Phil Randal
@philrandal.bsky.social
Mad Kiwi, passionate about the planet
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Suella Braverman MP has joined the Reform party, despite briefings from the party last summer to the Daily Mail, GB News and others that it would refuse her if she wanted to join.
January 26, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Suella Braverman MP has joined the Reform party, despite briefings from the party last summer to the Daily Mail, GB News and others that it would refuse her if she wanted to join.
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In the least surprising political news of recent years.
What's going to be really fun is watching Reform argue that they are a "force for change" when they are stacked with the exact same people who lost the last election after being in power for 14 years.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What's going to be really fun is watching Reform argue that they are a "force for change" when they are stacked with the exact same people who lost the last election after being in power for 14 years.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ex-Tory Home Secretary Braverman defects to Reform UK
Ex-Tory Home Secretary Braverman defects to Reform UK
www.bbc.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 12:27 PM
In the least surprising political news of recent years.
What's going to be really fun is watching Reform argue that they are a "force for change" when they are stacked with the exact same people who lost the last election after being in power for 14 years.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What's going to be really fun is watching Reform argue that they are a "force for change" when they are stacked with the exact same people who lost the last election after being in power for 14 years.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Oh that's a shock about Suella Braverman defecting to Reform said nobody.
January 26, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Oh that's a shock about Suella Braverman defecting to Reform said nobody.
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Covid is airborne and Labour does nothing to change the guidance to reflect this.
This BBC piece 24/2/21 shows we knew then but still UK IPC guidance does not reflect airborne transmission with RPE such as FFP3 respirators.
January 9, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Covid is airborne and Labour does nothing to change the guidance to reflect this.
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When you turn 50 you enter the worst demographic
January 18, 2026 at 11:21 AM
When you turn 50 you enter the worst demographic
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@eddavey.libdems.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social @zarahsultana.bsky.social @greensagainstcovid.bsky.social Please ask Labour why there is no action on messaging on post infection risks lasting years and #Covidisairborne.
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
#Covidisairborne
#AirborneVascularDamage
Everyone needs to be offered regular vaccines and we need #Layeredmitigations
The European Society of cardiologists are advising this but UKHSA aren’t giving messaging on this. Why not?
#Covidisairborne
#AirborneVascularDamage
Everyone needs to be offered regular vaccines and we need #Layeredmitigations
The European Society of cardiologists are advising this but UKHSA aren’t giving messaging on this. Why not?
More about this report was published in Pulse www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinica...
January 18, 2026 at 11:22 AM
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social @zarahsultana.bsky.social @greensagainstcovid.bsky.social Please ask Labour why there is no action on messaging on post infection risks lasting years and #Covidisairborne.
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definitely a bunch of people globally hoping for a huge increase in oil demand
January 17, 2026 at 3:18 PM
definitely a bunch of people globally hoping for a huge increase in oil demand
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plastic production is still a huge problem!!
January 17, 2026 at 3:16 PM
plastic production is still a huge problem!!
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it's just nice that not only is climate change mentioned it's the first charts in the pack
January 17, 2026 at 2:09 PM
it's just nice that not only is climate change mentioned it's the first charts in the pack
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Time for my annual Reactions To Nat Bullard's Collection of Charts
Do you like charts? Oh yes you do. I've just published hundreds of them, as I do every year. www.nathanielbullard.com/presentations
January 17, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Time for my annual Reactions To Nat Bullard's Collection of Charts
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Japanese artist Akie Nakata (known as Akie) turns found stones and rocks into animal paintings #WomensArt
January 17, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Japanese artist Akie Nakata (known as Akie) turns found stones and rocks into animal paintings #WomensArt
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🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
petition.parliament.uk
January 17, 2026 at 9:07 AM
🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Money in politics matters because it buys power
Dark money matters even more, because it shapes political debate without public even knowing it is happening
Great to talk to @writesbright.bsky.social about who funds Free Speech Union
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/follow-the...
Dark money matters even more, because it shapes political debate without public even knowing it is happening
Great to talk to @writesbright.bsky.social about who funds Free Speech Union
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/follow-the...
Follow the money
Talking about dark money and hidden influence in British politics with Sam Bright
democracyforsale.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Money in politics matters because it buys power
Dark money matters even more, because it shapes political debate without public even knowing it is happening
Great to talk to @writesbright.bsky.social about who funds Free Speech Union
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/follow-the...
Dark money matters even more, because it shapes political debate without public even knowing it is happening
Great to talk to @writesbright.bsky.social about who funds Free Speech Union
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/follow-the...
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X has limited Grok's image creation function to paid subscribers in response to international threats of legal action and regulation over sexualised images of women and children
But the initial indications are that will not be enough to quell demands for action
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/t...
But the initial indications are that will not be enough to quell demands for action
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/t...
Elon Musk’s A.I. Is Generating Sexualized Images of Real People, Fueling Outrage
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:35 PM
X has limited Grok's image creation function to paid subscribers in response to international threats of legal action and regulation over sexualised images of women and children
But the initial indications are that will not be enough to quell demands for action
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/t...
But the initial indications are that will not be enough to quell demands for action
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/t...
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Hours after an ICE agent killed the mother of three, Elon Musk’s chatbot was undressing her.
Grok deepfaked Renee Nicole Good's body into a bikini
Hours after an ICE agent killed the mother of three, Elon Musk’s chatbot was undressing her.
www.motherjones.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Hours after an ICE agent killed the mother of three, Elon Musk’s chatbot was undressing her.
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called for a peaceful transition of power in Venezuela, and joined other European leaders in cautiously welcoming Maduro’s toppling.
Starmer Welcomes Maduro’s Ouster
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called for a peaceful transition of power in Venezuela, and joined other European leaders in cautiously welcoming Maduro’s toppling. “The UK has long supported a transition of power in Venezuela, “ Starmer said in a post on X. “We regarded Maduro as an illegitimat
on.wsj.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:06 PM
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called for a peaceful transition of power in Venezuela, and joined other European leaders in cautiously welcoming Maduro’s toppling.
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Hear me out:
Maybe it’s the United States that needs a regime change? 🤔
Maybe it’s the United States that needs a regime change? 🤔
January 3, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Hear me out:
Maybe it’s the United States that needs a regime change? 🤔
Maybe it’s the United States that needs a regime change? 🤔
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Starmer and Farage both drape themselves in flags but once again it's really clear where their loyalty really is.
It's Trump first. They will always be on the side of the super rich and powerful - no matter how heinous the crime.
This is not patriotism. It's subservience.
It's Trump first. They will always be on the side of the super rich and powerful - no matter how heinous the crime.
This is not patriotism. It's subservience.
January 3, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Starmer and Farage both drape themselves in flags but once again it's really clear where their loyalty really is.
It's Trump first. They will always be on the side of the super rich and powerful - no matter how heinous the crime.
This is not patriotism. It's subservience.
It's Trump first. They will always be on the side of the super rich and powerful - no matter how heinous the crime.
This is not patriotism. It's subservience.
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The top 0.1% hold nearly 6x as much wealth as the bottom 50%.
That is expected to reach nearly 7x in 2026.
Happy New Year to people whose minimum wealth is going to increase from $38m to $45m in one year.
There needs to be an end to greed.
That is expected to reach nearly 7x in 2026.
Happy New Year to people whose minimum wealth is going to increase from $38m to $45m in one year.
There needs to be an end to greed.
December 31, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The top 0.1% hold nearly 6x as much wealth as the bottom 50%.
That is expected to reach nearly 7x in 2026.
Happy New Year to people whose minimum wealth is going to increase from $38m to $45m in one year.
There needs to be an end to greed.
That is expected to reach nearly 7x in 2026.
Happy New Year to people whose minimum wealth is going to increase from $38m to $45m in one year.
There needs to be an end to greed.
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Obviously Putin. We knew that.
The question is how many other nations do too...
The question is how many other nations do too...
if the department of justice has kompromat on Trump then who else does
December 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Obviously Putin. We knew that.
The question is how many other nations do too...
The question is how many other nations do too...
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Absolutely amazing that these clowns are *still going* with this, in the week that UEFA hit the club with a huge fine for their fans singing about committing sex crimes, murder and genocide.
December 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Absolutely amazing that these clowns are *still going* with this, in the week that UEFA hit the club with a huge fine for their fans singing about committing sex crimes, murder and genocide.
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BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
bit.ly
December 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
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One of the reasons why I go so hard on science misinformation/disinformation, is that as a working scientist it is frustrating to see your research misreported to push an agenda.
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
December 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
One of the reasons why I go so hard on science misinformation/disinformation, is that as a working scientist it is frustrating to see your research misreported to push an agenda.
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
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Airborne disease transmission is complicated, and the implementation of impactful mitigation strategies requires us to understand every aspect of this process. When widely circulated newspapers publish misinformation about what the literature is showing, the public is disserved.
December 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Airborne disease transmission is complicated, and the implementation of impactful mitigation strategies requires us to understand every aspect of this process. When widely circulated newspapers publish misinformation about what the literature is showing, the public is disserved.
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Many are looking away from the warnings by groups like the European Society of Cardiologists.
December 21, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Many are looking away from the warnings by groups like the European Society of Cardiologists.