Siobhán Freya
@shibh.bsky.social
Transwoman in UK looking to the skies but temporarily grounded Will continue to flap wings and offer a sympathetic ear. Specialist in Tsundoku
Dum spiro spero
Dum spiro spero
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If you were wondering what type of man Vice Admiral Bradley is.
Read this article and you should have a good idea.
My only question is how exactly were the two remaining ppl clinging to life on pieces of boat were continuing their "mission"?
#SheShed #WarCrimes
www.reuters.com/world/us/sur...
Read this article and you should have a good idea.
My only question is how exactly were the two remaining ppl clinging to life on pieces of boat were continuing their "mission"?
#SheShed #WarCrimes
www.reuters.com/world/us/sur...
Survivors of U.S. military strike in Caribbean were legitimate targets for second attack, admiral to tell lawmakers
A U.S. military commander is expected tell lawmakers on Thursday that survivors of a military strike in the Caribbean were legitimate targets for a second attack because their vessel was still believe...
www.reuters.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
If you were wondering what type of man Vice Admiral Bradley is.
Read this article and you should have a good idea.
My only question is how exactly were the two remaining ppl clinging to life on pieces of boat were continuing their "mission"?
#SheShed #WarCrimes
www.reuters.com/world/us/sur...
Read this article and you should have a good idea.
My only question is how exactly were the two remaining ppl clinging to life on pieces of boat were continuing their "mission"?
#SheShed #WarCrimes
www.reuters.com/world/us/sur...
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The right try and distract us by constantly talking about immigration.
Cost of Living, the NHS, the climate crisis - let's keep them on the agenda.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Cost of Living, the NHS, the climate crisis - let's keep them on the agenda.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The right try and distract us by constantly talking about immigration.
Cost of Living, the NHS, the climate crisis - let's keep them on the agenda.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Cost of Living, the NHS, the climate crisis - let's keep them on the agenda.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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🚨🚨🚨This collapses the one 'argument' Hegseth had against it being a war crime:
"The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat .. DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE RADIO OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers."
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"The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat .. DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE RADIO OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers."
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Exclusive: Survivors clinging to capsized boat didn’t radio for backup, admiral overseeing double-tap strike tells lawmakers | CNN Politics
The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel in early September did not appear to have radio or other communications device...
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
🚨🚨🚨This collapses the one 'argument' Hegseth had against it being a war crime:
"The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat .. DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE RADIO OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers."
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"The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat .. DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE RADIO OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers."
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For all the Canadians clutching their pearls and saying "it's so sad what's happening in America with ICE kidnapping children off the street who aren't white and imprisoning them" maybe get mad at the fact that we manufacture the ICE armored vehicles
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/12/03/s...
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/12/03/s...
Sale of Canadian armoured vehicles to ICE agency 'deeply troubling': Kwan
OTTAWA — Anti-armament advocates say Canadian firms shouldn’t be selling armoured military vehicles to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or any other organizations with sketchy human ...
toronto.citynews.ca
December 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
For all the Canadians clutching their pearls and saying "it's so sad what's happening in America with ICE kidnapping children off the street who aren't white and imprisoning them" maybe get mad at the fact that we manufacture the ICE armored vehicles
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/12/03/s...
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/12/03/s...
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Israeli raids hit south Lebanon today as its military said it was striking Hezbollah weapons storage facilities, a day after Lebanese and Israeli civilian representatives held their first direct talks in decades.
jrnl.ie/6894000
jrnl.ie/6894000
Israel launches fresh strikes on south Lebanon a day after first direct talks in decades
Despite a November 2024 ceasefire that was supposed to end more than a year of hostilities with Hezbollah, Israel has kept up strikes on Lebanon.
jrnl.ie
December 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Israeli raids hit south Lebanon today as its military said it was striking Hezbollah weapons storage facilities, a day after Lebanese and Israeli civilian representatives held their first direct talks in decades.
jrnl.ie/6894000
jrnl.ie/6894000
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Yikes.
December 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Yikes.
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Fiona Bruce desperately tries to smear Zack Polanski and the Green Party as supporting open borders as if it is the worst thing in the world.
But 56% of the UK support Free Movement.
It is actually her demonisation of migration which is supported by only 20% of the UK.
But 56% of the UK support Free Movement.
It is actually her demonisation of migration which is supported by only 20% of the UK.
December 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Fiona Bruce desperately tries to smear Zack Polanski and the Green Party as supporting open borders as if it is the worst thing in the world.
But 56% of the UK support Free Movement.
It is actually her demonisation of migration which is supported by only 20% of the UK.
But 56% of the UK support Free Movement.
It is actually her demonisation of migration which is supported by only 20% of the UK.
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speaking of the current outbreak of genuine society-wide mass insanity
December 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
speaking of the current outbreak of genuine society-wide mass insanity
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These polling figures are terrible but…America you can do better than this.
How are they still so high overall. They should be completely in the gutter by now.
How are they still so high overall. They should be completely in the gutter by now.
December 4, 2025 at 2:21 AM
These polling figures are terrible but…America you can do better than this.
How are they still so high overall. They should be completely in the gutter by now.
How are they still so high overall. They should be completely in the gutter by now.
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Reform accepted £9 million from a former Boris Johnson backer & crypto-multimillionaire.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
December 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Reform accepted £9 million from a former Boris Johnson backer & crypto-multimillionaire.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
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Reform’s £350 a head Xmas party has been cancelled by the venue 2 days before it was meant to happen after locals object.
So they are actually cancelling Christmas!
Oh dear, how sad, never mind 😀
So they are actually cancelling Christmas!
Oh dear, how sad, never mind 😀
December 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Reform’s £350 a head Xmas party has been cancelled by the venue 2 days before it was meant to happen after locals object.
So they are actually cancelling Christmas!
Oh dear, how sad, never mind 😀
So they are actually cancelling Christmas!
Oh dear, how sad, never mind 😀
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This article is like a case study in the media normalisation of the far right.
The bulk of the article analyses stats to ask whether Fash Farage is technically correct, when the real issue is his repulsive racism.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The bulk of the article analyses stats to ask whether Fash Farage is technically correct, when the real issue is his repulsive racism.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Farage branded racist over campaign video remark about Glasgow pupils
The Reform UK leader said the proportion of children who do not have English as a first language in Glasgow was
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This article is like a case study in the media normalisation of the far right.
The bulk of the article analyses stats to ask whether Fash Farage is technically correct, when the real issue is his repulsive racism.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The bulk of the article analyses stats to ask whether Fash Farage is technically correct, when the real issue is his repulsive racism.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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4 December 1939 | A Jewish girl Magdalena Dora Blau was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands to Fritz and Mina.
On 11 August 1942 she was murdered in a gas chamber at the #Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp.
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The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
On 11 August 1942 she was murdered in a gas chamber at the #Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp.
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The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
4 December 1939 | A Jewish girl Magdalena Dora Blau was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands to Fritz and Mina.
On 11 August 1942 she was murdered in a gas chamber at the #Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp.
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The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
On 11 August 1942 she was murdered in a gas chamber at the #Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp.
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The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
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Planet Earth would like a word.
December 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Planet Earth would like a word.
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FCAS started out as a project to bring France and Germany together, but quickly turned into the opposite.
This week, I tried to explain in *two* articles what is going on.
For ECFR: 👇
For WPR: www.worldpoliticsreview.com/fcas-europe-...
This week, I tried to explain in *two* articles what is going on.
For ECFR: 👇
For WPR: www.worldpoliticsreview.com/fcas-europe-...
The trouble with FCAS: Why Europe’s fighter jet project is not taking off
The disagreement over the Franco-German-Spanish fighter aircraft system, FCAS, shows that when it comes to building a European defence industry, political will is not enough…
ecfr.eu
December 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
FCAS started out as a project to bring France and Germany together, but quickly turned into the opposite.
This week, I tried to explain in *two* articles what is going on.
For ECFR: 👇
For WPR: www.worldpoliticsreview.com/fcas-europe-...
This week, I tried to explain in *two* articles what is going on.
For ECFR: 👇
For WPR: www.worldpoliticsreview.com/fcas-europe-...
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Even if you don’t care about sex workers losing one of the few voices in public life that spoke for instead of over them, you should 100% care that they were refused funding for not toeing the line of the parties in government.
Imagine if IFPA were unfunded until FFG changed their minds on abortion
Imagine if IFPA were unfunded until FFG changed their minds on abortion
SWAI Statement on Closing
We are heartbroken to announce that the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI) is closing our doors after over 16 years, due to a lack of funding.
Since our foundation in 2009, we have brought an alternative voice to the dominant narrative about sex work in Ireland.
We are heartbroken to announce that the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI) is closing our doors after over 16 years, due to a lack of funding.
Since our foundation in 2009, we have brought an alternative voice to the dominant narrative about sex work in Ireland.
SWAI Statement on Closing
We are heartbroken to announce that the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI) is closing our doors after over 16 years, due to a lack of funding. Since our foundation in 2009, we have brought an…
sexworkersallianceireland.org
December 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Even if you don’t care about sex workers losing one of the few voices in public life that spoke for instead of over them, you should 100% care that they were refused funding for not toeing the line of the parties in government.
Imagine if IFPA were unfunded until FFG changed their minds on abortion
Imagine if IFPA were unfunded until FFG changed their minds on abortion
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce...
Netherlands, Spain and Ireland boycott Eurovision after Israel allowed to compete - BBC News
Good on them. Plus will save RTE a bit of money
Netherlands, Spain and Ireland boycott Eurovision after Israel allowed to compete - BBC News
Good on them. Plus will save RTE a bit of money
Netherlands, Spain and Ireland boycott Eurovision after Israel allowed to compete
They were among a number of countries who had called for Israel to be excluded over the humanitarian toll of the war in Gaza.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce...
Netherlands, Spain and Ireland boycott Eurovision after Israel allowed to compete - BBC News
Good on them. Plus will save RTE a bit of money
Netherlands, Spain and Ireland boycott Eurovision after Israel allowed to compete - BBC News
Good on them. Plus will save RTE a bit of money
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Another Reform County Council falling apart at the seams.
He went on to state: "I believed Reform was better than this. Clearly, I was mistaken."
Listen carefully. That's the beautiful sound of pennies dropping.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
He went on to state: "I believed Reform was better than this. Clearly, I was mistaken."
Listen carefully. That's the beautiful sound of pennies dropping.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Doncaster Council's Reform UK leader quits over 'vitriolic' texts - BBC News
Doncaster councillor Guy Aston says he is disappointed to have received abuse "from my own side".
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Another Reform County Council falling apart at the seams.
He went on to state: "I believed Reform was better than this. Clearly, I was mistaken."
Listen carefully. That's the beautiful sound of pennies dropping.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
He went on to state: "I believed Reform was better than this. Clearly, I was mistaken."
Listen carefully. That's the beautiful sound of pennies dropping.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The Renee Richards factoid that keeps poking my brain, is that the guy who outed her as trans, who previously outed Elizabeth Carmichael as trans, was Dick Carlson - Tucker's dad.
I guess transphobia runs in the family.
(Link to Dick Carlson's obit which briefly recounts the above)
archive.ph/obLAU
I guess transphobia runs in the family.
(Link to Dick Carlson's obit which briefly recounts the above)
archive.ph/obLAU
December 4, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The Renee Richards factoid that keeps poking my brain, is that the guy who outed her as trans, who previously outed Elizabeth Carmichael as trans, was Dick Carlson - Tucker's dad.
I guess transphobia runs in the family.
(Link to Dick Carlson's obit which briefly recounts the above)
archive.ph/obLAU
I guess transphobia runs in the family.
(Link to Dick Carlson's obit which briefly recounts the above)
archive.ph/obLAU
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Facial recognition, scrapping juries, and mandatory digital ID.
This Labour Government is creating a toolkit for the far-right.
The EU has already put strong controls on this intrusive technology, MPs must pass legislation to do the same.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
This Labour Government is creating a toolkit for the far-right.
The EU has already put strong controls on this intrusive technology, MPs must pass legislation to do the same.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Facial recognition to be expanded in fresh crime crackdown
Critics called on the government to limit roll-out of facial recognition, but others have urged ministers to accelerate the expansion to ‘boost safety’
www.independent.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Facial recognition, scrapping juries, and mandatory digital ID.
This Labour Government is creating a toolkit for the far-right.
The EU has already put strong controls on this intrusive technology, MPs must pass legislation to do the same.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
This Labour Government is creating a toolkit for the far-right.
The EU has already put strong controls on this intrusive technology, MPs must pass legislation to do the same.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
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Sean Duffy articulates with clarity what America's golden age will look like: you will drive a Ford station wagon that guzzles gasoline, pollutes the environment, and will kill you dead if you get into an accident... and you will love it.
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Sean Duffy articulates with clarity what America's golden age will look like: you will drive a Ford station wagon that guzzles gasoline, pollutes the environment, and will kill you dead if you get into an accident... and you will love it.
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Four unidentified military-style drones breached a no-fly zone and flew towards the flight path of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy's plane at Dublin Airport late on Monday night, The Journal has learned.
jrnl.ie/6893104t
jrnl.ie/6893104t
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
jrnl.ie
December 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Four unidentified military-style drones breached a no-fly zone and flew towards the flight path of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy's plane at Dublin Airport late on Monday night, The Journal has learned.
jrnl.ie/6893104t
jrnl.ie/6893104t
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Pentagon's Signalgate review finds Pete Hegseth violated military regulations www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Pentagon's Signalgate review finds Pete Hegseth violated military regulations
The report outlines the findings of a more than eight-month investigation into Hegseth’s use of Signal to share details of planned U.S. strikes in Yemen.
www.nbcnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Pentagon's Signalgate review finds Pete Hegseth violated military regulations www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...