Niall Martin
@rndmartin.bsky.social
Historian with wide philosophical and religious interests. Determined Scottish European. Lives in Edinburgh. Reads French and German, moderately well. Don't answer DMs
#FBPE. Location Leith/Edinburgh, Scotland. Married to Jenny. Born 1939.
#FBPE. Location Leith/Edinburgh, Scotland. Married to Jenny. Born 1939.
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
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“I had to take the baby from my crying wife’s arms.“ It hasn’t even been a year, and this is not a scandal anymore? What is wrong with us?
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“I had to take the baby from my crying wife’s arms.“ It hasn’t even been a year, and this is not a scandal anymore? What is wrong with us?
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The people who do this, who conceived of it, who demand it, are real life monsters.
“I had to take the baby from my crying wife’s arms.“ It hasn’t even been a year, and this is not a scandal anymore? What is wrong with us?
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The people who do this, who conceived of it, who demand it, are real life monsters.
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1) genuine life changing moment of my early 20s was realizing I actually didn't have to do this at all. tell the youths
2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
So many men go through life like that. You can play poker because it's right-coded, you can't enjoy fruity alcoholic drinks because they're women-coded, you can't lick an ice cream cone because it's gay-coded. All day, every day, choosing and judging things based on coding for narrow norms.
November 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
1) genuine life changing moment of my early 20s was realizing I actually didn't have to do this at all. tell the youths
2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
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Trump officials halt protected status for Haitians in US
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Trump officials halt protected status for Haitians in US
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November 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Trump officials halt protected status for Haitians in US
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Italy's competition regulator says it is scrutinizing a Meta policy excluding rival AI chatbots from WhatsApp, broadening the scope of a probe started in July (Edith Hancock/Wall Street Journal)
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November 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Italy's competition regulator says it is scrutinizing a Meta policy excluding rival AI chatbots from WhatsApp, broadening the scope of a probe started in July (Edith Hancock/Wall Street Journal)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
#Lukashenka is again offering #Minsk as a venue for talks on 🇺🇦. But we all know his regime enabled the aggression by opening #Belarusian territory for #Russia ’s assault against the will of our people.👇
#Lukashenka is again offering #Minsk as a venue for talks on 🇺🇦. But we all know his regime enabled the aggression by opening #Belarusian territory for #Russia ’s assault against the will of our people.👇
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
#Lukashenka is again offering #Minsk as a venue for talks on 🇺🇦. But we all know his regime enabled the aggression by opening #Belarusian territory for #Russia ’s assault against the will of our people.👇
#Lukashenka is again offering #Minsk as a venue for talks on 🇺🇦. But we all know his regime enabled the aggression by opening #Belarusian territory for #Russia ’s assault against the will of our people.👇
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"It was supposed to be a celebratory milestone, the final step in the process to obtain U.S. permanent residency. Instead, as each interview with an immigration officer wrapped up, federal agents swooped in, handcuffed the foreign spouse and took him or her away."
“I had to take the baby from my crying wife’s arms.“ It hasn’t even been a year, and this is not a scandal anymore? What is wrong with us?
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
"It was supposed to be a celebratory milestone, the final step in the process to obtain U.S. permanent residency. Instead, as each interview with an immigration officer wrapped up, federal agents swooped in, handcuffed the foreign spouse and took him or her away."
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Trump’s Georgia Election Interference Case Is Dismissed. Where Do the Other Cases Against Him Stand?
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Trump’s Georgia Election Interference Case Is Dismissed
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November 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Trump’s Georgia Election Interference Case Is Dismissed. Where Do the Other Cases Against Him Stand?
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The transcript of the call between Yuri Ushakov and Kirill Dmitriev, released by Bloomberg.
How awkward it must be for some who denied that the plan was russian...
How awkward it must be for some who denied that the plan was russian...
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The transcript of the call between Yuri Ushakov and Kirill Dmitriev, released by Bloomberg.
How awkward it must be for some who denied that the plan was russian...
How awkward it must be for some who denied that the plan was russian...
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Holy shit. This video gave me chills. If you watch one thing today, please let it be this.
Women’s March is speaking directly to ICE agents, to their humanity & asking them to walk away from Trump’s unconstitutional crackdowns.
Watch. Like. Share. Make it impossible to ignore.
youtu.be/684ncxqERO4
Women’s March is speaking directly to ICE agents, to their humanity & asking them to walk away from Trump’s unconstitutional crackdowns.
Watch. Like. Share. Make it impossible to ignore.
youtu.be/684ncxqERO4
What Will You Say?
YouTube video by Women's March
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November 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Holy shit. This video gave me chills. If you watch one thing today, please let it be this.
Women’s March is speaking directly to ICE agents, to their humanity & asking them to walk away from Trump’s unconstitutional crackdowns.
Watch. Like. Share. Make it impossible to ignore.
youtu.be/684ncxqERO4
Women’s March is speaking directly to ICE agents, to their humanity & asking them to walk away from Trump’s unconstitutional crackdowns.
Watch. Like. Share. Make it impossible to ignore.
youtu.be/684ncxqERO4
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November 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Explanation: The Comey and James Prosecutions, Dismissed Without Prejudice
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Explanation: The Comey and James Prosecutions, Dismissed Without Prejudice
Preet's and my conversation and more
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November 25, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Explanation: The Comey and James Prosecutions, Dismissed Without Prejudice
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Good morning Bluesky. Lab grown meat as a concept sounds like some bad science fiction. How it is created and the health issues should be the biggest concern. IMHO. To imagine there are only seven states that have officially banned the creation of this new meat, of the fifty possible, is shocking.
November 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Good morning Bluesky. Lab grown meat as a concept sounds like some bad science fiction. How it is created and the health issues should be the biggest concern. IMHO. To imagine there are only seven states that have officially banned the creation of this new meat, of the fifty possible, is shocking.
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Wer der @bpb.de hier auf BlueSky noch nicht folgt, heute ist ein guter Tag, das zu tun.
Die @bpb.de hat sich von X verabschiedet und wird deswegen massiv von rechts kritisiert. Ich denke, da sollte man mal reinfolgen.
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Wer der @bpb.de hier auf BlueSky noch nicht folgt, heute ist ein guter Tag, das zu tun.
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I’m sure these two things have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with each other.
November 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I’m sure these two things have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with each other.
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November 22, 2025
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November 22, 2025
On Tuesday, six Democratic lawmakers, themselves veterans of the U.S.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:40 AM
November 22, 2025
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If you need more evidence that #FossilFuels are #StrandedAssets, look no further. China is the world leader on the #EnergyTransition to address #ClimateChange. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
If you need more evidence that #FossilFuels are #StrandedAssets, look no further. China is the world leader on the #EnergyTransition to address #ClimateChange. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋
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I really want to ask old shoe straight to his face.
"Was it scary when they invented trains?"
"Was it scary when they invented trains?"
Fuck you, Schumer. Your silence is deafening. buffalonews.com/news/local/g...
November 23, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I really want to ask old shoe straight to his face.
"Was it scary when they invented trains?"
"Was it scary when they invented trains?"
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The UK is a strongly pro-choice country with 86% of Britons wanting abortion to be legal in all or most cases. But the US anti-choice movement has been investing heavily into campaigns in Britain, and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party seems to be support the interference.
The worrying rise of US anti-abortion rhetoric is in full force - how deep is Reform UK's involvement?
Money is pouring into anti-abortion campaigns in Britain, and it seems Nigel Farage’s party isn’t pushing back…
www.cosmopolitan.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:11 AM
The UK is a strongly pro-choice country with 86% of Britons wanting abortion to be legal in all or most cases. But the US anti-choice movement has been investing heavily into campaigns in Britain, and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party seems to be support the interference.
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The title of the new episode of Supreme Betrayal says it all: supreme-betrayal-how-the-supreme-court-and-constitutional.simplecast.com/episodes/the...
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The Voting Rights Case and the Constitution After Trump | Supreme Betrayal: How the Supreme Court and Constitutional Law Have Failed America
After some reflections on how the oral arguments in the tariff case affect our expectations about what the Court might do, we turn to the Court’s pending decision in a case challenging the constitutio...
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November 23, 2025 at 5:37 AM
The title of the new episode of Supreme Betrayal says it all: supreme-betrayal-how-the-supreme-court-and-constitutional.simplecast.com/episodes/the...
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