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Just muddling along. Banner: The Conjuror by Hieronymus Bosh (1502) - an allegory for our time.
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If you're in need of a laugh...
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Otto English
about 7 hours ago
And not a squeak from Farage, Lowe, Robinson or Tice. Nothing. Literally nothing.
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AdyBee 🐝
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Mark Chadbourn
2 days ago
“This agreement provides for a cessation of hostilities. The Israeli government must respect it, and the United States, in particular, must exert all the necessary pressure on the Israeli government to ensure that it does.”
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Christabel Cooper
2 days ago
It is extremely important that Labour understands that the movement of voters between Lab and Ref was not the crucial factor, it was consolidation of the anti-Ref vote and Lab voters turning out in droves. Otherwise Burnham will make the same mistakes as Starmer in targeting only one set of voters.
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Robert Reich
3 days ago
Did I do the meme right?
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Jolyon Maugham KC
3 days ago
Farage is a lobbyist for billionaires, pretending to be a politician.
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Farage trying to block ‘Britcoin’ plans that could be costly for billionaire donor
Reform UK leader used private meeting at Bank of England to urge governor to drop plans for state-run cryptocurrency
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/18/nigel-farage-trying-block-britcoin-crypto-plans-bank-of-england-christopher-harborne
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I think we should keep talking about the hostages. About Dr Hussam Abu Safiya and the more than 3000 other Palestinians held in prison for years on end without any trial being held or charges being brought.
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Israel puts Palestinian doctor in solitary confinement after 17 months held without charge
Dr Hussam Abu Safiya now in cell barely big enough to sit in, says son, after UN experts demanded his release in March
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/09/israel-palestinian-doctor-hussam-abu-safiya-solitary-confinement-held-without-charge?CMP=share_btn_url
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Otto English
4 days ago
23rd June marks 10th anniversary of the EU referendum. You'd think that would be something for Farage, Reform and the big Brexit leaders to celebrate but....
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John Travolta Asks 'Anyone There?' in Desert
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Is it bad that Elon Musk has a trillion dollars? Yes, and here’s why | Ingrid Robeyns
Just as the ‘poverty line’ determines what’s required for basic living, we need a ‘wealth line’ to show when extreme wealth becomes harmful, says economist and philosopher Ingrid Robeyns
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/17/is-it-bad-that-elon-musk-has-a-trillion-dollars-yes-and-heres-why?CMP=share_btn_url
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George Monbiot
4 days ago
Both the government and the Court of Appeal now treat protesters as terrorists and terrorists as protesters. It's hard to accept that a "Labour" government is imposing rightwing authoritarianism on the UK, but please read this column to see what's happening.+🧵
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The Belfast riots, Palestine Action protests. What is terrorism now – and why the hypocrisy? | George Monbiot
The right is obsessed with ‘two-tier policing’. This is indeed a two-tier government – but the real victims are progressives, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/17/belfast-riots-palestine-action-protests-terrorism
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George Wilson
5 days ago
Get this on your mind...Martha Stewart wound up in prison because of "one" stock trade. I wonder how much time she would have gotten for 3641 stock trades that the president has made. Based on "information" that he himself controls. Not only prior knowledge but prior intent.
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Michael Scott Says Oh Wow
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sianushka.bsky.social
5 days ago
The brass neck of Hunt who was in government for the entire austerity shit show that saw defence spending drastically cut
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Harry Rasmussen 🇨🇦
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Adam Bienkov
6 days ago
'We are clamping down on the harm caused by social media. 'Read all about it on the Nazi pogrom deepfake abuse website'
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Sarah Murphy
6 days ago
So, a list of Brexit winners: customs agents novel food industry migrant workers from outside the EU (if you ignore the racism) Northern Ireland Dutch/EU logistics And of course Farage, Johnson, Gove etc who all got richer but were never held to account. Ffs
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The winners of Brexit
Even in a decade marked by economic damage, some players have thrived from the disruption
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/5c0fe5df-be48-4b8a-8386-417fb9977c30
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6 days ago
In a nutshell.
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The Bookseller
6 days ago
ICYMI: Sales of Sarah Wynn-Williams’ book Careless People (Macmillan) have shot up by 304.5% week-on-week, according to the latest charts data from NielsenIQ BookData. 👇
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Wynn-Williams’ Careless People sales soar by 305% after author ‘silenced’ at Hay
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Acyn
6 days ago
Joy Reid: Jeff Bezos ripped “Democracy Dies in Darkness” off the masthead of The Washington Post and handed Melania a $40 million documentary bribe for a film that nobody but the cult even watched. Trump himself posted on his Temu Twitter that my former employer did his bidding when they fired me
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Acyn
6 days ago
Joy Reid: The path forward is independent media and independent voices: unbossed and unafraid. Shirley Chisholm’s words are reality. MeidasTouch, The Don Lemon Show, The Joy Reid Show—do like and subscribe. The Jim Acosta Show, Katie Phang’s podcast, Wajahat Ali….
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Acyn
6 days ago
De Niro: Loving our country is starting to sound like an abused spouse saying they love their abuser. I can’t love a country that starts stupid and inhumane wars, killing thousands of innocents… I can’t love a country that’s led by a xenophobic tyrant. I can’t love a country that’s led by Trump
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Robert Reich
6 days ago
"Bread and circuses" except the bread has never been more expensive and the circus is lining the pockets of the oligarchy.
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Peter Geoghegan
7 days ago
The same politician wants to go to court to over turn a ban on foreign donations (over £100k)
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Farage vows to ban foreign nationals from social housing as byelection looms
Reform leader claims ‘anti-whiteness is institutionalised’ in UK as polls suggest Labour have lead in Makerfield
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/14/nigel-farage-vows-ban-social-housing-foreign-nationals-makerfield-byelection?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Peter Jukes
7 days ago
Obviously Yaxley Lennon f*cked up by jumping on a riot while hanging out in Moscow with far right influencers Now check his finances Met Police for Russian funding
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Tommy Robinson detained at Heathrow under counter-terrorism laws
Police stop comes after far-right activist rose to global prominence on social media amid racial tensions in Britain
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/13/tommy-robinson-detained-at-heathrow-under-counter-terrorism-laws
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Peter Jukes
7 days ago
Oh, and Carole won that case on public interest. What she lost on was on republication of the inference after the NCA closed their investigation (though she had no control over the republication - only TED did). Very Kafkaesque
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Seth Abramson
7 days ago
BREAKING | Great News for US Pedophile Community Arrives in Friday Night News Dump That White House Hoped Americans Would Miss; Serial Rapist Donald Trump Installs His Personal Lawyer to Oversee Ghislaine Maxwell Appeal and Any Potential Future Federal Jeffrey Epstein Investigations in New York City
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Trump Again Picks Personal Lawyer for a Top Job, as U.S. Attorney in Manhattan
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/us/politics/trump-lawyer-us-attorney-manhattan.html
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Vikki Slade MP
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I’m appalled that the Govt did not act when this was raised by
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& then other MPs in Parliament. Would we permit the sale of Ukrainian properties at a Russian event? It makes the recognition of Palestine ring a bit hollow 😢
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Mark Chadbourn
7 days ago
Tomorrow’s Independent front page:
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Palantir loses legal challenge to force Swiss magazine to publish responses
Data analytics company loses on 22 out of 23 counts in lawsuit disputing how Swiss government rejected firm’s services
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/13/palantir-loses-legal-challenge-to-force-swiss-magazine-to-publish-rejoinders?CMP=share_btn_url
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Acyn
9 days ago
Talarico: Here's what real men don't do. They don't lie and cheat their way through life. They don't sell their soul to the highest bidder. Real men serve others, weak men serve themselves. So I welcome this debate. I don't think Paxton or Cruz are in a position to tell anyone what a real man is.
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Seth Abramson
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(📢) Please RT this 200-post thread on the eve of Elon Musk becoming humanity’s first trillionaire. I’m a Musk biographer, and my opinion—based on my research—is that he’s one of the most dangerous men alive. I urge folks to consider this before aiding in enriching him further.
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Thread by @SethAbramson on Thread Reader App
@SethAbramson: (🧵) THREAD: I'm an Elon Musk biographer. Musk and/or his agents have programmed his AI to make false statements about me that the AI makes no effort to substantiate or correct. So here'...
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1987342733913301503.html
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Josiah Mortimer
9 days ago
I couldn't possibly guess
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Mark Chadbourn
9 days ago
UK Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch admits she’ll make Farage PM if Reform come close. In an interview with The Spectator: “This country cannot have another left-wing government.” A fascist one is okay though.
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Mehdi Hasan
12 days ago
BIG NEWS! We just (soft) launched Zeteo UK, a new standalone publication from Zeteo based in the UK, covering the UK. It's our first international expansion, with big-name contributors and reporters. Subscribe and support here, and check out the trailer from me below:
zeteonews.co.uk
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Peter Geoghegan
10 days ago
The houses of ethnic minorities in Belfast didn’t ’go on fire’ last night - as my radio has told me - they were set alight
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Josiah Mortimer
10 days ago
Politico: "Farage’s line [is] condemning the violence in Belfast while arguing most involved are “not far-right, not extremists, just really scared” about events in their communities." The people scared are not those burning cars and homes while wearing balaclavas. It's those on the receiving end.
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Seth Abramson
10 days ago
Just think, if Trump had sexted women instead of serially raping them, inciting an armed rebellion against our government, getting convicted of 34 felonies and using his government role to make billions in ill-gotten personal gains Kennedy might actually have voted to impeach him
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Morten Morland
10 days ago
Thursdays
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Reform is not on the side of working people. If you're at all in doubt just look at how the actions of the orange buffoon are impacting on the lives of ordinary folk on the other side of the pond. Let's not make the same mistake here.
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Nothing says stupidity like Reform's obsession with destroying British jobs | George Monbiot
Claims that our prosperity depends on oil and gas are bunkum – unless you’re a Reform backer with fossil fuel interests, of course, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/10/reform-obsession-british-jobs-net-zero-oil-and-gas-fossil-fuel?CMP=share_btn_url
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Ciaran Martin
11 days ago
In the course of today, His Majesty’s Government will do both of the following things: - moan loudly about X and blame it for the grotesque scenes in Belfast; - create huge amounts of content for X to monetise To govern is to choose.
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Adam Bienkov
11 days ago
What are the Government, police and security services doing about the people who are quite clearly in the pay of a hostile foreign state, and using their platforms to whip up actual pogroms on our streets? This is a major national security issue and absolutely nothing seems to be happening about it
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THIS is why our highstreets are going down the drain. STOP SHOPPING AT AMAZON. It's really not that difficult.
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Acyn
11 days ago
Raskin: This is not an administration that has a plan to lower gas prices. On the contrary, their illegal, unconstitutional war with Iran is driving them up. It’s a government that operates like The Sopranos. Like, what grift are they going to be able to get away with today?
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Sathnam Sanghera
11 days ago
I don't know how Keir Starmer can wake up in the morning, see that pogroms have been taking place under his watch, that they are being fuelled by literal illegal activity on social media, and not make it his entire purpose to stop it. We know you're no politician, but are you not a lawyer?
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James O’Brien
11 days ago
Do we know how many hours passed between Kemi Badenoch saying that everyone must be treated the same by the police and calling for more black boys to be stopped and searched?
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Adam Bienkov
11 days ago
This is the "pure cold rage" they were calling for
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Otto English
11 days ago
The government needs to leave X. EVERYONE needs to leave X.
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The UK shouldn't sponsor any illegal, theocratic, fascist outposts of inhumanity.? We need to clamp down on this now, not in a year's time. And no loopholes.
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Charities in England and Wales ‘donate millions to illegal Israeli settlements’
MP Melanie Ward calls on Charity Commission to look into 32 organisations she says have given at least £28m
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/10/charities-in-england-and-wales-donate-millions-to-israeli-settlements?CMP=share_btn_url
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