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NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next. I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social 1/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 103 days ago • 1168 comments

1. Trump and his Death Eaters cannot tolerate any rival power. Europe, when united, is a major trading and diplomatic bloc. They see Russia (much less of a threat to US hegemony) as an excellent instrument for breaking up Europe, by threat or by force.🧵

submitted 12 days ago • 83 comments

NEW: Labour's @sarahowen.org.uk says she's disappointed more MPs didn't show up to this year's LGBTQ+ History Month debate. Suggests its theme should change from 'Activism and Social Change' to 'Survival and Existence' due to toxic political rhetoric targeting LGBTQ+ people.

submitted 15 days ago • 14 comments

Canada accounts for about 60% of U.S. crude oil imports. If Trump's tariffs end up applying to that oil, that would likely cause gas prices to rise in the U.S., Canada's ambassador warns.

submitted 27 days ago • 147 comments

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

submitted 32 days ago • 1092 comments

Well, I guess we’ll just never know whether it was a Nazi salute or not…

submitted 33 days ago • 25 comments

Phil Hammond, a key figure in the fight for justice over Hillsborough, dies

submitted 41 days ago • 4 comments

Fears for UK boomer radicalisation on Facebook after Meta drops factcheckers

submitted 46 days ago • 31 comments

Ukraine’s capture of North Koreans offers rare insight into Russian alliance, says Zelenskyy

submitted 47 days ago • 7 comments

She’s a wrong un

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

🗓️ 6th January 2024 - FA Cup Third Round Sunderland 0-3 Newcastle (Ballard OG 35', Isak 46', 90' pen) #NUFC | #FACup

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment

Don't think this nasty little authoritarian wouldn't try this. Note - no evidence has been produced that the majority of licence payers support this, and they never propose asking them.

submitted 82 days ago • 44 comments

Banter is like sex. It is a two way process based on mutual respect and understanding. If you're doing it on your own, what you are is a wanker

submitted 83 days ago • 66 comments

Pretty cool little piece of history surfaced today. 😎 audioboom.com/posts/862009...

submitted 83 days ago • 2 comments

Oh no! We never meant for this to affect ordinary hard-working castle owners.

submitted 95 days ago • 107 comments

Trump has vowed to crack down on universities involved in misinformation research, or what he dubs the "censorship cartel" - e.g. by curbing funds to those that have "flagged content for removal”, or legal threats “I'm pretty fucking scared," one professor tells me. www.ft.com/content/bfb4...

submitted 95 days ago • 80 comments

On 21 November 2024, Russia attacked Dnipro in Ukraine using a new ballistic missile for the first time. The weapon used was the ‘Oreshnik’, a nuclear-capable intermediate-range ballistic missile.

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

The misogyny is strong in this one young padawan

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments