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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Cops gave Kyle Rittenhouse a bottle of water after he shot 3 protesters.
January 25, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Cops gave Kyle Rittenhouse a bottle of water after he shot 3 protesters.
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kind of remarkable how the two high profile ICE killings this year have been alex pretti and renee good, two people about whom NO ONE has ANY unkind words to say. if they could dig up anyone who would willingly talk shit on either person they’d have done it
January 25, 2026 at 2:11 PM
kind of remarkable how the two high profile ICE killings this year have been alex pretti and renee good, two people about whom NO ONE has ANY unkind words to say. if they could dig up anyone who would willingly talk shit on either person they’d have done it
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Quite glad that the big story in British politics is whether Andy Burnham will apply to stand in a by-election and not people being gunned down by state militias.
Solidarity with Minnesotans resisting this barbarity.
Solidarity with Minnesotans resisting this barbarity.
January 24, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Quite glad that the big story in British politics is whether Andy Burnham will apply to stand in a by-election and not people being gunned down by state militias.
Solidarity with Minnesotans resisting this barbarity.
Solidarity with Minnesotans resisting this barbarity.
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Where's the outrage we saw when Angela Rayner, who paid the wrong amount of tax on a property for her disabled son, & followed poor advice? She had a single breach of code for an amount ~10% of what Farage has tried to tax dodge.
When is he going to be made to resign due to media pressure?
When is he going to be made to resign due to media pressure?
January 23, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Where's the outrage we saw when Angela Rayner, who paid the wrong amount of tax on a property for her disabled son, & followed poor advice? She had a single breach of code for an amount ~10% of what Farage has tried to tax dodge.
When is he going to be made to resign due to media pressure?
When is he going to be made to resign due to media pressure?
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🚨NOW OVER 96,000 SIGNATURES!
The Petition for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is getting so close to the 100,000 needed.
KEEP GOING!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
The Petition for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is getting so close to the 100,000 needed.
KEEP GOING!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
January 22, 2026 at 8:14 PM
🚨NOW OVER 96,000 SIGNATURES!
The Petition for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is getting so close to the 100,000 needed.
KEEP GOING!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
The Petition for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is getting so close to the 100,000 needed.
KEEP GOING!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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I still have a dream, a dream deeply rooted in the American dream – one day this nation will rise up and live up to its creed, "We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal." I have a dream ...
—Martin Luther King Jr 1963
—Martin Luther King Jr 1963
January 22, 2026 at 5:23 PM
I still have a dream, a dream deeply rooted in the American dream – one day this nation will rise up and live up to its creed, "We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal." I have a dream ...
—Martin Luther King Jr 1963
—Martin Luther King Jr 1963
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For the first time in history, the archbishop responsible for U.S. service members said officers may be morally obligated to disobey a sitting president’s orders.
Broglio said a Trump-ordered invasion of Greenland would violate Catholic teaching and that Catholic troops could refuse to comply.
Broglio said a Trump-ordered invasion of Greenland would violate Catholic teaching and that Catholic troops could refuse to comply.
Conservative Military Archbishop Says Catholic Troops Can Defy Trump Orders on Greenland
The archbishop responsible for pastoral care of U.S. service members says an unjust attack on a friendly nation justifies troops’ conscientious refusal under Catholic moral teaching.
open.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:55 PM
For the first time in history, the archbishop responsible for U.S. service members said officers may be morally obligated to disobey a sitting president’s orders.
Broglio said a Trump-ordered invasion of Greenland would violate Catholic teaching and that Catholic troops could refuse to comply.
Broglio said a Trump-ordered invasion of Greenland would violate Catholic teaching and that Catholic troops could refuse to comply.
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Starmer and all of our party leaders should be sending a message of support and solidarity to the Somali community tonight. Once again Trump repeated his racism and bigotry singling them out as criminal and mentally insane and claiming Somalia is not a country. Love to our Somali community tonight ❤️
January 20, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Starmer and all of our party leaders should be sending a message of support and solidarity to the Somali community tonight. Once again Trump repeated his racism and bigotry singling them out as criminal and mentally insane and claiming Somalia is not a country. Love to our Somali community tonight ❤️
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I'm also old enough to remember all those who told us Trump would make the world more stable. One year in, he's threatening to destroy an eight decade security alliance, the pillar of Western stability, over not getting an award.
January 19, 2026 at 6:32 PM
I'm also old enough to remember all those who told us Trump would make the world more stable. One year in, he's threatening to destroy an eight decade security alliance, the pillar of Western stability, over not getting an award.
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Love this little piece of street art in an old electrical box on University Avenue in Glasgow, turning it into what is potentially Glasgow's smallest art gallery. It was created by the ceramic artist Louise McVey.
#glasgow #streetart #ceramics #universityavenue
#glasgow #streetart #ceramics #universityavenue
January 18, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Love this little piece of street art in an old electrical box on University Avenue in Glasgow, turning it into what is potentially Glasgow's smallest art gallery. It was created by the ceramic artist Louise McVey.
#glasgow #streetart #ceramics #universityavenue
#glasgow #streetart #ceramics #universityavenue
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When people talk about reasons to leave X, the fact that the owner is a mass murderer doesn't get mentioned enough. The Grok porn stuff is foul. The naked white nationalism is foul. This is worse.
Too few people are talking about the blood on Elon Musk's hands.
When DOGE slashed foreign aid, it wasn't just numbers on a screen. It was insulin, food, and antibiotics being ripped away from the world's poorest children.
Musk is responsible for the death of thousands
When DOGE slashed foreign aid, it wasn't just numbers on a screen. It was insulin, food, and antibiotics being ripped away from the world's poorest children.
Musk is responsible for the death of thousands
January 17, 2026 at 4:18 PM
When people talk about reasons to leave X, the fact that the owner is a mass murderer doesn't get mentioned enough. The Grok porn stuff is foul. The naked white nationalism is foul. This is worse.
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Trump Nobel Prize thing has me thinking (again) about J L Austen and his Performative Utterances. The point is that words and objects only have meaning that's ascribed to them by people and that requires legitimacy. A kid saying to two others "I now pronounce you and and wife" doesn't marry them..
January 16, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Trump Nobel Prize thing has me thinking (again) about J L Austen and his Performative Utterances. The point is that words and objects only have meaning that's ascribed to them by people and that requires legitimacy. A kid saying to two others "I now pronounce you and and wife" doesn't marry them..
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Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
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Heard this week of someone tripping up and breaking their hip in Florida & the medical bills coming to $145,000.
Also a 90+yr old up in court for stealing as she’d shoplifted her husband’s meds. They couldn’t afford insurance.
We need to pay a little more tax to keep the huge benefits of the NHS.
Also a 90+yr old up in court for stealing as she’d shoplifted her husband’s meds. They couldn’t afford insurance.
We need to pay a little more tax to keep the huge benefits of the NHS.
a sign that says i love nhs with a heart in the middle
ALT: a sign that says i love nhs with a heart in the middle
media.tenor.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Heard this week of someone tripping up and breaking their hip in Florida & the medical bills coming to $145,000.
Also a 90+yr old up in court for stealing as she’d shoplifted her husband’s meds. They couldn’t afford insurance.
We need to pay a little more tax to keep the huge benefits of the NHS.
Also a 90+yr old up in court for stealing as she’d shoplifted her husband’s meds. They couldn’t afford insurance.
We need to pay a little more tax to keep the huge benefits of the NHS.
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Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
www.ncronline.org
January 8, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
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The National Catholic Reporter publicly labeled JD Vance a “moral stain” on the Roman Catholic faith. The blistering piece went on to point out Vance's “twisted and wrongheaded view of Christianity” for inflaming tensions by maligning a woman killed by ICE rather than promoting healing.
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
www.ncronline.org
January 9, 2026 at 7:04 PM
The National Catholic Reporter publicly labeled JD Vance a “moral stain” on the Roman Catholic faith. The blistering piece went on to point out Vance's “twisted and wrongheaded view of Christianity” for inflaming tensions by maligning a woman killed by ICE rather than promoting healing.
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Four years ago the Red Cross placed a refugee with us for emergency housing. He was a young Vietnamese man with nowhere to go, no shelter and no English.
We had other people stay after him but he was lovely, would not take money and looked despairing and exhausted. One week end, a multicultural 1/4
We had other people stay after him but he was lovely, would not take money and looked despairing and exhausted. One week end, a multicultural 1/4
January 7, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Four years ago the Red Cross placed a refugee with us for emergency housing. He was a young Vietnamese man with nowhere to go, no shelter and no English.
We had other people stay after him but he was lovely, would not take money and looked despairing and exhausted. One week end, a multicultural 1/4
We had other people stay after him but he was lovely, would not take money and looked despairing and exhausted. One week end, a multicultural 1/4
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Or as MrEST put it “only perverts are getting Grok to do this”.
Just heard an AI ethicist talk about how important it is that we say ‘MEN are using Grok to undress images of babies, children and women’ not ‘Grok is….’. Grok isn’t responsible for the action, the men enabling & using it for this repulsive purpose are. Small but important bit of linguistic accuracy
January 7, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Or as MrEST put it “only perverts are getting Grok to do this”.
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Peace is not the absence of war; peace is not fear of repression; peace is not a balance of two powers based on terror. Peace is the fruit of justice; peace is the flower of love and justice in society —St Oscar Romero, Christmas Season 1978 #StOscarRomero
January 3, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Peace is not the absence of war; peace is not fear of repression; peace is not a balance of two powers based on terror. Peace is the fruit of justice; peace is the flower of love and justice in society —St Oscar Romero, Christmas Season 1978 #StOscarRomero
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"Whatever messes can sometimes be thrown up in a world based on democratic self-determination, it is better, surely, than returning to the time when borders can be changed by force. If the world we’ve built since 1945 truly is passing, we will miss it when it’s gone."
Feels relevant this morning.
Feels relevant this morning.
Some thoughts on the border conflicts of 2025
A bit written specially for the Spanish edition of the book.
jonn.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:17 AM
"Whatever messes can sometimes be thrown up in a world based on democratic self-determination, it is better, surely, than returning to the time when borders can be changed by force. If the world we’ve built since 1945 truly is passing, we will miss it when it’s gone."
Feels relevant this morning.
Feels relevant this morning.
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I have to say that @deadder.bsky.social is one of my favorite political cartoonists. ❤️
January 1, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I have to say that @deadder.bsky.social is one of my favorite political cartoonists. ❤️
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