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Standing up to a tyrant - who is willing to impose pain as leverage to compel loyalty or acquiescence - is hard. You can convince yourself that yielding stops the pain and brings you back to "normal".
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
November 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Standing up to a tyrant - who is willing to impose pain as leverage to compel loyalty or acquiescence - is hard. You can convince yourself that yielding stops the pain and brings you back to "normal".
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
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It looks like some journalists at BBC are beginning to exit their slumbers... ...perhaps a little late.
Can check on their progress by clocking Reform/Fartage airtime vs that of others others...
Can check on their progress by clocking Reform/Fartage airtime vs that of others others...
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
It looks like some journalists at BBC are beginning to exit their slumbers... ...perhaps a little late.
Can check on their progress by clocking Reform/Fartage airtime vs that of others others...
Can check on their progress by clocking Reform/Fartage airtime vs that of others others...
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Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.”
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
November 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.”
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
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I have to say I'm listening less & less to #r4today. They've gone to tabloid, they could've done a bit of a deep dive on prisons & problems. But we've a presenter who knows nothing berating a junior minister who knows nothing. I can get all the ill informed BS I need on SM I expect more from #BBC.
November 6, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Why is #r4today using Trump's language of "radical left wing" democrat to describe Mamdani.
He calls himself a "democratic socialist", why is that not the description used on the BBC?
He calls himself a "democratic socialist", why is that not the description used on the BBC?
November 5, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Why is #r4today using Trump's language of "radical left wing" democrat to describe Mamdani.
He calls himself a "democratic socialist", why is that not the description used on the BBC?
He calls himself a "democratic socialist", why is that not the description used on the BBC?
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I'm just asking questions.
November 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I'm just asking questions.
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🤦🏼 ICYMI — turns out Rupert Murdoch’s @thetimes was so eager to put out a hit piece on @ZohranKMamdani that they talked to the wrong Bill DeBlasio 🤡
“I never once said I was the mayor.”
www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
“I never once said I was the mayor.”
www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
October 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
🤦🏼 ICYMI — turns out Rupert Murdoch’s @thetimes was so eager to put out a hit piece on @ZohranKMamdani that they talked to the wrong Bill DeBlasio 🤡
“I never once said I was the mayor.”
www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
“I never once said I was the mayor.”
www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
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The 22nd Amendment states that no American president can serve more than two terms. Period.
October 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The 22nd Amendment states that no American president can serve more than two terms. Period.
The supposed 'newspaper of record' without an appropriate verification process it seems.
The Times of London duped by con artist into publishing an attack on Mamdani - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/times-publishes-fake-attack-mamdani-con-artist-impersonating-former-new-york-mayor
The Times of London duped by con artist into publishing an attack on Mamdani
The British paper has now apologised and deleted the article after being tricked by someone pretending to be former New York mayor Bill de Blasio
www.middleeasteye.net
October 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The supposed 'newspaper of record' without an appropriate verification process it seems.
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The NUJ is concerned about plans by Ofcom to approve changes to the BBC’s operating licence covering BBC local radio commitments. The regulator is consulting on changes to the corporation's operating licence, with responses due by 5pm, 12 November
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
NUJ questions Ofcom's proposal to approve BBC local radio changes
Regulator is consulting on changes to corporation's operating licence.
www.nuj.org.uk
October 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The NUJ is concerned about plans by Ofcom to approve changes to the BBC’s operating licence covering BBC local radio commitments. The regulator is consulting on changes to the corporation's operating licence, with responses due by 5pm, 12 November
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
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Good point from @adambienkov.bsky.social - if the massed ranks of the right wing press with BBC boosting, plus the vast amount of money (and foreign social media bots) couldn’t get Reform over the line, what will?
🔴The Reform Backlash: Caerphilly By-Election Result Shows Nigel Farage’s Party Is Much Weaker Than It Looks
Despite widespread media predictions of a Reform victory on Thursday, Farage’s defeat shows his party continues to be overestimated, argues @adambienkov.bsky.social
Despite widespread media predictions of a Reform victory on Thursday, Farage’s defeat shows his party continues to be overestimated, argues @adambienkov.bsky.social
The Reform Backlash: Caerphilly By-Election Result Shows Nigel Farage’s Party Is Much Weaker Than It Looks
Despite widespread media predictions of a Reform victory on Thursday, Farage's defeat shows his party continues to be overestimated, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Good point from @adambienkov.bsky.social - if the massed ranks of the right wing press with BBC boosting, plus the vast amount of money (and foreign social media bots) couldn’t get Reform over the line, what will?
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"The UK government has said it is “deeply saddened” by Maccabi Tel Aviv’s decision to decline any tickets offered to their fans for the Europa League match at Villa Park."
How are they this bad at politics? www.theguardian.com/football/202...
How are they this bad at politics? www.theguardian.com/football/202...
UK government ‘deeply saddened’ as Maccabi Tel Aviv decline any Aston Villa tickets
The Israeli side’s fans have been blocked from attending, with the club saying in a statement: ‘The wellbeing and safety of our fans is paramount’
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
"The UK government has said it is “deeply saddened” by Maccabi Tel Aviv’s decision to decline any tickets offered to their fans for the Europa League match at Villa Park."
How are they this bad at politics? www.theguardian.com/football/202...
How are they this bad at politics? www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Am a fan of #R4PM but this conversation on 'anger' is annoying!
Not difficult to derive the sources of anger in the UK (mostly austerity and news/social media 'othering'), but instead of investigating the political & economic backdrop the show considers 'anger' as if it emerges from a vacuum.
Not difficult to derive the sources of anger in the UK (mostly austerity and news/social media 'othering'), but instead of investigating the political & economic backdrop the show considers 'anger' as if it emerges from a vacuum.
October 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Am a fan of #R4PM but this conversation on 'anger' is annoying!
Not difficult to derive the sources of anger in the UK (mostly austerity and news/social media 'othering'), but instead of investigating the political & economic backdrop the show considers 'anger' as if it emerges from a vacuum.
Not difficult to derive the sources of anger in the UK (mostly austerity and news/social media 'othering'), but instead of investigating the political & economic backdrop the show considers 'anger' as if it emerges from a vacuum.
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Several hundred volunteers are patrolling the streets of Chicago and its suburbs warning migrants of ICE's presence. This is part of a growing resistance to ICE's operations in Illinois. n.pr/3JiNNpR
As tensions rise in Chicago, volunteers patrol neighborhoods to oppose ICE and help migrants escape
Several hundred volunteers are patrolling the streets of Chicago and its suburbs warning migrants of ICE's presence. This is part of a growing resistance to ICE's operations in Illinois.
n.pr
October 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Several hundred volunteers are patrolling the streets of Chicago and its suburbs warning migrants of ICE's presence. This is part of a growing resistance to ICE's operations in Illinois. n.pr/3JiNNpR
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Your browser sends a lot of information with each website you visit. That can be used to track you across the internet.
Here’s What Your Browser is Telling Everyone About You
Your browser sends a lot of information with each website you visit. That can be used to track you across the internet.
wrd.cm
October 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Your browser sends a lot of information with each website you visit. That can be used to track you across the internet.
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Everyone now agrees we are heading for a global financial crash. It's only a matter of when, and not if. And the sad thing is, if only we'd reformed our tax reliefs on pensions and ISAs we might have avoided this disaster that's now in the making. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
We could have avoided a crash
This came from an email from The Economist yesterday:
Today Gita Gopinath, a former chief economist of the IMF, sounds a warning. In a guest essay for The Economist she argues that America’s bull mark...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
October 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Everyone now agrees we are heading for a global financial crash. It's only a matter of when, and not if. And the sad thing is, if only we'd reformed our tax reliefs on pensions and ISAs we might have avoided this disaster that's now in the making. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
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Completely forgot that I wrote to the FT a couple of weeks back, and just found this purely by chance while googling for something else that I've think I've written but currently can't find.
October 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Completely forgot that I wrote to the FT a couple of weeks back, and just found this purely by chance while googling for something else that I've think I've written but currently can't find.
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‘Compassion is stronger than division’: Glasgow’s battle over the saltire
‘Compassion is stronger than division’: Glasgow’s battle over the saltire
Scotland’s national flag has become a flashpoint in a growing cultural battle linked to anti-immigration sentiment. In the racially diverse Springburn area of Glasgow, people fear a storm is gathering and refuse to let it pass unchallenged
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
‘Compassion is stronger than division’: Glasgow’s battle over the saltire
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"On the consumer side, monopoly control over platforms and interfaces allows a single firm to decide what products appear first, which content is amplified, or which services are accessible at all."
jacobin.com/2025/10/algo...
jacobin.com/2025/10/algo...
The Algorithms That Dictate Our Lives Are Not Neutral
Algorithms are not apolitical tools that simply improve efficiency in online transactions or workplace coordination. They are instruments of control and should be regulated like other tools of control...
jacobin.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
"On the consumer side, monopoly control over platforms and interfaces allows a single firm to decide what products appear first, which content is amplified, or which services are accessible at all."
jacobin.com/2025/10/algo...
jacobin.com/2025/10/algo...
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Again, I really do have concerns about exactly how Justin Webb is acquiring his knowledge of US politics or what prompted him to make this exact point.
Justin Webb just referred on Today to "platforms like Bluesky, where you can see the celebration of the killing" of Charlie Kirk.
What I'm seeing on here is overwhelming condemnation; despair at the violence of US politics; alarm at where this might go; & calls for equal horror at other shootings.
What I'm seeing on here is overwhelming condemnation; despair at the violence of US politics; alarm at where this might go; & calls for equal horror at other shootings.
September 11, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Again, I really do have concerns about exactly how Justin Webb is acquiring his knowledge of US politics or what prompted him to make this exact point.
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A year after people of colour, Muslims and migrants were terrorised on our streets by the far-right, there is now yet another surge of racist violence.
We need to see our Prime Minister condemn the hate and proudly lead an anti-racist government, not pave the way for Reform.
We need to see our Prime Minister condemn the hate and proudly lead an anti-racist government, not pave the way for Reform.
September 2, 2025 at 11:04 AM
A year after people of colour, Muslims and migrants were terrorised on our streets by the far-right, there is now yet another surge of racist violence.
We need to see our Prime Minister condemn the hate and proudly lead an anti-racist government, not pave the way for Reform.
We need to see our Prime Minister condemn the hate and proudly lead an anti-racist government, not pave the way for Reform.
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No, Lord Falconer. Labour should stop pandering to this nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Labour must act to close asylum hotels or face Reform poll gains, ex-minister warns
Charlie Falconer says government was right to challenge Epping hotel ruling but now has to ‘move forward’
www.theguardian.com
August 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
No, Lord Falconer. Labour should stop pandering to this nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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I don't know about you but I've had about enough of mainstream media & politicians legitimising racist anti-asylum protests that terrorise refugees & communities.
I had to push back hard, TWICE on BBC yesterday about supposed "legitimate concerns" www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtkA...
I had to push back hard, TWICE on BBC yesterday about supposed "legitimate concerns" www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtkA...
ENOUGH of the BBC legitimising anti-asylum protests!
YouTube video by Zoe Gardner
www.youtube.com
August 21, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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The media every time Wrexham play
August 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The media every time Wrexham play