Julian Richards
@julianrichards.bsky.social
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Decorum prevents me from commenting on what little Marco looks like he's doing there but Bibi's face tells its own story.
Netanyahu says Israel working closely with US on Trump’s plan for Gaza
Netanyahu says Israel working closely with US on Trump’s plan for Gaza
Israeli PM and US secretary of state express joint support for ‘bold vision’ that would force two million people to leave
Benjamin Netanyahu has said his government is working closely with the US to implement Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza, which involves…
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Decorum prevents me from commenting on what little Marco looks like he's doing there but Bibi's face tells its own story.
Vassals, indeed
Disgusting, pathetic, and contemptible. People like Gove, O'Brien, and Bowman are nothing but the aspiring satraps of a foreign oligarchy. They should have no place in British public life.
February 16, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Vassals, indeed
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Disgusting, pathetic, and contemptible. People like Gove, O'Brien, and Bowman are nothing but the aspiring satraps of a foreign oligarchy. They should have no place in British public life.
February 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Disgusting, pathetic, and contemptible. People like Gove, O'Brien, and Bowman are nothing but the aspiring satraps of a foreign oligarchy. They should have no place in British public life.
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This. It’s always been free speech for them. Not the free speech to provide sex & health education/information, the free speech to say “ I want an abortion”
The nerve of JD Vance lecturing us about free speech.
So he thinks free speech *does* include harassing people on abortion clinic doorsteps...
... but does *not* include doctors telling women about their health options (see Global Gag Rule), or freedom of speech for scientific papers.
So he thinks free speech *does* include harassing people on abortion clinic doorsteps...
... but does *not* include doctors telling women about their health options (see Global Gag Rule), or freedom of speech for scientific papers.
February 15, 2025 at 10:22 AM
This. It’s always been free speech for them. Not the free speech to provide sex & health education/information, the free speech to say “ I want an abortion”
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Me in the Guardian today on DEI as the new N-word for the right:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
February 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Me in the Guardian today on DEI as the new N-word for the right:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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'Safety first' when sacking Rome.
February 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
'Safety first' when sacking Rome.
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I can't remember where I found this but it's turned out to be quite helpful:
February 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I can't remember where I found this but it's turned out to be quite helpful:
WTAF
NHS staff barred from workplace for considering Palestine demonstration www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff barred from workplace for considering Palestine demonstration www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff barred from workplace for considering Palestine demonstration
An investigation found the pair had no case to answer and that the trust had breached its own disciplinary policy
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
WTAF
NHS staff barred from workplace for considering Palestine demonstration www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff barred from workplace for considering Palestine demonstration www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Not All Klansmen Wear Hoods
February 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Not All Klansmen Wear Hoods
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These are the only refugees we’re now taking. So guess it’s just full-on white nationalism.
Statement by the Secretary of State’s spokesperson on “descendants of settlers in South Africa.”
February 9, 2025 at 2:47 AM
These are the only refugees we’re now taking. So guess it’s just full-on white nationalism.
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Lime bikes switched out their German tyres for a cheaper Chinese alternative and are now being sued by multiple users who have broken limbs because, they say, the new tires aren't as suitable for London weather. A little globalisation fable for our times
Imagine a revolutionary method of transport which offers so many benefits but where the appropriate level of safety and vehicle maintenance is decided by Californian tech investors who are seeking rapid financial growth.
Let’s talk about Lime in London!
www.londoncentric.media/p/lime-ebike...
Let’s talk about Lime in London!
www.londoncentric.media/p/lime-ebike...
Did Lime switch to bike tyres ‘less suitable for London's roads’?
The company denies the change to cheaper Chinese tyres on its e-bikes was a cost-cutting measure, as more Londoners come forward with severe injuries.
www.londoncentric.media
February 9, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Lime bikes switched out their German tyres for a cheaper Chinese alternative and are now being sued by multiple users who have broken limbs because, they say, the new tires aren't as suitable for London weather. A little globalisation fable for our times
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also interesting to ask, where does the ending begin, how soon in the text, how late; & is it innate & already under way long before it reaches the last full stop
February 9, 2025 at 10:37 AM
also interesting to ask, where does the ending begin, how soon in the text, how late; & is it innate & already under way long before it reaches the last full stop
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If you want to win an election against far right opposition you need to bring together two groups. The activated liberals outraged by the other side and the more moderate groups who want govt to make their lives less difficult. Not by trying to win the enthusiastic supporters of the other side.
February 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
If you want to win an election against far right opposition you need to bring together two groups. The activated liberals outraged by the other side and the more moderate groups who want govt to make their lives less difficult. Not by trying to win the enthusiastic supporters of the other side.
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a secret fifth thing
I took and passed my Life in the UK test! Had to side eye this question big time. 👀
February 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
a secret fifth thing
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A friend-of-a-friend works for USAID in Bangladesh. This is how things look on the ground now.
February 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
A friend-of-a-friend works for USAID in Bangladesh. This is how things look on the ground now.
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I hate it when my ailing king is usurped by his scheming foreign vizier
February 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I hate it when my ailing king is usurped by his scheming foreign vizier
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"Badenoch also said indefinite leave to remain should not be granted to those who have criminal records or who had claimed benefits or social housing." you can't claim public funds by default prior to gaining ILR, or get social housing, so in other words "the rules as they already stand"
Kemi Badenoch was born British in December 1980, as her parents came here for the birth & returned to Nigeria
Just before Margaret Thatcher abolished birthright citizenship in the 1981 British Nationality Act (from 1983)
Her new proposal is to wait 15 years for citizenship, not 6.
Just before Margaret Thatcher abolished birthright citizenship in the 1981 British Nationality Act (from 1983)
Her new proposal is to wait 15 years for citizenship, not 6.
February 6, 2025 at 1:36 AM
"Badenoch also said indefinite leave to remain should not be granted to those who have criminal records or who had claimed benefits or social housing." you can't claim public funds by default prior to gaining ILR, or get social housing, so in other words "the rules as they already stand"
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This post was from back in 2020. Soon after he was appointed by Trump to serve on a board that preserved the history of the Holocaust in Europe. Can't make this up.
![Darren J. Beattie
Beautiful
@Darren]Beattie • 3h
& The New York Times
@nytimes • Aug 1
This was the scene in Berlin, where an estimated 17,000 people defied social-distancing and mask requirements to join a protest supported by neo-Nazi groups, conspiracy theorists and others who said they were fed up with the restrictions.
Read the latest. nyti.ms/3fokihk
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February 4, 2025 at 12:20 AM
This post was from back in 2020. Soon after he was appointed by Trump to serve on a board that preserved the history of the Holocaust in Europe. Can't make this up.
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we are reaching levels of national security threats I did not even realize were possible
this is the kind of thing you put in a terrible b-movie where some nefarious cybercriminal has hacked The Entire Treasury and everyone rolls their eyes at the implausibility
except somehow it's actually real
this is the kind of thing you put in a terrible b-movie where some nefarious cybercriminal has hacked The Entire Treasury and everyone rolls their eyes at the implausibility
except somehow it's actually real
February 4, 2025 at 6:17 AM
we are reaching levels of national security threats I did not even realize were possible
this is the kind of thing you put in a terrible b-movie where some nefarious cybercriminal has hacked The Entire Treasury and everyone rolls their eyes at the implausibility
except somehow it's actually real
this is the kind of thing you put in a terrible b-movie where some nefarious cybercriminal has hacked The Entire Treasury and everyone rolls their eyes at the implausibility
except somehow it's actually real
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Random historical fact that feels oddly discombobulating:
The Wooly Mammoth went extinct around five-hundred to a thousand years AFTER the Pyramids at Giza were built
The Wooly Mammoth went extinct around five-hundred to a thousand years AFTER the Pyramids at Giza were built
February 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Random historical fact that feels oddly discombobulating:
The Wooly Mammoth went extinct around five-hundred to a thousand years AFTER the Pyramids at Giza were built
The Wooly Mammoth went extinct around five-hundred to a thousand years AFTER the Pyramids at Giza were built
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You can also see Naomi, and @regretteruane, AND @larapawson.bsky.social in coversation with the fella that wrote Ghost Signs, whoever he is, early next month. This is the best multi-writer line-up i've ever had and it's gonna be banging. PAYF tix.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/lee...
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/lee...
February 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
You can also see Naomi, and @regretteruane, AND @larapawson.bsky.social in coversation with the fella that wrote Ghost Signs, whoever he is, early next month. This is the best multi-writer line-up i've ever had and it's gonna be banging. PAYF tix.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/lee...
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/lee...
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New White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt did her first press briefing today and told a number of demonstrable lies (about condoms for Gaza, the criminal records of undocumented migrants, and more).
This is how the New York Times covered it.
This is how the New York Times covered it.
January 29, 2025 at 4:24 AM
New White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt did her first press briefing today and told a number of demonstrable lies (about condoms for Gaza, the criminal records of undocumented migrants, and more).
This is how the New York Times covered it.
This is how the New York Times covered it.
