Max
banner
doright.bsky.social
Max
@doright.bsky.social
‘In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.’ Camus.

The arts, history, travel, transport, books, football and the rest…AFC / socialist.
Reposted by Max
The algorithms are making it a lot harder to spread the word about these online talks. Although numbers are still reasonable, it would be a great help if folk were able to give the 30 December event a quick share 🙂

Booking available here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/buildings-...
December 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Reposted by Max
What an interesting coincidence.
December 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Reposted by Max
Found when sorting an old drive. I still, very occasionally, say 'not many badgers in the House of Lords' and this is why:
February 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
😂😂😂
December 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Reposted by Max
Hoy en "Como lo hacen?"
Visitamos una fábrica de Punkis en china
December 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Reposted by Max
you know how i know im a 44yo dad? how much i laughed at this shit
December 6, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Reposted by Max
Brendan Behan switching on the Christmas lights in Dublin in 1959.
December 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Reposted by Max
Excl: Dozens of Labour MPs have written to the government calling for Housing First to be rolled out nationwide as part of the upcoming homelessness strategy. www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Forty Labour MPs Write To Government Calling For Housing First To Be Included In Homelessness Strategy
Exclusive: A group of Labour MPs has written to the government calling for Housing First to be rolled out nationwide as part of the upcoming homele...
www.politicshome.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Reposted by Max
Our political scale has been distorted & propagandized by the corrupt elite to make basic empathy a radical political ideology.

But it's not.

Our barometer is off & a dangerous sociopathy has been the norm for way too long.

That's how we got here: being conditioned into hyper individuality.
December 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Reposted by Max
I was a juror once. It was like being in a Local Facebook group except we had the power to jail someone.
December 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Reposted by Max
Sovereignty? Democracy? Sorry, but we can't afford those anymore. We'll be sued if we try to defend them.
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot
The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Reposted by Max
◻️

#infographic
#working_class_history

map.workingclasshistory.com?event=11266#...

⚪ A monumental project with endless fascination.
WCH Map
map.workingclasshistory.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Reposted by Max
Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.

One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.

What could go wrong?

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Daily Mail owner strikes £500m deal to buy Telegraph titles
Acquisition likely to trigger in-depth investigation by regulator after agreement between DMGT and Redbird IMI
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Reposted by Max
November 14, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Reposted by Max
French parliament suspends Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform on.ft.com/48aAhOD
French parliament suspends Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform
Political deal reprieves fragile government, but undermines president’s signature economic policy
on.ft.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Reposted by Max
Genuinely and with all my soul I love when @oldenoughtosay.com is On One.

this series of nested threads is gold
Westminster Abbey (and Houses of Parliament) are actually built on an island IN the Thames and then we just built roads over the bit of water and then buildings on top of that and now the whole thing looks solid but god forbid the Thames Barrier fails
While we’re on the subject, I take is Westminster Abbey is completely safe? I mean, not built in a swamp, or at the outer limits of what arches can do, or anything? (Asking for a friend who works nearby).
November 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Reposted by Max
Yours for an estimated £100,000 (plus buyer’s premium) bit.ly/3Ly7drw engineer Harry Beck who designed it was paid £5. Now it is a model used worldwide.
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Reposted by Max
Kind of familiar.

Isn't it.
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Reposted by Max
Votes have been piling in in their thousands for the FSA Awards - you can have your say in 10 categories, from Player and Pundit of the Year to your favourite podcasts, fan media and writers. Find out who's on the shortlist at the link below... thefsa.org.uk/news/fsa-awa...
FSA Awards 2025 - vote now! - Football Supporters' Association
We are pleased to announce the shortlists for the 2025 Football Supporters’ Association Awards – voting is open now and fans can back their favourites here. 91 candidates are battling it out across 16...
thefsa.org.uk
November 9, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Reposted by Max
Any shares of this much appreciated! When my ex-publishers collapsed, taking over £20,000 of my earnings with them into the void, all my books suffered but none more than 1983. This is me trying to repair that. It’s about:
Childhood
Education
Aliens
Alpacas
The East Midlands
The old future we lost
Hello! My CEO Roscoe and I are giving away TWO signed copies of my novel 1983 to two randomly selected people who repost this & pop a reply below. You also get a free postcard of this illustration of Roscoe by my mum.

It’s been called “Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut & Sue Townsend”…
November 1, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Through a window at the Palace of the Popes 2012 #Avignon #photography
October 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Reposted by Max
OMG. What an ad!
October 25, 2025 at 3:20 AM