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Gillinger<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://climatejustice.social/@PabloMartini" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>PabloMartini</span></a></span> <br>Who are <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Blair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blair</span></a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> and why do they keep following me around?</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/LINO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LINO</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Hypocrites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hypocrites</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/UncoolBritannia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UncoolBritannia</span></a></p>
Wen<p>In case anyne had any doubt about Blair and his 'institute' (subsidised by us all with generous contributions from commercial partners).</p><p>'In a report published on Wednesday, TBI said it backed government proposals to let AI firms train their models on copyright-protected material without permission, unless creatives have signalled they want to opt out of the process.'</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/02/uk-ai-copyright-laws-transatlantic-tony-blair-thinktank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">5/apr/02/uk-ai-copyright-laws-transatlantic-tony-blair-thinktank</span></a></p><p>Guess he and the kids are not creating anything at all.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Blair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blair</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Protection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Theft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Theft</span></a></p>
Dining & Cooking<p>Listen to The Country online with Jamie Mackay: NZ’s wine industry with Blair McLean <a href="https://www.diningandcooking.com/1969971/listen-to-the-country-online-with-jamie-mackay-nzs-wine-industry-with-blair-mclean/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">diningandcooking.com/1969971/l</span><span class="invisible">isten-to-the-country-online-with-jamie-mackay-nzs-wine-industry-with-blair-mclean/</span></a> #(Industry) <a href="https://vive.im/tags/about" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>about</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/blair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blair</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/catches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>catches</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/causing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>causing</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Correspondent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Correspondent</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/country" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>country</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/glut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glut</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/host" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>host</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/jamie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jamie</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/learn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>learn</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/listen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>listen</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/mackay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mackay</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/mclean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mclean</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/more" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>more</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/NewZealandWine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealandWine</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/nzs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nzs</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Online" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Online</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/problems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>problems</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radio</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/show" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>show</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/the" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>the</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/to" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>to</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Today" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Today</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/viticulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>viticulture</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Wine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wine</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/WineFromNewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WineFromNewZealand</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/WineOfNewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WineOfNewZealand</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/with" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>with</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/zealands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zealands</span></a></p>
Geriatric Gardener<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@Geri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Geri</span></a></span> </p><p>Lest we forget:</p><p>“But a 2024 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> committed to the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Blair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blair</span></a>-<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Thatcher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thatcher</span></a> status quo, which refuses to meet the UK’s accumulating crises with a programme equal to it, will only aid a nativist and authoritarian right that offers its own, hallucinatory solutions. Our likely trajectory, absent fundamental reform, is one that discredits the centre-left in government and empowers the extreme right in opposition”</p><p>via Dan Hind in Open Democracy</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@UKLabour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>UKLabour</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/keir-starmer-labour-general-election-2024-need-radical-change-green-left/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">opendemocracy.net/en/keir-star</span><span class="invisible">mer-labour-general-election-2024-need-radical-change-green-left/</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1915800/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1915800/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Canada to review purchase of U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Blair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blair</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Canad%C3%A1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canadá</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Canadians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canadians</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/contract" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contract</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DeCasanove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeCasanove</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/F35" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>F35</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FighterJet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FighterJet</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/light" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>light</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PresidentTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/purchase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>purchase</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RoyalCanadianAirForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoyalCanadianAirForce</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TheWhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheWhiteHouse</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TrumpTradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTradeWar</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.s.Made <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/year" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>year</span></a></p>
Geriatric Gardener<p>“Collapsing Empire: ‘NATO is Dead’”</p><p>by Kit Klarenberg in Al Mayadeen</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@UKLabour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>UKLabour</span></a></span> </p><p>“Timothy Ash’s comments on NATO’s demise highlight growing European concerns over US security commitments, as leaders scramble to bolster their own defenses amid uncertainty about continued American military support”</p><p><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/analysis/collapsing-empire---nato-is-dead" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">english.almayadeen.net/article</span><span class="invisible">s/analysis/collapsing-empire---nato-is-dead</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ChathamHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChathamHouse</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vance</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Zelenskyy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zelenskyy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Empire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Empire</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Unipolarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unipolarity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Multipolarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Multipolarity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Yugoslavia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yugoslavia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Blair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blair</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UN</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Legitimacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Legitimacy</span></a></p>
Dorothea Lange<p>Home of agricultural workers in Arizona. Two families live in this house. They have been in Arizona for six months. Before that they worked in south Texas, picking cotton. "Blair had a farm near Blair, Texas but didn't get it paid for so we started our moving." Near the Casa Grande project, Arizona </p><p> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/Blair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blair</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/NeartheCasaGrande" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeartheCasaGrande</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/undefined" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>undefined</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/DorotheaLange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DorotheaLange</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017770626/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">loc.gov/pictures/item/20177706</span><span class="invisible">26/</span></a></p>
Donald Roy<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zirk.us/@ChrisMayLA6" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ChrisMayLA6</span></a></span> </p><p>It is worth recalling that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tradeunions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tradeunions</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialistsocieties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialistsocieties</span></a> set up the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/labourparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labourparty</span></a> so as to exercise countervailing power within the political system. There was a real risk during the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blair</span></a> years that it would be captured by those very corporate lobbies and their useful idiots - set out at the time by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/colincrouch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colincrouch</span></a> who described it as 'post democracy'. I had thought that danger had gone but that may be premature in the light of stories about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/morganmcsweeny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>morganmcsweeny</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/waheedalli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waheedalli</span></a> !</p>
Glyn Moody<p>US and UK refuse to sign <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Paris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paris</span></a> summit declaration on ‘inclusive’ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> - <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/11/us-uk-paris-ai-summit-artificial-intelligence-declaration" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">5/feb/11/us-uk-paris-ai-summit-artificial-intelligence-declaration</span></a> more grovelling to the US from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>starmer</span></a> the poodle 2.0. didn't do <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blair</span></a> much good....</p>
ClumsyGolem<p>Decided to start this back up now that I'm drawing more regularly. And since I'm doing it on stream, it's fun to collaborate with chat on which character to do :) </p><p>The only rules were that the character's name starts with the letter, and no repeat series. </p><p>So, 'B' is for <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/Blair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blair</span></a> from <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/SoulEater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoulEater</span></a>! Not bad for my first real dip into anime I think :) </p><p>Also first time attempting a megathread, hope I'm doing it right &gt;.&lt;</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/anime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anime</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/witch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>witch</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/ClipStudioPaint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClipStudioPaint</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/FanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FanArt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalArt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>learning</span></a></p>
Dr Pink<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> related <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> article created 9 hours ago</p><p>Becky Selengut</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becky_Selengut" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becky_Se</span><span class="invisible">lengut</span></a><br>Becky Selengut is an American chef, author and cooking instructor based in Seattle, Washington</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Blair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blair</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</span></a></p>
Wen<p>Tony Blair lobbied Berlusconi on behalf of British American Tobacco</p><p>In case anyone ever asked ‘is this an unscrupulous politician for hire?’</p><p>No it never occurred to me either 🤑🤮</p><p><a href="http://archive.today/2025.02.03-005534/https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/tony-blair-lobbied-berlusconi-on-behalf-of-british-american-tobacco-39x9jj9tl" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.today/2025.02.03-00553</span><span class="invisible">4/https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/tony-blair-lobbied-berlusconi-on-behalf-of-british-american-tobacco-39x9jj9tl</span></a> archived</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/redTory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>redTory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UkPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UkPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Blair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blair</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Grifter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grifter</span></a></p>
Simon Brooke<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@RaymondPierreL3" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RaymondPierreL3</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@firstdogonthemoon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>firstdogonthemoon</span></a></span> you cannot have a democracy in which a small minority, because of their wealth, have vastly more influence than anyone else. It does not work – as <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> (and before them <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Blair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blair</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Clinton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Clinton</span></a>) have so amply demonstrated. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Obama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Obama</span></a> was a bit different in that he did at least seem to try to raise his campaign finance from the same people he sought votes from, but once in power he did not confront the oligarchs at all.</p><p>/continued</p>
Bytes Europe<p>SailGP Auckland: Dylan Fletcher on return to Great Britain team and rivalry with Peter Burling and Blair Tuke <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/664370/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/664370/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/and" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>and</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/auckland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auckland</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/blair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blair</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/burling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>burling</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/came" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>came</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/dylan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dylan</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/fletcher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fletcher</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/fletchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fletchers</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/great" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>great</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreatBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBritain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/on" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>on</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/peter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peter</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/return" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>return</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/rivalry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rivalry</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/sailgp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sailgp</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/sense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sense</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/team" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>team</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/to" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>to</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/tuke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tuke</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/with" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>with</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1777949/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1777949/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> SailGP Auckland: Dylan Fletcher on return to Great Britain team and rivalry with Peter Burling and Blair Tuke <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/And" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>And</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/auckland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auckland</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Blair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blair</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/burling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>burling</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/came" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>came</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/dylan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dylan</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/fletcher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fletcher</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/fletchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fletchers</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/great" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>great</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreatBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBritain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ON" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ON</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/peter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peter</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Return" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Return</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/rivalry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rivalry</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/sailgp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sailgp</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/sense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sense</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/team" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>team</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TO</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/tuke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tuke</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/with" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>with</span></a></p>
RuthSalter<p>Folkie or Perthshire people, does anyone have a physical copy of the album 'Festival at Blairgowrie' (Topic, 1968)? I would love a scan of the sleeve notes if anyone has them to share! Thanks 🥰</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FolkMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FolkMusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottishMusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TradMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradMusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FolkSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FolkSong</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Blairgowrie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blairgowrie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Blair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blair</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Perthshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Perthshire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Musicology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musicology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ethnomusicology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ethnomusicology</span></a></p>
Charles West<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Blair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blair</span></a> had a naive belief in IT. He thought it would solve all the problems in the NHS if he threw some money at the NPFIT. Result £billions down the drain.<br>Now <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> has a touching faith in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> Will he make the same mistakes?</p>
deb829<p>We got another inch or so last night on Kent Island. The little that I shoveled is covered again. Temperature is 20 with windchill of 1 degree Fahrenheit <br>Seems fitting to use a crab ruler for the final snow count. <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/dmv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dmv</span></a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/Blair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blair</span></a></p>
deb829<p>I didn’t get very far shoveling the driveway Grateful for my neighbor who saved me from having to drag my very heavy trash can to the end of the driveway. Doubtful that they will pick up tomorrow but I’m ready if they do! <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/winter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>winter</span></a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/Blair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blair</span></a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/dmv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dmv</span></a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/winterstormblair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>winterstormblair</span></a></p>
Brian<p>Morning update on <a href="https://shakedown.social/tags/Winterstorm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Winterstorm</span></a> <a href="https://shakedown.social/tags/Blair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blair</span></a></p><p>We have power but no internet. Running off mobile hotspots at the moment for work. 🛜</p><p>More downed branches overnight. It was showing pretty heavy when I woke up at 6:30. That has now stopped with some sunshine.</p>
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