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Douglas Murray
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He/They. Cis. Global Citizen. Wordsmith. Anti-nationist. Anti-othering. 13th Age artificer guy. The only thing to hate is hate itself. #GTTO #TTRPG
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It’s sort of infuriating to watch liberals all of the sudden be able to identify war crimes because Trump is doing them
December 1, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Complying in advance

Even before Reform is certain to win power
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Please help me get this story out to a wider audience.

Please share everywhere.

northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
Is NHSE forcing young people to detransition?
The minutes of a meeting, leaked to NWBylines, strongly indicate NHSE does not want the prescribing of puberty blockers at WellBN to continue
northwestbylines.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
There are red and black ant-like aliens who look at humans and wonder why we're shaking our own jar, so a few of us can live in luxury.
It's no coincidence that entry to the globe-spanning very rich club is the same amount it takes to build an arms manufacturing plant in a developed country ($100M).
November 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Interesting post on the bust up between Reeves and the OBR( sadly only on X as Swinford fails to use his Bluesky account) @stevenswinford.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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The diplomatic "achievement" of the ceasefire was to recalibrate the tempo of the genocide sufficiently to get it off the front pages and the news bulletins, thus alleviating the political pressure on Israel's western accomplices.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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A brief reminder that everyone should leave X and let that heil hole rot away as it deserves to
November 28, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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One of my favorite Douglas Adams quotes:

“All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated, and well supported in logic and argument than others.”

More timely today than ever, don't you think? 💙

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky
November 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Irony has apparently been deported. 🤦‍♂️
November 28, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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We have NEVER been free.
November 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
@greenparty.org.uk is the Westminster party that supports sovereignty, with a policy to reverse the Freeports and SEZ's that hand over sovereignty to corporations, giving away control of taxation to business as a bribe for 'investment' that's actually just a way to drain profit from the mainland.
November 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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One major facet of the modern economy - the way large companies blackmail governments. "You need us and the growth we [don't particularly] bring - so agree what we want or else".

Few governments have a good answer for such accusations. www.ft.com/content/d958...
Getty warns over UK operations if Shutterstock deal is blocked
CEO says competition watchdog is overlooking how quickly AI is reshaping image generation
www.ft.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Rachel Reeves was frustrated that a Sussex development was delayed by “… some snails … a protected species or something, that are microscopic; you can’t even see them…”

The snail in question is one of Britain’s rarest and most endangered freshwater species, the lesser whirlpool ramshorn.
Living alongside nature: humans must get better at it
The first of two articles inspired by COP30 explores some problems and the need to seek inclusive and nature-aligned solutions.
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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BBC News is also a good example. Historically technocratic, sees the world is changing, attempts to compensate through bothsidesism (effectively procedural populism), fails to please anyone and in so doing compromises its essential quality (technocracy).
Combine those various factors and you get the current Labour government and its weird mix of economic and social policies and at the same time its apparent inability to make progress / do better.
November 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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November 28, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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The country wants a wealth tax on assets.

They're panicking because "won't the rich just leave" has been utterly debunked.

They've got no actual argument.

Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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"[...] the Labour leader said the homophobic attack left him worried for the future of the UK"

*clears throat*
I HAVE OPINIONS

metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
Keir Starmer's fury after neice and wife 'beaten by blokes for holding hands'
'I thought the days of beating up people because they were gay were well behind us.'
metro.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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The thing is we've known that housing the homeless is cheaper than neglect, we've known that Ubi is effective at eliminating poverty, we've known that heavily subsidized housing and education leads people into the middle class, we've known all of these things in some cases for 70 years.
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.

This is the power of vaccines.

The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.

Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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This is why a con man shouldn’t have been allowed to become President!
This 👇
November 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Black Friday is here! Get 50% off all Pelgrane Press PDFs when you use code blackfriday50 at checkout. Stock up on 13th Age, Trail of Cthulhu, The Yellow King, and more. Sale ends soon, so fill your library while it lasts!

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November 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Loving the BBC’s new Civilsations: Rise and Fall series (apart from anachronistic Roman armour @durotrigesdig.bsky.social!).
The Rome episode laid bare the societal tensions with increasing gap between super rich and poor - so very relevant to the last 20 years here. 1/2
November 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM