Patrick G. Cox
@harryitu.bsky.social
Retired firefighter and instructor/lecturer, former Lay Reader in the Anglican Church, author of the Harry Heron series and several more books. Companion of two Shelties, father and grandfather. Married and living in Germany.
No DMs please and NO crypto!!
No DMs please and NO crypto!!
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Reform is going to be defending so many investigations it won’t have any time left for its core mission of spreading hate.
Farage accused of failing to declare donors from events in the Middle East
EXCLUSIVE: The Electoral Commission has confirmed it will look into hospitality heaped on Nigel Farage and senior party figures in Dubai last January by mega-rich supporters
www.mirror.co.uk
September 12, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Reform is going to be defending so many investigations it won’t have any time left for its core mission of spreading hate.
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Just like Mike Rogers in Michigan and Tommy Tuberville in Alabama, Roger Marshall is a Florida Man who doesn’t even live in the state he represents.
September 13, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Just like Mike Rogers in Michigan and Tommy Tuberville in Alabama, Roger Marshall is a Florida Man who doesn’t even live in the state he represents.
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Just in case it wasn’t complex enough: Somali pirates have attacked a tanker off the coast of Yemen.
September 12, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Just in case it wasn’t complex enough: Somali pirates have attacked a tanker off the coast of Yemen.
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September 12, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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10,000+ took to Ireland's capital street yesterday, to tell an oval office rapist that he wasn't welcome to Ireland.
September 13, 2026 at 8:34 AM
10,000+ took to Ireland's capital street yesterday, to tell an oval office rapist that he wasn't welcome to Ireland.
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When 3M scientist Kris Hansen discovered that a chemical the company produced was in the blood of the general public, her bosses questioned her work.
Yet all along, some people inside the company had known the same thing.
Listen to this excerpt:
Yet all along, some people inside the company had known the same thing.
Listen to this excerpt:
September 5, 2026 at 2:22 PM
When 3M scientist Kris Hansen discovered that a chemical the company produced was in the blood of the general public, her bosses questioned her work.
Yet all along, some people inside the company had known the same thing.
Listen to this excerpt:
Yet all along, some people inside the company had known the same thing.
Listen to this excerpt:
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Increase in productivity since 1979: 93%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 34%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 34%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
September 5, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Increase in productivity since 1979: 93%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 34%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 34%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
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If you want to know how you can help me, this weekend you're going to be faced with a lot of sales and deals.
My ask is simple: please consider investing in democracy. Democracy Docket is offering $20 off an annual premium membership — use code LDW20 at checkout. demdock.com/4w6emld
My ask is simple: please consider investing in democracy. Democracy Docket is offering $20 off an annual premium membership — use code LDW20 at checkout. demdock.com/4w6emld
September 5, 2026 at 11:12 PM
If you want to know how you can help me, this weekend you're going to be faced with a lot of sales and deals.
My ask is simple: please consider investing in democracy. Democracy Docket is offering $20 off an annual premium membership — use code LDW20 at checkout. demdock.com/4w6emld
My ask is simple: please consider investing in democracy. Democracy Docket is offering $20 off an annual premium membership — use code LDW20 at checkout. demdock.com/4w6emld
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She lost every single one of her puppies last time she gave birth.
Luckily this time we found her in time. She has all the support she needs now.
I called her Katie Taylor for the weekend that is in it ❤️
Luckily this time we found her in time. She has all the support she needs now.
I called her Katie Taylor for the weekend that is in it ❤️
September 6, 2026 at 11:17 AM
She lost every single one of her puppies last time she gave birth.
Luckily this time we found her in time. She has all the support she needs now.
I called her Katie Taylor for the weekend that is in it ❤️
Luckily this time we found her in time. She has all the support she needs now.
I called her Katie Taylor for the weekend that is in it ❤️
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I just want to see what the engagement I would get for traditional pen and ink. These things can take over 20 hours and up to 60 hours.This is city scape I did 5 years ago (2021).
#art #traditionalart #inkart #cityscape
#art #traditionalart #inkart #cityscape
September 6, 2026 at 7:21 AM
I just want to see what the engagement I would get for traditional pen and ink. These things can take over 20 hours and up to 60 hours.This is city scape I did 5 years ago (2021).
#art #traditionalart #inkart #cityscape
#art #traditionalart #inkart #cityscape
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Enjoying the weekend? Thank a union — and Frances Perkins.
Why Do We Work 40 Hours?| Robert Reich
Enjoy weekends? Thank a union.
www.youtube.com
September 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Enjoying the weekend? Thank a union — and Frances Perkins.
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‘Now, it’s personal’: Canadian wool and yarn producers walk away from U.S. customers #Canada
More and more Canadian producers are shipping their raw wool to China and the Czech Republic to evade U.S. tariffs and trade tensions.
/1 thread
www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps...
More and more Canadian producers are shipping their raw wool to China and the Czech Republic to evade U.S. tariffs and trade tensions.
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www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps...
‘Now, it’s personal’: Canadian wool and yarn producers walk away from U.S. customers
More and more Canadian producers are shipping their raw wool to China and the Czech Republic to evade U.S. tariffs and trade tensions.
www.ctvnews.ca
September 6, 2026 at 11:43 AM
‘Now, it’s personal’: Canadian wool and yarn producers walk away from U.S. customers #Canada
More and more Canadian producers are shipping their raw wool to China and the Czech Republic to evade U.S. tariffs and trade tensions.
/1 thread
www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps...
More and more Canadian producers are shipping their raw wool to China and the Czech Republic to evade U.S. tariffs and trade tensions.
/1 thread
www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps...
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🇹🇭Nene Royal🇹🇭 doing Metallica's Master of Puppets. She's pretty damn good. Only 16 but you'd think she's a seasoned rock goddess with how confident she blasts through it.
🤘🤘🎸
🤘🤘🎸
September 6, 2026 at 2:54 AM
🇹🇭Nene Royal🇹🇭 doing Metallica's Master of Puppets. She's pretty damn good. Only 16 but you'd think she's a seasoned rock goddess with how confident she blasts through it.
🤘🤘🎸
🤘🤘🎸
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Federal minimum wage in:
2009: $7.25
2010: $7.25
2011: $7.25
2012: $7.25
2013: $7.25
2014: $7.25
2015: $7.25
2016: $7.25
2017: $7.25
2018: $7.25
2019: $7.25
2020: $7.25
2021: $7.25
2022: $7.25
2023: $7.25
2024: $7.25
2025: $7.25
2026: $7.25
Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already.
2009: $7.25
2010: $7.25
2011: $7.25
2012: $7.25
2013: $7.25
2014: $7.25
2015: $7.25
2016: $7.25
2017: $7.25
2018: $7.25
2019: $7.25
2020: $7.25
2021: $7.25
2022: $7.25
2023: $7.25
2024: $7.25
2025: $7.25
2026: $7.25
Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already.
September 5, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Federal minimum wage in:
2009: $7.25
2010: $7.25
2011: $7.25
2012: $7.25
2013: $7.25
2014: $7.25
2015: $7.25
2016: $7.25
2017: $7.25
2018: $7.25
2019: $7.25
2020: $7.25
2021: $7.25
2022: $7.25
2023: $7.25
2024: $7.25
2025: $7.25
2026: $7.25
Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already.
2009: $7.25
2010: $7.25
2011: $7.25
2012: $7.25
2013: $7.25
2014: $7.25
2015: $7.25
2016: $7.25
2017: $7.25
2018: $7.25
2019: $7.25
2020: $7.25
2021: $7.25
2022: $7.25
2023: $7.25
2024: $7.25
2025: $7.25
2026: $7.25
Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already.
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Most American have zero interest in the US government treating one of our most important historical allies and trading partners like this. But the worst among us is running the country, thanks to the worst and most irresponsible voters among us.
September 6, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Most American have zero interest in the US government treating one of our most important historical allies and trading partners like this. But the worst among us is running the country, thanks to the worst and most irresponsible voters among us.
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Reasons I do the things I do:
• Someone told me I couldn't
• Spite
•Someone told me "no"
•Pure stubbornness
•Delusion
• I think if someone else did it, I definitely can
• People be doubting my ability
• I got bored
•To prove a point
• I’m a cat
• Someone told me I couldn't
• Spite
•Someone told me "no"
•Pure stubbornness
•Delusion
• I think if someone else did it, I definitely can
• People be doubting my ability
• I got bored
•To prove a point
• I’m a cat
September 6, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Reasons I do the things I do:
• Someone told me I couldn't
• Spite
•Someone told me "no"
•Pure stubbornness
•Delusion
• I think if someone else did it, I definitely can
• People be doubting my ability
• I got bored
•To prove a point
• I’m a cat
• Someone told me I couldn't
• Spite
•Someone told me "no"
•Pure stubbornness
•Delusion
• I think if someone else did it, I definitely can
• People be doubting my ability
• I got bored
•To prove a point
• I’m a cat
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94yr old JOHN WILLIAMS delivered a surprise performance of ‘The Imperial March” from Star Wars in front of 13,000 people at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday night.
He is the soundtrack to our lives.
He is the soundtrack to our lives.
September 6, 2026 at 8:39 AM
94yr old JOHN WILLIAMS delivered a surprise performance of ‘The Imperial March” from Star Wars in front of 13,000 people at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday night.
He is the soundtrack to our lives.
He is the soundtrack to our lives.
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A dog starts barking in his sleep, and the entire daycare gathers to make sure he’s okay.
September 6, 2026 at 8:56 AM
A dog starts barking in his sleep, and the entire daycare gathers to make sure he’s okay.
Bet their luggage is bugged and fitted with tracking devices by the Russians.
Zelenskyy: “The Russians didn't allow the American delegation to arrive by plane, even though our airports were ready.”
Witkoff and Kushner, the two stooges, arrived by train so were easily monitored by Russian intelligence.
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Witkoff and Kushner, the two stooges, arrived by train so were easily monitored by Russian intelligence.
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September 6, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Bet their luggage is bugged and fitted with tracking devices by the Russians.
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The #birdoftheday today is #inflight.
Immature Bald Eagle
#Maryland #birding #birds #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #naturelovers #photographers #birdwatching #Bird
Immature Bald Eagle
#Maryland #birding #birds #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #naturelovers #photographers #birdwatching #Bird
September 6, 2026 at 8:05 AM
The #birdoftheday today is #inflight.
Immature Bald Eagle
#Maryland #birding #birds #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #naturelovers #photographers #birdwatching #Bird
Immature Bald Eagle
#Maryland #birding #birds #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #naturelovers #photographers #birdwatching #Bird
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'It's childish': Americans in Canada react to Trump's renaming of Lake Ontario
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'It's childish': Americans in Canada react to Trump's renaming of Lake Ontario
If you’re angered by U.S. President Donald Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” chances are that an American living in your neighbourhood might be just as outraged — if not more.
www.ctvnews.ca
September 6, 2026 at 11:54 AM
'It's childish': Americans in Canada react to Trump's renaming of Lake Ontario
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
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Spotted this on Instagram
What Bands were paid to play at Woodstock...Wow!! 🎶🎸🔥🎶✨
What Bands were paid to play at Woodstock...Wow!! 🎶🎸🔥🎶✨
August 18, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Spotted this on Instagram
What Bands were paid to play at Woodstock...Wow!! 🎶🎸🔥🎶✨
What Bands were paid to play at Woodstock...Wow!! 🎶🎸🔥🎶✨