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As another row on immigration and refugees awaits parliament, it is clear the problem is not immigrants, but politicians themselves. | Stella Creasy www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
ICE-style raids on Britain's streets: that's all Labour's brutal asylum reforms will achieve | Stella Creasy
If we want to ‘stop the boats’, we need to stop the BS when it comes to what creates refugees, and how to respond to them, says Labour MP Stella Creasy
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.

New piece from me.

open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
It's later than you think youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED
YouTube video by TED
youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Blood Incantation at Shepherds Bush Empire #metalgigs #bloodincantation
October 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Tens of thousands marching peacefully in the autumn sunshine #palestine #gaza
October 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Bumper delivery from @consouling.bsky.social 🙏🤘🎵
October 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Eh? Problems in the penthouse market? #london #soho #housing
May 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
@municipaldreams.bsky.social have you written about this scheme in Dundee?
May 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Blood Incantation at Incineration Festival #incinerationfestival
May 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
When I visited Runcorn New Town in the 1980s as a town planning student, I never imagined that I'd one day see music inspired by the town at @roadburnfest.bsky.social by @warringtonruncorn.com youtu.be/hVaxfWaIYZs?...
Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan - Gateway to the North
YouTube video by Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan
youtu.be
April 24, 2025 at 9:28 AM
At @roadburnfest 🤘
April 18, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs @ Koko
April 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I have just finished this. A chilling description of how the MAGA movement is attacking democracy and the rule of law.
My book, “Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America,” reveals the tactics and dangers of disinformation and offers solutions. Democracy depends on truth. More here. barbaramcquade.com
March 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
15 Years of Chaos @chaostheorymusic.bsky.social 🤘
March 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
💯The left needs its own version of techno-optimism | Amana Fontanella-Khan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The left needs its own version of techno-optimism | Amana Fontanella-Khan
We live in dark, depressing and – frankly – terrifying times. Will technology push us over the edge or help us exit our many crises?
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.

I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:18 AM
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"Should he manage to embed himself in the federal government, his next big pitch to investors wouldn’t be so specific, and he’d hardly even have to make it: Imagine a world in which I can’t lose”

nymag.com/intelligence...
The DOGE Rampage Is Also a Bailout for Elon Musk
Elon Musk’s incursion into the federal government is unprecedented. It’s also pretty good news for his companies.
nymag.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
All in the mind? The surprising truth about brain rot www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
All in the mind? The surprising truth about brain rot
Is screen use really sapping our ability to focus and lowering our IQs? The scientists who have actually analysed the data give their verdict
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Alcest at the Electric Brixton #alcest #metalgaze #blackgaze #londonlivemusic
December 12, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Thea Gilmore at the Union Chapel #londongigs
December 7, 2024 at 6:05 PM
December 2, 2024 at 12:07 AM