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Meanwhile, Trump lectures Europe on freedom of speech.

submitted 9 days ago • 5 comments

Season 3 of #thetraitors proves one thing… The journey is far better than the ending.

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

This by Mark Mazower is very good on why the “fascism” debate might be a distorting optic through which to try to understand the second coming of Trump on.ft.com/3Z7nwzQ

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

OBSERVER: Fears grow over children at risk placed in illegal care homes #TomorrowsPapersToday

submitted 99 days ago • 7 comments

A very good point, well made. Combine this with the ability to respond, often anonymously, without consequence in the ‘real world’ removing the usual social norms and pleasantries, you begin to understand how we’ve arrived at this point.

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

In the time it took me, not even to write a book, just a proposal for a book, about how Elon Musk probs wanted to capture a nation's democratic agency, he went ahead and captured a nation's democratic agency www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 104 days ago • 9 comments

Since ‘X’iting a few weeks ago I’ve been trying out both Threads and @bsky.app. Threads is definitely more active but has an Instagram vibe, a more US corporate, celebrity feel and somehow less personal. @bsky.app is quieter but feels more ‘folksy’ and much more personal. I like it here!

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