@geoxford.bsky.social
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The brutality of the Trump-Putin alliance that has been unleashed on Ukraine in recent days is staggering. It comes as no surprise, but it is still shocking.
Whether it likes it or not, Europe has become the last stronghold of the rule of law.
Whether it likes it or not, Europe has become the last stronghold of the rule of law.
November 22, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The brutality of the Trump-Putin alliance that has been unleashed on Ukraine in recent days is staggering. It comes as no surprise, but it is still shocking.
Whether it likes it or not, Europe has become the last stronghold of the rule of law.
Whether it likes it or not, Europe has become the last stronghold of the rule of law.
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Vaccines DO NOT cause autism - there is extensive research showing this. Resurrecting old, discredited, fraudulent work is shameful.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
November 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Vaccines DO NOT cause autism - there is extensive research showing this. Resurrecting old, discredited, fraudulent work is shameful.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
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He's not wrong! We pretty much rank the same as Russia on the @ilgaeurope.bsky.social rankings for LGR. (UK 29th place, Russia 32nd)
"Owen Jones: UK is far more like Putin’s Russia over trans people"
www.thenational.scot/politics/256...
"Owen Jones: UK is far more like Putin’s Russia over trans people"
www.thenational.scot/politics/256...
Owen Jones: UK is far more like Vladimir Putin’s Russia over trans people
THE descent of the “United Kingdom” into cruelty and naked bigotry has been swift and steep ...
www.thenational.scot
November 22, 2025 at 7:43 AM
He's not wrong! We pretty much rank the same as Russia on the @ilgaeurope.bsky.social rankings for LGR. (UK 29th place, Russia 32nd)
"Owen Jones: UK is far more like Putin’s Russia over trans people"
www.thenational.scot/politics/256...
"Owen Jones: UK is far more like Putin’s Russia over trans people"
www.thenational.scot/politics/256...
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Betty Mackereth, Philip Larkin's feisty long term secretary, immortalised in the 1962 poems Toads Revisited, has passed away today aged 101. Betty was a great supporter of the Philip Larkin Society. We send our condolences to her family.
November 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Betty Mackereth, Philip Larkin's feisty long term secretary, immortalised in the 1962 poems Toads Revisited, has passed away today aged 101. Betty was a great supporter of the Philip Larkin Society. We send our condolences to her family.
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I want A.I. to do my admin and laundry while I write and illustrate books. I don't want A.I. to write and illustrate books while I do my admin and laundry.
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I want A.I. to do my admin and laundry while I write and illustrate books. I don't want A.I. to write and illustrate books while I do my admin and laundry.
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Has to be grim if even he's admitting it.
"Alastair Campbell has claimed senior BBC officials are “in the JK Rowling camp” when it comes to trans rights"
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/14/a...
"Alastair Campbell has claimed senior BBC officials are “in the JK Rowling camp” when it comes to trans rights"
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/14/a...
Alastair Campbell claims senior BBC figures are 'in the JK Rowling camp'
Alastair Campbell has claimed that several senior officials at the BBC are 'in the JK Rowling camp' when it comes to trans rights issues.
www.thepinknews.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Has to be grim if even he's admitting it.
"Alastair Campbell has claimed senior BBC officials are “in the JK Rowling camp” when it comes to trans rights"
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/14/a...
"Alastair Campbell has claimed senior BBC officials are “in the JK Rowling camp” when it comes to trans rights"
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/14/a...
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"The science is evolving quite rapidly and time is running out to do anything about it because the tipping point may well be quite close," says PIK's @rahmstorf.bsky.social in this piece on Iceland declaring the potential collapse of #AMOC a national security risk. 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1op...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1op...
Iceland on alert amid Atlantic Ocean current's possible collapse | REUTERS
YouTube video by Reuters
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
"The science is evolving quite rapidly and time is running out to do anything about it because the tipping point may well be quite close," says PIK's @rahmstorf.bsky.social in this piece on Iceland declaring the potential collapse of #AMOC a national security risk. 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1op...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1op...
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Good that Canada joins coalition to fight against climate disinformation (so maybe don't weaken greenwashing law?) www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
Countries commit to tackling climate disinformation at COP30
It is the first time states have formally committed to information integrity and fighting back against climate disinformation.
www.euronews.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Good that Canada joins coalition to fight against climate disinformation (so maybe don't weaken greenwashing law?) www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
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Who did the worst guy in the world think was the worst guy in the world? (Cue “Hail to the Chief.”)
Wow.
Jeffrey Epstein writing about Trump in 2018:
"He feels alone and is nuts!!! I told everyone from day one. Evil beyond belief. Mad, and most thought I was speaking metaphorically. It's obvious he could crack. Stormy Daniels? Lies after lies after lies."
Jeffrey Epstein writing about Trump in 2018:
"He feels alone and is nuts!!! I told everyone from day one. Evil beyond belief. Mad, and most thought I was speaking metaphorically. It's obvious he could crack. Stormy Daniels? Lies after lies after lies."
November 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Who did the worst guy in the world think was the worst guy in the world? (Cue “Hail to the Chief.”)
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Brexit Damage
⬇️ GDP down 6-8%
⬇️ Investment down 12-18%
⬇️ Employment down 3-4%
⬇️ Productivity down 3-4%
Why isn't this spoken about in the lead up to the budget"
⬇️ GDP down 6-8%
⬇️ Investment down 12-18%
⬇️ Employment down 3-4%
⬇️ Productivity down 3-4%
Why isn't this spoken about in the lead up to the budget"
November 12, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Brexit Damage
⬇️ GDP down 6-8%
⬇️ Investment down 12-18%
⬇️ Employment down 3-4%
⬇️ Productivity down 3-4%
Why isn't this spoken about in the lead up to the budget"
⬇️ GDP down 6-8%
⬇️ Investment down 12-18%
⬇️ Employment down 3-4%
⬇️ Productivity down 3-4%
Why isn't this spoken about in the lead up to the budget"
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While headlines continue to focus on a single editing mistake, the real crisis at the heart of Britain’s public broadcaster runs far deeper, most notably in its failure to report Israel’s war on Gaza with honesty or courage
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/bbc-...
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/bbc-...
BBC Trump row: Pro-Israel bias over Gaza is the real scandal
The corporation stands at a crossroads. Down one path lies self-censorship and hollow apologies; down the other lies the public it was built to serve
www.middleeasteye.net
November 12, 2025 at 5:07 AM
While headlines continue to focus on a single editing mistake, the real crisis at the heart of Britain’s public broadcaster runs far deeper, most notably in its failure to report Israel’s war on Gaza with honesty or courage
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/bbc-...
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/bbc-...
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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November 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Some useful information with which to bash those knuckle draggers who, despite all evidence to the contrary, still seem to think that Brexit and Farage was/is the answer.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘The money machine is misfiring’: City blames Brexit for UK’s £20bn productivity headache
Poor output since the leave vote has landed Rachel Reeves with a bigger-than-forecast budget spending gap
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Some useful information with which to bash those knuckle draggers who, despite all evidence to the contrary, still seem to think that Brexit and Farage was/is the answer.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Reform Councillors they never show up .
Absent 8 out of 15
Leads by example.😆
This is Cllr David Thomas attendance record at Torfaen Council from May this year
The Director for Wales
Abysmal
"Wales is broken .Wales needs Reform "🤣https://moderngov.torfaen.gov.uk/mgAttendance.aspx?UID=452
Absent 8 out of 15
Leads by example.😆
This is Cllr David Thomas attendance record at Torfaen Council from May this year
The Director for Wales
Abysmal
"Wales is broken .Wales needs Reform "🤣https://moderngov.torfaen.gov.uk/mgAttendance.aspx?UID=452
October 30, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Reform Councillors they never show up .
Absent 8 out of 15
Leads by example.😆
This is Cllr David Thomas attendance record at Torfaen Council from May this year
The Director for Wales
Abysmal
"Wales is broken .Wales needs Reform "🤣https://moderngov.torfaen.gov.uk/mgAttendance.aspx?UID=452
Absent 8 out of 15
Leads by example.😆
This is Cllr David Thomas attendance record at Torfaen Council from May this year
The Director for Wales
Abysmal
"Wales is broken .Wales needs Reform "🤣https://moderngov.torfaen.gov.uk/mgAttendance.aspx?UID=452
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Even the companies can't know or say for sure how many of the layoffs are due to AI.
We're just in a mode where corporate managers are going after past over-hiring, padding margins, navigating big tech-spending commitments and conveying to investors they are forward-thinking and efficiency-minded.
We're just in a mode where corporate managers are going after past over-hiring, padding margins, navigating big tech-spending commitments and conveying to investors they are forward-thinking and efficiency-minded.
From Amazon to Target, the country’s largest employers are retrenching, laying off tens of thousands of office workers.
Tens of Thousands of White-Collar Jobs Are Disappearing as AI Starts to Bite
Companies ranging from Amazon to Target are sending workers into an unwelcoming market.
on.wsj.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Even the companies can't know or say for sure how many of the layoffs are due to AI.
We're just in a mode where corporate managers are going after past over-hiring, padding margins, navigating big tech-spending commitments and conveying to investors they are forward-thinking and efficiency-minded.
We're just in a mode where corporate managers are going after past over-hiring, padding margins, navigating big tech-spending commitments and conveying to investors they are forward-thinking and efficiency-minded.
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In fighting in Kent, imploding in Cornwall.
My expectation is that all councilsa newly under Reform control will similalry collapse before completing their 4 year term.
History shows that's what political groups under Farage do - see Thanet, EU (two terms).
www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...
My expectation is that all councilsa newly under Reform control will similalry collapse before completing their 4 year term.
History shows that's what political groups under Farage do - see Thanet, EU (two terms).
www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...
Reform in Cornwall imploding within six months of sweeping election
Nigel Farage's party took more Cornwall Council seats than anyone, but after a shocking week for the party, can it regroup and become a serious political force or will it fall apart?
www.cornwalllive.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
In fighting in Kent, imploding in Cornwall.
My expectation is that all councilsa newly under Reform control will similalry collapse before completing their 4 year term.
History shows that's what political groups under Farage do - see Thanet, EU (two terms).
www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...
My expectation is that all councilsa newly under Reform control will similalry collapse before completing their 4 year term.
History shows that's what political groups under Farage do - see Thanet, EU (two terms).
www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...
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Ummm, the rise in the state pension age to 67 was introduced by the Coalition Government in 2014, not Labour, and paying inheritance tax when you die doesn't affect your retirement income when you're alive.
October 28, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Ummm, the rise in the state pension age to 67 was introduced by the Coalition Government in 2014, not Labour, and paying inheritance tax when you die doesn't affect your retirement income when you're alive.
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It's not lost on me that the part of the White House we are destroying is the part that has to do with women's history in the White House.
NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing.
(📸 Getty Images)
(📸 Getty Images)
October 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It's not lost on me that the part of the White House we are destroying is the part that has to do with women's history in the White House.
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When idiot Ron Schneider was born in 1963, the infant mortality rate was 29/1,000. It is now close to 5/1,000. So, no, children were NOT healthier when he was a kid. And he was, clearly, dropped on his head.
October 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
When idiot Ron Schneider was born in 1963, the infant mortality rate was 29/1,000. It is now close to 5/1,000. So, no, children were NOT healthier when he was a kid. And he was, clearly, dropped on his head.
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The White House now lies in ruins. What Trump plans to build there, like everything else he touches, represents a twisted view of the world, contempt for our values and history and surpassingly bad taste. But elect the most famously vulgar in America president and it's what we should've expected.
October 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The White House now lies in ruins. What Trump plans to build there, like everything else he touches, represents a twisted view of the world, contempt for our values and history and surpassingly bad taste. But elect the most famously vulgar in America president and it's what we should've expected.