Bicerin
@bicerin.bsky.social
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Current affairs, environment, arts, history & culture. Rugby too.🤷🏻♂️
Hope to be back in the EU before too long!
#FBPE
Inequality drives poverty. End it: #FairTaxSystem.
#UBI
Alba shaor!
A luta continua! ✊
Turkish protest pic: Erdem Sahin/EPA-EFE
Current affairs, environment, arts, history & culture. Rugby too.🤷🏻♂️
Hope to be back in the EU before too long!
#FBPE
Inequality drives poverty. End it: #FairTaxSystem.
#UBI
Alba shaor!
A luta continua! ✊
Turkish protest pic: Erdem Sahin/EPA-EFE
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Bicerin
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· Nov 29
“I want everything but I don’t want to pay anything for it.” basically sums up the views of the right & the wealthy.
Billionaires are by definition extractive of far more of the society around them than they give to it. The same society they benefit from, which allows them the life they enjoy.
Billionaires are by definition extractive of far more of the society around them than they give to it. The same society they benefit from, which allows them the life they enjoy.
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And they still occupy Cuba and no one wants them there. What the US has done to Cuba for over 60yrs is criminal.
February 12, 2026 at 7:28 AM
And they still occupy Cuba and no one wants them there. What the US has done to Cuba for over 60yrs is criminal.
Forse non l'ha detto, ma Israele è assolutamente il nemico dell'umanità. Come ha detto lo stesso Gideon Levy, Israele è una società malata.
[She maybe didn’t say it, but Israel absolutely IS the enemy of humanity. As Gideon Levy himself said, Israel is a sick society.]
[She maybe didn’t say it, but Israel absolutely IS the enemy of humanity. As Gideon Levy himself said, Israel is a sick society.]
February 11, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Forse non l'ha detto, ma Israele è assolutamente il nemico dell'umanità. Come ha detto lo stesso Gideon Levy, Israele è una società malata.
[She maybe didn’t say it, but Israel absolutely IS the enemy of humanity. As Gideon Levy himself said, Israel is a sick society.]
[She maybe didn’t say it, but Israel absolutely IS the enemy of humanity. As Gideon Levy himself said, Israel is a sick society.]
Ratcliffe is such a PoS, with little if anything redeeming about him. His comments about immigration (ie foreigners) is beyond egregious, given he himself is a foreigner in Monaco. And his population estimate is so pathetic, I couldn’t help sneering at him. A truly contemptible empty shell of a man.
February 11, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Ratcliffe is such a PoS, with little if anything redeeming about him. His comments about immigration (ie foreigners) is beyond egregious, given he himself is a foreigner in Monaco. And his population estimate is so pathetic, I couldn’t help sneering at him. A truly contemptible empty shell of a man.
That insurance premium analogy is rather neat. One to remember.
February 11, 2026 at 11:36 PM
That insurance premium analogy is rather neat. One to remember.
I’m not in the prediction business so I’ll leave you to dream.
And “Kid”? You’re that old? In which case, who knows, maybe you’ll be dead before then. All that rage and hate will be eating away at you.
And “Kid”? You’re that old? In which case, who knows, maybe you’ll be dead before then. All that rage and hate will be eating away at you.
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Alt: Javier Bardem with a face that says: Hmm. You sure about that?
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February 11, 2026 at 4:23 PM
I’m not in the prediction business so I’ll leave you to dream.
And “Kid”? You’re that old? In which case, who knows, maybe you’ll be dead before then. All that rage and hate will be eating away at you.
And “Kid”? You’re that old? In which case, who knows, maybe you’ll be dead before then. All that rage and hate will be eating away at you.
LOLZ. Whatever! Rage harder. 😂
February 11, 2026 at 1:55 PM
LOLZ. Whatever! Rage harder. 😂
😂 Utter BS. The fact that “billions”’of taxpayer funding are given to universities (overlooking the many billions MORE universities GIVE BACK to the economy) doesn’t mean any Tom Dick or Mary can rock up at the institutions to rage-vomit their views over everybody there. Self-entitled gits! GTFOH! 😂
February 11, 2026 at 1:03 PM
😂 Utter BS. The fact that “billions”’of taxpayer funding are given to universities (overlooking the many billions MORE universities GIVE BACK to the economy) doesn’t mean any Tom Dick or Mary can rock up at the institutions to rage-vomit their views over everybody there. Self-entitled gits! GTFOH! 😂
It’s also a fact, as explained above, that ReformUK Inc. wasn’t intending to debate anything but rather to have a provocative Q&A. It’s all you tosser a can do, foment division & hate. Well, speaking as a RG university academic, our universities don’t have to agree to host you, so RAGE harder! 👍👋
February 11, 2026 at 12:56 PM
It’s also a fact, as explained above, that ReformUK Inc. wasn’t intending to debate anything but rather to have a provocative Q&A. It’s all you tosser a can do, foment division & hate. Well, speaking as a RG university academic, our universities don’t have to agree to host you, so RAGE harder! 👍👋
It’s a turn of phrase - surely that was added to your LLM? That’s what you get when you simply regurgitate received blatantly partial nonsense & sound bites about “freedom of speech”, especially when you’re not really interested in others’ freedom of speech. But FWIW:
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Strange. You’d think #ReformUK Inc. feel they have some kind of divine right to speak at any university they happen to focus their poisonous gaze upon. No university or any other organisation is *obliged* to accept someone who decides they want to rock up and speak. That goes for anybody.
February 11, 2026 at 12:52 PM
It’s a turn of phrase - surely that was added to your LLM? That’s what you get when you simply regurgitate received blatantly partial nonsense & sound bites about “freedom of speech”, especially when you’re not really interested in others’ freedom of speech. But FWIW:
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The quintessential mafia-style crime family. Well done America on voting these crooks into power - even if you didn’t directly vote for Trump, it is a collective failure which the rest of the world (well, nearly all of it) is also paying the price for.
February 11, 2026 at 12:46 PM
The quintessential mafia-style crime family. Well done America on voting these crooks into power - even if you didn’t directly vote for Trump, it is a collective failure which the rest of the world (well, nearly all of it) is also paying the price for.
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Reform UK approached Bangor University to ask whether Sarah Pochin (Reform MP) could come to debate. They said no, and this is the response they get
Reform would behave exactly as Donald Trump. Don't agree with them, and they will penalise, threaten, defund, and cancel you. They are proto fascists.
Reform would behave exactly as Donald Trump. Don't agree with them, and they will penalise, threaten, defund, and cancel you. They are proto fascists.
February 10, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Reform UK approached Bangor University to ask whether Sarah Pochin (Reform MP) could come to debate. They said no, and this is the response they get
Reform would behave exactly as Donald Trump. Don't agree with them, and they will penalise, threaten, defund, and cancel you. They are proto fascists.
Reform would behave exactly as Donald Trump. Don't agree with them, and they will penalise, threaten, defund, and cancel you. They are proto fascists.
Hello Bot! Bye Bot! 👋
a man on a boat with the words bye bot written on it
Alt: a man on a boat with the words bye bot written on it
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February 11, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Hello Bot! Bye Bot! 👋
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I don’t think Reform Ltd wanted a debate they wanted a platform. They approached the Student Union not the University. The Student Union is not the University. The Student Union doesn’t receive the government funding Reform Ltd refer to. Funny how facts rapidly destroy Reform Ltd’s argument.
February 11, 2026 at 7:11 AM
I don’t think Reform Ltd wanted a debate they wanted a platform. They approached the Student Union not the University. The Student Union is not the University. The Student Union doesn’t receive the government funding Reform Ltd refer to. Funny how facts rapidly destroy Reform Ltd’s argument.
Strange. You’d think #ReformUK Inc. feel they have some kind of divine right to speak at any university they happen to focus their poisonous gaze upon. No university or any other organisation is *obliged* to accept someone who decides they want to rock up and speak. That goes for anybody.
February 11, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Strange. You’d think #ReformUK Inc. feel they have some kind of divine right to speak at any university they happen to focus their poisonous gaze upon. No university or any other organisation is *obliged* to accept someone who decides they want to rock up and speak. That goes for anybody.
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What these “but why do people hate Starmer SO MUCH” takes come down to is so shallow.
Starmer doesn’t sound or look like a firebrand so what’s the big deal?
Immune to questions of SUBSTANCE - he’s liar, enabled a genocide, pandered to anti-migrant politics & global Fascism.
Starmer doesn’t sound or look like a firebrand so what’s the big deal?
Immune to questions of SUBSTANCE - he’s liar, enabled a genocide, pandered to anti-migrant politics & global Fascism.
February 11, 2026 at 8:22 AM
What these “but why do people hate Starmer SO MUCH” takes come down to is so shallow.
Starmer doesn’t sound or look like a firebrand so what’s the big deal?
Immune to questions of SUBSTANCE - he’s liar, enabled a genocide, pandered to anti-migrant politics & global Fascism.
Starmer doesn’t sound or look like a firebrand so what’s the big deal?
Immune to questions of SUBSTANCE - he’s liar, enabled a genocide, pandered to anti-migrant politics & global Fascism.
I wonder. Did #Palantir seek permission to use the name and are they paying royalties to the #Tolkien estate as there is strict copyright protection?
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February 11, 2026 at 8:22 AM
I wonder. Did #Palantir seek permission to use the name and are they paying royalties to the #Tolkien estate as there is strict copyright protection?
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When will people learn not to trust something named Palantir. It's in the name hello
"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm"
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#R4Today
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#R4Today
Palantir's Swiss Exit Highlights Global Data Sovereignty Challenge | NewsCase
Switzerland's military has terminated its contract with Palantir Technologies Inc. following a security audit. The review concluded that U.S. intelligence ag
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February 11, 2026 at 7:40 AM
When will people learn not to trust something named Palantir. It's in the name hello
#UK #By-electionPetition
“It is an established #constitutional principle that at #UKGeneralElections, voters cast their vote for individual candidates, and not the political party they represent.”
BS. Fact is people vote for the party. Comfy MPs know this.🙄
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“It is an established #constitutional principle that at #UKGeneralElections, voters cast their vote for individual candidates, and not the political party they represent.”
BS. Fact is people vote for the party. Comfy MPs know this.🙄
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
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February 11, 2026 at 8:13 AM
#UK #By-electionPetition
“It is an established #constitutional principle that at #UKGeneralElections, voters cast their vote for individual candidates, and not the political party they represent.”
BS. Fact is people vote for the party. Comfy MPs know this.🙄
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
“It is an established #constitutional principle that at #UKGeneralElections, voters cast their vote for individual candidates, and not the political party they represent.”
BS. Fact is people vote for the party. Comfy MPs know this.🙄
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
The law was developed to protect property and wealth. So, this is really no surprise.
February 10, 2026 at 6:24 PM
The law was developed to protect property and wealth. So, this is really no surprise.
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Channel 4's 'Palestine Action, The Truth behind the ban' reveals that despite all the things the govt claimed & implied about PA (Iranian backed, violent, secret intel etc), the real reason they proscribed the group as terrorists was because PA was damaging property. Thats it.
February 10, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Channel 4's 'Palestine Action, The Truth behind the ban' reveals that despite all the things the govt claimed & implied about PA (Iranian backed, violent, secret intel etc), the real reason they proscribed the group as terrorists was because PA was damaging property. Thats it.
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Three reasons why the Mandelson disclosure exercise will be a shock for the government
Ministers and officials usually are in control of disclosure exercises - but here they will not be - and why that matters
A detailed post by me:
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Three reasons why the Mandelson disclosure exercise will be a shock for the government
Ministers and officials usually are in control of disclosure exercises - but here they will not be - and why that matters
A detailed post by me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/three-reas...
February 10, 2026 at 10:56 AM
NEW
Three reasons why the Mandelson disclosure exercise will be a shock for the government
Ministers and officials usually are in control of disclosure exercises - but here they will not be - and why that matters
A detailed post by me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/three-reas...
Three reasons why the Mandelson disclosure exercise will be a shock for the government
Ministers and officials usually are in control of disclosure exercises - but here they will not be - and why that matters
A detailed post by me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/three-reas...
What a bunch of amateurs! 🤷🏻♂️
February 10, 2026 at 2:44 PM
What a bunch of amateurs! 🤷🏻♂️
Labour “peer”, McCabe just doesn’t get it or - more likely - he’s gaslighting everyone.
It’s not about ignoring #immigration (nobody is). It’s the answers that are the issue and #Labour #Starmer #Mahmood etc. are just banging the Reform drum.
#BylineTimes
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It’s not about ignoring #immigration (nobody is). It’s the answers that are the issue and #Labour #Starmer #Mahmood etc. are just banging the Reform drum.
#BylineTimes
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/starmer-co...
February 10, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Labour “peer”, McCabe just doesn’t get it or - more likely - he’s gaslighting everyone.
It’s not about ignoring #immigration (nobody is). It’s the answers that are the issue and #Labour #Starmer #Mahmood etc. are just banging the Reform drum.
#BylineTimes
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/starmer-co...
It’s not about ignoring #immigration (nobody is). It’s the answers that are the issue and #Labour #Starmer #Mahmood etc. are just banging the Reform drum.
#BylineTimes
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/starmer-co...
Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guam and the Philippines. All at the same time. 000s of people murdered in the process.
But that’s history. After all these years of being owned & exploited, “Americans” when convenient for USA and “Not Americans” when not, yes, Puerto Rico should be a US state.
But that’s history. After all these years of being owned & exploited, “Americans” when convenient for USA and “Not Americans” when not, yes, Puerto Rico should be a US state.
February 10, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guam and the Philippines. All at the same time. 000s of people murdered in the process.
But that’s history. After all these years of being owned & exploited, “Americans” when convenient for USA and “Not Americans” when not, yes, Puerto Rico should be a US state.
But that’s history. After all these years of being owned & exploited, “Americans” when convenient for USA and “Not Americans” when not, yes, Puerto Rico should be a US state.
Ah yes, Puerto Rico, the place they decided to keep rather than freeing it after defeating Spain. Bemusing to see Americans squabbling over places that shout out loud their country’s history of imperialism & colonialism. Most Americans need to read a history book. How about this one for starters:
February 10, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Ah yes, Puerto Rico, the place they decided to keep rather than freeing it after defeating Spain. Bemusing to see Americans squabbling over places that shout out loud their country’s history of imperialism & colonialism. Most Americans need to read a history book. How about this one for starters: