Duncan Martin
@duncanm23.bsky.social
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DHS said that the woman CBP shot in the chest in Portland was “involved” in a gang shooting.
Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
After Border Patrol shot two people in Portland, DHS claimed they were "vicious gang members" tied to a past shooting.
But records I obtained reveal a US prosecutor has since directly contradicted DHS, saying, "We're not suggesting he is a gang member." My dive into how DHS' claims have collapsed:
But records I obtained reveal a US prosecutor has since directly contradicted DHS, saying, "We're not suggesting he is a gang member." My dive into how DHS' claims have collapsed:
DHS’s account of two Venezuelans shot by border patrol falls apart in court: ‘A smear campaign’
Immigration officials said agent shot two ‘vicious gang members’ in Portland, but records obtained by the Guardian reveal US prosecutor contradicted claims
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:02 AM
DHS said that the woman CBP shot in the chest in Portland was “involved” in a gang shooting.
Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
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'South Wales council to buy and demolish homes prone to repeated floods caused by climate crisis'
As the climate crisis accelerates, more people are going to be forced to move; more settlements abandoned.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
As the climate crisis accelerates, more people are going to be forced to move; more settlements abandoned.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
South Wales council to buy and demolish homes prone to flooding
Residents of 16 houses on Clydach Terrace in Ynysybwl express relief after repeated floods caused by climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:08 PM
'South Wales council to buy and demolish homes prone to repeated floods caused by climate crisis'
As the climate crisis accelerates, more people are going to be forced to move; more settlements abandoned.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
As the climate crisis accelerates, more people are going to be forced to move; more settlements abandoned.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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As close to this tweet in real life as I think we’ll get
February 2, 2026 at 3:42 PM
As close to this tweet in real life as I think we’ll get
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To the tune of "I am the very model of a modern major general":
🎶Thiel is a walking antidote to modern multiversity
He's stolen all your data and knows lots about perversity,
He weighs in on democracy and matters mathematical
And bought your last election with his weighty venture capital🎶
🎶Thiel is a walking antidote to modern multiversity
He's stolen all your data and knows lots about perversity,
He weighs in on democracy and matters mathematical
And bought your last election with his weighty venture capital🎶
On that Everything is Connected front, especially malign forces, this from Nigel Farage’s senior adviser Cambridge Professor James Orr: “What a privilege to host Peter Thiel…for a stunningly original and erudite series of lectures.
“Thiel is a walking antidote to the modern multiversity. “
“Thiel is a walking antidote to the modern multiversity. “
February 1, 2026 at 8:12 PM
To the tune of "I am the very model of a modern major general":
🎶Thiel is a walking antidote to modern multiversity
He's stolen all your data and knows lots about perversity,
He weighs in on democracy and matters mathematical
And bought your last election with his weighty venture capital🎶
🎶Thiel is a walking antidote to modern multiversity
He's stolen all your data and knows lots about perversity,
He weighs in on democracy and matters mathematical
And bought your last election with his weighty venture capital🎶
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Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
February 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
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The fundemental issue with WASPI is how maximalist it has been. If you read the ombudsman report it makes the claim that a relatively small number of people should be eligible for a bit of compensation, but there’s a difference between £500m and the £52bn that was mooted.
Genuinely curious to understand why so many Labour MPs backed the Waspi cause - one with such limited merit - other than that being the kind of thing one does in opposition. I’d love to read a long read on the campaign and how the cause became so widespread…
February 1, 2026 at 10:00 AM
The fundemental issue with WASPI is how maximalist it has been. If you read the ombudsman report it makes the claim that a relatively small number of people should be eligible for a bit of compensation, but there’s a difference between £500m and the £52bn that was mooted.
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As we know, much of the opposition to traffic measures in Oxford was whipped up by a bunch of climate change and Covid deniers who don't live here.
Kind of similar to the racist flag types importing a bunch of their extreme mates from as far afield as Sheffield this weekend to put up more flags. 😡
Kind of similar to the racist flag types importing a bunch of their extreme mates from as far afield as Sheffield this weekend to put up more flags. 😡
Were they concerned Oxford residents?
Nope!
They are an amazing who’s who of all our old Covid conspiracy quacks and GB News regulars.
I got a mild pang of nostalgia when I saw the list!😂
Right Said Fred, Calvin Robinson, Laurence Fox, Yeadon, Cahill, Malone, Neil Oliver….
13/
Nope!
They are an amazing who’s who of all our old Covid conspiracy quacks and GB News regulars.
I got a mild pang of nostalgia when I saw the list!😂
Right Said Fred, Calvin Robinson, Laurence Fox, Yeadon, Cahill, Malone, Neil Oliver….
13/
February 1, 2026 at 11:27 AM
As we know, much of the opposition to traffic measures in Oxford was whipped up by a bunch of climate change and Covid deniers who don't live here.
Kind of similar to the racist flag types importing a bunch of their extreme mates from as far afield as Sheffield this weekend to put up more flags. 😡
Kind of similar to the racist flag types importing a bunch of their extreme mates from as far afield as Sheffield this weekend to put up more flags. 😡
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I've said this before it's the imposition of Sharia law through cycling.
Ok, let’s do this🙄
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
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We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
February 1, 2026 at 11:27 AM
I've said this before it's the imposition of Sharia law through cycling.
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One of the many advantages of leaving X is that I’d completely forgotten Richard North existed.
Whatever else you might say about him, though, he does have experience of working closely with Farage.
This sounds like a fair assessment of the man.
Whatever else you might say about him, though, he does have experience of working closely with Farage.
This sounds like a fair assessment of the man.
From the other place.
Richard North on Nigel Farage.
Richard North on Nigel Farage.
February 1, 2026 at 11:43 AM
One of the many advantages of leaving X is that I’d completely forgotten Richard North existed.
Whatever else you might say about him, though, he does have experience of working closely with Farage.
This sounds like a fair assessment of the man.
Whatever else you might say about him, though, he does have experience of working closely with Farage.
This sounds like a fair assessment of the man.
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I really think we're missing something by not inviting her on a serious political programme, in order to get Mr Blobby hugging her yelling "BLOBBY BLOBBY BLOBBY"
February 1, 2026 at 11:49 AM
I really think we're missing something by not inviting her on a serious political programme, in order to get Mr Blobby hugging her yelling "BLOBBY BLOBBY BLOBBY"
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Ok, let’s do this🙄
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
February 1, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Ok, let’s do this🙄
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
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Time for immediate preventive and punitive action @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social @bradtbaines.bsky.social
We are a sanctuary county, this cannot be allowed to continue.
#StandUpToRacism #SUTR
We are a sanctuary county, this cannot be allowed to continue.
#StandUpToRacism #SUTR
A group of thugs brazenly hauling flags up lampposts in the middle of Oxford this morning. People, especially of colour, watch on terrified. Reported to the police: apparently they can do nothing. Weimaresque undertones. These plastic patriots must not be appeased
January 31, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Time for immediate preventive and punitive action @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social @bradtbaines.bsky.social
We are a sanctuary county, this cannot be allowed to continue.
#StandUpToRacism #SUTR
We are a sanctuary county, this cannot be allowed to continue.
#StandUpToRacism #SUTR
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Peter Mandelson – the great genius at the heart of New Labour.
Dominic Cummings – the great genius at the heart of 'Leave'.
Nick Timothy – the great genius at the....
Morgan McSweeney – the great genius at the....
Can we ban all alleged great geniuses and cast them into outer darkness forever?
Dominic Cummings – the great genius at the heart of 'Leave'.
Nick Timothy – the great genius at the....
Morgan McSweeney – the great genius at the....
Can we ban all alleged great geniuses and cast them into outer darkness forever?
The "coincidence" of Epstein's cash payments to Peter Mandelson's partner/husband in 2009/10 and the then industry secretary's lobbying within cabinet for a softer post-crash policy towards bankers looks on the face of it like outright corruption. Certainly demands police investigation.
January 31, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Peter Mandelson – the great genius at the heart of New Labour.
Dominic Cummings – the great genius at the heart of 'Leave'.
Nick Timothy – the great genius at the....
Morgan McSweeney – the great genius at the....
Can we ban all alleged great geniuses and cast them into outer darkness forever?
Dominic Cummings – the great genius at the heart of 'Leave'.
Nick Timothy – the great genius at the....
Morgan McSweeney – the great genius at the....
Can we ban all alleged great geniuses and cast them into outer darkness forever?
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I enjoyed reading this column, which somehow blames Keir Starmer for the result of an employment tribunal following laws passed under the Tory government regarding an incident and suspension that took place before the last election.
January 31, 2026 at 2:48 PM
I enjoyed reading this column, which somehow blames Keir Starmer for the result of an employment tribunal following laws passed under the Tory government regarding an incident and suspension that took place before the last election.
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👀👀👀
In Sept. of 2023, I witnessed what was in my eyes the perfect storm. This intricately-structured, highly-electric supercell danced under a sky full of stars, looming over the landscape like the Mind Flayer while producing multiple funnels, bursts of sprites, and a barrage of lightning. #Photography
January 31, 2026 at 9:00 AM
👀👀👀
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Really cool that while we have a national panic about teenagers on phone too much, phone is also causing pensioners to build car bombs www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Ulez bomber: the retired electrician who turned bomb-making extremist
Shy 63-year-old’s decision to blow up London traffic camera linked to online conspiracy theories and Islamophobia
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Really cool that while we have a national panic about teenagers on phone too much, phone is also causing pensioners to build car bombs www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Size isn’t everything. What *is* a nation, anyway?
Could Cornwall really become the fifth nation of the UK?
Or: what is a nation, anyway?
jonn.substack.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Size isn’t everything. What *is* a nation, anyway?
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New NHTSA crash data, combined with Tesla’s new disclosure of robotaxi mileage, reveals Tesla’s autonomous vehicles are crashing at a rate much higher than human drivers, and that’s with a safety monitor in every car.
Tesla has reported 9 crashes involving its robotaxi fleet in Austin, TX.
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Tesla has reported 9 crashes involving its robotaxi fleet in Austin, TX.
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Tesla's own Robotaxi data confirms crash rate 3x worse than humans even with monitor
Tesla’s nascent robotaxi program is off to a rough start. New NHTSA crash data, combined with Tesla’s new disclosure of...
electrek.co
January 30, 2026 at 5:09 PM
New NHTSA crash data, combined with Tesla’s new disclosure of robotaxi mileage, reveals Tesla’s autonomous vehicles are crashing at a rate much higher than human drivers, and that’s with a safety monitor in every car.
Tesla has reported 9 crashes involving its robotaxi fleet in Austin, TX.
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Tesla has reported 9 crashes involving its robotaxi fleet in Austin, TX.
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Can confirm. Nothing has changed on the ground. ICE still attacking people, kidnapping, all that stuff—and the city is still out protecting and helping neighbors
Absolutely surreal to continue to hear about drawdowns and lowered temperatures and things calming down in Minneapolis when, as far as I can tell, literally nothing has changed on the ground
January 31, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Can confirm. Nothing has changed on the ground. ICE still attacking people, kidnapping, all that stuff—and the city is still out protecting and helping neighbors
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I would pay DOUBLE my bbc licence if this happened on current affairs programmes
if you get to three factually untrue statements then you get gunged
January 30, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I would pay DOUBLE my bbc licence if this happened on current affairs programmes
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A moment from the British satirical magazine PRIVATE EYE. (12/n)
January 30, 2026 at 2:51 PM
A moment from the British satirical magazine PRIVATE EYE. (12/n)
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We need this stopped. Plans for far right people to descend on Oxford this weekend to smother us with their flags. We do not want them here. @bradtbaines.bsky.social @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social @oxfordclarion.bsky.social
@thamesvalleypolice.bsky.social
@thamesvalleypolice.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 8:52 AM
We need this stopped. Plans for far right people to descend on Oxford this weekend to smother us with their flags. We do not want them here. @bradtbaines.bsky.social @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social @oxfordclarion.bsky.social
@thamesvalleypolice.bsky.social
@thamesvalleypolice.bsky.social
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interested to learn what “at my direction” means because it sounds like “without a warrant”
January 30, 2026 at 2:44 PM
interested to learn what “at my direction” means because it sounds like “without a warrant”