Ross
@rossdixon.bsky.social
Beyond Limits Sports Nations Cup Winner 2008
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Thought exactly this listening to Cooper on Today this morning.
If you’re saying that the far right is essentially correct, then don’t be surprised when the whole political terrain moves in their direction
If you’re saying that the far right is essentially correct, then don’t be surprised when the whole political terrain moves in their direction
When centrists adopt far-right rhetoric, they don’t make themselves stronger. They make themselves look inauthentic, legitimise the far right, and shift the political debate onto terrain defined by their opponents.
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Cooper suggests asylum seekers could be moved into warehouses instead of hotels – UK politics live
Home secretary says government aims to ‘shrink the whole asylum system’ and is looking at ‘military and industrial sites’
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Thought exactly this listening to Cooper on Today this morning.
If you’re saying that the far right is essentially correct, then don’t be surprised when the whole political terrain moves in their direction
If you’re saying that the far right is essentially correct, then don’t be surprised when the whole political terrain moves in their direction
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Trigger warning here
Palestinians in the Rafah concentration camp in southern Gaza being shot at by the Israeli army
They’re waiting for ‘aid’. This is Israel’s favorite method of the past several weeks to trap civilians and then open fire
www.instagram.com/reel/DMFankX...
Palestinians in the Rafah concentration camp in southern Gaza being shot at by the Israeli army
They’re waiting for ‘aid’. This is Israel’s favorite method of the past several weeks to trap civilians and then open fire
www.instagram.com/reel/DMFankX...
July 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Trigger warning here
Palestinians in the Rafah concentration camp in southern Gaza being shot at by the Israeli army
They’re waiting for ‘aid’. This is Israel’s favorite method of the past several weeks to trap civilians and then open fire
www.instagram.com/reel/DMFankX...
Palestinians in the Rafah concentration camp in southern Gaza being shot at by the Israeli army
They’re waiting for ‘aid’. This is Israel’s favorite method of the past several weeks to trap civilians and then open fire
www.instagram.com/reel/DMFankX...
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friends, yes this is silly but sit for a moment with the fact that it's actually really bad that the very IDEA of a vacation was so foreign to younger professionals that they felt that they had to invent it
July 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
friends, yes this is silly but sit for a moment with the fact that it's actually really bad that the very IDEA of a vacation was so foreign to younger professionals that they felt that they had to invent it
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This Palestinian boy is comforting his younger siblings after they were injured in an Israeli attack that targeted a displacement shelter in Gaza City.
July 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This Palestinian boy is comforting his younger siblings after they were injured in an Israeli attack that targeted a displacement shelter in Gaza City.
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These daily massacres are no different to what Assad was doing in Syria. No different.
July 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
These daily massacres are no different to what Assad was doing in Syria. No different.
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FFS, you couldn't make it up.
June 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
FFS, you couldn't make it up.
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UK media coverage of Gaza is a disgrace
May 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
UK media coverage of Gaza is a disgrace
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lotta people are gonna die
Learned some more about a few of these dangerous new ACIP people
June 11, 2025 at 11:20 PM
lotta people are gonna die
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"We overcame the Pharaoh, we will also overcome Keir Starmer" is a quote for the ages
Itamar Ben-Gvir, in the Israeli media:
“We overcame the Pharaoh, we will also overcome Keir Starmer, I will continue to work for the State of Israel and the people of Israel without fear or intimidation"
“We overcame the Pharaoh, we will also overcome Keir Starmer, I will continue to work for the State of Israel and the people of Israel without fear or intimidation"
June 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
"We overcame the Pharaoh, we will also overcome Keir Starmer" is a quote for the ages
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Setting up "aid distribution points" and then massacring people who come to obtain food is sincerely one of the most evil things I have ever seen.
June 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Setting up "aid distribution points" and then massacring people who come to obtain food is sincerely one of the most evil things I have ever seen.
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Why is @bsky.app deleting Palestinian accounts?
So Amira got deleted yesterday- I figured that would happen so I actually went through in the morning and screen recorded her entire profile- it was 6 days old and other than occasionally tagging a few people I know would have no issue being tagged- it had no “spam” behavior
Bluesky is racist.
Bluesky is racist.
June 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Why is @bsky.app deleting Palestinian accounts?
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Labour has a choice, and with today's announcement it seems to have made it, be led by Reform and let the country crumble, or, work to make things better, show the positive case for immigration, and change the "public opinion" they claim to be following. 16/
www.bigissue.com/opinion/refo...
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Reform's local elections success shows Labour needs to change
How Labour must change to tackle Reform UK's rise after the far-right party's shock local elections successes
www.bigissue.com
May 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Labour has a choice, and with today's announcement it seems to have made it, be led by Reform and let the country crumble, or, work to make things better, show the positive case for immigration, and change the "public opinion" they claim to be following. 16/
www.bigissue.com/opinion/refo...
www.bigissue.com/opinion/refo...
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""[We] cannot have another 30,000 more Palestinians dead," Biden said in an interview with MSNBC on Saturday [March 9, 2024]. Asked whether an invasion of Rafah, in the south of Gaza on the border with Egypt, was a red line, Biden replied in the affirmative: "It is a red line.""
Rafah Today
Rafah Today
April 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
""[We] cannot have another 30,000 more Palestinians dead," Biden said in an interview with MSNBC on Saturday [March 9, 2024]. Asked whether an invasion of Rafah, in the south of Gaza on the border with Egypt, was a red line, Biden replied in the affirmative: "It is a red line.""
Rafah Today
Rafah Today
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OUT TODAY: The global electricity transition in graphics...
April 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
OUT TODAY: The global electricity transition in graphics...
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Roald Dahl wrote this letter about losing his daughter *39 years ago*. RFK, and the politics he promotes, will inflict this unimaginable pain on many parents, if they get their way.
March 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Roald Dahl wrote this letter about losing his daughter *39 years ago*. RFK, and the politics he promotes, will inflict this unimaginable pain on many parents, if they get their way.
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Again, the richest man in human history personally individually directed this
An estimated 300,000 children globally are expected to lose access to a nutrient-dense peanut butter that’s specially formulated to treat severe acute malnutrition.
Georgia Nonprofit That Produces Life-Saving Food For Kids Has Federal Contract Cut
An estimated 300,000 children globally are expected to lose access to a nutrient-dense peanut butter that’s specially formulated to treat severe acute malnutrition.
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February 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Again, the richest man in human history personally individually directed this
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NEW: Official advisers CCC say UK shld cut emissions 87% by 2040
⚖️Net cost of net-zero 73% less than thought
💷Total cost to 2050 = £108bn (~£4bn/yr, 0.2% GDP)
🏡🚗H’hold energy/fuel bills to fall £1,400
🔌Electrification is key
THREAD + charts
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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⚖️Net cost of net-zero 73% less than thought
💷Total cost to 2050 = £108bn (~£4bn/yr, 0.2% GDP)
🏡🚗H’hold energy/fuel bills to fall £1,400
🔌Electrification is key
THREAD + charts
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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February 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
NEW: Official advisers CCC say UK shld cut emissions 87% by 2040
⚖️Net cost of net-zero 73% less than thought
💷Total cost to 2050 = £108bn (~£4bn/yr, 0.2% GDP)
🏡🚗H’hold energy/fuel bills to fall £1,400
🔌Electrification is key
THREAD + charts
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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⚖️Net cost of net-zero 73% less than thought
💷Total cost to 2050 = £108bn (~£4bn/yr, 0.2% GDP)
🏡🚗H’hold energy/fuel bills to fall £1,400
🔌Electrification is key
THREAD + charts
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/10
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All my life I have studied democratization and autocratization. My 1st field trip was to newly democratic Argentina. I then added autocracies to my portfolio: Cuba, Ven, etc. I think I can recognize the stages of transition to authoritarianism. Here are the boxes Trump has already checked off.
February 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
All my life I have studied democratization and autocratization. My 1st field trip was to newly democratic Argentina. I then added autocracies to my portfolio: Cuba, Ven, etc. I think I can recognize the stages of transition to authoritarianism. Here are the boxes Trump has already checked off.
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Another way the dictatorship might kill you. This is from a friend who is a retired air traffic controller.
February 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Another way the dictatorship might kill you. This is from a friend who is a retired air traffic controller.
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Democrats really want to save our democracy. Just not on Fridays.
February 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Democrats really want to save our democracy. Just not on Fridays.
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Scenes from Jabalia camp in northern Gaza:
February 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Scenes from Jabalia camp in northern Gaza:
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Cannot stop thinking about how Octavia Butler wrote a book in 1993 about climate change. It opens with deadly fires in LA in 2025. In the story, a fascist President has just won office with the campaign slogan "Make America Great Again."
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
January 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Cannot stop thinking about how Octavia Butler wrote a book in 1993 about climate change. It opens with deadly fires in LA in 2025. In the story, a fascist President has just won office with the campaign slogan "Make America Great Again."
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
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I had kidney stones last November and went to the ER. Due to a mix up they didn't think I had insurance and sent me a bill for $800. I called them and explained that I did have insurance and they said no problem, a month later got a new bill for $1800 and insurance covered apparently covered $4000
December 21, 2024 at 7:49 PM
I had kidney stones last November and went to the ER. Due to a mix up they didn't think I had insurance and sent me a bill for $800. I called them and explained that I did have insurance and they said no problem, a month later got a new bill for $1800 and insurance covered apparently covered $4000