Danica Ognjenovic
@blytheroad.bsky.social
Likes: politics, art, flute players, quirky guitar tutors… environmentalists, libraries, Old English and animals. Pro EU🇪🇺
Dislikes: autocrats, oligarchs
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Danica Ognjenovic
@blytheroad.bsky.social
· Sep 10
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Dance of the Blessed Spirits
YouTube video by Jean-Pierre Rampal - Topic
youtu.be
I pick up my flute every day and at some point I know I’ll play this beautiful piece of music by Gluck. One day I’ll do it justice, but I’ll always listen to Jean Pierre Rampal, and to my friend who studied under Rampal in Paris. Music is how I keep sane in a mad world.
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These are the latest odds on the New BBC Director
JD Vance 5-2
Chris Mason 3-1
Nigel Farage 4-1
Kent County Council 5-1
Rupert Lowe 6-1
Rachel Reeves 15-2
Kemi Badenoch 30-1
Lord Haw-Haw 50-1
You couldn’t make it up…or maybe you could.
JD Vance 5-2
Chris Mason 3-1
Nigel Farage 4-1
Kent County Council 5-1
Rupert Lowe 6-1
Rachel Reeves 15-2
Kemi Badenoch 30-1
Lord Haw-Haw 50-1
You couldn’t make it up…or maybe you could.
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
These are the latest odds on the New BBC Director
JD Vance 5-2
Chris Mason 3-1
Nigel Farage 4-1
Kent County Council 5-1
Rupert Lowe 6-1
Rachel Reeves 15-2
Kemi Badenoch 30-1
Lord Haw-Haw 50-1
You couldn’t make it up…or maybe you could.
JD Vance 5-2
Chris Mason 3-1
Nigel Farage 4-1
Kent County Council 5-1
Rupert Lowe 6-1
Rachel Reeves 15-2
Kemi Badenoch 30-1
Lord Haw-Haw 50-1
You couldn’t make it up…or maybe you could.
Why am I not surprised? Disdain for Europe and grovelling courtship of US has worked so well.
Brexit reduced the UK’s GDP by between 6% and 8%. That is MASSIVE. #ProjectFear #wetoldyouso
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Why am I not surprised? Disdain for Europe and grovelling courtship of US has worked so well.
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Another horrifying consequence of Republican abortion bans that block women from getting the basic health care they need.
Every Republican should have to answer for this.
Every Republican should have to answer for this.
A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
www.propublica.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Another horrifying consequence of Republican abortion bans that block women from getting the basic health care they need.
Every Republican should have to answer for this.
Every Republican should have to answer for this.
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Just leaving this here.
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Just leaving this here.
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Slovakia’s prosecutor has ruled that the 2023 transfer of MiG‑29 jets and air defense systems to Ukraine was not a crime. The move, made under former PM Eduard Heger, faced legal challenge from the current pro-Russian government of Robert Fico. Politico reports the case is now closed.
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Slovakia’s prosecutor has ruled that the 2023 transfer of MiG‑29 jets and air defense systems to Ukraine was not a crime. The move, made under former PM Eduard Heger, faced legal challenge from the current pro-Russian government of Robert Fico. Politico reports the case is now closed.
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Incredible that Robbie Gibb - most influential person on BBC board by many accounts and from journalists I speak in BBC - was involved in setting up GB News.
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Enforced veganism’: Ofcom lets GB News flout accuracy rules, say climate campaigners
Exclusive: Regulator has received 1,221 complaints about UK broadcasters since 2020 but found no breaches of its code
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Incredible that Robbie Gibb - most influential person on BBC board by many accounts and from journalists I speak in BBC - was involved in setting up GB News.
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Do you know how bad your journalism has to be for Donald Trump to say "this is fine"? 😂
November 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Do you know how bad your journalism has to be for Donald Trump to say "this is fine"? 😂
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The fact that none of the 8 Dems are up for re-election in 2026 is a pretty good sign @schumer.senate.gov engineered the surrender
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The fact that none of the 8 Dems are up for re-election in 2026 is a pretty good sign @schumer.senate.gov engineered the surrender
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The BBC is in a mess... but not the mess you might think...
Read @arusbridger.bsky.social’s column on Michael Prescott—and his friend Robbie Gibb:
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
... and Alan’s earlier investigation on BBC board members: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
1/6🧵
Read @arusbridger.bsky.social’s column on Michael Prescott—and his friend Robbie Gibb:
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
... and Alan’s earlier investigation on BBC board members: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
1/6🧵
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The BBC is in a mess... but not the mess you might think...
Read @arusbridger.bsky.social’s column on Michael Prescott—and his friend Robbie Gibb:
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
... and Alan’s earlier investigation on BBC board members: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
1/6🧵
Read @arusbridger.bsky.social’s column on Michael Prescott—and his friend Robbie Gibb:
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
... and Alan’s earlier investigation on BBC board members: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
1/6🧵
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The only silver lining to last night’s cave.
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The only silver lining to last night’s cave.
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the tory proposal to deport 4-7% of the uk population is a fascist one - & we have to call it that
my latest with @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/tories-con...
my latest with @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/tories-con...
The Tories’ Dangerous Drift
In the U.K., a shocking proposal from a Conservative MP elicited pushback from her party only belatedly. It signals darker things to come.
www.thebulwark.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
the tory proposal to deport 4-7% of the uk population is a fascist one - & we have to call it that
my latest with @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/tories-con...
my latest with @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/tories-con...
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Switzerland is joining Horizon Europe!
We are uniting two research powerhouses.
For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more.
Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.
We are uniting two research powerhouses.
For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more.
Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Switzerland is joining Horizon Europe!
We are uniting two research powerhouses.
For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more.
Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.
We are uniting two research powerhouses.
For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more.
Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
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Incredible that Robbie Gibb - most influential person on BBC board by many accounts and from journalists I speak in BBC - was involved in setting up GB News.
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Enforced veganism’: Ofcom lets GB News flout accuracy rules, say climate campaigners
Exclusive: Regulator has received 1,221 complaints about UK broadcasters since 2020 but found no breaches of its code
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Great to see people catching up on Sir Robbie Gibb's role in setting up GB News - five years after @nafeez.bsky.social explained on @bylinetimes.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Great to see people catching up on Sir Robbie Gibb's role in setting up GB News - five years after @nafeez.bsky.social explained on @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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🚨🚨 V welcome ruling: #USSupreme Court rejects a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized #same-sex marriage nationwide turning away an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. 🧵 apnews.com/article/supr...
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🚨🚨 V welcome ruling: #USSupreme Court rejects a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized #same-sex marriage nationwide turning away an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. 🧵 apnews.com/article/supr...
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🔴 YouTube has deleted the Ukrainian memorial project “Memorial of Heroes” without the right to appeal.
The channel documented stories of Ukrainians killed by Russia, hosting 18 films and over 100 profiles.
1/2
The channel documented stories of Ukrainians killed by Russia, hosting 18 films and over 100 profiles.
1/2
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
🔴 YouTube has deleted the Ukrainian memorial project “Memorial of Heroes” without the right to appeal.
The channel documented stories of Ukrainians killed by Russia, hosting 18 films and over 100 profiles.
1/2
The channel documented stories of Ukrainians killed by Russia, hosting 18 films and over 100 profiles.
1/2
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Oh dearie me! How shocking?
Any ideas of just who, exactly, may have betrayed small business owners?
I guess we’ll never know.
Any ideas of just who, exactly, may have betrayed small business owners?
I guess we’ll never know.
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Oh dearie me! How shocking?
Any ideas of just who, exactly, may have betrayed small business owners?
I guess we’ll never know.
Any ideas of just who, exactly, may have betrayed small business owners?
I guess we’ll never know.
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Our candidate for Mayor of Sussex and Brighton is on Newsnight tonight .BBC2 at 1030pm.
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Our candidate for Mayor of Sussex and Brighton is on Newsnight tonight .BBC2 at 1030pm.
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Absolutely this.
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Absolutely this.
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We get the politics the few pay for.
#democracy - it would be a good idea
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#democracy - it would be a good idea
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Billionaire Tory donor gives £200,000 to Reform UK
JCB chair Lord Bamford hands equal amount to Tories and Reform to support parties he says ‘believe in small business’
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
We get the politics the few pay for.
#democracy - it would be a good idea
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#democracy - it would be a good idea
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Joining is easy! join.greenparty.org.uk
Every personal attack.
Every attempt to distract or to divide.
It energises, strengthens and empowers our movement.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires. Join us.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Every attempt to distract or to divide.
It energises, strengthens and empowers our movement.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires. Join us.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The right can mock my teeth all it wants – it shows the Greens have struck a nerve | Zack Polanski
As a politician, I expect opposition and debate. But when it centres on personal insults, not policies, something else is going on, says the leader of the Green party, Zack Polanski
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Joining is easy! join.greenparty.org.uk
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There's an argument that billionaires
who create poverty via their obscene greed
should be abolished via taxation
but you won't hear that from Nigel Farage
who is funded by billionaires
who create poverty via their obscene greed
should be abolished via taxation
but you won't hear that from Nigel Farage
who is funded by billionaires
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
There's an argument that billionaires
who create poverty via their obscene greed
should be abolished via taxation
but you won't hear that from Nigel Farage
who is funded by billionaires
who create poverty via their obscene greed
should be abolished via taxation
but you won't hear that from Nigel Farage
who is funded by billionaires
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You’ve been given free access to this article from The Economist as a gift. You can open the link five times within seven days. After that it will expire.
Georgia is dousing the last embers of democracy
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Georgia is dousing the last embers of democracy
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Georgia is dousing the last embers of democracy
An oligarchic party outlaws the opposition and turns towards Russia
www.economist.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
You’ve been given free access to this article from The Economist as a gift. You can open the link five times within seven days. After that it will expire.
Georgia is dousing the last embers of democracy
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Georgia is dousing the last embers of democracy
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...