Etienne Cloche
@valentinabass.bsky.social
My 21st Century superpowers are: being impervious to culture wars influencing, conspiracy theories and gambling ads. Proud user of Calibri
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Politics, Music, Football and other random cultural ephemera
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Politics, Music, Football and other random cultural ephemera
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Breaking News: Multiple people have been shot at Brown University, officials said. Follow live updates.
Live Updates: Multiple People Shot at Brown University, Police Say
The university told students and faculty members to lock doors and hide after reports of a shooting at the engineering building on the Rhode Island campus. A suspect was not in custody.
nyti.ms
December 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Breaking News: Multiple people have been shot at Brown University, officials said. Follow live updates.
Ask yourself why is the current US administration pushing Kremlin talking points and making them foreign policy? Be wary of any otherwise progressive sites pushing anti Ukraine positions
December 13, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Ask yourself why is the current US administration pushing Kremlin talking points and making them foreign policy? Be wary of any otherwise progressive sites pushing anti Ukraine positions
Interesting that Moyes has often stumbled on a great run through having reduced options, whether through budget, injuries or both. Am I happy KDH is injured? No! But having Moyes’ hand forced has worked before. Fingers very much crossed for the next month or so! #Everton
December 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Interesting that Moyes has often stumbled on a great run through having reduced options, whether through budget, injuries or both. Am I happy KDH is injured? No! But having Moyes’ hand forced has worked before. Fingers very much crossed for the next month or so! #Everton
Three bumper episodes of @thetrawl.bsky.social this week. As ever the pod is the perfect blend of IK/U.S political analysis, piss taking and this week, potentially, even the return of Cilla…with @marina-purkiss.bsky.social and @jemmaforte.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Three bumper episodes of @thetrawl.bsky.social this week. As ever the pod is the perfect blend of IK/U.S political analysis, piss taking and this week, potentially, even the return of Cilla…with @marina-purkiss.bsky.social and @jemmaforte.bsky.social
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Here’s Zelenskyy, freely walking in Kupyansk that Russia claimed to have occupied.
So when we talk about “occupied territories in exchange for peace”, what exactly are we talking about.
So when we talk about “occupied territories in exchange for peace”, what exactly are we talking about.
December 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Here’s Zelenskyy, freely walking in Kupyansk that Russia claimed to have occupied.
So when we talk about “occupied territories in exchange for peace”, what exactly are we talking about.
So when we talk about “occupied territories in exchange for peace”, what exactly are we talking about.
Musk is intelligence insulting levels poor at basic coherence when speaking publicly. We are all intellectually diminished for being exposed to someone this incoherent. String a sentence together confidentiality you complete cretin
December 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Musk is intelligence insulting levels poor at basic coherence when speaking publicly. We are all intellectually diminished for being exposed to someone this incoherent. String a sentence together confidentiality you complete cretin
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lol it’s so genuinely fun seeing Cory take decades of fluency in how these systems are broken and serve it up for a mainstream audiences. Even if you know “enshittification” well, this is worth the watch. And love to @eff.org! youtu.be/d2e-c9SF5nE
Cory Doctorow - Rescuing the Internet From “Enshittification” | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
lol it’s so genuinely fun seeing Cory take decades of fluency in how these systems are broken and serve it up for a mainstream audiences. Even if you know “enshittification” well, this is worth the watch. And love to @eff.org! youtu.be/d2e-c9SF5nE
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Steve Bannon’s close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein deserves even more scrutiny.
Every day.
Bannon has manipulated press coverage for years, even while being a superspreader for rightwing extremism and idiotic conspiracy theories.
Reporting every day. Bannon + Epstein.
Every day.
Bannon has manipulated press coverage for years, even while being a superspreader for rightwing extremism and idiotic conspiracy theories.
Reporting every day. Bannon + Epstein.
December 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Steve Bannon’s close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein deserves even more scrutiny.
Every day.
Bannon has manipulated press coverage for years, even while being a superspreader for rightwing extremism and idiotic conspiracy theories.
Reporting every day. Bannon + Epstein.
Every day.
Bannon has manipulated press coverage for years, even while being a superspreader for rightwing extremism and idiotic conspiracy theories.
Reporting every day. Bannon + Epstein.
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The Lt. Gov. of Indiana has now deleted this post which confirmed that the Trump admin threatened to withhold federal funding from Indiana if they didn’t gerrymander.
December 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The Lt. Gov. of Indiana has now deleted this post which confirmed that the Trump admin threatened to withhold federal funding from Indiana if they didn’t gerrymander.
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RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!
December 12, 2025 at 1:17 AM
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!
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Trump's approval ratings are tanking. He's flailing on the economy. Epstein haunts him. Republicans are beginning to revolt against him.
He's not all powerful.
A tyrant can exercise tyranny only insofar as the objects of his tyranny continue to allow it.
Remember this.
He's not all powerful.
A tyrant can exercise tyranny only insofar as the objects of his tyranny continue to allow it.
Remember this.
December 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Trump's approval ratings are tanking. He's flailing on the economy. Epstein haunts him. Republicans are beginning to revolt against him.
He's not all powerful.
A tyrant can exercise tyranny only insofar as the objects of his tyranny continue to allow it.
Remember this.
He's not all powerful.
A tyrant can exercise tyranny only insofar as the objects of his tyranny continue to allow it.
Remember this.
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The fact that far too many people cannot recognize fascism unless it looks exactly like Nazi Germany is very dangerous.
December 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The fact that far too many people cannot recognize fascism unless it looks exactly like Nazi Germany is very dangerous.
Looks like Eurovision is the next Spotify. Good! More of this please
December 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Looks like Eurovision is the next Spotify. Good! More of this please
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GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
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More Russian propaganda is being spread as they try to further influence the global audience that peace should be on their terms!
Russian terrorists do not control Siversk. Siversk is under the control of the Ukrainian Defence Forces.
🇺🇦54th Mechanised Brigade.
Russian terrorists do not control Siversk. Siversk is under the control of the Ukrainian Defence Forces.
🇺🇦54th Mechanised Brigade.
December 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
More Russian propaganda is being spread as they try to further influence the global audience that peace should be on their terms!
Russian terrorists do not control Siversk. Siversk is under the control of the Ukrainian Defence Forces.
🇺🇦54th Mechanised Brigade.
Russian terrorists do not control Siversk. Siversk is under the control of the Ukrainian Defence Forces.
🇺🇦54th Mechanised Brigade.
There is NO reason to be on X anymore - even if you’re a journalist. Being on it is an endorsement, not a necessity
More & more people are leaving this toxic platform...
X is state & oligarch-run social media platform. You wouldn't stay if X was owned by the Kremlin.
Crude manipulation / disinformation / fostering of hatred / harassment / anti-semitism / open racism / vicious attacks / fueled by 'X' algorithm!
X is state & oligarch-run social media platform. You wouldn't stay if X was owned by the Kremlin.
Crude manipulation / disinformation / fostering of hatred / harassment / anti-semitism / open racism / vicious attacks / fueled by 'X' algorithm!
December 11, 2025 at 11:05 AM
There is NO reason to be on X anymore - even if you’re a journalist. Being on it is an endorsement, not a necessity
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⚠️RFK Jr appoints anti-vaxxer to head FDA drug research center—"Putting Tracy Beth in charge [of FDA’s CDER] is like dropping an atom bomb," says an agency source, & multiple top-level officials preparing FDA resignations. "It's an extinction level event."
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-tra...
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-tra...
Appointment of controversial FDA official rocking agency like "an atom bomb," scientists there say
The Trump administration's elevation of Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg to lead a high-profile office within the Food and Drug Administration is raising alarm among multiple senior FDA officials.
www.cbsnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
⚠️RFK Jr appoints anti-vaxxer to head FDA drug research center—"Putting Tracy Beth in charge [of FDA’s CDER] is like dropping an atom bomb," says an agency source, & multiple top-level officials preparing FDA resignations. "It's an extinction level event."
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-tra...
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-tra...
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“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
December 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
Am boycotting a second World Cup running, then. Should be three in a row but I must confess I did engage in 2018. I am not even the wing of a fly on Infantino’s windshield at this point but a stand has to be made.
December 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Am boycotting a second World Cup running, then. Should be three in a row but I must confess I did engage in 2018. I am not even the wing of a fly on Infantino’s windshield at this point but a stand has to be made.
Bristling under focussed questioning - that is clearly the way to rattle Farage. His resorting to boycotting media outlets that challenge him should be used as a stick to remorselessly beat him and his sycophants- Pathetic racist enabling snowflakes, all of them
December 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Bristling under focussed questioning - that is clearly the way to rattle Farage. His resorting to boycotting media outlets that challenge him should be used as a stick to remorselessly beat him and his sycophants- Pathetic racist enabling snowflakes, all of them
Perhaps the most insidious achievement of the Isreal Lobby is weaponising any criticism of it at all into “long standing antisemitic conspiracy theory”. The notion that there CAN be and IS nuance should be vigorously defended
December 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Perhaps the most insidious achievement of the Isreal Lobby is weaponising any criticism of it at all into “long standing antisemitic conspiracy theory”. The notion that there CAN be and IS nuance should be vigorously defended
Would far rather a situation where Putin’s far mongering prompts a properly strong reaction from Europe that one in which the U.S meekly accepts his “peace plan”.
December 3, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Would far rather a situation where Putin’s far mongering prompts a properly strong reaction from Europe that one in which the U.S meekly accepts his “peace plan”.
Money for youth clubs. Money for arts. Cheaper business rates for independent shops. All promote community, all discourage digital silos, all prevent higher costs for mental health services down the line. But how of these measures were actually in the budget? 🧐
December 2, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Money for youth clubs. Money for arts. Cheaper business rates for independent shops. All promote community, all discourage digital silos, all prevent higher costs for mental health services down the line. But how of these measures were actually in the budget? 🧐
“Marginalia” is my suggestion for the YP rebrand
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM
“Marginalia” is my suggestion for the YP rebrand