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Elon Musk's pinned tweet right now.

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The Observer view: A year on from his death, Alexei Navalny still shines bright in a dark land

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That article is here: thecorrespondent.com/5696/were-he...

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Word of the Day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet individual whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.

submitted 8 days ago • 221 comments

MAGA is really a collection of cowards and incels isn’t it? They bully migrants and trans people, but whenever a vicious tyrant like Putin comes along, they get down on their knees and fawn.

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One of these may have been digitally altered by Phil

submitted 7 days ago • 37 comments

Life, death and disease in the Middle Ages - in paperback!

submitted 7 days ago • 29 comments

It’s not politics as usual - and pretending that it is just makes us look weak and scared, with little agency and no self-conviction.

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When people ask what Putin has over Trump, remember the Spycraft acronym MICE which describe the four key weaknesses which allow someone open to be being recruited M - Money I - Ideology C - compromising material (Kompromat) E - Ego All four are probably factors in Trump’s subservience to Putin

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NEW: Explosive new revelations from ex MI6 spy. Why did Boris Johnson block the publication of the Russia Report before 2019 Gen Election? Finally some answers.. Russian military intelligence - the GRU - targeted the Brexit vote. "Money changed hands" 1/ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...

submitted 10 days ago • 68 comments

Just let this sink in In 2016 Vote Leave marginally won The UK gov knew of Russian interference to deliver Brexit And despite that, May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak, and now Starmer have chosen to do what Putin wants- weaken Europe- instead of protect our democracy from Putin Shameful

submitted 9 days ago • 41 comments

Long-term unpaid carers face overwhelming personal and financial pressures - how can we all help out?

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Please make sure you are following @quietriotpod.bsky.social It’s a superb podcast. Many thanks. Now please repost this post and continue with your scrolling.

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🔥 Well... this is now over 88,000 signatures! Just one final push to get it over that magic 100,000 and get a parliamentary debate? Why not! Link --> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

submitted 12 days ago • 74 comments

🔴Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the ‘New Authoritarianism’ Leading the US Down an Increasingly Dangerous Path The early stages of Trump’s new administration are following an alarming and predictable pattern, argues Christian Christensen bylinetimes.com/2025/02/10/t...

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"We all need to start making ourselves dangerous to dictators" A great article by @greenpartymolly.bsky.social and @tom--scott.bsky.social for the @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/02/10/i...

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This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP. It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

submitted 12 days ago • 170 comments

Children still being sent far from home for mental health care in England

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German court orders X to give data access to democracy researchers ahead of federal elections techcrunch.com/2025/02/07/g...

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“Be clear about what Trump and Musk’s aid axe will do: people will face terror and starve, many will die” Gordon Brown www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 15 days ago • 38 comments

When will Govt learn you can’t out-Reform Reform - you end up simply legitimising their toxic narrative. To see off populists, Labour needs to invest in public services & local communities, making a real difference to people’s lives - levy a wealth tax & use it to improve people’s lives now

submitted 17 days ago • 164 comments

Hundreds of jobs to be cut at the Mail and Telegraph, "reductive" page view targets at the Mirror, and AI-driven content at Reach titles (Star, Express, Sunday People) with no editing or legal oversight… Is journalism on its last legs? Find out in Street of Shame in the new Private Eye, out now.

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Graphic account by Andrew Roth of an 'administrative coup' - how Musk got his 20-something 'Muskovites' into the secure data of the world's biggest aid and development agency - USAID All that data is now being weaponised against Musk's perceived enemies www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 17 days ago • 4 comments

Absolutely spot on from Rory Stewart

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🔴Nigel Farage Pictured With Far-Right Activists Who Posted ‘Pride Swastikas’ and Racist Rants The Reform UK leader posed for pictures with the group of prominent far-right activists known for their extreme, racist and Islamophobic posts bylinetimes.com/2025/01/30/n...

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Imagine a world where X Money becomes the government’s payment platform Amazing insight from Asha Rangappa and the FreedomAcademy open.substack.com/pub/asharang...

submitted 20 days ago • 11 comments

If each Treasury payee is a separate record, and there are, say, 68,000,000 social security payees (as is estimated), then at $5000 per violation, it seems like Elon could be penalized $340 billion if he unlawfully accessed their Treasury records...

submitted 20 days ago • 235 comments

It’s a much overused word, but this genuinely has the hallmarks of an attempted coup

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RIP Hind Rajab. Today is one year on since this little six year old was killed (my daughter's age) - and then so were the two brave medics who came to rescue her, as agreed by the IDF, as she cowered in her family car with her family dead around her. I will never forget this story.

submitted 24 days ago • 61 comments