Francis Rolt
@frolt.bsky.social
Radio, conflict, human rights, climate crisis, indigenous affairs
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“We have embedded a notorious US military surveillance company whose founder is a close ally of President Trump into the heart of our military at a moment in which the US is threatening to invade our NATO ally, Greenland.” – @carolecadwalla.bsky.social on Palantir
https://bit.ly/4sHG9al
https://bit.ly/4sHG9al
Peter Thiel's New Model Army
The Palantirisation of the UK military is a national security disaster
broligarchy.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:54 PM
“We have embedded a notorious US military surveillance company whose founder is a close ally of President Trump into the heart of our military at a moment in which the US is threatening to invade our NATO ally, Greenland.” – @carolecadwalla.bsky.social on Palantir
https://bit.ly/4sHG9al
https://bit.ly/4sHG9al
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In plain language: The Kremlin is currently waging a massive grayzone war against European states with the objectives of sowing division, sparking unrest & violence, undermining democracy & weakening support for Ukraine. We should respond in kind.+
November 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
In plain language: The Kremlin is currently waging a massive grayzone war against European states with the objectives of sowing division, sparking unrest & violence, undermining democracy & weakening support for Ukraine. We should respond in kind.+
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Nadhim Zahawi failed in bid for peerage from Tories before Reform defection, sources say
Nadhim Zahawi failed in bid for peerage from Tories before Reform defection, sources say
Ex-chancellor asked Badenoch’s team for seat in Lords but was apparently rebuffed over sacking for tax affairs
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Nadhim Zahawi failed in bid for peerage from Tories before Reform defection, sources say
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Pretty willd how the DOJ just straight up stopped releasing the Epstein files even though they're legally obligated to do so.
January 12, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Pretty willd how the DOJ just straight up stopped releasing the Epstein files even though they're legally obligated to do so.
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We urge David Lammy to immediately authorise a senior official to meet with the legal representatives of Heba Muraisi & Kamran Ahmed - both on prolonged hunger strike & at extreme risk of death.
Their representatives have repeatedly requested this meeting & it is now critical to prevent a tragedy.
Their representatives have repeatedly requested this meeting & it is now critical to prevent a tragedy.
January 8, 2026 at 3:54 PM
We urge David Lammy to immediately authorise a senior official to meet with the legal representatives of Heba Muraisi & Kamran Ahmed - both on prolonged hunger strike & at extreme risk of death.
Their representatives have repeatedly requested this meeting & it is now critical to prevent a tragedy.
Their representatives have repeatedly requested this meeting & it is now critical to prevent a tragedy.
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It isn’t difficult to hold 2 thoughts, side by side, at the same time:
The people of Iran deserve freedom, dignity, & protection from state violence.
The US & Israeli governments have caused great harm to Iranians and don’t have the best interests of the Iranian people in mind.
The people of Iran deserve freedom, dignity, & protection from state violence.
The US & Israeli governments have caused great harm to Iranians and don’t have the best interests of the Iranian people in mind.
January 10, 2026 at 2:48 PM
It isn’t difficult to hold 2 thoughts, side by side, at the same time:
The people of Iran deserve freedom, dignity, & protection from state violence.
The US & Israeli governments have caused great harm to Iranians and don’t have the best interests of the Iranian people in mind.
The people of Iran deserve freedom, dignity, & protection from state violence.
The US & Israeli governments have caused great harm to Iranians and don’t have the best interests of the Iranian people in mind.
I bet he doesn't
I think it's very important that Rupert Lowe's "Million Nonce March" gets widespread media coverage. Critical to amplify diverse voices.
We go live to the Protect our girls crew, unsure what they are doing
January 10, 2026 at 2:51 PM
I bet he doesn't
Meant to write 'Mass Attack'
Masses Attack?
come on hollywood make it happen
January 9, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Meant to write 'Mass Attack'
Masses Attack?
January 9, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Masses Attack?
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It has become increasingly clear that X - a platform now actively producing explicit and abusive material against women and children - is not an appropriate platform to be using for our comms.
I will keep pushing for action from the govt & relevant authorities in this area.
I will keep pushing for action from the govt & relevant authorities in this area.
January 7, 2026 at 4:16 PM
It has become increasingly clear that X - a platform now actively producing explicit and abusive material against women and children - is not an appropriate platform to be using for our comms.
I will keep pushing for action from the govt & relevant authorities in this area.
I will keep pushing for action from the govt & relevant authorities in this area.
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If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Let’s be clear: if the Palestine Action hunger strikers die, the government will bear moral responsibility | George Monbiot
The three remaining hunger strikers have been convicted of nothing. Yet with astonishing cruelty, ministers refuse to listen to their reasonable demands, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:07 AM
If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Yet another huge contract, awarded without any competitive bidding process, to Wes Streeting's favourite NHS supplier, the Hard Right US surveillance tech specialists Palantir, for military decision making capability.
Palantir lands biggest ever UK defense deal
The £240 million contract with the Ministry of Defence has renewed a debate about Britain’s dependence on American technology.
www.politico.eu
January 6, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Yet another huge contract, awarded without any competitive bidding process, to Wes Streeting's favourite NHS supplier, the Hard Right US surveillance tech specialists Palantir, for military decision making capability.
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#Palestine 🇵🇸 @7amleh.bsky.social urges LinkedIn to stop using geographic labels that present occupied Palestinian land as Israeli, warning that settlement-based terminology normalizes annexation and undermines Palestinians’ digital rights and equal access.
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January 5, 2026 at 9:00 PM
#Palestine 🇵🇸 @7amleh.bsky.social urges LinkedIn to stop using geographic labels that present occupied Palestinian land as Israeli, warning that settlement-based terminology normalizes annexation and undermines Palestinians’ digital rights and equal access.
🔗 buff.ly/4iobrFG
🔗 buff.ly/4iobrFG
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Not one country summoned US ambassador.
January 3, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Not one country summoned US ambassador.
#Reuters needs to change it's wording and use 'kidnapped' not 'captured' in this headline, 'Trump says Venezuela's Maduro captured after strikes'
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
#Reuters needs to change it's wording and use 'kidnapped' not 'captured' in this headline, 'Trump says Venezuela's Maduro captured after strikes'
Agreed. I loved the later maps, in particular the one from which Gibralter has been excised
Good to see @bellingcat.com stuff at the British Library’s special “Secret Maps” exhibition. Exhibition closing soon -18 Jan. Very good.
January 2, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Agreed. I loved the later maps, in particular the one from which Gibralter has been excised
On this & many other Trumpisms it's worth reading Victor Serge, writing about Stalin; "The new totalitarian methods for dominating the mind of the masses incorporate the devices of mainstream commercial advertising, amplified by violence and frenzied irrationality."
Trump: “I’m doing a magnificent, big, beautiful ballroom that the country has wanted…it’s bigger than I told you. It’s, you know, after realizing we’re gonna do the inauguration in that building. It’s got all bulletproof glass...”
What inauguration?
What inauguration?
December 31, 2025 at 10:41 AM
On this & many other Trumpisms it's worth reading Victor Serge, writing about Stalin; "The new totalitarian methods for dominating the mind of the masses incorporate the devices of mainstream commercial advertising, amplified by violence and frenzied irrationality."
"You knew soldiers would catch the people you identified but you also knew their colleagues would immediately come and kill you.... What were we supposed to do?" Voices from the conflict in the Lake Chad basin; www.chitranagarajan.com/the-world-wa...
December 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"You knew soldiers would catch the people you identified but you also knew their colleagues would immediately come and kill you.... What were we supposed to do?" Voices from the conflict in the Lake Chad basin; www.chitranagarajan.com/the-world-wa...
Extraordinary complexity of conflict in NE Nigeria & beyond explored in detail through a multitude of interviews with protagonists, victims, child soldiers etc by Chitra Nagaranjan in her new book: 'The World Was In Our Hands' www.chitranagarajan.com/the-world-wa...
December 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Extraordinary complexity of conflict in NE Nigeria & beyond explored in detail through a multitude of interviews with protagonists, victims, child soldiers etc by Chitra Nagaranjan in her new book: 'The World Was In Our Hands' www.chitranagarajan.com/the-world-wa...
Extraordinary complexity of conflict against 'Boko Haram' in NE Nigeria & beyond explored in detail through a multitude of interviews with protagonists, victims, child soldiers etc by Chitra Nagaranjan in her new book: 'The World Was In Our Hands' www.chitranagarajan.com/the-world-wa...
The World Was In Our Hands — Chitra Nagarajan
www.chitranagarajan.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Extraordinary complexity of conflict against 'Boko Haram' in NE Nigeria & beyond explored in detail through a multitude of interviews with protagonists, victims, child soldiers etc by Chitra Nagaranjan in her new book: 'The World Was In Our Hands' www.chitranagarajan.com/the-world-wa...
Great book for anyone interested in conflict, and in the real people involved. Also relevant to Trump's bombing of N Nigeria although about north east not north west
December 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Great book for anyone interested in conflict, and in the real people involved. Also relevant to Trump's bombing of N Nigeria although about north east not north west
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In case of interest.
We commissioned lengthy legal advice on the history, effect and legitimacy of provisions which made it easier to remove the contingent citizenship held by large numbers of Black and Brown people. goodlawproject.org/nationality-...
The Nationality and Borders Bill is racist - we want Government to think again | Good Law Project
Today, we are publishing advice about the extension to the powers to strip Britons of their citizenship in the Nationality and Borders Bill. The advice was commissioned from some of the country’s lead...
goodlawproject.org
December 29, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In case of interest.
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Nigeria says US claims that Christians face persecution do not represent a complex security situation.
LIVE: Nigeria confirms US strikes on ISIL targets in its northwest
Nigeria says US claims that Christians face persecution do not represent a complex security situation.
www.aljazeera.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Nigeria says US claims that Christians face persecution do not represent a complex security situation.
That is really only if you count Kraft 'cheese' as cheese.
‘In 1932, Wisconsin accounted for half of all US cheese production, with a great proportion of it controlled by a single company, Kraft. So it makes sense, in Pynchonworld, that behind everything must be a vast cheese conspiracy.’
Daniel Soar on 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘛𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Daniel Soar on 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘛𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Daniel Soar · Land of Milk and Cheese: Pynchon’s World
The universe has no centre. What Pynchon has mapped is a world that is continuous and connected, where borders, however...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
That is really only if you count Kraft 'cheese' as cheese.
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Matthew Bowles works for the IEA.
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Times up.
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Times up.
Merry Christmas!
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December 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Matthew Bowles works for the IEA.
Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco.
Times up.
Merry Christmas!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco.
Times up.
Merry Christmas!
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