Stoneski
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I just repost other people's stuff.
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On the night of 7-8 December 1970 a far-right coup is staged in Italy, led by a deluded aristocrat. It has almost succeeded when it is inexplicably called off. The "Borghese Coup", named after its leader [Thread] >> 1
December 7, 2024 at 8:07 PM
On the night of 7-8 December 1970 a far-right coup is staged in Italy, led by a deluded aristocrat. It has almost succeeded when it is inexplicably called off. The "Borghese Coup", named after its leader [Thread] >> 1
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UK "watchdog" bodies/agencies, Ofcom, NAO, FCA, Electoral Commission etc. (there are 90+ of them) suffer from a combination of underfuning, understaffing, restricted powers, timidity and deference to government. Give them more money, more personnel, more freedom to operate.
22 Days.
22 days after Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb 24th 2022 is when Ofcom took the decision to ban RT/Russia Today.
What was Ofcom doing all those years?
What is Ofcom doing any more?
www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and...
22 days after Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb 24th 2022 is when Ofcom took the decision to ban RT/Russia Today.
What was Ofcom doing all those years?
What is Ofcom doing any more?
www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and...
Ofcom revokes RT’s broadcast licence
Ofcom has today revoked RT's licence to broadcast in the UK, with immediate effect.
www.ofcom.org.uk
December 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
UK "watchdog" bodies/agencies, Ofcom, NAO, FCA, Electoral Commission etc. (there are 90+ of them) suffer from a combination of underfuning, understaffing, restricted powers, timidity and deference to government. Give them more money, more personnel, more freedom to operate.
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Well done! A Massachusetts church displayed an “ICE was here” sign in its Nativity scene.
December 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Well done! A Massachusetts church displayed an “ICE was here” sign in its Nativity scene.
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Salvini tweeting on 4 December 2016: "Long live Trump, long live Putin, long live Le Pen and long live Lega!"
December 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Salvini tweeting on 4 December 2016: "Long live Trump, long live Putin, long live Le Pen and long live Lega!"
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So depressing and infuriating reading Italian media today. Just an endless stream of "Ukraine is finished", "Zelensky is alone". Might as well publish everything on the background of a Russian flag.
November 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
So depressing and infuriating reading Italian media today. Just an endless stream of "Ukraine is finished", "Zelensky is alone". Might as well publish everything on the background of a Russian flag.
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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🇵🇱⚖️The European Court of Human Rights announced this week that it will once again adjourn, for a year, all the pending cases against Poland concerning the right to a fair trial in cases presided over by "neo-judges". A victory for the Tusk government, but how long can this situation go on? 1/
November 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🇵🇱⚖️The European Court of Human Rights announced this week that it will once again adjourn, for a year, all the pending cases against Poland concerning the right to a fair trial in cases presided over by "neo-judges". A victory for the Tusk government, but how long can this situation go on? 1/
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Because the law is an expensive tool to use; because this means it is mostly rich people who get to use it; because rich people are usually men; the law has become a tool of the patriarchy, one which men use to impose their will on women.
In situations where the law tries to decide this for you, I hope there are people like @goodlawproject.bsky.social willing to stand up for your rights to not be property.
November 19, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Because the law is an expensive tool to use; because this means it is mostly rich people who get to use it; because rich people are usually men; the law has become a tool of the patriarchy, one which men use to impose their will on women.
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12 November 1894 | A Polish man, Leopold Trzebuchowski, was born in Warsaw. An actor and journalist.
In #Auschwitz from 15 August 1940.
No. 2195
He perished in the camp on 29 March 1942.
In #Auschwitz from 15 August 1940.
No. 2195
He perished in the camp on 29 March 1942.
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
12 November 1894 | A Polish man, Leopold Trzebuchowski, was born in Warsaw. An actor and journalist.
In #Auschwitz from 15 August 1940.
No. 2195
He perished in the camp on 29 March 1942.
In #Auschwitz from 15 August 1940.
No. 2195
He perished in the camp on 29 March 1942.
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I stopped reading or watching Italian msm reports on Ukraine long ago. Endless stream of "Russia advancing", "how much longer can Ukraine resist?", "deadly new Russian missiles", "west tired of propping up Ukraine", "Ukraine must give up territory". Just stick a Russian flag on the page or screen.
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I stopped reading or watching Italian msm reports on Ukraine long ago. Endless stream of "Russia advancing", "how much longer can Ukraine resist?", "deadly new Russian missiles", "west tired of propping up Ukraine", "Ukraine must give up territory". Just stick a Russian flag on the page or screen.
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Italian Minister for Families and Equal Opportunities says that educational visits to Auschwitz are just anti-fascist propaganda.
October 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Italian Minister for Families and Equal Opportunities says that educational visits to Auschwitz are just anti-fascist propaganda.
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This man is still pulling the strings in Sicilian politics and is currently being courted by Salvini's Lega.
26 September 1991 on live TV Totò Cuffaro, later Governor of Sicily, launches an attack apparently on Giovanni Falcone (he claims it was aimed at another judge). He's managed to get all videos of the episode removed from social media, except this one. He served 7 years for aiding & abetting mafia.
Cuffaro da Santoro e Costanzo davanti al giudice Falcone (da Blob)
YouTube video by Il Fatto Quotidiano
m.youtube.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This man is still pulling the strings in Sicilian politics and is currently being courted by Salvini's Lega.
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Italian town of Santarcangelo revokes honorary citizenship granted to Mussolini 101 years ago. In 1924, 12 councillors deserted the meeting in an act of courage to defy the régime.
In 2025, Fratelli d'Italia councillors deserted the meeting in an act of cowardice to show their true colours.
In 2025, Fratelli d'Italia councillors deserted the meeting in an act of cowardice to show their true colours.
October 2, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Italian town of Santarcangelo revokes honorary citizenship granted to Mussolini 101 years ago. In 1924, 12 councillors deserted the meeting in an act of courage to defy the régime.
In 2025, Fratelli d'Italia councillors deserted the meeting in an act of cowardice to show their true colours.
In 2025, Fratelli d'Italia councillors deserted the meeting in an act of cowardice to show their true colours.
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Salvo D'Acquisto
b. Naples, 15 October 1920
d. Torre di Palidoro, 23 September 1943
b. Naples, 15 October 1920
d. Torre di Palidoro, 23 September 1943
September 22, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Salvo D'Acquisto
b. Naples, 15 October 1920
d. Torre di Palidoro, 23 September 1943
b. Naples, 15 October 1920
d. Torre di Palidoro, 23 September 1943
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Italian F35s intercept Russian jets over Estonia. Who was Salvini rooting for?
September 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Italian F35s intercept Russian jets over Estonia. Who was Salvini rooting for?
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Mafia-type threats against journalists now.
Trump to Jon Karl: "Your company paid me $16 million for a form of hate speech, so maybe they'll have to go after you ... You should take your beautiful wife tonight and have dinner. You won't be shot. You won't be accosted. You won't even be looked at incorrectly by anybody."
September 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Mafia-type threats against journalists now.
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Yet more of the levers slipping into the hands of the few.
September 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Yet more of the levers slipping into the hands of the few.
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If you want an accurate depiction of the people who attended the far-right march in London yesterday, just listen to this song "The Few" by Billy Bragg. He wrote it in the 1980s about football hooligans but it is still valid today.
The Few
YouTube video by Billy Bragg - Topic
m.youtube.com
September 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
If you want an accurate depiction of the people who attended the far-right march in London yesterday, just listen to this song "The Few" by Billy Bragg. He wrote it in the 1980s about football hooligans but it is still valid today.
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"The wasted seed of the Bulldog breed" as Billy Bragg described them.
They are attacking the Police again, at the 'peaceful march'.
Imagine if Pro Palestine supporters did this (they never do), they would all be instantly in jail.
Imagine if Pro Palestine supporters did this (they never do), they would all be instantly in jail.
September 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"The wasted seed of the Bulldog breed" as Billy Bragg described them.
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At 1.30 a.m., in the night between 13 & 14 September 1943, the various units of Italian troops (12,000 in all), mostly conscripts of the Acqui Division, occupying the Greek island of Cephalonia, receive an unusual message from their Commander, General Antonio Gandin [Warning: long thread] >> 1
September 13, 2024 at 2:37 PM
At 1.30 a.m., in the night between 13 & 14 September 1943, the various units of Italian troops (12,000 in all), mostly conscripts of the Acqui Division, occupying the Greek island of Cephalonia, receive an unusual message from their Commander, General Antonio Gandin [Warning: long thread] >> 1
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This is Nazi "final solution" stuff.
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This is Nazi "final solution" stuff.
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Salvini's Lega is the party of italian morons...
September 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Salvini's Lega is the party of italian morons...
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Deputy Leader of Salvini's Lega, Roberto Vannacci, says if he had to choose between Zelensky and Putin he would choose Putin, who "has brought an explosion of wealth to his country" and "enjoys popular support while Zelensky is losing support day by day.
Vannacci, Zelensky o Putin? Scelgo Putin,con lui benessere
<p> Presidente dell'Ucraina fa il politico non con grande successo </p>
www.lasicilia.it
September 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Deputy Leader of Salvini's Lega, Roberto Vannacci, says if he had to choose between Zelensky and Putin he would choose Putin, who "has brought an explosion of wealth to his country" and "enjoys popular support while Zelensky is losing support day by day.
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This feels like the biggest story from the Guardian's Boris leaks... he took £240k from a Venezuelan hedge fund after meeting Maduro. And having denied he was paid.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Boris Johnson was paid £240,000 after Maduro meeting, invoice shows
Johnson’s office sent invoice to hedge fund manager, which was paid, weeks after meeting Venezuelan leader last year
www.theguardian.com
September 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This feels like the biggest story from the Guardian's Boris leaks... he took £240k from a Venezuelan hedge fund after meeting Maduro. And having denied he was paid.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Italians are rightly proud of their resistance movement and the contribution it makes to the defeat of Nazi Germany. We must remember, however, that the estimated number of active partisans from September 1943 to April 1945 is just 240-250,000.
War is a complex, terrible and messy affair.
War is a complex, terrible and messy affair.
September 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Italians are rightly proud of their resistance movement and the contribution it makes to the defeat of Nazi Germany. We must remember, however, that the estimated number of active partisans from September 1943 to April 1945 is just 240-250,000.
War is a complex, terrible and messy affair.
War is a complex, terrible and messy affair.