Sam P-F
@smhwpf.bsky.social
Research Coordinator at Campaign Against Arms Trade @caatuk.bsky.social. Leftist, Sci-fi/fantasy fan. Dundee-based, Londoner at heart. He/him.
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An official account of the United States government is dreamposting about deporting 80+ million citizens
December 31, 2025 at 11:16 PM
An official account of the United States government is dreamposting about deporting 80+ million citizens
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You don’t ban aid groups, unless you want people to suffer.
December 31, 2025 at 10:02 PM
You don’t ban aid groups, unless you want people to suffer.
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This winter the Israeli government has not stopped committing genocide in Gaza, and the US has not stopped funding it.
December 31, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This winter the Israeli government has not stopped committing genocide in Gaza, and the US has not stopped funding it.
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“The rate of deaths per year in the correctional facilities has been on the rise even though the number of people being held in the prisons has declined, the records show. Last year the death count hit 144 — the highest number in the past seven years.”
December 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
“The rate of deaths per year in the correctional facilities has been on the rise even though the number of people being held in the prisons has declined, the records show. Last year the death count hit 144 — the highest number in the past seven years.”
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The 8 billionaires are: Musk, Ellison, Bezos, Page, Brin, Zuckerberg, Huang, Ballmer.
Each one saw their wealth explode as a direct result of the massive and unsustainable AI bubble.
Let's resolve to remember that when their bubble bursts all over working people in 2026.
Happy New Year!
Each one saw their wealth explode as a direct result of the massive and unsustainable AI bubble.
Let's resolve to remember that when their bubble bursts all over working people in 2026.
Happy New Year!
"What a year for the ultra wealthy. The world’s 500 richest people added a record $2.2 trillion to their collective fortunes in 2025’s… booming markets, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. And about a quarter of this year’s gains went to just eight billionaires.” — Bloomberg Morning Brief
December 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The 8 billionaires are: Musk, Ellison, Bezos, Page, Brin, Zuckerberg, Huang, Ballmer.
Each one saw their wealth explode as a direct result of the massive and unsustainable AI bubble.
Let's resolve to remember that when their bubble bursts all over working people in 2026.
Happy New Year!
Each one saw their wealth explode as a direct result of the massive and unsustainable AI bubble.
Let's resolve to remember that when their bubble bursts all over working people in 2026.
Happy New Year!
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MAP is determined to continue our lifesaving humanitarian and medical assistance across the occupied Palestinian territory, despite Israel’s decision to deregister humanitarian organisations. Our Palestinian-led teams and local partners remain, and our work has not and will not stop
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Despite Israel’s deregistration of humanitarian organisations, MAP vows to continue serving Palestinians - Latest News & Developments - Medical Aid for Palestinians
MAP is resolutely determined to continue our lifesaving humanitarian and medical assistance across the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), despite Israel’s decision to deregister humanitarian organi...
www.map.org.uk
December 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM
MAP is determined to continue our lifesaving humanitarian and medical assistance across the occupied Palestinian territory, despite Israel’s decision to deregister humanitarian organisations. Our Palestinian-led teams and local partners remain, and our work has not and will not stop
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This is horrifying.
EXCLUSIVE: @laurenweberhp.bsky.social & I have spent the last year collecting school+county-level vaccination data from across the US and found that only about 28% of counties now have herd immunity for kindergartners from measles—that leaves about 5.2mn kids unprotected.
Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43
Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43
U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.
Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.
wapo.st
December 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This is horrifying.
It is a stunningly beautiful book.
If you’re in the UK & are so inclined, from Dec 25 to Jan 5 you can get the Kindle edition of THE RIVER HAS ROOTS for 99p as part of their 12 Days of Kindle event! This means in the UK you can also get that price matched at other etailers, like Kobo! Merry Christmas!
www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
The River Has Roots ebook by Amal El-Mohtar - Rakuten Kobo
Read "The River Has Roots The Sweeping, Magical Solo Debut by the Best-Selling Co-Author of THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR" by Amal El-Mohtar available from Rakuten Kobo. Follow the river Liss to t...
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December 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM
It is a stunningly beautiful book.
Planting is bad enough, but they're actually marketing a security system called SAURON???
I hope someone develops a hacking tool and calls it Hobbitses.
I hope someone develops a hacking tool and calls it Hobbitses.
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Planting is bad enough, but they're actually marketing a security system called SAURON???
I hope someone develops a hacking tool and calls it Hobbitses.
I hope someone develops a hacking tool and calls it Hobbitses.
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1) We’ve just published our review of the most interesting ME/CFS studies of 2025.
It feels like this year, we’ve made a significant step towards understanding the pathophysiology of ME/CFS.
A brief overview of the studies that caught our eye.
It feels like this year, we’ve made a significant step towards understanding the pathophysiology of ME/CFS.
A brief overview of the studies that caught our eye.
December 30, 2025 at 11:02 AM
1) We’ve just published our review of the most interesting ME/CFS studies of 2025.
It feels like this year, we’ve made a significant step towards understanding the pathophysiology of ME/CFS.
A brief overview of the studies that caught our eye.
It feels like this year, we’ve made a significant step towards understanding the pathophysiology of ME/CFS.
A brief overview of the studies that caught our eye.
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“The vast majority of these patients are dying slowly and quietly in their tents and will never actually even be known that they died this way.”
— Dr. Feroze Sidhwa spoke w/ Drop Site abt Israel’s medical siege on Gaza & how it's crushing the hopes of...
Clip below👇🏼. Full podcast out shortly.
— Dr. Feroze Sidhwa spoke w/ Drop Site abt Israel’s medical siege on Gaza & how it's crushing the hopes of...
Clip below👇🏼. Full podcast out shortly.
December 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
“The vast majority of these patients are dying slowly and quietly in their tents and will never actually even be known that they died this way.”
— Dr. Feroze Sidhwa spoke w/ Drop Site abt Israel’s medical siege on Gaza & how it's crushing the hopes of...
Clip below👇🏼. Full podcast out shortly.
— Dr. Feroze Sidhwa spoke w/ Drop Site abt Israel’s medical siege on Gaza & how it's crushing the hopes of...
Clip below👇🏼. Full podcast out shortly.
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The story was always already about an impoverished unmarried couple facing a pitiless bureaucracy, having a baby in a barn, and then having to hide from a tyrant. The baby grew up to say that the poor were blessed and the neighbor is he who shows mercy. You can’t hide from the politics of all that.
This year, statues of tall men clad in all black with masks drawn up to hide their faces are disrupting the serenity of a Charlotte church's Nativity scene.
The figures are depicted approaching the Holy Family and the Wise Men with handcuffs as if preparing to make an arrest.
The figures are depicted approaching the Holy Family and the Wise Men with handcuffs as if preparing to make an arrest.
As anti-ICE Nativity scenes spark outrage, faith leaders grapple with politics at the pulpit | CNN
As Nativity scenes depicting ICE draw attention and outrage, faith leaders are grappling with politics in religion and urging a closer reading of the Christmas story.
www.cnn.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The story was always already about an impoverished unmarried couple facing a pitiless bureaucracy, having a baby in a barn, and then having to hide from a tyrant. The baby grew up to say that the poor were blessed and the neighbor is he who shows mercy. You can’t hide from the politics of all that.
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The Trump Ceasefire Plan is paving the way for mass population transfer of Palestinians in Gaza and massive land theft by the Israeli government.
December 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The Trump Ceasefire Plan is paving the way for mass population transfer of Palestinians in Gaza and massive land theft by the Israeli government.
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Prosecutors for the Trump administration have been quick to bring charges against ICE protesters. They've also been quick to lose the cases.
The Feds Keep Prosecuting Protesters Against ICE — and Losing
Prosecutors for the Trump administration have been quick to bring charges against ICE protesters. They've also been quick to lose the cases.
interc.pt
December 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Prosecutors for the Trump administration have been quick to bring charges against ICE protesters. They've also been quick to lose the cases.
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Before Thatcherism ruined the benefits system, Britain produced some of the greatest bands of all time thanks partly to many making music in their spare time - while "unemployed."
Could a Universal Basic Income also create unexpected culture for society?
Could a Universal Basic Income also create unexpected culture for society?
December 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Before Thatcherism ruined the benefits system, Britain produced some of the greatest bands of all time thanks partly to many making music in their spare time - while "unemployed."
Could a Universal Basic Income also create unexpected culture for society?
Could a Universal Basic Income also create unexpected culture for society?
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I think the key to answering this question is understanding Starmer/Reeves unpopularity among natural allies. A majority of Laboir voters disapprove of him, as do large majorities of LD/Green voters. Hostility from natural political opponents is normal. Hostility from natural supporters is not.
Glad the FT is asking the question. Even if I’m not convinced they found a compelling answer.
I get that Starmer & Reeves are unpopular, I really don’t understand the extent of the dislike.
www.ft.com/content/1995... ‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
I get that Starmer & Reeves are unpopular, I really don’t understand the extent of the dislike.
www.ft.com/content/1995... ‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
Allies concede the prime minister and chancellor have made mistakes yet the level of disdain towards them is still striking
www.ft.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I think the key to answering this question is understanding Starmer/Reeves unpopularity among natural allies. A majority of Laboir voters disapprove of him, as do large majorities of LD/Green voters. Hostility from natural political opponents is normal. Hostility from natural supporters is not.
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“The idea that squeezing a tiny elite of billionaires will pay for everything is fantasy and we do need to expose that.”
Good job no one’s ever actually said that - including me.
So why is Labour again repeatedly lying to avoid taxing the super-rich?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Good job no one’s ever actually said that - including me.
So why is Labour again repeatedly lying to avoid taxing the super-rich?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Zack Polanski offering voters fantasy solutions, says head of Fabian Society
Joe Dromey, head of the Labour thinktank, urges his party to take on the ‘twin populisms’ of Reform UK and the Greens
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:20 AM
“The idea that squeezing a tiny elite of billionaires will pay for everything is fantasy and we do need to expose that.”
Good job no one’s ever actually said that - including me.
So why is Labour again repeatedly lying to avoid taxing the super-rich?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Good job no one’s ever actually said that - including me.
So why is Labour again repeatedly lying to avoid taxing the super-rich?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Calls to strip pro-democracy activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah of his British citizenship pile torment on top of torture.
New piece by me on a dangerous and manufactured storm:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
New piece by me on a dangerous and manufactured storm:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s tweets were wrong, but he is no ‘anti-white Islamist’. Why does the British right want you to believe he is? | Naomi Klein
I have no interest in defending his social media posts, but calls to strip the newly freed activist of British citizenship pile torment on top of torture, says Naomi Klein, Guardian US columnist and c...
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Calls to strip pro-democracy activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah of his British citizenship pile torment on top of torture.
New piece by me on a dangerous and manufactured storm:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
New piece by me on a dangerous and manufactured storm:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This is why they want us talking about day care scams.
December 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This is why they want us talking about day care scams.
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"List of aid groups working in Gaza that Israel is suspending":
1. Action Against Hunger
2. ActionAid
3. Alianza por la Solidaridad
4. Campaign for the Children of Palestine
5. CARE
6. DanChurchAid
7. Danish Refugee Council
8. Handicap International: Humanity & Inclusion
(cont)
1. Action Against Hunger
2. ActionAid
3. Alianza por la Solidaridad
4. Campaign for the Children of Palestine
5. CARE
6. DanChurchAid
7. Danish Refugee Council
8. Handicap International: Humanity & Inclusion
(cont)
December 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"List of aid groups working in Gaza that Israel is suspending":
1. Action Against Hunger
2. ActionAid
3. Alianza por la Solidaridad
4. Campaign for the Children of Palestine
5. CARE
6. DanChurchAid
7. Danish Refugee Council
8. Handicap International: Humanity & Inclusion
(cont)
1. Action Against Hunger
2. ActionAid
3. Alianza por la Solidaridad
4. Campaign for the Children of Palestine
5. CARE
6. DanChurchAid
7. Danish Refugee Council
8. Handicap International: Humanity & Inclusion
(cont)
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A 2023 analysis of the effects of CIA-sponsored regime change in five Latin American countries found the interventions caused “large declines in democracy scores, rule of law, freedom of speech, and civil liberties.”
SCOOP: CIA Was Behind Venezuela Drone Strike, Source Says
The December 24 drone strike in Venezuela is the latest in a long tradition of CIA interventions in Latin America — which often lead to destabilization and blowback.
theintercept.com/2025/12/30/c...
The December 24 drone strike in Venezuela is the latest in a long tradition of CIA interventions in Latin America — which often lead to destabilization and blowback.
theintercept.com/2025/12/30/c...
CIA Was Behind Venezuela Drone Strike, Source Says
The December 24 drone strike in Venezuela is the latest in a long tradition of CIA interventions in Latin America.
theintercept.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A 2023 analysis of the effects of CIA-sponsored regime change in five Latin American countries found the interventions caused “large declines in democracy scores, rule of law, freedom of speech, and civil liberties.”
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Spoiler: They used the money just as wisely as anyone else would, and it's so frustrating that this still isn't a common sense assumption to make.
December 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Spoiler: They used the money just as wisely as anyone else would, and it's so frustrating that this still isn't a common sense assumption to make.
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As @meron.bsky.social posted, Eritrean asylum seekers set to be deported by ICE are saying they'd rather commit suicide than face the monstrous regime. This happened before when Habtom committed suicide in Canada after his asylum was denied. 💔
www.cbc.ca/andthewinner....
www.cbc.ca/andthewinner....
December 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
As @meron.bsky.social posted, Eritrean asylum seekers set to be deported by ICE are saying they'd rather commit suicide than face the monstrous regime. This happened before when Habtom committed suicide in Canada after his asylum was denied. 💔
www.cbc.ca/andthewinner....
www.cbc.ca/andthewinner....
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⭕️ The latest victims of Israel’s genocide:
A 29-day-old infant who died from hypothermia.
A 7-year-old who drowned in an open sewage ditch
A 30-year-old mother who died as the rubble around her shelter collapsed over her due to the storms.
Israel is still refusing the entry of shelter aid.
A 29-day-old infant who died from hypothermia.
A 7-year-old who drowned in an open sewage ditch
A 30-year-old mother who died as the rubble around her shelter collapsed over her due to the storms.
Israel is still refusing the entry of shelter aid.
December 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
⭕️ The latest victims of Israel’s genocide:
A 29-day-old infant who died from hypothermia.
A 7-year-old who drowned in an open sewage ditch
A 30-year-old mother who died as the rubble around her shelter collapsed over her due to the storms.
Israel is still refusing the entry of shelter aid.
A 29-day-old infant who died from hypothermia.
A 7-year-old who drowned in an open sewage ditch
A 30-year-old mother who died as the rubble around her shelter collapsed over her due to the storms.
Israel is still refusing the entry of shelter aid.
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December's boat strike death toll (so far)...
December 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
December's boat strike death toll (so far)...