@drkurtforrester.bsky.social
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This is blackout poetry to me
February 14, 2026 at 2:26 PM
This is blackout poetry to me
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Two Nigerians recruited by Russia's army were sent into a "meat assault" in Luhansk with no military training whatsoever.
HUR says a Ukrainian drone killed both before they fired a single shot.
euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/13/u...
HUR says a Ukrainian drone killed both before they fired a single shot.
euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/13/u...
Russia gave two Nigerian recruits no training, then sent them into a “meat assault” in Ukraine – HUR
Both men were dead within weeks, killed by a drone before they ever fired a shot.
euromaidanpress.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Two Nigerians recruited by Russia's army were sent into a "meat assault" in Luhansk with no military training whatsoever.
HUR says a Ukrainian drone killed both before they fired a single shot.
euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/13/u...
HUR says a Ukrainian drone killed both before they fired a single shot.
euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/13/u...
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February 13, 2026 at 7:34 AM
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right, so, some quite insane professional news from me: last month I went to Paris to interview Gisèle Pelicot about what happened to her, and what her life looks like now - out in print on Sunday
February 12, 2026 at 2:46 PM
right, so, some quite insane professional news from me: last month I went to Paris to interview Gisèle Pelicot about what happened to her, and what her life looks like now - out in print on Sunday
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❗️Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified from competing in the Olympics.
He refused to not wear his "helmet of remembrance" with images of Ukrainian athletes killed by Russia.
Source: Suspilne Sport
He refused to not wear his "helmet of remembrance" with images of Ukrainian athletes killed by Russia.
Source: Suspilne Sport
February 12, 2026 at 8:41 AM
❗️Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified from competing in the Olympics.
He refused to not wear his "helmet of remembrance" with images of Ukrainian athletes killed by Russia.
Source: Suspilne Sport
He refused to not wear his "helmet of remembrance" with images of Ukrainian athletes killed by Russia.
Source: Suspilne Sport
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Mate, it was 1066. Move on.
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Britain has been "colonised" by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, one of the country's richest and most influential men, has told Sky News.
news.sky.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Mate, it was 1066. Move on.
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BREAKING: “in my 24th year of my quest to settle the planet Mars, I have just been informed of a basic fact of celestial mechanics.”
February 9, 2026 at 10:31 AM
BREAKING: “in my 24th year of my quest to settle the planet Mars, I have just been informed of a basic fact of celestial mechanics.”
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This will never be not funny to me
May 15, 2023 at 10:23 PM
This will never be not funny to me
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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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Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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February 8, 2026 at 10:13 AM
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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Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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New on FT website:
Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning a £240mn UK government contract.
www.ft.com/content/5bba...
Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning a £240mn UK government contract.
www.ft.com/content/5bba...
Starmer faces questions over visit to Palantir office alongside Mandelson
Former ambassador was also shareholder in lobbying group that counted US tech firm as a client
www.ft.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:20 AM
New on FT website:
Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning a £240mn UK government contract.
www.ft.com/content/5bba...
Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning a £240mn UK government contract.
www.ft.com/content/5bba...
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Finneas is better at political messaging than 99% of the Democratic consultants in DC.
February 6, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Finneas is better at political messaging than 99% of the Democratic consultants in DC.
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Once this war ends, I’ll become an illegal squatter in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone.
I will fence off my courtyard with barbed wire, and I’ll be spending my days writing about whales, Arctic exploration, and the Moon landing program, I'll be strumming Beatles tunes on my Telecaster...
I will fence off my courtyard with barbed wire, and I’ll be spending my days writing about whales, Arctic exploration, and the Moon landing program, I'll be strumming Beatles tunes on my Telecaster...
February 6, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Once this war ends, I’ll become an illegal squatter in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone.
I will fence off my courtyard with barbed wire, and I’ll be spending my days writing about whales, Arctic exploration, and the Moon landing program, I'll be strumming Beatles tunes on my Telecaster...
I will fence off my courtyard with barbed wire, and I’ll be spending my days writing about whales, Arctic exploration, and the Moon landing program, I'll be strumming Beatles tunes on my Telecaster...
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What’s this about?
February 6, 2026 at 2:45 AM
What’s this about?
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Spanish Prime Minister Sánchez:
Starting next week, my government will implement the following actions:
First, we will change the law in Spain to hold platform executives legally accountable for many infringements taking place on their sites
Starting next week, my government will implement the following actions:
First, we will change the law in Spain to hold platform executives legally accountable for many infringements taking place on their sites
February 5, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Spanish Prime Minister Sánchez:
Starting next week, my government will implement the following actions:
First, we will change the law in Spain to hold platform executives legally accountable for many infringements taking place on their sites
Starting next week, my government will implement the following actions:
First, we will change the law in Spain to hold platform executives legally accountable for many infringements taking place on their sites
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Peter Mandelson, Palantir & government cosying up to tech billionaires: NHS contract is key, but many more questions to ask, I said in #HouseofLords.
Response: "If there is anything in these papers at all to indicate that further investigation to get to the truth is needed, that will be taken."
Response: "If there is anything in these papers at all to indicate that further investigation to get to the truth is needed, that will be taken."
February 5, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Peter Mandelson, Palantir & government cosying up to tech billionaires: NHS contract is key, but many more questions to ask, I said in #HouseofLords.
Response: "If there is anything in these papers at all to indicate that further investigation to get to the truth is needed, that will be taken."
Response: "If there is anything in these papers at all to indicate that further investigation to get to the truth is needed, that will be taken."
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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.
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it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world
February 5, 2026 at 1:16 AM
it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world
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🇪🇸😉 Always loved tapas...
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/spain-says-it-absolutely-supports-the-uk-rejoining-the-eu-402971/
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/spain-says-it-absolutely-supports-the-uk-rejoining-the-eu-402971/
Spain says it 'absolutely' supports the UK rejoining the EU
Spain's prime minister Pedro Sánchez has said he would "absolutely" support the UK rejoining the European Union.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Soot-Covered Prince Andrew Begging On Street For Child To Molest https://theonion.com/soot-covered-prince-andrew-begging-on-street-for-child-to-molest/
February 4, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Soot-Covered Prince Andrew Begging On Street For Child To Molest https://theonion.com/soot-covered-prince-andrew-begging-on-street-for-child-to-molest/
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7. If people on the left cannot stand up for the victims of sexual abuse and genocide, what the hell are they for?
February 4, 2026 at 7:55 AM
7. If people on the left cannot stand up for the victims of sexual abuse and genocide, what the hell are they for?
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1. Noam Chomsky's response to the first tranche of Epstein docs - arrogant, high-handed, obfuscatory and, we now know, dishonest - reminded me of something: his response to my questions about genocide denial, 15 years ago. 🧵
www.monbiot.com/2012/05/21/2...
www.monbiot.com/2012/05/21/2...
Correspondence with Noam Chomsky
This is supporting material for the article See No Evil.
www.monbiot.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:49 AM
1. Noam Chomsky's response to the first tranche of Epstein docs - arrogant, high-handed, obfuscatory and, we now know, dishonest - reminded me of something: his response to my questions about genocide denial, 15 years ago. 🧵
www.monbiot.com/2012/05/21/2...
www.monbiot.com/2012/05/21/2...
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Peter Mandelson is telling the truth on one thing: the idea he was bought for a $4k “bursary” or a $75k gift is ridiculous
The real incentive was a post-government payday - one so big he *rejected* a $3–5m-a-year offer
And Epstein enabled that payday
Here’s the evidence. 🧵
The real incentive was a post-government payday - one so big he *rejected* a $3–5m-a-year offer
And Epstein enabled that payday
Here’s the evidence. 🧵
February 4, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Peter Mandelson is telling the truth on one thing: the idea he was bought for a $4k “bursary” or a $75k gift is ridiculous
The real incentive was a post-government payday - one so big he *rejected* a $3–5m-a-year offer
And Epstein enabled that payday
Here’s the evidence. 🧵
The real incentive was a post-government payday - one so big he *rejected* a $3–5m-a-year offer
And Epstein enabled that payday
Here’s the evidence. 🧵
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Jeffrey Epstein took more photos of people he only hung out with once than I have of my best friends of 15 years
February 4, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Jeffrey Epstein took more photos of people he only hung out with once than I have of my best friends of 15 years