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Exile of the Hate Machine
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December 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
@distancecovered.bsky.social thoughts on Van Hecke (Brighton) and Van der Ven (Spurs) Josh? Rate them? Should Virgil be having a word?

Van Hecke only 18 months left on his contract. Right-sided, I think
November 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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I've signed. Have you?

Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Wow! When you call it what it is
November 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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For nearly a decade, sceptics have dismissed allegations that Bannon’s Cambridge Analytica and Prigozhin’s troll farms successfully intervened in the Brexit referendum and Trump’s election in 2016 - now the argument is over

pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
How Online Radicalisation Works: What the New X Study Reveals About Cambridge Analytica, the IRA, and the Dark Triad Machine
The debate is over. A major new experiment show how effective Cambridge Analytica and Russian troll farms were in shifting political emotions with hostile, anti-democratic content online
pdjukes.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Fantastic Podcast that highlights the Russian desire to infiltrate, dominate and tear up the existing world order.
Yay!! I couldn’t be there but Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring just won gold at the APA podcast awards!!

Whole thing was crowdfunded by @the-citizens.bsky.social to highlight 5-year legal case to get an investigation into Russian interference in UK politics. Power to the people!
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Fancy that
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Reskeet with a time you looked cool.
November 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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🚨🚨Elon #Musk is a real venom and a very dangerous person having the powers to completely subvert our informational space. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/holo...
French authorities probe Holocaust denial on Elon Musk’s AI platform
The League for Human Rights also announced it was filing a complaint.
www.politico.eu
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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I learned a lot about Nancy Pelosi this week — including her very early advocacy for AIDS patients. She visited them in SF General’s AIDS ward and convinced the Reagan administration to allow the AIDS Memorial Quilt to be displayed on the National Mall in 1987.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
A Light in Very Dark Days: Nancy Pelosi and AIDS
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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Just a reminder...
November 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Need to start caging these animals
Every far-right riot and protest that was tolerated, every racist dog whistle from public reps, every bit of hate and misinformation allowed to spread by social media companies, all led to this moment in Drogheda last night where someone felt emboldened enough to try to burn children alive.
November 2, 2025 at 11:52 AM
A movie you've seen more than 7 times with a gif

Could add a Zero to that 7
November 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Awesome
When Ziggy meets Zig!
October 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Looking forward to seeing this
October 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Did you even say sorry for that mercy Donald showed you today?
October 23, 2025 at 12:08 AM
FFS 🤣🤣🤣
Black Homeowners Receive Higher Appraisal After Displaying Pictures Of Klan Members
October 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown
October 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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All eyes on the flotilla.
October 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Looks like Michelle Mone is going to have to sell that yacht

(from Feb 23)
October 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Is feider linn
September 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Former US president Barack Obama has been awarded the Freedom of Dublin
Obama receives Freedom of Dublin after boycott call
Former US president Barack Obama has been awarded the Freedom of Dublin, amid calls by some councillors for a boycott of the event.
www.rte.ie
September 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Amazing news! Autism and now this!
A drug that provides near-perfect protection against HIV with shots just twice a year will be made available at $40 per patient annually in low- and middle-income countries, offering new hope for ending the epidemic.
Philanthropies Strike a Promising Deal to Turn Back H.I.V.
Low- and middle-income countries will be able to purchase an effective preventative at a reduced price. The arrangements may help stem the epidemic 40 years after it began.
nyti.ms
September 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM