Rodger Kibble
@rodgerkibble.bsky.social
Recovering academic, former IT type, artist and printmaker, Brighton
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In Boston ICE randomly pulled over this huge white Irish guy with a Mass drivers license, 20 years in the states, legal status, pending green card and have held him for 5 months, his citizen wife paid a $4k bond that was ignored(!) ICE forged his signature on deportation agreement, no appeal
Kerryman who is married, living and working legally in the United States for >20 years has been incarcerated by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) since September 2025.
Profoundly disturbing report by Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Profoundly disturbing report by Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irish man with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:42 PM
In Boston ICE randomly pulled over this huge white Irish guy with a Mass drivers license, 20 years in the states, legal status, pending green card and have held him for 5 months, his citizen wife paid a $4k bond that was ignored(!) ICE forged his signature on deportation agreement, no appeal
"True leaders
Are hardly known to their followers.
Next after them are the leaders
they know and admire;
after them, those they fear;
after them, those they despise".
- Lao Tzu, Tao te ching, version by Ursula K Le Guin
Are hardly known to their followers.
Next after them are the leaders
they know and admire;
after them, those they fear;
after them, those they despise".
- Lao Tzu, Tao te ching, version by Ursula K Le Guin
Kristi Noem: "I always tell people that the days you don't hear about us are the days we were successful."
February 3, 2026 at 12:09 PM
"True leaders
Are hardly known to their followers.
Next after them are the leaders
they know and admire;
after them, those they fear;
after them, those they despise".
- Lao Tzu, Tao te ching, version by Ursula K Le Guin
Are hardly known to their followers.
Next after them are the leaders
they know and admire;
after them, those they fear;
after them, those they despise".
- Lao Tzu, Tao te ching, version by Ursula K Le Guin
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PRIVATE EYE NAMED IN EPSTEIN FILES
In the latest files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released by the US Justice Department, the Eye is denounced as “an absolute rag of a publication” by Epstein’s then lawyer, Paul Tweed…
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In the latest files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released by the US Justice Department, the Eye is denounced as “an absolute rag of a publication” by Epstein’s then lawyer, Paul Tweed…
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February 2, 2026 at 8:45 PM
PRIVATE EYE NAMED IN EPSTEIN FILES
In the latest files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released by the US Justice Department, the Eye is denounced as “an absolute rag of a publication” by Epstein’s then lawyer, Paul Tweed…
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In the latest files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released by the US Justice Department, the Eye is denounced as “an absolute rag of a publication” by Epstein’s then lawyer, Paul Tweed…
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Question Time has platformed racist political commentator Konstantin Kisin tonight who previously said of Southampton born, Winchester educated, Rishi Sunak’s identity: “He’s a brown Hindu, how can he be English?!”
January 29, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Question Time has platformed racist political commentator Konstantin Kisin tonight who previously said of Southampton born, Winchester educated, Rishi Sunak’s identity: “He’s a brown Hindu, how can he be English?!”
Kendall: I for one welcome our new tech overlords
BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
January 29, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Kendall: I for one welcome our new tech overlords
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:42 PM
He says this like it's a bad thing 🤷
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:04 PM
He says this like it's a bad thing 🤷
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Trump lets another drug trafficker out of prison because his father happens to be a Republican member of Congress.
January 17, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Trump lets another drug trafficker out of prison because his father happens to be a Republican member of Congress.
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h/i David Grinspoon
January 16, 2026 at 9:44 PM
h/i David Grinspoon
Another day in Trump's America
Posts may be a bit more sporadic from me today as my kids are home from school because my city is being brutalized by the federal government to the extent that it's unsafe for schools to be open
January 8, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Another day in Trump's America
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Metropolis (1927) is set in 2026.
January 1, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Metropolis (1927) is set in 2026.
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Meet the new year, same as the old year.
January 1, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Meet the new year, same as the old year.
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I don't know who needs to know this, but Dead of Night is streaming on Channel 4 until the end of today, in case you don't have other plans
December 31, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I don't know who needs to know this, but Dead of Night is streaming on Channel 4 until the end of today, in case you don't have other plans
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Happy tenth anniversary to photographer Joel Goodman’s classic image which by rights should be hanging in the Louvre.
December 31, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Happy tenth anniversary to photographer Joel Goodman’s classic image which by rights should be hanging in the Louvre.
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“Let me just get some proof of delivery”
Didn’t find a subscription left under your Christmas tree? Treat yourself! 🎁
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Didn’t find a subscription left under your Christmas tree? Treat yourself! 🎁
➡️ Get 26 issues for just £48. Subscribe: checkout.private-eye.co.uk/SingleItem?I...
December 25, 2025 at 9:03 AM
“Let me just get some proof of delivery”
Didn’t find a subscription left under your Christmas tree? Treat yourself! 🎁
➡️ Get 26 issues for just £48. Subscribe: checkout.private-eye.co.uk/SingleItem?I...
Didn’t find a subscription left under your Christmas tree? Treat yourself! 🎁
➡️ Get 26 issues for just £48. Subscribe: checkout.private-eye.co.uk/SingleItem?I...
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NATO fighter jets were scrambled after Putin ordered Tu-95MS strategic bombers on a Christmas sortie toward northern Britain, according to the Mirror. The aircraft flew over the Norwegian Sea, prompting an air policing response amid concerns over a deliberate show of force near UK airspace.
December 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
NATO fighter jets were scrambled after Putin ordered Tu-95MS strategic bombers on a Christmas sortie toward northern Britain, according to the Mirror. The aircraft flew over the Norwegian Sea, prompting an air policing response amid concerns over a deliberate show of force near UK airspace.
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NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
![The Government asked this Court to stay the District Court's order. After the response and reply were filed, JUSTICE BARRETT referred the application to the Court. We directed the parties to file supplemental letter briefs on an issue that the District Court had addressed but the parties' initial briefs had not: the meaning of the term "regular forces" in §12406(3). In its supplemental brief, the Government argues that the term refers to civilian law enforcement officers, such as those employed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the Federal Protective Service.
Respondents, echoing the District Court, maintain that the term refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary.
We conclude that the term "regular forces" in §12406(3) likely refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary. This interpretation means that to call the Guard into active federal service under §12406(3), the President must be "unable" with the regular military "to execute the laws of the United States." Because the statute requires an assessment of the military's ability to execute the laws, it likely applies only where the military could legally execute the laws. Such circumstances are exceptional: Under the Posse Comitatus Act, the military is prohibited from "execut[ing] the laws" "except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress."
18 U. S. C. §1385. So before the President can federalize the Guard under §12406(3), he likely must have statutory or constitutional authority to execute the laws with the regular military and must be "unable" with those forces to perform that function.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreiftbhzwvn3vgwhqsi7k2paizvdw4t26ailljvovso3chqupnmj364@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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Delighted to hear that The Invisible Doctrine, the film by @peterhutchison.bsky.social and @lucas-sabean.bsky.social, is being offered free to view on YouTube for the holiday season. It's all yours! youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0
The secret history of Neoliberalism | The Invisible Doctrine | Full Film
YouTube video by Journeyman Pictures
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Delighted to hear that The Invisible Doctrine, the film by @peterhutchison.bsky.social and @lucas-sabean.bsky.social, is being offered free to view on YouTube for the holiday season. It's all yours! youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0
Is it? My understanding is that strictly speaking "defamatory" means harmful to one's reputation whether true or not; it becomes libellous/slanderous if false
[Setting aside that "false" is tautologous if you say it's defamatory...]
December 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Is it? My understanding is that strictly speaking "defamatory" means harmful to one's reputation whether true or not; it becomes libellous/slanderous if false
So it goes
Springer Nature, one of the world’s largest academic publishers, has been caught using fake AI-generated citations in their textbooks
Publisher under fire after ‘fake’ citations found in AI ethics guide
A book published by Springer Nature includes dozens of questionable citations, including references to journals that do not exist
www.thetimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM
So it goes
🤣
“No less an authority than the United Kingdom’s former Prime Minister, Liz Truss”
That’s a real sentence that someone wrote, which made it into Trump’s legal filing.
That’s a real sentence that someone wrote, which made it into Trump’s legal filing.
December 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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