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Alex Kanefsky (he/him) @alexkanefsky.bsky.social · 1h

Christ

Alex Kanefsky (he/him) @alexkanefsky.bsky.social · 5h

I find it difficult to believe Starmer would enjoy anything with as much flavour as humous but I’m sure it depends on who he’s talking to

Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 6h

NEW: Keir Starmer's Sharm el-Sheikh Diary

"hostages swapped like Panini football stickers, 20 Israelis for 1700 Palestinian detainees. Not entirely sure what the difference is, but I’m sure someone on TalkTV would be happy to shout it at me."

open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...

Keir Starmer's Summit of Peace Diary

Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt – Suite of Eternal Optimism, Four Seasons Total Landscaping Resort

open.substack.com

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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 9h

Trump can say this is the beginning of a lasting peace all he wants, but the reality is:

The Occupation continues, settlers continue to terrorise Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza is a ruin and could collapse into civil war, and the Israeli government still does not want a Palestinian state

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 18h

We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.

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Dave Johnson @dcjohnson.bsky.social · 14h

Why doesn't the UK media talk about Farage and Russian money?

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Alex Kanefsky (he/him) @alexkanefsky.bsky.social · 14h

Really appreciate this sensitive and nuanced piece by Rachel Shabi in the aftermath of the Yom Kippur attack, subsequent response & at a time when we need to think about what next for the ME
open.substack.com/pub/rachelsh...

Indivisible

After a terror attack on a synagogue, nobody should be asked to choose between solidarity with Palestinians and solidarity with British Jews. So why is our government demanding exactly that?

open.substack.com

Alex Kanefsky (he/him) @alexkanefsky.bsky.social · 1d

Tech has very clearly chosen sides

onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

we need to abolish this shit

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Justin LaLiberty @jlalibs.com · 2d

What an absolute treasure Diane Keaton was. Her wit never tired, nor did her style.

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Alex Kanefsky (he/him) @alexkanefsky.bsky.social · 2d

The way most of their energy is spent “securing” the public like it’s fuckin fallujah shows just what a legitimate operation this is

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fakenickrees.bsky.social @fakenickrees.bsky.social · 3d

ICE in Chicago hitting a car and arresting the victims inside

ICE is a stain that will never wash off

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d

The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

bylinetimes.com

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Alex Kanefsky (he/him) @alexkanefsky.bsky.social · 2d

Wow. They’re just not even pretending any more

Alex Kanefsky (he/him) @alexkanefsky.bsky.social · 2d

Hard agree

Roxana Hadadi @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social · 2d

the ending of THE GODFATHER, the best american movie ever made, doesn't work without diane keaton's final look --- at the realization of who she's married and what her life is going to become and what corruption lurks behind closed doors. unforgettable, inimitable work. RIP.

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Alex Kanefsky (he/him) @alexkanefsky.bsky.social · 2d

So you mean we also control the courts?? 🤨

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2d

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 2d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 2d

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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Alex Kanefsky (he/him) @alexkanefsky.bsky.social · 3d

“I’m sorry. It’s over.”

“I can’t believe it. Is it… is it because I shouted -“

“‘FIRE IN THE HOLE’ during sex? It’s not unrelated, Keith.”

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 3d

If only there were a French expression to denote an uncanny feeling of having experienced something before

Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 3d

France’s new prime minister is…the very one who resigned on Monday, Sébastien Lecornu. It rounds off the most chaotic and absurdist week in French politics in modern times

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Alex Kanefsky (he/him) @alexkanefsky.bsky.social · 3d

Really worth a read re: current “discourse” 👇🏼

Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 3d

1/6 There’s so much talk about getting disabled people with mental health conditions or neurodiversity into work, but not enough about making sure jobs that are suitable for them and don’t make them more unwell

Take me, for example

At 18 I tried to work in Morrisons on the checkouts

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Alex Kanefsky (he/him) @alexkanefsky.bsky.social · 3d

Really appreciated the episode from @podsavetheuk.crooked.com with @stephenkb.bsky.social on an intersectional perspective on UK Jews that is bigger than ‘us & them’.
Really refreshing to hear reference to Jerusalem Declaration & even more refreshing to hear Jenrick called out as *just* racist

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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 3d

If eating scotch eggs in an Austin Allegro had a face.

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Alex Kanefsky (he/him) @alexkanefsky.bsky.social · 3d

Next 4 years of politics’ biggest holes competing to push furthest to the right of Josef Goebbels

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 3d

Shadow Justice Secretary has made a symbolic gesture of support for Quran burning, both in law & apparently in practice too

Alex Kanefsky (he/him) @alexkanefsky.bsky.social · 3d

#WealthTax

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Alex Kanefsky (he/him) @alexkanefsky.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah I guess that’s what I’m saying, only the chances as you say are slim - 0%

Ironically, Farage has been campaigning for PR for years & it may be the only hope against him. Currently the only party who may gain from FPTP seems to be Labour

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Alex Kanefsky (he/him) @alexkanefsky.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t know how seriously to take polling at the moment but if you aggregate all of the polls this year you still have Reform steaming ahead to win. So the only future that doesn’t see the cruel chaos of a Farage govt must be coalitions under PR

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4d

Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it.

Join us and let's make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Poll from find out now showing greens on 15 and labour and Tories on 17. Reform on 32.

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