Professor Mole-Rat
@professor-molerat.bsky.social
Military Analyst & Historian; Researcher, Writer & Copy Editor/Fact Checker, with a passing resemblance to a Mole-Rat.
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You've GOT to be kidding me!
The Conservatives - who oversaw every single thing on this list - are trying to claim that only the Conservatives would "stop the madness" - that they created...?
So incredulity aside, what about the list itself?
Let's go Debunking! 1/34
The Conservatives - who oversaw every single thing on this list - are trying to claim that only the Conservatives would "stop the madness" - that they created...?
So incredulity aside, what about the list itself?
Let's go Debunking! 1/34
August 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
You've GOT to be kidding me!
The Conservatives - who oversaw every single thing on this list - are trying to claim that only the Conservatives would "stop the madness" - that they created...?
So incredulity aside, what about the list itself?
Let's go Debunking! 1/34
The Conservatives - who oversaw every single thing on this list - are trying to claim that only the Conservatives would "stop the madness" - that they created...?
So incredulity aside, what about the list itself?
Let's go Debunking! 1/34
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1/31
Meet project "Good Old USA" the now unsealed DoJ file on the Russian influence in the US to sway opinion on the war in Ukraine.
Something Trump has bought into hook-line and sinker.
It was held under seal, because we got the literal playbook revealing their methods
Meet project "Good Old USA" the now unsealed DoJ file on the Russian influence in the US to sway opinion on the war in Ukraine.
Something Trump has bought into hook-line and sinker.
It was held under seal, because we got the literal playbook revealing their methods
March 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
1/31
Meet project "Good Old USA" the now unsealed DoJ file on the Russian influence in the US to sway opinion on the war in Ukraine.
Something Trump has bought into hook-line and sinker.
It was held under seal, because we got the literal playbook revealing their methods
Meet project "Good Old USA" the now unsealed DoJ file on the Russian influence in the US to sway opinion on the war in Ukraine.
Something Trump has bought into hook-line and sinker.
It was held under seal, because we got the literal playbook revealing their methods
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If you’re drawn to a politician because they promise to be cruel to Muslims or Jews or immigrants or gays or transgender people etc, the least you should do - the absolute, bare bones, still morally vacuous least - is ask yourself whether they’re likely to stop at the group you want to see targeted.
March 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
If you’re drawn to a politician because they promise to be cruel to Muslims or Jews or immigrants or gays or transgender people etc, the least you should do - the absolute, bare bones, still morally vacuous least - is ask yourself whether they’re likely to stop at the group you want to see targeted.
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Breaking it, then profiting off the *fix*
The same way they profit off of education privatization… health care… etc…
They count on you not realizing it. You are their piggy bank.
The same way they profit off of education privatization… health care… etc…
They count on you not realizing it. You are their piggy bank.
February 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Breaking it, then profiting off the *fix*
The same way they profit off of education privatization… health care… etc…
They count on you not realizing it. You are their piggy bank.
The same way they profit off of education privatization… health care… etc…
They count on you not realizing it. You are their piggy bank.
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Sigh…..😞
Another day, another wildly misleading Daily Mail headline.
I mean, it certainly would be headline worthy if police had turned up and accused her of committing a crime by writing innocent FB posts.
But that's not what happened…
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1/
Another day, another wildly misleading Daily Mail headline.
I mean, it certainly would be headline worthy if police had turned up and accused her of committing a crime by writing innocent FB posts.
But that's not what happened…
🧵
1/
February 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Sigh…..😞
Another day, another wildly misleading Daily Mail headline.
I mean, it certainly would be headline worthy if police had turned up and accused her of committing a crime by writing innocent FB posts.
But that's not what happened…
🧵
1/
Another day, another wildly misleading Daily Mail headline.
I mean, it certainly would be headline worthy if police had turned up and accused her of committing a crime by writing innocent FB posts.
But that's not what happened…
🧵
1/
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Pastor Paula White, director of the White House Faith Office, is "challenging you" to give her money so that God can bless you. You can give her "a sacrificial offering" of $133, $52, or $414.
February 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Pastor Paula White, director of the White House Faith Office, is "challenging you" to give her money so that God can bless you. You can give her "a sacrificial offering" of $133, $52, or $414.
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They surely are.
February 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
They surely are.
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This is really interesting and thought provoking writing - worth a read. Nowadays it feels as there’s no space for nuanced political conversations.
February 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This is really interesting and thought provoking writing - worth a read. Nowadays it feels as there’s no space for nuanced political conversations.
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🔴Nigel Farage Pictured With Far-Right Activists Who Posted ‘Pride Swastikas’ and Racist Rants
EXCLUSIVE: The Reform UK leader posed for pictures with the group of prominent far-right activists known for their extreme, racist and Islamophobic posts
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/30/n...
EXCLUSIVE: The Reform UK leader posed for pictures with the group of prominent far-right activists known for their extreme, racist and Islamophobic posts
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/30/n...
Nigel Farage Pictured With Far-Right Activists Who Posted 'Pride Swastikas' and Racist Rants
EXCLUSIVE: The Reform UK leader posed for pictures with the group of prominent far-right activists known for their extreme, racist and Islamophobic posts
bylinetimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
🔴Nigel Farage Pictured With Far-Right Activists Who Posted ‘Pride Swastikas’ and Racist Rants
EXCLUSIVE: The Reform UK leader posed for pictures with the group of prominent far-right activists known for their extreme, racist and Islamophobic posts
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/30/n...
EXCLUSIVE: The Reform UK leader posed for pictures with the group of prominent far-right activists known for their extreme, racist and Islamophobic posts
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/30/n...
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🔴A Simple Ban on Political Lying Could Radically Transform Our Politics
Just one small step would trigger a whole series of positive changes to democratic life in the UK
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/22/a...
Just one small step would trigger a whole series of positive changes to democratic life in the UK
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/22/a...
A Simple Ban on Political Lying Could Radically Transform Our Politics
Just one small step would trigger a whole series of positive changes to democratic life in the UK
bylinetimes.com
January 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
🔴A Simple Ban on Political Lying Could Radically Transform Our Politics
Just one small step would trigger a whole series of positive changes to democratic life in the UK
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/22/a...
Just one small step would trigger a whole series of positive changes to democratic life in the UK
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/22/a...
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Farage attending the launch of a new staunch climate denial group in the UK that has taken funds from oil giant ExxonMobil ? Not particularly out of character , since Dec 2019 92% of donations to Reform UK were from fossil fuel interest groups or climate deniers , per @desmog.bsky.social .
January 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Farage attending the launch of a new staunch climate denial group in the UK that has taken funds from oil giant ExxonMobil ? Not particularly out of character , since Dec 2019 92% of donations to Reform UK were from fossil fuel interest groups or climate deniers , per @desmog.bsky.social .
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We’ve always been at war with East Asia.
January 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
We’ve always been at war with East Asia.
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'Grooming gangs'? There's one convicted child abuser in my records whose network involved Eton College staff and the Surrey Young Conservatives. First two episodes of our new series now available - more next Weds. @mrjamesob.bsky.social
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January 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
'Grooming gangs'? There's one convicted child abuser in my records whose network involved Eton College staff and the Surrey Young Conservatives. First two episodes of our new series now available - more next Weds. @mrjamesob.bsky.social
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So many journalists, researchers and fact-check organizations spent years lending time and legitimacy to Facebook. And this is how it ends.
It’s remarkable that Zuck said “the fact-checkers have just been too politically biased, and have destroyed more trust than they've created, especially in the U.S." He not only ended the partnership, he threw US fact checkers under the bus.
January 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
So many journalists, researchers and fact-check organizations spent years lending time and legitimacy to Facebook. And this is how it ends.
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🚨Meta Ends Fact-Checking Program, Claims Shift to 'Free Speech'
In this video, we cover Meta's decision to end fact-checking, claiming to embrace free speech principles—a move critics argue enables unchecked misinformation.
youtube.com/shorts/Ugrvk...
In this video, we cover Meta's decision to end fact-checking, claiming to embrace free speech principles—a move critics argue enables unchecked misinformation.
youtube.com/shorts/Ugrvk...
Meta Ends Fact-Checking Program, Claims Shift to 'Free Speech'
YouTube video by The Intellectualist
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January 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
🚨Meta Ends Fact-Checking Program, Claims Shift to 'Free Speech'
In this video, we cover Meta's decision to end fact-checking, claiming to embrace free speech principles—a move critics argue enables unchecked misinformation.
youtube.com/shorts/Ugrvk...
In this video, we cover Meta's decision to end fact-checking, claiming to embrace free speech principles—a move critics argue enables unchecked misinformation.
youtube.com/shorts/Ugrvk...
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Massive change at Meta, as Zuckerberg announces they’re ditching fact checkers in the US and replacing them with community notes. Meta is probably the single largest funder of fact checking in the world right now. But that appears to be coming to an end. www.facebook.com/share/v/18Rc...?
Redirecting...
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January 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Massive change at Meta, as Zuckerberg announces they’re ditching fact checkers in the US and replacing them with community notes. Meta is probably the single largest funder of fact checking in the world right now. But that appears to be coming to an end. www.facebook.com/share/v/18Rc...?
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🔴 EDITORIAL: The Cosy and Comfortable Liberal-Democratic Political-Media Class & the Darkness Ahead
"While they are comfortable attending Spectator parties & pontificating on podcasts, the country risks sleepwalking into a dangerous abyss" – Byline Times' Editor-in-Chief @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social
"While they are comfortable attending Spectator parties & pontificating on podcasts, the country risks sleepwalking into a dangerous abyss" – Byline Times' Editor-in-Chief @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social
The Cosy and Comfortable Liberal-Democratic Political-Media Class and the Darkness Ahead
Who will – truly – hold the line with the prospect of a more extreme politics coming to Britain via the ballot box?
bylinetimes.com
December 20, 2024 at 11:45 AM
🔴 EDITORIAL: The Cosy and Comfortable Liberal-Democratic Political-Media Class & the Darkness Ahead
"While they are comfortable attending Spectator parties & pontificating on podcasts, the country risks sleepwalking into a dangerous abyss" – Byline Times' Editor-in-Chief @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social
"While they are comfortable attending Spectator parties & pontificating on podcasts, the country risks sleepwalking into a dangerous abyss" – Byline Times' Editor-in-Chief @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social
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"There's no shortcut that's going to make that easy" should be tattooed on the forehead of every politician as a prerequisite to being sworn in
Yep. This is one of the most radicalizing pieces I ever wrote, about my own high school.
Silver-bullet, top-down Bold New Ideas are never going to work. Effective approaches are slow, make significant investments and ask teachers what they need.
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Silver-bullet, top-down Bold New Ideas are never going to work. Effective approaches are slow, make significant investments and ask teachers what they need.
psmag.com/features/the...
bsky.app/profile/ogda...
January 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"There's no shortcut that's going to make that easy" should be tattooed on the forehead of every politician as a prerequisite to being sworn in
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Newspaper headlines are all too often designed to get people's blood up, jumping to conclusions without reading the substance. @monkemma.bsky.social was moved to drill down on a typical 'look at the lazy scroungers' headline from the Torygraph:
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Telegraph headline screams 'scrounger', but paywalled article reveals a truth about who is 'on benefits': why we need to look beyond headlines
T’was the week before Christmas and while the rest of us were preparing for the season of goodwill to all mankind, the Telegraph was busy creating headlines designed to get people OUTRAGED at all the ...
westcountryvoices.co.uk
January 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Newspaper headlines are all too often designed to get people's blood up, jumping to conclusions without reading the substance. @monkemma.bsky.social was moved to drill down on a typical 'look at the lazy scroungers' headline from the Torygraph:
westcountryvoices.co.uk/telegraph-he...
westcountryvoices.co.uk/telegraph-he...
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Hostages kidnapped on Oct. 7 and held in Gaza were subjected to torture, abuse and starvation, according to a new Israeli report. Women reported sexual abuse, sometimes at gunpoint. Children and teenagers were found to have been bound, beaten and branded reut.rs/3PfVJrj
Gaza captors tortured hostages, including minors, Israeli report says
Hostages held in Gaza were subjected to torture, including sexual and psychological abuse, starvation, burns and medical neglect, according to a new report by the Israeli Health Ministry that will be submitted to the United Nations this week.
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December 29, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Hostages kidnapped on Oct. 7 and held in Gaza were subjected to torture, abuse and starvation, according to a new Israeli report. Women reported sexual abuse, sometimes at gunpoint. Children and teenagers were found to have been bound, beaten and branded reut.rs/3PfVJrj
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Hahahahahaha! What a difference two years and drinking the MAGA koolaid makes.
December 29, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Hahahahahaha! What a difference two years and drinking the MAGA koolaid makes.