River
@riverlorien.bsky.social
Happy escapee from the other place. Mix of interests inc health, welfare & disability policy, media, hospice/palliative care, the environment & animal welfare
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"This is what it means to practice journalism under an authoritarian regime. Reporters' homes are searched and their devices are seized by the state. The owners of media companies are co-opted, their journalists forced out or pressured into silence.”
Cameron Barr via @brianstelter.bsky.social
Cameron Barr via @brianstelter.bsky.social
Happy Friday. Here's the latest on "The Daily," Elon Musk, Stars & Stripes, CBS News, Mother Jones, Ted Sarandos, Lucasfilm, and much more...
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January 16, 2026 at 3:49 PM
"This is what it means to practice journalism under an authoritarian regime. Reporters' homes are searched and their devices are seized by the state. The owners of media companies are co-opted, their journalists forced out or pressured into silence.”
Cameron Barr via @brianstelter.bsky.social
Cameron Barr via @brianstelter.bsky.social
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As Hillsborough is trending, it's important to remind people that Reform UK's Deputy Chair is Paul Nuttall.
Paul Nuttall once lied about having lost close friends in the tragedy.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
Paul Nuttall once lied about having lost close friends in the tragedy.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
Nuttall admits he did not lose 'close friends' at Hillsborough
UKIP's leader says he is
www.bbc.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 12:28 PM
As Hillsborough is trending, it's important to remind people that Reform UK's Deputy Chair is Paul Nuttall.
Paul Nuttall once lied about having lost close friends in the tragedy.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
Paul Nuttall once lied about having lost close friends in the tragedy.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
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Farage said he’d boycott the BBC until such time as they apologised for ‘all their output’ during the time he is accused of racially motivated bullying. As far as I know the BBC have not issued the demanded apology, but Farage is scheduled to appear on Kuenssberg on Sunday….
January 16, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Farage said he’d boycott the BBC until such time as they apologised for ‘all their output’ during the time he is accused of racially motivated bullying. As far as I know the BBC have not issued the demanded apology, but Farage is scheduled to appear on Kuenssberg on Sunday….
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The 'UK faces the prospect of a declining workforce, a declining economy, and failing public services.'
“the OBR has previously estimated that a sustained 200,000 reduction in net migration could chip as much as £20bn off the Government’s budget by the end of the decade.”
“the OBR has previously estimated that a sustained 200,000 reduction in net migration could chip as much as £20bn off the Government’s budget by the end of the decade.”
Opinion | "Our reliance on migration for economic stability and adequate care for our ageing population is obvious and undeniable," writes Andrew Fisher.
Read more: trib.al/ouyDj8G
Read more: trib.al/ouyDj8G
January 14, 2026 at 5:05 PM
The 'UK faces the prospect of a declining workforce, a declining economy, and failing public services.'
“the OBR has previously estimated that a sustained 200,000 reduction in net migration could chip as much as £20bn off the Government’s budget by the end of the decade.”
“the OBR has previously estimated that a sustained 200,000 reduction in net migration could chip as much as £20bn off the Government’s budget by the end of the decade.”
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Great piece by @drjudystone.bsky.social 🤩
"Last week, the WHN sent a letter to the WHO urging them to declare respirators as the default protection for healthcare workers, rather than surgical masks. They said that FFP2/3 respirators or N95s should be the standard."
www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...
"Last week, the WHN sent a letter to the WHO urging them to declare respirators as the default protection for healthcare workers, rather than surgical masks. They said that FFP2/3 respirators or N95s should be the standard."
www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...
Experts Call For N95s Over Surgical Masks As Flu, Covid Viruses Spread
World Health Network experts urge WHO to make N95, KN95, or FFP2 respirators the standard for protection for healthcare workers, not inferior surgical masks.
www.forbes.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Great piece by @drjudystone.bsky.social 🤩
"Last week, the WHN sent a letter to the WHO urging them to declare respirators as the default protection for healthcare workers, rather than surgical masks. They said that FFP2/3 respirators or N95s should be the standard."
www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...
"Last week, the WHN sent a letter to the WHO urging them to declare respirators as the default protection for healthcare workers, rather than surgical masks. They said that FFP2/3 respirators or N95s should be the standard."
www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...
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Sky's Rob Powell asks Nigel Farage that, given Robert Jenrick is the 7th person to have served in Boris Johnson's government to defect to Reform, how can his party be "a new, reforming force" when it is "bringing in so many people who caused the mess that you're trying to clean up"
January 15, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Sky's Rob Powell asks Nigel Farage that, given Robert Jenrick is the 7th person to have served in Boris Johnson's government to defect to Reform, how can his party be "a new, reforming force" when it is "bringing in so many people who caused the mess that you're trying to clean up"
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Thank you so much to @zackpolanski.bsky.social for inviting me onto his podcast. We talked about critical issues the media & political establishment is ignoring such as the extraordinarily dumb & dangerous UK defence deal with Peter Thiel’s Palantir
"Peter Thiel... the founder of this company, does not believe in democracy"
January 15, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Thank you so much to @zackpolanski.bsky.social for inviting me onto his podcast. We talked about critical issues the media & political establishment is ignoring such as the extraordinarily dumb & dangerous UK defence deal with Peter Thiel’s Palantir
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Badenoch had multiple opportunities to sack Jenrick on matters of principle.
By ducking that, she let him pull the Tory Party to ever more grotesque positions while building his profile.
And by sacking him now, she gives the impression that the only offence that matters is disloyalty to the party.
By ducking that, she let him pull the Tory Party to ever more grotesque positions while building his profile.
And by sacking him now, she gives the impression that the only offence that matters is disloyalty to the party.
BREAKING Kemi Badenoch has sacked Robert Jenrick from the shadow cabinet, removed the whip and suspended his party membership.
She says she was "presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect" to Reform
She says she was "presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect" to Reform
January 15, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Badenoch had multiple opportunities to sack Jenrick on matters of principle.
By ducking that, she let him pull the Tory Party to ever more grotesque positions while building his profile.
And by sacking him now, she gives the impression that the only offence that matters is disloyalty to the party.
By ducking that, she let him pull the Tory Party to ever more grotesque positions while building his profile.
And by sacking him now, she gives the impression that the only offence that matters is disloyalty to the party.
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I don’t think I’ve read anything quite so sobering and quietly terrifying about Trump’s America.
🔴A Year of Living Dangerously in Trump’s America
I no longer feel safe to speak or act freely in a country where people are being arbitrarily detained and killed and where the truth is becoming whatever Donald Trump says it is, reports @alexhh.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/15/a...
I no longer feel safe to speak or act freely in a country where people are being arbitrarily detained and killed and where the truth is becoming whatever Donald Trump says it is, reports @alexhh.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/15/a...
A Year of Living Dangerously in Trump's America
I no longer feel safe to speak or act freely in a country where people are being arbitrarily detained and killed and where the truth is becoming whatever Donald Trump says it is, reports Alexandra Hal...
bylinetimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:00 AM
I don’t think I’ve read anything quite so sobering and quietly terrifying about Trump’s America.
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Badenoch just sacked Jenrick, removed the whip and suspended his party membership.
She said: "I was presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect in a way designed to be as damaging as possible to his shadow cabinet colleagues and the wider Conservative Party.
She said: "I was presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect in a way designed to be as damaging as possible to his shadow cabinet colleagues and the wider Conservative Party.
January 15, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Badenoch just sacked Jenrick, removed the whip and suspended his party membership.
She said: "I was presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect in a way designed to be as damaging as possible to his shadow cabinet colleagues and the wider Conservative Party.
She said: "I was presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect in a way designed to be as damaging as possible to his shadow cabinet colleagues and the wider Conservative Party.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
"Whatever the livestock corporations might be saying or selling, consumers and climate watchers would do best to remember that there is no way to check agriculture’s emissions without majorly reducing global meat production and consumption"
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
"Whatever the livestock corporations might be saying or selling, consumers and climate watchers would do best to remember that there is no way to check agriculture’s emissions without majorly reducing global meat production and consumption"
The Meat Advertising Case That Should Be Talked About at COP30
JBS’s false advertising settlement comes as Big Ag prepares to spread propaganda at the U.N. climate conference.
newrepublic.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:13 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
"Whatever the livestock corporations might be saying or selling, consumers and climate watchers would do best to remember that there is no way to check agriculture’s emissions without majorly reducing global meat production and consumption"
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
"Whatever the livestock corporations might be saying or selling, consumers and climate watchers would do best to remember that there is no way to check agriculture’s emissions without majorly reducing global meat production and consumption"
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
The Times: A study of 80,000 people showed that vegetarian & vegan diets ‘cut cancer risk by up to a quarter’
'Vegans... had a 24 per cent lower [risk] than meat eaters'
ghostarchive.org/archive/RCYTb
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
The Times: A study of 80,000 people showed that vegetarian & vegan diets ‘cut cancer risk by up to a quarter’
'Vegans... had a 24 per cent lower [risk] than meat eaters'
ghostarchive.org/archive/RCYTb
Vegetarian and vegan diets ‘cut cancer risk by up to a quarter’ | Ghostarchive
ghostarchive.org
January 15, 2026 at 11:10 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
The Times: A study of 80,000 people showed that vegetarian & vegan diets ‘cut cancer risk by up to a quarter’
'Vegans... had a 24 per cent lower [risk] than meat eaters'
ghostarchive.org/archive/RCYTb
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
The Times: A study of 80,000 people showed that vegetarian & vegan diets ‘cut cancer risk by up to a quarter’
'Vegans... had a 24 per cent lower [risk] than meat eaters'
ghostarchive.org/archive/RCYTb
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
“Animal agriculture used a land mass the size of Africa.
If we kept eating more meat, especially beef and ruminant meat, we’d have no realistic way to close the land or emissions gaps.”
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
“Animal agriculture used a land mass the size of Africa.
If we kept eating more meat, especially beef and ruminant meat, we’d have no realistic way to close the land or emissions gaps.”
‘Holy shit! This is a big deal and people don’t know about it!’
Michael Grunwald is used to writing about the effects of fossil fuels on the planet—but then he discovered what agriculture is doing. We spoke to him ...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 11:07 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
“Animal agriculture used a land mass the size of Africa.
If we kept eating more meat, especially beef and ruminant meat, we’d have no realistic way to close the land or emissions gaps.”
@lbc.co.uk #lbc
“Animal agriculture used a land mass the size of Africa.
If we kept eating more meat, especially beef and ruminant meat, we’d have no realistic way to close the land or emissions gaps.”
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While purporting to care deeply about the funding of other organisations and the importance of free speech, Lord Young's FSU won't reveal who funds the er ... Free Speech Union
Excellent work from @petergeoghegan.bsky.social
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
Excellent work from @petergeoghegan.bsky.social
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
Who funds the Free Speech Union?
Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.
democracyforsale.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:53 AM
While purporting to care deeply about the funding of other organisations and the importance of free speech, Lord Young's FSU won't reveal who funds the er ... Free Speech Union
Excellent work from @petergeoghegan.bsky.social
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
Excellent work from @petergeoghegan.bsky.social
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
This is not only dangerous for families who refuse vaccination, it's potentially tragic for the very young and for anyone who is immune suppressed (including many cancer patients). They relied on a reasonable level of herd immunity
January 14, 2026 at 10:25 PM
This is not only dangerous for families who refuse vaccination, it's potentially tragic for the very young and for anyone who is immune suppressed (including many cancer patients). They relied on a reasonable level of herd immunity
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Worth noting that the journalist in question published this article recently. This is getting pretty scary.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
January 14, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Worth noting that the journalist in question published this article recently. This is getting pretty scary.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The 'UK faces the prospect of a declining workforce, a declining economy, and failing public services.'
“the OBR has previously estimated that a sustained 200,000 reduction in net migration could chip as much as £20bn off the Government’s budget by the end of the decade.”
“the OBR has previously estimated that a sustained 200,000 reduction in net migration could chip as much as £20bn off the Government’s budget by the end of the decade.”
Opinion | "Our reliance on migration for economic stability and adequate care for our ageing population is obvious and undeniable," writes Andrew Fisher.
Read more: trib.al/ouyDj8G
Read more: trib.al/ouyDj8G
January 14, 2026 at 5:05 PM
The 'UK faces the prospect of a declining workforce, a declining economy, and failing public services.'
“the OBR has previously estimated that a sustained 200,000 reduction in net migration could chip as much as £20bn off the Government’s budget by the end of the decade.”
“the OBR has previously estimated that a sustained 200,000 reduction in net migration could chip as much as £20bn off the Government’s budget by the end of the decade.”
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I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this
January 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this
Keir Starmer (rightly) said about X & Grok: "If you profit from harm and abuse you lose the right to self regulate".
Martin Lewis challenged him very strongly to act at the same time to protect scam victims - who often lose life changing amounts of money via social media ads.
Martin Lewis challenged him very strongly to act at the same time to protect scam victims - who often lose life changing amounts of money via social media ads.
"Martin Lewis angrily challenges Sir Keir Starmer to clear up social media scam adverts cesspit"
YouTube video by Martin Lewis
youtube.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Keir Starmer (rightly) said about X & Grok: "If you profit from harm and abuse you lose the right to self regulate".
Martin Lewis challenged him very strongly to act at the same time to protect scam victims - who often lose life changing amounts of money via social media ads.
Martin Lewis challenged him very strongly to act at the same time to protect scam victims - who often lose life changing amounts of money via social media ads.
'Six federal prosecutors in Minnesota resigned on Tuesday over the Justice Department’s push to investigate the widow of a woman killed by an ICE agent and the department’s reluctance to investigate the shooter'
Trump is investigating the victims. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:29 PM
'Six federal prosecutors in Minnesota resigned on Tuesday over the Justice Department’s push to investigate the widow of a woman killed by an ICE agent and the department’s reluctance to investigate the shooter'
Greenland's prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen:
'One thing must be clear to everyone.'
'Greenland does not want to be owned by the United States.'
'Greenland does not want to be governed by the United States.'
'Greenland does not want to be part of the United States.'
'One thing must be clear to everyone.'
'Greenland does not want to be owned by the United States.'
'Greenland does not want to be governed by the United States.'
'Greenland does not want to be part of the United States.'
Greenland chooses Denmark over US, island's PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen says
It is the strongest statement by a leader of the Danish territory since US President Donald Trump renewed plans to annex it.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Greenland's prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen:
'One thing must be clear to everyone.'
'Greenland does not want to be owned by the United States.'
'Greenland does not want to be governed by the United States.'
'Greenland does not want to be part of the United States.'
'One thing must be clear to everyone.'
'Greenland does not want to be owned by the United States.'
'Greenland does not want to be governed by the United States.'
'Greenland does not want to be part of the United States.'
Yes - and even if they could afford to pay, housebound people can't access them via pharmacies (when GPs have had to refuse)
January 13, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Yes - and even if they could afford to pay, housebound people can't access them via pharmacies (when GPs have had to refuse)
Berg: "I know that Farage targeted his contemporaries at the school with abuse because of their ethnicity and nationality because I was there – and I was one of them."
"Farage and his acolytes are today calling...ex-Dulwich boys liars. It is bullying those who were hurt by him all over again."
"Farage and his acolytes are today calling...ex-Dulwich boys liars. It is bullying those who were hurt by him all over again."
It’s not ‘fantasy’: I know Nigel Farage abused people for their nationality – because I was one of them | Rickard Berg
I remember him as a racist bully, and his allegation that other ex-Dulwich boys and I are liars tells me he hasn’t changed, says former Dulwich college pupil Rickard Berg
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Berg: "I know that Farage targeted his contemporaries at the school with abuse because of their ethnicity and nationality because I was there – and I was one of them."
"Farage and his acolytes are today calling...ex-Dulwich boys liars. It is bullying those who were hurt by him all over again."
"Farage and his acolytes are today calling...ex-Dulwich boys liars. It is bullying those who were hurt by him all over again."
The cruelty is the point. Trump's thugs violate people with zero fear of accountability
BREAKING:
We've found 40+ cases of agents using banned chokeholds & other moves that can cut off breathing
People have had seizures. They passed out.
“I felt like I was going to die” said 16-yr-old citizen
Admin won't say whether any agents have been punished
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
We've found 40+ cases of agents using banned chokeholds & other moves that can cut off breathing
People have had seizures. They passed out.
“I felt like I was going to die” said 16-yr-old citizen
Admin won't say whether any agents have been punished
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
January 13, 2026 at 5:27 PM
The cruelty is the point. Trump's thugs violate people with zero fear of accountability