@trishikins.bsky.social
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Watching JD Vance since he entered politics has really made me understand the kind of person that led Dante to write about someone so monstrously amoral and treacherous that his soul could fall straight to Hell while still walking around alive and well.
January 9, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Watching JD Vance since he entered politics has really made me understand the kind of person that led Dante to write about someone so monstrously amoral and treacherous that his soul could fall straight to Hell while still walking around alive and well.
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If you only listen to one thing today, make it the @newsagents.bsky.social episode with @mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @lewisgoodall.com - smart coherent description of where America sits today by two of the best and clearest thinking journalists out there. Thank you for a great listen!
January 9, 2026 at 7:50 PM
If you only listen to one thing today, make it the @newsagents.bsky.social episode with @mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @lewisgoodall.com - smart coherent description of where America sits today by two of the best and clearest thinking journalists out there. Thank you for a great listen!
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‘She will go down as one of the best’: the rise of Jessie Buckley
‘She will go down as one of the best’: the rise of Jessie Buckley
From talent shows to the big screen, the actor’s performance in Hamnet has made her a leading awards contender
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:56 PM
‘She will go down as one of the best’: the rise of Jessie Buckley
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In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.
January 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM
In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.
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Newly-released footage reveals Renee Nicole Good’s last words.
January 9, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Newly-released footage reveals Renee Nicole Good’s last words.
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JD Vance: “They have for the first time, maybe in American history, an administration that is not going to tolerate political violence of any kind”.
Trump issued pardons or commutations for more than 1,500 people convicted or charged in connection with the US Capitol riot.
Trump issued pardons or commutations for more than 1,500 people convicted or charged in connection with the US Capitol riot.
January 9, 2026 at 8:12 PM
JD Vance: “They have for the first time, maybe in American history, an administration that is not going to tolerate political violence of any kind”.
Trump issued pardons or commutations for more than 1,500 people convicted or charged in connection with the US Capitol riot.
Trump issued pardons or commutations for more than 1,500 people convicted or charged in connection with the US Capitol riot.
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If you don’t think misogyny is a huge part of MAGA and Trump ever since Bannon activated the ‘monster energy’ of Gamergate against Hillary Clinton, think again.
As in Putin’s Russia, the desire to dominate, subjugate and kill women is the key psychopathology of Trumpism
As in Putin’s Russia, the desire to dominate, subjugate and kill women is the key psychopathology of Trumpism
January 9, 2026 at 8:13 PM
If you don’t think misogyny is a huge part of MAGA and Trump ever since Bannon activated the ‘monster energy’ of Gamergate against Hillary Clinton, think again.
As in Putin’s Russia, the desire to dominate, subjugate and kill women is the key psychopathology of Trumpism
As in Putin’s Russia, the desire to dominate, subjugate and kill women is the key psychopathology of Trumpism
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Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
January 9, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
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ICE is claiming that the officer feared that Renee Good was about to seriously injure or kill him at this moment.
January 9, 2026 at 6:52 PM
ICE is claiming that the officer feared that Renee Good was about to seriously injure or kill him at this moment.
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Yesterday I posted my last ever Tweet and called on the Government to do the same.
Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
It is time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter
Grok is just one of many reasons why Westminster should finally get off the website.
www.politicshome.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Yesterday I posted my last ever Tweet and called on the Government to do the same.
Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
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Shutting down X is no longer a matter of free speech. It is a matter of child protection.
January 9, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Shutting down X is no longer a matter of free speech. It is a matter of child protection.
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And the BBC package ends with some crap about ‘in these politically charged times, dualling narratives’
WHAT IN THE NAME OF GOD IS GOING ON!?!
There is no dual narratives
An innocent woman was shot dead and the Trump administration is lying about
THAT in the story
WHAT IN THE NAME OF GOD IS GOING ON!?!
There is no dual narratives
An innocent woman was shot dead and the Trump administration is lying about
THAT in the story
January 8, 2026 at 10:09 PM
And the BBC package ends with some crap about ‘in these politically charged times, dualling narratives’
WHAT IN THE NAME OF GOD IS GOING ON!?!
There is no dual narratives
An innocent woman was shot dead and the Trump administration is lying about
THAT in the story
WHAT IN THE NAME OF GOD IS GOING ON!?!
There is no dual narratives
An innocent woman was shot dead and the Trump administration is lying about
THAT in the story
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Renee Good had just dropped off her 6 year old child at school.
She would never be there to pick him up again because this unarmed woman, with stuffed toys in her glove compartment, was shot dead by ICE agents while trying to drive away.
She would never be there to pick him up again because this unarmed woman, with stuffed toys in her glove compartment, was shot dead by ICE agents while trying to drive away.
Noem: "What happened was our officers were out trying to get a car stuck out of the snow when they were surrounded and assaulted and blocked in by protesters ... this was an act of domestic terrorism" (It was 40 degrees in Minneapolis yesterday and snow was melting ... )
January 8, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Renee Good had just dropped off her 6 year old child at school.
She would never be there to pick him up again because this unarmed woman, with stuffed toys in her glove compartment, was shot dead by ICE agents while trying to drive away.
She would never be there to pick him up again because this unarmed woman, with stuffed toys in her glove compartment, was shot dead by ICE agents while trying to drive away.
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BREAKING: Changes to Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok only serve to make creating deepfakes a “premium service” and are “insulting” to victims of misogyny and sexual violence, Downing Street has said
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
No 10: Grok changes ‘insulting’ and make deepfake creation a ‘premium service’
The changes to Grok come after regulator Ofcom said it made ‘urgent contact’ with X.
www.independent.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 12:32 PM
BREAKING: Changes to Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok only serve to make creating deepfakes a “premium service” and are “insulting” to victims of misogyny and sexual violence, Downing Street has said
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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I’d add that when regimes are transitioning to authoritarian rule, the government faces the problem of transmitting propaganda without having sufficient control of the media.
So calling an innocent women a left-wing agitator strikes people as outlandish. It fails to sow enough cognitive dissonance.
So calling an innocent women a left-wing agitator strikes people as outlandish. It fails to sow enough cognitive dissonance.
“If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer… And a people that no longer can believe anything cannot make up its mind…And with such a people you can then do what you please.”
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt
January 9, 2026 at 12:14 PM
I’d add that when regimes are transitioning to authoritarian rule, the government faces the problem of transmitting propaganda without having sufficient control of the media.
So calling an innocent women a left-wing agitator strikes people as outlandish. It fails to sow enough cognitive dissonance.
So calling an innocent women a left-wing agitator strikes people as outlandish. It fails to sow enough cognitive dissonance.
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This is what I think of when I recognize that the lies Tricia McLaughlin, Kristi Noem, Stephen Miller, JD Vance, and Trump all told about Renee Good's killing are INCONSISTENT.
They're not just inconsistent with the video. They're inconsistent with each other.
They're not just inconsistent with the video. They're inconsistent with each other.
“If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer… And a people that no longer can believe anything cannot make up its mind…And with such a people you can then do what you please.”
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt
January 9, 2026 at 11:27 AM
This is what I think of when I recognize that the lies Tricia McLaughlin, Kristi Noem, Stephen Miller, JD Vance, and Trump all told about Renee Good's killing are INCONSISTENT.
They're not just inconsistent with the video. They're inconsistent with each other.
They're not just inconsistent with the video. They're inconsistent with each other.
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Iran hit by internet blackout as protests over economic conditions continue – video
Iran hit by internet blackout as protests over economic conditions continue – video
A nationwide internet blackout was reported in Iran on Thursday as demonstrations over worsening economic conditions spread and showed no signs of abating. While it was unclear what caused the blackout, which was first reported by the internet freedom monitor NetBlocks, Iranian authorities have shut down the internet in response to protests in the past
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Iran plunged into internet blackout as protests over economy spread nationwide
Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Iran hit by internet blackout as protests over economic conditions continue – video
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🔴 NEW - Reform ‘Cosying Up to Authoritarian Petrostate’
Key members of Nigel Farage’s pro-oil party have been forging financial ties to the UAE.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social & @writesbright.bsky.social
Key members of Nigel Farage’s pro-oil party have been forging financial ties to the UAE.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social & @writesbright.bsky.social
Reform ‘Cosying Up to Authoritarian Petrostate’
Senior figures in Reform UK have been developing close connections to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), an authoritarian, monarchic state with vast fossil fuel resources. New records show that party lea...
www.desmog.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:10 AM
🔴 NEW - Reform ‘Cosying Up to Authoritarian Petrostate’
Key members of Nigel Farage’s pro-oil party have been forging financial ties to the UAE.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social & @writesbright.bsky.social
Key members of Nigel Farage’s pro-oil party have been forging financial ties to the UAE.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social & @writesbright.bsky.social
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At the Autumn Budget, this government decided to approve new private finance in our NHS.
MPs need to have the facts: private finance is a danger to patients and a rip-off for taxpayers.
✍️ Take 2 mins to write to your MP asking them to attend our 'no new PFI in the NHS' parliamentary briefing.
MPs need to have the facts: private finance is a danger to patients and a rip-off for taxpayers.
✍️ Take 2 mins to write to your MP asking them to attend our 'no new PFI in the NHS' parliamentary briefing.
Take action - get your MP to attend our briefing on NHS private finance
Take action - get your MP to attend our briefing on NHS private finance
weownit.org.uk
January 9, 2026 at 12:42 PM
At the Autumn Budget, this government decided to approve new private finance in our NHS.
MPs need to have the facts: private finance is a danger to patients and a rip-off for taxpayers.
✍️ Take 2 mins to write to your MP asking them to attend our 'no new PFI in the NHS' parliamentary briefing.
MPs need to have the facts: private finance is a danger to patients and a rip-off for taxpayers.
✍️ Take 2 mins to write to your MP asking them to attend our 'no new PFI in the NHS' parliamentary briefing.
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Keir Starmer's spokesman says X limiting deep fake images to paid users "simply turns a feature that allows the creation of unlawful images into a premium service. It's not a solution.. it's insulting the victims of misogyny and sexual violence."
Still won't commit to a ban or to stop posting there
Still won't commit to a ban or to stop posting there
January 9, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Keir Starmer's spokesman says X limiting deep fake images to paid users "simply turns a feature that allows the creation of unlawful images into a premium service. It's not a solution.. it's insulting the victims of misogyny and sexual violence."
Still won't commit to a ban or to stop posting there
Still won't commit to a ban or to stop posting there
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Republican bullies deploy more threats against the UK to protect their big tech corporate allies.
January 9, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Republican bullies deploy more threats against the UK to protect their big tech corporate allies.
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But a definite shift in language from Downing Street. For a very long time they wouldn't make even the mildest criticism of X or Musk. Now looks likely UK authorities will ultimately take some form of action against the site
January 9, 2026 at 12:09 PM
But a definite shift in language from Downing Street. For a very long time they wouldn't make even the mildest criticism of X or Musk. Now looks likely UK authorities will ultimately take some form of action against the site
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🚨OUT NOW🚨 What does Trump’s attack on Venezuela mean for the world – and what happens if he’s serious about Greenland? Join @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com, @seththevoz.bsky.social, @jonnelledge.bsky.social, and @rafaelbehr.bsky.social for that and loads more 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
January 9, 2026 at 11:06 AM
🚨OUT NOW🚨 What does Trump’s attack on Venezuela mean for the world – and what happens if he’s serious about Greenland? Join @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com, @seththevoz.bsky.social, @jonnelledge.bsky.social, and @rafaelbehr.bsky.social for that and loads more 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
