Rebecca
@beantrees.bsky.social
Former migrant, proud European, podcast addict, likes a train ride. Krapfen officionado. Will travel for women's artistic gymnastics and 🏴 football. Bristol 🇬🇧 or sometimes Bavaria 🇩🇪. Know where my towel is.
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By searching for "Farage" in the Epstein Files database (justice.gov/epstein), 38 results come up.
In one, Steve Bannon suggests to Epstein that his advisory roles to European political parties means he can influence European Parliament…. 1/3
In one, Steve Bannon suggests to Epstein that his advisory roles to European political parties means he can influence European Parliament…. 1/3
justice.gov
February 4, 2026 at 7:53 PM
By searching for "Farage" in the Epstein Files database (justice.gov/epstein), 38 results come up.
In one, Steve Bannon suggests to Epstein that his advisory roles to European political parties means he can influence European Parliament…. 1/3
In one, Steve Bannon suggests to Epstein that his advisory roles to European political parties means he can influence European Parliament…. 1/3
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Didn't I say that getting rid of shortwave radio services was a very 1913 thing to be doing?
The BBC has launched a temporary emergency 30-minute daily radio programme for Iran on mediumwave and shortwave to combat the ongoing internet blackout. It will complement the existing BBC News Persian video and digital services www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
BBC launches emergency lifeline radio programme for Iran
The programme will air daily for 30 minutes across medium and shortwave frequencies
www.bbc.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Didn't I say that getting rid of shortwave radio services was a very 1913 thing to be doing?
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Big Oil "purchased solar and EV patents to ensure others couldn’t use them, solicited control of renewable markets and then abandoned them, and funded powerful institutions to promote false solutions, all while using trade groups to downplay the harms of fossil fuels, according to the complaint." 😠
A Secret Oil Cartel Might Have Killed Our Clean-Energy Future
In a landmark antitrust case, Michigan alleges oil companies colluded to “capture and kill” clean-energy and electric-vehicle efforts.
www.levernews.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Big Oil "purchased solar and EV patents to ensure others couldn’t use them, solicited control of renewable markets and then abandoned them, and funded powerful institutions to promote false solutions, all while using trade groups to downplay the harms of fossil fuels, according to the complaint." 😠
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Maybe sit this one out, Nige
February 4, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Maybe sit this one out, Nige
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INBOX: Robert McCartney, who worked for 39 years at The Washington Post, including as a Metro columnist and editor, before retiring in 2021, claims on X that he has heard the Post has laid off *all* its photojournalists.
February 4, 2026 at 9:05 PM
INBOX: Robert McCartney, who worked for 39 years at The Washington Post, including as a Metro columnist and editor, before retiring in 2021, claims on X that he has heard the Post has laid off *all* its photojournalists.
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Weird and almost universal revisionism today. Even at the time, it was pretty clear that Mandelson wasn't appointed *despite* his dodgy links but *because* of them. Trump's Washington is a dirty swamp. Mandelson was deemed a man able to swim in it. This wasn't a secret. Everybody said it out loud.
February 4, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Weird and almost universal revisionism today. Even at the time, it was pretty clear that Mandelson wasn't appointed *despite* his dodgy links but *because* of them. Trump's Washington is a dirty swamp. Mandelson was deemed a man able to swim in it. This wasn't a secret. Everybody said it out loud.
Annoyed that I forgot to turn the heating off when I went out tonight.
February 4, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Annoyed that I forgot to turn the heating off when I went out tonight.
No-one who has ever shaved their legs in the shower thinks this.
February 4, 2026 at 6:52 PM
No-one who has ever shaved their legs in the shower thinks this.
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One might interpret the Washington Post news as consistent with my ongoing claim that our legacy institutions, once thought to be the bulwark of civil society, will not save our democracy. They are simply too vulnerable to the extortion leveled by the ruling regime.
February 4, 2026 at 4:13 PM
One might interpret the Washington Post news as consistent with my ongoing claim that our legacy institutions, once thought to be the bulwark of civil society, will not save our democracy. They are simply too vulnerable to the extortion leveled by the ruling regime.
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INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
February 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
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just walked out of a dainty little west London café as their "fancy bacon roll" costs 18 (eighteen) pounds and for that price I'd need the "fancy" to mean "contains both caviar and cocaine"
February 4, 2026 at 12:40 PM
just walked out of a dainty little west London café as their "fancy bacon roll" costs 18 (eighteen) pounds and for that price I'd need the "fancy" to mean "contains both caviar and cocaine"
Excellent. Just what the country needs.
I have never seen anger like this on the Labour benches in private and in public. This is the kind of territory where things can move very fast.
February 4, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Excellent. Just what the country needs.
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Yep, a crucial element. There was no problem too solve. They had a pro in place. But they had to play Westminster silly buggers.
It is worth recalling that the position of U.K. Ambassador to the US was not vacant at the time the Prime Minister chose to appoint Peter Mandelson to the role. A highly competent and respected woman was replaced.
February 4, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Yep, a crucial element. There was no problem too solve. They had a pro in place. But they had to play Westminster silly buggers.
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Precisely this.
Errors of judgement happen, but dishonesty is a character trait.
Countries have millions of honest people to choose leaders from. There is no need or reason to rely on people who’ve shown themselves to be dishonest.
Once and out.
Errors of judgement happen, but dishonesty is a character trait.
Countries have millions of honest people to choose leaders from. There is no need or reason to rely on people who’ve shown themselves to be dishonest.
Once and out.
One lesson from the Epstein–Mandelson affair is that we need to stop routinely rehabilitating political careers after serious scandals.
When politicians knowingly engage in grave ethical wrongdoing, that should permanently end their political careers. Being "talented" should not override that.
When politicians knowingly engage in grave ethical wrongdoing, that should permanently end their political careers. Being "talented" should not override that.
February 4, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Precisely this.
Errors of judgement happen, but dishonesty is a character trait.
Countries have millions of honest people to choose leaders from. There is no need or reason to rely on people who’ve shown themselves to be dishonest.
Once and out.
Errors of judgement happen, but dishonesty is a character trait.
Countries have millions of honest people to choose leaders from. There is no need or reason to rely on people who’ve shown themselves to be dishonest.
Once and out.
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Ive watched this about 100 times.
This is why the internet was invented.
Right here.
Peak content.
This is why the internet was invented.
Right here.
Peak content.
February 4, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Ive watched this about 100 times.
This is why the internet was invented.
Right here.
Peak content.
This is why the internet was invented.
Right here.
Peak content.
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Have you seen my propaganda and information warfare starter-pack? bsky.app/profile/emma...
I'm working on a starter pack... its focus is Information Warfare, Covert Ops and Propaganda... trying to fill gaps on existing lists of 'disinfo' experts and bring in a wider sweep of experts on covert ops & information warfare, broadly defined. go.bsky.app/7NTCqKZ
December 27, 2024 at 7:02 AM
Have you seen my propaganda and information warfare starter-pack? bsky.app/profile/emma...
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The #Reform Party has less than 10 MPs, yet cannot co-ordinate how they should vote on a policy in Parliament. Can you trust a party who can't even manage or organise just a handful of people? Mind you, #ToryFailures Robert Jenrick and Suella Braverman aren't smart cookies, are they?
#ReformShambles
#ReformShambles
February 3, 2026 at 9:56 PM
The #Reform Party has less than 10 MPs, yet cannot co-ordinate how they should vote on a policy in Parliament. Can you trust a party who can't even manage or organise just a handful of people? Mind you, #ToryFailures Robert Jenrick and Suella Braverman aren't smart cookies, are they?
#ReformShambles
#ReformShambles
Yes, Welsh Gymnastics, I do have questions.
February 4, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Yes, Welsh Gymnastics, I do have questions.
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Quite an extraordinary connection between Miroslav Lajcak and Epstein. Lajcak, former Slovak foreign minister, EU Balkans envoy and, until last Sunday, Fico’s foreign policy adviser, privately met Epstein in his Paris flat two months before Epstein’s death. All recorded using an official govt email.
February 3, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Quite an extraordinary connection between Miroslav Lajcak and Epstein. Lajcak, former Slovak foreign minister, EU Balkans envoy and, until last Sunday, Fico’s foreign policy adviser, privately met Epstein in his Paris flat two months before Epstein’s death. All recorded using an official govt email.
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433rd day of protest on Georgia.
February 3, 2026 at 5:35 PM
433rd day of protest on Georgia.
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It was the Fuck Around of Times, it was the Find Out of times
February 3, 2026 at 3:09 PM
It was the Fuck Around of Times, it was the Find Out of times
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The kind of person you want to hang around your daughters
February 3, 2026 at 8:04 PM
The kind of person you want to hang around your daughters
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In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.
February 3, 2026 at 5:38 PM
In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.
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Most people in the UK believe in fairness, decency and looking out for one another. That’s what our research shows.
And when people organise locally, talk to their neighbours and make voting visible, we can stop Reform from gaining ground.
And when people organise locally, talk to their neighbours and make voting visible, we can stop Reform from gaining ground.
February 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Most people in the UK believe in fairness, decency and looking out for one another. That’s what our research shows.
And when people organise locally, talk to their neighbours and make voting visible, we can stop Reform from gaining ground.
And when people organise locally, talk to their neighbours and make voting visible, we can stop Reform from gaining ground.