This is racism. It is really very ugly racism. The high number of positive interactions on the post quoted below show that Bluesky really is a hellscape.

“Globalism”! Dear lord.

Neoliberalism ended in 2008 USian arrogance and xenophobia continues.

Behold the USian “it is not our fault” discourse at its most repulsively xenophobic.

Iran is now a key military partner of Russia, supplying Shahed drones used to murder Ukrainian civilians, and even provided Russia with the technology to mass-produce them domestically. While Iranians struggle with inflation, unemployment, and collapsing infrastructure… 8/20

In this first (and maybe last?) Basiji Soup, we’ll look at… the Islamic Republic of Iran, its disinformation operations, its hypocrisy, how it sells its atrocities as virtue and its repression as morality, how it serves the Kremlin, and the current protests against it. 1/20

This one too, is clear👇👇👇

This is a very long winded euphemism for: I helped the fascists seize power and I’m not sorry. It is only the pure wishful thinking of it that makes it interesting.

Right underneath a banner that still says “democracy dies in darkness”, WaPo prints this editorial

Medieval Discovery Made on Norwegian Island. www.medievalists.net/2026/01/medi...

One of the key features of fascism is crushing the workers. Keeping wages down and unemployment high is one of fascism key tasks. Remember 77 million USians voted for this.

CNN posted a new video of the Minnesota shooting but missed its bombshell. ICE agent Jonathan Ross heads to his own car, turning his back on the supposed "terrorist" (L). He then walks back, filming, into the path of her ALREADY moving vehicle, stops and fires (R). Insane. 1/

Iranian protesters defy crackdown as crowds chant anti-regime slogans ft.trib.al/tjLCjAK

During the US operation Absolute Resolve on Venezuelan territory, Russian air defense proved so helpless that they not only failed to shoot down anything, but also suffered significant losses. The most substantial and visible losses were inflicted on the Russian Buk‑M2E air SAM systems⤵️

When it comes to shooting down things other than civilian airplanes, Russian air defence systems just aren't very good

It's going to be interesting to compare what Jeremy says about Iran, when he finally gets shamed into doing it, compared to this. Probably urge restraint on all sides, as if the unarmed protestors should do their part and not get shot anymore.

I distinguish between fascisms 0.x, 1.x, 2.x, 3.x. Fascism 0.x being embryonic-forms represented by Action Francaise etc, 1.x Mussolini's fascism and its imitators, 2.x Nazism, and 3.x the klepto-pluto-fascism of Putin, Erdogan, Trump etc. Each both copies and rejects features from prev forms.

This is a timely reminder that the fascists will murder you. Anything less than absolute and enthusiast agreement is a death sentence.

Reform UK’s Richard Tice doesn’t have a single idea of his own. Lazy dangerous politics. Farage deputy says UK should follow Trump and quit UN climate bodies

We've come a long way since everything "risked nuclear war 3"

Again, the US president, his government officials, and supporters, are all lying to you about what happened here. This video clearly demonstrates the vehicle was not driving towards the ICE agent.

Russia: We want peace Also Russia: We will attack any peacekeepers in Ukraine.

Republican bullies deploy more threats against the UK to protect their big tech corporate allies.

Yes, Trump is a fascist. No, Trump is not an Iron Age chieftain. Yes, Trump is a mafia inspired kleptocrat (anyone that close to Roy Cohn would be headed in that direction anyway). Yes, there are varieties of fascism and Trump’s is nothing like Nazism but that doesn’t mean he isn’t a fascist.

"Thump thump", on the off chance it passed you by, is meant to be the sound two pairs of car tyres make when they run a person over.

⚡️ BREAKING: Oreshnik IRBM missile used in strike on Ukraine's Lviv, Russia says. The Oreshnik is a Russian intermediate-range ballistic missile designed to carry nuclear weapons.

Russia's global prestige continues to rise. I remain a master strategist.

Fascism has had at least 4 moments. There was the fascism of the 1930s & 40s; there was the postwar of fascism of Francis Parker Yockey; the ‘happy face’ fascism of Alain de Benoist & Marine Le Pen c. 2000; and what I now call the “piranha fascism” of Trumpism. We are heading into a world of hurt

Trump’s model for the final form his White House will take:

Pleased to see POLITICO Influence feature our campaign as part of the Westminster debate on tackling election disinformation ahead of the Elections Bill. Grateful to @politico.eu, and to the cross-party MPs and orgs we’ve been working with for their engagement. www.politico.eu/newsletter/p...

No there isn’t. See: marcuse.faculty.history.ucsb.edu/niem.htm

Disinformation is at it’s most dangerous when it appears merely as misinformation. Read more about the misuse of Niemöller’s anecdote here: marcuse.faculty.history.ucsb.edu/niem.htm

Nigel Farage's stunning list of VIP freebies while 'ignoring' Clacton locals

Anger as Kent County Council confirms plan to sell former Folkestone Library building in Grace Hill www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/n...

In a memo issued on Wednesday, Trump said the US would withdraw from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and 65 additional UN and other multilateral groups, mostly linked to the environment, renewable energy, development, education, democracy and human rights. www.ft.com/content/3f78...

The post quoted below is a perfect example of two of the rules of Bluesky: 1 - Point out that Zack Polanski is a risible loud mouth and floods of trolls appear as if by magic. 2 - USians will always make everything about themselves and assume you are talking about them.

1. The way ICE operates is the US is comparable and compatible in general to how US police authorities operate. 2. UK police authorities or any other agency cannot and do not operate this way, Zack either knows this and is lying or doesn’t know this and should have researched more. #UKPolitics

The new Reform UK PR tactic is to say they aren’t raising Council Tax to the maximum - whilst still raising it. During the Local Election they criticised councils across the UK for just raising Council Tax. Now they are. www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-o...

🟥 Brexit promised rule-making. Delivered rule-taking. If we’re going to follow EU rules anyway, why aren’t we helping write them? Time to Rejoin

I keep going back to this. This is a taunt. They're taunting us. There is no other possible interpretation of what they're doing. But media simply ignores this deranged behavior, because if they talk about it, one must conclude that DHS is a rogue agency, of villainous paramilitary thugs.

This says it all…

Nigel Farage has been accused of "parroting Kremlin lines" by saying he would vote against boots on the ground in Ukraine t.co/wz4TyAjI3B

When just showing the video isn’t enough: Minneapolis shooting puts news organizations to the test www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/when...

Woman fatally shot by ICE agent in Minneapolis identified as resident "out caring for her neighbors," local officials say.

Tomorrow we are going to have USA and Iran each telling the other to stop shooting citizens who protest.

For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies

Russian Telegram channels report that Salyut plant is on fire in Moscow. It produces aircraft engines.

British government fine with this, apparently. Might send them a letter or issue an easily-affordable fine or something.

Just seen Grok putting the body of the victim of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis into a bikini. Digital corpse desecration now available to the public.

Any Western troops will be classed as foreign interference in Russia's Ukraine, and be considered as military targets, just like hospitals, schools and apartment blocks are.