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Ex Saffa, new Brit, living in London since just before the madness that was the Brexit vote. Hoping this remains an oligarch-free zone.

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Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.

Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?

Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...

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Who funds the Free Speech Union? Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.

It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

17.01.2026 08:45 πŸ‘ 4059 πŸ” 1592 πŸ’¬ 329 πŸ“Œ 146

Nigel Farage won't apologise for his history of racism because "if he apologised, he would be turning to his own support base and saying, β€˜You’re all guilty too,'" a Reform source tells the Times.

So essentially he was a racist and he believes his supporters are racists too

07.12.2025 11:05 πŸ‘ 1097 πŸ” 350 πŸ’¬ 60 πŸ“Œ 23
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Trump has pardoned:
(1) A former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking
(2) Ross Ulbricht, who operated Silk Road, the dark web marketplace where illegal drugs were sold
(3) Binance founder Zhao who failed to stop criminals from using Binance to move money tied to drug trafficking. 1/

03.12.2025 06:20 πŸ‘ 649 πŸ” 357 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 41
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".

Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.

02.12.2025 18:46 πŸ‘ 32978 πŸ” 12134 πŸ’¬ 2281 πŸ“Œ 986

I remember reading and posting about this before the 2016 election. It's time Katie Johnson was back in the news.

16.11.2025 17:11 πŸ‘ 266 πŸ” 98 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 3
Donald J. Trump &
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@realDonaldTrump
Seth Meyers of NBC may be the least talented person to "perform" live in the history of television.
In fact, he may be the WORST to perform, live or otherwise. I watched his show the other night for the first time in years. In it he talked endlessly about electric catapults on aircraft carriers which I complain about as not being as good as much less expensive steam catapults. On and on he went, a truly deranged lunatic. Why does NBC waste its time and money on a guy like this??? - NO TALENT, NO RATINGS, 100% ANTI TRUMP, WHICH IS PROBABLY ILLEGAL!!!

Donald J. Trump & + @realDonaldTrump Seth Meyers of NBC may be the least talented person to "perform" live in the history of television. In fact, he may be the WORST to perform, live or otherwise. I watched his show the other night for the first time in years. In it he talked endlessly about electric catapults on aircraft carriers which I complain about as not being as good as much less expensive steam catapults. On and on he went, a truly deranged lunatic. Why does NBC waste its time and money on a guy like this??? - NO TALENT, NO RATINGS, 100% ANTI TRUMP, WHICH IS PROBABLY ILLEGAL!!!

β€œ100% ANTI TRUMP, WHICH IS PROBABLY ILLEGAL.”

01.11.2025 20:13 πŸ‘ 717 πŸ” 155 πŸ’¬ 83 πŸ“Œ 48

For an American First isolationist he sure is invade-y.

01.11.2025 21:03 πŸ‘ 285 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 1

I'm thinking this through further and there is no difference between deporting people to form a "culturally coherent group of people" and Hitler saying jews could not be aryan.

Caution around Godwin's Law should be dropped. Katie Lam has openly supported nazi ideology.

19.10.2025 13:16 πŸ‘ 374 πŸ” 131 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 10
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Trump has dragged the US to the abyss and Nigel Farage would do the same to Britain. Here’s how to stop him It’s not too late to puncture the Reform leader’s populist myth. His β€˜make Britain great again’ act is out of step with the British people, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Trump has dragged the US to the abyss and Nigel Farage would do the same to Britain.

Reform funded by the super rich would erode worker rights, human rights, hand the NHS to private sector, divide society, deepen inequalities and environmental crisis.

21.09.2025 07:55 πŸ‘ 535 πŸ” 229 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 7
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From me, a list of Trump supporters who killed, or tried to kill, Democrats and opponents of Trump in recent years (since the right are now claiming all the political violence is from the left!)

Receipts:
zeteo.com/p/charlie-ki...

11.09.2025 15:22 πŸ‘ 12631 πŸ” 5718 πŸ’¬ 333 πŸ“Œ 272
Grace Jones - I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)
Grace Jones - I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango) YouTube video by GraceJonesVEVO

Good Night From The Drummer, My Friends. Sleep Tight.

03.09.2025 22:57 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
Nina Simone - Feeling Good
Nina Simone - Feeling Good YouTube video by M M P F

youtu.be/xlNpmSN7mRg?...

04.09.2025 21:37 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Silencing the drumbeat again: seeking asylum is legal Hundreds protested in Ashington against so-called "illegal immigrants" - though seeking asylum has been legal since 1951

Say it again, and again, and again. They are not "illegal immigrants".

-seeking asylum is legal and has been since 1951.

This legally trumps all arguments of β€œbut they arrived by illegal means”. That’s just a fact. That’s why you don’t see asylum seekers arrested & charged. Our MSM must do better.

01.09.2025 05:56 πŸ‘ 540 πŸ” 211 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 5
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Warnings From Weimar Why bargaining with authoritarians fails.

This is the enduring lesson of Weimar: extremism never triumphs on its own. It succeeds because others enable itβ€”because of their ambition, because of their fear, or because they misjudge the dangers of small concessions

www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/hitl...

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Netflix co-founder drops $2 million into Gavin Newsom's redistricting campaign Reed Hastings is a longtime Democratic donor and Newsom ally.

Just another reason to keep giving Netflix my money.

29.08.2025 19:10 πŸ‘ 13827 πŸ” 2553 πŸ’¬ 418 πŸ“Œ 179

This is such a a depressing post.

30.08.2025 14:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A little write-up of our Psych Review paper (with @chazfirestone.bsky.social) on culture and visual illusions β€” out now in Slate! πŸ‘‡

24.08.2025 18:23 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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β€œI was r*ped sometimes 3 times a day on that island… and I was not the only girl on that island… Ghislaine must die in prison, because I’ve been in hell and back for the last 17 years.”

Listen to the survivors.

24.08.2025 14:00 πŸ‘ 23700 πŸ” 10185 πŸ’¬ 622 πŸ“Œ 675
Flyer for the stop Trump demonstration on September 17th

Flyer for the stop Trump demonstration on September 17th

Trump manipulated by Putin again this week, offering up Ukraine’s land

Meanwhile, thanks to Trump’s support, Israel’s violence is continuing to escalate beyond imagination against civilians in Gaza

THE TRUMP STATE VISIT TO THE UK MUST BE CANCELLED #r4today

18.08.2025 07:41 πŸ‘ 372 πŸ” 157 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 2
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"I was Donald's Closest Friend": Inside The Trump-Epstein Relationship with Michael Wolff
"I was Donald's Closest Friend": Inside The Trump-Epstein Relationship with Michael Wolff YouTube video by Wajahat Ali

"Epstein & Trump are, in so many ways, the same person...here are these 2 guys joined at the hip for nearly 15 years, doing the same thing, pursuing the same goals, two guys who are functionally partners, partners in crime if you will"

- Michael Wolff (16:33 mark)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdJ-...

08.08.2025 23:35 πŸ‘ 421 πŸ” 125 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 0

I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.

The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.

Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.

04.08.2025 15:29 πŸ‘ 6584 πŸ” 2492 πŸ’¬ 96 πŸ“Œ 90

Fossil Fuel subsidies = $5.7T globally, 2022. Trump, once again, is spreading lies for his constituents: the billionaires -- at the expense of everyone one else on the planet.

31.07.2025 03:04 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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EPA to revoke 2009 finding that climate pollution endangers humans The repeal of the finding on the dangers greenhouse gases pose to human health and welfare will face fierce legal challenges.

NEW: EPA to revoke 2009 finding that climate pollution endangers humans.

29.07.2025 17:27 πŸ‘ 2514 πŸ” 1324 πŸ’¬ 633 πŸ“Œ 474

I can’t stop thinking about how the Access Hollywood tape came out before the election even happened, yet suddenly we have people concerned that the President might have lied about being a sexual predator who were totally fine with it when he told the truth about being a sexual predator

very grim

23.07.2025 23:57 πŸ‘ 24947 πŸ” 4725 πŸ’¬ 686 πŸ“Œ 203
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🧡Introducing the Trump Action Tracker website!

Today I’m launching www.trumpactiontracker.info - a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term (over 740 actions so far). 1/14

21.07.2025 20:56 πŸ‘ 2162 πŸ” 1154 πŸ’¬ 103 πŸ“Œ 125
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#Resisters

@bluewavesurfer.bsky.social
@kimberindy1974.bsky.social
@coolblueskies.bsky.social
@bluewaveresister.bsky.social
@tomwillard.bsky.social
@roryoconnor1.bsky.social
@saswbmb.bsky.social
@galaxy16.bsky.social
@swmmp.bsky.social
@adamscollins.bsky.social
@boxdonkey17x2.bsky.social

20.07.2025 14:30 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Now THAT's a cease and desist letter

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