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foolishmonkey.bsky.social
@foolishmonkey.bsky.social
I like to hug speakers. And trees.
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Steve is in the garden, smelling the flowers. It's been a peaceful day so far actually.
February 2, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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last dressing down I got from Monkey Cage execs on day I resigned was for a Bluesky comment on some of the sexual abusers who had been close to Prince Charles - Mountbatten, Van Der Post, Peter Ball - I didn’t do it to be sensational, I did it because it shows how abuse is just ignored by power
Looking at #epstein reports , thinking of the deference to power that allows all this and the people who have fought so hard for justice - here is a not nice #poem that erupted today
February 2, 2026 at 10:38 AM
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It was a very still, calm morning today in Glastonbury. Photo was taken about an hour before sunrise.
February 2, 2026 at 9:05 AM
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Who among us has no recollection of receiving £75k
February 2, 2026 at 8:22 AM
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One of the most disgusting, brutal and unpunished child‑abuse networks in the world…

And the usual voices who claim to care about ‘women and girls’ have nothing to say.

We see you.
February 1, 2026 at 11:48 AM
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February 1, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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What’s happening in America is technofascism. It could happen here

Peter Thiel's data company is powering ICE operations in the US. In part 2 of the Nerve’s Palantir series, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social argues that the UK will be next - and we map Thiel’s network🧵
www.thenerve.news/p/technofasc...
January 31, 2026 at 10:00 AM
mostly how January feels 😂
January 29, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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Of course Suella Braverman has joined Reform.

Reform is the last refuge for disgraced failed Tories, it is the political equivalent of fly tipping.
January 26, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨

Suella Braverman defects to Reform UK.

Another failed Tory joins Farage.

Vote for Reform UK, get the worst of the Tories.
January 26, 2026 at 12:23 PM
geez, the fever dream continues!
January 26, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Not content with destroying Gaza’s hospitals, the campaign against MSF continues. They do such important work saving lives but sounds as though they may not be there much longer and then what?
January 26, 2026 at 10:34 AM
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Reporter: You received a letter from AG Pam Bondi making several demands….

Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those
January 25, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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Genuinely think this coverage is worthy of formal complaint – and if the BBC doesn’t take it seriously, it should be escalated to Ofcom.

The appearance of caving to the Trump White House, when the BBC is being sued, could be disastrous for public trust.
The BBC coverage is absolutely terrible.

It leads on "sharply contested narratives"

It has a dramatic skew to the US government

It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
January 24, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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Europeans after managing to prevent the collapse of NATO for another 1-2 weeks…

#Europe #Rutte
January 22, 2026 at 7:46 AM
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“And you can say no and we will remember."

Donnie, my love, you can't remember what you had for breakfast.
January 21, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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Had this shared with me this morning, and too good not to share with you.

Courtesy of 'Peanutismint' on Instagram.
January 17, 2026 at 10:34 AM
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"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."
January 16, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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Oh wow. Trump got a hand-me-down Nobel Peace Prize! Did you know:

It would not be the first time a Nobel laureate has given his or her medal away: in 1943 Nobel Literature laureate Knut Hamsun gave his medal to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.
January 16, 2026 at 2:19 AM
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Video was leaked today of UK police setting dogs on and using CS spray on people seeking asylum, protesting their detention under the "one in, one out" policy, inside a detention centre (in case you thought the UK immune from what ICE is doing in the US): www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
More than 100 asylum seekers stage ‘one in, one out’ protests at detention centres
Officers with riot shields, dogs and teargas called in to quell action at Harmondsworth and Brook House facilities
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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British entrepreneur Steven Bartlett, host of ‘The Diary of a CEO,’ and his guests, including Chris Williamson and Alok Kanojia, have had a lot to say recently about male loneliness and declining birth rates. His listeners are not happy.
Did The Diary of a CEO Take the Red Pill?
British entrepreneur Steven Bartlett, host of ‘The Diary of a CEO,’ and his guests, including Chris Williamson and Alok Kanojia, have had a lot to say recently about male loneliness and declining birth rates. His listeners are not happy.
www.thecut.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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New Yorker, by Paul Karasik.
January 15, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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While purporting to care deeply about the funding of other organisations and the importance of free speech, Lord Young's FSU won't reveal who funds the er ... Free Speech Union

Excellent work from @petergeoghegan.bsky.social

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
Who funds the Free Speech Union?
Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.
democracyforsale.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:53 AM