@davekotula.bsky.social
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London is Over, Finished, and Washed Up
By Professor Matt Goodwhinge
From the new Private Eye, out now.
By Professor Matt Goodwhinge
From the new Private Eye, out now.
July 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
London is Over, Finished, and Washed Up
By Professor Matt Goodwhinge
From the new Private Eye, out now.
By Professor Matt Goodwhinge
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Bezos wedding. Dump gifts here.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
June 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Bezos wedding. Dump gifts here.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
Sunset at Spanish Point, Co. Clare, Eire, last week. The weather was gorgeous!
May 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Sunset at Spanish Point, Co. Clare, Eire, last week. The weather was gorgeous!
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7 months ago today I bombed that kids hospital in Kiev. But as Trump says, "it's what anyone would do".
March 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
7 months ago today I bombed that kids hospital in Kiev. But as Trump says, "it's what anyone would do".
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At least 25 #spycops deceived women they spied on into sexual relationships, 4 of them having kids. The true figure is likely much higher - the public inquiry has granted most of them anonymity, we only have full details on the ones we unmasked ourselves.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Revealed: at least 25 UK ‘spy cops’ had sex with deceived members of public
Total shows scale of dishonesty in undercover operations over more than three decades
www.theguardian.com
March 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
At least 25 #spycops deceived women they spied on into sexual relationships, 4 of them having kids. The true figure is likely much higher - the public inquiry has granted most of them anonymity, we only have full details on the ones we unmasked ourselves.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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I wrote this before the Oval Office performance, but really, there is nothing to add. It's all still true.
Putin planned to take Kyiv in three days, but he couldn't take Kyiv in three years.
The only way Putin wins now—the only way he finally succeeds in destroying Ukraine’s sovereignty—is by persuading Ukraine’s allies to abandon Ukraine.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The only way Putin wins now—the only way he finally succeeds in destroying Ukraine’s sovereignty—is by persuading Ukraine’s allies to abandon Ukraine.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Putin’s Three Years of Humiliation
The Russian president can’t win his war against Ukraine unless he persuades its allies to betray it.
www.theatlantic.com
March 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I wrote this before the Oval Office performance, but really, there is nothing to add. It's all still true.
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TV tonight: pop art pioneer Pauline Boty gets the documentary she deserves
TV tonight: pop art pioneer Pauline Boty gets the documentary she deserves
Peter Blake, Jim Moir and more celebrate the late artist’s genius. Plus: Norma Percy’s masterly series on Israel and Palestine continues. Here’s what to watch this evening
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
TV tonight: pop art pioneer Pauline Boty gets the documentary she deserves
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SNL debuts Mike Myers as Elon Musk
March 2, 2025 at 4:56 AM
SNL debuts Mike Myers as Elon Musk
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"One bad apple? It was a whole rotten barrel" - large feature in today's Times speaking to several of the women who exposed their partners as #spycops & lifted the lid on 50 years of the unlawful police unit & its institutional sexism. Here's a link without a paywall: archive.ph/fRIw2
March 1, 2025 at 11:02 AM
"One bad apple? It was a whole rotten barrel" - large feature in today's Times speaking to several of the women who exposed their partners as #spycops & lifted the lid on 50 years of the unlawful police unit & its institutional sexism. Here's a link without a paywall: archive.ph/fRIw2
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Europe’s dependence on US tech is a critical weakness. From @marietjeschaake.bsky.social
on.ft.com/3X4ryYo
on.ft.com/3X4ryYo
Europe’s dependence on US tech is a critical weakness
In order to protect their sovereignty, the continent’s leaders must invest in a digital ecosystem independent of America
on.ft.com
February 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Europe’s dependence on US tech is a critical weakness. From @marietjeschaake.bsky.social
on.ft.com/3X4ryYo
on.ft.com/3X4ryYo
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Did #spycops officer Bob Lambert burn down a Plymouth fur retailer when undercover? This 2017 article is about a Plymough fire, & in recent weeks at the public inquiry we've learned an incendiary device was unaccounted for & Lambert was in Dorset at the time
www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymout...
www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymout...
Were undercover cops involved in the firebombing of Dingles?
Culprit was never caught for 1988 inferno
www.plymouthherald.co.uk
February 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Did #spycops officer Bob Lambert burn down a Plymouth fur retailer when undercover? This 2017 article is about a Plymough fire, & in recent weeks at the public inquiry we've learned an incendiary device was unaccounted for & Lambert was in Dorset at the time
www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymout...
www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymout...
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How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
February 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
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Can't figure out why there's no crowds in Syria is trying to force their way onto our vehicles to come to Russia with us like it was when US left Afghanistan.
You do remember that, right
You do remember that, right
December 14, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Can't figure out why there's no crowds in Syria is trying to force their way onto our vehicles to come to Russia with us like it was when US left Afghanistan.
You do remember that, right
You do remember that, right
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Cases of whooping cough in Michigan are at their highest level in at least 20 years, as vaccinations decline. The disease can be deadly to infants. Alarmed by the increase, doctors are pleading for families to vaccinate their children.
Whooping cough cases skyrocket in Michigan, as vaccinations decline | Bridge Michigan
A potentially deadly disease in infants, whooping cough — pertussis — has exploded in Michigan this year, in part because of decreased vaccination rates.
www.bridgemi.com
December 14, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Cases of whooping cough in Michigan are at their highest level in at least 20 years, as vaccinations decline. The disease can be deadly to infants. Alarmed by the increase, doctors are pleading for families to vaccinate their children.
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Today's hearing of the #spycops public inquiry also heard evidence from 'Walter', a hunt saboteur who was spied on by officer Andy Coles & other officers.
Tom Fowler & Ben - both spied on for their activism - were there & reported on what they heard.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro9N...
Tom Fowler & Ben - both spied on for their activism - were there & reported on what they heard.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro9N...
Spycops inquiry reaction: end of 9 Dec 2024 ('Callum' & 'Walter' evidence)
YouTube video by Cops Campaign
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Today's hearing of the #spycops public inquiry also heard evidence from 'Walter', a hunt saboteur who was spied on by officer Andy Coles & other officers.
Tom Fowler & Ben - both spied on for their activism - were there & reported on what they heard.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro9N...
Tom Fowler & Ben - both spied on for their activism - were there & reported on what they heard.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro9N...
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It's not just that Bob Lambert committed a catalogue of outrages. It's that he was then seen as exemplary by later #spycops. One said Lambert's was regarded as 'hands down the best tour of duty ever'. He was put in charge of the unit & made a new generation of abusers in his image. Then given an MBE
David Barr KC: “Did you ever question, 7 months into your deployment; 2 sexual relationships & 1 pregnancy, whether you should continue to be an undercover police officer?”
Bob Lambert: “No.”
#spycops inquiry
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Bob Lambert: “No.”
#spycops inquiry
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
‘Spy cops’ officer behaved recklessly by fathering son while undercover, inquiry told
Bob Lambert accused of failing to consider wellbeing of woman he deceived into sexual relationship
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 6:51 AM
It's not just that Bob Lambert committed a catalogue of outrages. It's that he was then seen as exemplary by later #spycops. One said Lambert's was regarded as 'hands down the best tour of duty ever'. He was put in charge of the unit & made a new generation of abusers in his image. Then given an MBE
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The Ukraine missile crisis: Putin’s shadow war against the west finally breaks cover
The Ukraine missile crisis: Putin’s shadow war against the west finally breaks cover
After Kyiv used Storm Shadow missiles, Russia’s leader asserted his ‘right’ to attack the UK and US. In truth, he has been doing exactly that for two years now
The unprecedented firing by Ukrainian forces of British-made long-range Storm Shadow missiles…
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2024 at 3:33 PM
The Ukraine missile crisis: Putin’s shadow war against the west finally breaks cover