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Our character isn’t defined by the battles we win or lose, but by the battles we dare to fight. Never go into the deep parts of the dark forest, for there are many dangers there, both dark and bright, and they will ensnare your soul.
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@redredrose.bsky.social
· Apr 14
About my moderation list: Some hide bigotry behind virtue signalling profiles. The behaviour of every account I add is checked, here and on X; sanity checked with others if I’m in doubt. If you subscribe, then anyone I add in the future you will also block. Subscribe only if you are happy with that.
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Is there a prominent Brexiter left who hasn’t torn off their mask to reveal the rancid racism beneath? Boris Johnson’s chief fluffer accusing anyone else of being over-promoted is peak process. The bitterness of insanely privileged men with empty souls knows no bounds.
For anyone still tempted to take Dominic Cummings at all seriously, he's now an advocate of Donald Trump-style open racism.
November 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Is there a prominent Brexiter left who hasn’t torn off their mask to reveal the rancid racism beneath? Boris Johnson’s chief fluffer accusing anyone else of being over-promoted is peak process. The bitterness of insanely privileged men with empty souls knows no bounds.
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Christian nationalist grifter Franklin Graham quits financial accountability group after it institutes standards for behavior.
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Franklin Graham quits financial accountability group
Franklin Graham, the president and CEO of two of the largest Christian ministries in the country, has quit his organizations’ membership in a financial accountability group that sets standards for eva...
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October 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Christian nationalist grifter Franklin Graham quits financial accountability group after it institutes standards for behavior.
baptiststandard.com/news/faith-c...
baptiststandard.com/news/faith-c...
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Please let this peace plan work. At last there is hope.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Almost 55,000 preschool children in Gaza acutely malnourished, Lancet study estimates
Study shows clear link between Israeli aid restrictions and malnutrition among children aged between six months and five years
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Please let this peace plan work. At last there is hope.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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£12 billion when you factor in stamp duty.
Good to see the Conservative Party committed to keeping the deficit down by *checks notes* spending £2 billion giving tax breaks for private education, creating a massive new deportation force and pledging to maintain pensioner benefits.
October 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
£12 billion when you factor in stamp duty.
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If you want to start taking steps to enhance your digital security, it can be hard to know where to start. Here are some simple concepts and tips. ssd.eff.org/en/playlist...
Want a security starter pack?
Start from the beginning with a selection of simple steps.
Surveillance impacts all of us, no matter where we live or what we do. While some of us might be directly affected, others may simply want to know what measures they can take to protect their communications and data from...
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October 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
If you want to start taking steps to enhance your digital security, it can be hard to know where to start. Here are some simple concepts and tips. ssd.eff.org/en/playlist...
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“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”
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October 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”
@theguardian.com
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At a time when abortion rights are under attack, platforms with enormous resources—like Meta—have no excuse for silencing this important speech. We must push platforms to #StopCensoringAbortion. www.eff.org/pages/platf...
Platforms Have Failed Us on Abortion Content. Here's How They Can Fix
BY MOLLY BUCKLEY | October 1, 2025This is the eighth installment in a blog series documenting EFF's findings from the Stop Censoring Abortion campaign. You can read additional posts here. In our Stop
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October 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
At a time when abortion rights are under attack, platforms with enormous resources—like Meta—have no excuse for silencing this important speech. We must push platforms to #StopCensoringAbortion. www.eff.org/pages/platf...
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You have to envy them, really.
EXC: Sir John Curtice says a key problem for Kemi Badenoch is that "nobody knows who she is"
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Kemi Badenoch 'unknown' by public who 'don't trust her' says top pollster
The polling guru said the public turned on the Conservatives over partygate and Liz Truss’s mini-budget, and that Kemi Badenoch had been unable to stop support collapsing
www.mirror.co.uk
October 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
You have to envy them, really.
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The legendary Jane Fonda “has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment, the McCarthy-era initiative started by her father, Henry Fonda ...” www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
Jane Fonda relaunches free speech group started by her father during the McCarthy era
In wake of the Trump administration’s censorship threats, the actor re-established the Committee for the First Amendment with A-list support
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October 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The legendary Jane Fonda “has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment, the McCarthy-era initiative started by her father, Henry Fonda ...” www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
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Watching Panorama’s exposé of racist, misogynistic, lying & violent police officers in London, I’m really hoping that all the Farage fans in my industry will manage to condemn it without qualification. We’ll see…
October 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Watching Panorama’s exposé of racist, misogynistic, lying & violent police officers in London, I’m really hoping that all the Farage fans in my industry will manage to condemn it without qualification. We’ll see…
Interesting, whatever will all the “Apple are antichrist” zealots do now?
The beleaguered chipmaker has received financial backing from the U.S. government, Nvidia and SoftBank in recent weeks.
Intel Approached Apple For Possible Investment, Report Says
The beleaguered chipmaker has received financial backing from the U.S. government, Nvidia and SoftBank in recent weeks.
www.forbes.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Interesting, whatever will all the “Apple are antichrist” zealots do now?
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Before she was sworn in as an interim U.S. attorney, Lindsey Halligan, a 36-year-old former White House aide, had no prosecutorial experience.
Here's a look at Halligan’s background and her rise within President Trump’s world.
Here's a look at Halligan’s background and her rise within President Trump’s world.
Who is Lindsey Halligan, the interim U.S. attorney prosecuting James Comey?
Before she was sworn in Monday as an interim U.S. attorney, Halligan, a 36-year-old former White House aide, had no prosecutorial experience.
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September 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Before she was sworn in as an interim U.S. attorney, Lindsey Halligan, a 36-year-old former White House aide, had no prosecutorial experience.
Here's a look at Halligan’s background and her rise within President Trump’s world.
Here's a look at Halligan’s background and her rise within President Trump’s world.
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‘Law & order’ latest.
Tom Homan, now the president’s border czar, was recorded last year accepting a bag with $50,000 in cash by undercover FBI agents in an investigation the Trump Justice Department later closed, The New York Times reported.
New York Times: Justice Department closed probe into Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, for accepting bag of cash | CNN Politics
Tom Homan, now the president’s border czar, was recorded last year accepting a bag with $50,000 in cash by undercover FBI agents in an investigation the Trump Justice Department later closed, The New ...
www.cnn.com
September 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
‘Law & order’ latest.
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The resignation of a president at one of the nation’s largest universities is the latest example of the immense pressure educators are facing — from elementary schools through to college — over lessons and speech.
Teachers are losing jobs as conservatives target lessons, speech they dislike
Conservatives sought firings of educators for speech related to gender and race in recent years, and now, Charlie Kirk. They promise more scrutiny to come.
wapo.st
September 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The resignation of a president at one of the nation’s largest universities is the latest example of the immense pressure educators are facing — from elementary schools through to college — over lessons and speech.
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For some Bibb County residents, the uncovering of an alleged child sex trafficking ring has shattered a sense of small-town safety.
But experts say rural areas are among the places where people are the most vulnerable to trafficking and abuse.
But experts say rural areas are among the places where people are the most vulnerable to trafficking and abuse.
Reeling over alleged child sex ring, Alabama community asks: ‘Did no one know?’
At prayer meetings and other gatherings, Bibb County residents have grappled with the realization that horrific crimes may have been happening in their town.
wapo.st
August 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
For some Bibb County residents, the uncovering of an alleged child sex trafficking ring has shattered a sense of small-town safety.
But experts say rural areas are among the places where people are the most vulnerable to trafficking and abuse.
But experts say rural areas are among the places where people are the most vulnerable to trafficking and abuse.
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Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin is targeting websites like Plan C that don’t even provide abortion pills but simply tell people where they can find them. Our latest:
Arkansas AG Threatens to Sue Sites for Providing Info About Abortion Pills
One of the sites, Plan C, is a well-known resource for information about medication abortion.
www.autonomynews.co
August 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin is targeting websites like Plan C that don’t even provide abortion pills but simply tell people where they can find them. Our latest:
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Bloody hell. He’ll probably be on Question Time next week, mind.
Free speech update. Local schoolchildren made a banner saying "Epping welcomes all except racists". The Homeland Party [their Norfolk organiser] says his members have taken and burnt it, sharing the image of burning the anti-racist message on social media, to emphasise their commitment to racism.
July 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Bloody hell. He’ll probably be on Question Time next week, mind.
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Incited by Farage & a significant swathe of the once ‘respectable’ right-wing media, we are already at the some men running wild point in this arc. And we are not controlling them early. We are giving air time & column inches to the people who egg them on & approve their crimes without any challenge
"In each civilization some men run wild. If we're lucky, we control them early. If not . . . ."
Hoo boy. I'm reading James Michener's 1963 novel Caravans. This scene, which takes place in 1946, is between a former Nazi and an American diplomat. The Nazi calls it. 🧵
Hoo boy. I'm reading James Michener's 1963 novel Caravans. This scene, which takes place in 1946, is between a former Nazi and an American diplomat. The Nazi calls it. 🧵
July 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Incited by Farage & a significant swathe of the once ‘respectable’ right-wing media, we are already at the some men running wild point in this arc. And we are not controlling them early. We are giving air time & column inches to the people who egg them on & approve their crimes without any challenge
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BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
July 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
You may know that my use of moderation lists is a case of fighting fire with fire. They are at best divisive at worst a tool used for harassment go groups and individuals. One I would however suggest you consider subscribing too is one that blocks the authors of disingenuous moderation lists.
July 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
You may know that my use of moderation lists is a case of fighting fire with fire. They are at best divisive at worst a tool used for harassment go groups and individuals. One I would however suggest you consider subscribing too is one that blocks the authors of disingenuous moderation lists.
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Possibly the most interesting phone-in you will ever hear about Gaza.
www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...
www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...
James O'Brien Daily - Podcast Episode | Global Player
UK sanctions Israel while Palestinians continue to be starved
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May 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Possibly the most interesting phone-in you will ever hear about Gaza.
www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...
www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...