Cosmoiselle
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
The work of contemporary Northumberland artist and printmaker Rebecca Vincent #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
Print featuring a view over a colourful furrowed field landscape to a flat horizon on which a single windblown tree grows under a sunset pinky blue sky
cosmoiselle.bsky.social
Leaders in Nazi Germany were as ordinary as e.g. Trump, Putin and foot soldiers are 'ordinary'. These were ppl (including Speer) who were particularly, actively promoting conflict and hatred. It's the 'people' (e.g. us!), who are 'ordinary' and susceptible to promoting these more extreme figures.
cosmoiselle.bsky.social
Yes, I remember seeing a documentary (featuring testaments made by Holocaust survivors in a court in Israel) in which that Arendt quote was discussed as having been misconstrued or misapplied.
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grahamformaine.bsky.social
We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
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alexisconran.com
This is how it's done.
atrupar.com
STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back
cosmoiselle.bsky.social
Yes, that is true. Although, he's perhaps not inherently malignant in a way that Speer arguably was (but convinced people he wasn't). Anyway, that's my limited take on the situation 😁 I thought this accompanying programme was excellent: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Albert Speer - Hitler’s Architect of Lies
Leading German historian Heike Görtemaker introduces a never-before-broadcast interview conducted in 1971 with Albert Speer, Hitler's architect and armaments minister.
www.bbc.co.uk
cosmoiselle.bsky.social
Perhaps less Faust, more Mephistopheles. He got away with the 'innocent, coerced' persona for quite some time.
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profjanegreen.bsky.social
The assumption is that Reform have their - what might have been - ‘don’t knows’ as decideds, which suggests they’re kind of at their ceiling.

I think we’ll find out if that’s true pre-post May 2026.

Will successes move even more Tories (and non-voters) to think they’re THE party of the right?
profjanegreen.bsky.social
What if we assume that the Con>dk and Lab>dk are really Con and Lab voters, respectively?

Reform are then slightly over-performing in polls.
dylandifford.bsky.social
Which party underperformed the most in the 2025 local elections?

Arguably Reform UK. A 🧵 on what the locals tell us about a key and neglected dimension in analysis of the current political situation.
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sethabramson.bsky.social
This is like Looney Tunes levels of criminal corruption
robertscotthorton.bsky.social
Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job
US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board
www.telegraph.co.uk
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thomaszimmer.bsky.social
Sunday reading:

I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.

This week’s piece:
We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly
Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy
steady.page
cosmoiselle.bsky.social
Arguably, most people are fully aware Ref has 'fascistic' elements; ppl know what they're voting for, if not precise, hellish ramifications. Many seem to overlook (if not quietly attracted to) this aspect, as they just want a 'viable' home for their own, right-wing political preferences.
cosmoiselle.bsky.social
What I'm beginning to notice and worry about is how easy Reform (and parts of media) is making it for previous Tory voters to see Reform as a not-too-far-off version of the Tories (now perceived by many as dead in the water), and positioning themselves as the only option for 'non-lefties'.
cosmoiselle.bsky.social
No, thank you 😒
*join a local political party 🙏
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eamonmcc
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Guardian Pick

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I think the first point is: the good times are over and in the west that is partly because we fell asleep at the wheel.  We thought the democratic norms would be passed from generation like a baton.  They haven't been, we don't have a type of thinking, active rather than passive, culture or cultivation to have maintained them; we had, but we lost it.

We are going fast towards hard-right authoritarianism; the USA is already there and a yet-undetermined proportion of the west is following.

My Spanish family grew up in right-wing authoritarian times.  It was like this: no political involvement of any sort unless it's pro-regime; it was a good idea in much of the country to be religious and attend services; you roughly did what authority told you unquestioningly and you just hoped upon hope that you would never be in a position where you crossed the unforgiving parts of the regime. Reading material was stringently restricted. 

Liberties such as sexual freedom and freedom of speech were simply not done unless you were rich or wealth-off. Travelling abroad was for the well-off; you were eternally grateful for tender mercies.  There was little or no social security. People were regularly executed. Racism and appalling sexism were not only rife, it was the way to do things. And national service for all males. You kept your head down in a way none of us can now imagine. You rarely saw money in your pockets apart from a little for the mere basics.

Fancy all or some of that ? If so, keep voting for MAGA, Reform and their offshoots.  They'll assure you it won't be like any of that, but just wait and see.

We have something beautiful in the west but we are yawning at it and simply want an undetermined Something Else.  We are going to get SE and there will be NO way back. A pop-up shiny socio-economic menu with nice choices will not be there, ever.
cosmoiselle.bsky.social
This site looks really quite addictive 👇 🙂
massolit.bsky.social
Don't subscribe to MASSOLIT? No problem! We've uploaded literally hundreds of our lectures to our YouTube channel 🥳
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.
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sarahkendzior.bsky.social
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josiah.writes.news
Politico: "Boris Johnson breached anti-sleaze rules (again) after failing to come clean about work he is said to have done for two firms without consulting regulators...Johnson sought to link firms up with foreign government representatives & entered into contracts without consulting the watchdog."