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If US democracy was functional, this would have led to an immediate impeachment and removal from office.

14.03.2026 01:45 πŸ‘ 2140 πŸ” 516 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 0
β€œElon Musk’s Tesla given go-ahead to supply electricity in Great Britain.” A subheading underneath says: β€œOfgem licence means firm can replicate Texas setup of powering homes, businesses and EVs.”

β€œElon Musk’s Tesla given go-ahead to supply electricity in Great Britain.” A subheading underneath says: β€œOfgem licence means firm can replicate Texas setup of powering homes, businesses and EVs.”

Ed Miliband must step in and bar Tesla from holding an energy licence.

Elon Musk is a threat to our national security and clearly not a fit person to operate in our energy industry.

We can’t have the lights go out because he’s having a strop on X.

12.03.2026 16:56 πŸ‘ 1164 πŸ” 407 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 34
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UK watchdog eyes Meta's smart glasses after workers say they 'see everything' Contractors tasked with improving AI reportedly had access to intimate footage captured through wearables Britain's privacy watchdog is asking questions about Meta's AI-powered smart glasses after reports that human contractors reviewing recordings from the devices were exposed to extremely private moments captured by unsuspecting users.…

UK watchdog eyes Meta's smart glasses after workers say they 'see everything'

05.03.2026 12:21 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Russia being allowed into the Paralympics while they're still bombing Ukraine is a terrible move.

06.03.2026 19:00 πŸ‘ 153 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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So Badenoch, Farage and Blair think the Iran war is a great idea? Hmm … | John Crace Kemi may be all in favour, but at least economic realpolitik is forcing her to take a slightly different tack

So Badenoch, Farage and Blair think the Iran war is a great idea? Hmm … | John Crace

09.03.2026 20:25 πŸ‘ 114 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 4
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Four US bombers land at RAF base in UK after warning of surge in strikes on Iran B-1 Lancers arrive at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire after Starmer allows US to use UK as a base for β€˜defensive’ action

Can someone explain how US B1 heavy bombers are used for "defensive" actions ?

08.03.2026 09:13 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
Caitlin KALINOWSKI over X

I resigned from OpenAl. I care deeply about the Robotics team and the work we built together.
This wasn't an easy call. Al has an important role in national security. But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got. This was about principle, not people. I have deep respect for Sam and the team, and I'm proud of what we built together.

Caitlin KALINOWSKI over X I resigned from OpenAl. I care deeply about the Robotics team and the work we built together. This wasn't an easy call. Al has an important role in national security. But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got. This was about principle, not people. I have deep respect for Sam and the team, and I'm proud of what we built together.

OpenAI head of robotics just resigned over company deal with the Pentagon saying…

β€œSurveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got”

07.03.2026 19:05 πŸ‘ 7141 πŸ” 2665 πŸ’¬ 141 πŸ“Œ 211
Screen grab from 60 Minutes of a man in a blue suit with slicked back hair.

Screen grab from 60 Minutes of a man in a blue suit with slicked back hair.

So, now the psychotic Secretary of β€œWar” doesn’t give a damn if Russia is aiding and abetting our enemy?
Hegseth asked about Russia helping Iran to target Americans🚨🚨🚨

"WE’RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT... The only ones that need to be worried right now are Iranians that think they're going to live."

07.03.2026 07:42 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 3
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Kidnapping of children by Nazi Germany - Wikipedia

So ICE is now kidnapping children, and they're still not fascists or Nazis? It happened before. It was sanctioned by the state.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapp...

22.01.2026 12:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How Travelodge in Maidenhead gave sex attacker key to woman's room The woman, who woke to find Kyran Smith sexually assaulting her, branded a Β£30 reward offer

This just beggars belief - Travelodge are absolving themselves of responsibility when they enabled a sexual assault by happily giving a man a keycard and room number of a woman staying at their hotel.
How Travelodge in Maidenhead gave sex attacker key to woman's room
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

06.03.2026 06:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

Every war has a defining moment & we may already have that moment for the Iran war.Sources tell Reuters that U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school. March 5, 20269:02 PM EST www.reuters.com/world/middle...

06.03.2026 12:43 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 4

I had a ladybird type book with broken dolls, which scared me

05.03.2026 10:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran.

No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles.

Worth a watch.

(πŸŽ₯ BBC News/BBC Verify)

05.03.2026 08:46 πŸ‘ 3960 πŸ” 2152 πŸ’¬ 104 πŸ“Œ 193
Javier Blas @JavierBlas
X.com
The Chinese foreign minister has been on the phone with his Iranian counterpart.
Who buys more Qatari LNG than anyone else? China.
Who buys more Persian Gulf oil than anyone else? China.
Who buys all - yes, all -- the Iranian oil? China
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Javier Blas @JavierBlas X.com The Chinese foreign minister has been on the phone with his Iranian counterpart. Who buys more Qatari LNG than anyone else? China. Who buys more Persian Gulf oil than anyone else? China. Who buys all - yes, all -- the Iranian oil? China Last edited 10:20 AM β€’ 3/2/26 β€’ 104K Views

China in the mix.

02.03.2026 19:04 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Minab school bombing: how the worst mass casualty event of the Iran war unfolded – a visual guide A strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh school during the US-Israeli bombing campaign killed up to 168 people. The Guardian has pieced together the incident and its aftermath using verified footage and images from the site

Minab school bombing: how the worst mass casualty event of the Iran war unfolded – a visual guide

03.03.2026 13:14 πŸ‘ 146 πŸ” 115 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 14
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Extraordinary crowds as a mass funeral procession begins in Minab, Iran for the 165 school girls & teachers killed in the US/Israeli school strike on Saturday.

Many outcomes of this war are uncertain. But a renewed generation of hatred towards the West is now baked in.

(πŸŽ₯ Alireza Akbari)

03.03.2026 07:57 πŸ‘ 745 πŸ” 356 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 45
Photo of military fire and soldiers. With the words β€˜No New Wars’

Photo of military fire and soldiers. With the words β€˜No New Wars’

Does the felon ever tell the truth?

02.03.2026 22:12 πŸ‘ 62 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 2
But federal personnel purported to order BCA personnel to leave. According to reports, federal personnel may have seized cell phones, taken other evidence from the scene, and detained witnesses. It is unclear whether federal personnel otherwise processed the scene let alone how carefully. Then just a few hours after the shooting, federal personnel left, allowing the perimeter to collapse and potentially spoiling evidence.

From a law enforcement perspective, this is astonishing. The federal government's actions are a sharp departure from normal best practices and procedure, in which every effort is taken to preserve the scene and the evidence it contains. Instead, by first attempting to bar BCA and then letting the scene collapse, the federal government appears to have taken measures that directly led to the destruction of evidence.

But federal personnel purported to order BCA personnel to leave. According to reports, federal personnel may have seized cell phones, taken other evidence from the scene, and detained witnesses. It is unclear whether federal personnel otherwise processed the scene let alone how carefully. Then just a few hours after the shooting, federal personnel left, allowing the perimeter to collapse and potentially spoiling evidence. From a law enforcement perspective, this is astonishing. The federal government's actions are a sharp departure from normal best practices and procedure, in which every effort is taken to preserve the scene and the evidence it contains. Instead, by first attempting to bar BCA and then letting the scene collapse, the federal government appears to have taken measures that directly led to the destruction of evidence.

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25.01.2026 04:04 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Trump administration welcomes Tommy Robinson to Washington β€” The Times and The Sunday Times The Trump administration has hosted Tommy Robinson, the British hard-right extremist, for a meeting at the State Department in Washington. Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, said he w...

The UK White Nationalist agitator and jailbird who goes by the name of Tommy Robinson has been welcomed with open arms by Trump’s State Department.

He’s never been elected, leads a tiny ragtag band of Nazis but Musk loves him.

25.02.2026 21:10 πŸ‘ 294 πŸ” 159 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 9
Photos of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

Lib Dems FORCE government to release the Andrew files

Photos of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. Lib Dems FORCE government to release the Andrew files

Today is an important step in dismantling the system that protected Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Epstein’s other associates.

The victims, survivors and their families have waited far too long for the truth to come out and justice to be done.

24.02.2026 14:52 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, β€˜If it can happen to me, i...

ICE agents are paid a bonus for anyone they seize and that includes tourists- read this account from a retired tourist held for 6wks despite a valid visa and seriously think do you need to go to the States? World Cup and Olympics are huge issues imo

21.02.2026 08:42 πŸ‘ 114 πŸ” 69 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2
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Can cows swim? Is this a question you never knew you wanted to know the answer to?

20.02.2026 08:11 πŸ‘ 109 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
Text meme: "It seems the purpose of the latest Epstein file release was to expose victims while protecting pedophiles."

Text meme: "It seems the purpose of the latest Epstein file release was to expose victims while protecting pedophiles."

Trump's corrupt DOJ released Epstein files with perpetrator names redacted but victim names & images unprotected. WTAF?

Not an accident---an intentional effort to shame and expose victims while protecting elite pedophiles, or Trump's "friends."

So many Trump associates in the Epstein files.

#FDT

02.02.2026 13:38 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

This is awesome. University of California employees β€” Your retirement is invested with the private equity firm that owns ICE’s charter airline for Africa and Asia deportations. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

16.02.2026 23:36 πŸ‘ 159 πŸ” 85 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4
Jeffrey Epstein was a paedophile, and we all live in his world. By Carole Cadwalladr. Image of Epstein and documents against a blue background

Jeffrey Epstein was a paedophile, and we all live in his world. By Carole Cadwalladr. Image of Epstein and documents against a blue background

In a week of grim revelations, perhaps the darkest of all was that the attitudes the dead millionaire represented – misogyny, control, abuse of girls – are embedded in power structures throughout our culture, writes @carolecadwalla.bsky.social

www.thenerve.news/p/carole-cad...

11.02.2026 16:32 πŸ‘ 194 πŸ” 100 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 12
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Tell Your Senators: Vote NO on Voter Suppression | Indivisible

But with this attack on our voting rights, we can’t take anything for granted. We must keep telling our senators to stop this voter suppression bill in its tracks.

And if you’re in Pennsylvania, be sure to tell Fetterman how you feel about his embarrassing decision to publicly back these GOP bills.

13.02.2026 00:11 πŸ‘ 204 πŸ” 91 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 6

Star Trek doesn’t always engage (heh) with disability well, but it TRIES. It foresees complex futures, where people may not view something as β€œwrong” with themβ€”rather just a fact of their existence.

If you don’t wear glasses, you know someone who does.

12.02.2026 22:44 πŸ‘ 77 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

So whilst this new discovery is really exciting and promising especially for clinically vulnerable people will it get developed and if so will it be licensed?

12.02.2026 08:26 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Phase 1 and preclinical studies reveal safety, pharmacokinetics, and efficacy of intranasal delivery of the influenza antibody CR9114 Intranasal CR9114 is safe in humans, and twice-daily dosing confers protection against influenza virus challenge in macaques.

Exciting research shows potential for a new way to prevent flu infection using a nasal spray! 🧡πŸ§ͺ

12.02.2026 08:26 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

I wish this picture had alt-text and accessible

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