Ren Zelen
@renzelen.bsky.social
Academic editor & freelance film & book reviewer. Ex-lit academic. Has written sci-fi novels (see ‘Hathor Diaries' on Amazon).
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett has released receipts that reveal that ProPublica has reported that Kristi Noem secretly diverted hundreds of millions of dollars in Department of Homeland Security funds to a consulting firm affiliated with her own campaign.
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Rep. Jasmine Crockett has released receipts that reveal that ProPublica has reported that Kristi Noem secretly diverted hundreds of millions of dollars in Department of Homeland Security funds to a consulting firm affiliated with her own campaign.
Which is what they’re doing already. So, expect a lot more of the same.
This raises the worrying prospect that overwhelming media power in Britain could be concentrated in the hands of a tiny number of very wealthy, extremely nasty and very right wing crackpots who will use it for malignant ends
November 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Which is what they’re doing already. So, expect a lot more of the same.
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People have to be really dumb to think that Capitalism makes people rich, it doesn't it just gives all the money to a handful of people.
For instance the USA is the 'richest country in the world'.
But the richest 3 people have more money than the poorest 170 million.
For instance the USA is the 'richest country in the world'.
But the richest 3 people have more money than the poorest 170 million.
November 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
People have to be really dumb to think that Capitalism makes people rich, it doesn't it just gives all the money to a handful of people.
For instance the USA is the 'richest country in the world'.
But the richest 3 people have more money than the poorest 170 million.
For instance the USA is the 'richest country in the world'.
But the richest 3 people have more money than the poorest 170 million.
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Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
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Daily Mail Owner Agrees to Buy The Telegraph, Consolidating Right-Leaning Media in Britain
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
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The Confidence Trick That Put Boris Johnson Into Power Is Now Being Used on Nigel Farage
The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
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November 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
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"You can agree or disagree with him, but Polanski does not pretend to be something he is not.
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Zack Polanski: ‘People will have to find some other way to hurt me’ | The Observer
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November 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
"You can agree or disagree with him, but Polanski does not pretend to be something he is not.
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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I note that former UKIP in Scotland leader David Coburn is also mentioned by the BBC as being involved in the Nathan Gill case, but has not been charged yet.
November 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I note that former UKIP in Scotland leader David Coburn is also mentioned by the BBC as being involved in the Nathan Gill case, but has not been charged yet.
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Gods, I just made the mistake of reading BTL on an FT story. Horrendous. All apparently men. Of course. The entitlement, privilege, and downright snobbery is suffocating.
I mean, having a go at Reeves for her accent?? Come the fuck on.
I mean, having a go at Reeves for her accent?? Come the fuck on.
November 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Gods, I just made the mistake of reading BTL on an FT story. Horrendous. All apparently men. Of course. The entitlement, privilege, and downright snobbery is suffocating.
I mean, having a go at Reeves for her accent?? Come the fuck on.
I mean, having a go at Reeves for her accent?? Come the fuck on.
“Boyle & Garland said that ‘28 Years Later’ explores British isolationism & cultural decline, the film’s quarantined U.K. reflecting a sense of political & cultural detachment following Brexit & the pandemic. Society shifts from forward-looking ideals toward nostalgic myths of a misremembered past”
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“Boyle & Garland said that ‘28 Years Later’ explores British isolationism & cultural decline, the film’s quarantined U.K. reflecting a sense of political & cultural detachment following Brexit & the pandemic. Society shifts from forward-looking ideals toward nostalgic myths of a misremembered past”
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November 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Funny they'd want to do that while not talking about NATHAN GILL at all.
November 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Funny they'd want to do that while not talking about NATHAN GILL at all.
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This is true in all cases. Respect and trust are something to be earned. Be suspicious of anyone who demands either of these from you with no proof or reason.
Just some advice for Peter Lawwell respect isn't something you demand its got to be earned.
When you show a lack off respect for the celtic support you can't then demand repect.
When you show a lack off respect for the celtic support you can't then demand repect.
November 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
This is true in all cases. Respect and trust are something to be earned. Be suspicious of anyone who demands either of these from you with no proof or reason.
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More powerful evidence of the disaster of #Brexit from @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social. If we’re to avoid yet more austerity, we need to start by rejoining the customs union & single market. Brexit was a reckless waste of money we simply can’t afford @europeanmovement.co.uk
Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in its roof | Jonathan Freedland
The autumn budget will mop up some damage, but the true source of the economic crisis is clear. The government should now fix it – tragically, it won’t, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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November 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
More powerful evidence of the disaster of #Brexit from @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social. If we’re to avoid yet more austerity, we need to start by rejoining the customs union & single market. Brexit was a reckless waste of money we simply can’t afford @europeanmovement.co.uk
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Not only are the @reformpartyuk.bsky.social
full of dangerous climate change deniers, they are also packed full of unchecked racists, imbeciles, crooks & traitors. +10 years for Reform’s Nathan Gill 👇, a crooked British traitor caught fraternising with Russia for cash 🇷🇺 💰💰💰
full of dangerous climate change deniers, they are also packed full of unchecked racists, imbeciles, crooks & traitors. +10 years for Reform’s Nathan Gill 👇, a crooked British traitor caught fraternising with Russia for cash 🇷🇺 💰💰💰
November 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Not only are the @reformpartyuk.bsky.social
full of dangerous climate change deniers, they are also packed full of unchecked racists, imbeciles, crooks & traitors. +10 years for Reform’s Nathan Gill 👇, a crooked British traitor caught fraternising with Russia for cash 🇷🇺 💰💰💰
full of dangerous climate change deniers, they are also packed full of unchecked racists, imbeciles, crooks & traitors. +10 years for Reform’s Nathan Gill 👇, a crooked British traitor caught fraternising with Russia for cash 🇷🇺 💰💰💰
Robbie Gibb who orchestrated the coup getting rid of Davie & Turness (because they were Tory & not Reform enough) won’t allow any investigation into Farage by the BBC under his watch, not unless it becomes too huge a story to ignore. Don’t expect anything from presstitute Chris Mason or Tory Laura
So as Nigel Farage has a good buddy & a long time prominent member of his Reform party jailed for taking Russian bribes, the BBCs Chris Mason thinks it is Keir Starmer who needs to be questioned over his leadership credentials.
Stop the gossip journalism & seek out a real story… Farage & Russia.
Stop the gossip journalism & seek out a real story… Farage & Russia.
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Robbie Gibb who orchestrated the coup getting rid of Davie & Turness (because they were Tory & not Reform enough) won’t allow any investigation into Farage by the BBC under his watch, not unless it becomes too huge a story to ignore. Don’t expect anything from presstitute Chris Mason or Tory Laura
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Time for a top to bottom investigation, Nigel.
November 22, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Time for a top to bottom investigation, Nigel.
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Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
Another Reform councillor suspended www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
Reform UK councillor suspended after vile WhatsApp messages exposed
A Reform UK councillor has been suspended after leaked WhatsApp messages revealed racist slurs, threats and calls for “mass Islam genocide”
www.thecanary.co
November 22, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Another Reform councillor suspended www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
It shows a distinct lack of Botox, (which many other actors pump into their faces, men & women, hence their lack of expression).
Good for her, she can still emote 😂
Good for her, she can still emote 😂
Probably because most people are used to actors faces not moving
I love your face, Claire. Best crier in film and tv history xx
I love your face, Claire. Best crier in film and tv history xx
November 22, 2025 at 9:32 AM
It shows a distinct lack of Botox, (which many other actors pump into their faces, men & women, hence their lack of expression).
Good for her, she can still emote 😂
Good for her, she can still emote 😂
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Johnson spent years charming, bluffing, and backstabbing his way to the top.
Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...
And thousands died.
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Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...
And thousands died.
@noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
Boris Johnson: The Covid Tragedy and England's Clown King
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November 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Johnson spent years charming, bluffing, and backstabbing his way to the top.
Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...
And thousands died.
@noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...
And thousands died.
@noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...