Jim Pearson
@pearson26.bsky.social
Scottish 🏴, retired, socialist.
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“Who’s Afraid of Peter Thiel? A New Biography Suggests We All Should Be” 9/21/21
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Who’s Afraid of Peter Thiel? A New Biography Suggests We All Should Be
Author Max Chafkin argues that Thiel may be the most powerful person in Silicon Valley—and perhaps the world.
time.com
March 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
“Who’s Afraid of Peter Thiel? A New Biography Suggests We All Should Be” 9/21/21
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I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
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March 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
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'Amateur hour': Flabbergasted experts react as Pete Hegseth shares war plans with reporter
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'Amateur hour': Flabbergasted experts react as Pete Hegseth shares war plans with reporter
A bombshell report in The Atlantic revealed that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shared classified information in a Signal chat that included a reporter among its membership. It's something that off...
www.rawstory.com
March 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
'Amateur hour': Flabbergasted experts react as Pete Hegseth shares war plans with reporter
www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth...
www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth...
"With crushing inevitability, after the Daily Mail piece, the health secretary, Wes Streeting. told GB News the story showed why the welfare system needed reform"
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Motability: is it true that the disability scheme is taking UK taxpayers for a ride?
Understanding the rightwing backlash over the government scheme helping people with serious disabilities get a car
www.theguardian.com
March 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
"With crushing inevitability, after the Daily Mail piece, the health secretary, Wes Streeting. told GB News the story showed why the welfare system needed reform"
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"Donald Trump’s second term has so far been a case study in how systems built for those whose rights have been diluted or taken away eventually devour those who were assumed to be safe from such violations."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s imperial plan is now eroding the rights of people who thought they were safe | Nesrine Malik
His targeting of foreigners with residencies or work visas was inevitable: to achieve his aims, more and more people must be disenfranchised, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
March 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
"Donald Trump’s second term has so far been a case study in how systems built for those whose rights have been diluted or taken away eventually devour those who were assumed to be safe from such violations."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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If Palestine is the litmus test everybody has failed it, so it's not a surprise the West is in a dire State. The same men bombing brown & Black people indiscriminately will also snatch your white elderly Mom's social security. That's why fighting for rights can't be selective. Everybody or nobody.
March 24, 2025 at 4:42 AM
If Palestine is the litmus test everybody has failed it, so it's not a surprise the West is in a dire State. The same men bombing brown & Black people indiscriminately will also snatch your white elderly Mom's social security. That's why fighting for rights can't be selective. Everybody or nobody.
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I've highlighted this incase a number of Scottish Labour supporters need it underlined in crayon.
Scottish produced energy will be used mainly to benefit England.
#AreYouYesYet
Scottish produced energy will be used mainly to benefit England.
#AreYouYesYet
March 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I've highlighted this incase a number of Scottish Labour supporters need it underlined in crayon.
Scottish produced energy will be used mainly to benefit England.
#AreYouYesYet
Scottish produced energy will be used mainly to benefit England.
#AreYouYesYet
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Labour could raise an immediate £40 billion by simply imposing a 1 per cent wealth tax on the people worth in excess of £10 million
March 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Labour could raise an immediate £40 billion by simply imposing a 1 per cent wealth tax on the people worth in excess of £10 million
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Scotland cannot be independent because BREXIT was such a mess.
This is one argument I have received for staying in the union.
A government not elected by Scotland messed up something Scotland voted against but was forced on us.
Is not a reason for us to do our own thing.
This is one argument I have received for staying in the union.
A government not elected by Scotland messed up something Scotland voted against but was forced on us.
Is not a reason for us to do our own thing.
March 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Scotland cannot be independent because BREXIT was such a mess.
This is one argument I have received for staying in the union.
A government not elected by Scotland messed up something Scotland voted against but was forced on us.
Is not a reason for us to do our own thing.
This is one argument I have received for staying in the union.
A government not elected by Scotland messed up something Scotland voted against but was forced on us.
Is not a reason for us to do our own thing.
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Can’t make this up.
March 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Can’t make this up.
"average age of the children pronounced dead at Nasser hospital after this week’s new wave of attacks was between 6 & 8years old & about 35% of all casualties were under 14, said Morgan McMonagle, an Irish vascular surgeon volunteering with the NGO Medical Aid."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
‘There was just wave after wave’: Gaza doctors recount horror of the last week
About a third of all casualties admitted to Nasser hospital were under 14, as Israeli airstrikes broke fragile ceasefire
www.theguardian.com
March 24, 2025 at 11:58 AM
"average age of the children pronounced dead at Nasser hospital after this week’s new wave of attacks was between 6 & 8years old & about 35% of all casualties were under 14, said Morgan McMonagle, an Irish vascular surgeon volunteering with the NGO Medical Aid."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Straightforwardly BNP-level rhetoric on "remigration" in the Telegraph (endorsed, as @rolandmcs.bsky.social points out, by Daniel Hannan).
March 23, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Straightforwardly BNP-level rhetoric on "remigration" in the Telegraph (endorsed, as @rolandmcs.bsky.social points out, by Daniel Hannan).
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“The world has changed” says Chancellor on #bbclaurak.
Yes it has - so why stick to outdated counterproductive austerity agenda & arbitrary fiscal rules? You can’t cut your way to growth. Taxes on extreme wealth of super rich would be fairer & more effective than more cuts @patmillsuk.bsky.social
Yes it has - so why stick to outdated counterproductive austerity agenda & arbitrary fiscal rules? You can’t cut your way to growth. Taxes on extreme wealth of super rich would be fairer & more effective than more cuts @patmillsuk.bsky.social
March 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
“The world has changed” says Chancellor on #bbclaurak.
Yes it has - so why stick to outdated counterproductive austerity agenda & arbitrary fiscal rules? You can’t cut your way to growth. Taxes on extreme wealth of super rich would be fairer & more effective than more cuts @patmillsuk.bsky.social
Yes it has - so why stick to outdated counterproductive austerity agenda & arbitrary fiscal rules? You can’t cut your way to growth. Taxes on extreme wealth of super rich would be fairer & more effective than more cuts @patmillsuk.bsky.social
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Rachel Reeves is falling apart in front of our eyes, as she crashes and burns live on TV
Labour's plan to undo austerity was to repeat the word 'growth' over and over. Now that's failed, Reeves is having to defend the chaos. She's doing a terrible job of it.
www.thecanary.co/long-read/20...
Labour's plan to undo austerity was to repeat the word 'growth' over and over. Now that's failed, Reeves is having to defend the chaos. She's doing a terrible job of it.
www.thecanary.co/long-read/20...
Rachel Reeves is falling apart in front of our eyes, as she crashes and burns live on TV
Rachel Reeves is falling apart in front of our eyes, as she crashes and burns live on TV from Canary on 23 March 2025
www.thecanary.co
March 23, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Rachel Reeves is falling apart in front of our eyes, as she crashes and burns live on TV
Labour's plan to undo austerity was to repeat the word 'growth' over and over. Now that's failed, Reeves is having to defend the chaos. She's doing a terrible job of it.
www.thecanary.co/long-read/20...
Labour's plan to undo austerity was to repeat the word 'growth' over and over. Now that's failed, Reeves is having to defend the chaos. She's doing a terrible job of it.
www.thecanary.co/long-read/20...
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Does this make me a terrorist?
March 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Does this make me a terrorist?
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So tax breaks for tech bosses and welfare cuts for the disabled
March 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
So tax breaks for tech bosses and welfare cuts for the disabled
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If you ever wondered how the KGB manipulated foreigners and got them to repeat Soviet propaganda, spend some time listening to Steve Witkoff talk about his wonderful conversations with Vladimir Putin.
March 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
If you ever wondered how the KGB manipulated foreigners and got them to repeat Soviet propaganda, spend some time listening to Steve Witkoff talk about his wonderful conversations with Vladimir Putin.
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Economic numpty Reeves still spouting the BS. If you are going to fix #BrokenBritain you need to invest in the country and avoid cuts. For example, Labour could create many thousands of jobs in a shift to a green economy. But instead we get the oligarch's AI BS.
#LearnMMT
#LearnMMT
Rachel Reeves to cut 10,000 civil service jobs in effort to lower government costs
UK chancellor ‘not satisfied’ with the current numbers, but promises the economy and living standards will improve
www.theguardian.com
March 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Economic numpty Reeves still spouting the BS. If you are going to fix #BrokenBritain you need to invest in the country and avoid cuts. For example, Labour could create many thousands of jobs in a shift to a green economy. But instead we get the oligarch's AI BS.
#LearnMMT
#LearnMMT
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This. Is. Very. Good.
March 23, 2025 at 4:14 AM
This. Is. Very. Good.
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It doesn't matter if it is Rwanda, or Balkans, it doesn't matter if it is classed as offshoring or outsourcing and it doesn't matter if it is Tories or Labour doing it, shipping people who were seeking safety to a random third country is inhumane, and potentially illegal.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Government considering sending failed asylum seekers to Balkans
Home Office officials have discussed proposals to set up overseas "return hubs"
www.bbc.com
March 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
It doesn't matter if it is Rwanda, or Balkans, it doesn't matter if it is classed as offshoring or outsourcing and it doesn't matter if it is Tories or Labour doing it, shipping people who were seeking safety to a random third country is inhumane, and potentially illegal.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Xavier transitioned and became Vivian Jenna Wilson. She is alive and well and lives in Japan.
No loving parent would ever write such a disgusting thing as this, and it speaks volumes.
No loving parent would ever write such a disgusting thing as this, and it speaks volumes.
March 23, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Xavier transitioned and became Vivian Jenna Wilson. She is alive and well and lives in Japan.
No loving parent would ever write such a disgusting thing as this, and it speaks volumes.
No loving parent would ever write such a disgusting thing as this, and it speaks volumes.