Alistair Leadbetter
@indolentfop.bsky.social
Fop, likes ideas, food, beer, books, and Sunderland AFC. Doesn't like fascists, bigots, bullies, or celery.
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I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
I've taken perverse pleasure in seeing just how few tickets have been sold at the Odeon at Gateshead for the Melania film.
January 29, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I've taken perverse pleasure in seeing just how few tickets have been sold at the Odeon at Gateshead for the Melania film.
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Africa’s wealth gap widens as Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote & 3 other billionaires now richer than half of the continent’s population, says Oxfam. Billionaire wealth in Africa grew by 36.5% in one year, more than double the global rate.
Dangote, 3 other billionaires now richer than half of Africa as continent sinks deeper in debt crisis
Oxfam reveals that Dangote and three other billionaires are now richer than half of Africa, as billionaire wealth surges faster than global levels while debt and tax inequality deepen across the conti...
africa.businessinsider.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Africa’s wealth gap widens as Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote & 3 other billionaires now richer than half of the continent’s population, says Oxfam. Billionaire wealth in Africa grew by 36.5% in one year, more than double the global rate.
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Poverty is deepening.
🔎 Our #UKPoverty2026 report was launched this morning.
People in very deep poverty now make up the biggest group of people in poverty, at 6.8 million people.
This is unacceptable for the fifth richest country in the world, and it has consequences.
🔎 Our #UKPoverty2026 report was launched this morning.
People in very deep poverty now make up the biggest group of people in poverty, at 6.8 million people.
This is unacceptable for the fifth richest country in the world, and it has consequences.
January 27, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Poverty is deepening.
🔎 Our #UKPoverty2026 report was launched this morning.
People in very deep poverty now make up the biggest group of people in poverty, at 6.8 million people.
This is unacceptable for the fifth richest country in the world, and it has consequences.
🔎 Our #UKPoverty2026 report was launched this morning.
People in very deep poverty now make up the biggest group of people in poverty, at 6.8 million people.
This is unacceptable for the fifth richest country in the world, and it has consequences.
BBC news really is a horror show of shallowness, smugness, and craven forelock tugging.
January 27, 2026 at 7:19 PM
BBC news really is a horror show of shallowness, smugness, and craven forelock tugging.
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Listen to Sprints' vengefully joyous cover of the Le Tigre classic "Deceptacon"
Sprints Share Cover Of Le Tigre's "Deceptacon": Listen
When Le Tigre put out their self-titled debut album in 1999, the opening track “Deceptacon” felt like an instant underground smash and a full-on manifesto. It was as charged and immediate as any of th...
stereogum.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Listen to Sprints' vengefully joyous cover of the Le Tigre classic "Deceptacon"
A pair of glorious purebred/ inbred British patriots.
The absolute state of these two fuckwits who decided that this was a great look and a great plan. 🤣
The absolute state of these two fuckwits who decided that this was a great look and a great plan. 🤣
Deux militants d’extrême droite britanniques venus en France pour « chasser les migrants » placés en garde à vue
➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/w7B
➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/w7B
January 27, 2026 at 6:27 PM
A pair of glorious purebred/ inbred British patriots.
The absolute state of these two fuckwits who decided that this was a great look and a great plan. 🤣
The absolute state of these two fuckwits who decided that this was a great look and a great plan. 🤣
I think that if I met Jürgen Klopp, it would be like Cyrano de Bergerac except I wouldn't be able to stop staring at his teeth.
January 24, 2026 at 7:00 PM
I think that if I met Jürgen Klopp, it would be like Cyrano de Bergerac except I wouldn't be able to stop staring at his teeth.
Just finished Wuthering Heights. It's an excellent drama on the moors, full of damaged, deranged, deluded people brutalising one another.
I saw the trailer for the new film version, hailing it as one of the greatest love stories. Why anyone would consider this a great love story is beyond me.
I saw the trailer for the new film version, hailing it as one of the greatest love stories. Why anyone would consider this a great love story is beyond me.
January 23, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Just finished Wuthering Heights. It's an excellent drama on the moors, full of damaged, deranged, deluded people brutalising one another.
I saw the trailer for the new film version, hailing it as one of the greatest love stories. Why anyone would consider this a great love story is beyond me.
I saw the trailer for the new film version, hailing it as one of the greatest love stories. Why anyone would consider this a great love story is beyond me.
Basketball has to be one of the worst sports ever. Maybe American Football pushes it close.
January 22, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Basketball has to be one of the worst sports ever. Maybe American Football pushes it close.
Why don't liquorice allsorts include torpedoes? It seems like a glaring oversight.
January 21, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Why don't liquorice allsorts include torpedoes? It seems like a glaring oversight.
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After a year of Trump's second term
January 19, 2026 at 9:18 PM
After a year of Trump's second term
I'm reading Wuthering Heights. I don't know what I was expecting but it seems that pretty much every character is appalling and desperately unlikeable.
#NowReading
#NowReading
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
I'm reading Wuthering Heights. I don't know what I was expecting but it seems that pretty much every character is appalling and desperately unlikeable.
#NowReading
#NowReading
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New Oxfam Inequality report just dropped:
Billionaire wealth has grown by 80% since 2020.
The world’s 12 richest billionaires have more wealth than the poorest half of humanity.
Elon Musk is the first ever person to have over half a trillion dollars wealth.
Billionaire wealth has grown by 80% since 2020.
The world’s 12 richest billionaires have more wealth than the poorest half of humanity.
Elon Musk is the first ever person to have over half a trillion dollars wealth.
January 19, 2026 at 6:01 AM
New Oxfam Inequality report just dropped:
Billionaire wealth has grown by 80% since 2020.
The world’s 12 richest billionaires have more wealth than the poorest half of humanity.
Elon Musk is the first ever person to have over half a trillion dollars wealth.
Billionaire wealth has grown by 80% since 2020.
The world’s 12 richest billionaires have more wealth than the poorest half of humanity.
Elon Musk is the first ever person to have over half a trillion dollars wealth.
The Commodores are a band badly represented by the song that everyone knows them by. Some cracking funk going on there.
January 16, 2026 at 7:28 PM
The Commodores are a band badly represented by the song that everyone knows them by. Some cracking funk going on there.
I don't know if all modern Japanese literature is written in a flat, shallow prose style or just the stuff available in translation, but jeez I'm bored with it.
January 16, 2026 at 2:18 PM
I don't know if all modern Japanese literature is written in a flat, shallow prose style or just the stuff available in translation, but jeez I'm bored with it.
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#WarCrimes
An Israeli reservist who served in Gaza has told Sky News “IDF troops k*lled Palestinian civilians at random, with orders to shoot sometimes dependent on the mood of the commander.”
🇵🇸 🇮🇱 www.instagram.com/reel/DTfjeVx...
An Israeli reservist who served in Gaza has told Sky News “IDF troops k*lled Palestinian civilians at random, with orders to shoot sometimes dependent on the mood of the commander.”
🇵🇸 🇮🇱 www.instagram.com/reel/DTfjeVx...
January 14, 2026 at 5:59 PM
#WarCrimes
An Israeli reservist who served in Gaza has told Sky News “IDF troops k*lled Palestinian civilians at random, with orders to shoot sometimes dependent on the mood of the commander.”
🇵🇸 🇮🇱 www.instagram.com/reel/DTfjeVx...
An Israeli reservist who served in Gaza has told Sky News “IDF troops k*lled Palestinian civilians at random, with orders to shoot sometimes dependent on the mood of the commander.”
🇵🇸 🇮🇱 www.instagram.com/reel/DTfjeVx...
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Since last night, 16,800 fans have cancelled their FIFA World Cup 2026 tickets.
In addition FIFA has scheduled an emergency meeting next week to address the escalating protesting and how it relates to safety and political concerns.
In addition FIFA has scheduled an emergency meeting next week to address the escalating protesting and how it relates to safety and political concerns.
January 13, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Since last night, 16,800 fans have cancelled their FIFA World Cup 2026 tickets.
In addition FIFA has scheduled an emergency meeting next week to address the escalating protesting and how it relates to safety and political concerns.
In addition FIFA has scheduled an emergency meeting next week to address the escalating protesting and how it relates to safety and political concerns.
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Well this all looks fine
January 13, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Well this all looks fine
FA Cup 4th round draw and I'm quite excited for a change. #SAFC are number 13 which is a positive omen.
The one thing that I'm not interested in is who got who in the dummy run. Thank you TV people. 👍
The one thing that I'm not interested in is who got who in the dummy run. Thank you TV people. 👍
January 12, 2026 at 6:06 PM
FA Cup 4th round draw and I'm quite excited for a change. #SAFC are number 13 which is a positive omen.
The one thing that I'm not interested in is who got who in the dummy run. Thank you TV people. 👍
The one thing that I'm not interested in is who got who in the dummy run. Thank you TV people. 👍
Grifters gonna grift
January 12, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Grifters gonna grift