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Observer writer Carole Cadwalladr, who exposed Cambridge Analytica's role in #Brexit, has had her contract ended by Tortoise Media ahead of Observer takeover. The National Union of Journalists has expressed “serious concern” about her exit. pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/n...

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Great piece just out from @bylinetimes.bsky.social featuring the #StopFundingHate petition for M&S to drop their ads with GB News - now approaching 11,000 signatures! 👏👏👏 bylinetimes.com/2025/02/24/m...

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93 countries supported the eEU-Ukrainian resolution that named Russia an aggressor state and called on it to remove its troops from Ukraine The US, Russia, Belarus and North Korea voted against Read that again, the US sided with Russia and North Korea 👀

submitted 3 days ago • 25 comments

Read this twice. The world we know is shifting beneath our feet.

submitted 4 days ago • 220 comments

Absolutely @eddavey.libdems.org.uk

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"Nigel Farage, wanking for coins on a stage in Washington" 🎯

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Fishermen in 2016: "We're really pissed off and Farage says he's going to sort it all out, so we're voting Brexit." Fishermen in 2025: "Shit. We made a huge mistake. Huge." Farmers in 2025: "We're really pissed off and Farage says he's going to sort it all out, so we're voting Reform." 🙄

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One of the most powerful political cartoons I have seen. Follow the artist at @ellabaron.bsky.social.

submitted 4 days ago • 168 comments

👑 Jane Fonda with a mic drop "Empathy is not weak or "woke." And, by the way, "woke" just means you give a damn about other people."

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Wow. "The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has appeared in court accused of accepting bribes in exchange for making statements in the European Parliament that would benefit Russia, a court has heard."

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Dear Germany, two thoughts when it comes to your elections 🇩🇪 🇬🇧 Look what happened when the UK voted for Brexit 🇺🇸 Look what Happened when the US voted again for Trump Populists promise the world, and deliver pretty much nothing other than more hate and division. Chose well and good luck 🙏

submitted 5 days ago • 10 comments

He nails it.

submitted 6 days ago • 1554 comments

In this crazy, unstable and dangerous world it is utter madness to remain out of the EU. #RejoinEU #Rejoin

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Putin “loved Brexit, cheers on the far right in Europe and backed Trump because he wants to see the crumbling of the western bloc that has stood firm against him. For a US president to follow that script….is a huge win for the Kremlin” Trump-the traitorous patsy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Fearless and independent investigative journalism is needed more than ever in these times. Attempts to suppress this story on Trump and the KGB demonstrate this ⬇️ To help fund the stories you won't read in the established press, and to keep honesty alive, subscribe: subscribe.bylinetimes.com

submitted 6 days ago • 53 comments

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

submitted 6 days ago • 590 comments

Recently renewed my @bylinetimes.bsky.social subscription. Supporting their journalism feels like a small thing I can do in the face of the current shitstorm. Between this and the #6Nations, that's my weekend sorted

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🚨BREAKING CROSSPOST AFTER DDOS ATTACK Donald Trump Was Recruited by the KGB Under Codename ‘Krasnov’ Claims Former Soviet Spy Chief A former senior KGB chief claims Trump was recruited by them in 1987 due to his role as a prominent US businessman www.bylinesupplement.com/p/breaking-c...

submitted 6 days ago • 72 comments

I mean… Good, but what TF is up with that 11%?

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As being “free to make our own trade deals” has delivered the square root of jack shit and, as Brexiters still can’t tell us what EU regulations they want to scrap, closer alignment with the EU should be a no-brainer. Great work @bestforbritain.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

submitted 19 days ago • 75 comments

Ooo this is a good one ☺️

submitted 20 days ago • 1198 comments

DOGE is reportedly threatening NOAA with massive staff and budget cuts. NOAA houses the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, which produce forecasts and warn people about storms. This attack on public safety is ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.

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I'm not easily shocked, but the sight of individuals cheering on the richest man in the world as he takes away vital aid to the most desperate people on this Earth has shocked me. There are good people. There are bad people. Then there's Elon Musk and his empathy devoid flesh failure followers.

submitted 21 days ago • 83 comments

Word of the Day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who has the supreme self-confidence of ignorance.

submitted 23 days ago • 397 comments

We worked for months with USAID to build an $85,000,000 project to end TB in two regions of the Philippines. The project is funded by private money, the Philippine government, and matching USAID funds. It could provide a blueprint for eliminating TB worldwide--except it's...not happening.

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This is VERY good news. Love bookshop.org and all the stuff they do! www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...

submitted 23 days ago • 508 comments

The takeover of Twitter was a preview of what we're all living with now and a stark example of why you can't let any one person have too much money: they go insane and make themselves everybody's problem

submitted 23 days ago • 588 comments

DEI. The far-right has made up and amplified the myth that organisations that operate a DEI programme are hiring unqualified people because of their colour, gender or health. Can we once and for all blow this lie, this BS, this utter crap to hell. 1/5

submitted 24 days ago • 6 comments

Absolute fucking insanity tonight on Gaza. Our country is being run by a madman. Two weeks of complete chaos and lunacy.

submitted 23 days ago • 1075 comments

Reform hasn’t got to this point organically. They have got to this point via foreign money, Russian interference, disinformation, mass manipulation, disproportionate MSM coverage and being constantly massively boosted by right wing social media companies. There is fuck all democratic about it.

submitted 24 days ago • 44 comments

Watch this. And then watch it again.

submitted 24 days ago • 181 comments

I am right in thinking everyone wants to Rejoin the EU aren't I? Like if you do RT if you really do

submitted 24 days ago • 43 comments