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Robin A Weston

@robinbike.bsky.social

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84 yrs old road cyclist, ex farmer now environmentalist. Prostate Cancer survivor. European - Green - Humanist - Left of Centre - Anti Trump 💙 #Peace #savetheplanet #GreenNotGreed #StrongerTogether #BLM #FBPE 🚫DM 🚫Crypto

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Robin A Weston @robinbike.bsky.social · Feb 8

2025 - A year of great change.

Despite extreme right wing despots we will survive and oppose their tyranny.

Thank you for following me, share the hope for world peace, respect, empathy, environmental stability and an end to extreme right wing politics.

Don't forget we are #StrongerTogether

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Robin A Weston @robinbike.bsky.social · 5h

Mamon rules.

Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 9h

The government says it is “driving forward private finance efforts for Gaza's reconstruction.”

As if enabling a genocide wasn't enough. Now, they are allowing private companies to make some money out of it as well.

Have they no shame?

www.middleeasteye.net/news/british...

'No shame': UK invites private firms to compete for Gaza reconstruction contracts

As Britain positions itself as key player in the rebuilding of territory devastated by Israel's genocide, MPs point to its role in its destruction

www.middleeasteye.net

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4d

Next Saturday is #NoKings Day.

Stand up for democracy before it's too late.

Find a protest near you at nokings.org.

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Robin A Weston @robinbike.bsky.social · 15h

The people know it and the UK Labour Party know it.

Reeves and Starmer also know it, so why don't they do something about it?

Only stupid would prevent them from helping to fill that big hole.

#RejoinEU

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Robin A Weston @robinbike.bsky.social · 16h

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What would the police have done if he had suddenly shouted
"PALESTINE ACTION" ⁉️

BladeoftheSun‬
‪@bladeofthes.bsky.social‬
The 'protect our women thugs' standing outside Asylum Seeker residences threatening women with rape while the Police do nothing.
(Video not shown - very obscene language)

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Robin A Weston @robinbike.bsky.social · 16h

We knew and predicted this way back when.

It should be obvious, even to the half-witted that the UK would loose out big time with #Brexit

Many of us have been striving to #RejoinEU since the day following 23 June 2016.

Starmer/Reeves must be blind to reality.

Stay European #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #FBPE @stayeuropean.bsky.social · 18h

Finally.

FINALLY.

They are starting to admit the truth.

But you know, they have other options to solve this apart from tax rises.

Get back into the EU as fast as possible.

Save the economy.

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Jean Pocket @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 1d

Here we go.. let the games begin… was that in the agreement plan they signed ? Who’s idea was it to have a show with Trump the MC 🎤?
The show must go on 🍿🎬

apnews.com/article/gaza...

Israel to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for fragile ceasefire

The tenuous ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Hamas war is being tested as complex issues remain a day after widespread jubilation over the return to Israel of the last 20 living hostages held in Gaza ...

apnews.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump thinks he’s all powerful. It’s up to us to remind him on October 18th that he’s not.

We will show him who really has the power in this country — and we will do it peacefully. nokings.org

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Robin A Weston @robinbike.bsky.social · 1d

IDF and Hamas/gangs have already broken the peace Trump‼️

Trump would be better off sending troops to Gaza than to American cities where they are falsely employed.

Trump bragging about being the honest broker?

What a charade.

Trump's sold a pup to the Middle East, as usual it's all about him.

Robin A Weston @robinbike.bsky.social · 1d

#Resist

Flock to Blue🦋🌊💙🌵 @flocktoblue.bsky.social · 1d

Good God, Noem! This is still the United States of America and I don’t think we are going to let you just have it like that. In America we travel freely and our airports are not your source for putting out your propaganda. Of pure lies.
Something informative like proper conduct in epidemics is 👍

Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1d

Growing list of airport authorities who are refusing to play the Kristi Noem video for travelers that blames Democrats for the shutdown:

Portland International Airport
Seattle–Tacoma International Airport
Buffalo Niagara International Airport
Niagara Falls International Airport

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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Robin A Weston @robinbike.bsky.social · 1d

15 penguins are trapped in the basement of Sea Life London Aquarium.
No sunlight, fresh air & deep water to dive in or swim freely. Just concrete walls and artificial lights for animals born to roam the wild oceans of the Antarctic.
This is wrong.
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/save-our...

Save the penguins! Free them from Sea Life aquarium!

Right now, penguins at Sea Life London are suffering terrible conditions. I’ve just signed the petition demanding they’re moved from their underground basement to a more natural environment NOW. Will ...

act.38degrees.org.uk

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Robin A Weston @robinbike.bsky.social · 1d

Labour is no longer the party of the working people.

Most of their socialist policies are provided for by the LibDems.

However, for survival and progress in socialism and environmental concerns you need look no further than @greenparty.org.uk

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2d

Chris Packham, "This country voted in a party with a massive majority and a mandate for change"

"All we see is Labour kowtowing to the far right. This causes me enormous concern"

"I'm frustrated, I'm angry, and I've frightened"

"And I get more scared every single day"

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💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 @northjules.bsky.social · 2d

Our farmers are suffering - which means Trump chaos is going to ultimately cause us to suffer more than we already do.

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Robin A Weston @robinbike.bsky.social · 2d

Western society as we know it has grown partly out of the exploitation of indigenous peoples.
It is still happening in areas around the world, a prime example being the Amazon.
We must challenge global power that destroys our planet and all life relying on mother Earth.

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askgma.bsky.social @askgma.bsky.social · 2d

States should have power to dismiss uninvited “ support”. An exec order? A withholding of fed funds? Find a way.

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Robin A Weston @robinbike.bsky.social · 2d

The UK must stand up for human rights and reject calls to leave the ECHR.

Don't go down the path of Trump's America with the likes of Farage.

Please sign the campaign letter to keep the UK in the ECHR to be presented to Downing Street on Wednesday
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/keep_uk_in_e...

Open Letter: Keep the UK in the ECHR

Sign the European Movement UK's open letter now if you agree that the UK must remain in the ECHR.

www.europeanmovement.co.uk

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SABUCH @sabuch.bsky.social · 2d

“Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses. Because someone down the track of history some bastard will get up and say this never happened.“-Dwight D. Eisenhower, Germany, 1945.

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Robin A Weston @robinbike.bsky.social · 2d

Hopefully and justfully these Trump thugs will be held to account sometime in the future.
They have no excuse behaving in such a manner.
Records and evidence should be collected and held until the road to justice can be commenced.
They will be answerable.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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Robin A Weston @robinbike.bsky.social · 2d

The Trump Mammon family care not for America only for their own power and wealth.
They do not have a clue about service and care for others and cannot understand the meaning of empathy or respect.
They have no place in public service which they use solely for their own advantage.

Mack @urielandme.bsky.social · 2d

I served my Country in Uniform as a proud Anti-fascist, as did my father in the Vietnam War and my grandfather during WWII.

The Trump family has never served anything but themselves,
lived like a Parasite on the Country to enrichen themselves without giving anything back.

I'm Antifa.

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Robin A Weston @robinbike.bsky.social · 3d

And hopefully much was raised for charities, needed in the present circumstances.

rebel.resist @sam--2025.bsky.social · 3d

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Robin A Weston @robinbike.bsky.social · 3d

How many warnings from the people who are qualified do we need?
The worst of Trump's deranged thinking is that there is no #ClimateCrisis
All else will soon be irrelevant without a planet to exist on.
Save this one before going back to the moon and further to Mars.

Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 3d

Antarctica may have crossed a tipping point that leads to rising seas. Growing evidence of permanent shift Without adequate sea ice formation, their melting rates will accelerate, with the potential to cause extreme global sea level rise.
#climate
www.newscientist.com/article/2498...

Antarctica may have crossed a tipping point that leads to rising seas

Scientists are beginning to understand the sudden loss of sea ice in Antarctica – and there is growing evidence that it represents a permanent shift with potentially catastrophic consequences

www.newscientist.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

The future of the Democratic Party must be rooted in investing in the American people — not Wall St., corporations, and consultants.

Otherwise, Trumpism will continue to use cynicism, racism, and distrust to divide America.

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Robin A Weston @robinbike.bsky.social · 3d

The threat is from the public servants who fail to realize that what they are standing for is unacceptable to the people who are paying for their employment.
Unacceptable morally and legally.
Are they just zombies without a conscience?
#EnoughIsEnough #Constitution #Fascism

✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 3d

Citizens demanding transparency and lawfulness from their public servants.

📢This is the way.
#ChicagoStrong

Robin A Weston @robinbike.bsky.social · 3d

He is making Kuenssberg more acceptable and that's saying something!

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Box of Frogs @boxoffrogs.bsky.social · 3d

Global capitalism is arguably responsible for keeping many people in poverty.

The relationship that capitalism reduces poverty has always been a side-effect, not a goal.

It is wrong to assume the economy is a measure of societal health.

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