Johno
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The EU Democracy Shield has been launched with a blizzard of proposals by Irish commissioner @EUCssrMcGrath. Will it make a difference in the campaign against electoral disinformation, particularly by Russia? Critics are divided.
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
EU Democracy Shield: the slings, arrows of disinformation
Officials say the Democracy Shield is designed to support frontline accession countries but also to galvanise European societies into recognising the threat posed to democracies, writes Tony Connelly.
www.rte.ie
November 16, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The EU Democracy Shield has been launched with a blizzard of proposals by Irish commissioner @EUCssrMcGrath. Will it make a difference in the campaign against electoral disinformation, particularly by Russia? Critics are divided.
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
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Astonishing video, worth watching in full.
While agreeing in the round,
I've found this (below) both reassuring and highlighting of the need for constant vigilance. There is no perfect end state. See if you can see where the 'thousand year reich' occurs (also, that Roman Empire lasted quite a while).
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UY9P...
I've found this (below) both reassuring and highlighting of the need for constant vigilance. There is no perfect end state. See if you can see where the 'thousand year reich' occurs (also, that Roman Empire lasted quite a while).
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UY9P...
The History of Europe: Every Year
YouTube video by Cottereau
m.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Astonishing video, worth watching in full.
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Do read all of this.
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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem
Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...
bylinetimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Do read all of this.
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As I was saying…
Jimmy Kimmel is Back!
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
youtu.be
September 24, 2025 at 4:27 AM
As I was saying…
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Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
September 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
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I cannot emphasize enough how true & real this is.
In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol.
And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.
In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol.
And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.
People on this app get really angry every time I point out that social media manipulation is a real phenomenon that we are all stewing in and that’s having real world consequences and I’m sure part of that is engagement farmers who do that manipulation not liking people talking about it
July 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I cannot emphasize enough how true & real this is.
In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol.
And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.
In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol.
And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.
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TV tonight: Channel 4 airs the Gaza documentary the BBC wouldn’t broadcast
TV tonight: Channel 4 airs the Gaza documentary the BBC wouldn’t broadcast
Ramita Navai investigates Israel’s attacks on Gaza’s hospitals in a controversial film. Plus: celebrating football hero Mary Earps. Here’s what to watch this evening
www.theguardian.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:50 AM
TV tonight: Channel 4 airs the Gaza documentary the BBC wouldn’t broadcast
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Hello friends. It's my birthday today, and the best present you can give an independent artist like me, is to share my work around so that more people can find what I do, so that maybe I can keep doing my thing, It is tough out there rn.
Either that or a winning Euromillions ticket.
Thanks 💛
Either that or a winning Euromillions ticket.
Thanks 💛
Hi, I'm Barry an artist from Ireland ⚽☘️
I drew that thing you like. A life long League of Ireland truther and enjoyer of old stadiums. Available for commissions in 2025, Lets work together 🤝
Portfolio: barrymasterson.com
Shop: shop.barrymasterson.com
Email: hello@barrymasterson.com
I drew that thing you like. A life long League of Ireland truther and enjoyer of old stadiums. Available for commissions in 2025, Lets work together 🤝
Portfolio: barrymasterson.com
Shop: shop.barrymasterson.com
Email: hello@barrymasterson.com
June 22, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Hello friends. It's my birthday today, and the best present you can give an independent artist like me, is to share my work around so that more people can find what I do, so that maybe I can keep doing my thing, It is tough out there rn.
Either that or a winning Euromillions ticket.
Thanks 💛
Either that or a winning Euromillions ticket.
Thanks 💛
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You have to see this.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
youtu.be
March 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
You have to see this.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
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This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
a stammering Tom Homan on AOC: "She's the dumbest congresswoman ever elected to Congress."
February 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
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Because sometimes what you need is a very clear polemical takedown of everything going on right now in the US. With plenty of - absolutely justified - swearing.
I wrote about the worst people in the world, charting the depths of their depravity and vastness of their incompetence, and offered some thoughts about the opportunity presented by their failure to acknowledge reality and their refusal to access any form of human virtue.
www.the-reframe.com/the/
www.the-reframe.com/the/
The Worst and the Dimmest
It's not a coincidence that we're being led by the least qualified monsters available; it's a deliberate strategy. Facing the Worst - a series about directional alignment.
www.the-reframe.com
February 17, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Because sometimes what you need is a very clear polemical takedown of everything going on right now in the US. With plenty of - absolutely justified - swearing.
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In this new world, if you're not around the table, you're on the menu.
If China, Russia, US are allowed to decide Europe's future, our future won't be ours.
European leaders...lead!
on.ft.com/3CQFzlI
If China, Russia, US are allowed to decide Europe's future, our future won't be ours.
European leaders...lead!
on.ft.com/3CQFzlI
Who will defend Europe?
Caught between an aggressive Russia and a disengaging America, the continent’s western democracies must now rearm — or pay the price
on.ft.com
February 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
In this new world, if you're not around the table, you're on the menu.
If China, Russia, US are allowed to decide Europe's future, our future won't be ours.
European leaders...lead!
on.ft.com/3CQFzlI
If China, Russia, US are allowed to decide Europe's future, our future won't be ours.
European leaders...lead!
on.ft.com/3CQFzlI
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Like Brexit, Trump & Musk's Agenda is 'Ideologically Incoherent & Ultimately Self-Defeating'
The disaster of Brexit is now being replicated on a global scale by a US administration determined to shoot its country's own interests in the foot
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/like-brexi...
The disaster of Brexit is now being replicated on a global scale by a US administration determined to shoot its country's own interests in the foot
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/like-brexi...
Like Brexit, Trump and Musk's Agenda is 'Ideologically Incoherent and Ultimately Self-Defeating'
The disaster of Brexit is now being replicated on a global scale by a US administration determined to shoot its country's own interests in the foot, argues former UK diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
www.bylinesupplement.com
February 16, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Like Brexit, Trump & Musk's Agenda is 'Ideologically Incoherent & Ultimately Self-Defeating'
The disaster of Brexit is now being replicated on a global scale by a US administration determined to shoot its country's own interests in the foot
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/like-brexi...
The disaster of Brexit is now being replicated on a global scale by a US administration determined to shoot its country's own interests in the foot
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/like-brexi...
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Still internalising the Vance Munich speech. A sitting Vice President goes to Europe, barely says a word about the despotic murderous regime which has invaded its neighbour, and instead lectures his allies about freedom of speech. It’d be funny if it weren’t so serious.
February 15, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Still internalising the Vance Munich speech. A sitting Vice President goes to Europe, barely says a word about the despotic murderous regime which has invaded its neighbour, and instead lectures his allies about freedom of speech. It’d be funny if it weren’t so serious.
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Stand with Ukrainians as Trump prepares to sell them out
(Location: Russian embassy, London, Feb ‘23)
(Location: Russian embassy, London, Feb ‘23)
February 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Stand with Ukrainians as Trump prepares to sell them out
(Location: Russian embassy, London, Feb ‘23)
(Location: Russian embassy, London, Feb ‘23)
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George Monbiot nails it.
“there are Neville Chamberlain’s in every generation”
George Monbiot’s takedown of Matt Goodwin and the Reform party is a thing of beauty 👏 #bbcqt
George Monbiot’s takedown of Matt Goodwin and the Reform party is a thing of beauty 👏 #bbcqt
February 14, 2025 at 7:41 AM
George Monbiot nails it.
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The @originstorypodcast.bsky.social will no longer be posting on X. We've left this message up as our final tweet.
February 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The @originstorypodcast.bsky.social will no longer be posting on X. We've left this message up as our final tweet.
Good politicians unite.
Bad ones divide.
Bad ones divide.
February 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Good politicians unite.
Bad ones divide.
Bad ones divide.
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This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP.
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
IT IS A COUP
This is what should be on every front page in 150 point banner headlines. All I have is this Substack but I lay it beneath your feet and pray to a higher power that I'm wrong.
open.substack.com
February 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP.
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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As being “free to make our own trade deals” has delivered the square root of jack shit and, as Brexiters still can’t tell us what EU regulations they want to scrap, closer alignment with the EU should be a no-brainer.
Great work @bestforbritain.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Great work @bestforbritain.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Research claims EU deal will fuel growth — and Labour is listening
A report says Britain can mend some of the economic damage of Brexit without crossing the red lines set by Keir Starmer
www.thetimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 8:48 AM
As being “free to make our own trade deals” has delivered the square root of jack shit and, as Brexiters still can’t tell us what EU regulations they want to scrap, closer alignment with the EU should be a no-brainer.
Great work @bestforbritain.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Great work @bestforbritain.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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A fake billionaire is letting a fake genius destroy America because a bunch of fake patriots are too stupid, too entitled and too hateful to understand the difference between what is fake news and what is fact.
February 8, 2025 at 4:41 AM
A fake billionaire is letting a fake genius destroy America because a bunch of fake patriots are too stupid, too entitled and too hateful to understand the difference between what is fake news and what is fact.
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One Russian paper today interprets Donald Trump’s recent criticism of Russia war in Ukraine as “a fake demonstration of strength…to sell a possible deal as his victory.” It claims the Kremlin couldn’t care less so long as “the outcome is Russia’s victory.”
Steve's Reading Russia - Russian Press Review (3 February 2025)
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
February 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
One Russian paper today interprets Donald Trump’s recent criticism of Russia war in Ukraine as “a fake demonstration of strength…to sell a possible deal as his victory.” It claims the Kremlin couldn’t care less so long as “the outcome is Russia’s victory.”
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I think countries around the world should levy tariffs specifically on Tesla in response to US tariffs, as well as banning Twitter as a national security threat
driving a wedge between our co-dictators may be the most effective thing they can do
driving a wedge between our co-dictators may be the most effective thing they can do
February 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I think countries around the world should levy tariffs specifically on Tesla in response to US tariffs, as well as banning Twitter as a national security threat
driving a wedge between our co-dictators may be the most effective thing they can do
driving a wedge between our co-dictators may be the most effective thing they can do