@stenzel-w.bsky.social
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This is the small open boat Team Hegseth bombed and then bombed again. It's almost 1700 miles by sea from Trinidad to Miami. There is no way this boat was headed for the US.
December 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This is the small open boat Team Hegseth bombed and then bombed again. It's almost 1700 miles by sea from Trinidad to Miami. There is no way this boat was headed for the US.
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Reform in Lancashire threatens closing five day centres and five care homes, with “reprovision” forcing disabled or older adults (including a 106-year-old) into alternative support.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Reform in Lancashire threatens closing five day centres and five care homes, with “reprovision” forcing disabled or older adults (including a 106-year-old) into alternative support.
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inspired by this, I have done a free extract of this section of the book here. it is about understanding that *with all its problems* the BBC is as important for our intellectual health as the NHS is for our physical health:
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
inspired by this, I have done a free extract of this section of the book here. it is about understanding that *with all its problems* the BBC is as important for our intellectual health as the NHS is for our physical health:
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
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The UK is set to buy a fleet of US fighter jets that can drop nuclear bombs. It will cost about £1 billion.
The purchase is purely political, say Nuclear Information Service and Nukewatch UK.
www.declassifieduk.org/the-uks-1-bi...
The purchase is purely political, say Nuclear Information Service and Nukewatch UK.
www.declassifieduk.org/the-uks-1-bi...
The UK’s £1 billion Thank You to Uncle Sam
The UK is set to buy a fleet of US fighter jets that can drop nuclear bombs. The purchase is purely political, say watchdogs
www.declassifieduk.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The UK is set to buy a fleet of US fighter jets that can drop nuclear bombs. It will cost about £1 billion.
The purchase is purely political, say Nuclear Information Service and Nukewatch UK.
www.declassifieduk.org/the-uks-1-bi...
The purchase is purely political, say Nuclear Information Service and Nukewatch UK.
www.declassifieduk.org/the-uks-1-bi...
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1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
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Let this be a lesson for us all.
November 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Let this be a lesson for us all.
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These are the voters’ “legitimate concerns” that we’ve been told to take seriously for decades.
Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin, “It drives me mad seeing adverts full of black people, full of Asian people, full of anything other than white"
Followed by that time Sarah Pochin said, "My kids say: mum, you're such a moron" 👀
Followed by that time Sarah Pochin said, "My kids say: mum, you're such a moron" 👀
October 26, 2025 at 6:51 AM
These are the voters’ “legitimate concerns” that we’ve been told to take seriously for decades.
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Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com
Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Has Accepted £2.3 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Climate Deniers, and Polluters Since 2019 Election
Reform UK has received more than £2.3 million from oil and gas interests, highly polluting industries, and climate science deniers since December 2019, amounting to 92 percent of the party’s donations...
www.desmog.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com
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“If you do not agree at this point, two years in, that the state that needs to be demilitarized–and deradicalized frankly–is the state that is committing genocide, then you’re part of the problem.”
October 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
“If you do not agree at this point, two years in, that the state that needs to be demilitarized–and deradicalized frankly–is the state that is committing genocide, then you’re part of the problem.”
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The Labour Party is the genocide party.
October 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The Labour Party is the genocide party.
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"Protests Are Highly Effective, Met Police Confirm"
This article is absolutely bananas - 'There aren’t enough of us. Hard-working police officers are continually having days off cancelled, working longer shifts and being moved from other areas to facilitate these protests.' - Paula Dodds, chair of the Metropolitan Police Federation.
‘Enough is enough’ says chief of police federation over Palestine Action rally
Met Police said many of those arrested needed carrying away after they refused to walk from Trafalgar Square – but Amnesty International says arresting hundreds of people at the demonstration is ‘not ...
www.independent.co.uk
October 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
"Protests Are Highly Effective, Met Police Confirm"
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People from all walks of life — including many British Jews — are protesting against your government’s complicity in genocide and standing in solidarity with Palestine.
Conflating Israel’s genocide in Gaza with British Jews is deeply inappropriate and dangerous. Shame on you.
Conflating Israel’s genocide in Gaza with British Jews is deeply inappropriate and dangerous. Shame on you.
October 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
People from all walks of life — including many British Jews — are protesting against your government’s complicity in genocide and standing in solidarity with Palestine.
Conflating Israel’s genocide in Gaza with British Jews is deeply inappropriate and dangerous. Shame on you.
Conflating Israel’s genocide in Gaza with British Jews is deeply inappropriate and dangerous. Shame on you.
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Well this is RACING along and means compulsory ID will be debated in Parliament soon. Needs more Brighton Pavilion signatures in my opinion. You know what to do: 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 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Well this is RACING along and means compulsory ID will be debated in Parliament soon. Needs more Brighton Pavilion signatures in my opinion. You know what to do: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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3. this is not the moment for an incredibly expensive increase in state surveillance infrastructure to be run for profit by private tech firms just before Labour ushers in an (even more) authoritarian right wing government.
FIX THE GODDAMN COST OF LIVING INSTEAD YOU FREAKS.
FIX THE GODDAMN COST OF LIVING INSTEAD YOU FREAKS.
September 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
3. this is not the moment for an incredibly expensive increase in state surveillance infrastructure to be run for profit by private tech firms just before Labour ushers in an (even more) authoritarian right wing government.
FIX THE GODDAMN COST OF LIVING INSTEAD YOU FREAKS.
FIX THE GODDAMN COST OF LIVING INSTEAD YOU FREAKS.
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Digital ID cards. Whose life is going to be improved by this? Other than the shareholders and CEO of the consultants and tech companies implementing it
September 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Digital ID cards. Whose life is going to be improved by this? Other than the shareholders and CEO of the consultants and tech companies implementing it
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Fri is 50yrs since Fawlty Towers first aired. To mark the occasion we asked Brits: what is your favourite sitcom?
1. Friends
2. Only Fools & Horses
3. Big Bang Theory
=4. Gavin and Stacey
=4. Fawlty Towers
=4. The Office
=4. Modern Family
=4. Not Going Out
Full list: yougov.co.uk/entertainmen...
1. Friends
2. Only Fools & Horses
3. Big Bang Theory
=4. Gavin and Stacey
=4. Fawlty Towers
=4. The Office
=4. Modern Family
=4. Not Going Out
Full list: yougov.co.uk/entertainmen...
September 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Fri is 50yrs since Fawlty Towers first aired. To mark the occasion we asked Brits: what is your favourite sitcom?
1. Friends
2. Only Fools & Horses
3. Big Bang Theory
=4. Gavin and Stacey
=4. Fawlty Towers
=4. The Office
=4. Modern Family
=4. Not Going Out
Full list: yougov.co.uk/entertainmen...
1. Friends
2. Only Fools & Horses
3. Big Bang Theory
=4. Gavin and Stacey
=4. Fawlty Towers
=4. The Office
=4. Modern Family
=4. Not Going Out
Full list: yougov.co.uk/entertainmen...
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Day 10.
I'm in Bristol.
Later in Birmingham.
Tonight in Manchester.
The Green Party is on the move.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
I'm in Bristol.
Later in Birmingham.
Tonight in Manchester.
The Green Party is on the move.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
September 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Day 10.
I'm in Bristol.
Later in Birmingham.
Tonight in Manchester.
The Green Party is on the move.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
I'm in Bristol.
Later in Birmingham.
Tonight in Manchester.
The Green Party is on the move.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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There. Is. No. Such. Thing.
Cattle ranching is among the most destructive of all the world's industries.
"Regenerative" cattle ranching is simply greenwash.
Cattle ranching is among the most destructive of all the world's industries.
"Regenerative" cattle ranching is simply greenwash.
McDonald’s said Monday it plans to invest $200 million over the next seven years to promote regenerative agriculture practices on cattle ranches.
McDonald's plans $200 million investment to promote regenerative practices on US cattle ranches
McDonald’s said Monday it plans to invest $200 million over the next seven years to promote regenerative agriculture practices on cattle ranches.
bit.ly
September 16, 2025 at 6:30 AM
There. Is. No. Such. Thing.
Cattle ranching is among the most destructive of all the world's industries.
"Regenerative" cattle ranching is simply greenwash.
Cattle ranching is among the most destructive of all the world's industries.
"Regenerative" cattle ranching is simply greenwash.
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TAKE ACTION NOW ✍️
Our tool makes it easy to tell Reform to stop exploiting women’s safety to fuel attacks on migrants 👇
https://goodlaw.social/d82509
Our tool makes it easy to tell Reform to stop exploiting women’s safety to fuel attacks on migrants 👇
https://goodlaw.social/d82509
September 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
TAKE ACTION NOW ✍️
Our tool makes it easy to tell Reform to stop exploiting women’s safety to fuel attacks on migrants 👇
https://goodlaw.social/d82509
Our tool makes it easy to tell Reform to stop exploiting women’s safety to fuel attacks on migrants 👇
https://goodlaw.social/d82509
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The fact that people actually give a fuck is the real disease.
Of course the Queen was Remain. You don’t sustain a hereditary monarchy by randomly pulling pins out of grenades for the lols at the urging of a cluster of snake oil chancers.
August 30, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The fact that people actually give a fuck is the real disease.
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The many issues with the current Labour government laid out clearly by @graceblakeley.substack.com
August 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The many issues with the current Labour government laid out clearly by @graceblakeley.substack.com
August 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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I've really enjoyed by Mubi subscription, but have just cancelled it because of their ties to Sequoia Capital, and the links this creates between the streaming platform and the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
August 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I've really enjoyed by Mubi subscription, but have just cancelled it because of their ties to Sequoia Capital, and the links this creates between the streaming platform and the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
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Journalists ‘embedding’ with serving government ministers raises the exact same issues as when they ‘embed’ with invading armies.
Everything about this feels badly misjudged. But above all the lack of critical questioning on Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Everything about this feels badly misjudged. But above all the lack of critical questioning on Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘The world is on edge’: five tumultuous weeks with David Lammy, foreign secretary at a time of crisis
His first 12 months at the Foreign Office have been hit by a string of high-stakes international flashpoints, from the unfolding horror in Gaza to regime change in Syria and Trump’s humiliation of Zel...
www.theguardian.com
August 2, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Journalists ‘embedding’ with serving government ministers raises the exact same issues as when they ‘embed’ with invading armies.
Everything about this feels badly misjudged. But above all the lack of critical questioning on Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Everything about this feels badly misjudged. But above all the lack of critical questioning on Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...