WesleyGrykUnplugged
@GrykUnplugged
Followers
325
Following
998
Media
424
Statuses
1K
Retired from day job @wesleygrykllp, worried about where this absurd world is headed & think we should all do our own little bit to change that. Views my own.
Kennington, London
Joined July 2020
Thanks, ‘guyz’, for including my recent essay in the @WesleyGrykLLP blog. Much appreciated.
For Pride month, the US Presidential Scholars Foundation & Alumni Association published an essay by our founder, Wesley Gryk (@GrykUnplugged), '50+ Years A Gay Man: A Personal Life in A Historical Context'. See our blog:
0
0
8
Erratum: Whoops, the Brooklyn Bridge is only 143 years old. Old Walt Whitman was “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” 170 years ago!
0
0
0
Art as antidote to the anxiety of our doomscrolling era: #edwardnorton’s moving declamation last night on #thelateshow of #waltwhitman’s message of measured optimism to successive generations in “Crossing Brooklyn Bridge” penned 170 years ago. “Nor is it yours alone to see evil.”
Edward Norton on Wednesday night granted 'Late Show' host Stephen Colbert's wish, with a powerful reading of Walt Whitman's "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry."
1
0
0
Remember when Trump sued ABC, Meta, X, and Paramount, and they all agreed to settle for millions of dollars? Well, that money was supposed to go to Trump’s future presidential library fund—except that fund has been dissolved with no public accounting of where the money went.
2K
9K
32K
By doing this, Nawrocki is undermining Poland’s defense. It’s a typical far-right anti-EU stance that ultimately plays into the hands of Europe’s adversaries, particularly Russia
363
530
2K
What is the point of saying we “stand with the women of Afghanistan” while banning them from getting study visa's to the UK? Even students who won the @CheveningFCDO, one of the most competitive scholarships in the world. And now @ShabanaMahmood says no, all cancelled.
As CSW begins, the UK stands with the women and girls of Afghanistan. We are appalled by the intensification of the Taliban’s repression, including a new penal code which legitimises domestic violence. These horrific decrees must be reversed. @Jacqui_Smith1 at the UNSC.
94
582
2K
Iran war causing ‘largest disruption in history’ to oil supplies, says IEA
ft.com
Global crude output will fall to lowest level in four years, energy agency warns in report
60
453
1K
The Orange One as supplicant in his call to Putin, willing to dilute sanctions on Russia to reduce impact of his Middle East adventurism on world oil markets and economy.
From today’s Russian papers: Donald Trump “needs help extricating himself from the poisoned political web spun from his arrogance & recklessness. Putin’s political trump cards have multiplied due to the miscalculations of his US counterpart” #ReadingRussia
0
0
0
US/Israel once again attacked the historic city of Isfahan damaging heritage sites like the breathtaking Chehel Sotoun Palace. No one in IDF or US military to sound the alarm on what a hard sell it is to claim you care about the Iranian people while destroying their cultural
This is an absolutely heartbreaking and terrifying picture for any Isfahani and all the Isfahan lovers around the world.
60
756
2K
War-El-Largo! Cartoonist #BarryBlitt’s @NewYorker cover portrays clownish Orange One in latest guise, as general heading to war in the Middle East w/his wee sidekick @PeteHegseth. This all comes after years of promising his voters “America First!” & “no more Forever Wars.”
0
0
0
4
73
135
Nike nailed it with this amazing commercial about Women in Sports! 👇👇👇
124
2K
7K
🧵/2
BREAKING: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk sends a shiver down Trump's spine by announcing "Investigation Team No. 5" — a powerful task force designed to investigate the Epstein scandal. Since the MAGA Justice Department won't take action, the rest of the world is stepping
0
0
1
Well done, @donaldtusk and @Poland. Hopefully the prosecutorial task force you have set up will go some way to remedy the strategic inaction of @PamBondi and the @USDEPTJUSTICE in doing their job. 🧵/1
Pedophilia is a crime against humanity, especially as on Epstein’s scale. The place of those who were involved, doesn’t matter who they are, is in prison, and in the longer run, in hell. There is no room for any compromise here.
1
1
1
RFK Hospital: A groundbreaking new series inspired by the medical advice of RFK Jr.
95
2K
7K
Mad respect to the USA Women’s Hockey Team — elite talent, unmatched grit, pure class. Proud of these women.
708
2K
11K