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@velvetpebble

England, United Kingdom

Joined December 2021

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dominic dyer

@domdyer70

1 day ago

In June of 1941, Hitler's Army began a rampage through Ukraine, razing towns, unleashing death squads, and massacring Jews by the hundreds of thousands. In one village, four Jewish brothers enlisted in the military, said goodbye to their parents, and walked off to fight the Nazis. By the war's end in 1945, only one of the brothers, named Semyon, was still alive. He returned to find that the Nazis had torched his entire village, burning his parents to death. Semyon's family was dead, and his beloved Ukraine was in ruins. The Nazis had murdered between 1.2 and 1.6 million Ukrainian Jews. Semyon married a fellow Ukrainian Jew who had survived the war by fleeing her city, in which the Nazis had killed 5,000 Jews. Two years later, in that same city, they had a son, Oleksandr, keeping alive the family line that the Nazis had brought a razor's width from extinction. Thirty-one years after that, Oleksandr had his own little boy. That boy was Volodymyr Zelensky, who grew up to become the President of independent, democratic Ukraine. Today, he leads his outmanned, outgunned, ferociously defiant nation against the onslaught of Russia. As Russia dashes itself against the will of his people, Zelensky, the survivor of survivors, summons the resilience of his ancestors. He does not bend. #Zalensky #Ukraine

domdyer70's tweet photo. In June of 1941, Hitler's Army began a rampage through Ukraine, razing towns, unleashing death squads, and massacring Jews by the hundreds of thousands. In one village, four Jewish brothers enlisted in the military, said goodbye to their parents, and walked off to fight the Nazis.

By the war's end in 1945, only one of the brothers, named Semyon, was still alive. He returned to find that the Nazis had torched his entire village, burning his parents to death. Semyon's family was dead, and his beloved Ukraine was in ruins. The Nazis had murdered between 1.2 and 1.6 million Ukrainian Jews.

Semyon married a fellow Ukrainian Jew who had survived the war by fleeing her city, in which the Nazis had killed 5,000 Jews. Two years later, in that same city, they had a son, Oleksandr, keeping alive the family line that the Nazis had brought a razor's width from extinction. Thirty-one years after that, Oleksandr had his own little boy.

That boy was Volodymyr Zelensky, who grew up to become the President of independent, democratic Ukraine. Today, he leads his outmanned, outgunned, ferociously defiant nation against the onslaught of Russia. As Russia dashes itself against the will of his people, Zelensky, the survivor of survivors, summons the resilience of his ancestors. He does not bend. #Zalensky #Ukraine

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velvetpebble🇬🇧🇬🇧🇺🇦🇺🇦 @velvetpebble

about 23 hours ago

Stop insurers quietly abandoning flooded families, while still backing new fossil fuels. - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/5TSDOodAFR via @UKChange

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Second Chance Animal Rescue

@Johnk06j

2 days ago

YANGO. Final hours. Save me. 💔 Look at Yango — sitting in that kennel with Yango's head bowed low, eyes begging, waiting for someone to notice before time runs out. These are Yango's final hours. Not tomorrow. Not next week. Hours. If you are the last person Yango ever sees, let it be because you stopped scrolling and chose to save this life. A gift through the link in our bio is what pulls Yango off the list and into safety — it pays for the rescue, then a vet to check Yango over, food, a safe place to recover, and love. Watching helps Yango be seen. A gift is what actually saves Yango. Please — don't scroll past. Donate, and share Yango everywhere. One share could reach the person who saves Yango in these last hours. 🐾 📋 DETAILS • Name: Yango • What happened: "YANGO FINAL HOURS — SAVE ME — DON'T SCROLL PAST ME" sitting in a kennel, head lowered • Deadline: final hours • Amount needed: $100 🐾 Share. Donate. Hours are all Yango has left. #RescueDogs #AdoptDontShop #DogRescue #PleaseShare #DogsNeedUs SecondChance 🐾 About Oak & Hound Rescue We're a dog rescue pulling urgent dogs from kill shelters and giving them a second chance at life. 📩 Contact: [email protected] 🔗 Donate: link in bio

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velvetpebble🇬🇧🇬🇧🇺🇦🇺🇦 @velvetpebble

1 day ago

A Billionaire's Son Built a Private Zoo With 150,000 Animals. Where Did They All Come From? https://t.co/c80iBXB5ni

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Second Chance Fundraising @SCDRFundraisers

11 days ago

PLEASE MESSAGE ME (I'M CHRISSIE FROM SC FUNDRAISING FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW) TO ORDER AND I WILL SEND PAYMENT DETAILS ETC. THANK YOU 🎄🎁🤶🏼⛄🛷

velvetpebble🇬🇧🇬🇧🇺🇦🇺🇦 @velvetpebble

2 days ago

@SCDRFundraisers Can I order a pack of Christmas cards please?

velvetpebble🇬🇧🇬🇧🇺🇦🇺🇦 @velvetpebble

2 days ago

@SCD_Rescue Sent a bit, hope you get everything you need.

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Help2Rehome Scotland

@H2RScotland

4 days ago

This lovely girl is still waiting for a new home, she’s had a lot of appeals now, can we have a big push of shares to help her find her new home? Her owner passed away and she’s waiting patiently. Connie is a 9 year old female cross breed. She is looking for a new home as sadly her owner passed away. Connie is best in a home without other pets as this is what she is use too. She would be best in a home without kids. Connie is chipped and spayed and fully house trained. She gets heart medication daily for her cardiac valve, she does well on her medication which doesn't cause her any issues. Connie eats butchers complete wet food, grain free and absolutely loves treats! She adores people and will jump up to sit next to anyone who visits. She is registered with the vets. Her owner's family have agreed to pay half of her monthly medication for the rest of her life. Connie travels well in the car. She walks well on the lead but will pull if she sees another dog. Connie isn't a fan of being groomed. She would be best with someone who is on their own or a couple looking for a companion. For more information please email [email protected]

H2RScotland's tweet photo. This lovely girl is still waiting for a new home, she’s had a lot of appeals now, can we have a big push of shares to help her find her new home? Her owner passed away and she’s waiting patiently.

Connie is a 9 year old female cross breed. She is looking for a new home as sadly her owner passed away.
Connie is best in a home without other pets as this is what she is use too. She would be best in a home without kids.
Connie is chipped and spayed and fully house trained.
She gets heart medication daily for her cardiac valve, she does well on her medication which doesn't cause her any issues.
Connie eats butchers complete wet food, grain free and absolutely loves treats!
She adores people and will jump up to sit next to anyone who visits. She is registered with the vets.
Her owner's family have agreed to pay half of her monthly medication for the rest of her life.
Connie travels well in the car.
She walks well on the lead but will pull if she sees another dog.
Connie isn't a fan of being groomed.
She would be best with someone who is on their own or a couple looking for a companion.
For more information please email info@help2rehome.com

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The English Crusader

@andrewc44104127

4 days ago

🚫 A former police constable who applied to join a child protection unit has walked free from court after being caught with hundreds of images and videos of children as young as three being raped Matthew O’Callaghan, 40, served with Kent Police in the Sevenoaks and Swanley area. He was dismissed from the force after an investigation uncovered images on his devices, including material in Category A, the most serious classification. Despite the scale of his offending, O’Callaghan was handed a 10-month prison sentence, suspended for two years. That means he was not sent straight to prison. O’Callaghan, of Maidstone Road, Sevenoaks, joined Kent Police as a volunteer in 2018. He became a police community support officer in 2019 and a police constable in 2023. The court heard he had also applied to work in the force’s online child protection unit which focuses on abuse involving the internet. Its work can include investigating people who make, download or share child sexual abuse images, identifying children in those images, and investigating online grooming. Police went to his home on 29 January 2024 after receiving information that indecent images had been downloaded using an IP address linked to the property. O’Callaghan was arrested, and officers seized two Samsung phones and an iPad. A forensic examination uncovered 324 indecent images across Categories A, B and C, as well as 57 videos labelled “taboo”. One phone contained 116 Category A images. The court heard that some of the images showed the abuse of very young children, including a child aged three. O’Callaghan initially pleaded not guilty and claimed his phone had been hacked. Further investigation found the device had not been compromised, and he later pleaded guilty to the charges. Sentencing him, Judge Daniel Stevenson said O’Callaghan had thrown away his career and that his offending had undermined public trust in the police. The judge also referred to the consequences for his personal life, saying: “That impact on you is bigger than any punishment I can impose.” The former officer, who had sought a role protecting children online, left court with a suspended sentence Why the hell aren't they s being these wrong uns to jail?

andrewc44104127's tweet photo. 🚫 A former police constable who applied to join a child protection unit has walked free from court after being caught with hundreds of images and videos of children as young as three being raped
Matthew O’Callaghan, 40, served with Kent Police in the Sevenoaks and Swanley area.
He was dismissed from the force after an investigation uncovered images on his devices, including material in Category A, the most serious classification.
Despite the scale of his offending, O’Callaghan was handed a 10-month prison sentence, suspended for two years. That means he was not sent straight to prison.
O’Callaghan, of Maidstone Road, Sevenoaks, joined Kent Police as a volunteer in 2018. He became a police community support officer in 2019 and a police constable in 2023.
The court heard he had also applied to work in the force’s online child protection unit which focuses on abuse involving the internet. Its work can include investigating people who make, download or share child sexual abuse images, identifying children in those images, and investigating online grooming.
Police went to his home on 29 January 2024 after receiving information that indecent images had been downloaded using an IP address linked to the property.
O’Callaghan was arrested, and officers seized two Samsung phones and an iPad.
A forensic examination uncovered 324 indecent images across Categories A, B and C, as well as 57 videos labelled “taboo”. One phone contained 116 Category A images. The court heard that some of the images showed the abuse of very young children, including a child aged three.
O’Callaghan initially pleaded not guilty and claimed his phone had been hacked. Further investigation found the device had not been compromised, and he later pleaded guilty to the charges.
Sentencing him, Judge Daniel Stevenson said O’Callaghan had thrown away his career and that his offending had undermined public trust in the police.
The judge also referred to the consequences for his personal life, saying: “That impact on you is bigger than any punishment I can impose.”
The former officer, who had sought a role protecting children online, left court with a suspended sentence

Why the hell aren't they s being these wrong uns to jail?

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Occupy Democrats

@OccupyDemocrats

3 days ago

BREAKING: OUTRAGE! Nine Kennedy family members join lawsuit to STOP Trump's towering monument from overshadowing JFK's grave. The giant golden monumental arch that Donald Trump wants to build to celebrate himself just got another prominent set of opponents seeking to ensure that it never actually sees the light of day. According to The New York Times, nine members of the Kennedy family moved Tuesday to join a lawsuit trying to block Trump’s planned 250-foot triumphal arch, the one that critics call the “Arc de Trump.” The plaintiffs are children and grandchildren of Sens. Robert F. Kennedy and Edward M. Kennedy, who are buried near their brother, President John F. Kennedy, at Arlington National Cemetery. The move comes after the family successfully fought against adding Trump’s name to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The arch, topped with golden angels and a flame, would stand between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington. The family’s filing says it would “permanently cast a shadow over plaintiffs’ parents’ graves and the graves of servicemen and -women who made the ultimate sacrifice for this country.” It would also block the view from JFK’s eternal flame across the Memorial Bridge to the Lincoln Memorial. The filing says that sightline was “designed to represent the unification of the nation following the Civil War” and has existed for nearly a century. Blocking it would destroy “an essential element of the gravesite’s design.” Rory and Maxwell Kennedy, children of Robert and Ethel Kennedy, said: “A towering arch casting shadows across the graves of our father, mother and uncles, as well as the graves of so many who have served our country, would also cast a shadow over our democratic principles.” Remember who else is a child of Robert F. Kennedy: Trump’s Health Secretary, RFK Jr. His own siblings are now in court fighting his boss over their parents’ graves. The Kennedys are joining a crowded fight. Veterans, a historian, the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Arlington County are already suing. Last Thursday, the National Capital Planning Commission, which is run by Trump allies, gave the arch final approval. Almost immediately, Judge Tanya Chutkan blocked construction for 14 days. In a 33-page opinion, she said the arch needs approval from Congress, could be costly to Virginia and D.C., and would disrupt traffic at one of the region’s most-visited sites. That’s the same Congress Democrats just won. “Only Congress has the constitutional power to authorize an intrusion of this magnitude,” said the family’s lawyers, Norman Eisen and Steve Jonas of the Democracy Defenders Fund. Look at the pattern. Trump tore down the East Wing for a ballroom. He cut down 400 trees to remake a public golf course. He has tried to put his name on the Kennedy Center. Now he wants a 25-story arch overshadowing one of the most sacred places in the country, the cemetery where America buries its war dead. Arlington belongs to the people buried there and to the families who mourn them. It is not — and should never be — a backdrop for Trump’s ego. Please like and share if you agree!

OccupyDemocrats's tweet photo. BREAKING: OUTRAGE! Nine Kennedy family members join lawsuit to STOP Trump's towering monument from overshadowing JFK's grave.

The giant golden monumental arch that Donald Trump wants to build to celebrate himself just got another prominent set of opponents seeking to ensure that it never actually sees the light of day.

According to The New York Times, nine members of the Kennedy family moved Tuesday to join a lawsuit trying to block Trump’s planned 250-foot triumphal arch, the one that critics call the “Arc de Trump.” The plaintiffs are children and grandchildren of Sens. Robert F. Kennedy and Edward M. Kennedy, who are buried near their brother, President John F. Kennedy, at Arlington National Cemetery.

The move comes after the family successfully fought against adding Trump’s name to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

The arch, topped with golden angels and a flame, would stand between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington. The family’s filing says it would “permanently cast a shadow over plaintiffs’ parents’ graves and the graves of servicemen and -women who made the ultimate sacrifice for this country.”

It would also block the view from JFK’s eternal flame across the Memorial Bridge to the Lincoln Memorial. The filing says that sightline was “designed to represent the unification of the nation following the Civil War” and has existed for nearly a century. Blocking it would destroy “an essential element of the gravesite’s design.”

Rory and Maxwell Kennedy, children of Robert and Ethel Kennedy, said: “A towering arch casting shadows across the graves of our father, mother and uncles, as well as the graves of so many who have served our country, would also cast a shadow over our democratic principles.”

Remember who else is a child of Robert F. Kennedy: Trump’s Health Secretary, RFK Jr. His own siblings are now in court fighting his boss over their parents’ graves.

The Kennedys are joining a crowded fight. Veterans, a historian, the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Arlington County are already suing. Last Thursday, the National Capital Planning Commission, which is run by Trump allies, gave the arch final approval. Almost immediately, Judge Tanya Chutkan blocked construction for 14 days. In a 33-page opinion, she said the arch needs approval from Congress, could be costly to Virginia and D.C., and would disrupt traffic at one of the region’s most-visited sites.

That’s the same Congress Democrats just won.

“Only Congress has the constitutional power to authorize an intrusion of this magnitude,” said the family’s lawyers, Norman Eisen and Steve Jonas of the Democracy Defenders Fund.

Look at the pattern. Trump tore down the East Wing for a ballroom. He cut down 400 trees to remake a public golf course. He has tried to put his name on the Kennedy Center. Now he wants a 25-story arch overshadowing one of the most sacred places in the country, the cemetery where America buries its war dead.

Arlington belongs to the people buried there and to the families who mourn them. It is not — and should never be — a backdrop for Trump’s ego.

Please like and share if you agree!

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Annual 🆂 🆃 🆅 elections, 5 MPs per constituency @MFBjournalism

4 days ago

@ChrisGPackham The Tories more than doubled government debt from £1.15 trillion to £2.82 trillion They want people on Benefits to pay for it Only a fool would vote Tory

MFBjournalism's tweet photo. @ChrisGPackham The Tories more than doubled government debt from £1.15 trillion to £2.82 trillion
They want people on Benefits to pay for it
Only a fool would vote Tory https://t.co/028puNjRr6

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Dog Desk Animal Action

@DogDeskAction

5 days ago

🏡 PRINCESS IS LOOKING FOR HER FOREVER HOME Our beautiful little tripaw Princess is up for adoption! We're looking for her forever home in England, Scotland or Wales. Could it be yours? https://t.co/X1K1Qoo29F Contact us for more information #k9hour

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PETA UK

@PETAUK

4 days ago

Kate Lawler, Kirsty Gallacher, Amanda Abbington, Gail Porter, Roxy Shahidi and Jamie Bamber watched footage from animal laboratories. Their reactions say it all. 💔 Tell the government to end experiments on animals: https://t.co/uBpGt18Ld7

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The Patriots Voice 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇬🇧

@Proudofthisland

4 days ago

🚨I have absolutely no tolerance for cruelty to dogs. This Big Issue vendor has been filmed and seen repeatedly hitting her old golden retriever Luna with a stick at Bond Street. No water, no bedding - just a full shift on cold concrete plus abuse. Police and the RSPCA have taken Luna for a veterinary assessment thanks to a member of the public, yet there’s real fear she’ll be returned. Does The Big Issue have any rules about sellers using animals this way? Because this is completely unacceptable. @BigIssue care to comment?

Proudofthisland's tweet photo. 🚨I have absolutely no tolerance for cruelty to dogs.

This Big Issue vendor has been filmed and seen repeatedly hitting her old golden retriever Luna with a stick at Bond Street.

No water, no bedding - just a full shift on cold concrete plus abuse.

Police and the RSPCA have taken Luna for a veterinary assessment thanks to a member of the public, yet there’s real fear she’ll be returned.

Does The Big Issue have any rules about sellers using animals this way? Because this is completely unacceptable.

@BigIssue care to comment?

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Missing Pets GB @MissingPetsGB

4 days ago

Shared Potential sighting in Landford? We’ve just received a call that last Thursday 5 Nov someone spotted a black dog running down lyndhurst road near landford. People were trying to catch the dog & it may have been mr fox. He is chipped. Does anyone have any information?

MissingPetsGB's tweet photo. Shared

Potential sighting in Landford?

We’ve just received a call that last Thursday 5 Nov someone spotted a black dog running down lyndhurst road near landford.

People were trying to catch the dog & it may have been mr fox. He is chipped.

Does anyone have any information? https://t.co/13qgZMNfMD

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Cheryl Ramirez

@LeporidaeCheryl

5 days ago

She DIES tomorrow😢😢😢😢 They killed her PUPPIES. Now they'll KILL her. Some SHELTER‼️‼️‼️ Her HEROES turned out to be the MONSTERS of Nightmares. Instead of Saving her, they 💥BROKE💥 her into tiny pieces. MOMMA JUNE #A391207 will NEVER feel her puppies suckling. She will NEVER lick them clean. She will NEVER feel their sweet bodies sleeping against her. 😭😭😭‼️ THIS is what #CorpusChristiACS TOOK from her. It was ALL in the name of EFFICIENCY‼️‼️ She had to be SPAYED, so they Spayed her RIGHT before she was about to give birth. They left her GRIEVING in a corner with no one to COMFORT her. This is NOT Humane! This is TORTURE. Please Pledge, Foster, or Adopt.

LeporidaeCheryl's tweet photo. She DIES tomorrow😢😢😢😢
They killed her PUPPIES.
Now they'll KILL her.

Some SHELTER‼️‼️‼️

Her HEROES turned out to be the MONSTERS of Nightmares.

Instead of Saving her, they 💥BROKE💥 her into tiny pieces.

MOMMA JUNE #A391207 will NEVER feel her puppies suckling. She will NEVER lick them clean. She will NEVER feel their sweet bodies sleeping against her. 😭😭😭‼️

THIS is what #CorpusChristiACS TOOK from her.

It was ALL in the name of EFFICIENCY‼️‼️

She had to be SPAYED, so they Spayed her RIGHT before she was about to give birth.

They left her GRIEVING in a corner with no one to COMFORT her.

This is NOT Humane!
This is TORTURE.

Please Pledge, Foster, or Adopt.

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Not the Same

@notthesameone2

5 days ago

🐾2-y/o Milo Man surrendered end of Oct b/c owner says cannot afford. Sweet, loving, protective, outgoing, good on a leash, active, playful & healthy. Friendly w/ strangers & kids, shy w/ dogs. Loves attn, balls & car rides. Needs a foster offer by 11/10: https://t.co/r0KFaVgwLR

notthesameone2's tweet photo. 🐾2-y/o Milo Man surrendered end of Oct b/c owner says cannot afford. Sweet, loving, protective, outgoing, good on a leash, active, playful & healthy. Friendly w/ strangers & kids, shy w/ dogs. Loves attn, balls & car rides. Needs a foster offer by 11/10: https://t.co/r0KFaVgwLR https://t.co/L6oTOFNvxu

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Dog Desk Animal Action

@DogDeskAction

5 days ago

❤️ Could you be the person Stella has been waiting for? Born in a garbage dump, this beautiful three-legged sighthound mix is gentle, sensitive and friendly. She has so much love to give 🏡 Looking for a loving home in England, Scotland or Wales 👇 https://t.co/AOXYpQy5vK #k9hour

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Brian Krassenstein

@krassenstein

5 days ago

JUST IN: An anonymous art collective has unveiled a BRUTAL Veterans Day tribute to Donald Trump on the National Mall. The statue depicts Trump rubbing his aching foot, mocking the bone spurs diagnosis that helped him avoid the Vietnam War draft in 1968.

krassenstein's tweet photo. JUST IN: An anonymous art collective has unveiled a BRUTAL Veterans Day tribute to Donald Trump on the National Mall.

The statue depicts Trump rubbing his aching foot, mocking the bone spurs diagnosis that helped him avoid the Vietnam War draft in 1968. https://t.co/NVGk5e2qja

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5 days ago

@Perky_43 Feckin evil piece of excrement!

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