Fifthcolumnblue
@fifthcolumnblue.bsky.social
Atheist. Manchester City Legacy fan. Likes to live well on a budget.
We won't get on if you're full of hate. #AntiFascist
Putatur quidquid velunt. SLAVA UKRAINI
We won't get on if you're full of hate. #AntiFascist
Putatur quidquid velunt. SLAVA UKRAINI
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Tucker Carlson is a rightwing conspiracy theorist and Putin apologist who was sacked by FOX.... yes FOX
BUT The Spectator is happy to pay him to talk down our capital city... despite it thriving and crime falling.
Whose side are you on Mr Gove?
BUT The Spectator is happy to pay him to talk down our capital city... despite it thriving and crime falling.
Whose side are you on Mr Gove?
November 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Tucker Carlson is a rightwing conspiracy theorist and Putin apologist who was sacked by FOX.... yes FOX
BUT The Spectator is happy to pay him to talk down our capital city... despite it thriving and crime falling.
Whose side are you on Mr Gove?
BUT The Spectator is happy to pay him to talk down our capital city... despite it thriving and crime falling.
Whose side are you on Mr Gove?
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Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
November 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Continuing my boycott of American products (especially booze), I bought a bottle of this today. Made in my hometown, it's a rather delicious corn and rye blend. Too good to mix, it's going down neat or in Manhattans.
Cin cin!
#boycottTheUsa #buyCanadian #CanadianWhiskey
Cin cin!
#boycottTheUsa #buyCanadian #CanadianWhiskey
November 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Continuing my boycott of American products (especially booze), I bought a bottle of this today. Made in my hometown, it's a rather delicious corn and rye blend. Too good to mix, it's going down neat or in Manhattans.
Cin cin!
#boycottTheUsa #buyCanadian #CanadianWhiskey
Cin cin!
#boycottTheUsa #buyCanadian #CanadianWhiskey
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Just cancel your Netflix subscription and stop buying avocados. You'll be fine
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Just cancel your Netflix subscription and stop buying avocados. You'll be fine
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Very good by @rmcunliffe.bsky.social. This country's deternination to consume its own young is both disgusting and, i suspect, self defeating.
Rachel Reeves hits young graduates with a double stealth tax
The Chancellor plans to raise as much money from freezing loan repayment thresholds as from the mansion tax
www.newstatesman.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Very good by @rmcunliffe.bsky.social. This country's deternination to consume its own young is both disgusting and, i suspect, self defeating.
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It’s popular!!! Approaching 80k!
November 28, 2025 at 10:03 AM
It’s popular!!! Approaching 80k!
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We’ve mapped the mansion tax.
You can see who's paying - which constituency, which postcode - and how many "mansions" are near you.
Full interactive map here 👇
You can see who's paying - which constituency, which postcode - and how many "mansions" are near you.
Full interactive map here 👇
November 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
We’ve mapped the mansion tax.
You can see who's paying - which constituency, which postcode - and how many "mansions" are near you.
Full interactive map here 👇
You can see who's paying - which constituency, which postcode - and how many "mansions" are near you.
Full interactive map here 👇
I think the journos at the JC must have a wager on which of them can write the most outrageous bollocks
These lads are going to get in trouble for making all of their journo colleagues look like gormless fucking idiots, quite frankly
November 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I think the journos at the JC must have a wager on which of them can write the most outrageous bollocks
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As noted elsewhere: is somebody going to ask Michael Gove about this, or should we chuck it on top of the big pile of things Michael Gove doesn’t get asked about
November 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
As noted elsewhere: is somebody going to ask Michael Gove about this, or should we chuck it on top of the big pile of things Michael Gove doesn’t get asked about
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Quick analysis of The Times today:
Wall to wall negative coverage of Labour’s budget. An editorial that tuts about lack of growth but takes no responsibility. And a double page ad to join Farage/Reform.
Absolutely no analysis on how rightwing ideology - including Brexit - has been utterly ruinous.
Wall to wall negative coverage of Labour’s budget. An editorial that tuts about lack of growth but takes no responsibility. And a double page ad to join Farage/Reform.
Absolutely no analysis on how rightwing ideology - including Brexit - has been utterly ruinous.
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Quick analysis of The Times today:
Wall to wall negative coverage of Labour’s budget. An editorial that tuts about lack of growth but takes no responsibility. And a double page ad to join Farage/Reform.
Absolutely no analysis on how rightwing ideology - including Brexit - has been utterly ruinous.
Wall to wall negative coverage of Labour’s budget. An editorial that tuts about lack of growth but takes no responsibility. And a double page ad to join Farage/Reform.
Absolutely no analysis on how rightwing ideology - including Brexit - has been utterly ruinous.
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Full of golden statuary, presumably? In impeccable taste, of course.
Trump’s next target for destruction is the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. I can only imagine what sort of white trash gold coated monstrosity Trump will replace the Reflecting Pool with. #ProudBlue
November 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Full of golden statuary, presumably? In impeccable taste, of course.
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Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
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Screenshot with the URL so y'all could see it's real. I'm beside myself over this. Where is integrity? Where are facts?
Just National-Enquirer-Cover-Ass journalism. Which will become the basis for a further military takeover of our nation's capital by the Insurrectionists. Thanks, Wash Post!
Just National-Enquirer-Cover-Ass journalism. Which will become the basis for a further military takeover of our nation's capital by the Insurrectionists. Thanks, Wash Post!
November 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Screenshot with the URL so y'all could see it's real. I'm beside myself over this. Where is integrity? Where are facts?
Just National-Enquirer-Cover-Ass journalism. Which will become the basis for a further military takeover of our nation's capital by the Insurrectionists. Thanks, Wash Post!
Just National-Enquirer-Cover-Ass journalism. Which will become the basis for a further military takeover of our nation's capital by the Insurrectionists. Thanks, Wash Post!
One way or another, the Petrochemical Industry will be the death of the human race.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
The Fossil-Fuel Industry Has a Plan to Drown Earth in Plastic
To keep profits rolling in, oil and gas companies want to turn fossil fuels into a mounting pile of packaging and other plastic products
www.scientificamerican.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
One way or another, the Petrochemical Industry will be the death of the human race.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
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Fascinating story about evidence that #H5N1 #birdflu infected vampire bats in South America, raising the prospect of a potential new & dangerous host for the virus. Some good news: The virus didn't appear to spread well among the bats. By @martinenserink.bsky.social. www.science.org/content/arti...
Vampire bats may have contracted H5N1 bird flu in Peru, raising worries about further spread
Bats could form a bridge between marine and terrestrial mammals, scientists say
www.science.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Fascinating story about evidence that #H5N1 #birdflu infected vampire bats in South America, raising the prospect of a potential new & dangerous host for the virus. Some good news: The virus didn't appear to spread well among the bats. By @martinenserink.bsky.social. www.science.org/content/arti...
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Was Trump planning to spring Bolsonaro from house arrest and spirit hum away to the US? www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Bolsonaro White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro
Did the Republican president talk to Bolsonaro as the Brazilian plotted to escape? Trump said yes, but the White House isn’t so sure.
www.ms.now
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Was Trump planning to spring Bolsonaro from house arrest and spirit hum away to the US? www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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There's an advert on his website for a 'Depot Supervisor' that pays £12.75 an hour for shift work.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
There's an advert on his website for a 'Depot Supervisor' that pays £12.75 an hour for shift work.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
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Putin’s aide Yuri Ushakov reacted to the leaked calls with U.S. envoy Witkoff, saying “someone is leaking or eavesdropping” and accusing opponents of trying to sabotage U.S.-Russia contacts. He confirmed Witkoff is expected to visit Moscow next week as part of ongoing peace negotiations.
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Putin’s aide Yuri Ushakov reacted to the leaked calls with U.S. envoy Witkoff, saying “someone is leaking or eavesdropping” and accusing opponents of trying to sabotage U.S.-Russia contacts. He confirmed Witkoff is expected to visit Moscow next week as part of ongoing peace negotiations.
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UK GDP reduced by 6% to 8%, investment reduced by 12% to 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%. They are huge numbers in an advanced economy. Brexit is not the UK’s only problem, but bloody hell it’s a big one.
November 18, 2025 at 7:29 AM
UK GDP reduced by 6% to 8%, investment reduced by 12% to 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%. They are huge numbers in an advanced economy. Brexit is not the UK’s only problem, but bloody hell it’s a big one.
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The Economic Impact of Brexit even worse than previously thought says an American study
www.nber.org/papers/w34459
www.nber.org/papers/w34459
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The Economic Impact of Brexit even worse than previously thought says an American study
www.nber.org/papers/w34459
www.nber.org/papers/w34459
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There was a time when the United States looked down its nose at the countries in South America for being lawless banana republics. Who's the banana republic now, bitches?
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
There was a time when the United States looked down its nose at the countries in South America for being lawless banana republics. Who's the banana republic now, bitches?
So glad I opted not to go tonight.
Will happily spend the money I saved not watching that debacle at the pub this weekend
Will happily spend the money I saved not watching that debacle at the pub this weekend
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
So glad I opted not to go tonight.
Will happily spend the money I saved not watching that debacle at the pub this weekend
Will happily spend the money I saved not watching that debacle at the pub this weekend
I blame Pep for tonight. He disrespected the opposition by making 10 changes and although most of them are decent players, the likes of Ayt Nouri, Ake, Lewis and Khusanov are all rusty.
Playing your League Cup team against Champions League opponents is just stupid.
Playing your League Cup team against Champions League opponents is just stupid.
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I blame Pep for tonight. He disrespected the opposition by making 10 changes and although most of them are decent players, the likes of Ayt Nouri, Ake, Lewis and Khusanov are all rusty.
Playing your League Cup team against Champions League opponents is just stupid.
Playing your League Cup team against Champions League opponents is just stupid.
Savinho. Smh. 🫣
November 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Savinho. Smh. 🫣