T.O.Munro
@tomunro.bsky.social
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Reviews for www.fantasy-hive.co.uk, creative writing PhD, author of Lady of the Helm, Climate change is REAL, the Fossil fuel industry and its allies are guilty of ecocide. Loves beautiful sunsets & good books! Occasional editor https://tomunroedits.co.uk
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tomunro.bsky.social
Capitalism's profit motive naturally drives the very rich & the corporations into buying politicians & controlling the media.

It's much cheaper for them to do that than the alternative of allowing
regulations that protect people & the planet,
taxation that shares wealth &
an informed democracy
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richard.wickedproblems.earth
The Pope, the Terminator, and a Wicked Problem walk into a bar.

If you told me 2 yrs ago I'd spend a week in the Vatican w them I'd say you were nuts. But then if 20 years ago you told me the Catholic Church would be standing up for climate science vs denialist freaks I'd have you committed.
Confessions of a Climate Pilgrim at the Vatican
The Pope, the Terminator, and a Podcaster walk into a bar...
news.wickedproblems.uk
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peterclines.bsky.social
Just to hammer this home- there are no societal problems for tech to solve. We already solved then. We know how to do clean energy. We know how to cut emissions. We have the resources to feed and house everyone. We've shown UBI and univ. healthcare work.

We just need to care enough to DO all of it.
courtneymilan.com
The greatest difference we could make to our future generations is not…any of the shit we hear people saying about tech.

It is learning how to care for each other enough to create and hold a real, lasting peace.
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timothysnyder.bsky.social
Carole Cadwalladr was right and we’d be in a better world if more people had listened.
carolecadwalla.bsky.social
This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.

If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐

There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
Appalling and sloppy... but EVEN more so when you consider the show's subject matter...
profaliceroberts.bsky.social
I’m sure they didn’t mean to eliminate the woman in this image.
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dcjohnson.bsky.social
Why doesn't the UK media talk about Farage and Russian money?
tomunro.bsky.social
Just imagine if the mainstream media were to latch on to all this low hanging scandal fruit as vehemently as they chased after Angela Rayner’s unremarkable tax affairs!

The media has failed democracy (and continues to do so!).

It is the mouthpiece of the RW, not the 4th estate!
the reaper of misery he bids thee welcome is shown
Alt: the reaper of misery he bids thee welcome is shown over a clip of The Mouth of Sauron from the movie The Return of the King
media.tenor.com
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tanitatikaram.bsky.social
This is the man the BBC elevated & is refusing to investigate despite @carolecadwalla.bsky.social l & @bylinetimes.bsky.social
having done all the work for them .
Do we have a precedent for a this ? A national broadcaster ignoring possible treason , isn’t that in itself sort of treasonous 🥴 ?
reformexposed.bsky.social
Seems @Nigel_Farage is trying damage limitation on the Reform Russian Bribes scandal.

He’s known Nathan Gill for 20 years, and claims he knew nothing.

No one believes you, Nigel.

Keep the story moving. Questions must be answered.
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bestforbritain.org
Rupert Lowe on Nathan Gill, former Reform leader in Wales, who has pleaded guilty to taking bribes from pro-Russian proxies:

"I had absolutely no idea. I was new to the European Parliament, Nathan had been there for years alongside Farage - they were very close."

Shots fired. ~AA

Rupert Lowe MP
@RupertLowe10
I have received A LOT of questions about Nathan Gill, having sat as a Brexit Party MEP alongside him in Brussels and Strasbourg. He was also the Reform leader in Wales. For those who don’t know, he has pleaded guilty to taking pro-Russian bribes over a number of months.

Obviously, I had absolutely no idea. I was new to the European Parliament, Nathan had been there for years alongside Farage - they were very close. He was the head of the delegation of our MEPs, so with the whip ran the day-to-day affairs of our grouping and organised activity in Brussels/Strasbourg. He was one of just two MEPs from the previous term Farage allowed to stand again.

He seemed particularly interested in Russian/Ukrainian developments which I found peculiar. There was one event, right at the beginning of our term, which he asked me and other MEPs to attend. Due to his position in the grouping, I agreed. It had a very pro-Russian slant, with individuals who claimed to be close to Putin there. For obvious reasons, I did not attend another such event.

I thought his obsession with that part of the world was strange, but given his years in the Parliament and position in the party, I didn’t think there was more to it. Other MEPs also found it unusual, but we just got on with job.

So to journalists asking, there is my response.

It is disgraceful behaviour, treasonous behaviour.

I am ashamed to have ever sat alongside him.
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cwebbonline.com
The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.
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greenparty.org.uk
🎉 We've done it. We've passed 100,000 Green Party members!

📈 But we're not stopping there.

💚 Let's make hope normal again! Join the Green Party today!
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maddow.msnbc.com
“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

apnews.com/article/pope...
Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.
apnews.com
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veronicarothbooks.com
When people ask me what I think about using AI in writing I’m going to send them this screenshot
A screenshot of a post that reads David Simon, creator of *The Wire*, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro, NPR

And then a screenshot of a conversation that goes like this:

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.
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dextercrisp.bsky.social
How it started................ How it's going
"Ignore the prophets of doom, Brexit will be good for Britain" by Simon Jenkins "We all know Brexit's to blame for the crisis  facing UK steel - it's time for politicians to be honest and reverse it" by Simon Jenkins
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
So refreshing to see someone challenge the smug, nasty Reform narrative
venividiverily.bsky.social
I could watch Zack Polanski utterly wreck Zia Yusuf ALL DAY LONG.
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angrystaffer.bsky.social
“The Founders would never believe that it would ever come to pass that one state militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution”

THAT PART!

Thank you, Judge Perry.
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therickydavila.bsky.social
You know what fascism looks like? Attorney General Letitia James getting criminally indicted on literal trumped-up charges by the criminal who she fought to hold accountable for the actual crimes he committed and is now using the full power of the US govt to seek vengeance.
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thecanaryuk.bsky.social
Israel has now killed two health workers every day, and one journalist every three days, for two years

New figures reveal the extent to which Israel has been targeting workers who are supposed to be protected under international law
www.thecanary.co/global/world...
Israel has now killed two health workers every day, and one journalist every three days, for two years
New figures reveal the extent to which Israel has been targeting workers who are supposed to be protected under international law
www.thecanary.co
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
"The Green Party had a particularly strong conference season under Polanski... with a bold platform of nationalisation of major utilities, a wealth tax and stronger environmental policy."

Power and wealth have taken our assets. We must take them back.

insidestory.org.au/disunited-ki...
Disunited kingdom • Michael Jacobs
Keir Starmer’s Labour government is struggling to position itself in a fragmented political landscape
insidestory.org.au
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jessothomson.co.uk
It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case