Danielle Blake
@abradacabla.bsky.social
British social democrat, here for UK/US politics. Masochistic Arsenal, Fiorentina and SF Giants fan. #SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
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Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
“Buy our home security package named after someone who was utterly destroyed by a back door break-in he didn’t see coming because he was focused solely on the front door.”
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mood for the next two hours
And tomorrow 🤢 I root for 🤢 Ch 🤢 Che 🤢 Chels 🤮🤮🤮🤮 ea
January 4, 2026 at 5:28 PM
mood for the next two hours
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“Stunning stoppage time stunner”
January 4, 2026 at 5:20 PM
“Stunning stoppage time stunner”
How is it 4 January and so many of the big free agents are yet to sign for a club?
January 4, 2026 at 5:21 PM
How is it 4 January and so many of the big free agents are yet to sign for a club?
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"holy fucking shit what a goal" - me, out loud, watching fulham-liverpool at the kids' play place cafe, making lots of friends.
January 4, 2026 at 5:12 PM
"holy fucking shit what a goal" - me, out loud, watching fulham-liverpool at the kids' play place cafe, making lots of friends.
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90+4' Fulham 1-2 Liverpool
90+7' Fulham 2-2 Liverpool
No one is safe until the final whistle is blown
90+7' Fulham 2-2 Liverpool
No one is safe until the final whistle is blown
January 4, 2026 at 5:15 PM
90+4' Fulham 1-2 Liverpool
90+7' Fulham 2-2 Liverpool
No one is safe until the final whistle is blown
90+7' Fulham 2-2 Liverpool
No one is safe until the final whistle is blown
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Glem is a prime example of someone who decided that nothing dovish Biden did mattered so long as Biden was still marginally dedicated to containing Russian expansionism - either a very strange priority indeed or a blindingly obvious one, depending
Tankies and fascists often like to unite and have each other’s backs.
Glenn Greenwald promoting Trump and lying about him being anti-war in 2023 and 2024 is a great example of this
Glenn Greenwald promoting Trump and lying about him being anti-war in 2023 and 2024 is a great example of this
January 4, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Glem is a prime example of someone who decided that nothing dovish Biden did mattered so long as Biden was still marginally dedicated to containing Russian expansionism - either a very strange priority indeed or a blindingly obvious one, depending
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You do get the impression that some of the people 'warning' of civil war, actually desire one huh
Good article this. Racism really is the reverse of a performance-enhancing drug, the mad, stupid shit it leads people to believe in and to do:
‘Once whispered, now discussed’: the rise of dubious claims of civil war in the UK
Dystopian warnings once reserved for the far right have found a wider audience – but there are good reasons for scepticism
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:57 PM
You do get the impression that some of the people 'warning' of civil war, actually desire one huh
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Word of caution. Just because Trump claims that the USA controls things in Venezuela, it does not mean that it does or is anywhere close to doing so. All Trump has done so far is remove one dictator but leave a dictatorial system in place.
Don't mistake his bluster for truth.
Don't mistake his bluster for truth.
January 4, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Word of caution. Just because Trump claims that the USA controls things in Venezuela, it does not mean that it does or is anywhere close to doing so. All Trump has done so far is remove one dictator but leave a dictatorial system in place.
Don't mistake his bluster for truth.
Don't mistake his bluster for truth.
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Darren Jones truly woeful on Times Radio right now. Managing to sound both condescending and craven.
Answering “I’m not a commentator” when asked to comment on the legality of the USA’s actions in Venezuela just comes across terribly. The government would’ve been better just putting no one up.
Answering “I’m not a commentator” when asked to comment on the legality of the USA’s actions in Venezuela just comes across terribly. The government would’ve been better just putting no one up.
January 4, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Darren Jones truly woeful on Times Radio right now. Managing to sound both condescending and craven.
Answering “I’m not a commentator” when asked to comment on the legality of the USA’s actions in Venezuela just comes across terribly. The government would’ve been better just putting no one up.
Answering “I’m not a commentator” when asked to comment on the legality of the USA’s actions in Venezuela just comes across terribly. The government would’ve been better just putting no one up.
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The logic of situation is: if we align with single market, why not seek to join it, EEA or Swiss style? Govt wd say: 'free movement' (FoM). But FoM would give Brits back rights others enjoy *and* benefit economy. And EEA and Swiss agreements allow 'emergency brakes' if inward FoM out of hand
PM on Kuenssberg show advocates further alignment - beyond reset - with single market and recognises that means following EU laws. LK says: 'you sound relaxed about relations with the EU, toxic in past.' That's exactly what's changed. Now there is wide support for getting closer and it will happen.
January 4, 2026 at 10:51 AM
The logic of situation is: if we align with single market, why not seek to join it, EEA or Swiss style? Govt wd say: 'free movement' (FoM). But FoM would give Brits back rights others enjoy *and* benefit economy. And EEA and Swiss agreements allow 'emergency brakes' if inward FoM out of hand
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Card Keir keeps drawing
January 4, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Card Keir keeps drawing
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Mumsnet, Patient Zero of the transphobia-to-far-right pipeline
In which Mumsnet women persuade each other that voting Reform will give the establishment “a kick in the arse”
Oh well done, you lot. Brexit again. Falling for the con and risking it all, cos that’ll teach them.
It won’t. It’ll just ruin life for everyone. Your children most of all.
(Sunday Times)
Oh well done, you lot. Brexit again. Falling for the con and risking it all, cos that’ll teach them.
It won’t. It’ll just ruin life for everyone. Your children most of all.
(Sunday Times)
January 4, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Mumsnet, Patient Zero of the transphobia-to-far-right pipeline
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Remember: It is a mystery to every journalist and pundit why this Labour government are so roundly and universally detested.
Govt minister Darren Jones is asked what element of international law gives the US the right to abduct the leader of another country.
Jones says he's not qualified to answer that question and he's not a spokesperson for the US administration.
Jones says he's not qualified to answer that question and he's not a spokesperson for the US administration.
January 4, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Remember: It is a mystery to every journalist and pundit why this Labour government are so roundly and universally detested.
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Timeline serendipity @showerabsolute.bsky.social @yiannisbab.bsky.social - why any broadcaster takes this charlatan seriously
January 4, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Timeline serendipity @showerabsolute.bsky.social @yiannisbab.bsky.social - why any broadcaster takes this charlatan seriously
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Keir Starmer says it is in Britain’s interests to “align more closely with the EU single market” and “we should”.
Interestingly this is one of his most passionate answers in a long interview.
I think we can expect movement on this issue in 2026. Brexit still remains an unsettled matter.
Interestingly this is one of his most passionate answers in a long interview.
I think we can expect movement on this issue in 2026. Brexit still remains an unsettled matter.
January 4, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Keir Starmer says it is in Britain’s interests to “align more closely with the EU single market” and “we should”.
Interestingly this is one of his most passionate answers in a long interview.
I think we can expect movement on this issue in 2026. Brexit still remains an unsettled matter.
Interestingly this is one of his most passionate answers in a long interview.
I think we can expect movement on this issue in 2026. Brexit still remains an unsettled matter.
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I have a higher tolerance level than most of distastefully maintaining a diplomatic public front for the sake of good relations, as I’d suspect Dave, with his extensive experience also has, but it’s hard to disagree with him that it’s gone beyond that into credibility-sapping appeasement.
One by one, European leaders are tossing their remaining credibility on Ukraine into the bonfire of Trump appeasement.
Unbelievable hypocrisy.
Unbelievable hypocrisy.
Venezuela será libre.
People in Venezuela deserve to live free after years of oppression.
As the European Parliament has consistently affirmed, we do not consider Nicolás Maduro to be the legitimate, elected leader of Venezuela.
People in Venezuela deserve to live free after years of oppression.
As the European Parliament has consistently affirmed, we do not consider Nicolás Maduro to be the legitimate, elected leader of Venezuela.
January 4, 2026 at 2:30 AM
I have a higher tolerance level than most of distastefully maintaining a diplomatic public front for the sake of good relations, as I’d suspect Dave, with his extensive experience also has, but it’s hard to disagree with him that it’s gone beyond that into credibility-sapping appeasement.
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everyone is waiting for some responsible authority to pull the lever and make this end. they do not wish to believe that such a lever does not exist. you give one totally deranged party control of the entire government, this is what happens
January 3, 2026 at 9:44 PM
everyone is waiting for some responsible authority to pull the lever and make this end. they do not wish to believe that such a lever does not exist. you give one totally deranged party control of the entire government, this is what happens
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I feel like I’m going insane, there is, like, an actual Venezuelan government that still exists
With Nicolás Maduro out of power, the Trump administration is racing to assemble an interim governing structure for Venezuela.
After Maduro Ouster, Trump Takes On the Risks of Governing Venezuela
The administration is racing to get an interim government in place, even as pushback from Maduro’s allies raise fears of instability.
on.wsj.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:52 AM
I feel like I’m going insane, there is, like, an actual Venezuelan government that still exists
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one reason people are already talking themselves into dumb conspiracies about why this is happening is because the actual reality is extremely hard to wrap your brain around
OH MY FUCKING GOD THEY HAVE NO PLAN
January 4, 2026 at 12:21 AM
one reason people are already talking themselves into dumb conspiracies about why this is happening is because the actual reality is extremely hard to wrap your brain around
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Tony Dokoupil just last week said that CBS was going to represent the views of average Americans and not the elites. He then cancelled his vacation to come on the air and say that regime change in Venezuela is awesome, a position that maybe 20% of Americans hold.
Nightmarish. CBS News is now running straight state propaganda. They handed Hegseth all three segments and are now tweeting flattering sound bites.
January 4, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Tony Dokoupil just last week said that CBS was going to represent the views of average Americans and not the elites. He then cancelled his vacation to come on the air and say that regime change in Venezuela is awesome, a position that maybe 20% of Americans hold.
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lmfao
Marco Rubio said he’s reserving judgment on Venezuela VP Delcy Rodríguez’s denial, saying the U.S. will judge the interim authorities by their actions in the coming days and weeks and urging them to seize a “historic opportunity” to serve the country.-NYT
January 3, 2026 at 9:56 PM
lmfao
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Last night's attack has knock-on effects in the world of baseball; from @susanslusser.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giant...
Giants check on safety of players in Venezuela: ‘Most have just sheltered in place’
For the baseball community, the U.S. overnight military action in Venezuela on Saturday brought some concerns — especially for those big leaguers playing winter ball there.
www.sfchronicle.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Last night's attack has knock-on effects in the world of baseball; from @susanslusser.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giant...
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look at some point you gotta face the fact that not everything is a distraction from everything else and there’s just a lot of bad stuff going on all the time
Schumer: "It makes you think that maybe to Trump he wants to distract the American people, as he always does, from the skyrocketing costs they are facing, from the Epstein files."
January 3, 2026 at 10:30 PM
look at some point you gotta face the fact that not everything is a distraction from everything else and there’s just a lot of bad stuff going on all the time
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Not for the first time, where other European leaders wring their hands over Trump, Spain’s Sánchez draws a line. A stance that is only looking more sensible (more *realistic*) as time goes on.
Pedro Sánchez afirma que España no reconoció al régimen de Maduro, “pero tampoco reconocerá una intervención que viola el derecho internacional”
Sánchez asegura que España no reconocerá “una intervención que viola el derecho internacional”
El Gobierno llama a la “desescalada” en Venezuela tras el ataque de EE UU y se ofrece a mediar; y Feijóo pone el foco en la “férrea dictadura” de Maduro
elpais.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Not for the first time, where other European leaders wring their hands over Trump, Spain’s Sánchez draws a line. A stance that is only looking more sensible (more *realistic*) as time goes on.