Ian Freshwater
@aquafresca.bsky.social
Exploring. Elevating. Sorting the wheat from the chaff
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That any of us have to care about the messy breakup of these two massive narcissists — and that they both individually wield such massive power — is an indictment of our political system and further proves the poisonous influence of Big Money on our democracy.
June 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
That any of us have to care about the messy breakup of these two massive narcissists — and that they both individually wield such massive power — is an indictment of our political system and further proves the poisonous influence of Big Money on our democracy.
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This feels like Alien vs Sexual Predator
June 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This feels like Alien vs Sexual Predator
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Now you understand the pain in Dan bonginos eyes
June 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Now you understand the pain in Dan bonginos eyes
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this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake
June 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake
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must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
“In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately”
June 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
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this is just like the parable of the scorpion and the scorpion
June 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
this is just like the parable of the scorpion and the scorpion
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The head of the Reform "Doge" effort - 28 year old entrepreneur Nathaniel Fried - has quit the project in its first week after the resignation of the party chair Zia Yusuf
June 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The head of the Reform "Doge" effort - 28 year old entrepreneur Nathaniel Fried - has quit the project in its first week after the resignation of the party chair Zia Yusuf
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Farmers trying to do the right thing are yet again getting frozen out by this government, which seems determined to make the wrong decisions at every opportunity.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fund for nature-friendly farming to be slashed in UK spending review
Exclusive: Defra sources say scheme, which pays farmers to protect nature, will be targeted at ‘small farms’
www.theguardian.com
June 2, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Farmers trying to do the right thing are yet again getting frozen out by this government, which seems determined to make the wrong decisions at every opportunity.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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2025: Daily Mail complaining about 'inhumane' conditions at Spanish airports; as ending of free movement with Brexit took us out of the EU making us a third country
2016: A cartoon in the Daily Mail saying, "Remainers have failed to articulate a single positive reason for staying in the EU"
2016: A cartoon in the Daily Mail saying, "Remainers have failed to articulate a single positive reason for staying in the EU"
June 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
2025: Daily Mail complaining about 'inhumane' conditions at Spanish airports; as ending of free movement with Brexit took us out of the EU making us a third country
2016: A cartoon in the Daily Mail saying, "Remainers have failed to articulate a single positive reason for staying in the EU"
2016: A cartoon in the Daily Mail saying, "Remainers have failed to articulate a single positive reason for staying in the EU"
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For all the blanket coverage it's getting today you wouldn't know that fishing contributes a grand total of 0.03% to the UK's economy, or that it is absolutely dwarfed by many other sectors, like the live music industry, which have been badly hit by Brexit but are rarely even mentioned
May 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
For all the blanket coverage it's getting today you wouldn't know that fishing contributes a grand total of 0.03% to the UK's economy, or that it is absolutely dwarfed by many other sectors, like the live music industry, which have been badly hit by Brexit but are rarely even mentioned
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"For about an hour" was, in fact, for seven-and-a-half minutes each, with the UK PM getting the last word, then leading a Q&A session with media. But this is such an excellent example of the mendacious, awful, biased reporting that has been the hallmark of the entire Brexit debate for a decade. ~AA
May 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
"For about an hour" was, in fact, for seven-and-a-half minutes each, with the UK PM getting the last word, then leading a Q&A session with media. But this is such an excellent example of the mendacious, awful, biased reporting that has been the hallmark of the entire Brexit debate for a decade. ~AA
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Coverage of idiots claiming ‘betrayal’ or ‘surrender’ isn’t just bad journalism, it’s a dereliction of our duty to explain things. I’d actually forgotten just how bad it got but here we are, straight back to treating liars & spivs like authorities of equal weight to experts & honest brokers.
May 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Coverage of idiots claiming ‘betrayal’ or ‘surrender’ isn’t just bad journalism, it’s a dereliction of our duty to explain things. I’d actually forgotten just how bad it got but here we are, straight back to treating liars & spivs like authorities of equal weight to experts & honest brokers.
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Lord Rothermere Daily Mail Owner(French immigrant), and Rupert Murdoch Sun owner (Australian immigrant).
These are the immigrants destroying the UK.
These are the immigrants destroying the UK.
May 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Lord Rothermere Daily Mail Owner(French immigrant), and Rupert Murdoch Sun owner (Australian immigrant).
These are the immigrants destroying the UK.
These are the immigrants destroying the UK.
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May 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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After due consideration, having weighed up the relevant evidence, assessed the balance of arguments and gamed the likely implications, I have reached the conclusion that Keir Starmer can fuck off from a great height.
May 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
After due consideration, having weighed up the relevant evidence, assessed the balance of arguments and gamed the likely implications, I have reached the conclusion that Keir Starmer can fuck off from a great height.
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The richest 150 billionaires in the UK get £120bn richer a year.
Take their stolen money that they haven't earned or paid tax on, and spend it on Public Services.
Take their stolen money that they haven't earned or paid tax on, and spend it on Public Services.
May 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The richest 150 billionaires in the UK get £120bn richer a year.
Take their stolen money that they haven't earned or paid tax on, and spend it on Public Services.
Take their stolen money that they haven't earned or paid tax on, and spend it on Public Services.
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A useful test: arguments for controlled/reduced immigration + integration can speak to people across majority and minority groups. Is that the intent + the effect in specific cases.
Highest % of people born abroad in census 2021:
- Kensington & Chelsea (54%)
- Bradford, overall, was 19%
Highest % of people born abroad in census 2021:
- Kensington & Chelsea (54%)
- Bradford, overall, was 19%
🚨 NEW: Robert Jenrick backs PM with claim UK already an ‘island of strangers’ in some places
“Aggressive levels of mass migration have made us more divided... for example central Bradford - 50 per cent of people were born outside of the UK”, he said
Full story ⤵️
www.politics.co.uk/news/2025/05...
“Aggressive levels of mass migration have made us more divided... for example central Bradford - 50 per cent of people were born outside of the UK”, he said
Full story ⤵️
www.politics.co.uk/news/2025/05...
Robert Jenrick backs PM with claim UK already an ‘island of strangers’ in some places - Politics.co.uk
Keir Starmer has faced a backlash after he said the UK risked becoming an island of strangers if migration remained unchecked.
www.politics.co.uk
May 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
A useful test: arguments for controlled/reduced immigration + integration can speak to people across majority and minority groups. Is that the intent + the effect in specific cases.
Highest % of people born abroad in census 2021:
- Kensington & Chelsea (54%)
- Bradford, overall, was 19%
Highest % of people born abroad in census 2021:
- Kensington & Chelsea (54%)
- Bradford, overall, was 19%
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🔥 This is important. Really important.
And none of the mainstream media are reporting it.
So please read and share — because we are the news community for ourselves and the “mainstream” media are utterly hopeless for meaningful news.
And none of the mainstream media are reporting it.
So please read and share — because we are the news community for ourselves and the “mainstream” media are utterly hopeless for meaningful news.
On Her 7th Birthday, We Know Who Killed Hind Rajab. And We’re Taking Them to Court
Brussels, 3 May 2025 — Today, little Hind Rajab should have been blowing out candles on her 7th birthday . On this day of remembrance and heartbreak, the Hind Rajab Foundation has...
www.hindrajabfoundation.org
May 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
🔥 This is important. Really important.
And none of the mainstream media are reporting it.
So please read and share — because we are the news community for ourselves and the “mainstream” media are utterly hopeless for meaningful news.
And none of the mainstream media are reporting it.
So please read and share — because we are the news community for ourselves and the “mainstream” media are utterly hopeless for meaningful news.
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Left: Daily Mail reports that with the help of Elon Musk, Demonic Cummings is 'in a plot to sabotage UK politics"
Right: Cummings laughed when he admitted to Laura Kuenssberg that Vote Leave misled with the £350 million for the NHS on the side of the bus
Right: Cummings laughed when he admitted to Laura Kuenssberg that Vote Leave misled with the £350 million for the NHS on the side of the bus
January 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Left: Daily Mail reports that with the help of Elon Musk, Demonic Cummings is 'in a plot to sabotage UK politics"
Right: Cummings laughed when he admitted to Laura Kuenssberg that Vote Leave misled with the £350 million for the NHS on the side of the bus
Right: Cummings laughed when he admitted to Laura Kuenssberg that Vote Leave misled with the £350 million for the NHS on the side of the bus
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The LA fires are a profound example of what climate scientists have been struggling to prevent for decades.
I hope everyone remembers that oil and gas companies, with full knowledge, created this future, in exchange for their windfall profits and geopolitical power.
I hope everyone remembers that oil and gas companies, with full knowledge, created this future, in exchange for their windfall profits and geopolitical power.
January 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The LA fires are a profound example of what climate scientists have been struggling to prevent for decades.
I hope everyone remembers that oil and gas companies, with full knowledge, created this future, in exchange for their windfall profits and geopolitical power.
I hope everyone remembers that oil and gas companies, with full knowledge, created this future, in exchange for their windfall profits and geopolitical power.