Raj Thamotheram
@rajtham.bsky.social
Formerly a sustainable finance guy who's also not fond of pandemics or genocides or fascists.
On here for as long as it helps us organise a centre left response to the polycrisis.
If we have something in common, feel free to send me a DM.
On here for as long as it helps us organise a centre left response to the polycrisis.
If we have something in common, feel free to send me a DM.
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Palantir was a warning sign.
Keir Starmer choosing to hand our data and security to US tech companies is an outrageous failure of judgment.
All in the name of "investment." What about national security?
Keir Starmer choosing to hand our data and security to US tech companies is an outrageous failure of judgment.
All in the name of "investment." What about national security?
January 18, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Palantir was a warning sign.
Keir Starmer choosing to hand our data and security to US tech companies is an outrageous failure of judgment.
All in the name of "investment." What about national security?
Keir Starmer choosing to hand our data and security to US tech companies is an outrageous failure of judgment.
All in the name of "investment." What about national security?
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What is it about this pathetic manchild that makes so many people become their worst selves?
Trump's Nobel Peace Lies
María Corina Machado was given the choice between dictatorship and dishonor. In the end, she will get both.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 18, 2026 at 9:00 AM
What is it about this pathetic manchild that makes so many people become their worst selves?
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It's the United States threatening Greenland, not only Trump. The American people elected Trump, their rubber-stamp Congress is meant to control him. But they don't so they are part of the problem.
Americans are threatening Europe. Europeans who support the U.S. are traitors.
Americans are threatening Europe. Europeans who support the U.S. are traitors.
January 18, 2026 at 7:07 AM
It's the United States threatening Greenland, not only Trump. The American people elected Trump, their rubber-stamp Congress is meant to control him. But they don't so they are part of the problem.
Americans are threatening Europe. Europeans who support the U.S. are traitors.
Americans are threatening Europe. Europeans who support the U.S. are traitors.
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"Peter Thiel... the founder of this company, does not believe in democracy"
January 15, 2026 at 11:08 AM
"Peter Thiel... the founder of this company, does not believe in democracy"
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Respirator mask, swim goggles, helmet, long sleeves, all-black clothes, umbrella, water, snacks. Some excellent lessons learned. www.gq.com/story/hong-k...
Hong Kong Protesters Share Their Best Protest Strategies and Tactics
Pack an umbrella, use Air Drop to share updated information on the fly, and more.
www.gq.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Respirator mask, swim goggles, helmet, long sleeves, all-black clothes, umbrella, water, snacks. Some excellent lessons learned. www.gq.com/story/hong-k...
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In an extremely crowded field, I reckon Robert Jenrick is one of the worst, most dislikable politicians in modern Britain.
Here’s why 👇🏻
Here’s why 👇🏻
Jenrick’s anti-personality politics
Bland but sinister.
writesbright.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 10:42 AM
In an extremely crowded field, I reckon Robert Jenrick is one of the worst, most dislikable politicians in modern Britain.
Here’s why 👇🏻
Here’s why 👇🏻
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The Governors of the free States of America, particularly Democratic states, need to hold a summit to create a deliberative body and as a framework for collective action against those who would wage war against those states
January 17, 2026 at 10:39 PM
The Governors of the free States of America, particularly Democratic states, need to hold a summit to create a deliberative body and as a framework for collective action against those who would wage war against those states
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For those shouting ‘free Iran’ and working class solidarity from the imperial core, pres of worker’s union: “Iranian workers have no need for the support of a [US] government complicit in genocidal violence and dispossession. Do not appropriate our voices.”
progressive.international/blueprint/e5...
progressive.international/blueprint/e5...
Iran’s Indigenous Labor Movement and Working Class Sovereignty
A field analysis of the largest labor protest in post-revolutionary Iran: against the imperial appropriation of struggles in Iran and class sovereignty as national defense.
progressive.international
January 17, 2026 at 6:57 PM
For those shouting ‘free Iran’ and working class solidarity from the imperial core, pres of worker’s union: “Iranian workers have no need for the support of a [US] government complicit in genocidal violence and dispossession. Do not appropriate our voices.”
progressive.international/blueprint/e5...
progressive.international/blueprint/e5...
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Carole Cadwalladr, "But trying to suck up to Trump.. Totally disastrous deals with Silicon Valley companies in which we're bringing their software into the critical functions of how the UK state operates"
"We have put ourselves in a vassal of complete surrender"
"We have put ourselves in a vassal of complete surrender"
January 18, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Carole Cadwalladr, "But trying to suck up to Trump.. Totally disastrous deals with Silicon Valley companies in which we're bringing their software into the critical functions of how the UK state operates"
"We have put ourselves in a vassal of complete surrender"
"We have put ourselves in a vassal of complete surrender"
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Greenland is at threat and European leaders will meet to discuss a unified response
Will the UK even be in the room?
This underlines the importance of reversing the disastrous decision taken 10 years ago and opening negotiations to rejoin the EU
Will the UK even be in the room?
This underlines the importance of reversing the disastrous decision taken 10 years ago and opening negotiations to rejoin the EU
January 18, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Greenland is at threat and European leaders will meet to discuss a unified response
Will the UK even be in the room?
This underlines the importance of reversing the disastrous decision taken 10 years ago and opening negotiations to rejoin the EU
Will the UK even be in the room?
This underlines the importance of reversing the disastrous decision taken 10 years ago and opening negotiations to rejoin the EU
Looks like the EU-US trade deal is now dead, with all three major groups in the EU Parliament calling at least for suspension. The downward spiral has already begun.
January 18, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Good to see some MEPs mobilise. But where are the centrists and the (sane) conservatives?
January 18, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Good to see some MEPs mobilise. But where are the centrists and the (sane) conservatives?
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Full statement from Keir Starmer
January 17, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Full statement from Keir Starmer
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Also, if you want to know why certain hidebound American Jewish institutions like ADL and AJC are facing a legitimacy crisis among younger Jews, I suspect Gaza is only half of it, and the other half is their silence on what is very clearly an ethnic cleansing attempt within our own borders.
January 16, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Also, if you want to know why certain hidebound American Jewish institutions like ADL and AJC are facing a legitimacy crisis among younger Jews, I suspect Gaza is only half of it, and the other half is their silence on what is very clearly an ethnic cleansing attempt within our own borders.
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$1bn to officiate a genocide?
What’s the catch
What’s the catch
Trump wants nations to pay $1 billion to stay on his peace board, report says
The Trump administration wants nations to pay $1 billion to stay on his peace board, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday, citing a draft charter.
www.reuters.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:14 AM
$1bn to officiate a genocide?
What’s the catch
What’s the catch
To a Qatar bank account too?
January 18, 2026 at 1:35 AM
To a Qatar bank account too?
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This story is not about voters “no longer caring about climate change.”
It is about the right wing using state power, even before the 2024 election, to threaten & punish banks for making green investments — and about banks being happy to cave in the name of profit.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/c...
It is about the right wing using state power, even before the 2024 election, to threaten & punish banks for making green investments — and about banks being happy to cave in the name of profit.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/c...
How Wall Street Turned Its Back on Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:17 PM
This story is not about voters “no longer caring about climate change.”
It is about the right wing using state power, even before the 2024 election, to threaten & punish banks for making green investments — and about banks being happy to cave in the name of profit.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/c...
It is about the right wing using state power, even before the 2024 election, to threaten & punish banks for making green investments — and about banks being happy to cave in the name of profit.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/c...
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NEW - Starmer says US "completely wrong" in threatening tariffs over Greenland
January 17, 2026 at 7:37 PM
NEW - Starmer says US "completely wrong" in threatening tariffs over Greenland
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Rare Interview With Iran Protester and Crackdown Eyewitness
open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
Rare Interview With Iran Protester and Crackdown Eyewitness
At Drop Site, our mission is to bring you journalism directly from the ground, handing the mic and the notebook to those who are living through what we are reporting.
open.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Rare Interview With Iran Protester and Crackdown Eyewitness
open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
Academic analysis shows Starmer's "island of strangers" speech used far-right dog whistles about elites deliberately encouraging immigration & deployed "filth/disease" rhetoric. Research shows you can't beat fascists by copying them. It just normalizes their frame theconversation.com/keir-starmer...
Keir Starmer’s immigration plans: research shows you don’t beat the far right by becoming them
In a speech to launch his tough new immigration plans, the prime minister parroted the right’s rhetoric.
theconversation.com
January 17, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Academic analysis shows Starmer's "island of strangers" speech used far-right dog whistles about elites deliberately encouraging immigration & deployed "filth/disease" rhetoric. Research shows you can't beat fascists by copying them. It just normalizes their frame theconversation.com/keir-starmer...
"when conservatives... talk about immigrants as invaders and obsess over internal enemies who are corrupting the purity of the nation, ... it's your responsibility to call them a fascist."
www.instagram.com/reels/DTbdqo...
www.instagram.com/reels/DTbdqo...
Charles McBryde on Instagram: "Conservatives are not automatically fascists. Fascism is a specific description of a distinct historical and philosophical phenomenon. It is a term that is often used im...
217K likes, 2,714 comments - charlesmcbryde on January 12, 2026: "Conservatives are not automatically fascists. Fascism is a specific description of a distinct historical and philosophical phenomenon....
www.instagram.com
January 17, 2026 at 10:19 PM
"when conservatives... talk about immigrants as invaders and obsess over internal enemies who are corrupting the purity of the nation, ... it's your responsibility to call them a fascist."
www.instagram.com/reels/DTbdqo...
www.instagram.com/reels/DTbdqo...
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My point is..,,there’s no point clinging onto hope that the alliance can be saved, US still be relied upon in extremis. It can’t. So, what’s holding us back from retaliating?
I’ve been stalwart backer of transatlantic alliance all my life. I understand why Europeans have so far trod softly/tried to keep Trump onside. But, there comes a time when you have to face reality. The US is no longer our ally. Its defense guarantee is worthless. Time to kick ass back🧵
January 17, 2026 at 6:01 PM
My point is..,,there’s no point clinging onto hope that the alliance can be saved, US still be relied upon in extremis. It can’t. So, what’s holding us back from retaliating?
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Any promises by Trump are worthless. No trade deals are guaranteed. No trust is left in the alliance. Hoping it might get better is not a strategy. Time to push back. If Ukraine can do it, so can we. F Off American Warship.
January 17, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Any promises by Trump are worthless. No trade deals are guaranteed. No trust is left in the alliance. Hoping it might get better is not a strategy. Time to push back. If Ukraine can do it, so can we. F Off American Warship.