Vanessa Gillespie
@vanessagillespie.bsky.social
I am a Canadian Jungian Psychoanalyst practicing in the UK. I am a dressage rider and former fine jeweller.
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Istanbul’s jailed Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, the top rival to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said his lawyer had also been arrested on false pretenses.
Erdoğan’s jailed rival says his lawyer has now been arrested
“The evil that a handful of incompetent people are inflicting on our country is growing,” says Ekrem İmamoğlu.
ow.ly
March 28, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Istanbul’s jailed Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, the top rival to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said his lawyer had also been arrested on false pretenses.
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The next big thing will probably be a virus we haven’t come across before.
Five years after the pandemic, the world is poorly prepared for another one
The next big thing will probably be a virus we haven’t come across before.
tcnv.link
March 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The next big thing will probably be a virus we haven’t come across before.
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Georgian authorities are doubling down on media and civil society groups, putting forward a range of new restrictions apparently inspired by US President Donald Trump’s foreign aid freeze.
Georgia ramps up restrictions on media, NGOs with drastic new laws
The fresh restrictions come amid a political crisis over disputed elections and the government’s reversal on its EU membership bid.
www.politico.eu
February 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Georgian authorities are doubling down on media and civil society groups, putting forward a range of new restrictions apparently inspired by US President Donald Trump’s foreign aid freeze.
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Nazis: "that's a nazi salute"
Historians: "that's a nazi salute"
Average person: "that's a nazi salute"
The Media: "Elon Musk makes odd gesture throwing his heart to the crowd."
Historians: "that's a nazi salute"
Average person: "that's a nazi salute"
The Media: "Elon Musk makes odd gesture throwing his heart to the crowd."
January 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Nazis: "that's a nazi salute"
Historians: "that's a nazi salute"
Average person: "that's a nazi salute"
The Media: "Elon Musk makes odd gesture throwing his heart to the crowd."
Historians: "that's a nazi salute"
Average person: "that's a nazi salute"
The Media: "Elon Musk makes odd gesture throwing his heart to the crowd."
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Once again, credit to @lewisgoodall.com and @maitlis.bsky.social, this episode is one of the most insightful pieces of journalism I've heard in a long time.
NEW: Andrew Norfolk broke the grooming gang story, 15 years ago. His exclusive interview on today’s News Agents
is deeply powerful, not least for his anger about those political figures now exploiting it and the victims for their own purposes.
Listen 👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
is deeply powerful, not least for his anger about those political figures now exploiting it and the victims for their own purposes.
Listen 👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
The journalist who exposed the grooming scandal breaks his silence
Podcast Episode · The News Agents · 07/01/2025 · 32m
podcasts.apple.com
January 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Once again, credit to @lewisgoodall.com and @maitlis.bsky.social, this episode is one of the most insightful pieces of journalism I've heard in a long time.
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Scrapping an election between two rounds of voting is a massive step to take, but Romania’s Constitutional Court decided it was essential to protect democracy from foreign attack.
Romanian election: What the hell is going on?
Here’s what you need to know after an alleged Russian hybrid attack prompted Romania’s Constitutional Court to cancel the presidential election.
www.politico.eu
December 7, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Scrapping an election between two rounds of voting is a massive step to take, but Romania’s Constitutional Court decided it was essential to protect democracy from foreign attack.
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Reposted by Vanessa Gillespie
The UK news landscape could fracture “irreparably” in the next five to ten years with “grim” implications, a Parliamentary report warns.
Its recommendations range from action on AI copyright theft to journalism tax breaks and the creation of news “accelerators”:
pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/fu...
Its recommendations range from action on AI copyright theft to journalism tax breaks and the creation of news “accelerators”:
pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/fu...
Warning of imminent, ‘irreparable’ fracture of news landscape without action
The Lords Communications and Digital Committee has laid out proposals it hopes can stave off a “fracturing” of the UK news landscape.
pressgazette.co.uk
November 26, 2024 at 12:59 PM
The UK news landscape could fracture “irreparably” in the next five to ten years with “grim” implications, a Parliamentary report warns.
Its recommendations range from action on AI copyright theft to journalism tax breaks and the creation of news “accelerators”:
pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/fu...
Its recommendations range from action on AI copyright theft to journalism tax breaks and the creation of news “accelerators”:
pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/fu...