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Anna AMD
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From the west coast of Scotland, now living in the heart of Europe. Photography, history, and screaming into the void. And yes, I miss the sea.
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There's always light; thing is trying to find it. #photography #autumn #sunlight #light #trees #leaves #goldenhour #austria #path
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The 3-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly is now at 1.53°C above the 1850-1900 IPCC pre-industrial baseline.

Meanwhile, the Climate 8-ball is snookered again.
February 7, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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After a certain point the sanity of Palantir's leadership does matter to the national security of the UK and other European states buying its software
February 8, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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Nobody else seems to have noticed that the American states that are currently recognised as the "most racist" and "most deadly" in terms of murders are also the ones who have banned fluoride from their drinking water.
February 8, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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Exclusive: Investigators carrying out developed vetting (DV) on Mandelson failed to ask interviewees about his relationship with Epstein

One of those interviewed during this phase told @theobserveruk.bsky.social there was “not a single question on Jeffrey Epstein”

observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Cabinet Office failed to query Mandelson’s relationship w...
Investigators carrying out security vetting on Peter Mandelson failed to ask interviewees about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, despite the fact the pair’s connection was in the public domain.D...
observer.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit

Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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February 8, 2026 at 10:13 AM
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Pls read whole piece. Neither Mandelson or Mosley were asked about Mandelson’s role in fixing Starmer’s visit to Palantir & subsequent £240m deal. It finally made headlines on Weds when a q was asked in Parliament.

But honestly, BBC also has qs to answer

open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Peter Thiel's New Model Army
The Palantirisation of the UK military is a national security disaster
open.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:13 AM
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Jeff Bezos makes enough money to fully fund this literally every two minutes.
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.

One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.

Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:13 AM
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Die Stadt Stuttgart hat dem ASB fristlos gekündigt und jetzt standen einfach mal abends 150 Familien da, die am nächsten Morgen plötzlich keine Schulbegleitung mehr für ihre Kinder hatten.
www.tagesschau.de/inland/regio...
Baden-Württemberg: Schüler mit Förderbedarf in Stuttgart plötzlich allein gelassen
Von heute auf morgen gibt es für viele Kinder in sonderpädagogischen Bildungszentren in Stuttgart keine Schulbegleitung mehr. In den Schulen ist man fassungslos. Die Stadt sucht nach Lösungen.
www.tagesschau.de
February 8, 2026 at 8:40 AM
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This is the man whose company Peter Mandelson's lobbying firm represents.

Keir Starmer visited its HQ last year, at the request of Mandelson, shortly before it was handed a £240m Government contract
February 8, 2026 at 8:41 AM
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Jeff Bezos Launches New Washington Post Layout dietagespresse.com/jeff-bezos-l...
Jeff Bezos Launches New Washington Post Layout
After firing 30% of its staff, Jeff Bezos unveils a new layout for the Washington Post, aiming to provide a more streamlined experience.
dietagespresse.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.

One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.

Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
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Taxing billionaires out of existence may be the most critical domestic policy fight of our lifetimes.
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.

One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.

Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:40 AM
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just building this awful camp system is a crime against humanity imo
The proposed centers are so large that some could house as many as 8,000 detainees at once, according to a DHS spreadsheet of more than 20 potential locations that was verified by NBC News. The largest federal prison in the U.S., for example, has roughly 4,000 inmates.
ICE plans to build mega warehouses for immigration detention spark growing concern
Sources at two government contractors told NBC News they were worried that new warehouses — and the large numbers of immigrants who would be housed in them — would present safety problems.
www.nbcnews.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:49 AM
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“Hate brings views”
Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.

He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.

Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
February 8, 2026 at 7:58 AM
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Populists typically demonise their critics and seek to limit press freedom. This makes it easier for them to abuse power—and grow rich from it
As global press freedom dwindles, corrupt politicians rejoice
Less scrutiny, more booty
econ.st
February 8, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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February 6, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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"Epstein class" is terrific not simply because several of them are directly tied to Epstein's crimes, but because it strikes at the corruption, immorality and impunity of that entire circle.
Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.
February 7, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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As Mandelson case exposes the risks of using US company Palantir for health data, how Nicola Sturgeon’s government made sure it didn’t happen in Scotland two years ago talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/02/06/a...
As Mandelson case exposes the risks of using US company Palantir for health data, how Nicola Sturgeon’s government made sure it didn’t happen in Scotland two years ago
Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. In the Guardian today: Labour should halt public contracts with the US tech company Palantir, opposition politicians have said, amid growing con…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Introduce yourself with five songs

Sitting on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Reading
Dignity - Deacon Blue
Der letzte Tag - Peter Fox
Born to be Alive - Patrick Hernandez
How big, how blue, how beautiful - Florence and the machine
Introduce yourself with five songs

I Am The Highway - Audioslave
Moonlight Shadow - Mike Oldfield
These Arms Of Mine - Otis Redding
Lovely - Billie Eilish, Khalid
Take On Me - A-Ha
Introduce yourself with five songs

Intro - Alan Braxe and Fred Falke
The Night - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
Thinking Of You - Sister Sledge
Answering Machine - Rupert Holmes
Fantasy - Earth, Wind & Fire
February 7, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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These are the stories the elite don’t want to come out. No wonder Washington Post fired most of its staff this week….
Senior Russian officials and business figures cultivated relationships with Jeffrey Epstein, according to newly released documents by the Justice Department.

Epstein also made repeated efforts to arrange a meeting with President Vladimir Putin.
Epstein built ties to Russians and sought to meet Putin, files show
Justice Department files show that Jeffrey Epstein sought help from a Russian official after claiming a woman from Moscow was blackmailing “powerful businessmen” in New York.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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The man who told reporters it’s time to move on from the Epstein files won’t shut up about the 2020 election.
February 7, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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There, there…
February 7, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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This might sound like hyperbole.

It is not.

They took a decision they were warned would cause trans kids to die. Trans kids died. They covered that up and attacked those trying to expose their cover up.

They deserve to go to prison and nobody will ever be held accountable.

It is the UK way.
Wes Streeting and Louis Appleby should go to prison over this. It's a massive scandal and they covered it up. They knew what they were doing restricting access to care and they did it anyways because of politics.
February 7, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.
New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project
A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare
goodlaw.social
February 7, 2026 at 9:09 AM