Elkeblom
@ellyblom.bsky.social
Just muddling along.
Banner: The Conjuror by Hieronymus Bosh (1502) - an allegory for our time.
Banner: The Conjuror by Hieronymus Bosh (1502) - an allegory for our time.
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Russia: "The work was completed on time, the asphalt has been laid, the roadway is open to traffic. This is a good example of the implementation of a national project."
If you're in need of a laugh...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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I can’t believe how much of the Trump era is about solving problems that *don’t* exist while making all the problems that *do* exist, worse.
There is no one who thinks the biggest problem with air travel right now is not having an area to do pull-ups.
There is no one who thinks the biggest problem with air travel right now is not having an area to do pull-ups.
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I can’t believe how much of the Trump era is about solving problems that *don’t* exist while making all the problems that *do* exist, worse.
There is no one who thinks the biggest problem with air travel right now is not having an area to do pull-ups.
There is no one who thinks the biggest problem with air travel right now is not having an area to do pull-ups.
Couldn't be more spot on.
“Nigel Farage says….” has been the headline of the decade.
Look at what he does, ffs.
Look at his tax affairs.
Look at his grifting.
Look at his lies.
Look at his prejudice.
Look at his allies.
Look at his manifesto.
Look at his Brexit.
He is the embodiment of personal greed and national failure.
Look at what he does, ffs.
Look at his tax affairs.
Look at his grifting.
Look at his lies.
Look at his prejudice.
Look at his allies.
Look at his manifesto.
Look at his Brexit.
He is the embodiment of personal greed and national failure.
December 9, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Couldn't be more spot on.
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Trump hates Europe’s democracies because they have universal health care, a strong social welfare system and heavy unionization.
He prefers MBS’s Saudi Arabia, where one trillionaire family runs a brutal dictatorship.
What a betrayal of American values!
He prefers MBS’s Saudi Arabia, where one trillionaire family runs a brutal dictatorship.
What a betrayal of American values!
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Trump hates Europe’s democracies because they have universal health care, a strong social welfare system and heavy unionization.
He prefers MBS’s Saudi Arabia, where one trillionaire family runs a brutal dictatorship.
What a betrayal of American values!
He prefers MBS’s Saudi Arabia, where one trillionaire family runs a brutal dictatorship.
What a betrayal of American values!
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Given a) Farage's past; b) the expanding story about Russia and former MEPs; and c) media enthusiasm for "what influence is being bought?" questions, if anyone to left of Mussolini is gifted so much as a cup of sugar, why is Reform facing no such questions about Friday's £9m crypto-bro donation?~AA
December 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Given a) Farage's past; b) the expanding story about Russia and former MEPs; and c) media enthusiasm for "what influence is being bought?" questions, if anyone to left of Mussolini is gifted so much as a cup of sugar, why is Reform facing no such questions about Friday's £9m crypto-bro donation?~AA
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Here is Pete Hegseth, on several occasions in 2016, lauding the military "ethos" that means they will refuse to follow unlawful orders - which he reckons is treason, now that they are his orders - because "there have to be consequences for abject war crimes".
Deserves to go viral.
Deserves to go viral.
December 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Here is Pete Hegseth, on several occasions in 2016, lauding the military "ethos" that means they will refuse to follow unlawful orders - which he reckons is treason, now that they are his orders - because "there have to be consequences for abject war crimes".
Deserves to go viral.
Deserves to go viral.
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Chancellor Merz of Germany meets a fugitive from the International Criminal Court www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
Netanyahu and Merz hold expanded meeting with Israeli ministers, senior officials
* * *
www.timesofisrael.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Chancellor Merz of Germany meets a fugitive from the International Criminal Court www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
Spoilt toddler and corrupt gangster rolled in one.
December 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Spoilt toddler and corrupt gangster rolled in one.
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So ReFUK has suspended this councillor, Tom Pickup, for being in this WhatsApp group. Was it the racist sentiment?
The call for Muslim genocide?
The mass deportations?
Shooting the PM?
Stockpiling weapons to attack “lefties & immigrants”
Where’s the line?
The call for Muslim genocide?
The mass deportations?
Shooting the PM?
Stockpiling weapons to attack “lefties & immigrants”
Where’s the line?
Lancashire Reform Cllr (council lead for resources and finance) Tom Pickup suspended for membership in WhatsApp group where some called for Muslim genocide, mass deportations, shooting of the PM, and telling people to start stockpiling weapons to attack 'lefties' & 'immigrants' tinyurl.com/5fyzx372
Reform UK councillor suspended over WhatsApp group
Nigel Farage’s party is launching an investigation into the messages
tinyurl.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
So ReFUK has suspended this councillor, Tom Pickup, for being in this WhatsApp group. Was it the racist sentiment?
The call for Muslim genocide?
The mass deportations?
Shooting the PM?
Stockpiling weapons to attack “lefties & immigrants”
Where’s the line?
The call for Muslim genocide?
The mass deportations?
Shooting the PM?
Stockpiling weapons to attack “lefties & immigrants”
Where’s the line?
Spot on.
Mockler: It's honestly humiliating that other countries are treating our president like a child, like a baby. It's like if I created a peace prize and I gave it to myself. I'm like, I'm just going to keep this medal on all night. Our president is an actual child
December 6, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Spot on.
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In their confirmation hearings, RFK Jr pledged he would not be anti-vax, Hegseth said he respected women serving in leadership positions in the military, and Bondi said she would not weaponize DOJ against Trump’s political enemies.
December 6, 2025 at 2:20 AM
In their confirmation hearings, RFK Jr pledged he would not be anti-vax, Hegseth said he respected women serving in leadership positions in the military, and Bondi said she would not weaponize DOJ against Trump’s political enemies.
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We must never forget: it wasn’t just the kooky Great Barrington Declaration dudes who promoted RFK Jr & his anti-vaxx BS—it was also some magazines, like The New Yorker, which celebrated him as a “maverick” who would take on “the establishment”
RFK Jr’s hype men will have dead kids as their legacy
RFK Jr’s hype men will have dead kids as their legacy
For all his unfounded beliefs and suspicions, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.,’s revolt isn’t against research but against the power long held by scientific insiders—and in this he might have a point, Daniel Immerwahr writes.
R.F.K., Jr., Anthony Fauci, and the Revolt Against Expertise
It used to be progressives who distrusted the experts. What happened?
www.newyorker.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
We must never forget: it wasn’t just the kooky Great Barrington Declaration dudes who promoted RFK Jr & his anti-vaxx BS—it was also some magazines, like The New Yorker, which celebrated him as a “maverick” who would take on “the establishment”
RFK Jr’s hype men will have dead kids as their legacy
RFK Jr’s hype men will have dead kids as their legacy
‘Abject misery. Appalling war crimes inflicted by a supposedly civilised country.
Israel is behaving like a rogue state, the IDF as a rogue militia.
Utterly shameful.
Bloodshed was supposed to stop’: no sign of normal life as Gaza’s killing and misery grind on www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Israel is behaving like a rogue state, the IDF as a rogue militia.
Utterly shameful.
Bloodshed was supposed to stop’: no sign of normal life as Gaza’s killing and misery grind on www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Bloodshed was supposed to stop’: no sign of normal life as Gaza’s killing and misery grind on
The term ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion life is returning to normal’ for Palestinians squeezed into the remaining 42% of their land behind Israel’s ‘yellow line’
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:45 AM
‘Abject misery. Appalling war crimes inflicted by a supposedly civilised country.
Israel is behaving like a rogue state, the IDF as a rogue militia.
Utterly shameful.
Bloodshed was supposed to stop’: no sign of normal life as Gaza’s killing and misery grind on www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Israel is behaving like a rogue state, the IDF as a rogue militia.
Utterly shameful.
Bloodshed was supposed to stop’: no sign of normal life as Gaza’s killing and misery grind on www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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It’s really simple…
- Cap all political donations
- Ban foreign donations
- Strict conflict‑of‑interest & anti‑corruption laws with penalties
- No titles, honours or peerages for donors
- No govt contracts for donors
- Publish every donation/lobby meeting
…that’ll do it.
- Cap all political donations
- Ban foreign donations
- Strict conflict‑of‑interest & anti‑corruption laws with penalties
- No titles, honours or peerages for donors
- No govt contracts for donors
- Publish every donation/lobby meeting
…that’ll do it.
December 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It’s really simple…
- Cap all political donations
- Ban foreign donations
- Strict conflict‑of‑interest & anti‑corruption laws with penalties
- No titles, honours or peerages for donors
- No govt contracts for donors
- Publish every donation/lobby meeting
…that’ll do it.
- Cap all political donations
- Ban foreign donations
- Strict conflict‑of‑interest & anti‑corruption laws with penalties
- No titles, honours or peerages for donors
- No govt contracts for donors
- Publish every donation/lobby meeting
…that’ll do it.
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“This is one of the most shameful episodes in American foreign policy, and the entire Republican Party is complicit in its perpetuation.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
Opinion | The ‘Useful Idiots’ From America Whom Putin Is Playing Like a Flute
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
“This is one of the most shameful episodes in American foreign policy, and the entire Republican Party is complicit in its perpetuation.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
Yes. We all know Trump is a subnormal,corrupt,selfserving sociopath.
But it's the facilitators, the sniggering hangers on, the lackeys engaged in servile fawnery to this buffoon.
It's absolutely appalling.
And why? Corruption? Cowardice? Stupidity? A combination of all three?
Why?
But it's the facilitators, the sniggering hangers on, the lackeys engaged in servile fawnery to this buffoon.
It's absolutely appalling.
And why? Corruption? Cowardice? Stupidity? A combination of all three?
Why?
I swear maybe once a decade in public, and this is the moment. This fucking racist and all the gibbering racists nodding along behind him are the ruination of our country. Our fucking job for the next fucking year is to fucking destroy them in the next election. Fuck them.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 5, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Yes. We all know Trump is a subnormal,corrupt,selfserving sociopath.
But it's the facilitators, the sniggering hangers on, the lackeys engaged in servile fawnery to this buffoon.
It's absolutely appalling.
And why? Corruption? Cowardice? Stupidity? A combination of all three?
Why?
But it's the facilitators, the sniggering hangers on, the lackeys engaged in servile fawnery to this buffoon.
It's absolutely appalling.
And why? Corruption? Cowardice? Stupidity? A combination of all three?
Why?
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NEW VIDEO: We uncovered footage showing Pete Hegseth in 2016 saying the military won’t follow unlawful orders — the same point he has recently criticized Democrats, including Sen. Mark Kelly, for making - and which Trump has said is punishable by death.
December 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
NEW VIDEO: We uncovered footage showing Pete Hegseth in 2016 saying the military won’t follow unlawful orders — the same point he has recently criticized Democrats, including Sen. Mark Kelly, for making - and which Trump has said is punishable by death.
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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One of my abiding impressions of Brexit is the way it slammed doors of opportunity in the faces of young people several rungs below Boris Johnson’s countless children on the ladders of privilege & advantage.
"Negotiators are aiming to finalise a deal by January that would allow the UK to participate in Erasmus from 2027 onwards, according to two UK and EU officials."
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
UK aims to secure agreement to rejoin Erasmus student exchange scheme
Britain quit EU programme after Brexit, when Boris Johnson claimed it did not offer good value for money
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 AM
One of my abiding impressions of Brexit is the way it slammed doors of opportunity in the faces of young people several rungs below Boris Johnson’s countless children on the ladders of privilege & advantage.
Fantastic!
And a great message (not just in Nashville).
And a great message (not just in Nashville).
December 2, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Fantastic!
And a great message (not just in Nashville).
And a great message (not just in Nashville).
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The one thing Donald Trump has always and will always be afraid of is the truth. And right now, he’s scared.
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The one thing Donald Trump has always and will always be afraid of is the truth. And right now, he’s scared.
He's made it very clear that he doesn't have any issues whatsoever with crooks, frauds, murderers, drug traffickers, rapists and - dare I say it- non believers and fake patriots😉...
As long as they pay fealty to him.
He's not called Don for nothing.
Moral vacuum of a man.
As long as they pay fealty to him.
He's not called Don for nothing.
Moral vacuum of a man.
Yes, we’re used to the madness but this sort of thing is still utterly ridiculous.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:15 AM
He's made it very clear that he doesn't have any issues whatsoever with crooks, frauds, murderers, drug traffickers, rapists and - dare I say it- non believers and fake patriots😉...
As long as they pay fealty to him.
He's not called Don for nothing.
Moral vacuum of a man.
As long as they pay fealty to him.
He's not called Don for nothing.
Moral vacuum of a man.
This matters.
Please have a read and sign if you agree.
Please have a read and sign if you agree.
Just 13k more signatures and the call for a public inquiry into Russian interference has to be debate in Parliament
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:21 AM
This matters.
Please have a read and sign if you agree.
Please have a read and sign if you agree.
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Sounds to me like someone has just booked themselves a place in court.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all — The Washington Post
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
apple.news
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Sounds to me like someone has just booked themselves a place in court.