Singing Betty
@singingbetty.bsky.social
Lots of singing in and around Oxford with Opus 48, vOx Chamber Choir and Amici della Voce. Here for music, book recommendations and the good and useful stuff not covered by MSM.
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Reminder that just a month ago the Swiss Government rejected using Palantir in any role in Switzerland's Government.
Because they posed a 'catastrophic' threat.
Because they posed a 'catastrophic' threat.
January 18, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Reminder that just a month ago the Swiss Government rejected using Palantir in any role in Switzerland's Government.
Because they posed a 'catastrophic' threat.
Because they posed a 'catastrophic' threat.
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🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug
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A BUSY, BUSY ICE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION
with apologies to Richard Scarry
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Brought to you by the rough and ready Inner Hive, including long-time member Brady Marsh and new member SquirrelSaver7. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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A BUSY, BUSY ICE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION
with apologies to Richard Scarry
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Brought to you by the rough and ready Inner Hive, including long-time member Brady Marsh and new member SquirrelSaver7. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
January 15, 2026 at 4:03 PM
🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug
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A BUSY, BUSY ICE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION
with apologies to Richard Scarry
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Brought to you by the rough and ready Inner Hive, including long-time member Brady Marsh and new member SquirrelSaver7. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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A BUSY, BUSY ICE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION
with apologies to Richard Scarry
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Brought to you by the rough and ready Inner Hive, including long-time member Brady Marsh and new member SquirrelSaver7. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
UK won't be invaded like Greenland because we have already spread a welcome mat to the worst in the world. They're here.
Peter Thiel's New Model Army open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
#joinGreenParty
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
Peter Thiel's New Model Army open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
#joinGreenParty
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
Peter Thiel's New Model Army
The Palantirisation of the UK military is a national security disaster
open.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:32 AM
UK won't be invaded like Greenland because we have already spread a welcome mat to the worst in the world. They're here.
Peter Thiel's New Model Army open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
#joinGreenParty
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
Peter Thiel's New Model Army open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
#joinGreenParty
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
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Individual #Snowflakes Showcase Beautifully Endless Geometry - #photography by Alexey Kljatov
Link for 10 more #snowflake #photos and more information: mossandfog.com/individual-s...
Link for 10 more #snowflake #photos and more information: mossandfog.com/individual-s...
January 10, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Individual #Snowflakes Showcase Beautifully Endless Geometry - #photography by Alexey Kljatov
Link for 10 more #snowflake #photos and more information: mossandfog.com/individual-s...
Link for 10 more #snowflake #photos and more information: mossandfog.com/individual-s...
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⚡2026 is a turning point. UK #climate & environmental activists face both crisis & opportunity.
Fascism rises, the #climate agenda is under attack, & political representation is urgent.
🧵A longish thread on why we must unite behind @zackpolanski.bsky.social & the @greenparty.org.uk 💚
Fascism rises, the #climate agenda is under attack, & political representation is urgent.
🧵A longish thread on why we must unite behind @zackpolanski.bsky.social & the @greenparty.org.uk 💚
January 8, 2026 at 9:46 AM
⚡2026 is a turning point. UK #climate & environmental activists face both crisis & opportunity.
Fascism rises, the #climate agenda is under attack, & political representation is urgent.
🧵A longish thread on why we must unite behind @zackpolanski.bsky.social & the @greenparty.org.uk 💚
Fascism rises, the #climate agenda is under attack, & political representation is urgent.
🧵A longish thread on why we must unite behind @zackpolanski.bsky.social & the @greenparty.org.uk 💚
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Yet another huge contract, awarded without any competitive bidding process, to Wes Streeting's favourite NHS supplier, the Hard Right US surveillance tech specialists Palantir, for military decision making capability.
Palantir lands biggest ever UK defense deal
The £240 million contract with the Ministry of Defence has renewed a debate about Britain’s dependence on American technology.
www.politico.eu
January 6, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Yet another huge contract, awarded without any competitive bidding process, to Wes Streeting's favourite NHS supplier, the Hard Right US surveillance tech specialists Palantir, for military decision making capability.
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A great thread by my friend, the peerless @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social - a must #follow on foreign affairs.
As (intimidatingly) brilliant as always.
As (intimidatingly) brilliant as always.
It's New Year, so time to look back and forward. These are 10 things I think we need to recognise in 2026. It’s a response to what I think are profoundly damaging mistaken assumptions I’ve heard and read from practitioners, journalists, and analysts in 2025. Warning: very long🧵
January 1, 2026 at 11:09 PM
A great thread by my friend, the peerless @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social - a must #follow on foreign affairs.
As (intimidatingly) brilliant as always.
As (intimidatingly) brilliant as always.
UK has been prosecuting peaceful protesters - people of all ages, sitting holding a small cardboard sign - as terrorists for a while now.
Some of them are dying in prison on hunger strike.
Government response: 🤷♂️
#PalestineAction
Some of them are dying in prison on hunger strike.
Government response: 🤷♂️
#PalestineAction
In Iran, people who criticize the Ayatollah are arrested and often die in jail.
In Russia, criticizing Putin or any of his policies carries a 15-year term.
China convicts democracy activists of "treason."
Trump's America is preparing to prosecute protestors against his policies as "terrorists."
In Russia, criticizing Putin or any of his policies carries a 15-year term.
China convicts democracy activists of "treason."
Trump's America is preparing to prosecute protestors against his policies as "terrorists."
Revealed: FBI opened domestic terrorism investigations into anti-ICE activity across US
Internal report shared with Guardian shows FBI has launched cases in 23 regions, some linked to Trump memo on thwarting ‘terroristic activities’
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 7:26 AM
UK has been prosecuting peaceful protesters - people of all ages, sitting holding a small cardboard sign - as terrorists for a while now.
Some of them are dying in prison on hunger strike.
Government response: 🤷♂️
#PalestineAction
Some of them are dying in prison on hunger strike.
Government response: 🤷♂️
#PalestineAction
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THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent horses and ponies I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent horses and ponies I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
Made me laugh out loud before I'd finished my first tea of the day 🙏🏻
Featuring:
– An Alma Mahler Labubu
– The Britten Seaside Trauma snow globe
– “Fratres” for Cats
– The “Anna Netrebko Accountability” Advent Calendar
– Lush’s “Shostakovich Panic Attack” bath bomb
– An Alma Mahler Labubu
– The Britten Seaside Trauma snow globe
– “Fratres” for Cats
– The “Anna Netrebko Accountability” Advent Calendar
– Lush’s “Shostakovich Panic Attack” bath bomb
The Ultimate Classical Music Gift Guide for the Terminally Online and Historically-Burdened
Because we've all read too much music theory to be merry.
www.criticaldrift.org
December 4, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Made me laugh out loud before I'd finished my first tea of the day 🙏🏻
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In 24 hours this has now raised £150,000.
Thank you to the thousands of people who have donated.
Let's make small donations normal again!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Thank you to the thousands of people who have donated.
Let's make small donations normal again!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
November 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
In 24 hours this has now raised £150,000.
Thank you to the thousands of people who have donated.
Let's make small donations normal again!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Thank you to the thousands of people who have donated.
Let's make small donations normal again!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
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⚠️BE WARNED. Charter cities are coming to Brexit ravaged UK, this was the whole reason why the Tories' and Labour colluded on installing deregulated free zones across England, Scotland, and Wales.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
open.substack.com/pub/european...
Suffolk's Forest City and the Ghost of Próspera: Why Britain Should Learn From Honduras
What happens when libertarian billionaires build “startup cities” promising prosperity but delivering corporate sovereignty? Ask the fishermen of Crawfish Rock.
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
⚠️BE WARNED. Charter cities are coming to Brexit ravaged UK, this was the whole reason why the Tories' and Labour colluded on installing deregulated free zones across England, Scotland, and Wales.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
open.substack.com/pub/european...
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Forest City is a Charter City project currently taking shape in Suffolk within an SEZ. The project is dependent on SEZ deregulation, which entails access to £160 million of public funding, a 25-year license, and 10-year tax breaks for companies setting up in the zone. substack.com/@europeanpow...
EuropeanPowell (@europeanpowell)
What have I been writing and warning about for the last several years? That the Tories and Labour's collusion on freeports and SEZs would form stepping stones to the building of charter cities. The la...
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November 23, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Forest City is a Charter City project currently taking shape in Suffolk within an SEZ. The project is dependent on SEZ deregulation, which entails access to £160 million of public funding, a 25-year license, and 10-year tax breaks for companies setting up in the zone. substack.com/@europeanpow...
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Let's stop subsidising destruction.
This Govenrment need to stop standing on the side of polluters and instead tackle the cost of living crisis.
Some of my thoughts on COP 30 👇🏼
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/cop30-must...
This Govenrment need to stop standing on the side of polluters and instead tackle the cost of living crisis.
Some of my thoughts on COP 30 👇🏼
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/cop30-must...
COP30 must confront the climate and cost of living crises together
By Zack Polanski
bestforbritain.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Let's stop subsidising destruction.
This Govenrment need to stop standing on the side of polluters and instead tackle the cost of living crisis.
Some of my thoughts on COP 30 👇🏼
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/cop30-must...
This Govenrment need to stop standing on the side of polluters and instead tackle the cost of living crisis.
Some of my thoughts on COP 30 👇🏼
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/cop30-must...
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What You Can Do About UK Enterprise Zones
🧵 The UK’s enterprise zone network is expanding under Labour’s Industrial Strategy Zones. Here are concrete actions you can take to resist the corporate carve-up of Britain:
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🧵 The UK’s enterprise zone network is expanding under Labour’s Industrial Strategy Zones. Here are concrete actions you can take to resist the corporate carve-up of Britain:
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October 31, 2025 at 10:37 AM
What You Can Do About UK Enterprise Zones
🧵 The UK’s enterprise zone network is expanding under Labour’s Industrial Strategy Zones. Here are concrete actions you can take to resist the corporate carve-up of Britain:
Thread 1/12
🧵 The UK’s enterprise zone network is expanding under Labour’s Industrial Strategy Zones. Here are concrete actions you can take to resist the corporate carve-up of Britain:
Thread 1/12
What if Trump is dying and knows it?
Wouldn't that explain the relentless anger, score settling and complete indifference to consequences?
Wouldn't that explain the relentless anger, score settling and complete indifference to consequences?
October 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
What if Trump is dying and knows it?
Wouldn't that explain the relentless anger, score settling and complete indifference to consequences?
Wouldn't that explain the relentless anger, score settling and complete indifference to consequences?
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This is why Starmer said we wouldn’t be getting closer to the EU. It’s because we can’t, he’s signed contracts with big corporations who will then effectively govern Britain and these corporate zones aren’t allowed by the EU.
Confused as to why there’s not more publicity? Me too.
Confused as to why there’s not more publicity? Me too.
Keir Starmer's Defence Growth Zones: Militarising the Economy by Stealth
Massive proliferation of different types of free zones leads to 'zone-stacking'
open.substack.com/pub/european...
Massive proliferation of different types of free zones leads to 'zone-stacking'
open.substack.com/pub/european...
Keir Starmer's Defence Growth Zones: Militarising the Economy by Stealth
Massive proliferation of different types of free zones leads to 'zone-stacking'
open.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This is why Starmer said we wouldn’t be getting closer to the EU. It’s because we can’t, he’s signed contracts with big corporations who will then effectively govern Britain and these corporate zones aren’t allowed by the EU.
Confused as to why there’s not more publicity? Me too.
Confused as to why there’s not more publicity? Me too.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
Can the Greens address the mess we're in with SEZs?
Can the Greens address the mess we're in with SEZs?
The EU Prohibition: Why Rejoin is Impossible
From the EU Commission on State Aid:
"Parliament stresses that State aid should support ecological transformation and foster the development of services, knowledge, and infrastructure rather than providing support to specific companies."
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From the EU Commission on State Aid:
"Parliament stresses that State aid should support ecological transformation and foster the development of services, knowledge, and infrastructure rather than providing support to specific companies."
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October 19, 2025 at 6:41 AM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
Can the Greens address the mess we're in with SEZs?
Can the Greens address the mess we're in with SEZs?
Turns out Gran had diabetes and no self-control
October 17, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Turns out Gran had diabetes and no self-control
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Blackrock have 677 registered entities at Companies House UK, possibly more, many of the addresses are from the Cayman Islands.
See for yourself.
Thread
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=Bla...
See for yourself.
Thread
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=Bla...
Blackrock - Find and update company information - GOV.UK
Free company information from Companies House including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual return, officers, charges, business activity
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
October 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Blackrock have 677 registered entities at Companies House UK, possibly more, many of the addresses are from the Cayman Islands.
See for yourself.
Thread
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=Bla...
See for yourself.
Thread
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=Bla...
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Watching the news would be a lot more fun if liars' pants really did catch on fire.
September 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Watching the news would be a lot more fun if liars' pants really did catch on fire.
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The ability to constantly challenge who you are, we know, will be abused. Especially if you look, sound or act differently from average. The potential of a Reform Gov with that power from day one is scary.
One of the unexpected things I've learned from my advocacy for trans people is how malignant parts of the State can be, how it can misuse data for positively evil purposes. It's taught me people can't be safe with a digital ID card and so I've signed this. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
petition.parliament.uk
September 26, 2025 at 6:28 AM
The ability to constantly challenge who you are, we know, will be abused. Especially if you look, sound or act differently from average. The potential of a Reform Gov with that power from day one is scary.
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Starmer fans, are you aware of...?
My latest Substack is free to read!
open.substack.com/pub/european...
My latest Substack is free to read!
open.substack.com/pub/european...
Starmer fans, are you aware of...?
Who is in government now? There is no inheritance of the Tory wrecking ball; there is only collusion and continuity of Tory policies.
open.substack.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Starmer fans, are you aware of...?
My latest Substack is free to read!
open.substack.com/pub/european...
My latest Substack is free to read!
open.substack.com/pub/european...
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This is an excellent point, well made.
The thing that makes it hard for me to feel too bad about Rayner is that New Labour and New-New Labour politics is largely based around doing exactly this sort of stuff to people on benefits who don't even have the time or money to get the right legal advice...
September 6, 2025 at 5:46 AM
This is an excellent point, well made.
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Brits, you should read this Labour policy paper 'Industrial Strategy Zones Action Plan', published June 23rd 2025, because this is going to impact your lives for the next 25 years, that is the duration of the licenses on all deregulated free zones.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Industrial Strategy Zones Action Plan
www.gov.uk
August 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Brits, you should read this Labour policy paper 'Industrial Strategy Zones Action Plan', published June 23rd 2025, because this is going to impact your lives for the next 25 years, that is the duration of the licenses on all deregulated free zones.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...