Ananizapta
@ananizapta.bsky.social
Respecting evidence. Craving re-enchantment. Eating cake.
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NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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This is the Hollywood equivalent of the Guardian & FT making syndication deals with OpenAI.
It’s leveraging status for short term profit from the worst companies on the planet & to the detriment of the rest of the sector, in this case every young actor who comes after them.
x.com/variety/stat...
It’s leveraging status for short term profit from the worst companies on the planet & to the detriment of the rest of the sector, in this case every young actor who comes after them.
x.com/variety/stat...
x.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:38 AM
This is the Hollywood equivalent of the Guardian & FT making syndication deals with OpenAI.
It’s leveraging status for short term profit from the worst companies on the planet & to the detriment of the rest of the sector, in this case every young actor who comes after them.
x.com/variety/stat...
It’s leveraging status for short term profit from the worst companies on the planet & to the detriment of the rest of the sector, in this case every young actor who comes after them.
x.com/variety/stat...
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🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier.
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier.
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
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A brilliant example of what Lewis Goodall talks about when he argues why right-wing radicals keep winning. They don't play by the rules and simply don't care. Whereas the institutions they want to destroy do even when said rules are contorted to absurdity and are blatantly being used against them.
The founder of Newsmax was just on the Today programme pontificating about bias. Boy, the BBC loves to submit itself to flagellation.
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
A brilliant example of what Lewis Goodall talks about when he argues why right-wing radicals keep winning. They don't play by the rules and simply don't care. Whereas the institutions they want to destroy do even when said rules are contorted to absurdity and are blatantly being used against them.
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I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
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Lots of independent studies, not penned by the BBC’s Tory coterie, that challenge today’s narrative:
cfmm.org.uk/bbc-on-gaza-...
cfmm.org.uk/bbc-on-gaza-...
BBC On Gaza-Israel: One Story, Double Standards - Centre For Media Monitoring
cfmm.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Lots of independent studies, not penned by the BBC’s Tory coterie, that challenge today’s narrative:
cfmm.org.uk/bbc-on-gaza-...
cfmm.org.uk/bbc-on-gaza-...
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I agree with @arusbridger.bsky.social about BBC governance. Although v hesitant about another rearrangement, the single corporate-style board is massively flawed, not least because there needs to be some distance for the governors/board members from editorial decisions
Michael Prescott and Sir Robbie Gibb both bailed out of journalism years ago, and enjoy lucrative careers in corporate PR. And now they are the arbiters of BBC editorial standards. Go figure www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump
It is the BBC’s entire governance structure–rather than individual stories–that should cause most concern
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:46 AM
I agree with @arusbridger.bsky.social about BBC governance. Although v hesitant about another rearrangement, the single corporate-style board is massively flawed, not least because there needs to be some distance for the governors/board members from editorial decisions
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Borderline hilarious (hollow laughter) to hear #R4today reporting on BBC bias and then immediately going to Nigel Fucking Farage for comment.
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Borderline hilarious (hollow laughter) to hear #R4today reporting on BBC bias and then immediately going to Nigel Fucking Farage for comment.
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Robbie Gibb who cancelled a BBC investigation into Farage's Leave dot EU campaign shortly before the EU Ref
Arron Banks thanked him for it
"Robbie Gibb is being quite helpful and says he’s trying to hose it down."
- @channel4news.bsky.social in 2019
Arron Banks thanked him for it
"Robbie Gibb is being quite helpful and says he’s trying to hose it down."
- @channel4news.bsky.social in 2019
Revealed: Brexit group covered up its targeting of right-wing extremists
Brexit-backer Arron Banks repeatedly denied that Leave.EU appealed to National Front supporters - in a bid to get the BBC to drop an investigation
www.channel4.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Robbie Gibb who cancelled a BBC investigation into Farage's Leave dot EU campaign shortly before the EU Ref
Arron Banks thanked him for it
"Robbie Gibb is being quite helpful and says he’s trying to hose it down."
- @channel4news.bsky.social in 2019
Arron Banks thanked him for it
"Robbie Gibb is being quite helpful and says he’s trying to hose it down."
- @channel4news.bsky.social in 2019
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We are so far through the looking glass that the man who tried to overthrow an election becomes president, the people who attacked the Capitol are turned into martyrs, & it's the BBC that gets punished - cheered on by the worst news outlets in the UK & the two most dishonest politicians of our age.
It’s not at all clear to me how the BBC can do any kind of serious journalism if its top two bosses can be forced to quit over such an obviously confected scandal. There is no substantive error here. How can the BBC report on Trump, or Farage, or anyone else, in these circumstances?
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
We are so far through the looking glass that the man who tried to overthrow an election becomes president, the people who attacked the Capitol are turned into martyrs, & it's the BBC that gets punished - cheered on by the worst news outlets in the UK & the two most dishonest politicians of our age.
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Kind of familiar.
Isn't it.
Isn't it.
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Kind of familiar.
Isn't it.
Isn't it.
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Polanski in negotiating with murderous dictator Putin
"It would be sociopathic behaviour to say you wouldn't negotiate with a president or a prime minister."
Polanski on working with Starmer
"Keir Starmer is not a man I would be willing to work with"
"It would be sociopathic behaviour to say you wouldn't negotiate with a president or a prime minister."
Polanski on working with Starmer
"Keir Starmer is not a man I would be willing to work with"
November 9, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Polanski in negotiating with murderous dictator Putin
"It would be sociopathic behaviour to say you wouldn't negotiate with a president or a prime minister."
Polanski on working with Starmer
"Keir Starmer is not a man I would be willing to work with"
"It would be sociopathic behaviour to say you wouldn't negotiate with a president or a prime minister."
Polanski on working with Starmer
"Keir Starmer is not a man I would be willing to work with"
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This is what is happening. It is cynical. It is strategic. It is organised. It is well funded.
And we need to pay attention.
The far right - and their cheerleaders, mimics, tribute acts, and handmaidens have identified two presentational frameworks that give them cut-through and traction. 1/7
And we need to pay attention.
The far right - and their cheerleaders, mimics, tribute acts, and handmaidens have identified two presentational frameworks that give them cut-through and traction. 1/7
November 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This is what is happening. It is cynical. It is strategic. It is organised. It is well funded.
And we need to pay attention.
The far right - and their cheerleaders, mimics, tribute acts, and handmaidens have identified two presentational frameworks that give them cut-through and traction. 1/7
And we need to pay attention.
The far right - and their cheerleaders, mimics, tribute acts, and handmaidens have identified two presentational frameworks that give them cut-through and traction. 1/7
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Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
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X is designed to radicalise people.
The algorithm promotes Elon Musk's agenda to promote racists and people who want violence bought - specifically - to the streets of Britain.
Members of Parliament, major institutions and the media should not be there.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
The algorithm promotes Elon Musk's agenda to promote racists and people who want violence bought - specifically - to the streets of Britain.
Members of Parliament, major institutions and the media should not be there.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:53 AM
X is designed to radicalise people.
The algorithm promotes Elon Musk's agenda to promote racists and people who want violence bought - specifically - to the streets of Britain.
Members of Parliament, major institutions and the media should not be there.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
The algorithm promotes Elon Musk's agenda to promote racists and people who want violence bought - specifically - to the streets of Britain.
Members of Parliament, major institutions and the media should not be there.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Prevent stats published today www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Far-right cases referred to Prevent programme double those for Islamist extremism
A record 8,778 people were referred to the government’s anti-extremism scheme in the year to March 2025
www.independent.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Prevent stats published today www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
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‘Every part’ is an impressively broad statement. I appreciate there’s no desire to fight the ‘nasty party’ label any more but ‘it will be my government’s legislative priority to remove your right to time off work if your spouse dies’ is going to be quite the sell.
Badenoch reiterates the Conservative pledge to repeal every part of the Employment Rights Bill if they win power. Worth noting that polling has shown the bill is generally pretty popular with both the public and companies.
November 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
‘Every part’ is an impressively broad statement. I appreciate there’s no desire to fight the ‘nasty party’ label any more but ‘it will be my government’s legislative priority to remove your right to time off work if your spouse dies’ is going to be quite the sell.
Yes, Elon, we're hobbits: decent, brave conquerers of wickedness who bow to no-one. We know evil when we see it and we won't countenance it. So run, Sharkey.
November 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Yes, Elon, we're hobbits: decent, brave conquerers of wickedness who bow to no-one. We know evil when we see it and we won't countenance it. So run, Sharkey.
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“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” The Great Gatsby
The way he rubs his inhumanity in Americans” face never ceases to stun me.
He’s illegally refusing to pay food stamp benefits…
…while he throws a ridiculously over the top Gatsby party for his right wing millionaire and corporate friends.
He’s illegally refusing to pay food stamp benefits…
…while he throws a ridiculously over the top Gatsby party for his right wing millionaire and corporate friends.
November 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” The Great Gatsby
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Hello! My CEO Roscoe and I are giving away TWO signed copies of my novel 1983 to two randomly selected people who repost this & pop a reply below. You also get a free postcard of this illustration of Roscoe by my mum.
It’s been called “Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut & Sue Townsend”…
It’s been called “Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut & Sue Townsend”…
November 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Hello! My CEO Roscoe and I are giving away TWO signed copies of my novel 1983 to two randomly selected people who repost this & pop a reply below. You also get a free postcard of this illustration of Roscoe by my mum.
It’s been called “Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut & Sue Townsend”…
It’s been called “Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut & Sue Townsend”…
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After a week of faffing around the @dailymail.co.uk have agreed to apologise. Here it is. Fingers crossed for fewer lies/smears dressed up as news in future
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
After a week of faffing around the @dailymail.co.uk have agreed to apologise. Here it is. Fingers crossed for fewer lies/smears dressed up as news in future
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COVID-19 vaccine access in the UK is no longer universal.
That’s not just bad policy, it’s preventable harm.
Sign the petition to restore free access for all. #VaccinesForAll #LongCovid #PublicHealth
Please share widely in your own networks, e.g. WhatsApp, Nextdoor, www.change.org/Make-Covid-V...
That’s not just bad policy, it’s preventable harm.
Sign the petition to restore free access for all. #VaccinesForAll #LongCovid #PublicHealth
Please share widely in your own networks, e.g. WhatsApp, Nextdoor, www.change.org/Make-Covid-V...
Sign the Petition
Make COVID-19 Vaccines Universally Available in the UK - Free of Charge
www.change.org
November 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
COVID-19 vaccine access in the UK is no longer universal.
That’s not just bad policy, it’s preventable harm.
Sign the petition to restore free access for all. #VaccinesForAll #LongCovid #PublicHealth
Please share widely in your own networks, e.g. WhatsApp, Nextdoor, www.change.org/Make-Covid-V...
That’s not just bad policy, it’s preventable harm.
Sign the petition to restore free access for all. #VaccinesForAll #LongCovid #PublicHealth
Please share widely in your own networks, e.g. WhatsApp, Nextdoor, www.change.org/Make-Covid-V...
Thanks, @bloodyshellken.bsky.social , for stepping up on your scary movie night. Great to see some friendly #UncannyCommunity peeps tonight. Good fun for when the veil is thin! x
October 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Thanks, @bloodyshellken.bsky.social , for stepping up on your scary movie night. Great to see some friendly #UncannyCommunity peeps tonight. Good fun for when the veil is thin! x
It's sad that Virginia has been made to feel so responsible for what happened. And also, sometimes some people seem to rush to impose their beliefs on something quite fugitive and ambiguous. #Uncanny
October 31, 2025 at 10:07 PM
It's sad that Virginia has been made to feel so responsible for what happened. And also, sometimes some people seem to rush to impose their beliefs on something quite fugitive and ambiguous. #Uncanny