Helen Louise Gateley
@hlg.bsky.social
Love the sea - Hate cheesecake - Forever learning new things and ideas - Cat wrangler - I never could get the hang of Thursdays!
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The irony for him being that if you can afford five houses in Monopoly, you automatically upgrade to a hotel to stand outside and shout at.
September 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM
The irony for him being that if you can afford five houses in Monopoly, you automatically upgrade to a hotel to stand outside and shout at.
Wow!
Police in Canterbury today informed a protestor that the phrase "Israel is committing genocide in Gaza" could be considered a declaration of support for Palestine Action and therefore a terrorism offence.
July 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Wow!
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If I could speak to the heads of big law firms, I would ask: Is the risk of losing some clients worth betraying your oath to the rule of law?
To everyone nodding but refusing to take a stand, I say: You are ignoring Martin Niemöller’s message. It is you that Martin Luther King Jr. was condemning.
To everyone nodding but refusing to take a stand, I say: You are ignoring Martin Niemöller’s message. It is you that Martin Luther King Jr. was condemning.
We Can’t Give In to Fear
From Marc | No one wants to speak up. Everyone wants to hide or lay low.
www.democracydocket.com
March 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
If I could speak to the heads of big law firms, I would ask: Is the risk of losing some clients worth betraying your oath to the rule of law?
To everyone nodding but refusing to take a stand, I say: You are ignoring Martin Niemöller’s message. It is you that Martin Luther King Jr. was condemning.
To everyone nodding but refusing to take a stand, I say: You are ignoring Martin Niemöller’s message. It is you that Martin Luther King Jr. was condemning.
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January 29, 2023. It was all there for everyone to see, who cared enough to notice.
March 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
January 29, 2023. It was all there for everyone to see, who cared enough to notice.
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Freeland: "If these tariffs are put in place, it is going to hurt Americans ... your grocery prices are gonna go up, bc you know what you need to grow food in the US? You need fertilizer. 80% of it comes from Canada and you're gonna be a 25% tax on it? ... the WSJ is right. This is dumb."
March 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Freeland: "If these tariffs are put in place, it is going to hurt Americans ... your grocery prices are gonna go up, bc you know what you need to grow food in the US? You need fertilizer. 80% of it comes from Canada and you're gonna be a 25% tax on it? ... the WSJ is right. This is dumb."
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Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽
March 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽
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This doesn’t exist and will literally save $0
February 27, 2025 at 1:53 AM
This doesn’t exist and will literally save $0
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"'Trump's Lawyer' Refuses to Sign Arrest Warrant for GOP Lawmaker Accused of Assault"
As @premthakker.bsky.social writes for Zeteo, new DC federal attorney Ed Martin – a Stop the Steal organizer – has so far protected 2 alleged criminal Republicans while targeting top Democrats:
As @premthakker.bsky.social writes for Zeteo, new DC federal attorney Ed Martin – a Stop the Steal organizer – has so far protected 2 alleged criminal Republicans while targeting top Democrats:
'Trump's Lawyer' Refuses to Sign Arrest Warrant for GOP Lawmaker Accused of Assault
DC federal attorney Ed Martin – a Stop the Steal organizer – has in one month protected two alleged criminal Republicans, fired Jan. 6 prosecutors, and targeted government critics.
zeteo.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
"'Trump's Lawyer' Refuses to Sign Arrest Warrant for GOP Lawmaker Accused of Assault"
As @premthakker.bsky.social writes for Zeteo, new DC federal attorney Ed Martin – a Stop the Steal organizer – has so far protected 2 alleged criminal Republicans while targeting top Democrats:
As @premthakker.bsky.social writes for Zeteo, new DC federal attorney Ed Martin – a Stop the Steal organizer – has so far protected 2 alleged criminal Republicans while targeting top Democrats:
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I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath.
I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
My Open Letter to Elon Musk
From Marc | Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” This is my response.
www.democracydocket.com
February 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath.
I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
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The Torygraph and Times blaming a trans teen for others attempting to murder her. We’re seeing a regression back to the days when trans people were battered for entertainment on the Jerry Springer show but worse.
We’ll see more and more lynchings like this. That’s what this was, a lynch mob
We’ll see more and more lynchings like this. That’s what this was, a lynch mob
January 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The Torygraph and Times blaming a trans teen for others attempting to murder her. We’re seeing a regression back to the days when trans people were battered for entertainment on the Jerry Springer show but worse.
We’ll see more and more lynchings like this. That’s what this was, a lynch mob
We’ll see more and more lynchings like this. That’s what this was, a lynch mob
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Always my favourite thing when academics do the hard work to prove the thing your gut already knew to be clear and true.
Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
January 16, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Always my favourite thing when academics do the hard work to prove the thing your gut already knew to be clear and true.
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NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
January 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
Wow!
How Kemi Badenoch's spokesman responded today when I asked which of the communities living in the UK she was referring to when she described them as "peasants"
January 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Wow!
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Social, economic and political barriers at all levels of society hinder effective climate action despite popular support for change | Kevin Paulson
Why we’re failing to act on the climate emergency
Social, economic and political barriers at all levels of society hinder effective climate action despite popular support for change
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
January 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Social, economic and political barriers at all levels of society hinder effective climate action despite popular support for change | Kevin Paulson
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Finland is winning the war on fake news. What it’s learned may be crucial to Western democracy
edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
Finland is winning the war on fake news. What it’s learned may be crucial to Western democracy
Russia's neighbor has developed a plan for countering misinformation. Can it be exported to the rest of the world?
edition.cnn.com
January 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Finland is winning the war on fake news. What it’s learned may be crucial to Western democracy
edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
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What the last two weeks has made super clear:
It's not just Facebook v. the Digital Services Act (always was); and its not Marjorie Taylor Greene v. the DSA (she doesn't care!)
It's the USA v. the EU
This is geopolitics all the way down.
It's not just Facebook v. the Digital Services Act (always was); and its not Marjorie Taylor Greene v. the DSA (she doesn't care!)
It's the USA v. the EU
This is geopolitics all the way down.
January 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
What the last two weeks has made super clear:
It's not just Facebook v. the Digital Services Act (always was); and its not Marjorie Taylor Greene v. the DSA (she doesn't care!)
It's the USA v. the EU
This is geopolitics all the way down.
It's not just Facebook v. the Digital Services Act (always was); and its not Marjorie Taylor Greene v. the DSA (she doesn't care!)
It's the USA v. the EU
This is geopolitics all the way down.
Wow!
🚨 NEW: Kemi Badenoch blames people from ‘peasant backgrounds’ for grooming gangs abuse
“There is a systematic pattern of behaviour, not even just from one country, but from sub-communities within those countries”, the Conservative leader told GB News
Story ⤵️
www.politics.co.uk/news/2025/01...
“There is a systematic pattern of behaviour, not even just from one country, but from sub-communities within those countries”, the Conservative leader told GB News
Story ⤵️
www.politics.co.uk/news/2025/01...
Kemi Badenoch blames people from ‘peasant backgrounds’ for grooming gangs abuse - Politics.co.uk
Kemi Badenoch has blamed “peasants” from “sub-communities” within foreign countries for the grooming gangs scandal. Repeating calls for a national inquiry into the scandal, the Conservative Party lead...
www.politics.co.uk
January 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Wow!
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Trump should be in jail.
Instead - he's about to get handed the keys to the White House.
That this can happen is not only mind-boggling, it's frankly terrifying I'm afraid.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Instead - he's about to get handed the keys to the White House.
That this can happen is not only mind-boggling, it's frankly terrifying I'm afraid.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Donald Trump would have been convicted over 2020 election, says special counsel
Report by Jack Smith says evidence ‘was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction’ had Trump not won re-election in 2024
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Trump should be in jail.
Instead - he's about to get handed the keys to the White House.
That this can happen is not only mind-boggling, it's frankly terrifying I'm afraid.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Instead - he's about to get handed the keys to the White House.
That this can happen is not only mind-boggling, it's frankly terrifying I'm afraid.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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#Labour have become a joke. I'm starting to be hugely embarrased to say I voted for them. WTF are they doing?
Monday was the worst single day for Labour for a very long time:
- Starmer backed ruthless spending cuts
- Full throated embrace of AI + Elon Musk's xAI
- "Anonymous" NHS records could be sold to AI firms
- New AI growth zone near key water reservoir
- No criticism of Meta ditching its fact checkers
- Starmer backed ruthless spending cuts
- Full throated embrace of AI + Elon Musk's xAI
- "Anonymous" NHS records could be sold to AI firms
- New AI growth zone near key water reservoir
- No criticism of Meta ditching its fact checkers
January 14, 2025 at 4:47 AM
#Labour have become a joke. I'm starting to be hugely embarrased to say I voted for them. WTF are they doing?
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BREAKING | Donald Trump would have been convicted if not elected president, Jack Smith report says
Trump would have been convicted if not president-elect, says scathing Smith report
Trump ‘inspired his supporters to commit acts of physical violence’ January 6 using false claims he knew to be untrue, says just released report on Trump’s attempts to upend the 2020 democratic electi...
www.independent.co.uk
January 14, 2025 at 7:28 AM
BREAKING | Donald Trump would have been convicted if not elected president, Jack Smith report says
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Not going to pretend to be surprised about this because I wrote a book about January 6. But yes—if you were wondering—the most malevolent criminal in US political history is about to be POTUS in 6 days. It's an unimaginable situation, essentially a living nightmare, and very few fully comprehend it.
January 14, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Not going to pretend to be surprised about this because I wrote a book about January 6. But yes—if you were wondering—the most malevolent criminal in US political history is about to be POTUS in 6 days. It's an unimaginable situation, essentially a living nightmare, and very few fully comprehend it.
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The £45bn cost of Labour bailing out RBS is held to be a once-in-a-generation economic calamity that the nation barely survived.
Brexit cost us just as much every five-and-a-half months.
Brexit cost us just as much every five-and-a-half months.
January 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The £45bn cost of Labour bailing out RBS is held to be a once-in-a-generation economic calamity that the nation barely survived.
Brexit cost us just as much every five-and-a-half months.
Brexit cost us just as much every five-and-a-half months.