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Sure, although this surely suggests two of the most serious threats to the government and security of the country are reactionary right wing politics, and the existence of billionaires.
November 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Sure, although this surely suggests two of the most serious threats to the government and security of the country are reactionary right wing politics, and the existence of billionaires.
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Remembering Leonard Rossiter who was born in Liverpool on this day in 1926, great in everything, his cameo in Barry Lydon was fantastic, even if he did just look like Rigsby having a duel !!
October 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Remembering Leonard Rossiter who was born in Liverpool on this day in 1926, great in everything, his cameo in Barry Lydon was fantastic, even if he did just look like Rigsby having a duel !!
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Johnson was an absolute disgrace during Covid. The number of avoidable fatalities was off the scale.
October 21, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Johnson was an absolute disgrace during Covid. The number of avoidable fatalities was off the scale.
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St Helens Rugby shooting themselves in both feet, it seems. New stadium sponsors are allegedly going to be brewdog.
October 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
St Helens Rugby shooting themselves in both feet, it seems. New stadium sponsors are allegedly going to be brewdog.
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As someone with ADHD who absolutely does not need extra time in exams, I can reassure Suzanne that being good at regurgitating knowledge under exam conditions is a skill set with *very* limited applications to the world outside of education.
October 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM
As someone with ADHD who absolutely does not need extra time in exams, I can reassure Suzanne that being good at regurgitating knowledge under exam conditions is a skill set with *very* limited applications to the world outside of education.
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Insisting on allowing Maccabi fans to attend the game is an open incitement to trouble, given both their reputation and the focus it will give pro-Palestinian protestors. At times, you wonder whether this govt has even an ounce of common sense.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Minister to meet officials over 'unacceptable' decision to block Tel Aviv fans
Followers of the Israeli club will not be allowed to attend the Europa League game after a decision by Birmingham safety advisory group.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Insisting on allowing Maccabi fans to attend the game is an open incitement to trouble, given both their reputation and the focus it will give pro-Palestinian protestors. At times, you wonder whether this govt has even an ounce of common sense.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Recently attended Tory conference for work hoping to laugh at their sad, gloomy faces. But they were all delighted, they're so arrogant they genuinely think they're doing well and will win the next election. Infuriating to watch at the time but very funny how delusional they are.
October 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Recently attended Tory conference for work hoping to laugh at their sad, gloomy faces. But they were all delighted, they're so arrogant they genuinely think they're doing well and will win the next election. Infuriating to watch at the time but very funny how delusional they are.
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Modern capitalism has more in common with Feudalism and the oldstyle slave-system than most people realize.
From: davidgraeber.org/articles/tur...
From: davidgraeber.org/articles/tur...
October 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Modern capitalism has more in common with Feudalism and the oldstyle slave-system than most people realize.
From: davidgraeber.org/articles/tur...
From: davidgraeber.org/articles/tur...
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Greta Thunberg: “Israeli soldiers hit, kicked, starved, and tortured me”
• They placed a flag next to me, and anytime the flag touched me, they kicked me
• Whenever I raised my head to look at Ben-Gvir, I was kicked
• She was filmed while stripped naked
Aftonbladet: tinyurl.com/a33vxatc
• They placed a flag next to me, and anytime the flag touched me, they kicked me
• Whenever I raised my head to look at Ben-Gvir, I was kicked
• She was filmed while stripped naked
Aftonbladet: tinyurl.com/a33vxatc
October 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Greta Thunberg: “Israeli soldiers hit, kicked, starved, and tortured me”
• They placed a flag next to me, and anytime the flag touched me, they kicked me
• Whenever I raised my head to look at Ben-Gvir, I was kicked
• She was filmed while stripped naked
Aftonbladet: tinyurl.com/a33vxatc
• They placed a flag next to me, and anytime the flag touched me, they kicked me
• Whenever I raised my head to look at Ben-Gvir, I was kicked
• She was filmed while stripped naked
Aftonbladet: tinyurl.com/a33vxatc
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Climate Crisis: UK warned to prepare for 2°C warming by 2050
www.channel4.com/news/climate...
www.channel4.com/news/climate...
Climate Crisis: UK warned to prepare for 2°C warming by 2050
Our warming planet means that we are already seeing extreme events in the UK such as 40-degree heatwaves, wildfires, droughts and flooding.
www.channel4.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Climate Crisis: UK warned to prepare for 2°C warming by 2050
www.channel4.com/news/climate...
www.channel4.com/news/climate...
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Israeli leaders screamed their genocidal intent at the top of their lungs all the way through.
No crime in history has been so confessed to as it actually happened.
But almost all Western media outlets suppressed this.
Kudos to @scotnational.bsky.social for not being one of them.
No crime in history has been so confessed to as it actually happened.
But almost all Western media outlets suppressed this.
Kudos to @scotnational.bsky.social for not being one of them.
October 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Israeli leaders screamed their genocidal intent at the top of their lungs all the way through.
No crime in history has been so confessed to as it actually happened.
But almost all Western media outlets suppressed this.
Kudos to @scotnational.bsky.social for not being one of them.
No crime in history has been so confessed to as it actually happened.
But almost all Western media outlets suppressed this.
Kudos to @scotnational.bsky.social for not being one of them.
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You don't have to judge Columbus by the standards of today. His tenure as governor of Hispaniola was so horrific that he was dragged back to Spain in chains to answer for his many crimes.
Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.
Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.
October 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
You don't have to judge Columbus by the standards of today. His tenure as governor of Hispaniola was so horrific that he was dragged back to Spain in chains to answer for his many crimes.
Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.
Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.
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whole thing is even worse than the headline when you think about what 'play' means here
“I’m just as concerned for you! Don’t worry about me! It would seem we are in this together and will have to rise above it. Otherwise keep in close touch and we’ll play some more soon!!!!”"
“I’m just as concerned for you! Don’t worry about me! It would seem we are in this together and will have to rise above it. Otherwise keep in close touch and we’ll play some more soon!!!!”"
Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ in 2011 email www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ in 2011 email
Royal sent email after Virginia Giuffre photo emerged but later claimed he had ceased contact with Epstein in 2010
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
whole thing is even worse than the headline when you think about what 'play' means here
“I’m just as concerned for you! Don’t worry about me! It would seem we are in this together and will have to rise above it. Otherwise keep in close touch and we’ll play some more soon!!!!”"
“I’m just as concerned for you! Don’t worry about me! It would seem we are in this together and will have to rise above it. Otherwise keep in close touch and we’ll play some more soon!!!!”"
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Britain now has 1970s levels racism without 1970s levels of secure well-paid jobs, social housing, properly-funded NHS and social care, free tuition, student grants, final salary pensions and affordable rail fares
October 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Britain now has 1970s levels racism without 1970s levels of secure well-paid jobs, social housing, properly-funded NHS and social care, free tuition, student grants, final salary pensions and affordable rail fares
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I finally tiktoked so hard that I made a video long enough for YouTube.
If you've seen the crazy headlines from rw media about "47% of SA cases" in London being done by migrants, I would like to invite you down the rabbit hole with me 🫠
"The Centre for Migration Control"
youtu.be/O4hJ-JmSL8s?...
If you've seen the crazy headlines from rw media about "47% of SA cases" in London being done by migrants, I would like to invite you down the rabbit hole with me 🫠
"The Centre for Migration Control"
youtu.be/O4hJ-JmSL8s?...
How right-wing "think tanks" are straight up lying x
YouTube video by Sneakcret
youtu.be
July 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I finally tiktoked so hard that I made a video long enough for YouTube.
If you've seen the crazy headlines from rw media about "47% of SA cases" in London being done by migrants, I would like to invite you down the rabbit hole with me 🫠
"The Centre for Migration Control"
youtu.be/O4hJ-JmSL8s?...
If you've seen the crazy headlines from rw media about "47% of SA cases" in London being done by migrants, I would like to invite you down the rabbit hole with me 🫠
"The Centre for Migration Control"
youtu.be/O4hJ-JmSL8s?...
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This. The Tories, Reform UK Ltd & even Labour hate the actually-existing British economy, whose comparative advantage lies in higher education & the creative industries.
Badenoch and Co see education only as a means to a massive income in some soul destroying career.
Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV.
My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow
Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV.
My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow
October 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
This. The Tories, Reform UK Ltd & even Labour hate the actually-existing British economy, whose comparative advantage lies in higher education & the creative industries.
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A brilliant piece on what the UK's Climate Change Act does, why it's inspired action around the world, and how the Tories were key to creating it - despite their current leader now wanting to destroy it
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bsky.app/profile/drsi...
FACTCHECK: What the Climate Change Act actually means for the UK – and what is a load of old nonsense
Really enjoyed putting this together with colleagues, inc learning new things about the fascinating backstory to the Act
Feat. OG authors of the Act & more
www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-wh...
Really enjoyed putting this together with colleagues, inc learning new things about the fascinating backstory to the Act
Feat. OG authors of the Act & more
www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-wh...
October 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A brilliant piece on what the UK's Climate Change Act does, why it's inspired action around the world, and how the Tories were key to creating it - despite their current leader now wanting to destroy it
bsky.app/profile/drsi...
bsky.app/profile/drsi...
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Keeping people in poverty is an expensive luxury.
My column on the false economies of austerity, which costs us all a fortune. Despite the government's claims, austerity continues under Labour. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column on the false economies of austerity, which costs us all a fortune. Despite the government's claims, austerity continues under Labour. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It hurt when I crashed my bike into a pothole – and it taught me the true price of austerity | George Monbiot
Fixing that hole could have cost under £100; the cost of not doing so is limitless. My prang highlights the neoliberal folly of false economies, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Keeping people in poverty is an expensive luxury.
My column on the false economies of austerity, which costs us all a fortune. Despite the government's claims, austerity continues under Labour. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column on the false economies of austerity, which costs us all a fortune. Despite the government's claims, austerity continues under Labour. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This is the thing about Euan Blair’s company getting the ID cards contract, and while it’s not true - or at least, not true yet - it strikes me as being waaaaaaay down the list of “deeply consequential lies the British public have been told, 2008-2025”, or indeed on any timescale you like.
October 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM
This is the thing about Euan Blair’s company getting the ID cards contract, and while it’s not true - or at least, not true yet - it strikes me as being waaaaaaay down the list of “deeply consequential lies the British public have been told, 2008-2025”, or indeed on any timescale you like.
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Lammy is going to spend the rest of his life being careful about where he goes on holiday, because of he has implicated himself in another country’s war crimes. I bet he thought being in government would be more fun than this.
David Lammy is booed at a vigil for victims of the Manchester synagogue attacks, with cries of "go to Palestine" and "shame on you"
October 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Lammy is going to spend the rest of his life being careful about where he goes on holiday, because of he has implicated himself in another country’s war crimes. I bet he thought being in government would be more fun than this.
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A pitch for Universal Basic Income from the book Bullshit Jobs.
Have a read.
Have a read.
October 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
A pitch for Universal Basic Income from the book Bullshit Jobs.
Have a read.
Have a read.
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Israel has kidnapped hundreds of people in international waters.
They were trying to break an illegal siege which is starving the people of Gaza.
The flotilla is the best of us 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/israel-kid...
They were trying to break an illegal siege which is starving the people of Gaza.
The flotilla is the best of us 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/israel-kid...
Israel kidnaps Gaza flotilla
Piracy in plain sight.
www.owenjones.news
October 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Israel has kidnapped hundreds of people in international waters.
They were trying to break an illegal siege which is starving the people of Gaza.
The flotilla is the best of us 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/israel-kid...
They were trying to break an illegal siege which is starving the people of Gaza.
The flotilla is the best of us 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/israel-kid...
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This film rocks!
Leonardo DiCaprio and Benicio del Toro behind the scenes of ‘One Battle After Another’ 🍺
October 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This film rocks!
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Seeing talk on here about class makes me wish people could at least acknowledge the Marxian point that class is not just another form of identity politics, but is about one's relationship to the means of production - eg I'm now bourgeois whatever my upbringing, prejudices etc.
October 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Seeing talk on here about class makes me wish people could at least acknowledge the Marxian point that class is not just another form of identity politics, but is about one's relationship to the means of production - eg I'm now bourgeois whatever my upbringing, prejudices etc.
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The cost of cyber attacks isn't just (or even mainly) the lost production caused by successful attacks. It's the diversion of clever people into preventing such attacks when they could instead be doing creative work.
Japan is just a few days away from running out of Asahi Super Dry as the producer of the nation’s most popular beer wrestles with a devastating cyber attack that has shut down its domestic breweries www.ft.com/content/bb86...
Japan days away from running out of Asahi Super Dry after cyber attack
Vast majority of factories of nation’s most popular beer have stopped work this week
www.ft.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The cost of cyber attacks isn't just (or even mainly) the lost production caused by successful attacks. It's the diversion of clever people into preventing such attacks when they could instead be doing creative work.