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Northern emerging writer, reader, musician, & photographer. Snaps are taken on my #FujiFilmXT5, mostly. #author #writingcommunity #horror #booksky #writer #SFF #Photographer #UrbanPhotography #Photography

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America struck it twice. Just to make sure that they killed as many aid and rescue workers as possible.

War criminals - from the President to the soldier who pressed the button.

12.03.2026 10:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Another hush money payment.

11.03.2026 22:11 πŸ‘ 10935 πŸ” 4382 πŸ’¬ 288 πŸ“Œ 169
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This very straight news piece buried deep within the FT never uses words like corruption or insider dealing but every detail is quietly devastating. Why is the FT virtually alone in the UK media in covering this important story?

10.03.2026 13:48 πŸ‘ 1643 πŸ” 823 πŸ’¬ 65 πŸ“Œ 45

…do not make them β€œfascist,” any more than AOC or Bernie can be said to be Communist.

& both sides are not as bad as each other.

Americans are faced with 2 choices: vote Dem & kick Trump out. Or revolt. I see no evidence that Americans are willing to pay that cost - measured as it is in blood.

10.03.2026 12:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m not being tricky. But that’s a different argument.

Tell me that the Dems are fundamentally compromised: I agree. Tell me that your constitution isn’t fit for purpose & that your system of government is irredeemable. I agree. Advocate for revolution - Amen, brother.

But the things you cite…

10.03.2026 12:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My last response is this: what I am telling you isn’t an opinion. I’m saying you are wrong. I’m not sharing my opinion - I’m telling you how students of history and politics define fascism.

You can keep arguing black is white, but it’s not going to change that.

Good luck to you.

10.03.2026 12:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Honestly, that is such an ignorant comment that it doesn’t warrant a response.

& you seem to be an adult, & so it really isn’t acceptable that you lack a basic understanding of mod. history & political science.

I’d suggest you start by reading about the rise of fascism prior to the 2WW.

10.03.2026 08:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Not sure what point you are making? I could maybe set up a list, Kiddie-Fiddlers, add you to it?

09.03.2026 18:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s not *my* definition of fascism. It’s a series of characteristics that define what fascism is. Rampant nationalism, fetishization of the military, scapegoating of minority groups, etc., etc.

You can google it. It’s not hard.

09.03.2026 18:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

No it is not. And I don’t believe that you believe that it is. So what exactly are you doing?

Depending on what you mean, that may well be a characteristic. But it does not satisfy any working definition or criteria put forward by any serious thinker ever (Griffin, Echo, Paxton, to name but a few).

09.03.2026 16:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Dearie me.

What happened was this: you lot decried the Dems as fascists. That misinformation suppressed the vote for Harris (to one degree or another). That gave an advantage to Trump - the true fascist.

Which is why we call you β€œuseful” idiots.

Can’t believe I had to explain that.

09.03.2026 16:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m am not nor will not defend the Democrats. But, again, to pretend that they are the same as Trumpism is either idiotic or disingenuous.

&, that idiotic dissembling partly explains America’s fall into fascism.

09.03.2026 15:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That’s both-sides-ism. The dems are not only slightly better. They are a different species. Trumpism is fascism plain and simple. The dems operate within democratic norms. Trumpism does not. That is not a small distinction.

09.03.2026 15:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Why would I need to do that - I know full well what the Dems are up to.
And I vehemently disapprove.

What I take issue with is your both-sides-ism. Because both sides are not the same - and it’s not even close.

Pretending otherwise makes you an idiot or a shill.

09.03.2026 14:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You won’t find me defending the US policy on Israel - ever. But to try and both-sides this away makes you appear either brainachingly stupid or an utter shill, though for what cause, I’m uncertain.

09.03.2026 14:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s not even worth debating with you: because you’re either an idiot or a shill pushing disinformation.

Blocked.

09.03.2026 11:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Actually, the problem - at least in part - was people like you characterising a centrist as β€œright wing”.

09.03.2026 10:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Of course. Your point?

09.03.2026 10:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder if you realise how impossibly stupid you sound?

And to say it in public and on t’internet no less.

09.03.2026 09:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

"We don’t know who struck first, us or them. But we know that it was us that scorched the sky"

08.03.2026 18:49 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Lost…

#Photography #LandscapePhotography #FujiFilm #FujiFilmXT5 #PhotographersOfBlueSky

08.03.2026 16:33 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is #Manchester… in #monochrome.

#Photography #MonochromePhotography #CityPhotography #UrbanPhotography #FujiFilm #FujiFilmXT5 #PhotographersOfBlueSky

07.03.2026 18:21 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is America.

07.03.2026 17:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No Kings Protests are a joke. A bunch of Americans out with flags & face paint for a single day, then going home thinking, β€œjob done”.

Look at Iran, or Georgia, tens of thousands out every day, shutting everything down, & forcing change.

Anything less than that is woefully inadequate.

07.03.2026 09:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

1. This is AI trash, which would normally get you a block; 2. This is misinformation, which, again, would get you a block; but, 3. & most importantly, I have zero sympathy for dead Americans.

My concern is for the 165 dead school girls which Americans butchered.

Frankly. & with due respect.

07.03.2026 08:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Rape Bans

06.03.2026 22:16 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Even a broken clock….

06.03.2026 15:47 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Ha! SchΓΆn gut. Dann versuche ich mal mein schlechtes Deutsch. :)

06.03.2026 12:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I look forward to J.D. Vance arriving in Kyiv to personally thank the Ukraine for their support.

06.03.2026 10:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Totally agree with this.

(And let me know if you want me to reply in German - didn’t realise you weren’t a native English speaker. Though, to warn you, my German is rusty! :)

06.03.2026 10:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0