Roibeárd Meillear
@beaniebob.bsky.social
Accidental Anarchist. Retired journalist and NUJ Life member but still a union activist. Garage artist just for the joy of it. Stout drinker again just for the joy of it. Ex-rugby union player. For my sins in a past/current life still a ManU fan.
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January 26, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan.
Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
January 26, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan.
Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
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We talk a lot about innovation in journalism. We don’t talk enough about leadership — and what happens when we keep losing the people who hold newsrooms together. My @niemanlab
prediction is about that.
prediction is about that.
.@lelasavic.bsky.social: We can’t build the future of journalism while losing the people who build It
www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/we-c...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/we-c...
December 27, 2025 at 5:12 AM
We talk a lot about innovation in journalism. We don’t talk enough about leadership — and what happens when we keep losing the people who hold newsrooms together. My @niemanlab
prediction is about that.
prediction is about that.
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The evidence is clear, Alex was murdered by Trump’s ICE agents.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Unpicking the second Minneapolis shooting frame by frame
BBC Verify has analysed footage of the shooting from multiple angles, piecing together a detailed picture of what happened.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 5:40 AM
The evidence is clear, Alex was murdered by Trump’s ICE agents.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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23 GOP
All it would take to end the murder of 🇺🇲citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach & remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public & end all of this.
G Elliott Morris
5/5
G Elliott Morris
5/5
January 26, 2026 at 7:42 AM
23 GOP
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"Like being taken hostage by the Taliban!" -- NY Times 😆
January 23, 2026 at 11:24 PM
"Like being taken hostage by the Taliban!" -- NY Times 😆
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"The most disturbing part of scrolling through the comments about the latest killing in Minneapolis isn’t just the video itself — it’s the cruelty.
A growing number of people aren’t even trying to justify what happened anymore. Instead, the comments feel engineered to provoke pain: insults
"The most disturbing part of scrolling through the comments about the latest killing in Minneapolis isn’t just the video itself — it’s the cruelty.
A growing number of people aren’t even trying to justify what happened anymore. Instead, the comments feel engineered to provoke pain: insults
January 26, 2026 at 10:33 AM
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"The most disturbing part of scrolling through the comments about the latest killing in Minneapolis isn’t just the video itself — it’s the cruelty.
A growing number of people aren’t even trying to justify what happened anymore. Instead, the comments feel engineered to provoke pain: insults
"The most disturbing part of scrolling through the comments about the latest killing in Minneapolis isn’t just the video itself — it’s the cruelty.
A growing number of people aren’t even trying to justify what happened anymore. Instead, the comments feel engineered to provoke pain: insults
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The Atlantic finally catching up with what some of us have been saying for *years*
January 26, 2026 at 5:23 AM
The Atlantic finally catching up with what some of us have been saying for *years*
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Journalists jobs are to expose fascism not facilitate it.
January 26, 2026 at 10:40 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Journalists jobs are to expose fascism not facilitate it.
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Rest in Peace Alex Jeffrey Pretti🙏🏾 The VA ICU Nurses send him off right 💔
January 26, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Rest in Peace Alex Jeffrey Pretti🙏🏾 The VA ICU Nurses send him off right 💔
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We need to fight against ICE. Apple cider vinegar filled balloons. Throw them at ICE. Join a protest. We need to tell them to identify themselves. We need to photograph them and make the government unmask them. This is how we fight. Follow and believe your power.
We need to fight against ICE. Apple cider vinegar filled balloons. Throw them at ICE. Join a protest. We need to tell them to identify themselves. We need to photograph them and make the government unmask them. This is how we fight. Follow and believe your power.
January 26, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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We need to fight against ICE. Apple cider vinegar filled balloons. Throw them at ICE. Join a protest. We need to tell them to identify themselves. We need to photograph them and make the government unmask them. This is how we fight. Follow and believe your power.
We need to fight against ICE. Apple cider vinegar filled balloons. Throw them at ICE. Join a protest. We need to tell them to identify themselves. We need to photograph them and make the government unmask them. This is how we fight. Follow and believe your power.
January 26, 2026 at 10:21 AM
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Exactly. Report the facts. One of the most striking facts here are the lies. And they are lies. Intentional lies.
Journalists, please remember that repeating obviously false statements is not balance or fairness. It is actively participating in deception.
January 25, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Exactly. Report the facts. One of the most striking facts here are the lies. And they are lies. Intentional lies.
A grand day out
Happy 65th birthday to my lovey wife Lesley today. I no longer put up family pictures or personal info where AI and its sick followers can corrupt. We had a lovely surprise family party earlier today with our nearest and dearest. She's a grand lass I love dearly.
Happy 65th birthday to my lovey wife Lesley today. I no longer put up family pictures or personal info where AI and its sick followers can corrupt. We had a lovely surprise family party earlier today with our nearest and dearest. She's a grand lass I love dearly.
January 25, 2026 at 11:51 PM
A grand day out
Happy 65th birthday to my lovey wife Lesley today. I no longer put up family pictures or personal info where AI and its sick followers can corrupt. We had a lovely surprise family party earlier today with our nearest and dearest. She's a grand lass I love dearly.
Happy 65th birthday to my lovey wife Lesley today. I no longer put up family pictures or personal info where AI and its sick followers can corrupt. We had a lovely surprise family party earlier today with our nearest and dearest. She's a grand lass I love dearly.
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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The resemblance to Nazi Germany is striking. How low can the US leadership go?
January 25, 2026 at 1:07 PM
The resemblance to Nazi Germany is striking. How low can the US leadership go?
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"Even as Jews sought to flee Germany, an extremist faction on the Zionist right lauded the rise of the Nazis and envisioned Ze'ev Jabotinsky as the 'Hebrew Duce'"
www.haaretz.com/magazine/202...
www.haaretz.com/magazine/202...
July 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
"Even as Jews sought to flee Germany, an extremist faction on the Zionist right lauded the rise of the Nazis and envisioned Ze'ev Jabotinsky as the 'Hebrew Duce'"
www.haaretz.com/magazine/202...
www.haaretz.com/magazine/202...
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He was filming. They tackled him. They disarmed him. Then they killed him.
He was never a threat. He never brandished his weapon, which was registered.
He was never a threat. He never brandished his weapon, which was registered.
January 24, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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Whether they speak up or not, thousands of real, trained law enforcement officers around the country know the Rachel Good shooting was dirty and this one is even worse. But the Code of Silence from the blue will keep them from defending basic human rights and dignity in America.
January 24, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Whether they speak up or not, thousands of real, trained law enforcement officers around the country know the Rachel Good shooting was dirty and this one is even worse. But the Code of Silence from the blue will keep them from defending basic human rights and dignity in America.