Andrew J
@fftyfv.bsky.social
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ok not to be a philosophy asshole but what does Mr. Jones think preparation is?
Susanna Reid asks Darren Jones what British companies who export to the US should do to prepare for a possible increase in tariffs.
Darren Jones replies: "you shouldn't prepare for a hypothetical"
Darren Jones replies: "you shouldn't prepare for a hypothetical"
January 20, 2026 at 11:25 AM
ok not to be a philosophy asshole but what does Mr. Jones think preparation is?
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I’m looking to a video game journalist about the use of games in military training and recruitment for @bloodwork.show.
All shares appreciated #journorequests
All shares appreciated #journorequests
January 20, 2026 at 1:27 PM
I’m looking to a video game journalist about the use of games in military training and recruitment for @bloodwork.show.
All shares appreciated #journorequests
All shares appreciated #journorequests
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I'm going to be back in Nairobi from 16 February for the continuation of the inquest - any journalists interested in covering please feel free to DM or email me at pdkmitchell at gmail dot com
I'm in Nairobi this week for the opening of the inquest into my sister Kate's death here, almost four years ago, which is still very much unsolved. The case has been beset by obstructions and evasions; it's taken us a long time to get this far and there may be more to come.
January 19, 2026 at 8:57 PM
I'm going to be back in Nairobi from 16 February for the continuation of the inquest - any journalists interested in covering please feel free to DM or email me at pdkmitchell at gmail dot com
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BLOOD WORK / EPISODE 15
REIGN OF TERROR w/ SPENCER ACKERMAN
/ @attackerman.bsky.social
Gregk speaks to Spencer about the long shadow of the GWoT, how America’s response to 9/11 laid the ground for its current condition, the media’s role in justifying & legitimating state violence, and much more.
REIGN OF TERROR w/ SPENCER ACKERMAN
/ @attackerman.bsky.social
Gregk speaks to Spencer about the long shadow of the GWoT, how America’s response to 9/11 laid the ground for its current condition, the media’s role in justifying & legitimating state violence, and much more.
Reign of Terror w/ Spencer Ackerman | Blood Work
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January 13, 2026 at 6:08 PM
BLOOD WORK / EPISODE 15
REIGN OF TERROR w/ SPENCER ACKERMAN
/ @attackerman.bsky.social
Gregk speaks to Spencer about the long shadow of the GWoT, how America’s response to 9/11 laid the ground for its current condition, the media’s role in justifying & legitimating state violence, and much more.
REIGN OF TERROR w/ SPENCER ACKERMAN
/ @attackerman.bsky.social
Gregk speaks to Spencer about the long shadow of the GWoT, how America’s response to 9/11 laid the ground for its current condition, the media’s role in justifying & legitimating state violence, and much more.
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![Le Cercle
Formation 1951
Founder
• Antoine Pinay
• Jean Violet
Type
Think tank
Le Cercle is an invitation-only foreign policy forum.
Initially its focus was opposing communism and, in the 1970s and 1980s, supporting apartheid when the group had intimate ties with and funding from South Africa." The group was described by British Conservative MP Alan Clark as "an Atlanticist society of right-wing dignitaries". 2)
As an elite conference, it is comparable to the Bilderberg meeting, but it is considered more secret and has no public and little media presence. Only selected and invited members are admitted to the meeting, and they are obliged to maintain secrecy.
[citation needed]
Agenda items and lists of participants are not published. Members include diplomats, high-ranking politicians, journalists, businessman, intelligence agents, civil servants, members of the high nobility and other influential personalities.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xusvyqwadkmbbd67hz7eyeqj/bafkreifeu4zja53xeed6z356tid5r6fmv6eggups2bsmx5mjvq6peltuzy@jpeg)
![Political changes in 1969 led to the addition of Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States with meetings held twice a year rather than three times a year as before. This led to a shift in objectives, which became an emphasis on forming a strong anti-Communist alliance between the United States and Europe.
Hänni stated that "The leaders of the group increasingly considered strategies to target public opinion and, to this end, formed a "Cercle network" of associated organisations, institutes and think tanks, which attacked both the Soviet Union and the perceived "leftist" governments or opposition movements in Europe and the Third World." Its members then and now tended to be strident anti-Communists, including members of the World Anti-Communist League. The Union of South Africa provided the only official delegation and the Cercle supported organisations such as Renamo, whose general secretary attended meetings, and Unita. 4]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xusvyqwadkmbbd67hz7eyeqj/bafkreihrn3inqhbupzk73n2ulipr5g2pyzx77tob7dgrgccs2xuzab5spm@jpeg)
![Chairs
• 1953-1971: Antoine Pinay
• 1971-1980: Jean Violet
• 1980-1985: Brian Crozier
• 1985-1993: Julian Amery
• 1993-1996: Jonathan Aitken
• 1996-2008: Norman Lamont 13]
• 2008-2013: Michael Ancram
• 2013-2014: Rory Stewart 10]
• 2015-2018: Nadhim Zahawil10]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xusvyqwadkmbbd67hz7eyeqj/bafkreicvri5jg6qqeqhvhwiisyyrbazw66u7cgk2dlg35tcqjdneqyizqu@jpeg)
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crowdsourcing: looking for online articles/essays that provide a comprehensive account of how the anti-trans backlash was a highly coordinated & well-funded effort. I have lots of examples that tell part(s) of the story, but none that lay the whole thing out. pls share any you can think of. thanks!
January 9, 2026 at 6:04 PM
crowdsourcing: looking for online articles/essays that provide a comprehensive account of how the anti-trans backlash was a highly coordinated & well-funded effort. I have lots of examples that tell part(s) of the story, but none that lay the whole thing out. pls share any you can think of. thanks!
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Every autistic person has been screaming this stuff for decades while genocidal shitheads have been saying we need to be eradicated.
No, autistics do not “lack empathy”: “Where researchers had assumed impairment, they found autistic people applying moral principles more consistently—even to strangers, even when costly.” By Ludmila Pradlova.
**This includes non-speakers &/or peeps w/ID**
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/posi...
**This includes non-speakers &/or peeps w/ID**
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/posi...
What the World Got Wrong About Autistic People
For decades, autism research compared autistic people to animals, denied them moral sensitivity, and assumed autistic traits made them miserable. All wrong.
www.psychologytoday.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Every autistic person has been screaming this stuff for decades while genocidal shitheads have been saying we need to be eradicated.
A lot of great music in this mix, of course, from the brilliant Dave Huismans (2562/A Made Up Sound). Who also happens to work on the education team at Utrecht library. What a legend. ra.co/podcast/1034
RA.1015 Dave Huismans ⟋ RA Podcast
ra.co
January 9, 2026 at 7:36 PM
A lot of great music in this mix, of course, from the brilliant Dave Huismans (2562/A Made Up Sound). Who also happens to work on the education team at Utrecht library. What a legend. ra.co/podcast/1034
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In case you needed a reminder that the maintenance of the fascist state and one's fragile masculinity go hand-in-hand.
🚨 NEW VIDEO 👇🏽This puts an end to all the lies. Horrific.
They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.
Stop the lies.
They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.
Stop the lies.
January 9, 2026 at 6:56 PM
In case you needed a reminder that the maintenance of the fascist state and one's fragile masculinity go hand-in-hand.
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BERNIE!!!!!!!!!
Nice touch - the trans announcer from the subway (“Stand clear of the platform edge”) is doing the announcing
January 1, 2026 at 7:18 PM
BERNIE!!!!!!!!!
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“Anyone who has used a self-checkout machine has personally experienced this dynamic.
Rather than the machine supporting the human, the humans (both employees and shoppers) end up supporting the machine.”
techpolicy.press/how-augmenta...
Rather than the machine supporting the human, the humans (both employees and shoppers) end up supporting the machine.”
techpolicy.press/how-augmenta...
How Augmentation-Washing Hides Labor Automation | TechPolicy.Press
Sarah E. Fox and Samantha Shorey discuss how corporate “cobots” reduce control and intensify demands—and what policy can do to protect worker agency.
techpolicy.press
December 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“Anyone who has used a self-checkout machine has personally experienced this dynamic.
Rather than the machine supporting the human, the humans (both employees and shoppers) end up supporting the machine.”
techpolicy.press/how-augmenta...
Rather than the machine supporting the human, the humans (both employees and shoppers) end up supporting the machine.”
techpolicy.press/how-augmenta...
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BLOOD WORK / EPISODE 12
“WHAT DOES THE FOREST SAY?” w/ DR. FLORIN POENARU
Gregk speaks to Florin about his essay on Romania’s cancelled 2024 Presidential elections and what happens when a country’s civilian sphere becomes permeated by a large and unruly intelligence apparatus.
“WHAT DOES THE FOREST SAY?” w/ DR. FLORIN POENARU
Gregk speaks to Florin about his essay on Romania’s cancelled 2024 Presidential elections and what happens when a country’s civilian sphere becomes permeated by a large and unruly intelligence apparatus.
"What Does The Forest Say?” w/ Dr. Florin Poenaru | Blood Work
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December 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
BLOOD WORK / EPISODE 12
“WHAT DOES THE FOREST SAY?” w/ DR. FLORIN POENARU
Gregk speaks to Florin about his essay on Romania’s cancelled 2024 Presidential elections and what happens when a country’s civilian sphere becomes permeated by a large and unruly intelligence apparatus.
“WHAT DOES THE FOREST SAY?” w/ DR. FLORIN POENARU
Gregk speaks to Florin about his essay on Romania’s cancelled 2024 Presidential elections and what happens when a country’s civilian sphere becomes permeated by a large and unruly intelligence apparatus.
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the will to offload the "processing" of one's own life (and to see life as something to be processed and optimized) also imposes the demand that others live similarly, and builds out the social infrastructure to impose that way of life on everyone
December 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
the will to offload the "processing" of one's own life (and to see life as something to be processed and optimized) also imposes the demand that others live similarly, and builds out the social infrastructure to impose that way of life on everyone
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An extraordinary YouGov poll in Wales. The future won’t be like the past.
December 17, 2025 at 9:11 AM
An extraordinary YouGov poll in Wales. The future won’t be like the past.
This is a really good overview of the current situation and what should be the way forward. prometheusjournal.org/2025/12/16/d...
Disorienting Times | Prometheus
A review of the politics of the British left at the close of 2025, looking at their limits and the challenges ahead.
prometheusjournal.org
December 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This is a really good overview of the current situation and what should be the way forward. prometheusjournal.org/2025/12/16/d...
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normal boring anarchist caveats apply but i now have a general secretary who has, amongst other things, promised to not implement the recent supreme court judgement. whereas christina mcanea's immediate reaction was to remove all available trans guidance and refuse to speak to us. bye bitch.
🚨I am delighted to have been elected as UNISON's next General Secretary.
This is a win for ordinary UNISON members. Read my statement below:
This is a win for ordinary UNISON members. Read my statement below:
December 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
normal boring anarchist caveats apply but i now have a general secretary who has, amongst other things, promised to not implement the recent supreme court judgement. whereas christina mcanea's immediate reaction was to remove all available trans guidance and refuse to speak to us. bye bitch.
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Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
November 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
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"In Thailand, the heaviest single rain event in what has been estimated to be three centuries was recorded. Severe flooding across nine southern provinces had killed at least 145 people and affected more than 3.2mn people, officials said."
www.ft.com/content/6137...
www.ft.com/content/6137...
South-east Asia reels as rare cluster of storms claims more than 400 lives
Large parts of Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and Sri Lanka suffer worst flooding in decades
www.ft.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
"In Thailand, the heaviest single rain event in what has been estimated to be three centuries was recorded. Severe flooding across nine southern provinces had killed at least 145 people and affected more than 3.2mn people, officials said."
www.ft.com/content/6137...
www.ft.com/content/6137...
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oh shit, it's a week until i run the Valencia Marathon. I'm having a final fundraising push - any shares or donations to help raise money for @deeboom.bsky.social and @stargocks64.bsky.social trans healthcare would be massively appreciated 🙏
www.gofundme.com/f/running-th...
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November 29, 2025 at 11:48 AM
oh shit, it's a week until i run the Valencia Marathon. I'm having a final fundraising push - any shares or donations to help raise money for @deeboom.bsky.social and @stargocks64.bsky.social trans healthcare would be massively appreciated 🙏
www.gofundme.com/f/running-th...
www.gofundme.com/f/running-th...
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4pm today UK time
Resisting GenAI and Big Tech in Higher Education - Tuesday 25th Nov, free registration, great panel, big focus on climate justice. Register here: lmula.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
4pm today UK time
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There's a part of learning, which generative AI completely turns into dogshit, which is *doing something you could not have done before*
Whether it's drawing, playing an instrument, solving a physics problem, organizing an essay, you find yourself doing easily what previously you found overwhelming
Whether it's drawing, playing an instrument, solving a physics problem, organizing an essay, you find yourself doing easily what previously you found overwhelming
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
There's a part of learning, which generative AI completely turns into dogshit, which is *doing something you could not have done before*
Whether it's drawing, playing an instrument, solving a physics problem, organizing an essay, you find yourself doing easily what previously you found overwhelming
Whether it's drawing, playing an instrument, solving a physics problem, organizing an essay, you find yourself doing easily what previously you found overwhelming
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Wrote about digitally cloning your loved ones, immortality, death cults, and Silicon Valley. Plus: an old essay on Russian Cosmism and its perversion by today’s accelerationists.
thetechbubble.substack.com/p/silicon-va...
thetechbubble.substack.com/p/silicon-va...
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Wrote about digitally cloning your loved ones, immortality, death cults, and Silicon Valley. Plus: an old essay on Russian Cosmism and its perversion by today’s accelerationists.
thetechbubble.substack.com/p/silicon-va...
thetechbubble.substack.com/p/silicon-va...