Jools Crowley
@joolscrow.bsky.social
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It’s those damn Antifa…
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November 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
It’s those damn Antifa…
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In St. Petersburg, 83-year-old Lyudmila Vasilyeva was detained. She went out to Palace Square with an anti-war poster, and she was taken to the police station immediately.
Lyudmila was born in 1941, worked at defense enterprises
Lyudmila was born in 1941, worked at defense enterprises
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
In St. Petersburg, 83-year-old Lyudmila Vasilyeva was detained. She went out to Palace Square with an anti-war poster, and she was taken to the police station immediately.
Lyudmila was born in 1941, worked at defense enterprises
Lyudmila was born in 1941, worked at defense enterprises
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You shouldn’t have to present your ID, credit card info, or face to be scanned just to access your favorite sites, news, or games yet this is the growing reality for Internet users globally. We need a firestorm to take down online ID checks for good-- so we planned one. Join us for a week of action!
November 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
You shouldn’t have to present your ID, credit card info, or face to be scanned just to access your favorite sites, news, or games yet this is the growing reality for Internet users globally. We need a firestorm to take down online ID checks for good-- so we planned one. Join us for a week of action!
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My brain just blew up.
This guy lecturing a survivor of horrific gun violence on how she is allowed to talk about gun violence while telling her to fuck off is about as abusive as you’re going to get.
And you know who emboldens this kind of abuse?
Trump, the Abuser-in-Chief.
This guy lecturing a survivor of horrific gun violence on how she is allowed to talk about gun violence while telling her to fuck off is about as abusive as you’re going to get.
And you know who emboldens this kind of abuse?
Trump, the Abuser-in-Chief.
MAGA legal world, man…
Gorsuch and Grassley should be so proud.
Gorsuch and Grassley should be so proud.
November 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
My brain just blew up.
This guy lecturing a survivor of horrific gun violence on how she is allowed to talk about gun violence while telling her to fuck off is about as abusive as you’re going to get.
And you know who emboldens this kind of abuse?
Trump, the Abuser-in-Chief.
This guy lecturing a survivor of horrific gun violence on how she is allowed to talk about gun violence while telling her to fuck off is about as abusive as you’re going to get.
And you know who emboldens this kind of abuse?
Trump, the Abuser-in-Chief.
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Lucy White's overt racism - she wants Nus Ghsni banned from the Commons (birthplace), and Rishi Sunak, Priti Patel & Shabana Mahmood banned from office - may have finally gone too far for TalkTV. The GB News response is disingenuous.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
GB News urged to cut ties with contributor accused of racism
Rightwing activist claimed Commons deputy speaker Nusrat Ghani should be barred because she was born in Pakistan
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Lucy White's overt racism - she wants Nus Ghsni banned from the Commons (birthplace), and Rishi Sunak, Priti Patel & Shabana Mahmood banned from office - may have finally gone too far for TalkTV. The GB News response is disingenuous.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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Palestinian state ‘only’ solution to Israeli conflict, says Pope Leo
www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
Palestinian state ‘only’ solution to Israeli conflict, says Pope Leo
Head of Catholic Church visits Lebanon after leaving Turkey on first overseas trip
www.irishtimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Palestinian state ‘only’ solution to Israeli conflict, says Pope Leo
www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
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This is Alexander Lebedev, former KGB officer, the close friend of Boris Johnson, father of Lord Lebedev, running a conference in Crimea in 2017 with Sergey Aksyonov - the mafia leader known as the ‘Goblin’ who Putin installed as leader after the invasion
November 30, 2025 at 4:45 AM
This is Alexander Lebedev, former KGB officer, the close friend of Boris Johnson, father of Lord Lebedev, running a conference in Crimea in 2017 with Sergey Aksyonov - the mafia leader known as the ‘Goblin’ who Putin installed as leader after the invasion
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"To achieve this, whether in Russia or elsewhere in the world, the same tool is always used by those in power: self-censorship."
"Self-censorship is far more effective than censorship."
https://inews.co.uk/news/world/exiled-russian-journalist-sees-worrying-parallels-trump-putin-4062823
"Self-censorship is far more effective than censorship."
https://inews.co.uk/news/world/exiled-russian-journalist-sees-worrying-parallels-trump-putin-4062823
I'm an exiled Russian journalist – I see worrying parallels between Trump and Putin
Vladimir Putin throttled free speech in Russia. The US must not sleepwalk into the same kind of situation
inews.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"To achieve this, whether in Russia or elsewhere in the world, the same tool is always used by those in power: self-censorship."
"Self-censorship is far more effective than censorship."
https://inews.co.uk/news/world/exiled-russian-journalist-sees-worrying-parallels-trump-putin-4062823
"Self-censorship is far more effective than censorship."
https://inews.co.uk/news/world/exiled-russian-journalist-sees-worrying-parallels-trump-putin-4062823
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A quick reminder of who Nigel Farage was most concerned about when Putin's tanks first rolled into Ukraine
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
A quick reminder of who Nigel Farage was most concerned about when Putin's tanks first rolled into Ukraine
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They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
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Really good corrective to a debate that's being conducted on totally unreal premises.
Here's this week's column. Please - please - can we stop talking about migration in a way that's completely detached from the facts? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Net migration is plummeting. Why can’t Labour say so? | Heather Stewart
An honest debate is needed on this polarising topic as sectors such as social care struggle with recruitment
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Really good corrective to a debate that's being conducted on totally unreal premises.
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And this is why we shouldn’t be letting Sam Altman or his company or his ilk infect higher education with their crappy products.
"They're trying to change our habits, because all of the projections rely on people becoming truly dependent on the technology. Whether or not it's actually a good thing for society isn't considered to be a factor."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
And this is why we shouldn’t be letting Sam Altman or his company or his ilk infect higher education with their crappy products.
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"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
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Tom Stoppard: on turning out to be Jewish. This essay, abridged, featured in the Leopoldstadt programme
www.huntingtontheatre.org/2024/09/11/t...
www.huntingtontheatre.org/2024/09/11/t...
Tom Stoppard: On Turning Out to be Jewish | Huntington Theatre Company
www.huntingtontheatre.org
November 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Tom Stoppard: on turning out to be Jewish. This essay, abridged, featured in the Leopoldstadt programme
www.huntingtontheatre.org/2024/09/11/t...
www.huntingtontheatre.org/2024/09/11/t...
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And if you're not completely sick of my voice, have a listen to this new episode of @alexpodyssey.bsky.social all about apples - fron the golden one that started the Trojan War, all the way to Handel, Tennyson, Snow White, Wagner, Magritte, Alan Turing, The Beatles, Steve Jobs, and Ramsay Bolton.
BRAND NEW 🍏 How Do You Like Them Apples? 🍎
From the Garden of Hesperides to the Garden of Eden, from the Atalanta and the Trojan War to The Beatles and the iPhone, apples are laden with often conflicting symbolism.
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From the Garden of Hesperides to the Garden of Eden, from the Atalanta and the Trojan War to The Beatles and the iPhone, apples are laden with often conflicting symbolism.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/70jw...
🎧 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
BONUS - How Do You Like Them Golden Apples?
open.spotify.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:25 AM
And if you're not completely sick of my voice, have a listen to this new episode of @alexpodyssey.bsky.social all about apples - fron the golden one that started the Trojan War, all the way to Handel, Tennyson, Snow White, Wagner, Magritte, Alan Turing, The Beatles, Steve Jobs, and Ramsay Bolton.
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Are there any other countries whose "patriotic" publications pay foreigners to write about what a hellhole they think their country is?
November 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Are there any other countries whose "patriotic" publications pay foreigners to write about what a hellhole they think their country is?
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What did I tell you?
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
What did I tell you?
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Do not get confused!
✅ ECHR: Council of Europe treaty, enforced by the @echr.coe.int.
✅ EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: ensures EU law compliance within its 27 member states.
✅ Universal Declaration of Human Rights: promote and protect rights globally.
go.coe.int/ZF9Jd
✅ ECHR: Council of Europe treaty, enforced by the @echr.coe.int.
✅ EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: ensures EU law compliance within its 27 member states.
✅ Universal Declaration of Human Rights: promote and protect rights globally.
go.coe.int/ZF9Jd
November 30, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Do not get confused!
✅ ECHR: Council of Europe treaty, enforced by the @echr.coe.int.
✅ EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: ensures EU law compliance within its 27 member states.
✅ Universal Declaration of Human Rights: promote and protect rights globally.
go.coe.int/ZF9Jd
✅ ECHR: Council of Europe treaty, enforced by the @echr.coe.int.
✅ EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: ensures EU law compliance within its 27 member states.
✅ Universal Declaration of Human Rights: promote and protect rights globally.
go.coe.int/ZF9Jd
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Ukraine has not surrendered but the US in the form of Witkoff and Trump has.
Five-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Ukraine has not surrendered but the US in the form of Witkoff and Trump has.
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⭕174 morts et une centaine de personnes disparues à la suite des inondations et des glissements de terrain dévastateurs sur l'île de #Sumatra, en #Indonésie
November 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
⭕174 morts et une centaine de personnes disparues à la suite des inondations et des glissements de terrain dévastateurs sur l'île de #Sumatra, en #Indonésie
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Professor Jack Goldsmith, head of George W. Bush Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC):
"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."
"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."
"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org
November 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Professor Jack Goldsmith, head of George W. Bush Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC):
"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."
"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."
"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
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The in laws lived in Trinidad until last summer. Some mad stuff happening there now. US troops arriving, seemingly in prep for a Venezuela invasion
Trump seems far keener on international interventions than Biden…
trinidadexpress.com/news/local/i...
Trump seems far keener on international interventions than Biden…
trinidadexpress.com/news/local/i...
I had to keep radar a secret, says PM
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has explained her decision to withhold information about United States marines installing a radar system in Tobago, saying she believed it would have been unwise ...
trinidadexpress.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The in laws lived in Trinidad until last summer. Some mad stuff happening there now. US troops arriving, seemingly in prep for a Venezuela invasion
Trump seems far keener on international interventions than Biden…
trinidadexpress.com/news/local/i...
Trump seems far keener on international interventions than Biden…
trinidadexpress.com/news/local/i...
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
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Hitler was bad.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
Perry: The pro-Hitler problem with the American right
"We need to get back to the basics: Hitler was bad. The people who suggest otherwise are also bad," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Hitler was bad.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
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Less than 1000 signatures to go
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 2:55 PM
Less than 1000 signatures to go