Alastair #FBPE 🇪🇺🇵🇸 🇺🇦🇨🇦
@alastairh4h.bsky.social
Progressive and passionately European. Woke, lefty, possibly elite and occasionally sweary. HellSite refugee.
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“a polite way of saying that our truth is inconvenient, that our pain must wait for translation, moderation, and approval.”
“a polite way of saying that our truth is inconvenient, that our pain must wait for translation, moderation, and approval.”
The illusion of Western peacemaking
When peacemaking ignores truth, it risks turning war crimes into opinion and genocide into a story with two sides.
www.aljazeera.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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“a polite way of saying that our truth is inconvenient, that our pain must wait for translation, moderation, and approval.”
“a polite way of saying that our truth is inconvenient, that our pain must wait for translation, moderation, and approval.”
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UK Govt bends to Trump's imperialism. NHS to pay 25% more (3bn) for drugs after UK–US tariff deal.
Money will buy less, higher taxes or longer healthcare queues as Trump wants bigger profits for US companies.
Build your supply chains or be blackmailed. Whatever happened to 'take back control'?
Money will buy less, higher taxes or longer healthcare queues as Trump wants bigger profits for US companies.
Build your supply chains or be blackmailed. Whatever happened to 'take back control'?
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
UK Govt bends to Trump's imperialism. NHS to pay 25% more (3bn) for drugs after UK–US tariff deal.
Money will buy less, higher taxes or longer healthcare queues as Trump wants bigger profits for US companies.
Build your supply chains or be blackmailed. Whatever happened to 'take back control'?
Money will buy less, higher taxes or longer healthcare queues as Trump wants bigger profits for US companies.
Build your supply chains or be blackmailed. Whatever happened to 'take back control'?
www.972mag.com/ai-surveilla...
No US boots on the ground?? They’re already there.
“Palantir and Dataminr are eager to amass data and refine new military technologies with real-world testing. Israel’s military is keen to offload the work of aerial and ground occupation.”
#genocide
No US boots on the ground?? They’re already there.
“Palantir and Dataminr are eager to amass data and refine new military technologies with real-world testing. Israel’s military is keen to offload the work of aerial and ground occupation.”
#genocide
AI-powered surveillance firms are gunning for a share of Gaza spoils
The presence of Palantir and Dataminr at the new U.S. military compound in Israel offers a glimpse of how tech companies are cashing in on the genocide.
www.972mag.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
www.972mag.com/ai-surveilla...
No US boots on the ground?? They’re already there.
“Palantir and Dataminr are eager to amass data and refine new military technologies with real-world testing. Israel’s military is keen to offload the work of aerial and ground occupation.”
#genocide
No US boots on the ground?? They’re already there.
“Palantir and Dataminr are eager to amass data and refine new military technologies with real-world testing. Israel’s military is keen to offload the work of aerial and ground occupation.”
#genocide
www.palestinechronicle.com/the-great-mi...
“Experts predict that the departures could have significant economic, social and political ramifications “for decades to come,” the report stated.”
Oh dear. How sad. Never mind
“Experts predict that the departures could have significant economic, social and political ramifications “for decades to come,” the report stated.”
Oh dear. How sad. Never mind
www.palestinechronicle.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
www.palestinechronicle.com/the-great-mi...
“Experts predict that the departures could have significant economic, social and political ramifications “for decades to come,” the report stated.”
Oh dear. How sad. Never mind
“Experts predict that the departures could have significant economic, social and political ramifications “for decades to come,” the report stated.”
Oh dear. How sad. Never mind
www.middleeasteye.net/news/west-ba...
“Israel’s national security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, who oversees the Border Police, backed the officers and welcomed the killings. “ #genocide
“Israel’s national security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, who oversees the Border Police, backed the officers and welcomed the killings. “ #genocide
Israeli forces execute two surrendered Palestinians at point-blank range
Video footage shows men in Jenin unarmed and complying before soldiers open fire
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November 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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“Israel’s national security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, who oversees the Border Police, backed the officers and welcomed the killings. “ #genocide
“Israel’s national security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, who oversees the Border Police, backed the officers and welcomed the killings. “ #genocide
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
“In a separate statement on Friday, the [Russian prosecutor general’s office] said it was opening a case against Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot that would designate the group as an “extremist” organisation.”
#YvetteCooper #BobbyVylan
“In a separate statement on Friday, the [Russian prosecutor general’s office] said it was opening a case against Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot that would designate the group as an “extremist” organisation.”
#YvetteCooper #BobbyVylan
Russia bans Human Rights Watch in widening crackdown on critics
Authorities also designate Anti-Corruption Foundation as 'terrorist' group and consider total ban on WhatsApp.
www.aljazeera.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:39 AM
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
“In a separate statement on Friday, the [Russian prosecutor general’s office] said it was opening a case against Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot that would designate the group as an “extremist” organisation.”
#YvetteCooper #BobbyVylan
“In a separate statement on Friday, the [Russian prosecutor general’s office] said it was opening a case against Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot that would designate the group as an “extremist” organisation.”
#YvetteCooper #BobbyVylan
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It seems the peacefuls stopped the war
Left generals squashed and stifled
But I'll slip out again tonight
Cause they haven't taken back my rifle
For I promote oblivion
And I'll plug a few civilians
Running Gun Blues
David Bowie
Left generals squashed and stifled
But I'll slip out again tonight
Cause they haven't taken back my rifle
For I promote oblivion
And I'll plug a few civilians
Running Gun Blues
David Bowie
Israeli Forces Shoot Dead Two Palestinians in West Bank After They Had Surrendered, With the Apparently Cold Blooded Execution Captured on Video www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Israeli forces filmed shooting dead two surrendered Palestinians in West Bank
The IDF Said That 'The Incident Is Under Review by the Commanders on the Ground'
www.haaretz.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
It seems the peacefuls stopped the war
Left generals squashed and stifled
But I'll slip out again tonight
Cause they haven't taken back my rifle
For I promote oblivion
And I'll plug a few civilians
Running Gun Blues
David Bowie
Left generals squashed and stifled
But I'll slip out again tonight
Cause they haven't taken back my rifle
For I promote oblivion
And I'll plug a few civilians
Running Gun Blues
David Bowie
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While the right lose their goddamn minds about a lone wolf doing something horrendous in DC today, let’s not forget that last week in the White House they all gushed over a genocidal, journalist murdering tyrant whose country financed 9/11.
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
While the right lose their goddamn minds about a lone wolf doing something horrendous in DC today, let’s not forget that last week in the White House they all gushed over a genocidal, journalist murdering tyrant whose country financed 9/11.
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🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 75,000 signatures! 🙏
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 75,000 signatures! 🙏
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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All a bit Gestapo really.
All a bit Gestapo really.
At settlers’ bidding, Israel arrests prominent Palestinian activist
Relatives say the detention of Ayman Ghrayeb, known for documenting forcible displacement across the West Bank, is intended to quell his activism.
www.972mag.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
www.972mag.com/ayman-ghraye...
All a bit Gestapo really.
All a bit Gestapo really.
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/epst...
“Epstein was never simply a brilliant fraud who climbed from obscure maths teacher to wealthy elite. He was a facade - the social face of an intelligence apparatus designed to corrupt, compromise and control.”
“Epstein was never simply a brilliant fraud who climbed from obscure maths teacher to wealthy elite. He was a facade - the social face of an intelligence apparatus designed to corrupt, compromise and control.”
Epstein saga exposes Israel's iron grip on US power
Leaks show how a foreign influence network governs the world's most powerful nation through seduction, dependence and capture
www.middleeasteye.net
November 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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“Epstein was never simply a brilliant fraud who climbed from obscure maths teacher to wealthy elite. He was a facade - the social face of an intelligence apparatus designed to corrupt, compromise and control.”
“Epstein was never simply a brilliant fraud who climbed from obscure maths teacher to wealthy elite. He was a facade - the social face of an intelligence apparatus designed to corrupt, compromise and control.”
www.haaretz.com/us-news/2025...
'if you do not [comply with] every one of our demands, we will end your career.' That is not how democracy is supposed to work," he says. "No one entity is supposed to have the power to control both political parties through the threat of political repercussion."
'if you do not [comply with] every one of our demands, we will end your career.' That is not how democracy is supposed to work," he says. "No one entity is supposed to have the power to control both political parties through the threat of political repercussion."
Radicalized by AIPAC: Mamdani's Jewish strategist on big money and weaponized antisemitism
26-year-old Morris Katz Is Gearing Up to Guide Democratic Progressives Toward Victory in the Midterms and Beyond
www.haaretz.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
www.haaretz.com/us-news/2025...
'if you do not [comply with] every one of our demands, we will end your career.' That is not how democracy is supposed to work," he says. "No one entity is supposed to have the power to control both political parties through the threat of political repercussion."
'if you do not [comply with] every one of our demands, we will end your career.' That is not how democracy is supposed to work," he says. "No one entity is supposed to have the power to control both political parties through the threat of political repercussion."
news.sky.com/story/starme...
Inofensive to a fault, Spineless Starmer asks grifter to investigate grifting. FFS!!
Anything to not fully investigate Russian interference in British politics or to release the full, unredacted Russia Report. Might upset the orange felon’s boss, Putin. #Starmer #Putin
Inofensive to a fault, Spineless Starmer asks grifter to investigate grifting. FFS!!
Anything to not fully investigate Russian interference in British politics or to release the full, unredacted Russia Report. Might upset the orange felon’s boss, Putin. #Starmer #Putin
Starmer demands investigation into Reform-Russia links after party's ex-Wales leader jailed
The former leader of Reform in Wales, Nathan Gill, has been jailed for 10-and-a-half years after being paid £40,000 to make pro-Russian statements in the European Parliament.
news.sky.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
news.sky.com/story/starme...
Inofensive to a fault, Spineless Starmer asks grifter to investigate grifting. FFS!!
Anything to not fully investigate Russian interference in British politics or to release the full, unredacted Russia Report. Might upset the orange felon’s boss, Putin. #Starmer #Putin
Inofensive to a fault, Spineless Starmer asks grifter to investigate grifting. FFS!!
Anything to not fully investigate Russian interference in British politics or to release the full, unredacted Russia Report. Might upset the orange felon’s boss, Putin. #Starmer #Putin
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#Is-Rael-Hell
Murder, genocide and terror as the world’s most immoral army looks on, smiling.
#Is-Rael-Hell
Murder, genocide and terror as the world’s most immoral army looks on, smiling.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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#Is-Rael-Hell
Murder, genocide and terror as the world’s most immoral army looks on, smiling.
#Is-Rael-Hell
Murder, genocide and terror as the world’s most immoral army looks on, smiling.
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Oh Zia Yusufski, you and your Reform lot are going to have to get cross with *a lot* of people. Here’s Private Eye taking the piss out of you too.
November 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Oh Zia Yusufski, you and your Reform lot are going to have to get cross with *a lot* of people. Here’s Private Eye taking the piss out of you too.
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This is urgent.
How can we share this with ppl who aren’t engaged in politics?
Those ppl beyond this platform, beyond any political platform or engagement…
Because if we don’t, yet again these uninformed politically undiscerning ppl will be 👑makers yet again.
This is urgent.
How can we share this with ppl who aren’t engaged in politics?
Those ppl beyond this platform, beyond any political platform or engagement…
Because if we don’t, yet again these uninformed politically undiscerning ppl will be 👑makers yet again.
My guide to populist-proofing your democracy – before it’s too late | Timothy Garton Ash
From public service broadcasting to an independent judiciary, these are the things that we must fight to keep, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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This is urgent.
How can we share this with ppl who aren’t engaged in politics?
Those ppl beyond this platform, beyond any political platform or engagement…
Because if we don’t, yet again these uninformed politically undiscerning ppl will be 👑makers yet again.
This is urgent.
How can we share this with ppl who aren’t engaged in politics?
Those ppl beyond this platform, beyond any political platform or engagement…
Because if we don’t, yet again these uninformed politically undiscerning ppl will be 👑makers yet again.
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“Russian state media had almost the same impact on social media as the two official leave campaigns”
Brexit was wide open to Russian influence.
www.slideshare.net/slideshow/pu...
Brexit was wide open to Russian influence.
www.slideshare.net/slideshow/pu...
Putin’s Brexit? The influence of Kremlin media & bots during the 2016 UK EU referendum.
The document investigates the significant influence of Russian state media and bots during the 2016 UK EU referendum, revealing that Russian media had nearly the same social media impact as the primary leave campaigns, primarily through outlets like RT and Sputnik. It estimates the value of Russian media interference at £1.4 to £4.1 million and indicates that Russian bots generated over 10 million potential Twitter impressions, highlighting their considerable role in shaping public opinion. The report raises concerns about the impact of autocratic regimes on democratic processes and calls for more transparency from social media platforms regarding content dissemination and advertising by foreign state-controlled media. - Download as a PDF, PPTX or view online for free
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November 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“Russian state media had almost the same impact on social media as the two official leave campaigns”
Brexit was wide open to Russian influence.
www.slideshare.net/slideshow/pu...
Brexit was wide open to Russian influence.
www.slideshare.net/slideshow/pu...
How has the Bluesky app gone from bad to worse to terrible? After every video clip (if I’m very lucky, the clip gets to the end), it hangs.
@support.bsky.team
@support.bsky.team
November 25, 2025 at 8:20 AM
How has the Bluesky app gone from bad to worse to terrible? After every video clip (if I’m very lucky, the clip gets to the end), it hangs.
@support.bsky.team
@support.bsky.team
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Bossy headline from The Times letting Farage insist his “Hitler was right” racism was just ‘banter’.
If that were true, his politics now would be different and he’d apologise. He’s defensive because this is what he is and always has been and he’s angry with us for knowing that and for minding.
If that were true, his politics now would be different and he’d apologise. He’s defensive because this is what he is and always has been and he’s angry with us for knowing that and for minding.
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Bossy headline from The Times letting Farage insist his “Hitler was right” racism was just ‘banter’.
If that were true, his politics now would be different and he’d apologise. He’s defensive because this is what he is and always has been and he’s angry with us for knowing that and for minding.
If that were true, his politics now would be different and he’d apologise. He’s defensive because this is what he is and always has been and he’s angry with us for knowing that and for minding.
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"Aside from the debate over who is doing the rigging, who the real propaganda mouthpiece is here, and how to respond, there’s a further complication - Trump, unusually, is partly right".
Claire Jones for WEB. Full article in link
westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/the...
Claire Jones for WEB. Full article in link
westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/the...
The bias crusade: ‘strong man’ Trump takes on the BBC
A sloppy edit turns Trump into a crusader against bias, stepping in to protect us from a broadcasting corporation already leaning his way
westenglandbylines.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"Aside from the debate over who is doing the rigging, who the real propaganda mouthpiece is here, and how to respond, there’s a further complication - Trump, unusually, is partly right".
Claire Jones for WEB. Full article in link
westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/the...
Claire Jones for WEB. Full article in link
westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/the...
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Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Hitler didn’t actually herd people into the gas chambers in person either but y’ know what? It was his idea, his authority. Same difference Fartage. Same difference.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage responds to racism claims saying he never ‘tried to hurt anybody’
Reform leader denies racist or antisemitic behaviour ‘with intent’ at school, but says he can’t remember everything from 49 years ago
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Hitler didn’t actually herd people into the gas chambers in person either but y’ know what? It was his idea, his authority. Same difference Fartage. Same difference.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Just waiting for the wails of “anti-semitism”…
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UK regulator issues warning to charity accused of fundraising for Israeli army
Charity Commission investigation found Mizrachi UK had promoted appeal for soldiers on its website and hosted speakers accused of hate speech
www.middleeasteye.net
November 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Just waiting for the wails of “anti-semitism”…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-char...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-char...