Osymandus
@osymandus.bsky.social
Still reading, eating. Caring for cats and enjoying Dr who.
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This podcast with President Stubb of Finland is worth a listen. I like his optimism.
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How to Navigate the Shifting International Order
Podcast Episode · The Foreign Affairs Interview · 05/02/2026 · 58m
podcasts.apple.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:23 PM
This podcast with President Stubb of Finland is worth a listen. I like his optimism.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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And never forget that Dame Hilary Cass belittled as "shroud wavers" those of us asking, begging, for a regime that would keep trans children alive.
One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.
New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project
A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare
goodlaw.social
February 7, 2026 at 8:07 PM
And never forget that Dame Hilary Cass belittled as "shroud wavers" those of us asking, begging, for a regime that would keep trans children alive.
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I'm afraid that neither the Women's Institute nor Girl Guiding's leadership are being entirely straightforward with their membership. They have a *no downside* option to remain trans inclusive and I know this for a *fact*.
More to follow from us on this.
More to follow from us on this.
After operating since 2009, Sheffield’s main WI is set to close because all the volunteers running it are leaving.
Trans exclusion means spaces for all women are being lost.
www.shwi.co.uk/post/2026-me...
Trans exclusion means spaces for all women are being lost.
www.shwi.co.uk/post/2026-me...
February 7, 2026 at 6:19 PM
I'm afraid that neither the Women's Institute nor Girl Guiding's leadership are being entirely straightforward with their membership. They have a *no downside* option to remain trans inclusive and I know this for a *fact*.
More to follow from us on this.
More to follow from us on this.
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Last night RU launched 40 missiles/400 drones, destroying substations, transmission lines, power plants
2 DTEK power stations severely damage. Temperatures expected to fall to −20C/-4F by Mon. Without air-defense and diplomatic support, Ukraine’s energy crisis is becoming humanitarian crisis.
2 DTEK power stations severely damage. Temperatures expected to fall to −20C/-4F by Mon. Without air-defense and diplomatic support, Ukraine’s energy crisis is becoming humanitarian crisis.
February 7, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Last night RU launched 40 missiles/400 drones, destroying substations, transmission lines, power plants
2 DTEK power stations severely damage. Temperatures expected to fall to −20C/-4F by Mon. Without air-defense and diplomatic support, Ukraine’s energy crisis is becoming humanitarian crisis.
2 DTEK power stations severely damage. Temperatures expected to fall to −20C/-4F by Mon. Without air-defense and diplomatic support, Ukraine’s energy crisis is becoming humanitarian crisis.
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I always believed the purpose of Brexit was to destroy the ability of nation states to take on spiv capitalism. I never expected to see actual evidence of it.
February 7, 2026 at 4:47 PM
I always believed the purpose of Brexit was to destroy the ability of nation states to take on spiv capitalism. I never expected to see actual evidence of it.
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What do you call someone whose instinct, confronted by evidence that their policies are contributing to a massive increase in deaths, is to cover it up? And should that person be a Labour Minister? Or in prison?
New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project
A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare
goodlawproject.org
February 7, 2026 at 4:24 PM
What do you call someone whose instinct, confronted by evidence that their policies are contributing to a massive increase in deaths, is to cover it up? And should that person be a Labour Minister? Or in prison?
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Excavation of the tomb of Akhet-Hetep at Giza revealed a monument to his mother Peseshet, the "Overseer of Women Physicians." She is the world's earliest known woman doctor, and practiced at the time of the building of the great pyramids in Egypt, about 2500 BC. #CelebratingWomen
February 7, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Excavation of the tomb of Akhet-Hetep at Giza revealed a monument to his mother Peseshet, the "Overseer of Women Physicians." She is the world's earliest known woman doctor, and practiced at the time of the building of the great pyramids in Egypt, about 2500 BC. #CelebratingWomen
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Of course the CPS does…can’t have juries making up their own mind against the wishes of the state.
With courts already strained, the CPS is seeking a retrial of the six Filton 24 activists after a jury acquitted them on 4 February
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...
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CPS to seek a retrial against victorious Filton 24 activists
With courts already strained, the CPS is seeking a retrial of the six Filton 24 activists after a jury acquitted them on 4 February
www.thecanary.co
February 7, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Of course the CPS does…can’t have juries making up their own mind against the wishes of the state.
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The Reform party is *lying*?!!
February 7, 2026 at 11:46 AM
The Reform party is *lying*?!!
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In these dark days of February, a little something to look forward to.
February 7, 2026 at 6:42 AM
In these dark days of February, a little something to look forward to.
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Spanish PM Sanchez: "Social media has become a failed state, and when democracies start to impose order, their owners get nervous. We will move forward despite their threats."
February 7, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Spanish PM Sanchez: "Social media has become a failed state, and when democracies start to impose order, their owners get nervous. We will move forward despite their threats."
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NEW: Insurrectionist pardoned by Trump has been arrested for child sex crimes. www.texastribune.org/2025/02/06/a...
Houston man pardoned by Trump arrested on child sex charge - The Texas Tribune
Andrew Taake received a six-year sentence for assaulting officers on Jan. 6. He was arrested Thursday on an outstanding charge of soliciting a minor.
www.texastribune.org
February 7, 2026 at 12:21 AM
NEW: Insurrectionist pardoned by Trump has been arrested for child sex crimes. www.texastribune.org/2025/02/06/a...
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Only one thing for us to do. Grab them, throw them into vans and deport them back to their own country.
ICE agents are in 5 Canadian cities. We asked what they do
YouTube video by CBC News Alberta
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February 7, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Only one thing for us to do. Grab them, throw them into vans and deport them back to their own country.
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Unitree G1 humanoid robot trying to clear snow in a parking lot.
February 7, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Unitree G1 humanoid robot trying to clear snow in a parking lot.
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Just had a fabulous talk with John Sipher, one of the most experienced CIA officers of his generation. We went into the Epstein files, what they say about Epstein and Russian intelligence, how Epstein kompromat might work to influence Trump… substack.com/@phillipspob...
Live with Phillips P. OBrien and John Sipher
A recording from Phillips P. OBrien's live video
substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Just had a fabulous talk with John Sipher, one of the most experienced CIA officers of his generation. We went into the Epstein files, what they say about Epstein and Russian intelligence, how Epstein kompromat might work to influence Trump… substack.com/@phillipspob...
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This is simultaneously (1) garbage: Labour has done nothing remotely as bad as the Tories' industrial scale VIP corruption and (2) proof:
of Labour's failure to understand, let alone address, the industrial scale lie-telling machine that is our media.
of Labour's failure to understand, let alone address, the industrial scale lie-telling machine that is our media.
February 6, 2026 at 7:51 PM
This is simultaneously (1) garbage: Labour has done nothing remotely as bad as the Tories' industrial scale VIP corruption and (2) proof:
of Labour's failure to understand, let alone address, the industrial scale lie-telling machine that is our media.
of Labour's failure to understand, let alone address, the industrial scale lie-telling machine that is our media.
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Spain's Deputy PM Yolanda Díaz: “I have left X. That network is a place of hate. We are not vassals of Elon Musk or Trump.”
February 6, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Spain's Deputy PM Yolanda Díaz: “I have left X. That network is a place of hate. We are not vassals of Elon Musk or Trump.”
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🚨Andrew Tate tells Piers Morgan that he has charges in the UK for his speech.
LIE.
Andrew Tate is charged in the UK with rape, human trafficking, controlling prostitution and actual bodily harm. He has 0 charges related to hate speech, etc.
LIE.
Andrew Tate is charged in the UK with rape, human trafficking, controlling prostitution and actual bodily harm. He has 0 charges related to hate speech, etc.
February 6, 2026 at 12:27 PM
🚨Andrew Tate tells Piers Morgan that he has charges in the UK for his speech.
LIE.
Andrew Tate is charged in the UK with rape, human trafficking, controlling prostitution and actual bodily harm. He has 0 charges related to hate speech, etc.
LIE.
Andrew Tate is charged in the UK with rape, human trafficking, controlling prostitution and actual bodily harm. He has 0 charges related to hate speech, etc.
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The trouble is that all these stories become news stories when it is too late - “in the future everyone will have been against this” - never warning to stop the damage , always reported after the destruction - the little boy only cries wolf when the blood of the flock flows down the hill
February 6, 2026 at 11:07 AM
The trouble is that all these stories become news stories when it is too late - “in the future everyone will have been against this” - never warning to stop the damage , always reported after the destruction - the little boy only cries wolf when the blood of the flock flows down the hill
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Firmly worded, constitutionally significant letter to PM from the parliamentary intelligence committee: isc.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/u...
Spells out how it is for a parliamentary committee and *not* government to decide on what is in national interest.
Spells out how it is for a parliamentary committee and *not* government to decide on what is in national interest.
isc.independent.gov.uk
February 6, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Firmly worded, constitutionally significant letter to PM from the parliamentary intelligence committee: isc.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/u...
Spells out how it is for a parliamentary committee and *not* government to decide on what is in national interest.
Spells out how it is for a parliamentary committee and *not* government to decide on what is in national interest.
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Saturday. 10am. Denton.
Biggest action day ever?
We have to stop Reform.
Let’s elect Hannah Spencer 💚
actionnetwork.org/events/big-d...
Biggest action day ever?
We have to stop Reform.
Let’s elect Hannah Spencer 💚
actionnetwork.org/events/big-d...
February 6, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Saturday. 10am. Denton.
Biggest action day ever?
We have to stop Reform.
Let’s elect Hannah Spencer 💚
actionnetwork.org/events/big-d...
Biggest action day ever?
We have to stop Reform.
Let’s elect Hannah Spencer 💚
actionnetwork.org/events/big-d...
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Chief executive of Mandelson lobbying firm quits due to mentions in Epstein files - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Head of firm founded by Mandelson to quit after Epstein release
Benjamin Wegg-Prosser concluded his association with Lord Mandelson - and references to them both in the Epstein files - was doing the business Global Counsel harm.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Chief executive of Mandelson lobbying firm quits due to mentions in Epstein files - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Labour Together up there with the Taxpayers Alliance for disingenuous names
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BREAKING: McSweeney’s think tank paid PR firm to investigate journalists
Labour Together put private investigators onto journalists writing about its funding. Starmer's right-hand man knew.
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Labour Together up there with the Taxpayers Alliance for disingenuous names
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It's not just the decision to give public money and public data to a sworn enemy of everything we stand for, appalling though that is. It's also the secrecy and illegal shutting out of any competition. What does Palantir have on Streeting and Starmer - and did Mandelson give it to them?
Calls to halt UK Palantir contracts grow amid ‘lack of transparency’ over deals
Opposition MPs urge Labour to pause public contracts with the US tech firm after attempts to examine deals blocked
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:46 AM
It's not just the decision to give public money and public data to a sworn enemy of everything we stand for, appalling though that is. It's also the secrecy and illegal shutting out of any competition. What does Palantir have on Streeting and Starmer - and did Mandelson give it to them?