Kassandra
@kasst.bsky.social
MSLL& Kassandra ,if you followed me on that other place ,pleased to find you here🦋
Political cartoons are favourite
Hairdresser practicing politics,not right or left,mostly in the middle, rather be in the mountains
#thereisnoplanetB
Political cartoons are favourite
Hairdresser practicing politics,not right or left,mostly in the middle, rather be in the mountains
#thereisnoplanetB
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Kassandra
@kasst.bsky.social
· Feb 2
Meryl Streep's Cecil B. deMille Award Acceptance Speech
YouTube video by Golden Globes
youtu.be
How easily rights & freedoms are lost when enough of a population blindly trust that those elected to lead, have the nations wellbeing & interests at heart,trusting they will do their best & protect
narcissists like Trump don't give a fck; only ever in it for himself
youtu.be/WVUHntJ7FCY?...
narcissists like Trump don't give a fck; only ever in it for himself
youtu.be/WVUHntJ7FCY?...
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Completely agree.
January 5, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Completely agree.
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The EU and UK should shut down X just as they shut down RT - and in fact I think it is likely that they will eventually. The question is, how much damage will be done by then?
January 5, 2026 at 4:54 PM
The EU and UK should shut down X just as they shut down RT - and in fact I think it is likely that they will eventually. The question is, how much damage will be done by then?
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Great to see so much coverage for my question in the Lords today. Here's more on what I asked - and what the government didn't say in response: lordseyeview.substack.com/p/will-the-g...
January 5, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Great to see so much coverage for my question in the Lords today. Here's more on what I asked - and what the government didn't say in response: lordseyeview.substack.com/p/will-the-g...
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For every minute Britons spend on Twitter, they spend:
35 minutes on YouTube
35 minutes on Facebook/Messenger
11 minutes on Instagram
7 minutes on TikTok
5 minutes on Snapchat.
If the UK government wants to scale down on Twitter than it's really not a problem for directly reaching people.
35 minutes on YouTube
35 minutes on Facebook/Messenger
11 minutes on Instagram
7 minutes on TikTok
5 minutes on Snapchat.
If the UK government wants to scale down on Twitter than it's really not a problem for directly reaching people.
January 5, 2026 at 4:05 PM
For every minute Britons spend on Twitter, they spend:
35 minutes on YouTube
35 minutes on Facebook/Messenger
11 minutes on Instagram
7 minutes on TikTok
5 minutes on Snapchat.
If the UK government wants to scale down on Twitter than it's really not a problem for directly reaching people.
35 minutes on YouTube
35 minutes on Facebook/Messenger
11 minutes on Instagram
7 minutes on TikTok
5 minutes on Snapchat.
If the UK government wants to scale down on Twitter than it's really not a problem for directly reaching people.
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More from @markpackuk.bsky.social on his question about the government use of X: government will carry on prioritising X for government comms, despite the evidence about X's promotion + protection of unlawful activity. It no longer pays to advertise there
lordseyeview.substack.com/p/will-the-g...
lordseyeview.substack.com/p/will-the-g...
Will the government reduce its reliance on Elon Musk's X?
Welcome
lordseyeview.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:51 PM
More from @markpackuk.bsky.social on his question about the government use of X: government will carry on prioritising X for government comms, despite the evidence about X's promotion + protection of unlawful activity. It no longer pays to advertise there
lordseyeview.substack.com/p/will-the-g...
lordseyeview.substack.com/p/will-the-g...
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They ALWAYS blame someone else 😔
January 5, 2026 at 12:57 PM
They ALWAYS blame someone else 😔
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Glasman was introduced to Bannon by Farage, & they became pals. If he's not a reform plant, WTF is he? He shd have been kicked out of Labour long ago.
January 5, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Glasman was introduced to Bannon by Farage, & they became pals. If he's not a reform plant, WTF is he? He shd have been kicked out of Labour long ago.
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Failing to anticipate people would use your image generation bot to make consentless-pornography should be criminal incompetence.
Failing to include safeguards against it should be criminal negligence.
Failing to shut it down once (a) and (b) became obvious should be criminal distribution.
Failing to include safeguards against it should be criminal negligence.
Failing to shut it down once (a) and (b) became obvious should be criminal distribution.
January 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Failing to anticipate people would use your image generation bot to make consentless-pornography should be criminal incompetence.
Failing to include safeguards against it should be criminal negligence.
Failing to shut it down once (a) and (b) became obvious should be criminal distribution.
Failing to include safeguards against it should be criminal negligence.
Failing to shut it down once (a) and (b) became obvious should be criminal distribution.
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Eyes wide open, folks. They're revealing the supervillain plot.
January 5, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Eyes wide open, folks. They're revealing the supervillain plot.
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Good for Emily Thornberry
Labour MP Emily Thornberry has urged the UK government to condemn Trump's military action in Venezuela.
“If you’ve broken the rules then those around you should be saying 'you’ve broken the rules’.”
“We can't have might being right', she told ITV News.
“If you’ve broken the rules then those around you should be saying 'you’ve broken the rules’.”
“We can't have might being right', she told ITV News.
January 5, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Good for Emily Thornberry
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🔥 This is huge 🔥
NEW YouGov poll: British are now MORE pro-EU than France or Italy.
👉 50% would vote to be in the EU
👉 Only 31% want to stay out
👉 Strip away don’t knows 👉62–38 in favour of EU membership.
🔥 Brexit is no more and Parliament must catch up!
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
NEW YouGov poll: British are now MORE pro-EU than France or Italy.
👉 50% would vote to be in the EU
👉 Only 31% want to stay out
👉 Strip away don’t knows 👉62–38 in favour of EU membership.
🔥 Brexit is no more and Parliament must catch up!
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
British voters want to be part of EU more than French and Italians, poll reveals
Exclusive: Campaigners said Labour had to ‘catch up with public opinion’ as PM faces calls for closer ties to the EU after Brexit
www.independent.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 8:27 AM
🔥 This is huge 🔥
NEW YouGov poll: British are now MORE pro-EU than France or Italy.
👉 50% would vote to be in the EU
👉 Only 31% want to stay out
👉 Strip away don’t knows 👉62–38 in favour of EU membership.
🔥 Brexit is no more and Parliament must catch up!
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
NEW YouGov poll: British are now MORE pro-EU than France or Italy.
👉 50% would vote to be in the EU
👉 Only 31% want to stay out
👉 Strip away don’t knows 👉62–38 in favour of EU membership.
🔥 Brexit is no more and Parliament must catch up!
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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You are correct. There is an official one by Elizabeth Webster (@lizwebster.bsky.social?) - with only 969 signatures to date. Please sign & share.
This Petition is open to all UK residents regardless of nationality as well as every British Citizen on Earth.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
This Petition is open to all UK residents regardless of nationality as well as every British Citizen on Earth.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Require Parliament’s vote & an impact assessment on the UK-US trade deal
We are concerned the UK-US trade deal could be implemented without a vote, consultation or impact assessment. We believe it affects food, farming, health, and data standards. We believe Parliament mus...
petition.parliament.uk
January 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
You are correct. There is an official one by Elizabeth Webster (@lizwebster.bsky.social?) - with only 969 signatures to date. Please sign & share.
This Petition is open to all UK residents regardless of nationality as well as every British Citizen on Earth.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
This Petition is open to all UK residents regardless of nationality as well as every British Citizen on Earth.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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If in any doubt as to the reasons for the damage to the UK that has resulted from withdrawal from the EU, here they are. Adam Posen has described them with clarity and, from the perspective of the period immediately following the referendum, predicted the mess in which our country now finds itself.
See also @adamposen.bsky.social predictions for how the UK economy would be adversely affected by Brexit from 8 years ago
Experts eh !!😱 youtu.be/EcIkIz98zXU?...
Experts eh !!😱 youtu.be/EcIkIz98zXU?...
Posen Discusses the Damage of Brexit to the British Economy
YouTube video by Peterson Institute for International Economics
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
If in any doubt as to the reasons for the damage to the UK that has resulted from withdrawal from the EU, here they are. Adam Posen has described them with clarity and, from the perspective of the period immediately following the referendum, predicted the mess in which our country now finds itself.
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Musk was in regular contact with the Kremlin official who ran Tenet Media, and all those elements are now back in Trump’s corner.
Note: What impresses Musk and other Tech Bros is how Putin has managed to suppress civil dissent in Russia despite over a 1m casualties in Ukraine
Note: What impresses Musk and other Tech Bros is how Putin has managed to suppress civil dissent in Russia despite over a 1m casualties in Ukraine
January 5, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Musk was in regular contact with the Kremlin official who ran Tenet Media, and all those elements are now back in Trump’s corner.
Note: What impresses Musk and other Tech Bros is how Putin has managed to suppress civil dissent in Russia despite over a 1m casualties in Ukraine
Note: What impresses Musk and other Tech Bros is how Putin has managed to suppress civil dissent in Russia despite over a 1m casualties in Ukraine
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"American dominance" is our new foreign policy. And it will create a counter-reaction, everywhere.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump’s ‘American Dominance’ May Leave Us With Nothing
The president’s moves in Venezuela foretell a new global system.
www.theatlantic.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:56 PM
"American dominance" is our new foreign policy. And it will create a counter-reaction, everywhere.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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"Post-truth is pre-fascism, and Trump has been our post-truth president. When we give up on truth, we concede power to those with the wealth and charisma to create spectacle in its place."
I published this piece on January 9th, 2021. It remains all too relevant.
www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/m...
I published this piece on January 9th, 2021. It remains all too relevant.
www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/m...
The American Abyss (Published 2021)
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:52 PM
"Post-truth is pre-fascism, and Trump has been our post-truth president. When we give up on truth, we concede power to those with the wealth and charisma to create spectacle in its place."
I published this piece on January 9th, 2021. It remains all too relevant.
www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/m...
I published this piece on January 9th, 2021. It remains all too relevant.
www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/m...
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The BBC has been banned from using the word Kidnap to describe the Kidnapping of Maduro.
No doubt when Greenland is invaded they will be banned from using the word invasion.
No doubt when Greenland is invaded they will be banned from using the word invasion.
January 5, 2026 at 5:31 PM
The BBC has been banned from using the word Kidnap to describe the Kidnapping of Maduro.
No doubt when Greenland is invaded they will be banned from using the word invasion.
No doubt when Greenland is invaded they will be banned from using the word invasion.
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The president against remote work has been at his house in Florida for 3 weeks.
January 5, 2026 at 5:29 PM
The president against remote work has been at his house in Florida for 3 weeks.
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On the 5th anniversary of the Jan 6 attack on the Capitol, the official plaque honoring the police who defended democracy that day is nowhere to be found.
It's not on display at the Capitol, as required by law. Its whereabouts aren't even publicly known.
#NeverForgetJan6 #NeverForgetJan6th
It's not on display at the Capitol, as required by law. Its whereabouts aren't even publicly known.
#NeverForgetJan6 #NeverForgetJan6th
A Jan. 6 plaque was made to honor law enforcement at the Capitol. Its whereabouts are unknown
Some 100 members of Congress, mostly Democrats, have mounted poster board-style replicas of the Jan. 6 plaque outside their office doors.
www.pbs.org
January 5, 2026 at 7:01 PM
On the 5th anniversary of the Jan 6 attack on the Capitol, the official plaque honoring the police who defended democracy that day is nowhere to be found.
It's not on display at the Capitol, as required by law. Its whereabouts aren't even publicly known.
#NeverForgetJan6 #NeverForgetJan6th
It's not on display at the Capitol, as required by law. Its whereabouts aren't even publicly known.
#NeverForgetJan6 #NeverForgetJan6th
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Delusional. It’s not freedom of speech when the platform is controlled by a far right lunatic, operating a biased algorithm, populated by huge numbers of bots, all competing to suppress any liberal counter narrative. It’s just feeding a monster they’re too afraid to regulate or hold to account.
January 5, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Delusional. It’s not freedom of speech when the platform is controlled by a far right lunatic, operating a biased algorithm, populated by huge numbers of bots, all competing to suppress any liberal counter narrative. It’s just feeding a monster they’re too afraid to regulate or hold to account.
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I can't create new cartoons at the moment because I'm blissfully away in Spain, largely ignoring the news.
But, if you need one - just replace a country in these with Venezuela, Cuba or Mexico and you'll get the idea
But, if you need one - just replace a country in these with Venezuela, Cuba or Mexico and you'll get the idea
January 5, 2026 at 1:11 PM
I can't create new cartoons at the moment because I'm blissfully away in Spain, largely ignoring the news.
But, if you need one - just replace a country in these with Venezuela, Cuba or Mexico and you'll get the idea
But, if you need one - just replace a country in these with Venezuela, Cuba or Mexico and you'll get the idea
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The faces of greedy warmonger imperialism.
January 5, 2026 at 3:52 PM
The faces of greedy warmonger imperialism.
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What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
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Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on US imperialist aggression against Greenland,
"Threats, pressure and condescending speech. Even from our closest allies for a lifetime"
"About wanting to take over another country and another people, as if it were something you could buy and own"
"Threats, pressure and condescending speech. Even from our closest allies for a lifetime"
"About wanting to take over another country and another people, as if it were something you could buy and own"
January 5, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on US imperialist aggression against Greenland,
"Threats, pressure and condescending speech. Even from our closest allies for a lifetime"
"About wanting to take over another country and another people, as if it were something you could buy and own"
"Threats, pressure and condescending speech. Even from our closest allies for a lifetime"
"About wanting to take over another country and another people, as if it were something you could buy and own"