Elkeblom
@ellyblom.bsky.social
Just muddling along.
Banner: The Conjuror by Hieronymus Bosh (1502) - an allegory for our time.
Banner: The Conjuror by Hieronymus Bosh (1502) - an allegory for our time.
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Elkeblom
@ellyblom.bsky.social
· Nov 22
Russia: "The work was completed on time, the asphalt has been laid, the roadway is open to traffic. This is a good example of the implementation of a national project."
If you're in need of a laugh...
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Perhaps I’m old-fashioned but an actual resignation has always struck me as a much more courageous vote of no confidence than a mere call for one…
Hold on, this Anas Sarwar? Surely not.
February 9, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Perhaps I’m old-fashioned but an actual resignation has always struck me as a much more courageous vote of no confidence than a mere call for one…
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I’ve managed to fix The Times Magazine cover for this weekend.
Hope this helps.
😊
Hope this helps.
😊
February 7, 2026 at 9:41 AM
I’ve managed to fix The Times Magazine cover for this weekend.
Hope this helps.
😊
Hope this helps.
😊
Spot on.
Difficult to drain the swamp when you ARE the swamp.
Difficult to drain the swamp when you ARE the swamp.
Jon Stewart: America's real "sanctuary city" is the one protecting elites from any accountability
February 8, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Spot on.
Difficult to drain the swamp when you ARE the swamp.
Difficult to drain the swamp when you ARE the swamp.
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Funny how the media is baying for the blood of one man, but nods through this b’stard!
Funny how the media is baying for the blood of one man, but nods through this b’stard!
February 8, 2026 at 12:07 PM
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Funny how the media is baying for the blood of one man, but nods through this b’stard!
Funny how the media is baying for the blood of one man, but nods through this b’stard!
"Abject failures of journalism".
Once the failures start to succeed eachother rather rapidly, you have to wonder whether rather than mistakes we're talking about deliberate strategy.
Once the failures start to succeed eachother rather rapidly, you have to wonder whether rather than mistakes we're talking about deliberate strategy.
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 10:52 AM
"Abject failures of journalism".
Once the failures start to succeed eachother rather rapidly, you have to wonder whether rather than mistakes we're talking about deliberate strategy.
Once the failures start to succeed eachother rather rapidly, you have to wonder whether rather than mistakes we're talking about deliberate strategy.
The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US | Bryan Armen Graham www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US | Bryan Armen Graham
The real risk for American broadcasters is not that dissent will be visible. It is that audiences will start assuming anything they do not show is being hidden
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:47 AM
The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US | Bryan Armen Graham www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
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Trump negotiators don’t approach Russia-Ukraine talks as “if we can get Russia to stop attacking, then there will be peace.” They approach it as “if we can get Ukraine to surrender, then we can make a lot of money.”
⚡️Zelensky says Russia presented $12 trillion economic plan to US, called 'Dmitriev package.'
President Volodymyr Zelensky described it as a proposed framework for large-scale U.S.-Russia economic cooperation.
President Volodymyr Zelensky described it as a proposed framework for large-scale U.S.-Russia economic cooperation.
Zelensky warns of 'risk' US, Russia could strike bilateral deals on Ukraine without Kyiv
"We clearly state that Ukraine will not support even potential agreements about us without us," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
kyivindependent.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Trump negotiators don’t approach Russia-Ukraine talks as “if we can get Russia to stop attacking, then there will be peace.” They approach it as “if we can get Ukraine to surrender, then we can make a lot of money.”
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I always believed the purpose of Brexit was to destroy the ability of nation states to take on spiv capitalism. I never expected to see actual evidence of it.
February 7, 2026 at 4:47 PM
I always believed the purpose of Brexit was to destroy the ability of nation states to take on spiv capitalism. I never expected to see actual evidence of it.
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Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.
February 7, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.
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the perils of being a commentator
February 7, 2026 at 2:51 PM
the perils of being a commentator
Promise to self...
From now on it's Drumpf not Trump.
From now on it's Drumpf not Trump.
February 7, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Promise to self...
From now on it's Drumpf not Trump.
From now on it's Drumpf not Trump.
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From France with love - The cartoon that appeared this week on the front page of France’s most influential national newspaper, Le Monde. Brilliant work by the cartoonist, Guffo.
February 6, 2026 at 10:48 PM
From France with love - The cartoon that appeared this week on the front page of France’s most influential national newspaper, Le Monde. Brilliant work by the cartoonist, Guffo.
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Three-time Trump Voter: “I just want to apologize to everyone in the country for supporting this rotten man.”
February 6, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Three-time Trump Voter: “I just want to apologize to everyone in the country for supporting this rotten man.”
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1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
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UK billionaire Len Blavatnik is selling Israeli TV channel 13 to a Natanyahu ally.
In the UK, Blavatnik puts his name on the Tate, Oxford School of Government, and as producer of "Zone of interest"
In Israel, he is helping Netanyahu to kill a TV channel critical of the government.
In the UK, Blavatnik puts his name on the Tate, Oxford School of Government, and as producer of "Zone of interest"
In Israel, he is helping Netanyahu to kill a TV channel critical of the government.
February 6, 2026 at 4:15 PM
UK billionaire Len Blavatnik is selling Israeli TV channel 13 to a Natanyahu ally.
In the UK, Blavatnik puts his name on the Tate, Oxford School of Government, and as producer of "Zone of interest"
In Israel, he is helping Netanyahu to kill a TV channel critical of the government.
In the UK, Blavatnik puts his name on the Tate, Oxford School of Government, and as producer of "Zone of interest"
In Israel, he is helping Netanyahu to kill a TV channel critical of the government.
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This is the question I have been saying to everyone who has called today about Democracy for Sale's scoop last night
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
February 6, 2026 at 3:15 PM
This is the question I have been saying to everyone who has called today about Democracy for Sale's scoop last night
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
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🛑 LATEST: Shock in UK News Studio After USA🇺🇸 Rant.
👇🏻 Please watch & share this report from #BrokenNews
youtu.be/TWPOfVdmYig?...
👇🏻 Please watch & share this report from #BrokenNews
youtu.be/TWPOfVdmYig?...
SHOCKING: UK News Host Has USA Meltdown - #BrokenNews
YouTube video by Larry & Paul
youtu.be
February 2, 2026 at 10:48 AM
🛑 LATEST: Shock in UK News Studio After USA🇺🇸 Rant.
👇🏻 Please watch & share this report from #BrokenNews
youtu.be/TWPOfVdmYig?...
👇🏻 Please watch & share this report from #BrokenNews
youtu.be/TWPOfVdmYig?...
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Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
February 5, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
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worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
February 4, 2026 at 4:44 PM
worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
Neoliberalism at work.
In Belgium almost 16 billion euros was transferred from workers to companies and shareholders between 2014 and 2024.
Wonder what the figures are in the UK. Bet they're higher.
www.standaard.be/economie/in-...
In Belgium almost 16 billion euros was transferred from workers to companies and shareholders between 2014 and 2024.
Wonder what the figures are in the UK. Bet they're higher.
www.standaard.be/economie/in-...
In tien jaar tijd verschoof 16 miljard euro van arbeid naar kapitaal
De Belgische lonen hebben de afgelopen tien jaar geen gelijke tred gehouden met de economische groei. De kloof tussen beide is aangegroeid tot 15,8 miljard euro. “De verdeling van de geproduceerde rijkdom is radicaal veranderd.”
www.standaard.be
February 5, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Neoliberalism at work.
In Belgium almost 16 billion euros was transferred from workers to companies and shareholders between 2014 and 2024.
Wonder what the figures are in the UK. Bet they're higher.
www.standaard.be/economie/in-...
In Belgium almost 16 billion euros was transferred from workers to companies and shareholders between 2014 and 2024.
Wonder what the figures are in the UK. Bet they're higher.
www.standaard.be/economie/in-...
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A lot going on here and all ugly, but one thing I still can't get my head around is how any British government can do business with Thiel at this point.
February 3, 2026 at 9:28 AM
A lot going on here and all ugly, but one thing I still can't get my head around is how any British government can do business with Thiel at this point.
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Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
February 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests