Patrick Osgood
@patrickosgood.bsky.social
MENA geopolitical risk | one warm day is all I really need | usual caveats re ♥️ & 🔁
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From Hamdan Ballal, co-director of last year’s Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land.” This is happening now.
February 16, 2026 at 1:26 AM
From Hamdan Ballal, co-director of last year’s Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land.” This is happening now.
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"The Crime of Witness" by Fintan O’Toole in @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social
"The videos that expose the administration’s mendacity about its own use of extreme violence against peaceful dissent are themselves products of the courage to show up [and] see for yourself."
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
"The videos that expose the administration’s mendacity about its own use of extreme violence against peaceful dissent are themselves products of the courage to show up [and] see for yourself."
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
February 16, 2026 at 12:05 AM
"The Crime of Witness" by Fintan O’Toole in @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social
"The videos that expose the administration’s mendacity about its own use of extreme violence against peaceful dissent are themselves products of the courage to show up [and] see for yourself."
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
"The videos that expose the administration’s mendacity about its own use of extreme violence against peaceful dissent are themselves products of the courage to show up [and] see for yourself."
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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BBC's Arabic radio service in Lebanon closed after 85 years as part of a £28.5m savings drive. 'Just months later, in October 2023, the Russian state-owned Sputnik news agency took over the frequency. Its news bulletin opened with “This is Moscow”, replacing the previous “This is London” intro.' 🙄
BBC warns Russia is taking over World Service radio frequencies
Russian propaganda is filling the void where the BBC has closed World Service radio services due to cuts
inews.co.uk
June 10, 2025 at 6:03 AM
BBC's Arabic radio service in Lebanon closed after 85 years as part of a £28.5m savings drive. 'Just months later, in October 2023, the Russian state-owned Sputnik news agency took over the frequency. Its news bulletin opened with “This is Moscow”, replacing the previous “This is London” intro.' 🙄
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These guys couldn’t be doing the “hey, we’re actual nazis” thing any louder
If you think there’s NOTHING in our heritage (or in any nation’s) to be unapologetic about, you’re a fool. A dangerous fool.
February 15, 2026 at 10:05 PM
These guys couldn’t be doing the “hey, we’re actual nazis” thing any louder
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it's weird and disconcerting how this government lets things just slike towards oblivion apparently because it just can't be arsed. See also higher education.
And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:04 PM
it's weird and disconcerting how this government lets things just slike towards oblivion apparently because it just can't be arsed. See also higher education.
Two days until the Good News
🚨 PICTURED: Liz Truss meets with Donald Trump at his golf course in Palm Beach
February 15, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Two days until the Good News
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medical miracle: this 75 year old man was born yesterday
Schumer on DHS reforms: "I believe Republicans will have no choice but to go along with us because it's so common sense"
February 15, 2026 at 2:51 PM
medical miracle: this 75 year old man was born yesterday
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Throwback to how, at USAID on the Gaza humanitarian response team, we had to refer to the various Gov ministries of Gaza as the "de facto authorities" despite them being very much the legal de jure authorities while the de facto authority was Israel/COGAT/whichever IDF brigade ruled that area.
February 15, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Throwback to how, at USAID on the Gaza humanitarian response team, we had to refer to the various Gov ministries of Gaza as the "de facto authorities" despite them being very much the legal de jure authorities while the de facto authority was Israel/COGAT/whichever IDF brigade ruled that area.
Get him for perjury after the midterms
The acting director of ICE told Congress, under oath, that local law enforcement in Colorado leaked raid plans, allowing gang members to escape.
After 9NEWS questioned ICE's claim and its timeline, ICE deleted the claim from its social media platforms.
After 9NEWS questioned ICE's claim and its timeline, ICE deleted the claim from its social media platforms.
February 15, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Get him for perjury after the midterms
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From today's @washingtonpost.com front page:
"Abruptly terminated": harsh, contentious, negative
"Sunset": natural, pleasant, the circle of life
h/t @alecmac.bsky.social
"Abruptly terminated": harsh, contentious, negative
"Sunset": natural, pleasant, the circle of life
h/t @alecmac.bsky.social
February 15, 2026 at 4:11 PM
From today's @washingtonpost.com front page:
"Abruptly terminated": harsh, contentious, negative
"Sunset": natural, pleasant, the circle of life
h/t @alecmac.bsky.social
"Abruptly terminated": harsh, contentious, negative
"Sunset": natural, pleasant, the circle of life
h/t @alecmac.bsky.social
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if this has to be a news story it should be that a qualified and competent doctor has been run out of a struggling NHS simply because she is transgender
The BBC reporting on Beth Upton’s current employment situation is definitely not in the public interest, and it is insane how much the British press freely get away with harassing her for the crime of simply living her life existing as a trans person in the UK.
February 15, 2026 at 1:38 PM
if this has to be a news story it should be that a qualified and competent doctor has been run out of a struggling NHS simply because she is transgender
I mean, this is just a bald lie. The judgement clearly contradicts this, as she must surely know. The decision to designate the group was found to have contradicted the Home Office’s own policy.
Yvette Cooper is asked why she banned Palestine Action
"I followed the clear advice.. which was very clear about the recommendation for proscription of this group.. you have to take really seriously advice you are given.."
This is clearly the line she's going with.
"I followed the clear advice.. which was very clear about the recommendation for proscription of this group.. you have to take really seriously advice you are given.."
This is clearly the line she's going with.
February 15, 2026 at 11:49 AM
I mean, this is just a bald lie. The judgement clearly contradicts this, as she must surely know. The decision to designate the group was found to have contradicted the Home Office’s own policy.
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Every single person involved in this hate campaign and everyone who has supported them - Anas Sarwar, for example - needs to be run out of public life the way they've run Dr Upton out the NHS. Being trans isn't a risk factor for people around you; this obsessive hate absolutely is.
Susan Smith of For Women Scotland is quoted in this piece saying that Dr Upton leaving the NHS will be "a relief to female patients."
The employment tribunal found that Upton had done nothing wrong! She was completely innocent of any kind of harassment!
www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/1592555...
The employment tribunal found that Upton had done nothing wrong! She was completely innocent of any kind of harassment!
www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/1592555...
Trans doc at centre of landmark Sandi Peggie court battle quits NHS
THE trans medic at the heart of a changing room war that cost taxpayers a staggering £400,000 has walked out on the NHS. NHS Fife bosses racked up the eye-watering bill in a failed bid to hush up n…
www.thescottishsun.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Every single person involved in this hate campaign and everyone who has supported them - Anas Sarwar, for example - needs to be run out of public life the way they've run Dr Upton out the NHS. Being trans isn't a risk factor for people around you; this obsessive hate absolutely is.
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Is there no end to the perfidiousness of Andrew?
ex Prince Andrew and ex Duke of York leaked sensitive information about taxpayer-owned RBS to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein when he was supposed to be representing the UK as trade envoy.
Thanks for quoting me in this piece, Mark Hookham.
ex Prince Andrew and ex Duke of York leaked sensitive information about taxpayer-owned RBS to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein when he was supposed to be representing the UK as trade envoy.
Thanks for quoting me in this piece, Mark Hookham.
Andrew leaked sensitive information on RBS and Aston Martin
The former duke passed on details he learned from meetings with bank executives in the wake of its £45billion state bailout, documents released by the US Department of Justice show.
www.dailymail.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Is there no end to the perfidiousness of Andrew?
ex Prince Andrew and ex Duke of York leaked sensitive information about taxpayer-owned RBS to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein when he was supposed to be representing the UK as trade envoy.
Thanks for quoting me in this piece, Mark Hookham.
ex Prince Andrew and ex Duke of York leaked sensitive information about taxpayer-owned RBS to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein when he was supposed to be representing the UK as trade envoy.
Thanks for quoting me in this piece, Mark Hookham.
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The key thing about this story isn’t actually what the PR firm did - awful as it is - it’s that the journalists they smeared *were investigating the undeclared funding that brought Starmer to power*
That’s why Josh Simons commissioned them
To stop reporting on Labour Together breaking election law
That’s why Josh Simons commissioned them
To stop reporting on Labour Together breaking election law
Sunday Times splashing today with story about Labour Together paying for a smear campaign against journalists investigating its undeclared funding
Democracy for Sale broke story 10 days ago and we’ve been reporting on it ever since😊
Now we need proper accountability!
democracyforsale.substack.com
Democracy for Sale broke story 10 days ago and we’ve been reporting on it ever since😊
Now we need proper accountability!
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 11:01 AM
The key thing about this story isn’t actually what the PR firm did - awful as it is - it’s that the journalists they smeared *were investigating the undeclared funding that brought Starmer to power*
That’s why Josh Simons commissioned them
To stop reporting on Labour Together breaking election law
That’s why Josh Simons commissioned them
To stop reporting on Labour Together breaking election law
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Nothing to see here. Just the US State Department mimicking the talking points of Germany's far right AfD
February 15, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Nothing to see here. Just the US State Department mimicking the talking points of Germany's far right AfD
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NYT: Trump secretly deported 9 migrants despite court orders to not remove them to their home nations. So, he sent them to prison in Cameroon: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:25 AM
NYT: Trump secretly deported 9 migrants despite court orders to not remove them to their home nations. So, he sent them to prison in Cameroon: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
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Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:07 AM
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Trump insider Tom Barrack kept in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years, files show
www.cbsnews.com/news/tom-bar...
www.cbsnews.com/news/tom-bar...
Trump insider Tom Barrack kept in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years, files show
Tom Barrack, a top U.S. diplomat and longtime friend of President Trump, networked and socialized with Epstein for years, CBS News found.
www.cbsnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Trump insider Tom Barrack kept in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years, files show
www.cbsnews.com/news/tom-bar...
www.cbsnews.com/news/tom-bar...
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The President, two of his current Cabinet secretaries, his former strategist, his biggest donor, and his pending Fed Chair nominee are all in the files of a pedophile who ran a sex trafficking ring, while the attorney general and a former Cabinet secretary let him get away with it.
Seems kinda bad?
Seems kinda bad?
At least half a dozen top Trump administration officials appear in the Jeffrey Epstein files
The degree to which each individual was connected to Epstein varies significantly, from a single email to years of communications.
www.nbcnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:43 PM
The President, two of his current Cabinet secretaries, his former strategist, his biggest donor, and his pending Fed Chair nominee are all in the files of a pedophile who ran a sex trafficking ring, while the attorney general and a former Cabinet secretary let him get away with it.
Seems kinda bad?
Seems kinda bad?
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TFW you realize for the millionth time that it's all right out there in the open. "The right people voting, electing the right leaders." Because she's the best judge of that.
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 7:19 PM
TFW you realize for the millionth time that it's all right out there in the open. "The right people voting, electing the right leaders." Because she's the best judge of that.
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Dr. Oz emailed an invite to a Valentine's Day party in 2016 to Jeffrey Epstein.
Oz appears several more times in the Epstein files, including an email sent from an account under his name to Epstein on Jan. 1, 2016, that has the subject line "Dr oz." The body of the message is completely redacted.
Oz appears several more times in the Epstein files, including an email sent from an account under his name to Epstein on Jan. 1, 2016, that has the subject line "Dr oz." The body of the message is completely redacted.
Senior US health official Oz invited Epstein to Valentine's Day party, documents show
Mehmet Oz sent the invite almost a decade after Epstein's first sex crime charges became public.
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Dr. Oz emailed an invite to a Valentine's Day party in 2016 to Jeffrey Epstein.
Oz appears several more times in the Epstein files, including an email sent from an account under his name to Epstein on Jan. 1, 2016, that has the subject line "Dr oz." The body of the message is completely redacted.
Oz appears several more times in the Epstein files, including an email sent from an account under his name to Epstein on Jan. 1, 2016, that has the subject line "Dr oz." The body of the message is completely redacted.
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Latest in the series of “literally every poll question you can think of shows how dumb and fatally flawed the strategy that the McSweeneyites have pursued is”.
2024 Reform UK voters are also less likely to describe themselves as anti-Russia (48%) than other voters (66-79%)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
February 14, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Latest in the series of “literally every poll question you can think of shows how dumb and fatally flawed the strategy that the McSweeneyites have pursued is”.
“I have searched the depths of Legal Arguments not yet articulated or vetted on this subject, and will be presenting an irrefutable one in the very near future” is absolute King Lear depths of madness shit.
“There will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or not!”
February 13, 2026 at 10:50 PM
“I have searched the depths of Legal Arguments not yet articulated or vetted on this subject, and will be presenting an irrefutable one in the very near future” is absolute King Lear depths of madness shit.
Detention centers and data centers and detention centers and data centers and detention centers and data centers and detention centers and data centers
February 13, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Detention centers and data centers and detention centers and data centers and detention centers and data centers and detention centers and data centers