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Simon Ferrigno

@brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social

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Dad Writer Editor Researcher Sustainability (esp cotton) Some history Long 'sanity' project "The Charge of the Lightweight Brigade", a satire on the idiots of Brexit ('C’est magnifique, mais ce n’est pas la guerre: c'est de la folie') Rejoiner Liberal

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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · Nov 13

Dismantling of the state and its accountability mechanisms means dismantling of citizen's recourse against abuse by the state

Screenshot about Trump appoint Musk as 'efficiency' tsar

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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 1h

Farage and foreign influence. He is not working for Britain, but for the highest bidder

Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 1h

How a Democracy for Sale story about US Christian Right funding prompted a @nytimes.com investigation into the links between Nigel Farage, Reform UK and the Alliance Defending Freedom.

So good to speak to the peerless Jane Bradley:

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/nigel-fara...

Nigel Farage and the foreign influence threat

How US anti-abortionists are supporting Reform, and why we need to talk about Russian influence, with the New York Times’ Jane Bradley.

democracyforsale.substack.com

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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 2h

Yep.

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Lost in History 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇺🇦🇨🇦🇩🇰🇬🇱🇵🇦 @devonianmatthew.bsky.social · 3h

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 4h

I realise there is already a queue to buy a drink for the long-suffering local government official who wrote this. Please consider me part of that queue.

(The weight of the sigh on "We do not apply admiralty law" alone could tear a hole in the fabric of the universe.)

zuzak 🦭 @zuzakistan.com · 18h

Glasgow City Council has a whole sovereign citizen FAQ

whoever wrote this was so very tired

glasgow.gov.uk/whyyouneedto...

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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 3h

Quite

Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 3h

My gender rarely fails to fall below its already low standards of behaviour. Men, talk to your sons, brothers, fathers, cousins, and friends. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sexual offences on trains have risen more than a third since 2015

A BBC investigation reveals a 37% increase in reports of sexual offences across England, Scotland and Wales.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 4h

Yep, I know - they endlessly platform Reform, uncritically

Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 4h

Slap an anticipatory tax on all individuals and companies who have denied or delayed climate action to pay for compensation, adaptation, and mitigation www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Government told to prepare for 2C warming by 2050

The Climate Change Committee said the UK should make climate change adaptions beyond the Paris Agreement.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Helen Salmon @bristolgal.bsky.social · 6h

Fed up with Farage? Me too. I’ve signed the Never Nigel Pledge. Add your name today, and help show that division and hate have no place in our communities.

secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/170649/... @hopenothate.org.uk

Take the Pledge: “I’ll never vote for Nigel Farage”

Join thousands across Britain taking the Never Nigel Pledge. Say no to hate and division and help stop Reform UK from tearing apart our communities. Let's show there is strength in standing together f...

secure.hopenothate.org.uk

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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 7h

Me too

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Paddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 7h

When they start to offer porn you know the "generative" AI industry is fucked. And good fucking riddance.

Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 9h

Because what the world, and the onwards march of human civilisation, needs is a climate wrecking porn delivery mechanism www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

ChatGPT will soon allow erotica for verified adults, OpenAI boss says

CEO Sam Altman says upcoming versions of the popular chatbot would enable it to behave in a more human-like way -

www.bbc.co.uk

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 9h

Not debating a return to the SM and CU is a dereliction of duty by our government. Maintaining the downwards spiral the UK is currently on is not in our best interest.

a blue flag with yellow stars on it is waving in the wind

ALT: a blue flag with yellow stars on it is waving in the wind

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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 9h

Europe (UK included), be more Spain www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Spain-Africa: Madrid's radically different approach to African migration

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government is kicking against the prevailing mood among Western nations.

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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 9h

If you're not paying the right price for your cheap goods, someone else is www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Bangladesh garment factory fire kills at least 16

The dead have been burned beyond recognition and officials have warned that the toll could rise.

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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 9h

Because what the world, and the onwards march of human civilisation, needs is a climate wrecking porn delivery mechanism www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

ChatGPT will soon allow erotica for verified adults, OpenAI boss says

CEO Sam Altman says upcoming versions of the popular chatbot would enable it to behave in a more human-like way -

www.bbc.co.uk

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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 19h

Oh yes, that is more common than most people think

Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 22h

It would be almost worth it to just keep a couple of older machines, non-windows, offline, IMO

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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 1d

Farage already dog whistling though with 'how many more are there?'

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carpenter22.bsky.social @carpenter22.bsky.social · 1d

AI models that lie, cheat and plot murder: how dangerous are LLMs really? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Client Challenge

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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 1d

Could make a ticker type website at this rate

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Charlie Richmond (Gyro Gearloose) 311.3ppm @charlierichmond.bsky.social · 1d

A turning point—but not everywhere mailchi.mp/cleanenergyc...

A turning point—but not everywhere

Global renewables surpass coal for the first time, Manitoba charts a path to net zero, and Canadian communities are embracing solar

mailchi.mp

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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 1d

Vote Reform, get misogynists and abusers

D.Moore @d-moore.bsky.social · 1d

www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/ne...

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Pumpkin #FBPE 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @pumpkinnz.bsky.social · 1d

“Your very basis to live is checked at each and every step,”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘Your basis to live is checked at each and every step’: India’s ID system divides opinion

Keir Starmer is considering Aadhaar as model for UK, but detractors warn of ‘digital coercion’ and security breaches

www.theguardian.com

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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 1d

You're welcome, this was a really interesting read

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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 1d

This is an important read linking some figures on the far right

Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 1d

@bylinetimes.bsky.social is highlighting that it exposed Nigel Farage’s anti-abortion grift a year ago. All of us in the West need to be searching out the reporting on how our political/commentariat actors are networking with extremist “Christian” groups from US with 💰💰💰 Motivated by 💴 or ⛪️? #auspol

The "freedom" warriors attacking our freedoms
While the rest of us get on with paying our bills, massive money and energy is being put into imposing strict controls on what we can do with our bodies and what we can say.
LUCY HAMILTON
OCT 14, 2025

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ACU
Senator wants abortion on the national agenda as debate engulfs states”
Accompanied by a picture of Jacinta Pricd Nampijinpa.

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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 1d

In a dark world, there are good people www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Kirklees councillor survives drone attack in Ukraine

John Lawson travelled to Lviv in September to deliver aid when Russia launched an attack.