library. I spent hundreds of hours in it. But for that library I might never have become a lawyer. A thousand of them were closed under successive Conservative Governments
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Eh, the barriers are necessary, Ms Reeves, because your country lowers standards, refuses legal oversight, refuses to contribute to the community, and refuses the conditions that are attached to the genuine free trade found within the European four freedoms.
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December 9, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Eh, the barriers are necessary, Ms Reeves, because your country lowers standards, refuses legal oversight, refuses to contribute to the community, and refuses the conditions that are attached to the genuine free trade found within the European four freedoms.
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Such a moody, beautiful picture from @marcwithasea.bsky.social.
December 10, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Such a moody, beautiful picture from @marcwithasea.bsky.social.
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If you don’t think this is exactly what we’re up against, then you haven’t been paying attention.
November 30, 2024 at 3:54 PM
If you don’t think this is exactly what we’re up against, then you haven’t been paying attention.
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Tbilisi tonight.
November 30, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Tbilisi tonight.
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November 29, 2024 at 2:38 PM
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Also yes they are perfectly entitled to be asked for ID at your polling place so bring some ID with you. Your polling card is not ID so even if you have it bring some ID too #ge24
November 28, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Also yes they are perfectly entitled to be asked for ID at your polling place so bring some ID with you. Your polling card is not ID so even if you have it bring some ID too #ge24
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Just in advance of voting tomorrow, your reminder not to take photos of your ballot paper and post it on social media.
You can tell people who you voted for if you want but if you snap it you give away security features like the official seal.
#ge24
You can tell people who you voted for if you want but if you snap it you give away security features like the official seal.
#ge24
November 28, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Just in advance of voting tomorrow, your reminder not to take photos of your ballot paper and post it on social media.
You can tell people who you voted for if you want but if you snap it you give away security features like the official seal.
#ge24
You can tell people who you voted for if you want but if you snap it you give away security features like the official seal.
#ge24
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Musk has now threatened the leaders of Canada,Brazil, Germany. X helped create a riot in the UK. Now it seems he doesn't want the UK to make its own legal decisions. Time to act?
"He asked why British far-right figurehead Tommy Robinson had been imprisoned at all. Musk also approvingly shared Robinson’s documentary to his more than 200 million followers"
Musk's interventions should be taken seriously. The ideological leanings of oligarchical media barons can affect us all.
Musk's interventions should be taken seriously. The ideological leanings of oligarchical media barons can affect us all.
Elon Musk brands UK a ‘tyrannical police state’
X owner shares a petition demanding a UK general election and boosts a far-right activist.
www.politico.eu
November 26, 2024 at 6:47 AM
Musk has now threatened the leaders of Canada,Brazil, Germany. X helped create a riot in the UK. Now it seems he doesn't want the UK to make its own legal decisions. Time to act?
It's never too soon to revisit this gem of a Christmas story, from @richycraven.bsky.social.
The most stressed out I've ever been about Christmas was when I was 16 and I got my first ever job, working at M&S in Dundrum. As soon as I started I kept hearing these myths about the Christmas Eve Waste Sale, where all the food that wasn't sold on the 24th was marked down 90%.
November 26, 2024 at 9:49 AM
It's never too soon to revisit this gem of a Christmas story, from @richycraven.bsky.social.
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The road to the Handmaid’s Tale world is lined with smiling people telling you to stop overreacting.
November 25, 2024 at 10:16 PM
The road to the Handmaid’s Tale world is lined with smiling people telling you to stop overreacting.
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I think of little else...
I mean, Alex, who among us doesn’t worry about our 12th century castle commitments ….
Deep breath.
November 25, 2024 at 9:56 PM
I think of little else...
The axe will find her, in the end. #WolfHall
Lady Rochford seems to forget how narrow an escape she has had #WolfHall #TheMirrorandtheLight
November 24, 2024 at 9:20 PM
The axe will find her, in the end. #WolfHall
6 minutes in, #HenryVIII is already going postal as the Pilgrimage of Grace gathers steam. But Timothy Spall going full Churchill. #WolfHall
Hilary Mantel: Return to Wolf Hall
In this video clip Hilary Mantel talked about how the Tudors are in many ways like us, in many ways very alien.
#WolfHall
wolfhallweekend.substack.com/p/hilary-man...
In this video clip Hilary Mantel talked about how the Tudors are in many ways like us, in many ways very alien.
#WolfHall
wolfhallweekend.substack.com/p/hilary-man...
Hilary Mantel: Return to Wolf Hall
In this video clip Hilary Mantel talked about how the Tudors are in many ways like us in many ways very alien.
wolfhallweekend.substack.com
November 24, 2024 at 9:08 PM
6 minutes in, #HenryVIII is already going postal as the Pilgrimage of Grace gathers steam. But Timothy Spall going full Churchill. #WolfHall
Country before ego. I find this leadership deeply moving; LBJ was to become a fine President, steadying the ship after the tragedy of the Kennedy assassination, and ultimately passing the Civil Rights Act.
LBJ's notes for his first Cabinet meeting as President, yesterday 1963:
November 24, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Country before ego. I find this leadership deeply moving; LBJ was to become a fine President, steadying the ship after the tragedy of the Kennedy assassination, and ultimately passing the Civil Rights Act.
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I hope federally funded scientists are preparing for large scale, bad faith attacks by Musk and his troll army.
It’s pretty clear the DOGE operation is going to take snippets of grant proposals and papers, present them out of context, and direct weaponized harassment of individual people.
It’s pretty clear the DOGE operation is going to take snippets of grant proposals and papers, present them out of context, and direct weaponized harassment of individual people.
November 23, 2024 at 4:16 PM
I hope federally funded scientists are preparing for large scale, bad faith attacks by Musk and his troll army.
It’s pretty clear the DOGE operation is going to take snippets of grant proposals and papers, present them out of context, and direct weaponized harassment of individual people.
It’s pretty clear the DOGE operation is going to take snippets of grant proposals and papers, present them out of context, and direct weaponized harassment of individual people.
I can't remember a more staid General Election campaign. #GeneralElection2024
The excitement around the election really is electrifying. Isn’t it?
November 23, 2024 at 10:57 PM
I can't remember a more staid General Election campaign. #GeneralElection2024