Josephine Kavanagh
@ourhaus.bsky.social
Blackpool grown. Join a Union. Retired public health researcher and former librarian.
More books and bookshops please, & history science & music & Comedy & art.
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More books and bookshops please, & history science & music & Comedy & art.
#Parkinson's #MDANT ☘️
I block ruthlessly.
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"We can take it for granted that Trump and his advisors would greet a terrorist attack as an obvious chance to blame their chosen enemies, advance their project of authoritarian regime change, and distract from their own perilous follies. (1/2)
Some common sense to remember in a trying time.
Originally written in April 2025
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Originally written in April 2025
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December 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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A wee bit I wrote about the hammerblow of watching people from the country that gave us the Glasgow girls and Kenmure Street turn to the right. And about the opportunism of Farage as he heads north. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Nigel Farage was once run out of Edinburgh. Now Scottish voters are embracing his rabble-rousing | Dani Garavelli
The Reform leader is exploiting growing resentment towards migrants and hosting a sold-out event - something unimaginable just a few years ago, says freelance columnist Dani Garavelli
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:12 AM
A wee bit I wrote about the hammerblow of watching people from the country that gave us the Glasgow girls and Kenmure Street turn to the right. And about the opportunism of Farage as he heads north. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I go abroad for a week and return to wall-to-wall melodrama, pearl clutching and fainting sofa flop-downs about a surcharge affecting 1% of homes.
Britain's capacity for uncontrolled panic about nonsense remains totally undefeated.
I missed you, chaos island.
Britain's capacity for uncontrolled panic about nonsense remains totally undefeated.
I missed you, chaos island.
Collectivising Surrey: A Tragedy in One Act
The mansion tax isn’t a revolution - but judging by the screaming, you’d think Rachel Reeves had just seized the Home Counties and nationalised the Cotswolds.
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December 6, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I go abroad for a week and return to wall-to-wall melodrama, pearl clutching and fainting sofa flop-downs about a surcharge affecting 1% of homes.
Britain's capacity for uncontrolled panic about nonsense remains totally undefeated.
I missed you, chaos island.
Britain's capacity for uncontrolled panic about nonsense remains totally undefeated.
I missed you, chaos island.
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I wonder what his final body count will be?
I wonder why the physicians working for him don’t feel any remorse? They took an oath to “first do no harm”—how do they square that oath with all the dead kids? What mental gymnastics do they perform to feel OK about all the sickness, pain, & suffering?
I wonder why the physicians working for him don’t feel any remorse? They took an oath to “first do no harm”—how do they square that oath with all the dead kids? What mental gymnastics do they perform to feel OK about all the sickness, pain, & suffering?
RFK, RFK, how many kids did you kill today?
December 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I wonder what his final body count will be?
I wonder why the physicians working for him don’t feel any remorse? They took an oath to “first do no harm”—how do they square that oath with all the dead kids? What mental gymnastics do they perform to feel OK about all the sickness, pain, & suffering?
I wonder why the physicians working for him don’t feel any remorse? They took an oath to “first do no harm”—how do they square that oath with all the dead kids? What mental gymnastics do they perform to feel OK about all the sickness, pain, & suffering?
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It just gets worse! 😨
NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
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The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
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December 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
It just gets worse! 😨
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He's not fit to be an MP never mind PM!
December 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
He's not fit to be an MP never mind PM!
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‘I think I missed only 4 Sundays. It’s something to be proud of , - a guy in jeans jacket and a black hoodie says - it’s going to be 2 years.’ Every Sunday Ukrainians go out on the streets to remind about those who Russia holds captive. These are my notes
margogontar.substack.com/p/a-way-to-n...
margogontar.substack.com/p/a-way-to-n...
A way to not feel alone
notes from Kyiv rally to remind about people held captive by Russia
margogontar.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
‘I think I missed only 4 Sundays. It’s something to be proud of , - a guy in jeans jacket and a black hoodie says - it’s going to be 2 years.’ Every Sunday Ukrainians go out on the streets to remind about those who Russia holds captive. These are my notes
margogontar.substack.com/p/a-way-to-n...
margogontar.substack.com/p/a-way-to-n...
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wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Dear European leaders. You now have 2 choices:
1) Either you continue as you are, and European democracy falls on your guard.
2) Or you accept the fact that #Europe is under attack - Militarily from #Russia, ideologically from the #US - and start fighting back.
#Ukraine is democracy's red line.
1) Either you continue as you are, and European democracy falls on your guard.
2) Or you accept the fact that #Europe is under attack - Militarily from #Russia, ideologically from the #US - and start fighting back.
#Ukraine is democracy's red line.
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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The Trump administration lobbied several countries in the European Union on behalf of Putin in an effort to block EU plans to use frozen Russian central bank assets to back a massive loan to Ukraine, sources say www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US Urged Europeans to Oppose EU Plan for Loan to Support Ukraine
The US lobbied several countries in the European Union in an effort to block EU plans to use frozen Russian central bank assets to back a massive loan to Ukraine, according to European diplomats famil...
www.bloomberg.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The Trump administration lobbied several countries in the European Union on behalf of Putin in an effort to block EU plans to use frozen Russian central bank assets to back a massive loan to Ukraine, sources say www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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US making the war longer and worse for Ukraine and the world, and hurting obvious US interests in the bargain. And for what?
Two days after Witkoff and Kushner met Putin, the Treasury Department partially suspended sanctions on Russia announced last October
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Trump envoys press plan with Ukraine as sanctions eased on Russia
President Donald Trump's envoys were to meet Thursday with Ukrainian negotiators for the third time in two weeks to press his plan to end the war as his administration eased economic pressure on Russi...
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December 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
US making the war longer and worse for Ukraine and the world, and hurting obvious US interests in the bargain. And for what?
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All part of the same JD, Leonard Leo, Heritage Catholic Integralist plan. Make Europe Catholic Christofascist again. Kevin Roberts and Patrick Deneen just got back from their Grand Fascist Tour.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Cultivate resistance’: policy paper lays bare Trump support for Europe’s far right
Text signed by president seems to echo ‘great replacement’ theory, saying Europe faces ‘civilisational erasure’
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
All part of the same JD, Leonard Leo, Heritage Catholic Integralist plan. Make Europe Catholic Christofascist again. Kevin Roberts and Patrick Deneen just got back from their Grand Fascist Tour.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Ohhh— so this is why Trump is being so nice to her. She’s going to help cover-up the Epstein files.
Sickening that the accomplice’s rights would be given priority over the victims. #TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
www.lbc.co.uk/article/ghis...
Sickening that the accomplice’s rights would be given priority over the victims. #TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
www.lbc.co.uk/article/ghis...
December 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Ohhh— so this is why Trump is being so nice to her. She’s going to help cover-up the Epstein files.
Sickening that the accomplice’s rights would be given priority over the victims. #TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
www.lbc.co.uk/article/ghis...
Sickening that the accomplice’s rights would be given priority over the victims. #TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
www.lbc.co.uk/article/ghis...