Julian
@scribemole.bsky.social
For restoration of our commons, right to roam, sustainable transport. Age 73. Hoping for Scottish independence and Irish reunification in my lifetime. Against fascism and genocide.
Living in Haestingas, South Saxons, but would prefer to be in Scotland.
Living in Haestingas, South Saxons, but would prefer to be in Scotland.
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I reviewed a very big book about a very big idea
Capitalism by Sven Beckert review – an extraordinary history of the economic system that controls our lives
Capitalism by Sven Beckert review – an extraordinary history of the economic system that controls our lives
The Harvard professor provides a ceaseless flow of startling details in this exhaustively researched, 1000-year account
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I reviewed a very big book about a very big idea
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I hope Chris Packam will soon begin to be recognised for his incredible contribution to this country. He's changed the outlook of generations.
December 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I hope Chris Packam will soon begin to be recognised for his incredible contribution to this country. He's changed the outlook of generations.
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A British man, Philip Young, has been charged with drugging and raping his wife over a 13-year period. Five other men have also been charged with sexually abusing the same woman
Joanne Young, 48, has waived her legal right to anonymity
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/w...
Joanne Young, 48, has waived her legal right to anonymity
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/w...
U.K. Man and 5 Others Charged With Sexual Offenses Against His Wife
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
A British man, Philip Young, has been charged with drugging and raping his wife over a 13-year period. Five other men have also been charged with sexually abusing the same woman
Joanne Young, 48, has waived her legal right to anonymity
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/w...
Joanne Young, 48, has waived her legal right to anonymity
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/w...
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By the same reasoning, every home owner, heir of a homeowner, and realtor has an interest in housing (scarcity) and must recuse.
In Santa Monica, the FPPC has disqualified pro-housing Councilmember Jesse Zwick from all future housing votes. They said that because he works for a housing non-profit, he’s “conflicted” and must recuse.
Pretty absurd. The NIMBY deep state strikes again.
www.smdp.com/state-regula...
Pretty absurd. The NIMBY deep state strikes again.
www.smdp.com/state-regula...
State regulators say Councilman Zwick is conflicted on housing votes
The California Fair Political Practices Commission has ruled that Santa Monica Mayor Pro Tem Jesse Zwick must recuse himself from housing production decisions
www.smdp.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
By the same reasoning, every home owner, heir of a homeowner, and realtor has an interest in housing (scarcity) and must recuse.
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"only 4% were found to be claiming incorrectly"
63% claiming correctly
33% not known yet
A bit different from the headline, eh?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
63% claiming correctly
33% not known yet
A bit different from the headline, eh?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Labour admits 60% of parents wrongly targeted in HMRC child benefit fraud crackdown
Exclusive: Scale of government’s anti-fraud fiasco is four times higher than previously admitted
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"only 4% were found to be claiming incorrectly"
63% claiming correctly
33% not known yet
A bit different from the headline, eh?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
63% claiming correctly
33% not known yet
A bit different from the headline, eh?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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So, the next deadline is January 3rd, 2026!
December 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
So, the next deadline is January 3rd, 2026!
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Newly released Epstein pics show (then) Prince Andrew draped across the laps of young women whose faces are redacted.
This was taken at Sandringham, suggesting the palace may have been used for sex trafficking.
By refusing to investigate, the Metropolitan Police (& the king) offer tacit approval.
This was taken at Sandringham, suggesting the palace may have been used for sex trafficking.
By refusing to investigate, the Metropolitan Police (& the king) offer tacit approval.
December 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Newly released Epstein pics show (then) Prince Andrew draped across the laps of young women whose faces are redacted.
This was taken at Sandringham, suggesting the palace may have been used for sex trafficking.
By refusing to investigate, the Metropolitan Police (& the king) offer tacit approval.
This was taken at Sandringham, suggesting the palace may have been used for sex trafficking.
By refusing to investigate, the Metropolitan Police (& the king) offer tacit approval.
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If we keep heading in this direction it will pretty soon become illegal to make any kind of criticism of Israel or expression of support for Palestine
December 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
If we keep heading in this direction it will pretty soon become illegal to make any kind of criticism of Israel or expression of support for Palestine
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I think it doesn’t much matter what Sir Keir thinks about anything, because he’s always been a bonnet ornament.
December 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I think it doesn’t much matter what Sir Keir thinks about anything, because he’s always been a bonnet ornament.
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Wes Streeting is an utter cunt and should not be in a Labour government but its the last god knows how many tory Health Secretaries that should be hanging their heads in shame not him. Why do we give these tory cunts a free pass by blaming this new government for the sins of tories past?
December 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Wes Streeting is an utter cunt and should not be in a Labour government but its the last god knows how many tory Health Secretaries that should be hanging their heads in shame not him. Why do we give these tory cunts a free pass by blaming this new government for the sins of tories past?
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Because nobody likes the Labour Party’s leaders; nobody ever wanted what they were selling, and the national press inflicted them upon the public regardless. And because they have spent the last five years telling their own supporters they are scum while pandering to Reform voters, who hate them.
December 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Because nobody likes the Labour Party’s leaders; nobody ever wanted what they were selling, and the national press inflicted them upon the public regardless. And because they have spent the last five years telling their own supporters they are scum while pandering to Reform voters, who hate them.
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A moment that changed me: a pigeon fell out of the sky – and she led me to a secret underground rescue network
A moment that changed me: a pigeon fell out of the sky – and she led me to a secret underground rescue network
I had no idea what to do with the injured bird I named Belinda. But suddenly 3,000 Mancunians were happy to help, giving me a whole new appreciation of my home town
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:57 AM
A moment that changed me: a pigeon fell out of the sky – and she led me to a secret underground rescue network
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Whatever happens in the Trump vs BBC suit, the BBC should absolutely sue Truss for defamation. It's time for lying to have consequences.
December 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Whatever happens in the Trump vs BBC suit, the BBC should absolutely sue Truss for defamation. It's time for lying to have consequences.
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Declassified links an internal counter-terrorist police advice sheet showing that it's legal to display a banner expressing support for a proscribed group in the window of your home, even if it's visible from outside. Police cannot compel you to take it down.
www.declassifieduk.org/palestine-ac...
www.declassifieduk.org/palestine-ac...
Palestine Action policing guidance suggests protesters wrongly arrested
A previously unseen counter-terror police document clarifies how demonstrators should be treated. We are publishing it for the first time.
www.declassifieduk.org
December 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Declassified links an internal counter-terrorist police advice sheet showing that it's legal to display a banner expressing support for a proscribed group in the window of your home, even if it's visible from outside. Police cannot compel you to take it down.
www.declassifieduk.org/palestine-ac...
www.declassifieduk.org/palestine-ac...
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There can’t be a more horrific insight into the sickness of the US’s gun crime epidemic than the fact two survivors of Brown University had already survived school shootings. One was shot in the abdomen in 2016, while her best friend died. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Two survivors of Brown University attack escaped other school shootings
Mia Tretta was shot in the abdomen in 2019 at a school near LA and Zoe Weissman witnessed a Florida shooting in 2018
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
There can’t be a more horrific insight into the sickness of the US’s gun crime epidemic than the fact two survivors of Brown University had already survived school shootings. One was shot in the abdomen in 2016, while her best friend died. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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7News Australia reports that the hero who jumped and disarmed one of the terrorist shooters
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
December 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
7News Australia reports that the hero who jumped and disarmed one of the terrorist shooters
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
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A man who heroically tackled and disarmed one of the Bondi Beach gunmen has been unmasked.
The hero has been named as 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed, a Sydney local who owns a fruit shop in Sutherland.
www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
The hero has been named as 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed, a Sydney local who owns a fruit shop in Sutherland.
www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
December 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
A man who heroically tackled and disarmed one of the Bondi Beach gunmen has been unmasked.
The hero has been named as 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed, a Sydney local who owns a fruit shop in Sutherland.
www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
The hero has been named as 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed, a Sydney local who owns a fruit shop in Sutherland.
www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
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Fact-check: true
December 14, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Fact-check: true
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Shouldn't Ukraine demand its 1919 borders?
December 14, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Shouldn't Ukraine demand its 1919 borders?
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I'm on my way to a Chanukah event. It should be a celebration but instead our community is once again mourning.
I will be thinking of everyone in Australia and those around the world in the Jewish Community who know this fear and loss.
We stand with you.
I will be thinking of everyone in Australia and those around the world in the Jewish Community who know this fear and loss.
We stand with you.
December 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I'm on my way to a Chanukah event. It should be a celebration but instead our community is once again mourning.
I will be thinking of everyone in Australia and those around the world in the Jewish Community who know this fear and loss.
We stand with you.
I will be thinking of everyone in Australia and those around the world in the Jewish Community who know this fear and loss.
We stand with you.
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Lord Rothermere's wife has donated £50,000 to Reform UK. I wonder which party the Daily Mail will endorse at the next election.
December 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Lord Rothermere's wife has donated £50,000 to Reform UK. I wonder which party the Daily Mail will endorse at the next election.
I'm starting to consider having a bag with a USB cable and charger that actually works with the gizmo I want to charge, permanently attached to the thing.
December 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I'm starting to consider having a bag with a USB cable and charger that actually works with the gizmo I want to charge, permanently attached to the thing.