Howard Turner
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Howard Turner
@howardturner.bsky.social
Recording studio designer, producer, muso, 'tog, dad - and according to many: some kind of lefty...
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Scotland: demands for expulsion of US military over abductions www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
Scotland: demands for expulsion of US military over abductions
Scottish Greens are calling for the expulsion of US forces from Scotland after allegations of piracy and sovereignty breaches
www.thecanary.co
January 29, 2026 at 7:12 PM
French Ministry of the Economy and Finance (Bercy) announced its plan to launch its own European videoconferencing tool by 2027, in order to reduce its vulnerability to potential pressure tactics.
La France veut remplacer Microsoft Teams et Google Meet par « Visio », un outil souverain pour les appels vidéo
Les attaques récentes de Donald Trump contre l’Europe ont réveillé les consciences de nombreux pays européens qui militent désormais pour réduire leur dépendance aux États-Unis. Dans un communiqué env...
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January 27, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Death Squads Execute Second Dissident
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Death Squads Execute Second Dissident
Or what the US press would say if this was happening on the streets of a "shithole" country overseas
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January 25, 2026 at 2:27 AM
For Europe’s far right, Trump has become a liability
The U.S. president’s threats over Greenland have spurred national leaders to distance themselves from a figure they once praised.
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
For Europe’s far right, Trump has become a liability
The U.S. president’s threats over Greenland have spurred national leaders to distance themselves from a figure they once praised.
www.politico.eu
January 25, 2026 at 2:19 AM
A rupture, not a transition.

Mark Carney’s speech at Davos yesterday really is worth your time. It made some of the front pages today but the news cycle moves so fast that it’s already yesterday’s news. If you have time to take in one thing properly, this week, I’d suggest it’s this.
The Rupture
Mark Carney nails it. We have to "stop pretending"
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January 21, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Murder in Cold Blood
The killing of Good is as bad as it gets
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January 9, 2026 at 1:12 AM
'The United States is now juggling an unauthorized war, an oil grab, a naval standoff with Russia, open threats against a NATO ally, and the resurrection of the Big Lie, all while Congress stares at its shoes and Elon Musk retweets nonsense like it’s 2020 again.'
Vassals, Not Allies
How Trump’s revisionist history is turning democracy into a dependency system
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January 7, 2026 at 4:05 PM
December 31, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Not closed.

ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ DIDN’T SURVIVE BY ACCIDENT open.substack.com/pub/closerto...
ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ DIDN’T SURVIVE BY ACCIDENT
Alligator Alcatraz is still operating because the courts made a decision and then hid that decision behind procedure.
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December 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
As bad as the tabloids...
“More than 700 migrants crossed Channel on Saturday” BBC headline screams like a Tabloid busily amplifying Right Wing anti migrant rhetoric claiming we’re being invaded..

The previous 4 weeks there were ZERO crossings but the BBC didn’t report that with reasons why

No journalism to see at BBC 👀
More than 700 migrants crossed the Channel on Saturday after lull
Home Office figures show 737 people arrived in Dover on 11 boats after a four-week gap in crossings.
www.bbc.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
'Donny Convict is our modern-day Jesus? I’m pretty sure that if Jesus returned today, he wouldn’t be some racist kiddie-fiddler.
We know what'd happen if Donny decided to get into the fishes and loaves business.
Trump Fishloaves™. amazing, the greatest of all time. taking pre-orders for $499.00.'
this week in stupid: December 6 edition
Donny Convict wears it, Kash Patel snares it, and so much more...
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December 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Ex BBC Anna Ford narrating the dirty story of the right wing drive to wreck the BBC.
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
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November 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"a portrait of a planet in two acts. In one, the U.S. president stands bragging about renaming oceans and freeing the toilets, reading economic charts drawn entirely inside his own imagination. In the other, an ancient city of millions contemplates the possibility of abandoning itself to the sand."
Water, Warplanes, and Whatever Trump Was Saying About Tartar Sauce
A world on fire, a capital running dry, Epstein fallout expanding, and a president still rambling about faucets.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Reposted by Howard Turner
To the 8 senators who voted to give up the only leverage they had and trust the GOP:
November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"Isn’t it time that the media understood that Trump does not make decisions. Instead, he has moods."
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What's the "news" under Trump?
Friends,
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November 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
"There’s always a new low. I thought I’d already plumbed the depths of the British political and media establishment’s ignorance and wilful denial of Russia’s hybrid warfare against the West. But, there’s always a new low. And this week, Britain hit it."
The cleavage shot no UK tabloid will print
Want to understand how deeply weird the British press is on the subject of Russian interference? I have a bikini shot to show you...
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October 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Trump’s racist billionaire megadonor is now helping to fund the U.S. military.
www.closertotheedge.net/p/timothy-me...
TIMOTHY MELLON
Trump’s racist billionaire megadonor is now helping to fund the U.S. military.
www.closertotheedge.net
October 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM