AJ Thomas
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Posting to get thoughts out of my head so I can see how rubbish they are.
Mostly post about politics, rugby, music, TV and movies.
@zzypt everywhere else.
Posting to get thoughts out of my head so I can see how rubbish they are.
Mostly post about politics, rugby, music, TV and movies.
@zzypt everywhere else.
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Thousands of Minnesotans gathered last night to honor Renee Nicole Good. We will never accept that a single federal agent can be judge, jury, and executioner in our streets. ICE needs to get out of Minneapolis.
January 8, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Thousands of Minnesotans gathered last night to honor Renee Nicole Good. We will never accept that a single federal agent can be judge, jury, and executioner in our streets. ICE needs to get out of Minneapolis.
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Jesse Watters highlights that Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by ICE, had "pronouns in her bio" and "leaves behind a lesbian partner and a child from a previous marriage"
January 8, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Jesse Watters highlights that Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by ICE, had "pronouns in her bio" and "leaves behind a lesbian partner and a child from a previous marriage"
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This is just nuts.
Video taken by a witness shows the moment an ICE officer fatally shot a woman in a vehicle in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/4qbzgwg
Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/4qbzgwg
January 7, 2026 at 9:08 PM
This is just nuts.
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I’m not sure “there’s nothing we can do about the sexual abuse image factory ask OfCom” is going to hold much water as a line taken by a government which (a) has a huge majority (b) just passed legislation to regulate what people can access online
Keir Starmer's spokesman tells me that X and Grok's creation of sexual deepfakes of children is "completely unacceptable" but again won't commit to taking direct action against them, or to stop posting there.
Says "all options are on the table" but suggests it's a matter for Ofcom, not Government
Says "all options are on the table" but suggests it's a matter for Ofcom, not Government
January 7, 2026 at 1:29 PM
I’m not sure “there’s nothing we can do about the sexual abuse image factory ask OfCom” is going to hold much water as a line taken by a government which (a) has a huge majority (b) just passed legislation to regulate what people can access online
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Europe needs to be doing a lot of military training exercises in Greenland right now.
Assume that Trump will invade at any moment, anything less is reckless.
Assume that Trump will invade at any moment, anything less is reckless.
"Five current and former senior European officials briefed on the call said the conversation had gone very badly."
www.ft.com/content/ace0...
www.ft.com/content/ace0...
Donald Trump in fiery call with Denmark’s prime minister over Greenland
US president insisted he wants to take over Arctic island
www.ft.com
January 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Europe needs to be doing a lot of military training exercises in Greenland right now.
Assume that Trump will invade at any moment, anything less is reckless.
Assume that Trump will invade at any moment, anything less is reckless.
We should be taking sanctions against the US and seizing all assets from supporters of the regime.
FIFA peace prize winner Donald Trump may bomb 3 or 4 countries this week: Nigeria for Christmas, Venezuela now, Syria, considering Iran, Somalia
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The President’s Busy Holiday
Donald Trump spent the past few weeks doubling down on foreign interventions.
www.theatlantic.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:56 AM
We should be taking sanctions against the US and seizing all assets from supporters of the regime.
Back to this with the New Years Honours, why does Botterman not get recognition.
Also imagine winning two World Cups and not receiving an honour.
Matthews, Hunt robbed.
Also imagine winning two World Cups and not receiving an honour.
Matthews, Hunt robbed.
December 30, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Back to this with the New Years Honours, why does Botterman not get recognition.
Also imagine winning two World Cups and not receiving an honour.
Matthews, Hunt robbed.
Also imagine winning two World Cups and not receiving an honour.
Matthews, Hunt robbed.
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The champions of American free speech as coordinated as we have come to expect, I see.
Trump posts early on Christmas Eve: "If Network NEWSCASTS, and their Late Night Shows, are almost 100% Negative to President Donald J. Trump, MAGA, and the Republican Party, shouldn’t their very valuable Broadcast Licenses be terminated? I say, YES!"
December 24, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The champions of American free speech as coordinated as we have come to expect, I see.
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free speech news
Stephen Miller wants everyone at 60 Minutes who “engaged in this revolt” (aka told the truth) fired
December 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
free speech news
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From a filing last week:
Looks like Musk is ducking service.
(This was from one of the cases that named him as a defendant, albeit officially, except the government isn't producing him for deposition, and plaintiffs haven't been able to subpoena him directly.)
Looks like Musk is ducking service.
(This was from one of the cases that named him as a defendant, albeit officially, except the government isn't producing him for deposition, and plaintiffs haven't been able to subpoena him directly.)
New filing: "Does 1-26 v. Musk (USAID Dismantling)"
Doc #191: NOTICE by J. Doe 22, J. Doe 27, J. Doe 28, J. Doe 29, J. Doe 4, J. Doe 7 of Intent to File Motion to Authorize Alternative Service of Subpoenas & Request for…
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Doc #191: NOTICE by J. Doe 22, J. Doe 27, J. Doe 28, J. Doe 29, J. Doe 4, J. Doe 7 of Intent to File Motion to Authorize Alternative Service of Subpoenas & Request for…
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December 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
From a filing last week:
Looks like Musk is ducking service.
(This was from one of the cases that named him as a defendant, albeit officially, except the government isn't producing him for deposition, and plaintiffs haven't been able to subpoena him directly.)
Looks like Musk is ducking service.
(This was from one of the cases that named him as a defendant, albeit officially, except the government isn't producing him for deposition, and plaintiffs haven't been able to subpoena him directly.)
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Second anniversary of our Apple TV’s spectacular attempt to understand me asking for “Hercule Poirot’s Christmas”
December 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Second anniversary of our Apple TV’s spectacular attempt to understand me asking for “Hercule Poirot’s Christmas”
Age 57 and only this week learnt about The Darien Gap (for reasons that TV watchers might guess).
I have literally flown over it from Columbia to Panama and didn’t know about it.
I have literally flown over it from Columbia to Panama and didn’t know about it.
December 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Age 57 and only this week learnt about The Darien Gap (for reasons that TV watchers might guess).
I have literally flown over it from Columbia to Panama and didn’t know about it.
I have literally flown over it from Columbia to Panama and didn’t know about it.
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Are we doing #duvetknowitschristmas yet? Sofabed in parents’ spare room, have slep here for 16 years, every time I visit them. Bedspread is from my law school days 30 years ago 😆
December 24, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Are we doing #duvetknowitschristmas yet? Sofabed in parents’ spare room, have slep here for 16 years, every time I visit them. Bedspread is from my law school days 30 years ago 😆
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“The political class has little incentive to think seriously about economic growth. Indeed, it has little incentive to think at all.”
Great line from another great @chrisdillow.bsky.social post.
Great line from another great @chrisdillow.bsky.social post.
New substack: why so many people are content with economic stagnation: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/wallowing-...
Wallowing in poverty
Why we're not bothered about economic growth.
chrisdillow.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:29 AM
“The political class has little incentive to think seriously about economic growth. Indeed, it has little incentive to think at all.”
Great line from another great @chrisdillow.bsky.social post.
Great line from another great @chrisdillow.bsky.social post.
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New substack: why so many people are content with economic stagnation: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/wallowing-...
Wallowing in poverty
Why we're not bothered about economic growth.
chrisdillow.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
New substack: why so many people are content with economic stagnation: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/wallowing-...
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This US administration is now completely losing any semblance of sanity in sanctioning "censorship masterminds". There's no other way to put it, this is tin pot dictatorship territory and must be called out as such. Including in the US.
Definite upsurge in Trump administration attacks on the EU / Europe in the last week, and I think of it rather as a cross between a toddler tantrum and an arsonist where the key fact is the project to reshape the world and even the US is failing.
December 24, 2025 at 7:23 AM
This US administration is now completely losing any semblance of sanity in sanctioning "censorship masterminds". There's no other way to put it, this is tin pot dictatorship territory and must be called out as such. Including in the US.
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“..fight on all fronts against it [fascism] before it is no longer possible.”
In Berlin, I took an evening class on fascism – and found out how to stop the AfD | Tania Roettger
In Berlin, I took an evening class on fascism – and found out how to stop the AfD | Tania Roettger
With the far-right party ahead in the polls, I discovered that a novel set during the rise of the Nazis provides a timely warning, says journalist Tania Roettger
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:26 AM
“..fight on all fronts against it [fascism] before it is no longer possible.”
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I assume just having a BlueSky account would be enough to be refused a US visa.
US bars five Europeans over alleged efforts to ‘censor American viewpoints’ https://aje.io/tr548o
December 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
I assume just having a BlueSky account would be enough to be refused a US visa.
While I don’t disagree with this I also like to think someone at the DOJ deliberately did this badly.
I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
December 24, 2025 at 7:54 AM
While I don’t disagree with this I also like to think someone at the DOJ deliberately did this badly.
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up there with this classic:
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odysseus: we now set out on our odyssey.
sailor: [raising hand] what's an odyssey?
odysseus: a long journey named after the only survivor.
sailor: oh ok wait what.
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December 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
up there with this classic: