Simon Wookey
@simonwookey.bsky.social
Just a fella doing fella things 🇨🇦🇪🇪🇺🇦
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Remember in May when Trump gave asylum to 17 family members of the Sinaloa cartel after making a deal with El Chapo’s son? And did you know in 2013, El Chapo bribed Juan Hernandez- who trump just pardoned - in exchange for protection in Honduras? I’m sure it’s all just a coincidence.
December 2, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Remember in May when Trump gave asylum to 17 family members of the Sinaloa cartel after making a deal with El Chapo’s son? And did you know in 2013, El Chapo bribed Juan Hernandez- who trump just pardoned - in exchange for protection in Honduras? I’m sure it’s all just a coincidence.
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Tomorrow from Ezra Klein and Matt Yglesias: the Democratic Party will never win elections again unless it stops listening to its far-left extremists like Bill Kristol
For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Tomorrow from Ezra Klein and Matt Yglesias: the Democratic Party will never win elections again unless it stops listening to its far-left extremists like Bill Kristol
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@markhertling.bsky.social: “When you're talking about striking against someone who's wounded and clinging to debris…Deliberately targeting such a person isn't a tactical decision, it's a war crime by the Geneva Convention, the laws of land warfare, and the U.N. Charter.”
December 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
@markhertling.bsky.social: “When you're talking about striking against someone who's wounded and clinging to debris…Deliberately targeting such a person isn't a tactical decision, it's a war crime by the Geneva Convention, the laws of land warfare, and the U.N. Charter.”
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We’re so fucked
'No judges, no magistrates, no jury.'
Caller Nick has an extreme solution to cutting the backlog of court cases. @nickferrarilbc.bsky.social isn't keen.
Caller Nick has an extreme solution to cutting the backlog of court cases. @nickferrarilbc.bsky.social isn't keen.
December 2, 2025 at 9:48 AM
We’re so fucked
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“AI is a collection of moderately useful tools being billed as a supernatural being, something being created before us by shovelling extra words into the word-guessing programme until it wakes up and turns us into paper clips.”
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-c...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-c...
Cory Doctorow, the gatecrasher at the AI party
The writer coined the word ‘enshittification’ to describe how useful tech inevitably gets worse. Now he’s turning his sights on AI
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
“AI is a collection of moderately useful tools being billed as a supernatural being, something being created before us by shovelling extra words into the word-guessing programme until it wakes up and turns us into paper clips.”
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-c...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-c...
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As you read about service members' response to being underbussed by Pete Hegseth, consider how this will play as Trump tries to start an illegal war with Venezuela.
December 2, 2025 at 8:35 AM
As you read about service members' response to being underbussed by Pete Hegseth, consider how this will play as Trump tries to start an illegal war with Venezuela.
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That’s a very attractive red shirt you’re wearing Admiral Bradley
If Admiral Bradley didn’t realize before that these cowards were setting him up to take the fall, he knows it now. Time to hire a good lawyer.
December 2, 2025 at 2:51 AM
That’s a very attractive red shirt you’re wearing Admiral Bradley
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Normally the creators of beloved children’s cartoon characters would not need to disavow the U.S. Secretary of Defense, but ours is a drunken miscreant, a loutish boor with the dignity and nobility of a counterfeit butt-plug
December 2, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Normally the creators of beloved children’s cartoon characters would not need to disavow the U.S. Secretary of Defense, but ours is a drunken miscreant, a loutish boor with the dignity and nobility of a counterfeit butt-plug
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Leavitt attempts to bend reality by saying the same thing over and over.
Q: You said that second strike was in accordance with the law of armed conflict, but the Navy's own manual says that firing on survivors from a wrecked vessel is an example of a war crime
LEAVITT: I would reiterate that the strike was conducted in accordance with the law of armed conflict
LEAVITT: I would reiterate that the strike was conducted in accordance with the law of armed conflict
December 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Leavitt attempts to bend reality by saying the same thing over and over.
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The Kremlin butcher, 25 years into his reign, turned up at a command post and called his own invasion, launched to keep himself and his corrupt oligarchs in power, and costing hundreds of thousands of Russian lives, a “tragedy of the Ukrainian people”.
December 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The Kremlin butcher, 25 years into his reign, turned up at a command post and called his own invasion, launched to keep himself and his corrupt oligarchs in power, and costing hundreds of thousands of Russian lives, a “tragedy of the Ukrainian people”.
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@citywestminster.bsky.social
Did you go to a quarry and buy every off cut ?
We need public lavatories but what the hell ?
Did you go to a quarry and buy every off cut ?
We need public lavatories but what the hell ?
December 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
@citywestminster.bsky.social
Did you go to a quarry and buy every off cut ?
We need public lavatories but what the hell ?
Did you go to a quarry and buy every off cut ?
We need public lavatories but what the hell ?
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"Trump has been functioning as a dictator...but it’s a vulnerable dictatorship. Virtually none of these abuses are popular with the American people...and it’s coming home to roost for Trump."
On the pod, @davidrlurie.com is good on Trump as weak, failing autocrat:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
On the pod, @davidrlurie.com is good on Trump as weak, failing autocrat:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Trump’s Fury at NYT Explodes amid Fresh Concerns about Mental Decline
As Trump’s rage at the paper of record reveals too much, the author of piece on Trump as “lame duck dictator” explains how devastating it is for him that his carefully-cultivated illusion of strength ...
newrepublic.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"Trump has been functioning as a dictator...but it’s a vulnerable dictatorship. Virtually none of these abuses are popular with the American people...and it’s coming home to roost for Trump."
On the pod, @davidrlurie.com is good on Trump as weak, failing autocrat:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
On the pod, @davidrlurie.com is good on Trump as weak, failing autocrat:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
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2014: “I admire Putin as an operator”
2010-14: Appeared on Russia today 17 times
2017: Knighted by a 7 year old girl on RT
2022: blames EU for Russian invasion
2024: “We provoked this war … of course it’s his fault – he’s used what we’ve done as an excuse”
Is this not dodgy?
2010-14: Appeared on Russia today 17 times
2017: Knighted by a 7 year old girl on RT
2022: blames EU for Russian invasion
2024: “We provoked this war … of course it’s his fault – he’s used what we’ve done as an excuse”
Is this not dodgy?
December 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
2014: “I admire Putin as an operator”
2010-14: Appeared on Russia today 17 times
2017: Knighted by a 7 year old girl on RT
2022: blames EU for Russian invasion
2024: “We provoked this war … of course it’s his fault – he’s used what we’ve done as an excuse”
Is this not dodgy?
2010-14: Appeared on Russia today 17 times
2017: Knighted by a 7 year old girl on RT
2022: blames EU for Russian invasion
2024: “We provoked this war … of course it’s his fault – he’s used what we’ve done as an excuse”
Is this not dodgy?
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5/9
Earlier, the same bot network posted >5000 replies to influence Wisconsin's Supreme Court judge election—a race with a record budget.
Elon Musk heavily funded the GOP candidate's campaign, including two $1M cheques awarded to voters.
Earlier, the same bot network posted >5000 replies to influence Wisconsin's Supreme Court judge election—a race with a record budget.
Elon Musk heavily funded the GOP candidate's campaign, including two $1M cheques awarded to voters.
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
5/9
Earlier, the same bot network posted >5000 replies to influence Wisconsin's Supreme Court judge election—a race with a record budget.
Elon Musk heavily funded the GOP candidate's campaign, including two $1M cheques awarded to voters.
Earlier, the same bot network posted >5000 replies to influence Wisconsin's Supreme Court judge election—a race with a record budget.
Elon Musk heavily funded the GOP candidate's campaign, including two $1M cheques awarded to voters.
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🚨Not a suicide, a lynching. Case not closed, it has to be opened. 1/2
December 1, 2025 at 3:43 AM
🚨Not a suicide, a lynching. Case not closed, it has to be opened. 1/2
Jebus
London buses are unbelievably shit - infrequent, late, and overcrowded
london is dying a death of a thousand cuts - our mayor is useless but the opposition is worse
We’re fucked
London buses are unbelievably shit - infrequent, late, and overcrowded
london is dying a death of a thousand cuts - our mayor is useless but the opposition is worse
We’re fucked
December 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Jebus
London buses are unbelievably shit - infrequent, late, and overcrowded
london is dying a death of a thousand cuts - our mayor is useless but the opposition is worse
We’re fucked
London buses are unbelievably shit - infrequent, late, and overcrowded
london is dying a death of a thousand cuts - our mayor is useless but the opposition is worse
We’re fucked
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"Which export destination should Canada prioritize for energy exports?"
Europe: 35%
Asia: 24%
US: 19%
Mexico: 10%
Central/South America: 3%
Africa: 1%
Nanos / Oct 30, 2025 / n=1045 / Telephone/Online
Europe: 35%
Asia: 24%
US: 19%
Mexico: 10%
Central/South America: 3%
Africa: 1%
Nanos / Oct 30, 2025 / n=1045 / Telephone/Online
December 1, 2025 at 5:04 AM
"Which export destination should Canada prioritize for energy exports?"
Europe: 35%
Asia: 24%
US: 19%
Mexico: 10%
Central/South America: 3%
Africa: 1%
Nanos / Oct 30, 2025 / n=1045 / Telephone/Online
Europe: 35%
Asia: 24%
US: 19%
Mexico: 10%
Central/South America: 3%
Africa: 1%
Nanos / Oct 30, 2025 / n=1045 / Telephone/Online
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I see the latest Jubilee video is "Piers Morgan vs 20 Woke Liberals", so rather than watch that, watch this video where I explain why I despise Jubilee "debates".
I joined @cwarzel.bsky.social on the Galaxy Brain Podcast to explain some of the reasons why America, and a lot of other Western democracies, are sliding into authoritarianism and why it's probably inevitable
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
America’s Slide Toward Simulated Democracy with Eliot Higgins
YouTube video by The Atlantic
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I see the latest Jubilee video is "Piers Morgan vs 20 Woke Liberals", so rather than watch that, watch this video where I explain why I despise Jubilee "debates".
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Community notes don’t get much more brutal than this
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Community notes don’t get much more brutal than this
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Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.