Shifty
@savagerat.bsky.social
Rat. Short seller. Mostly interested in fraud.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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You can see a lot of this here on Bluesky. "I stubbed my toe. This is capitalism"
November 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
You can see a lot of this here on Bluesky. "I stubbed my toe. This is capitalism"
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Maria Mysiuk, accused at just 16 of forming an anarchist group under alleged orders from Ukraine’s National Liberation Army, has returned home after being held in Belarus. She was charged with planning sabotage operations. A video shows her emotional reunion in Ukraine, welcomed by Kyrylo Budanov.
November 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Maria Mysiuk, accused at just 16 of forming an anarchist group under alleged orders from Ukraine’s National Liberation Army, has returned home after being held in Belarus. She was charged with planning sabotage operations. A video shows her emotional reunion in Ukraine, welcomed by Kyrylo Budanov.
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“Why do you think Russia paid your close, but less well known, colleague to say the sort of things that you were saying for free at the same time?”
November 22, 2025 at 11:25 AM
“Why do you think Russia paid your close, but less well known, colleague to say the sort of things that you were saying for free at the same time?”
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Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
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Dear Americans
Your country just drafted Ukraine’s death sentence. Never forget that. Ukrainians surely won’t
Your country just drafted Ukraine’s death sentence. Never forget that. Ukrainians surely won’t
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Dear Americans
Your country just drafted Ukraine’s death sentence. Never forget that. Ukrainians surely won’t
Your country just drafted Ukraine’s death sentence. Never forget that. Ukrainians surely won’t
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Like, everyone outside of the US wants to see America get wrecked for its general assholery since January. Still seems pretty clear letting it shoot itself in the dick was the right play.
November 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Like, everyone outside of the US wants to see America get wrecked for its general assholery since January. Still seems pretty clear letting it shoot itself in the dick was the right play.
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As I understand it, in the grand scheme of things, she’s not even important or particularly talented. She’s just some hack with no ethics who boned someone she was covering. Like, who gives a shit?
November 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
As I understand it, in the grand scheme of things, she’s not even important or particularly talented. She’s just some hack with no ethics who boned someone she was covering. Like, who gives a shit?
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A rare serious debate about the UK economy. Also showing why so few politicians want this. Because our economic strengths are inconveniently linked to migration, and an ageing population is simply going to be more costly in taxes.
What you won't hear in the budget...
What you won't hear in the budget...
New essay out today by me and @acjsissons.bsky.social - ‘Getting Britain out of the hole: a plan for the economy’. You can read the whole thing here getting-out-of-the-hole.uk
A chart mega-thread follows 🧵
A chart mega-thread follows 🧵
Getting Britain out of the hole
A plan for the UK economy
getting-out-of-the-hole.uk
November 17, 2025 at 8:28 AM
A rare serious debate about the UK economy. Also showing why so few politicians want this. Because our economic strengths are inconveniently linked to migration, and an ageing population is simply going to be more costly in taxes.
What you won't hear in the budget...
What you won't hear in the budget...
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Here's a chart of the marginal tax rate for someone with two kids. They pay 53% tax on every £ they earn between £60k and £80k. 62% on every £ they earn between £100k and £125k.
9% more if they've a student loan
This is from our tax calculator: buff.ly/CFoExUX
9% more if they've a student loan
This is from our tax calculator: buff.ly/CFoExUX
November 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Here's a chart of the marginal tax rate for someone with two kids. They pay 53% tax on every £ they earn between £60k and £80k. 62% on every £ they earn between £100k and £125k.
9% more if they've a student loan
This is from our tax calculator: buff.ly/CFoExUX
9% more if they've a student loan
This is from our tax calculator: buff.ly/CFoExUX
Bulletin boards make me happy.
November 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Bulletin boards make me happy.
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Let's add the fact that 10's of thousands of pages re: Epstein & associates activities were in FBI files - FOR YEARS!
How many pages did the FBI need to shut it down?
The FBI protected these high profile child sex trafficking rings.
They probably used it for blackmail leverage & pay offs.
How many pages did the FBI need to shut it down?
The FBI protected these high profile child sex trafficking rings.
They probably used it for blackmail leverage & pay offs.
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Let's add the fact that 10's of thousands of pages re: Epstein & associates activities were in FBI files - FOR YEARS!
How many pages did the FBI need to shut it down?
The FBI protected these high profile child sex trafficking rings.
They probably used it for blackmail leverage & pay offs.
How many pages did the FBI need to shut it down?
The FBI protected these high profile child sex trafficking rings.
They probably used it for blackmail leverage & pay offs.
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Just in: Jeffrey Epstein said that Donald Trump 'spent hours at my house' with a woman later identified as a victim of sex trafficking, according to emails that raise fresh questions about the relationship between the late paedophile and the US president on.ft.com/3LXOdTm
November 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Just in: Jeffrey Epstein said that Donald Trump 'spent hours at my house' with a woman later identified as a victim of sex trafficking, according to emails that raise fresh questions about the relationship between the late paedophile and the US president on.ft.com/3LXOdTm
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That's true, they did. I remember my mum telling me that a bomb landed on the main London-Scotland rail line near Gateshead/Newcastle & didn't explode. When they went to defuse it, it was found to be stuffed with Czech newspapers.
November 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
That's true, they did. I remember my mum telling me that a bomb landed on the main London-Scotland rail line near Gateshead/Newcastle & didn't explode. When they went to defuse it, it was found to be stuffed with Czech newspapers.
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The BBC is bloody brilliant. It's central to the fact that British democracy isn't circling the drain like it is in America, it preserves a common culture, and propagates respect for facts. We should defend it as firmly as we fight corruption, because it's a crucial part of integrity in public life.
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The BBC is bloody brilliant. It's central to the fact that British democracy isn't circling the drain like it is in America, it preserves a common culture, and propagates respect for facts. We should defend it as firmly as we fight corruption, because it's a crucial part of integrity in public life.
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Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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UMich Current Economic Conditions hits a record low of 52.3 @AugurInfinity
November 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
UMich Current Economic Conditions hits a record low of 52.3 @AugurInfinity
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This might’ve been the moment the fainting man’s soul left his body bsky.app/profile/atru...
Dr Oz: "We've dropped the infertility drugs to make lots of Trump babies I'm hoping by the midterms."
November 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This might’ve been the moment the fainting man’s soul left his body bsky.app/profile/atru...