Pessimism is for Lightweights/ Make Your Own Kind of Music.
Dartford, South East
Joined February 2009
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Happy Birthday #LadyLiberty! #OTD October 28th, 1886: the Statue of Liberty 🗽 is unveiled and dedicated – at Queens, NY
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Local author, Dominic Gregory, tells the story of the Northfleet sinking of 1873. One of the worst civilian shipwrecks of the Victorian era.
More here: bbc.in/4xuBnhI
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Some shirts are made for ninety minutes...⏱️
But some are made for so much more 🔥
#cafc
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HMS President dressed overall for a Royal birthday when moored on The Embankment - a once familiar sight. Now arrived at breakers yard downstream.
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“Journey’s End” for HMS President at EMR Erith. @IBallantyn @militaryhistori #Warship #Warships #HMSSaxifrage #FlowerClass #FlowerClassQship #QShips #RoyalNavy #Chatham #Kent #RiverThames #Thames #WWI #FirstWorldWar #Tug #Tugs #Tugboats #NationalHistoricShipsUK #MilitaryHistory
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1st of June 1648,the Roundheads defeated the Cavaliers at the Battle of #Maidstone in the Second English Civil War.
After a clash at East Farleigh Bridge, the combat continued up Gabriel's Hill & Week Street.
Plaques mark the battle, on Bank Street and in Brenchley Gardens.
🤖 Made with AI
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In 363 days:
🏆 @cafcofficial have won promotion to - and secured our place in - the Championship
🏆 @cafcwomen have won promotion to WSL1
🏆 @charltonacademy U18s are PDL National Champions
Hard work pays off. Incredible things are happening at our club ❤️
#cafc
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Sophie Whitehouse came up HUGE for Charlton in the WSL play-off with a string of superb saves! 🧤👏
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Miss this guy. He didn’t take shit from Farage or Johnson. Puts the current crop of Farage Rimmers to shame.
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The Gentleman's Guide to Handling an Assassination Attempt:
🇺🇸 Don't belly-crawl across the floor.
🇬🇧 Do adjust your cuffs and carry on.
Greenhithe - 3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Portland Place, DA9 - To Rent Now for £2,150.00 p/m openrent.co.uk/property-to-r…
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History lesson for Trump:
In 1939, Churchill asked America for help to fight the Nazis. America refused.
Churchill continued to ask in 1940 & 1941 as Europe fell.
Not until Pearl Harbour did America jon Britain in WW2.
*Then they leased us food & armaments*.
We paid until 2006.
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A reminder for anyone failing to read beyond the headlines that Keir Starmer never met Jeffrey Epstein, had nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein, wasn't in parliament when Peter Mandelson sent his tip offs to Jeffrey Epstein, his sole contribution to the scandal being to appoint Mandelson as US ambassador. Just in case you were getting confused.
Your saying these two woke up and thought, right let's rob a jewellers because we have a Labour Government?
This clearly isn't their first rodeo and now that you have shared it with your gazillion gullible followers, they know how to commit daylight robbery too now. #plonker – at Stone, South East
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Look at Jacob Rees-Mogg's face when Victoria Derbyshire asks,
"How many failed former Conservative ministers are Reform UK going to accept?"
"The number of asylum hotels peaked under Robert Jenrick as Immigration Minister"
"Suella Braverman was sacked twice as home Secretary"
"Nadine Dorries brought in the Online Safety Act which Reform UK dislikes"
"Nadhim Zahawi sacked after it emerged he'd been investigated by HMRC for not paying enough tax when he was Chancellor, not to mention claiming expenses from taxpayers for heating his stables"
Jacob Rees-Mogg, "It's not for me to defend"
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Robert Jenrick on Farage:
"I don't think Nigel is the bloke you want to have running your kids' schools or running your local hospital or... trust your savings, your pension, your small business to." (September 2025)
"I don't think he's a serious politician." (Oct 2024)
#2026 #Irony
"Venezuela must be guaranteed the right to determine its own future without destructive external interference, particularly of a military nature." The Kremlin said it was prepared to assist in dialogue between the U.S. and Venezuela. – at Stone, South East
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A heinous Russian strike on Kharkiv. Preliminary reports indicate two missiles struck an ordinary residential area. One of the buildings has been severely damaged. A rescue operation is currently underway, with all necessary services on site. The exact number of casualties is yet unknown. First responders, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, as well as Kharkiv city and regional authorities, will provide updates.
Unfortunately, this is how the Russians treat life and people – they continue killing, despite all efforts by the world, and especially by the United States, in the diplomatic process. It is only Russia that does not want this war to end, and every day it does everything to ensure the war continues. That is why support for Ukraine must continue as well, and every day we need reinforcement of our air defense, our positions, our protection of people’s lives. Thank you to everyone who stands with Ukraine!
