David Rogers
@dlrogkummt.bsky.social
Former university senior academic interested in the environment & how to save it, MMT, politics, literature, history, education, critical thinking - you name it. Author of Writing Better Essays: A Rhetorical Guide to Writing and Revision
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The problem with Yusuf is that he talks a good talk on the surface, but once you dive deeper into the truth & the facts he completely deflates. Exactly the kind of bullshitter that people incapable of critical thinking, will follow right off the cliff.
February 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The problem with Yusuf is that he talks a good talk on the surface, but once you dive deeper into the truth & the facts he completely deflates. Exactly the kind of bullshitter that people incapable of critical thinking, will follow right off the cliff.
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This isn't a purely philosophical or semantic argument about what "British" means.
Once you accept different tiers of British citizenship you gain a way to formally discriminate.
USSR documents famously had a "5th line" denoting ethnicity. Stalin's nationalist repressions used this as their basis.
Once you accept different tiers of British citizenship you gain a way to formally discriminate.
USSR documents famously had a "5th line" denoting ethnicity. Stalin's nationalist repressions used this as their basis.
It *literally* does.
Thats what it is. A document which says youre British.
Thats what it is. A document which says youre British.
February 15, 2026 at 2:01 PM
This isn't a purely philosophical or semantic argument about what "British" means.
Once you accept different tiers of British citizenship you gain a way to formally discriminate.
USSR documents famously had a "5th line" denoting ethnicity. Stalin's nationalist repressions used this as their basis.
Once you accept different tiers of British citizenship you gain a way to formally discriminate.
USSR documents famously had a "5th line" denoting ethnicity. Stalin's nationalist repressions used this as their basis.
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You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 AM
You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.
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Zonal carve-outs; Freeports, SEZs, AI Growth Zones, impacts everything you buy, including your weekly shop. Algorithmic price discrimination threatens to return us to a pre-modern system where every transaction changes from customer to customer.
europeanpowell.substack.com/p/the-zonal-...
europeanpowell.substack.com/p/the-zonal-...
The Zonal Betrayal: How Labour is Carving Up Britain for Corporate Profiteering
From electricity to groceries to entire regions - the systematic dismantling of transparent pricing and democratic sovereignty
europeanpowell.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Zonal carve-outs; Freeports, SEZs, AI Growth Zones, impacts everything you buy, including your weekly shop. Algorithmic price discrimination threatens to return us to a pre-modern system where every transaction changes from customer to customer.
europeanpowell.substack.com/p/the-zonal-...
europeanpowell.substack.com/p/the-zonal-...
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Reform have totally let the cat out of the bag about who they are.
Zia Yusuf lecturing that poverty and peoples everyday struggles with rising bills and rent is exaggerated.
A party of the failed status quo, funded and representing big corporate interests.
Zia Yusuf lecturing that poverty and peoples everyday struggles with rising bills and rent is exaggerated.
A party of the failed status quo, funded and representing big corporate interests.
February 15, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Reform have totally let the cat out of the bag about who they are.
Zia Yusuf lecturing that poverty and peoples everyday struggles with rising bills and rent is exaggerated.
A party of the failed status quo, funded and representing big corporate interests.
Zia Yusuf lecturing that poverty and peoples everyday struggles with rising bills and rent is exaggerated.
A party of the failed status quo, funded and representing big corporate interests.
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Matt Goodwin claims young men are flocking to Reform. Facts utterly demolish him.
The idea young men are supporting Reform in droves has been blown apart on social media - despite what Matt Goodwin claims...
The idea young men are supporting Reform in droves has been blown apart on social media - despite what Matt Goodwin claims...
Matt Goodwin claims young men are flocking to Reform. Facts utterly demolish him.
The idea young men are supporting Reform in droves has been blown apart on social media - despite what Matt Goodwin claims
www.thecanary.co
February 14, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Matt Goodwin claims young men are flocking to Reform. Facts utterly demolish him.
The idea young men are supporting Reform in droves has been blown apart on social media - despite what Matt Goodwin claims...
The idea young men are supporting Reform in droves has been blown apart on social media - despite what Matt Goodwin claims...
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Ha! The very idea that Trump has ”searched the depths of legal arguments not yet articulated” is not just ridiculous of itself, but also because the combo of Trump and deep thinking is risible.
Had he been a “thinker” or listener at all he would grasp these facts
bsky.app/profile/broa...
Had he been a “thinker” or listener at all he would grasp these facts
bsky.app/profile/broa...
February 14, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Ha! The very idea that Trump has ”searched the depths of legal arguments not yet articulated” is not just ridiculous of itself, but also because the combo of Trump and deep thinking is risible.
Had he been a “thinker” or listener at all he would grasp these facts
bsky.app/profile/broa...
Had he been a “thinker” or listener at all he would grasp these facts
bsky.app/profile/broa...
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Like Trump, Reform's anti-climate agenda is focusing on scamming people into thinking that reducing greenhouse gas emissions is bad. Wake up, people, says @ososabio.bsky.social
Reform mimics Trump amid his biggest attack on climate rules yet
Like Trump, Reform's anti-climate agenda is focusing on scamming people into thinking reducing greenhouse gas emissions is bad
www.thecanary.co
February 14, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Like Trump, Reform's anti-climate agenda is focusing on scamming people into thinking that reducing greenhouse gas emissions is bad. Wake up, people, says @ososabio.bsky.social
And what companies will be doing the retrofitting & so reaping the profits. Someone know?
Roughly 2 USAIDs
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
February 14, 2026 at 10:42 AM
And what companies will be doing the retrofitting & so reaping the profits. Someone know?
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Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:20 AM
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If you live in some parts of SW 🏴 or the Welsh borders, at the time of writing it has rained every single day this year.
Aberdeen has just seen its first half-hour of sunshine for three weeks – its longest sunless period since records began.
theconversation.com/how-to-stay-...
Aberdeen has just seen its first half-hour of sunshine for three weeks – its longest sunless period since records began.
theconversation.com/how-to-stay-...
How to stay positive when it never stops raining – a psychologist offers tips
We can’t change the weather, but we can try to change how it makes us feel.
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February 14, 2026 at 8:07 AM
If you live in some parts of SW 🏴 or the Welsh borders, at the time of writing it has rained every single day this year.
Aberdeen has just seen its first half-hour of sunshine for three weeks – its longest sunless period since records began.
theconversation.com/how-to-stay-...
Aberdeen has just seen its first half-hour of sunshine for three weeks – its longest sunless period since records began.
theconversation.com/how-to-stay-...
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In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
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“Peter Mandelson's ministerial “executive” assistant sent Jeffrey Epstein a copy of a government speech before it was delivered to the public, just days after the paedophile financier was released from prison…”
Hard to believe this wasn’t at Mandelson’s behest
news.sky.com/story/mandel...
Hard to believe this wasn’t at Mandelson’s behest
news.sky.com/story/mandel...
Mandelson's assistant sent Epstein government speech before it was delivered
Documents from the Epstein files suggest Peter Mandelson's government assistant when he was a minister in 2009 was in contact with Jeffrey Epstein. Then business secretary, Lord Mandelson is now under...
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February 14, 2026 at 9:30 AM
“Peter Mandelson's ministerial “executive” assistant sent Jeffrey Epstein a copy of a government speech before it was delivered to the public, just days after the paedophile financier was released from prison…”
Hard to believe this wasn’t at Mandelson’s behest
news.sky.com/story/mandel...
Hard to believe this wasn’t at Mandelson’s behest
news.sky.com/story/mandel...
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One thing I've been shocked no one has ever been able to make an issue of, beyond Trump's own wife being someone who worked here when she was undocumented, is that the whole time he's been bashing immigrants, he has been relying on foreign labor.
February 14, 2026 at 10:10 AM
One thing I've been shocked no one has ever been able to make an issue of, beyond Trump's own wife being someone who worked here when she was undocumented, is that the whole time he's been bashing immigrants, he has been relying on foreign labor.
So it’s not so much that the emperor had no clothes (don’t go there) but the guy & the government of which he is a part have no values, neither those you can or can’t shoot. He & his boss can shoot off their respective mouths, however, and stick in their feet.
god this guy is an idiot. like, a stone cold idiot who sincerely believes that war fighting and preparedness is about having the biggest dick
Hegseth at NATO summit: "We can talk all we want about values. Values are important. But you can't shoot values."
February 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
So it’s not so much that the emperor had no clothes (don’t go there) but the guy & the government of which he is a part have no values, neither those you can or can’t shoot. He & his boss can shoot off their respective mouths, however, and stick in their feet.
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god this guy is an idiot. like, a stone cold idiot who sincerely believes that war fighting and preparedness is about having the biggest dick
Hegseth at NATO summit: "We can talk all we want about values. Values are important. But you can't shoot values."
February 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
god this guy is an idiot. like, a stone cold idiot who sincerely believes that war fighting and preparedness is about having the biggest dick
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February 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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These emails, sent across agencies, compel all federal employees to snitch on any colleague whose work might have some vague DEIA inflection. Those who refuse to snitch will be disciplined.
Seems designed to put all workers who aren’t white men under a cloud of suspicion. Truly vile stuff.
Seems designed to put all workers who aren’t white men under a cloud of suspicion. Truly vile stuff.
The acting director of the Office of Personnel Management (the feds' H.R. department) is telling federal employees to rat out their DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility) colleagues by emailing "DEIAtruth@opm.gov."
chcoc.gov/sites/defaul...
chcoc.gov/sites/defaul...
January 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM
These emails, sent across agencies, compel all federal employees to snitch on any colleague whose work might have some vague DEIA inflection. Those who refuse to snitch will be disciplined.
Seems designed to put all workers who aren’t white men under a cloud of suspicion. Truly vile stuff.
Seems designed to put all workers who aren’t white men under a cloud of suspicion. Truly vile stuff.
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Brilliant satirical cover from Private Eye, mocking spineless media organisations and journalists who submit and cower in the face of power 👏
January 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Brilliant satirical cover from Private Eye, mocking spineless media organisations and journalists who submit and cower in the face of power 👏
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This is a great piece.
"As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."
"As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."
How to Keep Tabs on ICE Agents Who May Be Surveilling Your Neighborhood
Here’s a step-by-step guide.
www.teenvogue.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is a great piece.
"As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."
"As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."
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Labour just gave crumbs to desperate leaseholders: a 'drop in the ocean'
Far from implementing the reforms they should be, Labour is now dragging its feet on enacting the new Leasehold Act passed last year
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...
Far from implementing the reforms they should be, Labour is now dragging its feet on enacting the new Leasehold Act passed last year
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...
Labour still screwing over leaseholders eight months on
Far from implementing the reforms they should be, Labour is now dragging its feet on enacting the new Leasehold Act passed last year
www.thecanary.co
January 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Labour just gave crumbs to desperate leaseholders: a 'drop in the ocean'
Far from implementing the reforms they should be, Labour is now dragging its feet on enacting the new Leasehold Act passed last year
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...
Far from implementing the reforms they should be, Labour is now dragging its feet on enacting the new Leasehold Act passed last year
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...
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Reup: Peterr's reflection on Bishop Budde & prayer service:
This is a service for the nation.
Not for "the citizens of" the nation.
Not for "the taxpayers of" the nation.
Not for "the leaders of" the nation.
This was a service for the nation-the *whole* nation.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/01/22/h...
This is a service for the nation.
Not for "the citizens of" the nation.
Not for "the taxpayers of" the nation.
Not for "the leaders of" the nation.
This was a service for the nation-the *whole* nation.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/01/22/h...
Herod Goes to the National Cathedral and is Disappointed - emptywheel
Trump's reaction to the National Cathedral prayer service yesterday says a lot more about him than it does about Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.
www.emptywheel.net
January 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Reup: Peterr's reflection on Bishop Budde & prayer service:
This is a service for the nation.
Not for "the citizens of" the nation.
Not for "the taxpayers of" the nation.
Not for "the leaders of" the nation.
This was a service for the nation-the *whole* nation.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/01/22/h...
This is a service for the nation.
Not for "the citizens of" the nation.
Not for "the taxpayers of" the nation.
Not for "the leaders of" the nation.
This was a service for the nation-the *whole* nation.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/01/22/h...
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If she can do it, we can all do it.
January 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
If she can do it, we can all do it.
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This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
January 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.