The Polanski Effect bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/10/23/t...

"In Nazi Germany people kept living their everyday lives while fascism swallowed their country. Bread was bought, children played, people dated, movies played in theaters. This is how fascism thrives. It does not interrupt normal life, it depends on it."
frederickjoseph.substack.com/p/normal-tim...

"History has already shown us how this story unfolds. Fascism is not built only in the camps and cells. It is built in the shrug, the silence, the insistence that life can go on as if nothing has changed"
Frederick Joseph"A Thought on Normalcy in Fascism" frederickjoseph.substack.com/p/normal-tim...

Plaid Cymru has beaten Reform and Labour in Caerphilly. Apart from other things, Plaid Cymru is also an anti-Brexit party that supports rejoining the EU, the Single Market and the Customs Union.
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Same goes for some mushrooms poisoning by somebody in Australia (cover pages not so while ago)

The extent to which the news media cycle is focusing on Reform rather than the wider strategic goals of Plaid Cymru as the party that actually won is a sign that much of the media and political establishment is going to again end up blindsided by trends that were visible long before

Closing down sale.

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Hey @reuters.com What a journalistic FAIL. Bottom of the class

You’d never in a million years think that Plaid Cymru won from your headlining - not ReFuk

Who writes this junk?

The remembrance poppy was originally conceived with a broader vision of peace and the prevention of future conflict. Over time, its meaning has become more contested and complex.
Let's expand who we remember, including civilians and those ing ongoing conflicts.

the new Plaid Cymru assembly member for Caerphilly sounds like a proper community-minded character:

"Still a councillor, he also has four voluntary jobs, working in two local schools, a community coffee shop and a foodbank...."

www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politic...

I've got nothing to say as I totally don't follow the story ;)

Another poll and yet another confirmation of the fast paced rise of the @greenparty.org.uk under @zackpolanski.bsky.social leadership.
Up by 3% in just a month:

bsky.app/profile/elec...

"Privacy is important because it protects us from possible abuses of power. That makes it essential for both personal freedom and democracy. Without privacy, fundamental pillars of democracy like investigative journalism, attorney-client privilege, and fair elections fail"

bsky.app/profile/cari...

Incredible work by @lighthousereports.com (@gabrielgeiger.bsky.social and colleagues). Grateful to the investigative journalists who inform us. First Wap, a #surveillance company has "built a globe-spanning phone tracking empire, operating in the shadows"

www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...

How privacy can save your life | Carissa Véliz | Great TEDx by @carissaveliz.bsky.social | www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSPR...

Are there any companies or startups out there that seem likely to grow into something substantial and potentially serve as a substitute for the hostile SM platforms?

My worry is that, with the vast inflow of "dirty money," they'll be able to mobilise a massive ground campaign. GE29 is arguably even bigger than brexit for their fascist backers in the US and Russia. They'll throw everything at it, while the checks and balances we have are so woefully insufficient

Kotek w ksztalcie sowy ♥️🙂
#Pierozek

Trump has pardoned billionaire crypto mogul and Binance founder Changpeng Zhao — who pled guilty to money laundering charges.

This comes after Zhao helped boost the Trump family’s crypto business.

It's just the latest example of Trump's Pay-to-Pardon Scheme.

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🇬🇧 Three alleged Russian intelligence agents have been arrested in London, - BBC

London police believe they were working for Russia's foreign intelligence service.

They are known to be 48, 45 and 44 years old and were arrested in west and central London.

by offering hope and solidarity."

Have a listen for yourself. Only 6 minutes long. So worth it:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ0E...

Zack Polanski:
"If people can’t meet together, can’t eat together, pray together, chat together, even disagree together, then of course there’s going to be a lack of integration.
One of our top priorities is to invest in our local communities, because that’s how we bring the country together
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