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Aaron Aardvark
@laughinglemon.bsky.social
Likes budgies; reads too much Warhammer; dislikes nostalgia, which is not what it was; vaguely lefty; technical, but re-tyred
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While on the way home yesterday, I saw a crew installing something on the side of a building in the City. And using a massive crane to do it!
"... drones democratize strategic bombing: they spread the capacity for precision violence across a far broader spectrum of actors"
Strategic (Drone) Bombing: What Can It Do?
An Evolution or the Same Ol’ Dilemma?
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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"... dwelling on the past alibis the present. Starmer can't attack Farage now as a racist as, quite deliberately, Labour's attacks on refugees leapfrog Reform."
The Uses of Farage's Schoolboy Racism
Have you seen the latest revelations about Nigel Farage? Brace yourselves. He was, apparently, a bit racist at school . According to an expo...
averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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"I die like a true rebel. Don’t waste any time mourning — organize!" We republish two letters from labor singer Joe Hill to commemorate the anniversary of his wrongful execution on this day in 1915.
Don’t Mourn, Organize!
Two letters by the labor singer Joe Hill, who was executed 100 years ago today.
jacobin.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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New VIDEO! Let's go ride on the Mail Rail, and go for a tunnel/tracks walk, plus the exclusive 'Train Graveyard' area!

youtu.be/UUAZegAKM14
Let's Ride ... Mail Rail the Post Office Underground Railway
YouTube video by Geoff Marshall
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November 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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After years of scorched-earth union-busting and stonewalling tactics by their bosses, Starbucks workers are trying to get their union drive and contract negotiations unstuck through a nationwide strike.
Starbucks Workers Strike Against Foot-Dragging in Bargaining
After years of scorched-earth union-busting and stonewalling tactics by their bosses, Starbucks workers are trying to get their union drive and contract negotiations unstuck through a nationwide strike.
jacobin.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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The World of John Le Carré expands in the new spy fiction comic series, John Le Carré: The Circus—Losing Control, new today with issue #1! Details: https://bit.ly/4oE9aBx

From the team of @mattkindt.bsky.social, @ibrahimmoustafa.bsky.social, @20eyesbrad.bsky.social, @simonbowland.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Photo of the week has to go to the Glasgow Times, via the Glasgow Wrap, for a picture of a pigeon reading a newspaper
November 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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While the British left is buried in factional debate, Reform is rapidly securing a foothold in former socialist heartlands across the country — paving the way for a nightmarish far-right takeover of the British state.
Reform Is Dominating Post-Industrial Britain
While the British left is buried in factional debate, Reform is rapidly securing a foothold in former socialist heartlands across the country — paving the way for a nightmarish far-right takeover of t...
tribunemag.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Why casual racism is a fun and rewarding way for a boy to spend his time: an essay by Nigel Farage, aged 13-and-a-half buff.ly/VCk3gev
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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The signs are there, if you know where to look: new cameras, abandoned fliers, skid marks by the Science Museum.

All a clue to the fact that at night the Exhibition Road has secretly become a hub for illicit car meets.

@andrewkersley.bsky.social found out more
Fast and furious on Exhibition Road
Underground drag races have taken over London's iconic museum district. What's driving them?
www.the-londoner.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Currently reading The Immeasurable Heaven. Check Caspar (Tom)'s work out!
Realised that it’s 10 years to the day since my first book was published - a strange old tale set in the 147th century, featuring a giant (but very awkward) hominid protagonist. There’s a lot I’d do differently if I were writing it now, but I had such a great time coming up with so much weird stuff.
November 19, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Wednesday 19 November 2025
www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg...
The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Wednesday 19 November 2025
Princes Street summit, independent traders back bookshop, Peffermill redevelopment + wild World Cup scenes
www.edinburghminute.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Morning. Don’t know if this counts as promotion or just me
Mouthing off? Possibly both. Anyway Ordinary Decent Criminal is on your for three more weeks.
a brief history of resistance, with @markthomasinfo.bsky.social 🔥
November 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Wes Streeting blames industrial action for NHS chaos, but it is his own backing for underfunding and privatisation that has driven doctors onto picket lines. They deserve our full support.
Why the Doctors Need to Win
Wes Streeting blames industrial action for NHS chaos, but it is his own backing for underfunding and privatisation that has driven doctors onto picket lines. They deserve our full support.
tribunemag.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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ICE has been raiding my neighborhood and surrounding ones for the last couple of weeks now. They commandeered my local church (against the pastor's will) for a staging site and raided supermarkets, parks, Goodwills, bus stops, you name it.

The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
Engagement on our updates re: ICE kidnappings/fed siege of Los Angeles is significantly lower on Bluesky compared to Twitter. Do ppl on here not care about LA anymore? Are feeds being taken over by liberal commentators? What's going on?

Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
The feds are escalating in Los Angeles. We've seen record high kidnappings and our communities are under attack. The media focus on LA has died down so electeds don't feel the need to even feign opposition.

People are out here fighting. We need all of us. Join the struggle. Defend your neighbors.
November 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Tupac Shakur was a deeply political artist, shaped by the radical left-wing traditions of black America.

A new biography finally does justice to this side of his life and work.
Tupac Shakur Was Forged in a Revolutionary Political Culture
Tupac Shakur was a deeply political artist, shaped by the radical left-wing traditions of black America. A new biography finally does justice to this side of his life and work.
jacobin.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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AOC: Trump has been saying the economy is booming, but it’s really only seven tech companies. They’re driving this growth in just one sector: AI.

So the entire economic growth can be tracked down to seven companies and their AI expansion…
November 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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More books I haven't got room for.
Science Fiction Book Haul #5
There's some A-format goodness for the discerning genre fiction fan. Starting at the bottom, it's another collaboration between Larry Niv...
averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM