Paul Bijhouwer
@paulbijhouwer.bsky.social
Civil Engineer, amateur musician (guitar), musically omnivorous, friend, husband, dad, Gen Jones, anti-fascist. Pay attention, do your homework.
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Never forget that government can only govern with the consent of people. This country has a long history of civil disobedience. Members of my church went to jail rather than register for the draft during the Vietnam War.
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Sharing this again as today's news programmes seem yet again full of those pushing the obscene suggestion of us leaving the #ECHR
Patrick Stewart sketch: what has the ECHR ever done for us?
YouTube video by The Guardian
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Sharing this again as today's news programmes seem yet again full of those pushing the obscene suggestion of us leaving the #ECHR
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November 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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You showed dick pics of Hunter Biden on the floor of the US House Of Representatives.
Fuck off with your apology tour.
Fuck off with your apology tour.
November 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
You showed dick pics of Hunter Biden on the floor of the US House Of Representatives.
Fuck off with your apology tour.
Fuck off with your apology tour.
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Perhaps the river
doesn’t ask the stone
Why it should smooth
its edges as it flows.
Perhaps the sun
has always simply shone
On thorn and rose alike,
because it knows
That grace, like spring,
needs no reason to return,
And love, like fire,
simply exists to burn.
#poetry
doesn’t ask the stone
Why it should smooth
its edges as it flows.
Perhaps the sun
has always simply shone
On thorn and rose alike,
because it knows
That grace, like spring,
needs no reason to return,
And love, like fire,
simply exists to burn.
#poetry
November 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Perhaps the river
doesn’t ask the stone
Why it should smooth
its edges as it flows.
Perhaps the sun
has always simply shone
On thorn and rose alike,
because it knows
That grace, like spring,
needs no reason to return,
And love, like fire,
simply exists to burn.
#poetry
doesn’t ask the stone
Why it should smooth
its edges as it flows.
Perhaps the sun
has always simply shone
On thorn and rose alike,
because it knows
That grace, like spring,
needs no reason to return,
And love, like fire,
simply exists to burn.
#poetry
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a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan wins Orleans clerk of court race - Verite News New Orleans
Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner, defeated incumbent Darren Lombard by a wide margin in Saturday's runoff.
veritenews.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
We should not lose sight of the fact that sex trafficking is illegal and immoral REGARDLESS of the age of the victims.
November 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We should not lose sight of the fact that sex trafficking is illegal and immoral REGARDLESS of the age of the victims.
@siriusxmprog.bsky.social I pay for two subscriptions for family cars, and am outraged that you are allowing Ms. Kelley, who has publicly stated that sex with 15 year old girls is not pedophilia, to have a show on your network. Please cancel it post haste.
November 16, 2025 at 6:34 AM
@siriusxmprog.bsky.social I pay for two subscriptions for family cars, and am outraged that you are allowing Ms. Kelley, who has publicly stated that sex with 15 year old girls is not pedophilia, to have a show on your network. Please cancel it post haste.
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November 16, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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@joshtpm.bsky.social will opening new investigations prevent the files from being released?
November 16, 2025 at 5:36 AM
@joshtpm.bsky.social will opening new investigations prevent the files from being released?
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I don't know if this is my favorite Todd Snider song, or the best Todd Snider song but it is undisputably the most Todd Snider song.
Rest in chaos to my hero.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaYi...
Rest in chaos to my hero.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaYi...
Todd Snider, "Too Soon To Tell"
YouTube video by American Songwriter Archives
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I don't know if this is my favorite Todd Snider song, or the best Todd Snider song but it is undisputably the most Todd Snider song.
Rest in chaos to my hero.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaYi...
Rest in chaos to my hero.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaYi...
I’m old enough to remember when this was happening. Sharing in hopes of getting a smile or two!
On this day 21 years ago, in the most consequential moment in history this account has yet marked, Diana Duyser, a resident of Florida, put a ten-year-old grilled cheese sandwich up for sale on eBay. As you would of course expect, it sold for $28,000 dollars. Mind you...
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I’m old enough to remember when this was happening. Sharing in hopes of getting a smile or two!
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November 15, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Megan Kelly might want to watch this.
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Megan Kelly might want to watch this.
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Offshore drilling in California is a recipe for disaster.
It’s taxpayers – not big oil companies – who end up paying for the clean-up of inevitable leaks and spills that hurt our wildlife and coastal communities.
It’s taxpayers – not big oil companies – who end up paying for the clean-up of inevitable leaks and spills that hurt our wildlife and coastal communities.
Trump plan would open California to offshore oil drilling
A draft five-year plan for offshore oil development proposes selling leases on the West Coast, Gulf of Mexico and Alaska.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Offshore drilling in California is a recipe for disaster.
It’s taxpayers – not big oil companies – who end up paying for the clean-up of inevitable leaks and spills that hurt our wildlife and coastal communities.
It’s taxpayers – not big oil companies – who end up paying for the clean-up of inevitable leaks and spills that hurt our wildlife and coastal communities.
By my tally the “America First” crowd is making it harder for “Americans” to access
- Food,
- Housing, and
- Medical Care
So that billionaires can become trillionaires.
How patriotic.
- Food,
- Housing, and
- Medical Care
So that billionaires can become trillionaires.
How patriotic.
November 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
By my tally the “America First” crowd is making it harder for “Americans” to access
- Food,
- Housing, and
- Medical Care
So that billionaires can become trillionaires.
How patriotic.
- Food,
- Housing, and
- Medical Care
So that billionaires can become trillionaires.
How patriotic.
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When you find yourself parsing the definition of pedophilia to defend your party leader, it should be a clue that you are on the wrong team.
November 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
When you find yourself parsing the definition of pedophilia to defend your party leader, it should be a clue that you are on the wrong team.
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Lib Dem Leader @eddavey.libdems.org.uk:
"A great British institution is under attack from a foreign government. President Trump is trying to destroy our BBC... Trump has undermined press freedom in America. Now he's trying to do the same here, disgracefully egged on by the leader of Reform."
"A great British institution is under attack from a foreign government. President Trump is trying to destroy our BBC... Trump has undermined press freedom in America. Now he's trying to do the same here, disgracefully egged on by the leader of Reform."
November 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Lib Dem Leader @eddavey.libdems.org.uk:
"A great British institution is under attack from a foreign government. President Trump is trying to destroy our BBC... Trump has undermined press freedom in America. Now he's trying to do the same here, disgracefully egged on by the leader of Reform."
"A great British institution is under attack from a foreign government. President Trump is trying to destroy our BBC... Trump has undermined press freedom in America. Now he's trying to do the same here, disgracefully egged on by the leader of Reform."
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November 12, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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This is Oakley. He has an injury that requires physical therapy and at-home massages. Luckily, his cat sibling River has been training his whole life for this. 14/10 for both
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This is Oakley. He has an injury that requires physical therapy and at-home massages. Luckily, his cat sibling River has been training his whole life for this. 14/10 for both
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Every time with the Democrats
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Every time with the Democrats