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Dr Russell Glasson
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Interests: digital things and real things, books and eTexts - Dyslexic academic - more nuance please - #UBI to support creativity in all- solar/wind/wave/water to sustain life. russellglasson.com
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More tax cuts for the rich.
January 23, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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Rep. @aoc.bsky.social : “ICE is attacking 🇺🇸 citizens, kidnapping 5-year-olds and using them as bait to open doors, and violating constitutional rights by busting into their doors… They deserve to be defunded."

(H/T @meidastouch.com )
January 24, 2026 at 3:10 AM
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A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
bit.ly
January 23, 2026 at 10:00 PM
“The world we knew is dying, slain by the would-be emperor on the Potomac. But something else became visible this week: a new world waiting to be born.”

This lean into the future needs to be an opportunity for all.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As the world finally punches back, was this the week Donald Trump went too far? | Jonathan Freedland
The US president took his bullying doctrine to Davos and hit a wall of opposition. If this creates a new western alliance against him, all to the good, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:28 AM
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genuinely stunning image
January 24, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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The brave people of Minnesota have endured two weeks of the Trump regime’s paramilitary occupation, sent to intimidate, beat, and raid civilians across Minneapolis in a campaign of fear meant to crush protest and dissent.

Today the people showed they will not surrender. #3E
January 24, 2026 at 8:21 AM
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Congratulations to Russia and China.

You did it! 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻

USA will never be looked at as a trusted partner and ally in the world ever again, by any sane or decent country. You spent years propping up the idiot occupying the Whitehouse, and it is working.
January 23, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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Between 1971 and 1973 Ringo Starr had four top 5 singles in the UK & US: "It Don't Come Easy", "Back Off Boogaloo" "Photograph", and "You're Sixteen". By the end of 1973 Ringo was the most chart successful ex-Beatle. #RingoStarr
January 22, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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More than 700 small businesses, faith organisations, educators walked off the job to protest ICE raids
Minneapolis businesses close doors for economic blackout protesting ICE
More than 700 small businesses, faith organisations, educators walked off the job to protest ICE raids
www.aljazeera.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Is there anything about absence of shame or perception of self in the DSM-5?

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage’s trip to Davos hosted and paid for by family trust of billionaire
Trust says Reform UK leader was invited to WEF event by London-based venture capitalist as an honorary adviser
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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Julia Kerr took the manuscript, set in the dying days of the Weimar Republic, with her when the family fled Nazi Germany in 1933
Opera by Judith Kerr’s mother staged 90 years after flight from Nazis
Julia Kerr took the manuscript, set in the dying days of the Weimar Republic, with her when the family fled Nazi Germany in 1933
www.thetimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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11 unhinged Donald Trump moments as furious backlash grows over soldier insult
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
11 unhinged Donald Trump moments as furious backlash grows over soldier insult
Trump got a few of the things he wanted from his Davos trip, but it's come at the cost of the rest of the world feeling like they need to pretend to like him. Here's everything you need to know from t...
www.mirror.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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The sharpest, most ludic insight within a must-read thread.
Verification (establishing truth), Deliberation (arguing about it), and Accountability (binding power to it). When these work, you have substance. When they break, you slide into performance, and eventually, simulation, and people recognise this, even if they don't use a shared terminology.
January 23, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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January 23, 2026 at 4:11 PM
This is a man, playing at the height of his powers, firm in the knowledge that if he loses in 2028, his association with Trump will kill off any later elections.
As the phrase goes, he is one and done.
Vance on the economy:

"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
January 23, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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David Bowie's album Station To Station came out 50 years ago today. #MusicSky
January 23, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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Hoy cumple 50 años uno de los discos más importantes de la carrera de David Bowie, Station to Station, y no me puedo ni imaginar la impresión que debió dar comprarlo en 1976, ponerlo en el equipo de música y encontrarte de repente con algo así, y más viniendo de un disco de soul/sonido Philadelphia.
Station to Station (2016 Remaster)
YouTube video by David Bowie - Topic
www.youtube.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:51 AM
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Making sense of the madness. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog. Analysis of the international and domestic implications of the ‘Greenland crisis’, including how the ‘Carney doctrine’ could offer a way forward for post-Brexit Britain: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/01/maki...
January 23, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Lies like a Russian Asset

Trump sparks anger over claim Nato troops avoided Afghan front line www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump sparks anger with claim Nato troops avoided Afghanistan front line
The US president said allied troops had
www.bbc.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 8:12 AM
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🚨NOW OVER 96,000 SIGNATURES!

The Petition for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is getting so close to the 100,000 needed.

KEEP GOING!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
January 22, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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Liam’s teacher, who expressed shock over the boy’s detention: “Liam is a bright young student. He is so kind and loving, and his classmates miss him. He comes into class every day and just brightens the room. All I want is for him to be back here and safe.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy arriving home, say school officials
Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:14 PM
This must be a massive issue at the next election. The UK should negotiate a return to the EU as a security priority.

pca.st/episode/d5cc...
The UK and the EU: best buds again?
You’d be forgiven for forgetting that Europe is bigger than Davos this week, but we’ve got three great stories to remind you. First up: it’s been a good week for Berliners making Kartoffelsalat,…
pca.st
January 22, 2026 at 9:02 PM