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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 3h

No question, California is a contradiction on a multitude of levels, Richard, but I will always be grateful to have been born and raised here.

If one has to live in America, California is the place to be.

We are a never-ending work in progress.

Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 3h

Well said, my friend.
California is indeed a contradiction on a grand scale.

We boast the 4th largest economy in the world.

We have the most people born in other countries than any other state in America.

We are the country's most liberal state with nearly 40 million calling it home.

Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 3h

Isn't it?
We often read to
our two little rescue pups, but this is taking it to a whole
new level.

Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 3h

Aaaaah ...
What glorious memories, Dave.
Nothing like a dog's enthusiasm to show us how to do it.

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 3h

Me tooo.
Finland always strikes me as a remarkable country with a
lot of great ideas.

Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 13h

New Yorker cover for week of 20 October 2025.

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 13h

Watch what happens this Saturday, October 18th.

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 13h

Finland has the right idea.

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 13h

That is a valuable passport.
Weirdly, the UK passport now looks like the American passport.

The immigration article you shared indicated Spain is remarkably accommodating to immigration, not unlike California.

America is a nation of immigrants, making the anti-immigrant terrorism here insane.

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 13h

Good article, Nestor.
Thank you for sharing this.

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 14h

Understandable.
The NHS is still the best.

And home calls us.
I lived in south-east England for 20 years, but when it was time to return to Northern California, I couldn't get home fast enough.
And I don't regret it.
California is not America.

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 14h

I'm so sorry you're having to endure this Nestor.

No doubt, Germany is a country deeply divided, like America. Fascists prey on this.

Would you not consider immigrating to Denmark, or even Portugal, where our friend Steve is?

Britain, heartbreakingly, is not looking welcoming these days.

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 15h

This Saturday, October 18th, millions of Americans will take to the streets to oppose the fascist government threatening our lives.

This is destined to be America's largest protest. Ever.

While marching, I will also be thinking about Britain, hoping there is still time for you.

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 15h

'Labour is waging a concerted attack on the thing that made it.'

Don't miss @georgemonbiot.bsky.social latest essay on the importance of protest.

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

How the Labour government would have banned the Labour movement.
My latest column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot

The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 15h

Well said, Rob.

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 4d

🚨Urgent: Thames Water want permission from Ofwat to ILLEGALLY pollute rivers and seas until 2040.

🤮They want your bills to fill their pockets with gold, while they fill your rivers with sewage.

✍️Sign now. Tell Ofwat to say NO to Thames Water before Tuesday 21st October.

Thames Water want to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO.

Thames water want to make at deal with Ofwat, to pollute illegally for 15 years

weownit.org.uk

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pg13reynolds2.bsky.social @pg13reynolds2.bsky.social · 1d

All About Eve * Premiered #OTD 1950

Karen: A part in a play. You'd do all that just for a part in a play?
Eve: I'd do much more for a part that good.

[Image by Sean Flattery]

#TCMParty #Oscar #filmsky

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 15h

Germany deserves better.

Nestor @nes-tor.bsky.social · 1d

The new German chancellor, who is very rich and worked for Blackrock, says homelessness is self-inflicted. He is worse than Thatcher, Cameron, May & BoJo altogether. Germans and solidarity not a good match.

Sanktionsfrei @sanktionsfrei.bsky.social · 1d

Obdachlosigkeit? Laut Merz selbstverschuldet. In Wahrheit ist sie das Ergebnis eines Systems, das Menschen fallen lässt und sie dann für ihr Fallen bestraft. Die „Neue Grundsicherung“ kippt noch Öl ins Feuer.⬇️

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 1d

I find this very touching…& also worrying. Historian @timothysnyder.bsky.social has been an absolutely essential guide to this era. And if he thinks I’m right then we’re in more trouble than we realise

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Carole Cadwalladr was right and we’d be in a better world if more people had listened.

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 16d

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.

If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐

There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 15h

Mazel Tov!
Glorious news.
What a wonderful addition to your family. 🧡

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 1d

My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.

Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 15h

'No chance I'll go to a fascist, gun-filled hell hole.'

Amy K @amyklassen.bsky.social · 1d

🤭 sorry, not sorry

Recently I booked a hotel in Victoria for a work trip, they tried to pitch me a deal for an American holiday destination.
$249 for 7 nights in Vegas 😳

I laughed and said, that's a hell of a deal but no thanks. Why? No chance I'll go to a fascist, gun-filled hellhole, I'm good. ✌🏻

🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 1d

“Canada’s boycott America movement is hurting innocent bystanders”

I enjoyed this article more than I thought I would.

“It was almost like suddenly the whisky didn’t taste good because of where it’s from”

Anyway, what you’re all up to for Thanksgiving today?

www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/b...

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 15h

A new day is dawning in America.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 22h

“On November 4th, we can build a city where every child can afford to stay, where every worker can thrive, and where government serves the people — not the powerful.” - Rep. Nydia Velázquez

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 15h

Pass it on.
Empathy is alive in America.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 20h

"I refuse to accept a world where people are punished for seeking safety or silenced for speaking the truth. I refuse a system that values profit over people and power over love." - Natasha Cloud

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 15h

New York's next mayor is substantially moving the needle left.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 20h

In twelve days, New Yorkers will begin to cast their ballots and face a stark choice.

A choice between democracy and oligarchy. Between a city you can afford or more of the same. Between the hope of a brighter future or a broken past.

We will choose the future.

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