Betty Davies
@betdav.bsky.social
London
Looking at the river, thinking of the sea
Looking at the river, thinking of the sea
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"If you're a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?" Billie Eilish speaking directly to Mark Zuckerberg, as she donates $11.5m to food poverty and climate justice organisations.
'Give your money away,' Billie Eilish tells billionaires
The singer called on the mega wealthy to donate more to charity, during a speech at the WSJ Awards attended by the likes of Mark Zuckerberg and George Lucas.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"If you're a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?" Billie Eilish speaking directly to Mark Zuckerberg, as she donates $11.5m to food poverty and climate justice organisations.
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Robinson, Musk and Badenoch are all part of an industry of grievance, a machine designed to spread hate which now operates across the British right – from respectable print outlets to wild-eyed online fascists
inews.co.uk/opinion/dont...
inews.co.uk/opinion/dont...
Don't be fooled, Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk are playing you
The message the hate engine transmits is simple: asylum seekers are not really people in need
inews.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Robinson, Musk and Badenoch are all part of an industry of grievance, a machine designed to spread hate which now operates across the British right – from respectable print outlets to wild-eyed online fascists
inews.co.uk/opinion/dont...
inews.co.uk/opinion/dont...
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The government does not have the power to declare “free speech zones.” And the violent arrest of the rabbi should set off some alarm bells.
Heard an officer say "let's do it" and then, in the dark, they tackle Rabbi Ben to the ground. He's being loaded into a CCSO wagon now. Broadview police also here screaming at people.
October 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The government does not have the power to declare “free speech zones.” And the violent arrest of the rabbi should set off some alarm bells.
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“The second anyone suggests that a man whose entire political career has been devoted to attacking migrants and making discriminatory comments about non-white people, might be a racist, all hell breaks loose”
Enough. Farage is a racist menace. We must say so.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
Enough. Farage is a racist menace. We must say so.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
October 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
“The second anyone suggests that a man whose entire political career has been devoted to attacking migrants and making discriminatory comments about non-white people, might be a racist, all hell breaks loose”
Enough. Farage is a racist menace. We must say so.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
Enough. Farage is a racist menace. We must say so.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
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We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?
October 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?
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Reform UK’s Nigel Farage with the Russian Ambassador (that he denied meeting), and with Oleg Voloshyn's wife Nadia Borodi, Voloshyn bribed Nathan Gill.
Farage is still silent.
It’s deafening.
#ReformRussianBribes
Farage is still silent.
It’s deafening.
#ReformRussianBribes
October 4, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Reform UK’s Nigel Farage with the Russian Ambassador (that he denied meeting), and with Oleg Voloshyn's wife Nadia Borodi, Voloshyn bribed Nathan Gill.
Farage is still silent.
It’s deafening.
#ReformRussianBribes
Farage is still silent.
It’s deafening.
#ReformRussianBribes
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Nigel Farage accuses Keir Starmer of "emboldening" anti-semites.
This Nigel Farage
This Nigel Farage
October 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Nigel Farage accuses Keir Starmer of "emboldening" anti-semites.
This Nigel Farage
This Nigel Farage
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This is what unity looks like.
September 26, 2025 at 4:34 AM
This is what unity looks like.
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More people should be talking about this.
September 26, 2025 at 5:29 AM
More people should be talking about this.
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A new report says UK incomes will stagnate for the entire 2020s.
This is not an accident, argues Prof Richard Murphy.
It’s the result of deliberate political choices, by both Labour and Tory governments.
This is not an accident, argues Prof Richard Murphy.
It’s the result of deliberate political choices, by both Labour and Tory governments.
Economically dead: what is wrong with our economy?
The Resolution Foundation says UK incomes will flatline until 2030. This isn't an accident – it's by design; we need change
eastangliabylines.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
A new report says UK incomes will stagnate for the entire 2020s.
This is not an accident, argues Prof Richard Murphy.
It’s the result of deliberate political choices, by both Labour and Tory governments.
This is not an accident, argues Prof Richard Murphy.
It’s the result of deliberate political choices, by both Labour and Tory governments.
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This is a really brilliant article by @katie0martin.ft.com - both for its level-headed analysis of what’s going on with UK govt bonds, and for calling out the misogyny that is never far away in commentary about Reeves
on.ft.com/44nqIss
on.ft.com/44nqIss
Nervy markets put Reeves and Starmer on notice
Investors are getting fed up of being used by governments around the world as a low-cost cash machine
on.ft.com
July 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This is a really brilliant article by @katie0martin.ft.com - both for its level-headed analysis of what’s going on with UK govt bonds, and for calling out the misogyny that is never far away in commentary about Reeves
on.ft.com/44nqIss
on.ft.com/44nqIss
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And this:
June 22, 2025 at 10:16 AM
And this:
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The UK and its military assets weren’t involved in US strikes on Iran’s main nuclear sites and is calling for a diplomatic solution to the crisis.
UK Says It’s Not Involved in US Strikes on Iran, Urges Talks
The UK and its military assets weren’t involved in US strikes on Iran’s main nuclear sites and is calling for a diplomatic solution to the crisis.
bloom.bg
June 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The UK and its military assets weren’t involved in US strikes on Iran’s main nuclear sites and is calling for a diplomatic solution to the crisis.
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🎥: Co-founder of Substack Hamish McKenzie joins @arusbridger.bsky.social and Lionel Barber to discuss self-publishing—and why he rejected an offer from Elon Musk.
www.youtube.com/watc...
www.youtube.com/watc...
Substack’s co-founder on growing the platform—and rejecting Elon Musk’s offer | Media Confidential
This week on Media Confidential, Alan and Lionel are joined by Hamish McKenzie, co-founder of Substack. The platform, which now has over five million paid subscriptions, allows writers to self-publish their newsletters and make money directly from readers.
Since launching in 2017, it has gained hug
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June 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
🎥: Co-founder of Substack Hamish McKenzie joins @arusbridger.bsky.social and Lionel Barber to discuss self-publishing—and why he rejected an offer from Elon Musk.
www.youtube.com/watc...
www.youtube.com/watc...
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It is extraordinary, but grimly inevitable, that the people most responsible for hobbling the UK have become the loudest & whiniest critics of the consequences of their own actions. A big part of the process lies in people like ‘Lord’ Hannan actually being *rewarded* for their ignorant delinquency.
June 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
It is extraordinary, but grimly inevitable, that the people most responsible for hobbling the UK have become the loudest & whiniest critics of the consequences of their own actions. A big part of the process lies in people like ‘Lord’ Hannan actually being *rewarded* for their ignorant delinquency.
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Who’s funding Reform – and why?
Nigel Farage says his party is a break from the political establishment. That claim doesn’t match up with its donors
www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone...
Nigel Farage says his party is a break from the political establishment. That claim doesn’t match up with its donors
www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone...
These are the wealthy funders who’ve given Reform £5m
Nigel Farage says his party is a break from the political establishment. That claim doesn’t match up with its donors
www.opendemocracy.net
June 14, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Who’s funding Reform – and why?
Nigel Farage says his party is a break from the political establishment. That claim doesn’t match up with its donors
www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone...
Nigel Farage says his party is a break from the political establishment. That claim doesn’t match up with its donors
www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone...
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While he is largely irrelevant at present, it is notable that the language of Shadow Lord Chancellor Robert Jenrick is nearly identical (if less illiterately expressed) in his ongoing personal attacks on individual judges.
A disturbing trend for the rule of law.
A disturbing trend for the rule of law.
May 3, 2025 at 7:31 AM
While he is largely irrelevant at present, it is notable that the language of Shadow Lord Chancellor Robert Jenrick is nearly identical (if less illiterately expressed) in his ongoing personal attacks on individual judges.
A disturbing trend for the rule of law.
A disturbing trend for the rule of law.
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What a wonderful lad, and heartwarming story....
May 3, 2025 at 7:56 AM
What a wonderful lad, and heartwarming story....
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Here comes the arrests of journalists now.
April 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Here comes the arrests of journalists now.
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I've just come back from the Cambridge Disinformation Summit where I gave the opening keynote, titled "Demanufacturing Consent - How Disordered Discourse is Destroying Democracy", featuring everything from Fake Hooves to Jackson Hinkle being the worst.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FV...
Belllingcat CEO Eliot Higgins, on how disordered discourse is destroying democracy
YouTube video by Cambridge Disinformation Summit
www.youtube.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I've just come back from the Cambridge Disinformation Summit where I gave the opening keynote, titled "Demanufacturing Consent - How Disordered Discourse is Destroying Democracy", featuring everything from Fake Hooves to Jackson Hinkle being the worst.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FV...
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“There are only two genders!”
“You can only study one of them!”
“You can only study one of them!”
Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“There are only two genders!”
“You can only study one of them!”
“You can only study one of them!”
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Telling poor people to be more entrepreneurial is sick
April 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Telling poor people to be more entrepreneurial is sick
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You probably won't get rich – but you don't need to.
April 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
You probably won't get rich – but you don't need to.
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Russia killed these kids on Friday.
By latest information, Russian missile strike on Kryvyi Rih killed 19 people, nine of them children. 74 more people were injured.
By latest information, Russian missile strike on Kryvyi Rih killed 19 people, nine of them children. 74 more people were injured.
April 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Russia killed these kids on Friday.
By latest information, Russian missile strike on Kryvyi Rih killed 19 people, nine of them children. 74 more people were injured.
By latest information, Russian missile strike on Kryvyi Rih killed 19 people, nine of them children. 74 more people were injured.
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"Denmark has given four times as much aid per capita to Ukraine as the US....In Greenland, what we saw was American imperialism with no clothes. Naked and vain." Must read by @timothysnyder.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Vance’s posturing in Greenland was not just morally wrong. It was strategically disastrous | Timothy Snyder
Thanks to Trump’s administration, the US could soon have to fight wars to get things that, just a few weeks ago, were there for the asking, says professor Timothy Snyder of Yale University
www.theguardian.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
"Denmark has given four times as much aid per capita to Ukraine as the US....In Greenland, what we saw was American imperialism with no clothes. Naked and vain." Must read by @timothysnyder.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...