James O'Brien
@james-obrien.chavo.band
Here, because I don't want to be in a town square with racists, misogynists and crypto bros.
If you're from the UK, I'm not that guy.
Musician @chavo.band, Ethnomusicologist
#NAFO #SlavaUkraini #European
I don’t say much
If you're from the UK, I'm not that guy.
Musician @chavo.band, Ethnomusicologist
#NAFO #SlavaUkraini #European
I don’t say much
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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 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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...
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When was the last time anyone at the BBC had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger?
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
When was the last time anyone at the BBC had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger?
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NEW - D-Day Veteran Removed From Remembrance Parade After Forgetting His Poppy
Full story here:
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/d-day-vete...
Full story here:
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/d-day-vete...
November 9, 2025 at 9:41 AM
NEW - D-Day Veteran Removed From Remembrance Parade After Forgetting His Poppy
Full story here:
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/d-day-vete...
Full story here:
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/d-day-vete...
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🚨 Season 8 -The Story of Socialism- premiere now available exclusively for Patreon supporters 🚨 The new season from @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social kicks off with the development of socialist ideas after the French Revolution. Public release 24/09
www.patreon.com/originstorypod
www.patreon.com/originstorypod
September 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
🚨 Season 8 -The Story of Socialism- premiere now available exclusively for Patreon supporters 🚨 The new season from @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social kicks off with the development of socialist ideas after the French Revolution. Public release 24/09
www.patreon.com/originstorypod
www.patreon.com/originstorypod
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Is he dead yet? If not, when?
September 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Is he dead yet? If not, when?
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Hunger is consuming our bodies. Today we lost the child Yahya Al-Najjar. During an interview with a local channel, I explained the catastrophic situation we are living in, and I am no exception I feel exhausted from the lack of food. Please help us
@mommunism.bsky.social
chuffed.org/project/save...
@mommunism.bsky.social
chuffed.org/project/save...
July 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Hunger is consuming our bodies. Today we lost the child Yahya Al-Najjar. During an interview with a local channel, I explained the catastrophic situation we are living in, and I am no exception I feel exhausted from the lack of food. Please help us
@mommunism.bsky.social
chuffed.org/project/save...
@mommunism.bsky.social
chuffed.org/project/save...
Yep, guilty.
Trump: Are you still talking about Epstein?!? This guy has been talked about for years. Are people still talking about this creep? I can’t believe you’re asking a question about Epstein…
July 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Yep, guilty.
It only took 6 months!
As painful as the last week has been, we can at least look forward to the almost inevitable falling out between Musk & Trump. Surely two self-anointed demigods in the same room are bound to turn on each other in the end.
June 6, 2025 at 7:15 AM
It only took 6 months!
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A Russian drone hit a civilian minibus, killing 9, including a family—a father, mother, and daughter. Seven others, injured with burns, fractures, and concussions, are in hospitals getting treatment. All those killed were civilians.
May 17, 2025 at 8:46 AM
A Russian drone hit a civilian minibus, killing 9, including a family—a father, mother, and daughter. Seven others, injured with burns, fractures, and concussions, are in hospitals getting treatment. All those killed were civilians.
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Ahead of the local elections, Nigel Farage continues to top the list of top earning MPs from additional work since the election
April 30, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Ahead of the local elections, Nigel Farage continues to top the list of top earning MPs from additional work since the election
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⚡ Zelenskyy on Russian Orthodox Church: "Everyone knows that Russia's special services are in control of the churches."
April 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
⚡ Zelenskyy on Russian Orthodox Church: "Everyone knows that Russia's special services are in control of the churches."
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Contemplate the incredible vastness of space with this visualization of the size of our Milky Way galaxy.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
April 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Contemplate the incredible vastness of space with this visualization of the size of our Milky Way galaxy.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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This moment when the penny drops that trying to implement bathroom bans is an impossibility for the former Tory Chief Secretary Simon Clarke is delicious.
April 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
This moment when the penny drops that trying to implement bathroom bans is an impossibility for the former Tory Chief Secretary Simon Clarke is delicious.
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Hi All, just sent out this free piece. Trump is actively working with Putin to see Ukrainian civilians killed, some now and more in the future. He is depriving Ukraine of vital anti air defense, which the Ukrainians are willing to buy (helping the US economy) open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Trump Is Helping Putin Kill Ukrainians
The USA Is Running Down Ukrainian Air Defense in Coordination With Russia
open.substack.com
April 17, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Hi All, just sent out this free piece. Trump is actively working with Putin to see Ukrainian civilians killed, some now and more in the future. He is depriving Ukraine of vital anti air defense, which the Ukrainians are willing to buy (helping the US economy) open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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You have to read this article.
"The forces we are up against have made peace with mass death. They are treasonous to this world and its human and non-human inhabitants."
By @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
"The forces we are up against have made peace with mass death. They are treasonous to this world and its human and non-human inhabitants."
By @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
You have to read this article.
"The forces we are up against have made peace with mass death. They are treasonous to this world and its human and non-human inhabitants."
By @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
"The forces we are up against have made peace with mass death. They are treasonous to this world and its human and non-human inhabitants."
By @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Ukrainian media reports that Russia has struck Sumy again for the second day in a row, this time with a drone.
April 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Ukrainian media reports that Russia has struck Sumy again for the second day in a row, this time with a drone.
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Amazing. After nearly losing her house, and being locked away in a legal battle for years because of one innocuous line in her last TED Talk, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social returns to the Lion’s Den, and calls out the Broligarchs
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?...
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?...
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED
YouTube video by TED
youtu.be
April 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Amazing. After nearly losing her house, and being locked away in a legal battle for years because of one innocuous line in her last TED Talk, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social returns to the Lion’s Den, and calls out the Broligarchs
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?...
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?...
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Pundits are - in vain - looking to economics and politics when trying to explain Trump's behavior.
But, in reality, the central place to look if we want to understand Trump and his policies is this:
The psychology of dominance.
🧵(1/5)
But, in reality, the central place to look if we want to understand Trump and his policies is this:
The psychology of dominance.
🧵(1/5)
April 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Pundits are - in vain - looking to economics and politics when trying to explain Trump's behavior.
But, in reality, the central place to look if we want to understand Trump and his policies is this:
The psychology of dominance.
🧵(1/5)
But, in reality, the central place to look if we want to understand Trump and his policies is this:
The psychology of dominance.
🧵(1/5)
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In the long run, the save the rich strategy is nothing more than bad economics. Me for @theleaduk.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...
open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...
I’d like to ask the flighty millionaires: where is your sense of civic duty?
In their rush to defend the rich, the right have revealed a depressing truth – public service is now optional for the elite
open.substack.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
In the long run, the save the rich strategy is nothing more than bad economics. Me for @theleaduk.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...
open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...
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Breaking now: Ministry of Economics reporting the tariffs have not caused significant changes to our trading volumes
April 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Breaking now: Ministry of Economics reporting the tariffs have not caused significant changes to our trading volumes
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In its latest report, @Slidstvo_info interviewed a Russian soldier who committed atrocities against civilians in Bucha.
"If the war doesn't end, I'll fight. (...) To take revenge," he says.
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"If the war doesn't end, I'll fight. (...) To take revenge," he says.
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April 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In its latest report, @Slidstvo_info interviewed a Russian soldier who committed atrocities against civilians in Bucha.
"If the war doesn't end, I'll fight. (...) To take revenge," he says.
(1/10)
"If the war doesn't end, I'll fight. (...) To take revenge," he says.
(1/10)