Casscaro
@casscaro.bsky.social
Oldish. Leftish. Former writer of medical stuff. Northerner in exile. Owned by a grumpy tabby. Hate writing profiles...
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I want to reiterate that countless conservative judges issued universal injunctions against the Biden administration, and the Supreme Court never halted the practice. Now, barely five months into Trump's second term, the court puts an end to these injunctions. A brazen double standard.
June 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I want to reiterate that countless conservative judges issued universal injunctions against the Biden administration, and the Supreme Court never halted the practice. Now, barely five months into Trump's second term, the court puts an end to these injunctions. A brazen double standard.
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Oh excellent. Another think tank grifting for foreign money to buy our democracy and put Farage in No. 10 - via a pact with the unelectable Tory party, a manifesto modelled on Trump’s Project 2025 and the strong hope that - with helpful media cover - voters will be stupid enough to fall for it.
June 22, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Oh excellent. Another think tank grifting for foreign money to buy our democracy and put Farage in No. 10 - via a pact with the unelectable Tory party, a manifesto modelled on Trump’s Project 2025 and the strong hope that - with helpful media cover - voters will be stupid enough to fall for it.
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We’re raising $1,500,000 for 10 AI-controlled air defense turrets that will protect Ukrainians from russia's terrorist attacks. Russia has launched over 45,000 strike drones at civilians since the start of the invasion.
Help us hit the goal & save lives.
#3E #StandWithUkraine
Help us hit the goal & save lives.
#3E #StandWithUkraine
Sky Sentinel: fundraiser for peaceful nights
We’re raising $1,500,000 for 10 AI-controlled air defense turrets that will protect Ukrainians from russian attacks.
u24.gov.ua
June 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We’re raising $1,500,000 for 10 AI-controlled air defense turrets that will protect Ukrainians from russia's terrorist attacks. Russia has launched over 45,000 strike drones at civilians since the start of the invasion.
Help us hit the goal & save lives.
#3E #StandWithUkraine
Help us hit the goal & save lives.
#3E #StandWithUkraine
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Honestly I still can’t stop laughing 😂😅🤣
June 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Honestly I still can’t stop laughing 😂😅🤣
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Private Eye exposing again the utter idiocy of our politics.
This sums up *exactly* how Farage and Reform get rocket-boosted by a media, drunk on sensationalist nonsense. Unserious and irresponsible but it’ll be up to us to prove them wrong.
This sums up *exactly* how Farage and Reform get rocket-boosted by a media, drunk on sensationalist nonsense. Unserious and irresponsible but it’ll be up to us to prove them wrong.
June 13, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Private Eye exposing again the utter idiocy of our politics.
This sums up *exactly* how Farage and Reform get rocket-boosted by a media, drunk on sensationalist nonsense. Unserious and irresponsible but it’ll be up to us to prove them wrong.
This sums up *exactly* how Farage and Reform get rocket-boosted by a media, drunk on sensationalist nonsense. Unserious and irresponsible but it’ll be up to us to prove them wrong.
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Billionaires make bad politicians. Musk and Trump think business smarts translate to government, but politics isn’t about winning at all costs. It’s compromise, not control. And history shows: when entrepreneurs enter politics, chaos usually follows.
Full story by ‘Slicker’ in the latest issue.
Full story by ‘Slicker’ in the latest issue.
June 13, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Billionaires make bad politicians. Musk and Trump think business smarts translate to government, but politics isn’t about winning at all costs. It’s compromise, not control. And history shows: when entrepreneurs enter politics, chaos usually follows.
Full story by ‘Slicker’ in the latest issue.
Full story by ‘Slicker’ in the latest issue.
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When did you ever hear the BBC stating that it must alter “story selection” and “other types of output, such as drama”, to win the trust of Green voters, or of unrepresented people on the left?
All the shifts are in just one direction.
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
All the shifts are in just one direction.
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output
The Director General Tim Davie and other executives discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the "trust" of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party
bylinetimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 7:04 AM
When did you ever hear the BBC stating that it must alter “story selection” and “other types of output, such as drama”, to win the trust of Green voters, or of unrepresented people on the left?
All the shifts are in just one direction.
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
All the shifts are in just one direction.
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
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What do we think?🤔
Hmm…. A Daily Mail headline so clearly designed to make you furious.
Being shared by salivating Tory MPs who love a good rage farming story!
So, what’s going on here?
Let’s take a look!👀
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Hmm…. A Daily Mail headline so clearly designed to make you furious.
Being shared by salivating Tory MPs who love a good rage farming story!
So, what’s going on here?
Let’s take a look!👀
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June 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
What do we think?🤔
Hmm…. A Daily Mail headline so clearly designed to make you furious.
Being shared by salivating Tory MPs who love a good rage farming story!
So, what’s going on here?
Let’s take a look!👀
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1/13
Hmm…. A Daily Mail headline so clearly designed to make you furious.
Being shared by salivating Tory MPs who love a good rage farming story!
So, what’s going on here?
Let’s take a look!👀
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1/13
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President Zelenskyy: "We are not kids with Putin at the playground in the park. He [Putin] is a murderer who came to this park to kill the kids" — ABC News.
Zelenskyy responded to Trump's comparison of the Russo-Ukrainian war to "two little kids fighting in a park."
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Zelenskyy responded to Trump's comparison of the Russo-Ukrainian war to "two little kids fighting in a park."
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June 7, 2025 at 8:52 AM
President Zelenskyy: "We are not kids with Putin at the playground in the park. He [Putin] is a murderer who came to this park to kill the kids" — ABC News.
Zelenskyy responded to Trump's comparison of the Russo-Ukrainian war to "two little kids fighting in a park."
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Zelenskyy responded to Trump's comparison of the Russo-Ukrainian war to "two little kids fighting in a park."
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Ukraine could’ve launched the attack on civilian population centers, like Russia does to them daily.
Instead, they chose a strictly military target - the very bombers being used to kill Ukrainian civilians.
A brilliant operation solely designed to defend their own people.
Instead, they chose a strictly military target - the very bombers being used to kill Ukrainian civilians.
A brilliant operation solely designed to defend their own people.
June 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Ukraine could’ve launched the attack on civilian population centers, like Russia does to them daily.
Instead, they chose a strictly military target - the very bombers being used to kill Ukrainian civilians.
A brilliant operation solely designed to defend their own people.
Instead, they chose a strictly military target - the very bombers being used to kill Ukrainian civilians.
A brilliant operation solely designed to defend their own people.
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If the hard and far right need to blame anyone for “two-tier” policing, they need only look to themselves and the invidious position in which they’ve put officers.
My latest, on Liverpool
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
My latest, on Liverpool
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
Liverpool: If there is "two-tier" policing, the hard right is to blame.
Why the police can't win.
open.substack.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
If the hard and far right need to blame anyone for “two-tier” policing, they need only look to themselves and the invidious position in which they’ve put officers.
My latest, on Liverpool
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
My latest, on Liverpool
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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I wrote for the Guardian’s Saturday magazine about my son Max, who changed how I see the world. Took ages. More jokes after the first bit.
Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The boy who came back: the near-death, and changed life, of my son Max
It was, we were told, a case of sudden infant death syndrome interrupted. What followed would transform my understanding of parenting, disability and the breadth of what makes a meaningful life
www.theguardian.com
May 24, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I wrote for the Guardian’s Saturday magazine about my son Max, who changed how I see the world. Took ages. More jokes after the first bit.
Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Morning from Kyiv!
I'm trying to grasp the scale of the night attack on Ukraine.
russia used 298 drones and 69 missiles.
There are casualties and damage across Ukraine.
Children are among the killed 💔
This terror has a single goal - to make us surrender.
No way! I need a wacoffee.
I'm trying to grasp the scale of the night attack on Ukraine.
russia used 298 drones and 69 missiles.
There are casualties and damage across Ukraine.
Children are among the killed 💔
This terror has a single goal - to make us surrender.
No way! I need a wacoffee.
May 25, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Morning from Kyiv!
I'm trying to grasp the scale of the night attack on Ukraine.
russia used 298 drones and 69 missiles.
There are casualties and damage across Ukraine.
Children are among the killed 💔
This terror has a single goal - to make us surrender.
No way! I need a wacoffee.
I'm trying to grasp the scale of the night attack on Ukraine.
russia used 298 drones and 69 missiles.
There are casualties and damage across Ukraine.
Children are among the killed 💔
This terror has a single goal - to make us surrender.
No way! I need a wacoffee.
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Johnson put a border in the Irish Sea, sold out the fishing industry, all SMEs trading with the EU, our farmers, universities, musicians, young people, scientists, all of us…
And now he sits in the mess he made throwing insults at those who are clearing up after him.
What a monumental piece of shit.
And now he sits in the mess he made throwing insults at those who are clearing up after him.
What a monumental piece of shit.
May 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Johnson put a border in the Irish Sea, sold out the fishing industry, all SMEs trading with the EU, our farmers, universities, musicians, young people, scientists, all of us…
And now he sits in the mess he made throwing insults at those who are clearing up after him.
What a monumental piece of shit.
And now he sits in the mess he made throwing insults at those who are clearing up after him.
What a monumental piece of shit.
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FREE masterclasses in japanese joinery, electronic embroidery, and many others as part of our UCL Institute of Making Summer Festival of STUFF. www.instituteofmaking.org.uk/events
May 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM
FREE masterclasses in japanese joinery, electronic embroidery, and many others as part of our UCL Institute of Making Summer Festival of STUFF. www.instituteofmaking.org.uk/events
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Today, the Covid Inquiry heard how Boris Johnson lied to the British public about the UK's ability to Test & Trace.
Those in power knew that a lack of planning and underinvestment had left the country unprepared, and they tried to cover it up.
Our loved ones paid the price.
Those in power knew that a lack of planning and underinvestment had left the country unprepared, and they tried to cover it up.
Our loved ones paid the price.
May 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Today, the Covid Inquiry heard how Boris Johnson lied to the British public about the UK's ability to Test & Trace.
Those in power knew that a lack of planning and underinvestment had left the country unprepared, and they tried to cover it up.
Our loved ones paid the price.
Those in power knew that a lack of planning and underinvestment had left the country unprepared, and they tried to cover it up.
Our loved ones paid the price.
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ourworldindata.org/measles-vacc...
1 dose cuts the chances of measles by about 95%, and 2 doses do even better.
It’s important to be clear about what isn’t linked to the vaccine: comprehensive evidence shows no association with autism, developmental delays or brain damage
1 dose cuts the chances of measles by about 95%, and 2 doses do even better.
It’s important to be clear about what isn’t linked to the vaccine: comprehensive evidence shows no association with autism, developmental delays or brain damage
How effective and safe are measles vaccines?
Data from large meta-analyses show that measles vaccination is highly effective and safe, giving a 95% reduction in the risk of measles.
ourworldindata.org
May 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
ourworldindata.org/measles-vacc...
1 dose cuts the chances of measles by about 95%, and 2 doses do even better.
It’s important to be clear about what isn’t linked to the vaccine: comprehensive evidence shows no association with autism, developmental delays or brain damage
1 dose cuts the chances of measles by about 95%, and 2 doses do even better.
It’s important to be clear about what isn’t linked to the vaccine: comprehensive evidence shows no association with autism, developmental delays or brain damage
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An absolute masterclass in how the UK media platforms and normalises far right politics. This is how Farage wins.
May 5, 2025 at 8:37 AM
An absolute masterclass in how the UK media platforms and normalises far right politics. This is how Farage wins.
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🚘 FREE DRIVING LESSONS FOR REFUGEES?!
If you've seen those headlines and felt a twinge of outrage, you're not alone.
But let's take a closer look at who's actually getting these lessons and why.
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If you've seen those headlines and felt a twinge of outrage, you're not alone.
But let's take a closer look at who's actually getting these lessons and why.
🧵
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May 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
🚘 FREE DRIVING LESSONS FOR REFUGEES?!
If you've seen those headlines and felt a twinge of outrage, you're not alone.
But let's take a closer look at who's actually getting these lessons and why.
🧵
1/16
If you've seen those headlines and felt a twinge of outrage, you're not alone.
But let's take a closer look at who's actually getting these lessons and why.
🧵
1/16
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Coming soon: Labour responds to the failure of its Nigel Farage tribute act by trying even harder to be a Nigel Farage tribute act whilst closing its eyes to the evidence of where that path led the Tories.
May 2, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Coming soon: Labour responds to the failure of its Nigel Farage tribute act by trying even harder to be a Nigel Farage tribute act whilst closing its eyes to the evidence of where that path led the Tories.
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Massive Russian attack on Odesa last night.
Two people killed. Fifteen more people injured.
Residential buildings, private homes, a supermarket, a school and vehicles damaged.
Russian terror on Ukrainian civilians continues.
Two people killed. Fifteen more people injured.
Residential buildings, private homes, a supermarket, a school and vehicles damaged.
Russian terror on Ukrainian civilians continues.
May 1, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Massive Russian attack on Odesa last night.
Two people killed. Fifteen more people injured.
Residential buildings, private homes, a supermarket, a school and vehicles damaged.
Russian terror on Ukrainian civilians continues.
Two people killed. Fifteen more people injured.
Residential buildings, private homes, a supermarket, a school and vehicles damaged.
Russian terror on Ukrainian civilians continues.
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The BBC is institutionally biased towards the right and the far right, and here's the proof: the results of an almost perfect before-and-after experiment.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC is utterly beholden to the right. Why else would it fear a podcast about heat pumps? | George Monbiot
The broadcaster behaves like Starmer’s government: suppress the left, cave to your critics, and undermine your own survival, writes Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
May 1, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The BBC is institutionally biased towards the right and the far right, and here's the proof: the results of an almost perfect before-and-after experiment.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...