@pauldavidgould
Author: Last Dance at the Disco for Deviants, a state-of #Russia novel/ #LGBT #thriller set in 1990s Moscow | buy @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social | alum @unibirmingham.bsky.social + @faberacademy.bsky.social | #Brighton based | sub-editor @financialtimes.com
It’a unlike me to swear on BlueSky — but when it comes to Ukraine, Gaza, Venezuela, the Chagos Islands or Britain, let alone his racist post about the Obamas, Trump can fuck off.
After watching #DirtyBusiness on @channel4tv.bsky.social — and shocked by its expose of sewage dumping in our rivers & seas,
I've signed up to the We Own It campaign for public ownership of public services weownit.org.uk/public-owner...
@weownit.org.uk
Bravo to Pedro Sanchez @pedrosanchezcas.bsky.social for standing up to Trump over his destructive unnecessary war against Iran
Bravo al presidente del gobierno para su rechazo de la guerra de Trump contra Iran
Go Pedro! Muchas gracias hombre!
Bravo for standing up to stupid, belligerent, lying, vain war-mongering, greedy, self-enriching narcissistic, tantrum-throwing Trump!
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Bravo to Pedro Sanchez @pedrosanchezcas.bsky.social for standing up to Trump over his destructive unnecessary war against Iran
Bravo al presidente del gobierno para su rechazo de la guerra de Trump contra Iran
Go Pedro! Muchas gracias hombre!
Bravo for standing up to stupid, belligerent, lying, vain war-mongering, greedy, self-enriching narcissistic, tantrum-throwing Trump!
as.ft.com/r/8822c675-7...
It’a unlike me to swear on BlueSky — but when it comes to Ukraine, Gaza, Venezuela, the Chagos Islands or Britain, let alone his racist post about the Obamas, Trump can fuck off.
After watching #DirtyBusiness on @channel4tv.bsky.social — and shocked by its expose of sewage dumping in our rivers & seas,
I've signed up to the We Own It campaign for public ownership of public services weownit.org.uk/public-owner...
@weownit.org.uk
I don’t get Israel’s logic.
Its defence minister says it launched ‘pre-emptive’ airstrikes on Iran to ‘defend Israel’ …
… but then says: ‘As a result, a missile + drone attack against the Israel‘s civilian population is expected.’
Well, duh! it’s hardly ‘defence’ when you provoke an attack.
Yes Ayatollah Khamenei WAS an evil tyrant — but when is Trump going to call out his buddy Putin? Also one of the most evil men in history — but instead he got the red carpet treatment in Alaska.
So Israel is launching a "preventive" strike on Iran and also announcing a state of emergency, because they expect Iran to respond to their "preventive" strike by launching missiles. So like... what's being prevented here?
Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started
Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started
I don’t get Israel’s logic.
Its defence minister says it launched ‘pre-emptive’ airstrikes on Iran to ‘defend Israel’ …
… but then says: ‘As a result, a missile + drone attack against the Israel‘s civilian population is expected.’
Well, duh! it’s hardly ‘defence’ when you provoke an attack.
Yes, this is also the theme of this BBC documentary — and it cynically covers up the extent of the carnage from Russia's more comfortable classes in Moscow and St Petersburg
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Bravo @bbcstever.bsky.social
But Putin also tries to cover up the carnage of his pointless war in Ukraine by keeping it well away from the comfortable classes in Moscow & St Pburg.
How? By cynically conscripting prisoners & ethnic minorities who the Kremlin treats as disposable cannon fodder.
Just watched the excellent but depressing documentary . . . This woman Polina Azarnykh is evil
You're right: she's vicious and evil
Just watched the excellent but depressing documentary . . . This woman Polina Azarnykh is evil
Just watched the excellent but depressing documentary . . . That woman Polina Azarnykh is evil
There's a lot wrong across UK media — esp The T'graph, Mail, Express and Sun owned by rightwing tax-dodgers
But fact-chk: Guardian, FT and BBC *AREN'T* owned by them — Guardian by a charitable trust; FT by Nikkei of Japan; BBC by us, the public
Down Memory Lane @unibirmingham.bsky.social
Big thanks @davidep82.bsky.social & Laura Price-Scott of #Birmingham's #alumni office!
As part of #LGBTQ history, I discussed my #novel Last Dance (pub'd by @unboundsocials.bsky.social now @wiltonsquare.bsky.social) #Russia #Putin #gay rights & #writing
Down Memory Lane @unibirmingham.bsky.social
Big thanks @davidep82.bsky.social & Laura Price-Scott of #Birmingham's #alumni office!
As part of #LGBTQ history, I discussed my #novel Last Dance (pub'd by @unboundsocials.bsky.social now @wiltonsquare.bsky.social) #Russia #Putin #gay rights & #writing
Catch me on MON 9 FEB @unibirmingham.bsky.social with #alumni tsar @davidep82.bsky.social in #LGBTQ History Month
➡️Law Building 1pm, FREE but register at shorturl.at/TnCI5
We'll discuss my #Russia-set #pre- #Putin #gay #novel Last Dance, studying #Russian #journalism #creativewriting & #publishing
Ice-rink #gay romance
Closeted #Russian boy
Steamy #same-sex love
#Heated #Rivalry fan?
Check out my post-Soviet pre- #Putin suspense novel 'Last Dance'
Buy it @wiltonsquare.bsky.social
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Can Trump sink any lower?
Sadly yes. News of his sick racist ‘Truth’ social post depicting the Obamas as apes says it all.
Trump is an abhorrent, petty, disgusting cesspit of a person.
#dumpTrump #impeachTrump #ICEout #standwithMinneapolis
Can Trump sink any lower?
Sadly yes. News of his sick racist ‘Truth’ social post depicting the Obamas as apes says it all.
Trump is an abhorrent, petty, disgusting cesspit of a person.
#dumpTrump #impeachTrump #ICEout #standwithMinneapolis
📢Must-watch viewing! @bbcstever.bsky.social shares a year as BBC Moscow correspondent
Steve voices a fair-minded fascination with #Russia, showing its descent into war with #Ukraine under #Putin — but also shares the 1990s hopes of peace and democracy
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUe7...
📢Must-watch viewing! @bbcstever.bsky.social shares a year as BBC Moscow correspondent
Steve voices a fair-minded fascination with #Russia, showing its descent into war with #Ukraine under #Putin — but also shares the 1990s hopes of peace and democracy
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUe7...
Join me — sign the petition!
Stop Trump sportswashing his reputation and keep his ICE thugs away from football fans during the World Cup
footballagainstfascism.org
Bravo Steve! I’m impressed and touched by your combination of reporting and empathy, your nostalgia for the friendlier and more optimistic times we knew in Russia. Stay safe, vaevo samovo dobrovo, Paul