@redneeraj.bsky.social
ICU doctor. Long suffering supporter of LFC. Lapsed optimist.
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This would have been a good point for someone to have asked, is that really how things work? Or is vacuum in fact an excellent insulator? www.ft.com/content/a5cf...
February 10, 2026 at 1:24 PM
This would have been a good point for someone to have asked, is that really how things work? Or is vacuum in fact an excellent insulator? www.ft.com/content/a5cf...
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“what we’re witnessing is…on the scale of the larger concentration camp systems in history—the Soviet Gulag, the Nazi concentration camps, & Chinese labor camps…The admin is actively aspiring to a system of that magnitude to reshape society to its racial, political & cultural prefs for generations”
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:40 AM
“what we’re witnessing is…on the scale of the larger concentration camp systems in history—the Soviet Gulag, the Nazi concentration camps, & Chinese labor camps…The admin is actively aspiring to a system of that magnitude to reshape society to its racial, political & cultural prefs for generations”
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US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
February 10, 2026 at 8:58 PM
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
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300,000 children face 10-year wait for settled status under UK plans, says IPPR
The consultation closes on Thursday. What is being proposed is dreadful. Can I encourage you to engage with the consultation and put your dissent on record?
The consultation closes on Thursday. What is being proposed is dreadful. Can I encourage you to engage with the consultation and put your dissent on record?
February 10, 2026 at 5:43 AM
300,000 children face 10-year wait for settled status under UK plans, says IPPR
The consultation closes on Thursday. What is being proposed is dreadful. Can I encourage you to engage with the consultation and put your dissent on record?
The consultation closes on Thursday. What is being proposed is dreadful. Can I encourage you to engage with the consultation and put your dissent on record?
Not just the weather
UK weather: One hundred flood warnings with weather 'stuck in a rut'
UK weather: One hundred flood warnings with weather 'stuck in a rut'
With more rain in the forecast, BBC Weather presenter Simon King looks at what's been causing the very wet year so far.
www.bbc.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Not just the weather
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Over the past three weeks, the "nightmare scenario" for November's midterms has grown more plausible www.vox.com/politics/478...
February 9, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Over the past three weeks, the "nightmare scenario" for November's midterms has grown more plausible www.vox.com/politics/478...
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Odd being airbrushed out of The Ultimate Guide to Star Trek, 60 Years on the Final Frontier. There's Roddenberry, J.J., also Kurtzman and Orci... but where's the guy who wrote or co-wrote, Treks II, IV and VI, who directed Treks II and VI? Now I know how Trotsky felt - waiting for the ice pick...
February 8, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Odd being airbrushed out of The Ultimate Guide to Star Trek, 60 Years on the Final Frontier. There's Roddenberry, J.J., also Kurtzman and Orci... but where's the guy who wrote or co-wrote, Treks II, IV and VI, who directed Treks II and VI? Now I know how Trotsky felt - waiting for the ice pick...
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Only just now seen this cool chart from The Economist plotting Kevin Warsh's published speeches' dovishness and hawkishness.
Sharp shift in tone depending on who's in White House purely coincidental.
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Sharp shift in tone depending on who's in White House purely coincidental.
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
February 8, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Only just now seen this cool chart from The Economist plotting Kevin Warsh's published speeches' dovishness and hawkishness.
Sharp shift in tone depending on who's in White House purely coincidental.
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Sharp shift in tone depending on who's in White House purely coincidental.
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
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Biggest W in the history of historians tbh
Never forget the anniversary of King Taejong falling off his horse!
February 8, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Biggest W in the history of historians tbh
Become the Process PM he claims to be.
McSweeney is gone. Time for Starmer to try to salvage his government by launching long overdue proper action to address all the flaws in our political system - peerages, patronage, cronyism, party finances, MPs revolving door, appointments, ministerial code, business interests, Leveson, etc etc.
I wrote this yesterday - Starmer could still turn his premiership around, if he finally, FINALLY, finds the courage to address the grubby circs which allow people like Mandelson to rise so far. bylinetimes.com/2026/02/07/t...
February 8, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Become the Process PM he claims to be.
There are some inherently dangerous activities. Skiing at speed is one of them.
February 8, 2026 at 12:54 PM
There are some inherently dangerous activities. Skiing at speed is one of them.
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Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Every institution that checked Nixon has been brought down low.
Before The Washington Post layoffs came down, a group of wealthy D.C. locals approached CEO Will Lewis with a proposal.
@passantino.bsky.social has the details in his Saturday @status.news column: www.status.news/p/washington...
@passantino.bsky.social has the details in his Saturday @status.news column: www.status.news/p/washington...
February 7, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Every institution that checked Nixon has been brought down low.
Average Resident doctor graduates with £70000 debt. If the government increased my debt at inflation and for some 3%above inflation, whilst at the same time offering me below inflation pay rises - I would strike too.
Three years ago we made an early News Agents on the student loan scandal and the sky high marginal tax rates it creates. Three years on, govts since have made it all worse still. We’ve made a special follow up, centred on our listeners own experiences.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
How the government became a student loan shark
Podcast Episode · The News Agents · 06/02/2026 · 50m
podcasts.apple.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Average Resident doctor graduates with £70000 debt. If the government increased my debt at inflation and for some 3%above inflation, whilst at the same time offering me below inflation pay rises - I would strike too.
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And the trend goes both ways, by the way.
The US government is telling Americans to hate Europeans and Canadians. And many have dutifully changed their opinions.
The US government is telling Americans to hate Europeans and Canadians. And many have dutifully changed their opinions.
February 6, 2026 at 10:35 PM
And the trend goes both ways, by the way.
The US government is telling Americans to hate Europeans and Canadians. And many have dutifully changed their opinions.
The US government is telling Americans to hate Europeans and Canadians. And many have dutifully changed their opinions.
Amen
Just saw a post with George Clinton citing the Beatles as his favorite band, which reminded me of this quote he once gave me
February 6, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Amen
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Just saw a post with George Clinton citing the Beatles as his favorite band, which reminded me of this quote he once gave me
February 6, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Just saw a post with George Clinton citing the Beatles as his favorite band, which reminded me of this quote he once gave me
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Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
February 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
A poor week for the judgement of "staffers".
February 6, 2026 at 5:53 PM
A poor week for the judgement of "staffers".
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If you're a foreign professor in Sweden, the gov't will expel your children when they turn 18, even if you have permanent residency: sulf.se/nyhet/utvisn... via @sulf-union.bsky.social
Utvisning av 18-åringar gör Sverige mindre attraktivt för toppforskare
Problemet att de som fyllt 18 år förväntas stå på egna ben och därmed utvisas även om deras föräldrar har …
sulf.se
February 6, 2026 at 1:33 PM
If you're a foreign professor in Sweden, the gov't will expel your children when they turn 18, even if you have permanent residency: sulf.se/nyhet/utvisn... via @sulf-union.bsky.social
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Not satire cybernews.com/news/waymo-o...
February 6, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Not satire cybernews.com/news/waymo-o...
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5/5 PMs with approval ratings of measles isn't just a feature of failed leadership. It's Brexit Britain. There's no money for anything people want and were promised they would have, and no one can blame the people who got us into this mess because they got 52% of the vote (let alone reverse it).
Starmer's reported condition - incredibly unpopular, shorn of authority, probably un-reelectable and yet will stagger on for want of an alternative - is just the new normal of how Britain is governed. It was also true for two-thirds of May's premiership, half of Johnson's and all of Sunak's.
February 6, 2026 at 12:10 PM
5/5 PMs with approval ratings of measles isn't just a feature of failed leadership. It's Brexit Britain. There's no money for anything people want and were promised they would have, and no one can blame the people who got us into this mess because they got 52% of the vote (let alone reverse it).
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Kelleher:
"I find a bit difficult when I hear people speaking about the players at Liverpool and performances, because I don’t think this season is even important from a football aspect for them to be honest. It’s more about them personally and mentally"
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
"I find a bit difficult when I hear people speaking about the players at Liverpool and performances, because I don’t think this season is even important from a football aspect for them to be honest. It’s more about them personally and mentally"
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
Caoimhin Kelleher: Goalkeepers could do with a bit of help from referees
After eight months shaped by triumph and tragedy, Brentford and Republic of Ireland number one Kelleher speaks to Miguel Delaney about the evolution of modern goalkeeping, processing the loss of Diogo...
www.independent.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Kelleher:
"I find a bit difficult when I hear people speaking about the players at Liverpool and performances, because I don’t think this season is even important from a football aspect for them to be honest. It’s more about them personally and mentally"
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
"I find a bit difficult when I hear people speaking about the players at Liverpool and performances, because I don’t think this season is even important from a football aspect for them to be honest. It’s more about them personally and mentally"
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
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There is a ton of literature on lawyers in Germany in the 1930s who thought they could handle it, maintain their morals, "assist from inside", or avoid blame while working for the Reich. They couldn't.
February 5, 2026 at 5:19 PM
There is a ton of literature on lawyers in Germany in the 1930s who thought they could handle it, maintain their morals, "assist from inside", or avoid blame while working for the Reich. They couldn't.
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Get Palantir out of the NHS
https://notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-target/stop-palantir-in-the-nhs/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=PalantirNHS&utm_medium=social_media
https://notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-target/stop-palantir-in-the-nhs/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=PalantirNHS&utm_medium=social_media
Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org
February 5, 2026 at 4:36 PM