Tony Todd
@awtodd.bsky.social
Paris-based PR and former journalist.
The west "hs lost its mojo" and is losing the information war. Great read this:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Playing dirty used to be the west’s preserve. Now we’re letting Moscow beat us at our own game | Joseph Pearson
The Berlin airlift was a cold war victory that relied on a persuasive story about starving civilians. But was it true, asks historian Joseph Pearson
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The west "hs lost its mojo" and is losing the information war. Great read this:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Amazingly, this wasn't a bot.
October 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Amazingly, this wasn't a bot.
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75% comes from abroad
Kaleb Cooper, the breakout star of Clarkson’s Farm, has called for farming to be taught in schools so that children understand where their food comes from ⬇️
Teach farming in schools, says Kaleb Cooper — it saved me
The star of the TV series Clarkson’s Farm tells the Cheltenham Literature Festival that ‘everyone should know how to grow potatoes and other vegetables’
www.thetimes.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:05 AM
75% comes from abroad
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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If only someone could have seen this coming.
Farage, Trump, Musk: your boy Javier Milei just took one hell of a beating. Why so quiet? | Aditya Chakrabortty
The wild politics and chainsaw made Argentina’s president an economic hero for the right. And now, with his nation’s finances in chaos: silence, writes Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM
If only someone could have seen this coming.
Danish PM says Russia's hybrid war 'is only the beginning'. It's been going on for years. Example: 2015 - atrocities in Syria, an engineered biblical exodus across Europe to Calais, a year of immigration headlines (in all UK news sites) in the year leading up to Brexit... www.ft.com/content/4c03...
Russia’s hybrid war is ‘only the beginning’, warns Danish PM
Mette Frederiksen says Nato needs to adjust its response to Russian provocations
www.ft.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Danish PM says Russia's hybrid war 'is only the beginning'. It's been going on for years. Example: 2015 - atrocities in Syria, an engineered biblical exodus across Europe to Calais, a year of immigration headlines (in all UK news sites) in the year leading up to Brexit... www.ft.com/content/4c03...
Not sure I agree with this. We have them in France, they do their job, everyone carries theirs all the time, no complaints. French people I know are astonished that it's possible to vote in the UK without one.
Compulsory ID cards are an expensive threat to democracy and freedom.
Discussing that on @bbc5live.bsky.social at 9am
Discussing that on @bbc5live.bsky.social at 9am
September 26, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Not sure I agree with this. We have them in France, they do their job, everyone carries theirs all the time, no complaints. French people I know are astonished that it's possible to vote in the UK without one.
If you want to know what's at the heart of the Sarkozy story, this is a good read from the great French investigative news site @mediapart.fr. Bien de vous lire en anglais.
Nicolas Sarkozy jailed for criminal conspiracy over Libyan election funding scandal
www.mediapart.fr/en/journal/f...
www.mediapart.fr/en/journal/f...
Nicolas Sarkozy jailed for criminal conspiracy over Libyan election funding scandal
In an historic verdict, the former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been given a five-year jail term after being found guilty of criminal conspiracy over claims that money from Muammar Gaddafi's …
www.mediapart.fr
September 26, 2025 at 8:03 AM
If you want to know what's at the heart of the Sarkozy story, this is a good read from the great French investigative news site @mediapart.fr. Bien de vous lire en anglais.
The Guardian reports Danish authorities saying ‘professional actor’ responsible for airport drone attacks. Liam Neeson? Helen Mirren?
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Danish authorities say ‘professional actor’ responsible for airport drone attacks – Europe live
Defence minister warns that hybrid incidents are ‘here to stay’ and Denmark will acquire ‘enhanced capabilities’ after second drone incident in Danish airspace this week
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:48 AM
The Guardian reports Danish authorities saying ‘professional actor’ responsible for airport drone attacks. Liam Neeson? Helen Mirren?
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Finland closed down all its for profit schools in the 1970’s.
They have had the best education in the world for the last 20 years.
You should cheer every time a private school closes.
They have had the best education in the world for the last 20 years.
You should cheer every time a private school closes.
September 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Finland closed down all its for profit schools in the 1970’s.
They have had the best education in the world for the last 20 years.
You should cheer every time a private school closes.
They have had the best education in the world for the last 20 years.
You should cheer every time a private school closes.
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Wow, this thread took off! If you are interested in wages you might be interested in this little app I've written in beta mode that allows you to compare your wage with others. Would love any feedback on it.
57.128.224.76:8080
57.128.224.76:8080
57.128.224.76
September 24, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Wow, this thread took off! If you are interested in wages you might be interested in this little app I've written in beta mode that allows you to compare your wage with others. Would love any feedback on it.
57.128.224.76:8080
57.128.224.76:8080
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It's just a shame that centrists who claim to be so wedded to reason refuse to listen to reason. In doing so they play a role in enabling the rise of the far right.
September 24, 2025 at 6:07 AM
It's just a shame that centrists who claim to be so wedded to reason refuse to listen to reason. In doing so they play a role in enabling the rise of the far right.
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7. AI's climate costs are a smaller worry than its social costs.
September 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
7. AI's climate costs are a smaller worry than its social costs.
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Russians dropped a glide bomb on elderly people who were waiting in line for their pensions. More than 20 dead.
Please. Don’t look away and don’t be silent. This is all I could ask for
Please. Don’t look away and don’t be silent. This is all I could ask for
September 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Russians dropped a glide bomb on elderly people who were waiting in line for their pensions. More than 20 dead.
Please. Don’t look away and don’t be silent. This is all I could ask for
Please. Don’t look away and don’t be silent. This is all I could ask for
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80% des Français réclament de la justice fiscale, le retour d'un impôt sur les grandes fortunes.
Mais ça bloque en haut.
Comment se fait-il que les milliardaires soient deux fois moins taxés que leur femme de ménage ?
Mais ça bloque en haut.
Comment se fait-il que les milliardaires soient deux fois moins taxés que leur femme de ménage ?
September 4, 2025 at 6:40 AM
80% des Français réclament de la justice fiscale, le retour d'un impôt sur les grandes fortunes.
Mais ça bloque en haut.
Comment se fait-il que les milliardaires soient deux fois moins taxés que leur femme de ménage ?
Mais ça bloque en haut.
Comment se fait-il que les milliardaires soient deux fois moins taxés que leur femme de ménage ?
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The new issue of Viz is on sale today, and there's a serving of intergalactic adventure with Bacon, Clegg and Beans
September 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The new issue of Viz is on sale today, and there's a serving of intergalactic adventure with Bacon, Clegg and Beans
I'm not a flag-shagger
I'm a flag-shagger's son
And I'm only shagging flags
Till the flag-shagger comes
I'm a flag-shagger's son
And I'm only shagging flags
Till the flag-shagger comes
September 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I'm not a flag-shagger
I'm a flag-shagger's son
And I'm only shagging flags
Till the flag-shagger comes
I'm a flag-shagger's son
And I'm only shagging flags
Till the flag-shagger comes
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Somebody on LinkedIn said what we're all thinking.
August 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Somebody on LinkedIn said what we're all thinking.
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons
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August 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons
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Motherfucking wind farms! (Also: "This is come gourmet shit")
July 31, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Motherfucking wind farms! (Also: "This is come gourmet shit")
Not convinced this is a good idea.
Kamala Harris will not run for governor of California next year, she announced, leaving the door open to another run for president in 2028.
Kamala Harris will not run for California governor, opening door for 2028 run
The former vice president’s decision leaves the door open to another run for president in 2028 and ends speculation over whether she would try to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2026.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 31, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Not convinced this is a good idea.
Israeli historian Amos Goldberg asks: What is the meaning of Holocaust memory in a reality where Israel is committing genocide? zeteo.com/p/holocaust-...
Holocaust Memory in a Time of Genocide
Israeli historian Amos Goldberg asks: What is the meaning of Holocaust memory in a reality where Israel is committing genocide?
zeteo.com
July 31, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Israeli historian Amos Goldberg asks: What is the meaning of Holocaust memory in a reality where Israel is committing genocide? zeteo.com/p/holocaust-...
One of the big historical conundrums is - 'How and why did ordinary Germans participate in, or willfully ignore, the holocaust?' Because of course, most of them had (at the very least) an inkling of what was going on. They've had a long and painful reckoning with this truth #Gaza
July 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
One of the big historical conundrums is - 'How and why did ordinary Germans participate in, or willfully ignore, the holocaust?' Because of course, most of them had (at the very least) an inkling of what was going on. They've had a long and painful reckoning with this truth #Gaza
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Palestine Action have won their bid for a full legal challenge against the British government's decision to ban it as a terrorist group
The High Court ruled that an internal Home Office process was "not suitable", partly because "many people now subject to criminal proceedings" linked to the ban
The High Court ruled that an internal Home Office process was "not suitable", partly because "many people now subject to criminal proceedings" linked to the ban
July 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Palestine Action have won their bid for a full legal challenge against the British government's decision to ban it as a terrorist group
The High Court ruled that an internal Home Office process was "not suitable", partly because "many people now subject to criminal proceedings" linked to the ban
The High Court ruled that an internal Home Office process was "not suitable", partly because "many people now subject to criminal proceedings" linked to the ban