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Aaron Aardvark
@laughinglemon.bsky.social
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Likes budgies; reads too much Warhammer; dislikes nostalgia, which is not what it was; vaguely lefty; technical, but re-tyred
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sparrowflybynight.bsky.social @sparrowflybynight.bsky.social · 1h
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 1h
License to Kill: Trump’s Extrajudicial Executions

@akelalacy.bsky.social, @radleybalko.bsky.social and yours truly discuss the Trump administration’s rhetoric and rationale to justify extrajudicial killings abroad — and possibly at home.

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License to Kill: Trump’s Extrajudicial Executions
Akela Lacy, Radley Balko, and Nick Turse on the administration’s rhetoric and rationale to justify extrajudicial killings abroad — and possibly at home.
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Aaron Aardvark @laughinglemon.bsky.social · 1h
Every state in the US needs an Inflatable National Guard, with a mandatory number of unicorns, Kenny's, T-Rexes, penguins, polar bears and, of course, frogs.
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Aaron Aardvark @laughinglemon.bsky.social · 3h
There were a few fathers.
BBC Two - Timewatch, Code-Breakers: Bletchley Park's Lost Heroes, Beginner's Guide to Tunny.
Step-by-step explanation of how the German supercode was generated.
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Aaron Aardvark @laughinglemon.bsky.social · 3h
But part of a team
BBC Two - Timewatch, Code-Breakers: Bletchley Park's Lost Heroes, Beginner's Guide to Tunny.
Step-by-step explanation of how the German supercode was generated.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 3h
Neoliberalism replaces the citizen with the consumer — pushing people out of political life and into the marketplace.
How Neoliberalism Reinvented Democracy
Neoliberalism replaces the citizen with the consumer — pushing people out of political life and into the marketplace.
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Phil Free @philfree.bsky.social · 5h
“Although the movement’s actions are based on local struggles, it is part of a broader post-capitalist & post-development struggle. The movement aims to abolish the patriarchal, colonial, racist & extractivist growth regime…” #degrowth

- @degrowthinfo.bsky.social
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"We invent nothing, or only very little." A portrait of Les Soulèvements de la Terre and some reflections
In this article Myriam Best analyses the ongoing french movement Earth Uprisings which struggles for land and water commons and the dismantlement of the techno-industrial capitalist complex.
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Aaron Aardvark @laughinglemon.bsky.social · 5h
If this was some drunk on the street, shouting at passers-by, nobody would have paid any attention. Or called the cops. But this is a rich guy so someone has to write an article.
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Aaron Aardvark @laughinglemon.bsky.social · 6h
Oh, I spotted this in the @newjournal.bsky.social and thought it appropriate: the title alone made me laugh!
Clipping from Camden New Journal about the Conservative Party Conference and it's low attendance
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Adam Tooze @adamtooze.bsky.social · 7h
Thinking about the "shape" of the world economy in the 21st century, my mind turned to soup (some may say that happened long ago ;). Check out the latest Chartbook newsletter. tinyurl.com/bdvw24d3
Chartbook 413 The future of the world economy beyond globalization - or, thinking with soup.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of 1945.
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Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 7h
"I've just come from Timbuctoo on my horse, Rumpelstiltskin."

"Your horse is called Rumpelstiltskin??"

"That's right. I've been through the desert on a horse with gnome-name."
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Aaron Aardvark @laughinglemon.bsky.social · 7h
We're going to have to put some sort of restraining order on him, aren't we. Is there a "cease and desist" covering puns?
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Aaron Aardvark @laughinglemon.bsky.social · 7h
Just finished listening to this the other day and it sounds like Alex and @philbc3.bsky.social had to restrain themselves from laughing every five minutes. Great fun!
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Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social · 4d
📢💥NEW EPISODE📢💥 - @philbc3.bsky.social on the ongoing crisis of the Conservative Party and whether there is a way back* for the party that has dominated British politics for two centuries.

*spoiler: there isn't.
When the party's over w/ Phil Burton-Cartledge
Podcast Episode · Politics Theory Other · 08/10/2025 · 56m
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Simon Pearson @anticapitalistmusings.com · 8h
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When Liberal Order Meets Its Contradictions
Carlo Masala’s scenario in his new book, reveals not Russian strength, but the terminal crisis of Atlantic capitalism.
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Phil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 8h
"For the first time the right are open and honest about what they're about, and it's best for us to face them as they are ... There are no good Tories. Only class conscious defenders of a decaying system."
What Happened to One Nation Conservatism?
The jamboree of delusion and extremism that was Conservative Party conference birthed a small, fleeting genre of political centrist-to-soft...
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Joshi Herrmann @joshiherrmann.bsky.social · 9h
“Look at Jihad Al-Shamie and Salman Abedi,” one person from Manchester’s Muslim community, texted me last week referring to the Manchester arena bomber. “I can’t help but see the links.”

Really interesting piece by @jackdulhanty.bsky.social.

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Two Terrorists: How should Manchester decipher Jihad Al-Shamie and Salman Abedi?
‘I can’t help but see the links’
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Jane Hayward @drjanehayward.bsky.social · 9h
@jemgilbert.bsky.social would love to hear your response to this video on your podcast! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7ul... Gary is trying to work out “why won’t the politicians listen to me” and working through different possibilities.
Can Labour be saved?
YouTube video by Garys Economics
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Ken MacLeod @amendlocke.bsky.social · 9h
This Sunday's Rebel Britannia by @rebelbrit.bsky.social tells of Richard Carlile, free speech hero, who read the whole of the banned The Age of Reason into the court record, which could then be legally published ...
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Rebel Britannia
12th October 1819:
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NJ @nojusticemtg.bsky.social · 11h
Are Generation Z bucking this DECADES long trend in the youth vote??

WATCH HERE: youtu.be/PFYc7-hHEr8
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Dylan Difford @dylandifford.bsky.social · 11h
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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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 3d
Portland is so good at trolling these fascists.

I ❤️ Portland
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Aaron Aardvark @laughinglemon.bsky.social · 23h
I just love the two T-Rex bridesmaids
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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 23h
Outside of Portland's ICE facility last night, Kenny from South Park got married to a unicorn.

The betrothed Portland couple said they decided to get hitched on site to bring some joy and fun to a dark time.

"People can be fun loving people and still protest."

www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 2d
Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
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Gosh! Comics @goshcomics.bsky.social · 1d
@tomgauld.bsky.social was in the shop a couple of days ago to launch his brand new collection of science cartoons, Physics For Cats! He even painted our window, creating this wonderful display for the new book!

Order exclusive edition: buff.ly/TYR0IVQ
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David Timoney @fromarsetoelbow.bsky.social · 1d
"Starmer's backers in the press still want him to be the centrist dad of the nation, despite his utter unsuitability for the role, and will happily reinvent the Conservative Party if it helps to achieve that goal." More ...
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Save the Tories
Starmer's backers in the press still want him to be the centrist dad of the nation.
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