Paul Russell
@pwrussell.bsky.social
Woke stuff good. Fascist stuff bad.
“Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt.”
— Mahatma Gandhi
I block bots, spammers and fascists on sight.
#PAFC
“Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt.”
— Mahatma Gandhi
I block bots, spammers and fascists on sight.
#PAFC
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Paul Russell
@pwrussell.bsky.social
· Nov 6
Right now I don’t even know how to process this, but I do know that all decent people have to stick together, support each other and fight back
Four words that tell you all you need to know about the state of American democracy - ‘partisan gerrymandering is legal’. That’s right, legal.
Indiana GOP is going for it: They've released a proposed map that'd likely lock in a 9-0 GOP congressional delegation & flip the 2 currently held by Dems. Indianapolis would be cracked into GOP seats, and Gary would be drowned in red.
The big question: Will the Senate still stop it?
The big question: Will the Senate still stop it?
December 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Four words that tell you all you need to know about the state of American democracy - ‘partisan gerrymandering is legal’. That’s right, legal.
More useful data about the joys of being governed by Reform. Make a note.
Reform UK went into Durham Council promising to find huge savings. They have managed to GROW the authority's deficit by over £11m *in the last two months*.
Grimes recommends “serious consideration” to increasing council tax “by the maximum 5%.” ~AA
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
Grimes recommends “serious consideration” to increasing council tax “by the maximum 5%.” ~AA
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform cabinet backs £10mn cuts to start filling Durham’s growing black hole
Reform is now learning that running a big council is not as easy as it probably thought
northeastbylines.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 10:48 AM
More useful data about the joys of being governed by Reform. Make a note.
Say no to Palantir in the NHS - No to Palantir
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org
December 1, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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“It’s a mockery of due process. It’s a mockery of our constitutional rights.”
December 1, 2025 at 3:48 AM
“It’s a mockery of due process. It’s a mockery of our constitutional rights.”
Anyone sharing a house, as I do, with three cats, will be able to identify strongly with Butler’s classic novel, in which humans are adopted by and forced to live with a strange, inscrutable alien species whose feelings, manners and intentions are entirely unfathomable.
#booksky
💙 📚
#booksky
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November 29, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Anyone sharing a house, as I do, with three cats, will be able to identify strongly with Butler’s classic novel, in which humans are adopted by and forced to live with a strange, inscrutable alien species whose feelings, manners and intentions are entirely unfathomable.
#booksky
💙 📚
#booksky
💙 📚
The man clearly has an unhealthy fascination.
November 29, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The man clearly has an unhealthy fascination.
I oppose the death penalty but, let’s put this way, I won’t be outside the prison walls protesting or holding a vigil, if that’s the sentence that is one day meted out to Hegseth.
WASH POST: “As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations commander followed Hegseth’s order to leave no survivors.”
Lawless. Murder.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Lawless. Murder.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I oppose the death penalty but, let’s put this way, I won’t be outside the prison walls protesting or holding a vigil, if that’s the sentence that is one day meted out to Hegseth.
What if Trump is not fully human? Just a bloated lump of animated flesh with a big black hole inside where normal human qualities of kindness, empathy and consideration should normally reside.
Asked if he’ll attend the funeral of West Virginia National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom, Trump said:
“It’s certainly something I can conceive of… I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.”
“It’s certainly something I can conceive of… I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.”
November 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
What if Trump is not fully human? Just a bloated lump of animated flesh with a big black hole inside where normal human qualities of kindness, empathy and consideration should normally reside.
Neoliberalism is now apparently a religious doctrine. These people…
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Neoliberalism is now apparently a religious doctrine. These people…
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1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
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Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
You get what you wish for. Our ruling classes are truly a bunch of clowns. It would be funny, if it wasn’t so tragic.
One big risk to the OBR forecasts has already materialised -migration is falling more quickly than their projections and that will hit growth and tax revenue.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
UK net migration drops sharply to 204,000 in year to June - live updates
Net migration fell by around two-thirds - from 649,000 in the year to June 2024 to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM
You get what you wish for. Our ruling classes are truly a bunch of clowns. It would be funny, if it wasn’t so tragic.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
Top class policy making. Just choose the characteristic you personally most dislike or which best suits your agenda and decide, without any factual basis or evidence, that that must be the reason for their crime. Then set your whole response accordingly.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
National Guard shooting: Trump says US should ‘re-examine’ all Afghan refugees after suspect named
President calls the shooting in Washington an ‘act of terror’, as officials name Rahmanullah Lakanwal as suspected shooter
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Top class policy making. Just choose the characteristic you personally most dislike or which best suits your agenda and decide, without any factual basis or evidence, that that must be the reason for their crime. Then set your whole response accordingly.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ordinary people are schooling the craven capitalist cowards.
“It has been striking that the most wealthy and theoretically most powerful have.., often been the first to surrender. It’s non-elites who have stood on principle even when it means taking risks.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“It has been striking that the most wealthy and theoretically most powerful have.., often been the first to surrender. It’s non-elites who have stood on principle even when it means taking risks.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A year on from Trump’s victory, resistance is everywhere | Rebecca Solnit
Americans have shown a tremendous amount and variety of opposition – more than some may realize
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Ordinary people are schooling the craven capitalist cowards.
“It has been striking that the most wealthy and theoretically most powerful have.., often been the first to surrender. It’s non-elites who have stood on principle even when it means taking risks.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“It has been striking that the most wealthy and theoretically most powerful have.., often been the first to surrender. It’s non-elites who have stood on principle even when it means taking risks.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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On budget day, here's a timely reminder of the vital public services we've lost over the past 15 years through government cuts.
November 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
On budget day, here's a timely reminder of the vital public services we've lost over the past 15 years through government cuts.
The BBC misquotes Trump in a report accusing Panorama of… misquoting Trump.
The BBC censors criticism of Trump in a lecture about… the cowardice of elites in standing up to authoritarianism.
You couldn’t make it up.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
The BBC censors criticism of Trump in a lecture about… the cowardice of elites in standing up to authoritarianism.
You couldn’t make it up.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Reith lecturer accuses BBC of cowardice for censoring his remarks on Trump
Dutch writer Rutger Bregman says claim that Trump was ‘most openly corrupt president in US history’ was removed
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 AM
The BBC misquotes Trump in a report accusing Panorama of… misquoting Trump.
The BBC censors criticism of Trump in a lecture about… the cowardice of elites in standing up to authoritarianism.
You couldn’t make it up.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
The BBC censors criticism of Trump in a lecture about… the cowardice of elites in standing up to authoritarianism.
You couldn’t make it up.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Brexit has turned us into a joke country, economically crippled, diplomatically neutered, power and prestige all but vanished, laughed at and pitied by the rest of the word. Nice work Nigel.
"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Brexit has turned us into a joke country, economically crippled, diplomatically neutered, power and prestige all but vanished, laughed at and pitied by the rest of the word. Nice work Nigel.
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BBC cowed and Donald Trump’s objective achieved.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
BBC cowed and Donald Trump’s objective achieved.
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“The self-proclaimed techno-utopians in Silicon Valley… have enabled this ruin. They’ve traded reality for profit and prioritized technologies that aren’t just soulless and amoral, but inhuman in the most literal sense of the word.”
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 AM
“The self-proclaimed techno-utopians in Silicon Valley… have enabled this ruin. They’ve traded reality for profit and prioritized technologies that aren’t just soulless and amoral, but inhuman in the most literal sense of the word.”
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Nigel only goes in for kind, supportive racial abuse.
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Nigel only goes in for kind, supportive racial abuse.
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This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 26,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 26,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Is it just possible the chasing voters on the far right fringes is not the road to electoral success? Labour, are you paying attention?
New polling data shows Tories could be left with just 14 SEATS at next election
The Tories could end up coming to the next Parliament in a minibus...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/tor...
The Tories could end up coming to the next Parliament in a minibus...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/tor...
New polling data shows Tories could be left with just 14 SEATS at next election
If this doesn't set a few alarm bells ringing, nothing will. The Tories could end up coming to the next Parliament in a minibus...
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Is it just possible the chasing voters on the far right fringes is not the road to electoral success? Labour, are you paying attention?