John Pilkington
@johnpilkingtonpt.bsky.social
Personal trainer specialising in coaching general population and older adults with specific training requirements.
Japanologist, former TV producer (news and entertainment) and university lecturer (EFL/ESL and media studies).
Japanologist, former TV producer (news and entertainment) and university lecturer (EFL/ESL and media studies).
Fishbone - RxPxOxS Lyric Video
YouTube video by Fishbone
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February 6, 2026 at 1:34 PM
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Fact of the day:
When Trump met Melania at a party in 1998 he was with his then girlfriend Celina Midelfart - and honestly, if you're British, it feels like the whole thing was scripted by Mike Myers...
When Trump met Melania at a party in 1998 he was with his then girlfriend Celina Midelfart - and honestly, if you're British, it feels like the whole thing was scripted by Mike Myers...
a man in a red suit and glasses is sitting in a crowd .
ALT: a man in a red suit and glasses is sitting in a crowd .
media.tenor.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Fact of the day:
When Trump met Melania at a party in 1998 he was with his then girlfriend Celina Midelfart - and honestly, if you're British, it feels like the whole thing was scripted by Mike Myers...
When Trump met Melania at a party in 1998 he was with his then girlfriend Celina Midelfart - and honestly, if you're British, it feels like the whole thing was scripted by Mike Myers...
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Hands off!! 🤬
January 21, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Hands off!! 🤬
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For decades, much of the world accepted America as the head of the global order, despite the country’s flaws and errors, "because it did not act solely out of narrow self-interest—much less in the narrow, selfish interest of a single ruler. That era is over," Robert Kagan argues.
Every Nation for Itself
President Trump wants to return to the 19th century’s international order. He will leave America less prosperous—and the whole world less secure.
bit.ly
January 20, 2026 at 1:15 AM
For decades, much of the world accepted America as the head of the global order, despite the country’s flaws and errors, "because it did not act solely out of narrow self-interest—much less in the narrow, selfish interest of a single ruler. That era is over," Robert Kagan argues.
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1️⃣ He didn't say that.
2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him.
3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling.
4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it.
5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented.
6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.
2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him.
3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling.
4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it.
5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented.
6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.
January 19, 2026 at 10:34 AM
1️⃣ He didn't say that.
2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him.
3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling.
4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it.
5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented.
6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.
2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him.
3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling.
4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it.
5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented.
6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.
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🔎 FROM FEB LAST YEAR:
Trump Isn't Joking About Lebensraum
Trump's plans for #Greenland, the Panama Canal, Canada and Mexico aren't just idle talk. A senior US insider tells us what to expect
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
Trump Isn't Joking About Lebensraum
Trump's plans for #Greenland, the Panama Canal, Canada and Mexico aren't just idle talk. A senior US insider tells us what to expect
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
Trump Isn't Joking About Lebensraum
Trump's plans for Greenland, the Panama Canal, Canada and Mexico aren't just idle talk. A senior US insider tells us what to expect
open.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:36 PM
🔎 FROM FEB LAST YEAR:
Trump Isn't Joking About Lebensraum
Trump's plans for #Greenland, the Panama Canal, Canada and Mexico aren't just idle talk. A senior US insider tells us what to expect
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
Trump Isn't Joking About Lebensraum
Trump's plans for #Greenland, the Panama Canal, Canada and Mexico aren't just idle talk. A senior US insider tells us what to expect
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
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My favourite movie line. Thank you Rob Reiner.
December 15, 2025 at 11:17 AM
My favourite movie line. Thank you Rob Reiner.
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“Je suis Bernard Manning,” claims Nigel Farage. And so he is. But not quite in the way he meant. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/uki...
Farage’s attack on the BBC tells us who he really is
His response to allegations of racist behaviour reveals more than we could have guessed—and why the Beeb needs to protect itself
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
“Je suis Bernard Manning,” claims Nigel Farage. And so he is. But not quite in the way he meant. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/uki...
Don't Be a Sucker (1947) - Clip from Anti Racist Short Film
YouTube video by Random Tangerine
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December 2, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵
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Exciting that political discourse has now shifted so far to the right, Max Hastings is a leftist agitator.
September 17, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Exciting that political discourse has now shifted so far to the right, Max Hastings is a leftist agitator.
@raskin.house.gov has certainly got Farage’s number. A truly incisive and well-informed deconstruction of his malevolent chicanery.
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Nigel Farage absolutely destroyed by Democrat Congressman in Committee Hearing
YouTube video by PoliticsJOE
youtu.be
September 4, 2025 at 9:21 AM
@raskin.house.gov has certainly got Farage’s number. A truly incisive and well-informed deconstruction of his malevolent chicanery.
youtu.be/reQaq3ArAak?...
youtu.be/reQaq3ArAak?...
This series (4x47 minute episodes) really should be required viewing for those with strong opinions on the small boats issue.
Seen 'Go Back to Where You Came From'? Watch it here on Channel 4:
www.channel4.com/programmes/g...
Seen 'Go Back to Where You Came From'? Watch it here on Channel 4:
www.channel4.com/programmes/g...
Go Back to Where You Came From - Episode 1
In Somalia and Syria the travellers confront conflict and famine. Fierce debate follows.
www.channel4.com
August 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This series (4x47 minute episodes) really should be required viewing for those with strong opinions on the small boats issue.
Seen 'Go Back to Where You Came From'? Watch it here on Channel 4:
www.channel4.com/programmes/g...
Seen 'Go Back to Where You Came From'? Watch it here on Channel 4:
www.channel4.com/programmes/g...
‘And if we are to live together and not to die together, we must learn a kind of charity and a kind of tolerance, which is absolutely vital to the continuation of human life on this planet.’ - Bertrand Russell (1959)
youtu.be/ihaB8AFOhZo?...
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Bertrand Russell - Message To Future Generations (1959)
YouTube video by PhilosophieKanal
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August 27, 2025 at 6:24 AM
‘And if we are to live together and not to die together, we must learn a kind of charity and a kind of tolerance, which is absolutely vital to the continuation of human life on this planet.’ - Bertrand Russell (1959)
youtu.be/ihaB8AFOhZo?...
youtu.be/ihaB8AFOhZo?...
Tin Machine Live - Paradiso 1989 - Under the God
YouTube video by BlackLabelMF
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July 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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March 8, 2025 at 8:17 AM
The Jam Live - 'A' Bomb In Wardour Street
YouTube video by theaceface
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February 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
As the alliance of genuinely responsible citizens gathers for the Emergency Summit in Paris, the grifters, usurpers and appeaseniks assemble in London.
uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/arc-for...
uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/arc-for...
ARC Forum Begins Tomorrow with Remarks from Speaker Johnson, Secretary Wright, Peter Thiel, Baroness Stroud, and Jordan Peterson
The Alliance for Responsible Citizenship's (ARC) second global Forum begins on Monday, February 17, and runs through Wednesday, February 19 at London ExCel. Presenters at this year's conference includ...
uk.finance.yahoo.com
February 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
As the alliance of genuinely responsible citizens gathers for the Emergency Summit in Paris, the grifters, usurpers and appeaseniks assemble in London.
uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/arc-for...
uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/arc-for...
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'Ukraine has bought Europe time by standing as its first line of defence. Enough of that time has already been squandered through refusal to recognise the danger. History may never forgive the current generation of European leaders if their procrastination continues'
www.ft.com/content/f268...
www.ft.com/content/f268...
Financial TimesFinancial Times
News, analysis and opinion from the Financial Times on the latest in markets, economics and politics
FT.com
February 16, 2025 at 10:14 AM
'Ukraine has bought Europe time by standing as its first line of defence. Enough of that time has already been squandered through refusal to recognise the danger. History may never forgive the current generation of European leaders if their procrastination continues'
www.ft.com/content/f268...
www.ft.com/content/f268...
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Pls promote. UK citizens stand with Ukraine. 🇺🇦 👇
February 13, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Pls promote. UK citizens stand with Ukraine. 🇺🇦 👇
Many journalists and commentators opining about the ‘ridiculous’, ‘rambling’ Gaza proposal may not be aware of dispensationalism, I suspect.
www.beliefnet.com/faiths/chris...
www.beliefnet.com/faiths/chris...
On the Road to Armageddon
How evangelicals became Israel's best friend.
www.beliefnet.com
February 5, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Many journalists and commentators opining about the ‘ridiculous’, ‘rambling’ Gaza proposal may not be aware of dispensationalism, I suspect.
www.beliefnet.com/faiths/chris...
www.beliefnet.com/faiths/chris...