Dean Lipscombe
@lean-dipstick.bsky.social
Boomer who grew up in Coventry and now on sunny Kent coast. Long career mostly in IT, project & programme management. Pub quiz specialist subject is 1970s (esp music), also opines on current affairs & CoD 🍿
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Right. If you want to know what's really going on, we're going to have stop falling for the spin & asking better questions.
What on earth was Palantir's top UK dude doing anywhere near this? And why has neither govt revealed the sweetheart tech deal?
broligarchy.substack.com/p/a-secret-u...
What on earth was Palantir's top UK dude doing anywhere near this? And why has neither govt revealed the sweetheart tech deal?
broligarchy.substack.com/p/a-secret-u...
A secret US-UK sweetheart tech deal?
What's really going on? And what's *Palantir* got to do with it??
broligarchy.substack.com
May 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Right. If you want to know what's really going on, we're going to have stop falling for the spin & asking better questions.
What on earth was Palantir's top UK dude doing anywhere near this? And why has neither govt revealed the sweetheart tech deal?
broligarchy.substack.com/p/a-secret-u...
What on earth was Palantir's top UK dude doing anywhere near this? And why has neither govt revealed the sweetheart tech deal?
broligarchy.substack.com/p/a-secret-u...
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Daily reminder that the whole of Gaza is being starved to death and every Western nation is allowing it to happen.
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May 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Daily reminder that the whole of Gaza is being starved to death and every Western nation is allowing it to happen.
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🔥 This is important. Really important.
And none of the mainstream media are reporting it.
So please read and share — because we are the news community for ourselves and the “mainstream” media are utterly hopeless for meaningful news.
And none of the mainstream media are reporting it.
So please read and share — because we are the news community for ourselves and the “mainstream” media are utterly hopeless for meaningful news.
On Her 7th Birthday, We Know Who Killed Hind Rajab. And We’re Taking Them to Court
Brussels, 3 May 2025 — Today, little Hind Rajab should have been blowing out candles on her 7th birthday . On this day of remembrance and heartbreak, the Hind Rajab Foundation has...
www.hindrajabfoundation.org
May 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
🔥 This is important. Really important.
And none of the mainstream media are reporting it.
So please read and share — because we are the news community for ourselves and the “mainstream” media are utterly hopeless for meaningful news.
And none of the mainstream media are reporting it.
So please read and share — because we are the news community for ourselves and the “mainstream” media are utterly hopeless for meaningful news.
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The Brits are savage 🔥
March 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The Brits are savage 🔥
I’m sensing there could be a demand for a certain iconic poster when the state visit happens.
March 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I’m sensing there could be a demand for a certain iconic poster when the state visit happens.
Does the US still need all those military bases across Europe and Turkey etc? (Asking for a friend)
#trump #tarriffs #defence #specialrelationship #ukraine #zelenskyy
#trump #tarriffs #defence #specialrelationship #ukraine #zelenskyy
February 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Does the US still need all those military bases across Europe and Turkey etc? (Asking for a friend)
#trump #tarriffs #defence #specialrelationship #ukraine #zelenskyy
#trump #tarriffs #defence #specialrelationship #ukraine #zelenskyy
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RONALD REAGAN (1988): We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.
February 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
RONALD REAGAN (1988): We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.
Watched #TrevorPhillips on #SkyNews and I’m wondering why politicians like Steve Baker are so obsessed with growth. Beyond EU it’s worth looking at Japan’s growth record and they seem to do OK
February 2, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Watched #TrevorPhillips on #SkyNews and I’m wondering why politicians like Steve Baker are so obsessed with growth. Beyond EU it’s worth looking at Japan’s growth record and they seem to do OK
According to the satsuma, America “won two world wars”. Well I never knew that
January 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
According to the satsuma, America “won two world wars”. Well I never knew that
Reading about this has made my Sunday. Just hours after Farage called him a hero announcing, “Free speech is back”.
Hilarious.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hilarious.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Elon Musk calls for Nigel Farage to be replaced as Reform UK leader
Nigel Farage claims Musk's call is due to a disagreement over support for far-right activist Tommy Robinson.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Reading about this has made my Sunday. Just hours after Farage called him a hero announcing, “Free speech is back”.
Hilarious.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hilarious.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them free for anyone to share and adapt. Here are some of the highlights.
Popeye, Tintin and more will enter the public domain in the new year
The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them free for anyone to share and adapt. Here are some of the highlights.
www.npr.org
December 26, 2024 at 5:42 PM
The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them free for anyone to share and adapt. Here are some of the highlights.
SPOILER ALERT: If you’re planning to watch Gavin & Stacey Christmas special on catchup DO NOT watch BBC News today. The idiots in the newsroom have played a key scene whilst reporting on its large audience yesterday. What were they thinking? D’oh!
#BBCNews
#BBCNews
December 26, 2024 at 1:24 PM
SPOILER ALERT: If you’re planning to watch Gavin & Stacey Christmas special on catchup DO NOT watch BBC News today. The idiots in the newsroom have played a key scene whilst reporting on its large audience yesterday. What were they thinking? D’oh!
#BBCNews
#BBCNews
Not usually that impressed by Dame Angela Eagle but she just adeptly made #TrevorPhillips look like he was asking stupid questions. He seemed uncomfortable and out his depth to me.
December 15, 2024 at 8:51 AM
Not usually that impressed by Dame Angela Eagle but she just adeptly made #TrevorPhillips look like he was asking stupid questions. He seemed uncomfortable and out his depth to me.
Never known anything like this before, worth a watch…
Luigi Mangione’s fellow prisoners yelled “Luigi’s conditions suck” and “Free Luigi” from their cells in Pennsylvania during an interview: www.newsnationnow.com/banfield/lui...
December 12, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Never known anything like this before, worth a watch…
I’m certainly not anti-royalist and loved the late Queen Elizabeth II as much as anyone else but £40 million for a memorial? WTF?
Not a good look right now methinks
Not a good look right now methinks
December 12, 2024 at 1:56 PM
I’m certainly not anti-royalist and loved the late Queen Elizabeth II as much as anyone else but £40 million for a memorial? WTF?
Not a good look right now methinks
Not a good look right now methinks
Saying I’m proud to be British is a struggle all the while certain people have and post such lack of compassion and empathy for fellow human beings.
Happy Christmas in this season of goodwill
Happy Christmas in this season of goodwill
December 10, 2024 at 9:37 AM
Saying I’m proud to be British is a struggle all the while certain people have and post such lack of compassion and empathy for fellow human beings.
Happy Christmas in this season of goodwill
Happy Christmas in this season of goodwill
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Today’s video looks at the toxic influence of Dark Money on British politics.
The Dark Money In British Politics Exposed
youtu.be/OW_fmjcDYYE
The Dark Money In British Politics Exposed
youtu.be/OW_fmjcDYYE
The Dark Money In British Politics Exposed
YouTube video by Truth To Power
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December 7, 2024 at 9:02 AM
Today’s video looks at the toxic influence of Dark Money on British politics.
The Dark Money In British Politics Exposed
youtu.be/OW_fmjcDYYE
The Dark Money In British Politics Exposed
youtu.be/OW_fmjcDYYE
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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says the public want to leave the ECHR
Let him know he’s wrong by sharing this widely
Let him know he’s wrong by sharing this widely
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says
“We need to leave the ECHR so we can deport people that come illegally & take back control of our borders & that’s what the public wants”
Share if you disagree with his populist boll**** the UK should join Russia & Belarus outside the ECHR
youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY
“We need to leave the ECHR so we can deport people that come illegally & take back control of our borders & that’s what the public wants”
Share if you disagree with his populist boll**** the UK should join Russia & Belarus outside the ECHR
youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says public want to leave the ECHR - let’s put the record straight
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
December 6, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says the public want to leave the ECHR
Let him know he’s wrong by sharing this widely
Let him know he’s wrong by sharing this widely
LOL…
December 5, 2024 at 12:28 AM
LOL…
Never mind Winter Fuel Allowance, I’m paying £281 a month Council Tax for a 3 bed house. That’s the killer
December 2, 2024 at 9:02 AM
Never mind Winter Fuel Allowance, I’m paying £281 a month Council Tax for a 3 bed house. That’s the killer
Seemingly disproportionate widespread coverage & commentary about alleged outdated and potentially lecherous remarks.
Meanwhile little outrage about physical sexual assaults by the Knightsbridge grocer, who else knew and covered it up. Priorities?
Meanwhile little outrage about physical sexual assaults by the Knightsbridge grocer, who else knew and covered it up. Priorities?
December 2, 2024 at 8:43 AM
Seemingly disproportionate widespread coverage & commentary about alleged outdated and potentially lecherous remarks.
Meanwhile little outrage about physical sexual assaults by the Knightsbridge grocer, who else knew and covered it up. Priorities?
Meanwhile little outrage about physical sexual assaults by the Knightsbridge grocer, who else knew and covered it up. Priorities?
No. Shit. Sherlock.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Revealed: UK politics infiltrated by ‘dark money’ with 10% of donations from dubious sources
Cash from dictatorships and shell companies is entering the political system via legal loopholes
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2024 at 4:17 PM
No. Shit. Sherlock.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
BBC News’ @chrismasonbbc.bsky.social reporting that Reform party now has 100,000 members today. I thought it was a limited company meaning that there were no ‘members’ as such? Am I wrong?
November 28, 2024 at 10:43 PM
BBC News’ @chrismasonbbc.bsky.social reporting that Reform party now has 100,000 members today. I thought it was a limited company meaning that there were no ‘members’ as such? Am I wrong?
Just wondering if any of those tractors in London were running on pink diesel yesterday. That would be awkward
November 20, 2024 at 10:17 AM
Just wondering if any of those tractors in London were running on pink diesel yesterday. That would be awkward