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Ana Ribeiro 💙 @anabl18.bsky.social · Nov 12

Article from 2021, imo, as relevant as ever. British Psychological Society - official publication www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

The problem of pathocracy | BPS

Do psychologists have a responsibility to help prevent ruthless, amoral people attaining positions of power? Steve Taylor considers the arguments.

www.bps.org.uk

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 1h

No surprise

Reform has become first UK political party to accept cryptocurrency donations. Ireland has banned such contributions precisely because they are untraceable. UK, as usual, has opened the door, & Farage is walking right through it, undermining democracy as he does @eastangliabylines.co.uk

Cryptocurrency: lawlessness disguised as liberty

Cryptocurrency is sold as radical innovation and financial liberation. In reality, it’s an old familiar story: fraud

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 1h

‘Stupidest Thing I’ve Ever Seen’: GOP Congresswoman Roasted for Touting Russian Propaganda on JFK Assassination

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‘Stupidest Thing I’ve Ever Seen’: GOP Congresswoman Roasted for Touting Russian Propaganda on JFK Assassination

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 1h

Carbon dioxide in atmosphere reaches new high, World Meteorological Organization says

www.upi.com

Carbon dioxide in atmosphere reaches new high, World Meteorological Organization says - UPI.com

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Tiffany Drastic @pdxeleven.bsky.social · 1h

Saturday. Be there. 🇺🇸

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Ana Ribeiro 💙 @anabl18.bsky.social · 1h

If someone declares it’s raining, the role of the journalist imo is not to invite to a panel someone who thinks it is and another who thinks it isn’t, the journalist’s role is to go outside, check what is really happening and report back. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 22h

Democracy Dies in Both Sides-ism
@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org & I on the @washingtonpost.com 's pathetic editorial on the Comey indictment. In @lawfaremedia.org
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

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Ana Ribeiro 💙 @anabl18.bsky.social · 1h

Reading this atm and loving it! Insightful & informative, amazing book!!

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 1h

I spent a day talking about the history of the British empire, with some clever kids. My new book for children, Journeys of Empire, is out now on Puffin now. www.sathnam.com/empire

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 1h

And, reality is biting at Labour’s heels!

Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 3h

The ability to discuss Brexit without fear is nothing less than the ability to discuss objective reality inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...

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Journal of Democracy @jodemocracy.bsky.social · 1h

"Autocracies have no general growth advantage—indeed, there is an average growth deficit." —Maya Tudor

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FRANCE 24 @france24.com · 1h

La concentration de CO2 dans l'atmosphère a connu une hausse record en 2024, alerte l'ONU

Les concentrations de dioxyde de carbone ont connu leur plus forte hausse depuis 1957, a averti mercredi l’organisation météorologique des Nations unies. En cause, la hausse persistante des émissions d’origine humaine et la multiplication des feux de forêt.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 1h

No. I will not vote to allow 15 million people to lose their health insurance and watch 50,000 Americans die each year unnecessarily.

No. I will not vote to double premiums for 20 million.

Republicans must come to the table and negotiate an end to the shutdown.

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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 1h

Gavin Williamson repeatedly ignored scientific advice, which warned that school closures might be necessary.

Mr Sam Jacobs, for the TUC, asks why.

Williamson responds by accusing the TUC of having a 'natural interest not to see schools delivering education'.

Shameful.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 1h

DOJ removes another prosecutor from key office that indicted James Comey and Letitia James, source says

www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-pro...

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 1h

Focussing all your energy on pointing out that your party screwed up in government is a bold strategy, Kemi Badenoch

especially when there's evidence that the Conservatives were courting China themselves despite concerns
+ the failure of the spy trial stems from their watch

Badenoch accuses Labour of prioritising economic ties with China over national security – as it happened

Minister calls Badenoch’s claims about Chinese spy trial ‘baseless smears’.

Andrew Sparrow Guardian Liveblog
Mon 13 Oct 2025 18.22 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/oct/13/china-spy-trial-keir-starmer-egypt-margaret-thatcher-anniversary-uk-politics-live-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-68ecc32b8f08e1d65d2a8465#block-68ecc32b8f08e1d65d2a8465

Message from Andrew at the liveblog ene: "If you want to contact me, please post a message below the line when comments are open (normally between 10am and 3pm BST at the moment), or message me on social media. I can’t read all the messages BTL, but if you put “Andrew” in a message aimed at me, I am more likely to see it because I search for posts containing that word.

If you want to flag something up urgently, it is best to use social media. You can reach me on Bluesky at @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social. The Guardian has given up posting from its official accounts on X, but individual Guardian journalists are there, I still have my account, and if you message me there at @AndrewSparrow, I will see it and respond if necessary.

I find it very helpful when readers point out mistakes, even minor typos. No error is too small to correct. And I find your questions very interesting too. I can’t promise to reply to them all, but I will try to reply to as many as I can, either BTL or sometimes in the blog."

Kemi Badenoch in her smart glasses at PMQs focusing on what she obviously feels is the killer attack that a potential Chinese spying incident under a Conservative government has failed because of the CPS following the rules set down by her Party.

Powell is being blamed for the collapse of the trial because it is alleged he refused to agree to the government giving the prosecution a statement saying China is a threat to national security, and that without this the prosecution could not make this case. It is alleged Powell held back to avoid antagonising the Chinese government.

Ministers say the decision to drop the case was taken by the Crown Prosecution Service, not the government, and that they were constrained by what official government policy was at the time the alleged offences were committed when the Conservatives were in power.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/oct/13/china-spy-trial-keir-starmer-egypt-margaret-thatcher-anniversary-uk-politics-live-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-68ecc32b8f08e1d65d2a8465#block-68ecc32b8f08e1d65d2a8465

In his Today interview Falconer offered a slightly new version of this argument, saying the Official Secrets Act should be been updated earlier.

He said:

There was a case taken about alleged offences under the Official Secrets Act, which is a rather archaic piece of legislation ... which was written in 1911.

The case, unfortunately, involves a period before successor legislation was put in place in 2023 [the National Security Act].

So the CPS, who do these things, rightly, independently from government, were trying to put together a case based on evidence from both a period where the Official Secrets Act, rather than National Security Act was the legislation in place, and it was this Conservative government, rather than the Labour government, who were in place.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/oct/13/china-spy-trial-keir-starmer-egypt-margaret-thatcher-anniversary-uk-politics-live-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-68ecc32b8f08e1d65d2a8465#block-68ecc32b8f08e1d65d2a8465

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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 4h

'We do not appreciate complete fiction like this.'

Reform’s Sarah Pochin under fire for claiming she helped secure funding for local boxing club

'We do not appreciate complete fiction like this.'

leftfootforward.org

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 1h

Excited to be joining @klasfeldreports.com and @allrisenews.com at noon ET for a live discussion, "The limits of Trump's power." Will be a good one - join us!

Link 👇
open.substack.com/live-stream/...

LIVE SOON: The limits of Trump’s power — Live with Simon Rosenberg

Starting Oct 15 at 12:00 PM EDT

open.substack.com

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 21h

Bannon, Breitbart, Turning Point, Rebel News, Infowars alt-right / Gamergate arseholes

But also lots of actual American White Supremacists aligned with Trump around Charlottesville when White Power Hate marched in chinos + killed Heather Heyer.
Not just Charlie Kirk
time.com/charlottesvi...

[image of a smiling young white man in a white shirt with short sleeves who is speaking at a TRUMP PENCE lectern with people in the crowd behind him in Trump t-shirts]
Text below: James Allsup, who marched with neo-Nazis at Charlottesville in August 2017, speaking at rally for then-candidate Trump in February 2016 (YouTube screenshot)

Charlottesville white supremacist manifesto
"RACISM is NOT a crime"
JAMES ALLSUP
[rant about lost YouTube revenue}
the left has been lying to Americans for centuries & portraying the Alt right under a negative light. The truth of the matter is the 1970 Naturalization Act was only meant for WHITE people who had been in the U.S. for two years. It left out indentured servants, slaves, and most females and that is how it should be still to this day! Non-whites have no place bringing their so called values into our country let alone forcing them upon our great nation. This is a white Ethno-State not a "Melting Pot" where people bring their third world garbage to muddy up Four already pure waters. The founders of this country intended this land to be established as an outpost for Europeans & European traditions. Let's get real & end at an birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants also stop bringing in non-whites from third world countries. We do not need another 9-11. As a proud Aryan white man I propose deporting all non-whites regardless of their legal status. Every culture has a right to defend itself from demographic changes that will fundamentally & permanently after that culture's identity by any means necessary! I want Nigeria to remain Nigerian want Japan to remain Japanese I want America to remain American. The leftist snowflakes want Open Borders that would destroy our country by allowing a flood of non-whites into mine & your country this is something I will not stand for nor should my fellow Aryan brothers. We as a people have been persecuted against for far too long the the unjustice carried out on my people have empowered me to stand up & speak my truth. I will no longer stand by idly as the fake news propaganda machine brainwashes the masses. Prominent historical figures like Adolf Hitler have tried to warn the profane to no effect only to be ridiculed. People like Alex Jones & even our very own president Donald J Trump have been fighting the good fight

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Greenpeace UK @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social · 1h

Rosebank would produce almost 250 MILLION TONNES of carbon emissions - greater than the annual emissions of Ireland, Belgium and Greece combined.

UK taxpayers would PAY for this polluting project, which will NOT lower our bills.

#STOPROSEBANK ONCE AND FOR ALL. Pass it on. ♻️

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Greenpeace UK @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social · 1h

BREAKING: Equinor has admitted that the massive Rosebank oil and gas field in the UK would cause vast climate damage.

*Pretends to be shocked* 😲

The UK government must STOP Rosebank, and instead focus on creating jobs in North Sea renewables!

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The European Correspondent @eurcorrespond.bsky.social · 6h

The Turkish government has intensified its crackdown on opposition figures and elected officials. From Istanbul to the smallest municipalities, opposition mayors are being replaced with loyal trustees, technocrats with close affiliation to the government.

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Brendan May @brendanmay.bsky.social · 6h

If you are watching the Reform Party controlled Councils with their endless mishaps, resignations, fallouts, scandals, mismanagement and sheer comedic idiocy, but still thinking of making these clowns a national government, representing the UK on the global stage, you are literally insane.

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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 6h

Rachel Reeves has acknowledged what previous governments refused to admit.

Brexit has left deep, lasting damage to the British economy, driving up costs and stalling growth. The Chancellor now says it is partly to blame for the black hole in November’s Budget.

The reckoning has begun.

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C John Hughes @pen0lver.bsky.social · 6h

Rachel Reeves iis right to cite Brexit as one of the economic reasons that will affect her Budget decisions:

www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Brexit has had ‘severe and long lasting’ impact on economy, says Reeves, as she confirms budget tax rises – UK politics live

Chancellor cites the UK’s exit from EU alongside austerity and Truss’s mini-budget as issues affecting economy

www.theguardian.com

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DeSmog @desmog.com · 6h

🔴 NEW - How a ‘Pro-Climate’ Charity Channelled Cash to a Koch-Funded Think Tank

Opaque funds are masking donations to political causes.

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How a ‘Pro-Climate’ Charity Channelled Cash to a Koch-Funded Think Tank

A UK charity that portrays itself as a climate leader facilitated a £830,000 donation to the Mercatus Center, a conservative think tank heavily funded by U.S. oil billionaire Charles Koch, DeSmog can ...

www.desmog.com

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