Tricia Harris
@trishha.bsky.social
English, living in France. Here to keep up with what’s going on in the world, non-angry opinion and LFC.
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🚨 “Can I tell you how many times in the last 45 years the European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the UK when it comes to deporting people from this country - only 13 times - in 45 years”
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
December 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
🚨 “Can I tell you how many times in the last 45 years the European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the UK when it comes to deporting people from this country - only 13 times - in 45 years”
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
I don’t like kakis but I do love how they look like Christmas ornaments. They really brighten up à December day.
December 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I don’t like kakis but I do love how they look like Christmas ornaments. They really brighten up à December day.
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1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What everyone can see - except, it seems, the majority of British and US media.
La Poutine-Trump connection:
La réunion de famille mafieuse Witkoff/Kushner-Poutine, ça commence avec Nigel Farage, le chantre du Brexit voulu par Trump et aidé par le Kremlin.
En France aussi, on connaît la musique.
👉@LEXPRESS en kiosque cette semaine.
Et @Cdanslair en podcast.
La réunion de famille mafieuse Witkoff/Kushner-Poutine, ça commence avec Nigel Farage, le chantre du Brexit voulu par Trump et aidé par le Kremlin.
En France aussi, on connaît la musique.
👉@LEXPRESS en kiosque cette semaine.
Et @Cdanslair en podcast.
December 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
What everyone can see - except, it seems, the majority of British and US media.
😂
Gullis leaving the Tories and joining Reform carries the unique distinction of raising the average IQ of both parties.
December 2, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
Très cool.
Cool kid.
November 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Très cool.
Good thread from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social and interesting History of Europe video in comments from @dfromaotearoa.bsky.social
1. This is a thread on freedom, and how easy it is to lose.
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
November 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Good thread from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social and interesting History of Europe video in comments from @dfromaotearoa.bsky.social
Not a ‘daring political manoeuvre’, but a dereliction of duty by the Dems.
1. The approach of mainstream Democrats is summed up in this astonishing February advice from the Democratic strategist James Carville:
“Roll over and play dead. Allow the Republicans to crumble beneath their own weight and make the American people miss us.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/o...
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“Roll over and play dead. Allow the Republicans to crumble beneath their own weight and make the American people miss us.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/o...
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Opinion | James Carville: It’s Time for a Daring Political Maneuver, Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Not a ‘daring political manoeuvre’, but a dereliction of duty by the Dems.
I think I’m getting the hang of this social media thing. I can still get angry and upset at genuine news items, but individuals’ stupid comments make me rise to the bait for barely a split second now. Instead of expletives/arguments filling my head, I just think Attention Seeker and scroll on. E.G…
October 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
I think I’m getting the hang of this social media thing. I can still get angry and upset at genuine news items, but individuals’ stupid comments make me rise to the bait for barely a split second now. Instead of expletives/arguments filling my head, I just think Attention Seeker and scroll on. E.G…
From Cuban ‘lady’s companion’ to having the Freedom of Manchester, one of many migrant contributions. Also, can you think of any true philanthropists today?
Made in Manchester: John Rylands, devout Christian and philanthropist, was Manchester’s greatest merchant-manufacturer during cotton’s golden age. His Cuban-born widow Enriqueta created the neo-Gothic John Rylands Library on Deansgate in his memory. 1/7
October 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
From Cuban ‘lady’s companion’ to having the Freedom of Manchester, one of many migrant contributions. Also, can you think of any true philanthropists today?
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A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.
April 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.
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#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
October 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
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NEW: Police knew a Kremlin spy ring recruited former leader of Reform Wales at least 3 years ago.
So why was Nathan Gill not charged till Feb this year?
Pls read part 2 of @thenerve.news special investigation into Nathan Gill. And please share!
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So why was Nathan Gill not charged till Feb this year?
Pls read part 2 of @thenerve.news special investigation into Nathan Gill. And please share!
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October 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
NEW: Police knew a Kremlin spy ring recruited former leader of Reform Wales at least 3 years ago.
So why was Nathan Gill not charged till Feb this year?
Pls read part 2 of @thenerve.news special investigation into Nathan Gill. And please share!
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So why was Nathan Gill not charged till Feb this year?
Pls read part 2 of @thenerve.news special investigation into Nathan Gill. And please share!
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A painting of other paintings. Incredible detail.
October 18, 2025 at 5:58 AM
A painting of other paintings. Incredible detail.
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This is a delightful thread!
This could be a long and rambling thread. Be patient with me.
I bought an old mahogany bureau on Ebay. I didn't really want a bureau as we're meant to be downsizing, but it was a beautiful piece & obviously very old. Google lens suggests the brass chased handles are Queen Anne. That's 1702-1714 😯
I bought an old mahogany bureau on Ebay. I didn't really want a bureau as we're meant to be downsizing, but it was a beautiful piece & obviously very old. Google lens suggests the brass chased handles are Queen Anne. That's 1702-1714 😯
October 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This is a delightful thread!
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🔴NEW🔴
Thread 🧵
@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem
Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...
bylinetimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
🔴NEW🔴
Thread 🧵
@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
Thread 🧵
@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
Interesting stat. Personally not surprised. We shouldn’t have to be forever on the defensive to counter certain malign actors, (we know who they are), wanting to talk down London, & UK in general. However, it’s where we are and the govt should be countering the disinformation much more aggressively.
September 30, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Interesting stat. Personally not surprised. We shouldn’t have to be forever on the defensive to counter certain malign actors, (we know who they are), wanting to talk down London, & UK in general. However, it’s where we are and the govt should be countering the disinformation much more aggressively.
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I honestly don't think everyone talks enough about how amazing it was when the world came together to fix the hole in the ozone layer, so I wrote this:
everythingisamazing.substack.com/p/lets-all-r...
It's a good reminder of what we're capable of.
everythingisamazing.substack.com/p/lets-all-r...
It's a good reminder of what we're capable of.
Let's All Remember When We Saved The World
To remind ourselves we can do it again.
everythingisamazing.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I honestly don't think everyone talks enough about how amazing it was when the world came together to fix the hole in the ozone layer, so I wrote this:
everythingisamazing.substack.com/p/lets-all-r...
It's a good reminder of what we're capable of.
everythingisamazing.substack.com/p/lets-all-r...
It's a good reminder of what we're capable of.
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Trickle-down trick
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
September 27, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Trickle-down trick
Very much in favour of music as peaceful protest!
"Hurty music"
A man in Washington, DC, plays the Imperial March from Star Wars while following patrolling soldiers. One of the soldiers threatens to call the police.
September 15, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Very much in favour of music as peaceful protest!
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'Come on in, I'll treat you right. I used to know your Daddy.' Cartoon, 1936, by Clarence D. Batchelor, which won the Pulitzer Prize the following year.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._D._B...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._D._B...
September 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
'Come on in, I'll treat you right. I used to know your Daddy.' Cartoon, 1936, by Clarence D. Batchelor, which won the Pulitzer Prize the following year.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._D._B...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._D._B...