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lukecsmith.bsky.social

Software engineer for the Economist. I also do music for film and theatre. Interested in environmental things, the wild world, gardening, building and making. Political lefty.

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Damn right!!!

submitted 6 days ago • 829 comments

Well i hate to state the bleeding obvious here, but this is rich to say the least. Israel have levelled pretty much every hospital in Gaza, and theyve imprisoned and tortured many of the medics too.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

This is a huge scandal. As Foreign Secretary, David Cameron tried to intimidate the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Courts into dropping his Israeli arrest warrants. A violation of international law - ignored by British news outlets.

submitted 17 days ago • 24 comments

Marco Rubio officially announced that anyone who criticizes Israel will NOT be granted a visa to enter the United States.

submitted 28 days ago • 41 comments

international systems of accountability for crimes against humanity established in the wake of the holocaust destroyed at the behest of “the light unto the nations” so that it can do its own genocide. our shame will be eternal.

submitted 44 days ago • 1 comment

Labour has a whopping great majority and four years left to turn this country around. They should be setting the agenda, not chasing about trying to placate voters of a party with five MPs who will never vote for them anyway. It's not only disappointing... it's embarrassing

submitted 48 days ago • 310 comments

Here, @westcountryvoices.bsky.social have compiled my thread on the utterly bonkers mismanagement of Dartmoor into an easy-to-read article: westcountryvoices.co.uk/prepare-your...

submitted 49 days ago • 13 comments

Watching the early news come in from the Australian election. Looks like Labor has it. If it does, it is goodbye to another Trump-lite candidate, Peter Dutton, after Polivier in Canada. UK Labour needs to learn the lesson. Stop kissing right-wing ass.

submitted 57 days ago • 3 comments

I hate those Russia sympathisers the world over - the american right wingers, authoritarians like Orban, theres even Russia sympathisers like Farage in the UK. This is the awful reality of Putins Russia: horrific torture and murder of anyone against them. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

The US rep to the IEA said that "pursuing offshore wind power would make countries reliant on China." It's instructive to explore this sort of claim, in particular for what it reveals about those claiming it. Two points:🧵

submitted 64 days ago • 16 comments

Calm down Dorothy, I've spent longer putting the bins out

submitted 75 days ago • 165 comments

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submitted 75 days ago • 10 comments

White Lotus season 3 was another masterpiece for me. Rich detailed characters, beautiful culminations of intricately weaved storylines. Mike White is a master.

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Can we stop calling these atrocities "deportations." These people sold to El Salvadorian prisons were not deported. Deportation is a process that did not take place. They were rounded up and removed with no process. They were kidnapped, not deported.