Max Colbert
@mc00.bsky.social
Freelance journo/researcher.
Bylines: Guardian, Mirror, Good Law Project, DeSmog, Byline Times, Democracy for Sale, Index on Censorship, People Vs Big Tech, etc.
Cited: BBC, LBC, The Times, Searchlight, etc.
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Bylines: Guardian, Mirror, Good Law Project, DeSmog, Byline Times, Democracy for Sale, Index on Censorship, People Vs Big Tech, etc.
Cited: BBC, LBC, The Times, Searchlight, etc.
mcfoiareturns@proton.me
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By reading the news and watching the BBC, by listening to the Prime Minister and his cabinet...
Social media helps children like Brianna find community and somewhere they can be themselves. One of her classmates killed her.
This does not help children, it isolates them from support.
Social media helps children like Brianna find community and somewhere they can be themselves. One of her classmates killed her.
This does not help children, it isolates them from support.
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
By reading the news and watching the BBC, by listening to the Prime Minister and his cabinet...
Social media helps children like Brianna find community and somewhere they can be themselves. One of her classmates killed her.
This does not help children, it isolates them from support.
Social media helps children like Brianna find community and somewhere they can be themselves. One of her classmates killed her.
This does not help children, it isolates them from support.
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Hardly rocket science.
~ Advisers told ministers banning Palestine Action could make it more popular | Palestine Action | The Guardian ~
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/11/advisers-told-ministers-banning-palestine-action-could-make-it-more-popular
~ Advisers told ministers banning Palestine Action could make it more popular | Palestine Action | The Guardian ~
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/11/advisers-told-ministers-banning-palestine-action-could-make-it-more-popular
Advisers told ministers banning Palestine Action could make it more popular | Palestine Action | The Guardian
Briefing paper warned proscription could also heighten Muslim-Jewish tensions and be seen as favouring Israel
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Hardly rocket science.
~ Advisers told ministers banning Palestine Action could make it more popular | Palestine Action | The Guardian ~
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/11/advisers-told-ministers-banning-palestine-action-could-make-it-more-popular
~ Advisers told ministers banning Palestine Action could make it more popular | Palestine Action | The Guardian ~
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/11/advisers-told-ministers-banning-palestine-action-could-make-it-more-popular
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
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And banning abortion.
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
And banning abortion.
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Jason Stanley isn’t afraid to use the F-word when talking about President Donald Trump.
The author of How Fascism Works and Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future is clear: He believes the US is currently under an authoritarian regime led by a fascist leader.
The author of How Fascism Works and Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future is clear: He believes the US is currently under an authoritarian regime led by a fascist leader.
I study fascism. I’ve already fled America.
On this week’s “More To The Story,” former Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley explains his recent move to Canada and calls the Trump administration’s takeover of the US government a “coup.”
www.motherjones.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Jason Stanley isn’t afraid to use the F-word when talking about President Donald Trump.
The author of How Fascism Works and Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future is clear: He believes the US is currently under an authoritarian regime led by a fascist leader.
The author of How Fascism Works and Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future is clear: He believes the US is currently under an authoritarian regime led by a fascist leader.
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This is spot on. Quantum’s gonna be the next cyber grift (again), after the bottom falls out of GenAI. www.linkedin.com/posts/nathan...
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This is spot on. Quantum’s gonna be the next cyber grift (again), after the bottom falls out of GenAI. www.linkedin.com/posts/nathan...
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Brianna Ghey was not murdered in cold blood by a phone. Or a social media app. She was murdered in cold blood with knives plunged into her 28 times by two 15-year-olds fed a constant stream of hate and dehumanization by UK corporate media and the UK government.
Two teenagers were radicalized by the transphobic political climate into seeing a 15 year old girl as less than human. They killed the girl, and then the girl's grieving mother chose to embark on a moral panic crusade against "self-harm", acquitting the actual perpetrators of her daughter's demise.
November 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Brianna Ghey was not murdered in cold blood by a phone. Or a social media app. She was murdered in cold blood with knives plunged into her 28 times by two 15-year-olds fed a constant stream of hate and dehumanization by UK corporate media and the UK government.
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I don't often call for resignations. But Sir Robbie Gibb's role in the BBC boardroom coup makes his continued role there untenable. He must resign or be removed
‘Gibb’s supporters say he is trying to save the BBC from itself; he was also heard last year to say that if he didn’t get his way, he would “blow the place up”.’
“a group of politically-appointed directors has forced the hand of Samir Shah,the chair, and the departure of the two most senior people in the organisation. Their resignations should be called out for what they are: political interference..”1/
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I don't often call for resignations. But Sir Robbie Gibb's role in the BBC boardroom coup makes his continued role there untenable. He must resign or be removed
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Reach has apologised and will pay "substantial damages" to Bob Vylan frontman Pascal Robinson after the Manchester Evening News wrongly reported he had "performed Nazi salutes on stage" pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/new...
Manchester Evening News pays 'substantial damages' to Bob Vylan frontman
Reach to pay "substantial damages" to Bob Vylan frontman after Manchester Evening News wrongly reported he had "performed Nazi salutes on stage".
pressgazette.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Reach has apologised and will pay "substantial damages" to Bob Vylan frontman Pascal Robinson after the Manchester Evening News wrongly reported he had "performed Nazi salutes on stage" pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/new...
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“If you want to shoot without restraint, you can,” Daniel, the commander of an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tank unit, says in Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War, due to be broadcast in the UK on ITV on Monday evening.
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
“If you want to shoot without restraint, you can,” Daniel, the commander of an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tank unit, says in Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War, due to be broadcast in the UK on ITV on Monday evening.
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"NSO Group, the Israeli company behind Pegasus spyware, says a group of investors led by Hollywood producer Robert Simonds has acquired a controlling stake in the firm, which has named a former Trump official to lead an effort to restore its battered reputation."
Israeli Spyware Maker NSO Gets New Owners, Leadership and Seeks to Mend Reputation
Investors led by Hollywood producer Robert Simonds have taken a controlling stake in the company behind Pegasus, and former Trump official David Friedman has been named executive chairman.
www.wsj.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
"NSO Group, the Israeli company behind Pegasus spyware, says a group of investors led by Hollywood producer Robert Simonds has acquired a controlling stake in the firm, which has named a former Trump official to lead an effort to restore its battered reputation."
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I'm not sure why I bother checking out the freelance listings on Upwork.
So much is like: 'We want you to write a 3000 word blog on this highly specialist subject that will take days of work. We'll pay you $100.'
But I guess someone is taking work at that rate otherwise they wouldn't be asking. 💀
So much is like: 'We want you to write a 3000 word blog on this highly specialist subject that will take days of work. We'll pay you $100.'
But I guess someone is taking work at that rate otherwise they wouldn't be asking. 💀
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I'm not sure why I bother checking out the freelance listings on Upwork.
So much is like: 'We want you to write a 3000 word blog on this highly specialist subject that will take days of work. We'll pay you $100.'
But I guess someone is taking work at that rate otherwise they wouldn't be asking. 💀
So much is like: 'We want you to write a 3000 word blog on this highly specialist subject that will take days of work. We'll pay you $100.'
But I guess someone is taking work at that rate otherwise they wouldn't be asking. 💀
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"Funnily enough Andy [Wigmore], the only time I ever experienced political interference in one of my investigations at the BBC, was when I was investigating you and Arron Banks
Your mate Robbie Gibb put a stop to a story we were running."
- former BBC investigative reporter Manveen Rana, 2022
Your mate Robbie Gibb put a stop to a story we were running."
- former BBC investigative reporter Manveen Rana, 2022
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 AM
"Funnily enough Andy [Wigmore], the only time I ever experienced political interference in one of my investigations at the BBC, was when I was investigating you and Arron Banks
Your mate Robbie Gibb put a stop to a story we were running."
- former BBC investigative reporter Manveen Rana, 2022
Your mate Robbie Gibb put a stop to a story we were running."
- former BBC investigative reporter Manveen Rana, 2022
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Michael Prescott was ‘“shocked” that after an hour-long Panorama documentary dealing with Trump and the January 6 insurgency, there was no “similar, balancing” programme about Kamala Harris.’
More read about the machinations between the BBC resignations, the more worrying it becomes
More read about the machinations between the BBC resignations, the more worrying it becomes
The departure of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness means the BBC is leaderless when it needs leadership more than ever. Where are the people at the head of the BBC standing up for it?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it has given in | Jane Martinson
The corporation should have stood up to the Telegraph, Trump and the Tories. Now, its enemies know how little it takes for it to fold, says Jane Martinson, professor of financial journalism
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Michael Prescott was ‘“shocked” that after an hour-long Panorama documentary dealing with Trump and the January 6 insurgency, there was no “similar, balancing” programme about Kamala Harris.’
More read about the machinations between the BBC resignations, the more worrying it becomes
More read about the machinations between the BBC resignations, the more worrying it becomes
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"You, like Nigel Farage, are simply lying about what the ONS says."
I somewhat lost my patience with Reform Councillor Bill Piper here.. (from about 1h 27 min in)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I somewhat lost my patience with Reform Councillor Bill Piper here.. (from about 1h 27 min in)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Stephen Nolan - 08/11/2025 - BBC Sounds
The day's main news stories, topical debate and interviews.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:41 AM
"You, like Nigel Farage, are simply lying about what the ONS says."
I somewhat lost my patience with Reform Councillor Bill Piper here.. (from about 1h 27 min in)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I somewhat lost my patience with Reform Councillor Bill Piper here.. (from about 1h 27 min in)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Note that still in post at the BBC is Robbie Gibb, who helped set up GB News, and John McAndrew, formerly director of news and programmes at GB News.
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Note that still in post at the BBC is Robbie Gibb, who helped set up GB News, and John McAndrew, formerly director of news and programmes at GB News.
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the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
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A big win for people more outraged by a silly edit at the BBC than by a man impeached by Congress for literally inciting an insurrection being back in the White House. Pathetic.
🔴 Breaking I Davie faced mounting criticism that a Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by Donald Trump
➡️ Read more: trib.al/I0iw7aP
➡️ Read more: trib.al/I0iw7aP
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A big win for people more outraged by a silly edit at the BBC than by a man impeached by Congress for literally inciting an insurrection being back in the White House. Pathetic.
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BREAKING: Tim Davie resigns as BBC's director-general - with CEO of BBC News also stepping down
news.sky.com/story/tim-da...
news.sky.com/story/tim-da...
Tim Davie resigns as BBC's director-general - with CEO of BBC News also stepping down
Tim Davie has resigned as the BBC's director-general.
news.sky.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
BREAKING: Tim Davie resigns as BBC's director-general - with CEO of BBC News also stepping down
news.sky.com/story/tim-da...
news.sky.com/story/tim-da...
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"I don't normally share AI things..."
So fucking DON'T. Stop normalising the theft and bullshit machine.
So fucking DON'T. Stop normalising the theft and bullshit machine.
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 AM
"I don't normally share AI things..."
So fucking DON'T. Stop normalising the theft and bullshit machine.
So fucking DON'T. Stop normalising the theft and bullshit machine.
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After arresting a U.S. citizen in a Home Depot parking lot, armed immigration agents drove off with his one-year-old daughter.
The Trump administration's mass deportation machine puts every one of us in danger.
The Trump administration's mass deportation machine puts every one of us in danger.
Armed US immigration agents drive off with toddler after arrest of father
‘Devastated’ family demands answers after one-year-old driven by armed agents from LA Home Depot parking lot
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
After arresting a U.S. citizen in a Home Depot parking lot, armed immigration agents drove off with his one-year-old daughter.
The Trump administration's mass deportation machine puts every one of us in danger.
The Trump administration's mass deportation machine puts every one of us in danger.
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This article explains how Musk’s ridiculous pay is tied to achieving various benchmarks for Tesla.
So even more so than before, Musk’s money is tied to Tesla.
If Tesla does badly, Musk is hurt.
You know what to do, world.
The shareholders brought this on themselves. #TeslaTakedown
So even more so than before, Musk’s money is tied to Tesla.
If Tesla does badly, Musk is hurt.
You know what to do, world.
The shareholders brought this on themselves. #TeslaTakedown
Tesla says shareholders approve Musk's $1 trillion pay plan with over 75% voting in favor
Tesla shareholders approved CEO Elon Musk's historic pay package at the company's annual shareholders meeting in Austin, Texas.
www.cnbc.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This article explains how Musk’s ridiculous pay is tied to achieving various benchmarks for Tesla.
So even more so than before, Musk’s money is tied to Tesla.
If Tesla does badly, Musk is hurt.
You know what to do, world.
The shareholders brought this on themselves. #TeslaTakedown
So even more so than before, Musk’s money is tied to Tesla.
If Tesla does badly, Musk is hurt.
You know what to do, world.
The shareholders brought this on themselves. #TeslaTakedown
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The Philippines is about to get hit by another devastating typhoon. Fung-wong, known locally as Uwan, has intensified into a super typhoon off Catanduanes. Authorities warn of life-threatening conditions.
November 9, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The Philippines is about to get hit by another devastating typhoon. Fung-wong, known locally as Uwan, has intensified into a super typhoon off Catanduanes. Authorities warn of life-threatening conditions.