Mark Freedman
@markfreedman.bsky.social
Music, Sport lover. One Wife, One Son, One Cat. Semi Retired from Librarianship. Sarcasm expert.
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You’d never think anything starting with “Mutant wolves roaming the deserted streets of Chernobyl” would have a positive ending, but here we are.
February 9, 2024 at 5:46 PM
You’d never think anything starting with “Mutant wolves roaming the deserted streets of Chernobyl” would have a positive ending, but here we are.
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"and then she said debt was falling"
February 9, 2024 at 7:11 PM
"and then she said debt was falling"
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"The Swift hatred resembles the argument that cults and other high-control groups make to their followers:
"Cut off contact to the outside world, abandon everything that gives you joy and pleasure, and dedicate your entire life to the cult's ideology."
www.salon.com/2024/01/31/w...
"Cut off contact to the outside world, abandon everything that gives you joy and pleasure, and dedicate your entire life to the cult's ideology."
www.salon.com/2024/01/31/w...
Why MAGA fears Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl
The Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce conspiracy illustrates how the MAGA cult controls its followers
www.salon.com
January 31, 2024 at 10:24 PM
"The Swift hatred resembles the argument that cults and other high-control groups make to their followers:
"Cut off contact to the outside world, abandon everything that gives you joy and pleasure, and dedicate your entire life to the cult's ideology."
www.salon.com/2024/01/31/w...
"Cut off contact to the outside world, abandon everything that gives you joy and pleasure, and dedicate your entire life to the cult's ideology."
www.salon.com/2024/01/31/w...
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FUCK why didn't I think of that
January 30, 2024 at 6:40 PM
FUCK why didn't I think of that
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Former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson diagnosed with terminal cancer
Former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson diagnosed with terminal cancer
Former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson says he has "best case a year" to live after being diagnosed with cancer.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 11, 2024 at 8:22 AM
Former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson diagnosed with terminal cancer
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Russia wants to destroy Europe: our way of life, our economies and democracies. Their war on European freedom may have started in #Ukraine, but it won’t stop there unless we give the Ukrainian military & people everything they need to stop them. Now.
January 9, 2024 at 8:39 AM
Russia wants to destroy Europe: our way of life, our economies and democracies. Their war on European freedom may have started in #Ukraine, but it won’t stop there unless we give the Ukrainian military & people everything they need to stop them. Now.
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I knew I liked Benedict Cumberbatch for a reason. He knows that defending Ukraine is the right thing to do 💙💛
January 9, 2024 at 11:14 AM
I knew I liked Benedict Cumberbatch for a reason. He knows that defending Ukraine is the right thing to do 💙💛
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We're beyond proud to announce that we've been awarded the 2024 Olof Palme Prize for our work. Our team will be accepting the award in Sweden on January 30th. If you want to watch, the ceremony will be broadcasted live on the memorial fund's website:
2024 – Bellingcat | OLOF PALMES MINNESFOND
www.palmefonden.se
January 9, 2024 at 10:10 AM
We're beyond proud to announce that we've been awarded the 2024 Olof Palme Prize for our work. Our team will be accepting the award in Sweden on January 30th. If you want to watch, the ceremony will be broadcasted live on the memorial fund's website:
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It's really quite staggering that a handful of individuals, backed up by a far larger machinery of interests, can spearhead so much damage.
January 9, 2024 at 1:17 PM
It's really quite staggering that a handful of individuals, backed up by a far larger machinery of interests, can spearhead so much damage.
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A lot of people saying it’s insane that it took an ITV drama to lead to this, and oh boy, IT IS! But this does also tell us something about the power of scripted television fiction to reach people in a way that factual television rarely can. It’s essential.
Post Office scandal: Met Police investigate 'potential fraud offences'
It comes as 50 new potential victims of the scandal have contacted lawyers after the airing of a related TV drama.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 6, 2024 at 12:50 PM
A lot of people saying it’s insane that it took an ITV drama to lead to this, and oh boy, IT IS! But this does also tell us something about the power of scripted television fiction to reach people in a way that factual television rarely can. It’s essential.
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Looks like Iran is becoming a real player in international terrorism: funding Hamas, Hezbollah, and now selling the Russians drones and rockets. I suspect Iran is slowly drawing sufficient attention to itself. Smart money not on Iran.
January 9, 2024 at 6:03 AM
Looks like Iran is becoming a real player in international terrorism: funding Hamas, Hezbollah, and now selling the Russians drones and rockets. I suspect Iran is slowly drawing sufficient attention to itself. Smart money not on Iran.
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“…I left Khan Younis in a Red Cross vehicle, freed along with my daughter and grandson. I was blindfolded on the way in but now could finally see the city — because of the war, a shell of the place that I remember from my day on the beach...”
www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/o...
Opinion | My Second Trip to Gaza Was as a Hostage. I Will Never Return.
An Israeli woman kidnapped in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas recalls a visit to the Gaza Strip in another lifetime.
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2024 at 5:35 AM
“…I left Khan Younis in a Red Cross vehicle, freed along with my daughter and grandson. I was blindfolded on the way in but now could finally see the city — because of the war, a shell of the place that I remember from my day on the beach...”
www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/o...
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Michael Avon @oeming.bsky.social 2016! In n' out burger after the Powers season 2 premiere!
January 9, 2024 at 6:31 AM
Michael Avon @oeming.bsky.social 2016! In n' out burger after the Powers season 2 premiere!
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Right, DO try to keep up: The mugs on the roadside wall near Truro disappeared and were replaced by sex toys. Now the dicks have become ducks and we await further updates.
www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...
www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...
Cornwall's 'Great Wall' swaps sex toys for ducks
The wall along the A39 has hosted a display of mugs, sex toys, and now duck ornaments
www.cornwalllive.com
January 8, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Right, DO try to keep up: The mugs on the roadside wall near Truro disappeared and were replaced by sex toys. Now the dicks have become ducks and we await further updates.
www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...
www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...
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Great start to the morning over on Twitter.
January 9, 2024 at 6:56 AM
Great start to the morning over on Twitter.
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immense respect to this science teacher for seeing his opportunity and grabbing onto it with both hands
January 9, 2024 at 3:08 AM
immense respect to this science teacher for seeing his opportunity and grabbing onto it with both hands
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I do hope Sunak is asked about Tory links to Fujitsu, after the Post Office scandal was common knowledge…
Fujitsu UK head is married to a Tory MP. Fujitsu was given a £50m phone alert contract which has now been subcontracted to Infosys. The business owned by Sunak’s father-in-law.
Fujitsu UK head is married to a Tory MP. Fujitsu was given a £50m phone alert contract which has now been subcontracted to Infosys. The business owned by Sunak’s father-in-law.
January 8, 2024 at 7:37 PM
I do hope Sunak is asked about Tory links to Fujitsu, after the Post Office scandal was common knowledge…
Fujitsu UK head is married to a Tory MP. Fujitsu was given a £50m phone alert contract which has now been subcontracted to Infosys. The business owned by Sunak’s father-in-law.
Fujitsu UK head is married to a Tory MP. Fujitsu was given a £50m phone alert contract which has now been subcontracted to Infosys. The business owned by Sunak’s father-in-law.
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If only Private Eye hadn’t been writing about it for years & Fujitsu’s UK CEO wasn’t married to a Tory MP & that Fujitsu then got a £50m phone alert contract…
January 8, 2024 at 7:31 PM
If only Private Eye hadn’t been writing about it for years & Fujitsu’s UK CEO wasn’t married to a Tory MP & that Fujitsu then got a £50m phone alert contract…
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Ukraine is fighting for all of us!
Art by NEIVANMADE
Art by NEIVANMADE
January 8, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Ukraine is fighting for all of us!
Art by NEIVANMADE
Art by NEIVANMADE