Kacey
@kaceyvarren.bsky.social
Socialist, feminist & woke AF - Eco B&B owner....escaped England for the far north of Scotland
Angry at the state of things 📎
Angry at the state of things 📎
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Left: Wes Streeting wants you to believe that doctors want to harm patients
Right:Wes Streeting says Trump is within his rights to sue to BBC
It’s beyond me why Labour MPs haven’t moved to remove Starmer and Streeting. Both are attacking doctors and both are bending over backwards to appease Trump
Right:Wes Streeting says Trump is within his rights to sue to BBC
It’s beyond me why Labour MPs haven’t moved to remove Starmer and Streeting. Both are attacking doctors and both are bending over backwards to appease Trump
December 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Left: Wes Streeting wants you to believe that doctors want to harm patients
Right:Wes Streeting says Trump is within his rights to sue to BBC
It’s beyond me why Labour MPs haven’t moved to remove Starmer and Streeting. Both are attacking doctors and both are bending over backwards to appease Trump
Right:Wes Streeting says Trump is within his rights to sue to BBC
It’s beyond me why Labour MPs haven’t moved to remove Starmer and Streeting. Both are attacking doctors and both are bending over backwards to appease Trump
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This is appalling. The Government need to pull their fecking finger out. Now.
Second Horizon victim Janet Skinner 'forced' to sue Post Office as she seeks full redress for wrongful conviction.
Mother of two falsely convicted, had to sell home, given 9 months custodial sentence in 2007, offered 15% compensation of her claim.
No one charged for false convictions.
Mother of two falsely convicted, had to sell home, given 9 months custodial sentence in 2007, offered 15% compensation of her claim.
No one charged for false convictions.
Second Horizon victim Janet Skinner 'forced' to sue Post Office as she seeks full redress for wrongful conviction
Barring a "sea change", a solicitor for Post Office victims said more people will sue the government-owned company.
news.sky.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This is appalling. The Government need to pull their fecking finger out. Now.
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Free the political prisoners
'That we don’t have the courage to do what they did is bad enough-the least we can do is stand up for them. They must all be freed, along with all other prisoners of conscience punished for opposing genocide.'
via Occupy London
'That we don’t have the courage to do what they did is bad enough-the least we can do is stand up for them. They must all be freed, along with all other prisoners of conscience punished for opposing genocide.'
via Occupy London
December 17, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Free the political prisoners
'That we don’t have the courage to do what they did is bad enough-the least we can do is stand up for them. They must all be freed, along with all other prisoners of conscience punished for opposing genocide.'
via Occupy London
'That we don’t have the courage to do what they did is bad enough-the least we can do is stand up for them. They must all be freed, along with all other prisoners of conscience punished for opposing genocide.'
via Occupy London
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Labour are launching an investigation into historical foreign interference in UK politics. But they are explicitly excluding the Brexit referendum from the investigation.
That's like pledging to investigate instances of arson while ignoring the wall of flames spanning the horizon.
That's like pledging to investigate instances of arson while ignoring the wall of flames spanning the horizon.
December 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Labour are launching an investigation into historical foreign interference in UK politics. But they are explicitly excluding the Brexit referendum from the investigation.
That's like pledging to investigate instances of arson while ignoring the wall of flames spanning the horizon.
That's like pledging to investigate instances of arson while ignoring the wall of flames spanning the horizon.
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A positively poetic irony in non properly functioning AI having to be doctored by teams of human engineers.
AI promised a revolution. Companies are still waiting. - www.reuters.com/business/bus...
AI promised a revolution. Companies are still waiting.
Executives say they still believe generative AI will eventually transform their businesses, but they are reconsidering how quickly that will happen within their organizations.
www.reuters.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:32 AM
A positively poetic irony in non properly functioning AI having to be doctored by teams of human engineers.
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Indeed, the worst people on earth are using the Bondi Beach shooting to argue for crackdowns on free speech and freedom of assembly to silence Israel’s critics online & on the streets, in Australia & the western world
When 15 Palestinians were killed by Israel on March 16, the west barely noticed
When 15 Palestinians were killed by Israel on March 16, the west barely noticed
Australians Being Massacred Shouldn't Bother Us More Than Palestinians Being Massacred
Reading by Tim Foley:
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Indeed, the worst people on earth are using the Bondi Beach shooting to argue for crackdowns on free speech and freedom of assembly to silence Israel’s critics online & on the streets, in Australia & the western world
When 15 Palestinians were killed by Israel on March 16, the west barely noticed
When 15 Palestinians were killed by Israel on March 16, the west barely noticed
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"Be part of making this Palestinian folk song Christmas #1
Brian Eno, Celeste, Dan Smith, Nai Barghouti & more have come together to release LULLABY, a new version of a Palestinian folk song"
Help make it Xmas No.1 by downloading before 19th December: lnk.to/T4PLullabyIn...
@pscupdates.bsky.social
Brian Eno, Celeste, Dan Smith, Nai Barghouti & more have come together to release LULLABY, a new version of a Palestinian folk song"
Help make it Xmas No.1 by downloading before 19th December: lnk.to/T4PLullabyIn...
@pscupdates.bsky.social
Together For Palestine, Nai Barghouti, Leigh-Anne, Neneh Cherry - Lullaby
Listen to Lullaby by Together For Palestine, Nai Barghouti, Leigh-Anne, Neneh Cherry.
lnk.to
December 16, 2025 at 8:50 AM
"Be part of making this Palestinian folk song Christmas #1
Brian Eno, Celeste, Dan Smith, Nai Barghouti & more have come together to release LULLABY, a new version of a Palestinian folk song"
Help make it Xmas No.1 by downloading before 19th December: lnk.to/T4PLullabyIn...
@pscupdates.bsky.social
Brian Eno, Celeste, Dan Smith, Nai Barghouti & more have come together to release LULLABY, a new version of a Palestinian folk song"
Help make it Xmas No.1 by downloading before 19th December: lnk.to/T4PLullabyIn...
@pscupdates.bsky.social
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The “Trade Barriers” in question are food safety regulations and taxation to the tune of 2% on digital services from massive US tech giants - tech giants that make billions from UK consumers anyway.
This is a blatant shakedown.
This is a blatant shakedown.
December 16, 2025 at 6:07 AM
The “Trade Barriers” in question are food safety regulations and taxation to the tune of 2% on digital services from massive US tech giants - tech giants that make billions from UK consumers anyway.
This is a blatant shakedown.
This is a blatant shakedown.
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If only people hated the people who rip them off, who under pay them, who constantly call them lazy, who wouldn't piss on them if they were on fire, as much as they hate people with a different skin shade.
December 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
If only people hated the people who rip them off, who under pay them, who constantly call them lazy, who wouldn't piss on them if they were on fire, as much as they hate people with a different skin shade.
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His opportunism is bad enough.
But never forget that this is the same Nigel Farage who allegedly made hissing noises and whispered "Hitler was right" to a Jewish contemporary at school.
Things he has NEVER apologised for.
But never forget that this is the same Nigel Farage who allegedly made hissing noises and whispered "Hitler was right" to a Jewish contemporary at school.
Things he has NEVER apologised for.
December 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
His opportunism is bad enough.
But never forget that this is the same Nigel Farage who allegedly made hissing noises and whispered "Hitler was right" to a Jewish contemporary at school.
Things he has NEVER apologised for.
But never forget that this is the same Nigel Farage who allegedly made hissing noises and whispered "Hitler was right" to a Jewish contemporary at school.
Things he has NEVER apologised for.
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For the last few months we’ve been undercover to see if the TikTok algorithm is disproportionately pushing far-right content.
Within minutes, and without any inputs from us, the algorithm fed both accounts racist content. Why did this happen?
Within minutes, and without any inputs from us, the algorithm fed both accounts racist content. Why did this happen?
We went undercover on Far-Right TikTok. Here’s what we found.
Meet George2006 and John1987, two young men who have recently joined TikTok... except they’re not really young men... they’re us.
www.bestforbritain.org
December 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
For the last few months we’ve been undercover to see if the TikTok algorithm is disproportionately pushing far-right content.
Within minutes, and without any inputs from us, the algorithm fed both accounts racist content. Why did this happen?
Within minutes, and without any inputs from us, the algorithm fed both accounts racist content. Why did this happen?
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A reminder that this is the same man who has just spent the past week calling all the Jewish victims of his own horrific anti-semitic abuse liars
December 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A reminder that this is the same man who has just spent the past week calling all the Jewish victims of his own horrific anti-semitic abuse liars
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The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
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READ: Each year, private donors invite large contingents of American politicians on free tours of the Holy Land, making Israel the largest international destination for paid congressional travel. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/insi...
Inside the Israel lobby’s lesser-known tool for influencing Congress: free travel
This year, Israel will account for nearly one-quarter of all free travel gifted to Congress members, and AIPAC is overwhelmingly setting the agenda.
mondoweiss.net
December 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
READ: Each year, private donors invite large contingents of American politicians on free tours of the Holy Land, making Israel the largest international destination for paid congressional travel. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/insi...
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"It seems that after months of outright popular defiance and ridicule of the ban by members of the general public, police officers were so confused that counter-terror police needed to clarify what constituted an offence and what did not”.
www.declassifieduk.org/palestine-ac...
www.declassifieduk.org/palestine-ac...
Palestine Action policing guidance suggests protesters wrongly arrested
A previously unseen counter-terror police document clarifies how demonstrators should be treated. We are publishing it for the first time.
www.declassifieduk.org
December 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
"It seems that after months of outright popular defiance and ridicule of the ban by members of the general public, police officers were so confused that counter-terror police needed to clarify what constituted an offence and what did not”.
www.declassifieduk.org/palestine-ac...
www.declassifieduk.org/palestine-ac...
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Tommy Robinson and his far right goons are holding a carol service to honour the birth of a displaced Middle Eastern refugee who started a religion that explicitly emphasized a belief in universal love, peace and tolerance over earthly nations and division.
Dimmer than broken Christmas tree lights
Dimmer than broken Christmas tree lights
December 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Tommy Robinson and his far right goons are holding a carol service to honour the birth of a displaced Middle Eastern refugee who started a religion that explicitly emphasized a belief in universal love, peace and tolerance over earthly nations and division.
Dimmer than broken Christmas tree lights
Dimmer than broken Christmas tree lights
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With Labour ramping up its deportation program & putting in place all the infrastructure a future Reform-led govt will need to expand the attack exponentially
We have to be learning from the powerful solidarity & resistance methods of our cousins across the pond, & fast.
We have to be learning from the powerful solidarity & resistance methods of our cousins across the pond, & fast.
This article is sympathetic towards ICE but still a good read because it's clear that Minneapolis and Saint Paul are doing AMAZING work (with a little assistance from our weather).
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
ICE operation shows the difficulty of immigration arrests amid pushback in frigid Minnesota
NBC News was granted exclusive access to accompany Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers as they tried to arrest targets in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.
www.nbcnews.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:54 AM
With Labour ramping up its deportation program & putting in place all the infrastructure a future Reform-led govt will need to expand the attack exponentially
We have to be learning from the powerful solidarity & resistance methods of our cousins across the pond, & fast.
We have to be learning from the powerful solidarity & resistance methods of our cousins across the pond, & fast.
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Putin sits in Moscow claiming that his armies have taken a town that the Ukrainian president is personally visiting. There are cowardly tyrants and there are courageous elected leaders and it is good to know the difference.
Putin said Russia had taken Kupiansk weeks ago.
Today, Zelenskyy visited Ukrainian troops there.
Today, Zelenskyy visited Ukrainian troops there.
December 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Putin sits in Moscow claiming that his armies have taken a town that the Ukrainian president is personally visiting. There are cowardly tyrants and there are courageous elected leaders and it is good to know the difference.
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Severe weather conditions in Gaza have claimed the lives of 13 people, including babies who froze to death, as Israel continues to block the entry of aid that could provide shelter to 1.5 million Palestinians living in worn-out tents.
mondoweiss.net/2025/12/pale...
mondoweiss.net/2025/12/pale...
Palestinians in Gaza are dying as the Israeli siege turns harsh winter weather deadly
Severe weather conditions in Gaza have claimed the lives of 13 people, including babies who froze to death, as Israel continues to block the entry of aid that could provide shelter to 1.5 million…
mondoweiss.net
December 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Severe weather conditions in Gaza have claimed the lives of 13 people, including babies who froze to death, as Israel continues to block the entry of aid that could provide shelter to 1.5 million Palestinians living in worn-out tents.
mondoweiss.net/2025/12/pale...
mondoweiss.net/2025/12/pale...
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Shocking stats on wealth inequality.
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2025/dec/10/just-0001-hold-three-times-the-wealth-of-poorest-half-of-humanity-report-finds
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2025/dec/10/just-0001-hold-three-times-the-wealth-of-poorest-half-of-humanity-report-finds
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Shocking stats on wealth inequality.
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2025/dec/10/just-0001-hold-three-times-the-wealth-of-poorest-half-of-humanity-report-finds
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2025/dec/10/just-0001-hold-three-times-the-wealth-of-poorest-half-of-humanity-report-finds
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"We call on the int'l community, the UN, Trump—the mediators & guarantors of the agreement—to assume their legal & moral responsibilities, compel the “Israeli” occupation to fully implement its commitments without reduction, ensure the protection of civilians, & secure the flow of humanitarian aid"
Israeli tank runs over child, cutting him in half as Gaza counts 738 ceasefire violations
While the authorities in Gaza make appeals to international institutions and leaders to intervene, the Israelis appear in no mood to curb their criminality.
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
"We call on the int'l community, the UN, Trump—the mediators & guarantors of the agreement—to assume their legal & moral responsibilities, compel the “Israeli” occupation to fully implement its commitments without reduction, ensure the protection of civilians, & secure the flow of humanitarian aid"
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Latest monthly visa application figures are out.
Skilled workers? Still dropping.
Health & care workers? Still dropping.
Slow clap.
Skilled workers? Still dropping.
Health & care workers? Still dropping.
Slow clap.
December 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Latest monthly visa application figures are out.
Skilled workers? Still dropping.
Health & care workers? Still dropping.
Slow clap.
Skilled workers? Still dropping.
Health & care workers? Still dropping.
Slow clap.
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BBC News, "The US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela"
Sky News, "This is America, it looks like Somalian pirates"
ITV News, "Venezuelan officials have called the action an act of international piracy"
UK Labour government? No comment at time of posting
Sky News, "This is America, it looks like Somalian pirates"
ITV News, "Venezuelan officials have called the action an act of international piracy"
UK Labour government? No comment at time of posting
December 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
BBC News, "The US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela"
Sky News, "This is America, it looks like Somalian pirates"
ITV News, "Venezuelan officials have called the action an act of international piracy"
UK Labour government? No comment at time of posting
Sky News, "This is America, it looks like Somalian pirates"
ITV News, "Venezuelan officials have called the action an act of international piracy"
UK Labour government? No comment at time of posting
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Farage says, "I didn't wear them (masks) last time, and I won't wear them this time" and dismisses mask mandates as "rubbish".
Here's Farage in 2020.
Man's a dangerous idiot.
Here's Farage in 2020.
Man's a dangerous idiot.
December 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Farage says, "I didn't wear them (masks) last time, and I won't wear them this time" and dismisses mask mandates as "rubbish".
Here's Farage in 2020.
Man's a dangerous idiot.
Here's Farage in 2020.
Man's a dangerous idiot.
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The Swiss Government has rejected using Palantir saying it presents devastating security risks.
Why are we using it?
Why are we using it?
December 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The Swiss Government has rejected using Palantir saying it presents devastating security risks.
Why are we using it?
Why are we using it?