Richard Hockaday
@rjhockaday.bsky.social
Brit now Swiss citizen living in NW Switzerland with wife and 2 dogs
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This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 26,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 26,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Lie after lie has been told this week about how the Ukraine war started, from the Kremlin and the White House.
Here's our News Agents video essay which explains the truth, and spells out why Trump clings so close to Putin and lives in his warped reality.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cufM...
Here's our News Agents video essay which explains the truth, and spells out why Trump clings so close to Putin and lives in his warped reality.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cufM...
Ukraine War: The New Trump & Putin Axis Explained
YouTube video by The News Agents
www.youtube.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Lie after lie has been told this week about how the Ukraine war started, from the Kremlin and the White House.
Here's our News Agents video essay which explains the truth, and spells out why Trump clings so close to Putin and lives in his warped reality.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cufM...
Here's our News Agents video essay which explains the truth, and spells out why Trump clings so close to Putin and lives in his warped reality.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cufM...
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🚨🚨 So my posting on the French Human Rights league quitting X and encouraging others to do the same went viral.
Excellent.
Today, is as you all know the inauguration of one of the biggest a-holes in the world which will use X for the cause of his dumb BS.
So, do me all a favour, leave X.
Excellent.
Today, is as you all know the inauguration of one of the biggest a-holes in the world which will use X for the cause of his dumb BS.
So, do me all a favour, leave X.
a gnome is holding a sign that says " i 'm a twitter refugee "
ALT: a gnome is holding a sign that says " i 'm a twitter refugee "
media.tenor.com
January 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🚨🚨 So my posting on the French Human Rights league quitting X and encouraging others to do the same went viral.
Excellent.
Today, is as you all know the inauguration of one of the biggest a-holes in the world which will use X for the cause of his dumb BS.
So, do me all a favour, leave X.
Excellent.
Today, is as you all know the inauguration of one of the biggest a-holes in the world which will use X for the cause of his dumb BS.
So, do me all a favour, leave X.
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Now that Ukraine has become very active in the Kursk region, we would like everyone that hasn't found us on BlueSky, to be aware of the latest updates.
Therefore, we would like to ask you to share this post in order to reach as many people as possible. Let's aim for 75.000 followers 👍
Therefore, we would like to ask you to share this post in order to reach as many people as possible. Let's aim for 75.000 followers 👍
January 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Now that Ukraine has become very active in the Kursk region, we would like everyone that hasn't found us on BlueSky, to be aware of the latest updates.
Therefore, we would like to ask you to share this post in order to reach as many people as possible. Let's aim for 75.000 followers 👍
Therefore, we would like to ask you to share this post in order to reach as many people as possible. Let's aim for 75.000 followers 👍
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❄️NEW SUNDAY SCHOOL☃️
@sturdyalex.bsky.social+@pimlicat.bsky.social welcome
@snellarthur.bsky.social on Magdeburg attack
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social on TrumpMuskFarage centipede
@zoesqwilliams.bsky.social on WASPI women
@iandunt.bsky.social on Lords appointments
🔊 open.spotify.com/episode/1Zu6...
🍏
@sturdyalex.bsky.social+@pimlicat.bsky.social welcome
@snellarthur.bsky.social on Magdeburg attack
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social on TrumpMuskFarage centipede
@zoesqwilliams.bsky.social on WASPI women
@iandunt.bsky.social on Lords appointments
🔊 open.spotify.com/episode/1Zu6...
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Sunday School: The One with Everyone In It
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 22/12/2024 · 1h 8m
podcasts.apple.com
December 22, 2024 at 5:52 AM
❄️NEW SUNDAY SCHOOL☃️
@sturdyalex.bsky.social+@pimlicat.bsky.social welcome
@snellarthur.bsky.social on Magdeburg attack
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social on TrumpMuskFarage centipede
@zoesqwilliams.bsky.social on WASPI women
@iandunt.bsky.social on Lords appointments
🔊 open.spotify.com/episode/1Zu6...
🍏
@sturdyalex.bsky.social+@pimlicat.bsky.social welcome
@snellarthur.bsky.social on Magdeburg attack
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social on TrumpMuskFarage centipede
@zoesqwilliams.bsky.social on WASPI women
@iandunt.bsky.social on Lords appointments
🔊 open.spotify.com/episode/1Zu6...
🍏
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Our follower base is growing rapidly, so a warm welcome to all new followers on BlueSky! Will you help us make our account as visible as possible by reposting this message?
➡️ Do you want to be updated daily on the news about the war in #Ukraine. Follow us and discuss topics in the comment section.
➡️ Do you want to be updated daily on the news about the war in #Ukraine. Follow us and discuss topics in the comment section.
November 14, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Our follower base is growing rapidly, so a warm welcome to all new followers on BlueSky! Will you help us make our account as visible as possible by reposting this message?
➡️ Do you want to be updated daily on the news about the war in #Ukraine. Follow us and discuss topics in the comment section.
➡️ Do you want to be updated daily on the news about the war in #Ukraine. Follow us and discuss topics in the comment section.
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This is a very British headline:
December 7, 2024 at 11:30 AM
This is a very British headline:
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Christopher Steele stepped out of the shadows to talk about the Trump victory. You won’t want to miss this.
shows.acast.com/65196b0b1488...?
shows.acast.com/65196b0b1488...?
Out of the shadows: MI6 Russia expert Christopher Steele on Trump and the new world order | Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell
shows.acast.com
November 29, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Christopher Steele stepped out of the shadows to talk about the Trump victory. You won’t want to miss this.
shows.acast.com/65196b0b1488...?
shows.acast.com/65196b0b1488...?
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I’m now on Bluesky. The one thing that concerns me is that in 2018 when I was arrested in Spain on a Russian warrant, it was live tweeting that saved my life. I need enough followers here so if the same thing happens, I will be protected. Please help me with that
www.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/w...
www.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/w...
Bill Browder, a Putin Critic, Live-Tweets His Arrest in Spain (Published 2018)
A London-based investor who has styled himself a nemesis of the Russian leadership documented the latest episode in a 13-year game of cat and mouse.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2024 at 2:41 PM
I’m now on Bluesky. The one thing that concerns me is that in 2018 when I was arrested in Spain on a Russian warrant, it was live tweeting that saved my life. I need enough followers here so if the same thing happens, I will be protected. Please help me with that
www.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/w...
www.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/w...
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Oh - and if it’s not too much trouble, if you don’t mind Rt this so people can find me here, I’d be very grateful. Thank you
November 16, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Oh - and if it’s not too much trouble, if you don’t mind Rt this so people can find me here, I’d be very grateful. Thank you
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UK cheeses miss out on international prize after getting stuck in customs
“Before Brexit, this wouldn’t have been a thing. That’s a fact”
Heaven help us
www.theguardian.com/food/2024/no...
“Before Brexit, this wouldn’t have been a thing. That’s a fact”
Heaven help us
www.theguardian.com/food/2024/no...
UK cheeses miss out on international prize after getting stuck in customs
At the World Cheese Awards in Portugal, British entries were conspicuous by their absence after failing to clear import controls
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 7:33 AM
UK cheeses miss out on international prize after getting stuck in customs
“Before Brexit, this wouldn’t have been a thing. That’s a fact”
Heaven help us
www.theguardian.com/food/2024/no...
“Before Brexit, this wouldn’t have been a thing. That’s a fact”
Heaven help us
www.theguardian.com/food/2024/no...
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Hi there - a first post on this platform. Do please repost this message just in case anyone should want to find me here -- thank you...
November 13, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Hi there - a first post on this platform. Do please repost this message just in case anyone should want to find me here -- thank you...
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SitRep - 15/11/24 - Our first one on BlueSky
Hello to all new followers 💙💛
An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Russian attacks in Kursk are continuing while German Chancellor Scholz spoke with Putin, asking him to stop attacks.
REPOST=appreciated
1/X
Hello to all new followers 💙💛
An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Russian attacks in Kursk are continuing while German Chancellor Scholz spoke with Putin, asking him to stop attacks.
REPOST=appreciated
1/X
November 15, 2024 at 8:47 PM
SitRep - 15/11/24 - Our first one on BlueSky
Hello to all new followers 💙💛
An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Russian attacks in Kursk are continuing while German Chancellor Scholz spoke with Putin, asking him to stop attacks.
REPOST=appreciated
1/X
Hello to all new followers 💙💛
An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Russian attacks in Kursk are continuing while German Chancellor Scholz spoke with Putin, asking him to stop attacks.
REPOST=appreciated
1/X
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Hello everyone. I am now on this platform for social media. Do please repost this message so that more people can find me!
November 13, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Hello everyone. I am now on this platform for social media. Do please repost this message so that more people can find me!
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X is increasingly overrun with Russian trolls posing as MAGA supporters, along with accounts sharing racist or explicit content: hardly a professional environment. With nearly 200k followers there, I’ll be gradually moving here. Please share this message so others can find and follow me here too
November 11, 2024 at 8:53 PM
X is increasingly overrun with Russian trolls posing as MAGA supporters, along with accounts sharing racist or explicit content: hardly a professional environment. With nearly 200k followers there, I’ll be gradually moving here. Please share this message so others can find and follow me here too
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Applications by the owl and the pussycat were rejected on the grounds that they had entered the country by private boat.
Paddington Bear given UK passport by Home Office
Government issues specimen document to Peruvian-born character, listing him as ‘Bear’ under its observations
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2024 at 11:38 AM
Applications by the owl and the pussycat were rejected on the grounds that they had entered the country by private boat.
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🇺🇸 NEW Quiet Riot: Sunday School 🇬🇧
Is the US election really as close as it looks?
PLUS @pimlicat.bsky.social and @sturdyalex.bsky.social take the heat out of the Budget speculation and talk Badenoch vs Jenrick.
APPLE: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/5qJj...
Is the US election really as close as it looks?
PLUS @pimlicat.bsky.social and @sturdyalex.bsky.social take the heat out of the Budget speculation and talk Badenoch vs Jenrick.
APPLE: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/5qJj...
IS THE US ELECTION AS CLOSE AS IT SEEMS?
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · S1, E78 Bonus · 39m
podcasts.apple.com
October 20, 2024 at 3:13 AM
🇺🇸 NEW Quiet Riot: Sunday School 🇬🇧
Is the US election really as close as it looks?
PLUS @pimlicat.bsky.social and @sturdyalex.bsky.social take the heat out of the Budget speculation and talk Badenoch vs Jenrick.
APPLE: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/5qJj...
Is the US election really as close as it looks?
PLUS @pimlicat.bsky.social and @sturdyalex.bsky.social take the heat out of the Budget speculation and talk Badenoch vs Jenrick.
APPLE: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/5qJj...
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"The right wing is using this confected outrage as a tool to reframe their own rule-breaking and venality of the last decade, through false equivalence. This is especially so for Johnson fans - both individuals and newspapers. There is a huge effort to whitewash BoJo’s sins hanging on this peg."
👗NEW QUIET RIOT👓
THE LORD, THE FROCK, THE GLASSES, AND THE LOSS OF ALL PROPORTION
Midnight essay by @sturdyalex.bsky.social on this entirely confected non-scandal. A short calm rant, that may just change your mind.
APPLE: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/6PBO...
THE LORD, THE FROCK, THE GLASSES, AND THE LOSS OF ALL PROPORTION
Midnight essay by @sturdyalex.bsky.social on this entirely confected non-scandal. A short calm rant, that may just change your mind.
APPLE: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/6PBO...
THE LORD, THE FROCK, THE GLASSES, AND THE LOSS OF ALL PROPORTION
Alex goes on a (very calm and reasoned) MEGA RANT about the mass hysteria over a Labour peer giving a make-over to the top team for the election campaign. You d
podcasts.apple.com
September 25, 2024 at 1:32 PM
"The right wing is using this confected outrage as a tool to reframe their own rule-breaking and venality of the last decade, through false equivalence. This is especially so for Johnson fans - both individuals and newspapers. There is a huge effort to whitewash BoJo’s sins hanging on this peg."
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I'd like to apologise for not sorting out the cladding issues after the Grenfell tragedy during my years in opposition. I'm grateful to Laura Kuenssberg for highlighting this abject failure.
September 8, 2024 at 9:55 AM
I'd like to apologise for not sorting out the cladding issues after the Grenfell tragedy during my years in opposition. I'm grateful to Laura Kuenssberg for highlighting this abject failure.
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I'm old enough to remember when a computer didn't automatically connect to the internet, it used to make a screaming noise. We should have listened.
August 28, 2024 at 6:42 AM
I'm old enough to remember when a computer didn't automatically connect to the internet, it used to make a screaming noise. We should have listened.
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Excellent episode on how BlueSky works and how it’s very different to Twitter beneath the surface.
It’s an excellent podcast all around. You’re a subscriber already, right?
It’s an excellent podcast all around. You’re a subscriber already, right?
🦋QUIET RIOT BLUESKY SPECIAL🦋
@sturdyalex.bsky.social chats all things @bsky.app with its San Francisco Chief of Operations @rose.bsky.team.
It may LOOK familiar, but it couldn't be more different under the bonnet.
APPLE: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/3z5v...
@sturdyalex.bsky.social chats all things @bsky.app with its San Francisco Chief of Operations @rose.bsky.team.
It may LOOK familiar, but it couldn't be more different under the bonnet.
APPLE: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/3z5v...
BLUESKY SPECIAL with Rose Wang
Alex talks through every aspect of Bluesky, from its genesis to how it may look familiar but is a completely different model of social media, to what is coming
podcasts.apple.com
August 26, 2024 at 10:59 AM
Excellent episode on how BlueSky works and how it’s very different to Twitter beneath the surface.
It’s an excellent podcast all around. You’re a subscriber already, right?
It’s an excellent podcast all around. You’re a subscriber already, right?
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🆕QUIET RIOT: THE FAR WRONG🆕
@pimlicat.bsky.social & @sturdyalex.bsky.social talk far right riots and their, apparently, innocent agitators - then Tim Walz.
What a week to have @mrjamesob.bsky.social in the studio!
SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/7mC8...
APPLE: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
@pimlicat.bsky.social & @sturdyalex.bsky.social talk far right riots and their, apparently, innocent agitators - then Tim Walz.
What a week to have @mrjamesob.bsky.social in the studio!
SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/7mC8...
APPLE: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Quiet Riot: THE FAR WRONG with James O'Brien on Apple Podcasts
Show Quiet Riot, Ep THE FAR WRONG with James O'Brien - 7 Aug 2024
podcasts.apple.com
August 8, 2024 at 5:08 AM
🆕QUIET RIOT: THE FAR WRONG🆕
@pimlicat.bsky.social & @sturdyalex.bsky.social talk far right riots and their, apparently, innocent agitators - then Tim Walz.
What a week to have @mrjamesob.bsky.social in the studio!
SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/7mC8...
APPLE: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
@pimlicat.bsky.social & @sturdyalex.bsky.social talk far right riots and their, apparently, innocent agitators - then Tim Walz.
What a week to have @mrjamesob.bsky.social in the studio!
SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/7mC8...
APPLE: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
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This may be unpopular, but I don’t think it’s acceptable under *any circumstances* to #protest outside an MP’s house even if non-violently. Fine to do so outside their office, parliament, party HQ etc. I don’t care how important you think your cause is, disrupting s.o.’s home life is NOT #FreeSpeech
February 23, 2024 at 7:47 AM
This may be unpopular, but I don’t think it’s acceptable under *any circumstances* to #protest outside an MP’s house even if non-violently. Fine to do so outside their office, parliament, party HQ etc. I don’t care how important you think your cause is, disrupting s.o.’s home life is NOT #FreeSpeech