thought the name rang a bell and though he's poshified himself - once upon a time he was "Craig Dillon" - I interviewed this guy back in 2019 as he was doing social media for MPs in a vaguely interesting way - crucially, he seemed entirely normal back then! yet another radicalisation case
A four-pane drawing by purr.in.ink of a black cat with huge eyes: from left to right: 1. Remember, rest is also productive. 2. Drinking water is essential (holding glass). 3. And being kind to yourself? 4. It is mandatory (eyes wide open while holding a red heart)!
FRIENDLY REMINDERS:
"Remember, rest is also productive.
Drinking water is essential.
And being kind to yourself?
It is Mandatory!”
~ Purr.In.Ink
"The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention."
~ Oscar Wilde
Elon Musk is on trial for securities fraud right now in San Francisco.
I wrote a 2,000-word breakdown of the case, what happened in court, the mistrial motion, and why it matters.
Read it here:
open.substack.com/pub/objectio...
I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.
I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.
1/ Here's what I can share:
WATCH: Nigel Farage and Robert Jenrick change fuel prices in Buxton at a Reform UK petrol station They have pledged to reinstate the 5p fuel duty cut in their first Budget
Farage and Jenrick pull a stunt in Buxton in protest at the fuel prices which are going up - on account of a war they both back - started by a man Farage flew thousands of miles to "have dinner with" only for said man to decide he was busy.
So much dignity going on.
A populist has realised that the UK thinks it should stay out of Iran, and his views are not popular. He will probably deny he ever said it.
Powerful photograph of Danish International Brigaders resting and eating during the Battle of the Ebro, 1938. They look like they've been through hell, thousand yard stares there, though a couple are smiling. Some 500 Danes fought in Spain. I think about 150 died.
A sparrow is perched on a tall wild plant which is growing in a pot on a terrace, eating the seeds
Well, somebody is happy that I let the wild flowers grow in my pots in the spring 😃
Farage misses out on Trump meeting as their relationship cools. British populist politician aimed to reinforce his view about the UK's Chagos Islands deal in conversation with US president Reform leader Nigel Farage's failure to secure an audience with the US president underscores a weakening of ties between the two populist leaders © Ben Birchall/PA
Farage had given the impression that he expected to see Trump, telling an event hosted in opposition to UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's proposed Chagos Islands agreement with Mauritius that the president "has almost understood the deal... but I'll be dining at Mar-a-Lago tomorrow night and I will reinforce the message". But, rather than receiving a formal invite to meet Trump, Farage was in fact invited to Mar-a-Lago by a member of the club, according to multiple people briefed on the matter.
“Farage’s relationship with Trump has cooled”
Not really.
Farage’s relationship with Trump is a one-sided humiliation-fest.
Farage remains desperately needy and willing to sell us out to Trump. But Trump doesn’t see him as important right now.
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What? Farage made it sound like he had been invited to dine with Trump!! You mean he might have been...deliberately misleading people...?? 😮 Whoever would have thought it?? 🤣
"Ms Badenoch has ranked MPs based on how well they are performing on X, Facebook and LinkedIn."
Why sure! Get retweeted by hordes of bots and Nazis - win a promotion!
“We would be helping the Americans and Israelis in any way they saw appropriate”
“in ⚠️ANY⚠️ way ⚠️THEY⚠️ saw appropriate”
FFS. He wets his pants about an EU army and British sovereignty one minute. But would sign our troops up to god knows what, the next.
Tice is a weapons-grade moron.
Please please read this from the archbishop of Chicago
www.archchicago.org/statement/-/...
bsky.app/profile/otto...
So much for that special relationship..
When a government goes after a company and threatens to burn it down because they won't let their product be used for nefarious reasons says something chilling about that government.🗽
The burning oil refinery in Tehran tonight.
This ancient city of 10 million people is being annihilated by the US and Israel.
(🎥 BBC Verify)
BREAKING: The US has bombed Tehran’s main refinery and burning oil is now flooding down the streets into the city’s sewers.
This is a vision from hell, unleashed by the US tonight.
(🎥 Vahid Online)
there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for
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@muertex69.bsky.social @cherylsurman.bsky.social bots with no bio/pic following thousands of accounts - wildly disproportionate follower:following ratio. The 1st has made one post: "you can send me a private message and I'll tell you this secret lol".
Okay, so I am definitely going to have to go freelance, at least for a while. So, if anyone has any advice on actually building up and finding freelance policy and comms works, including providing media and advocacy training, campaign planning and strategy please let me know.
Buttigieg: You’ve got money from the Middle East going into the Trump family crypto fund while you have Americans going to the Middle East for Donald Trump’s war.
Timeline cleanser 🤣
I really needed that laugh, thank you! 🤣🤣🤣
Words have no meaning in the Trumpiverse
While he and his family rapes our treasury...
