Tom Bowker
@tombowk.bsky.social
Editor in Chief at Zitamar News, www.zitamar.com
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Brit abroad since 2014. Currently living in The Hague.
Follow Zitamar here too: https://bsky.app/profile/zitamar.bsky.social
Brit abroad since 2014. Currently living in The Hague.
Feature idea for Substack: let writers clone their voices, for the automatic text-to-speech feature. So we can listen to their posts in their voices.
July 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Feature idea for Substack: let writers clone their voices, for the automatic text-to-speech feature. So we can listen to their posts in their voices.
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Looking for a welcome distraction to take your mind off a bad breakup? Pick up a copy of the Eye for 48 pages of topical jokes, cartoons, news… and DEFINITELY no mention of your X.
IT’S PRIVATE EYE WEEK!
New edition in shops and with subscribers from Wednesday.
IT’S PRIVATE EYE WEEK!
New edition in shops and with subscribers from Wednesday.
June 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Looking for a welcome distraction to take your mind off a bad breakup? Pick up a copy of the Eye for 48 pages of topical jokes, cartoons, news… and DEFINITELY no mention of your X.
IT’S PRIVATE EYE WEEK!
New edition in shops and with subscribers from Wednesday.
IT’S PRIVATE EYE WEEK!
New edition in shops and with subscribers from Wednesday.
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Yeah, and what they going to say next time if it isn't a white British man?
Like others, I understand why they released the fact that the perpetrator of the horrendous Liverpool attack was a white British man.
But it is a bad sign of where our country of at.
Nationality or ethnicity are not the causes of crime & should not be our first concern #r4today
But it is a bad sign of where our country of at.
Nationality or ethnicity are not the causes of crime & should not be our first concern #r4today
May 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Yeah, and what they going to say next time if it isn't a white British man?
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May 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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🇷🇴🗳️ Watching interviews with Nicușor Dan and it's amazing how a introverted guy running on a "I just want a normal Romania that works, do you?" platform somehow didn't wink to the far right and managed to rally a nation to text their "I don't care about politics" aunties and get them to vote.
May 19, 2025 at 7:53 AM
🇷🇴🗳️ Watching interviews with Nicușor Dan and it's amazing how a introverted guy running on a "I just want a normal Romania that works, do you?" platform somehow didn't wink to the far right and managed to rally a nation to text their "I don't care about politics" aunties and get them to vote.
Poor The Economy
Wow. I hope you guys are happy. I hope you guys are proud of yourselves!
April 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Poor The Economy
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YUP
'"We’ve lost a couple of bond deals already . . . they simply say that, you know, we’d rather just do this with a local bank than with a US bank,” Jamie Dimon said last week.'
'"We’ve lost a couple of bond deals already . . . they simply say that, you know, we’d rather just do this with a local bank than with a US bank,” Jamie Dimon said last week.'
Trump could derail the conquering march of American finance | Opinion
https://www.ft.com/content/388fe284-6f96-4a87-9c41-510a035c19b2
https://www.ft.com/content/388fe284-6f96-4a87-9c41-510a035c19b2
Trump could derail the conquering march of American finance | Opinion
A range of policies, including tariffs, are leading foreign firms to question their dependence on US funding
www.ft.com
April 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
YUP
'"We’ve lost a couple of bond deals already . . . they simply say that, you know, we’d rather just do this with a local bank than with a US bank,” Jamie Dimon said last week.'
'"We’ve lost a couple of bond deals already . . . they simply say that, you know, we’d rather just do this with a local bank than with a US bank,” Jamie Dimon said last week.'
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Judgment of UK Supreme Court in For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers, a very important decision on statutory interpretation and the limits of the legal fiction in s9 of the Gender Recognition Act 2004. No change to meaning of “woman” in the Equality Act 2010
www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...
www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...
For Women Scotland Ltd (Appellant) v The Scottish Ministers (Respondent) - UK Supreme Court
Is a person with a full gender recognition certificate (“GRC”) which recognises that their gender is female, a “woman” for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010 (“EA 2010”)?
www.supremecourt.uk
April 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Judgment of UK Supreme Court in For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers, a very important decision on statutory interpretation and the limits of the legal fiction in s9 of the Gender Recognition Act 2004. No change to meaning of “woman” in the Equality Act 2010
www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...
www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...
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At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs.
April 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs.
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Keynesianism is like Ozempic in that it's something that works but makes people mad because they want moral hazard to be involved
There’s a certain kind of person who thinks Keynesian stimulus is “putting off” a necessary correction and I’m always amazed how many of them there are.
What if MAGA did the Great Leap Forward?
April 4, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Keynesianism is like Ozempic in that it's something that works but makes people mad because they want moral hazard to be involved
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** Cabo Delgado **
Launch of Armando Nhamtumbo's excellent book on the #war in northern Mozambique.
Maputo, 9 April 2025 at 15h30 AfroLuso AfricanJihad #Mozambique
Launch of Armando Nhamtumbo's excellent book on the #war in northern Mozambique.
Maputo, 9 April 2025 at 15h30 AfroLuso AfricanJihad #Mozambique
April 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
** Cabo Delgado **
Launch of Armando Nhamtumbo's excellent book on the #war in northern Mozambique.
Maputo, 9 April 2025 at 15h30 AfroLuso AfricanJihad #Mozambique
Launch of Armando Nhamtumbo's excellent book on the #war in northern Mozambique.
Maputo, 9 April 2025 at 15h30 AfroLuso AfricanJihad #Mozambique
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Every major media company around the world should be reporting on this every single day until those men are released.
In all seriousness, what is the plan for getting these apparently innocent young asylum seekers—dads, workers, dutifully checking in with US immigration—out of a foreign prison where they are facing torture and dehumanization while officials do Barbie poses in front of them?
ICE is transferring innocent people to torture prison in El Salvador.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
March 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Every major media company around the world should be reporting on this every single day until those men are released.
Long-awaited meeting between Mozambican president Daniel Chapo and the de facto leader of the opposition Venâncio Mondlane took place in Maputo last night
March 24, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Long-awaited meeting between Mozambican president Daniel Chapo and the de facto leader of the opposition Venâncio Mondlane took place in Maputo last night
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It seem insane for a US Senator to say we've all been subjected to "a relentless bombardment of Marxist propaganda." But what he means by this is 1) there was a Burger King ad with an interracial couple and 2) Star Wars Episodes VII-IX had a female lead.
March 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
It seem insane for a US Senator to say we've all been subjected to "a relentless bombardment of Marxist propaganda." But what he means by this is 1) there was a Burger King ad with an interracial couple and 2) Star Wars Episodes VII-IX had a female lead.
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Zitamar can now be found on Mastodon, thanks to @ghost.org joining the fediverse
Plus our editor-in-chief is there to explain headline puns of which he's unduly proud
Plus our editor-in-chief is there to explain headline puns of which he's unduly proud
March 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Zitamar can now be found on Mastodon, thanks to @ghost.org joining the fediverse
Plus our editor-in-chief is there to explain headline puns of which he's unduly proud
Plus our editor-in-chief is there to explain headline puns of which he's unduly proud
Such a cartoon supervillain. Which I'm sure is the fantasy he's living out.
Elon Musk held an "all hands" with Tesla employees and live-streamed it on X tonight. “What’s the most exciting future that you could possibly imagine?" he asked. “A future of abundance for all…. The future we’re headed for is one where you could literally just have anything you want...
March 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Such a cartoon supervillain. Which I'm sure is the fantasy he's living out.
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March 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The only thing Russia has to fear from NATO is that NATO might stop it interfering with and invading its western neighbours. NATO is no threat to Russian sovereignty or territorial integrity. So, LOL no, indeed.
March 13, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The only thing Russia has to fear from NATO is that NATO might stop it interfering with and invading its western neighbours. NATO is no threat to Russian sovereignty or territorial integrity. So, LOL no, indeed.
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Anyway, if MailOnline are going to stick their story behind a paywall then I'm going to make mine available for free for 24 hours. So have a read, stick this in your WhatsApp group, and just help me spread the word about where to get the real thing.
www.londoncentric.media/p/harry-pott...
www.londoncentric.media/p/harry-pott...
Harry Potter and the unpaid tax bill
A London Centric investigation reveals one of the capital's most garish gift shops owes hundreds of thousands of pounds in unpaid taxes — and uncovers its mysterious owners.
www.londoncentric.media
March 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Anyway, if MailOnline are going to stick their story behind a paywall then I'm going to make mine available for free for 24 hours. So have a read, stick this in your WhatsApp group, and just help me spread the word about where to get the real thing.
www.londoncentric.media/p/harry-pott...
www.londoncentric.media/p/harry-pott...
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»"We are Vladimir Putin's useful idiots": Le Figaro found Nate, JD Vance's first cousin and volunteer fighter in Ukraine«
«Nous sommes les idiots utiles de Vladimir Poutine» : Le Figaro a retrouvé Nate, cousin germain de JD Vance et combattant volontaire en Ukraine
EXCLUSIF - Le Texan a passé trois ans en Ukraine, dont deux et demi à se battre sur les fronts les plus sanglants. Il désespère de la position de son cousin et de Donald Trump.
www.lefigaro.fr
March 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
»"We are Vladimir Putin's useful idiots": Le Figaro found Nate, JD Vance's first cousin and volunteer fighter in Ukraine«
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Europe has to pay more for its own defence.
One debate is whether they should "Buy European" weapons or buy them from America or other allies.
One really BAD statistic is polluting the debate: that the EU buys 80% of its weapons from overseas. Ursula von der Leyen repeated it today. It's wrong. 🧵
One debate is whether they should "Buy European" weapons or buy them from America or other allies.
One really BAD statistic is polluting the debate: that the EU buys 80% of its weapons from overseas. Ursula von der Leyen repeated it today. It's wrong. 🧵
March 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Europe has to pay more for its own defence.
One debate is whether they should "Buy European" weapons or buy them from America or other allies.
One really BAD statistic is polluting the debate: that the EU buys 80% of its weapons from overseas. Ursula von der Leyen repeated it today. It's wrong. 🧵
One debate is whether they should "Buy European" weapons or buy them from America or other allies.
One really BAD statistic is polluting the debate: that the EU buys 80% of its weapons from overseas. Ursula von der Leyen repeated it today. It's wrong. 🧵