TraceyMac
@traceymac.bsky.social
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Starmer still not grasping that his own failure to attack far-right rhetoric feeds homophobia, transphobia, racism and fascism generally.
Or that he's the PM, apparently. Like, not to state the obvious dude, but you have a pretty big platform to do something about this shit.
Or that he's the PM, apparently. Like, not to state the obvious dude, but you have a pretty big platform to do something about this shit.
"[...] the Labour leader said the homophobic attack left him worried for the future of the UK"
*clears throat*
I HAVE OPINIONS
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
*clears throat*
I HAVE OPINIONS
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
Keir Starmer's fury after neice and wife 'beaten by blokes for holding hands'
'I thought the days of beating up people because they were gay were well behind us.'
metro.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Starmer still not grasping that his own failure to attack far-right rhetoric feeds homophobia, transphobia, racism and fascism generally.
Or that he's the PM, apparently. Like, not to state the obvious dude, but you have a pretty big platform to do something about this shit.
Or that he's the PM, apparently. Like, not to state the obvious dude, but you have a pretty big platform to do something about this shit.
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Our conversation is stuck on the far-right -named “Boris wave” while net immigration has actually DROPPED BY EIGHTY PERCENT (80%) since then!!
⬇️work visas DOWN
⬇️student numbers DOWN
⬆️emigration UP
🙄& asylum numbers totally steady cos cruelty won’t stop those with no choice!
⬇️work visas DOWN
⬇️student numbers DOWN
⬆️emigration UP
🙄& asylum numbers totally steady cos cruelty won’t stop those with no choice!
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Our conversation is stuck on the far-right -named “Boris wave” while net immigration has actually DROPPED BY EIGHTY PERCENT (80%) since then!!
⬇️work visas DOWN
⬇️student numbers DOWN
⬆️emigration UP
🙄& asylum numbers totally steady cos cruelty won’t stop those with no choice!
⬇️work visas DOWN
⬇️student numbers DOWN
⬆️emigration UP
🙄& asylum numbers totally steady cos cruelty won’t stop those with no choice!
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This really needs emphasizing. The entirety of the UK media ecosystem is utterly fixated on a 100% fabricated "crisis".
Net migration has fallen again to 204,000, the lowest level since 2021 and is forecast to continue falling over the coming years.
Not that you would know it from the endless coverage of Britain's supposed "immigration crisis"
Not that you would know it from the endless coverage of Britain's supposed "immigration crisis"
November 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This really needs emphasizing. The entirety of the UK media ecosystem is utterly fixated on a 100% fabricated "crisis".
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Previous Prime Minister Boris Johnson was born in the United States. I'd love for her to tell me that's different and then try to explain why without being racist.
Excuse my language but …
I am so fucking tired of shit like this.
I am so fucking tired of shit like this.
November 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Previous Prime Minister Boris Johnson was born in the United States. I'd love for her to tell me that's different and then try to explain why without being racist.
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Apparently it’s a crime to remind military members to follow the law and refuse illegal orders (something that it is ingrained in basic) and the pentagon can recall you into the service to discipline you. However, the pentagon will not prosecute you for dodging the draft five times.
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Apparently it’s a crime to remind military members to follow the law and refuse illegal orders (something that it is ingrained in basic) and the pentagon can recall you into the service to discipline you. However, the pentagon will not prosecute you for dodging the draft five times.
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Lisa Murkowski stands up for fellow Senator Mark Kelly.
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Lisa Murkowski stands up for fellow Senator Mark Kelly.
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The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
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FUCK YES.
ABOUT BLOODY TIME.
ABOUT BLOODY TIME.
Lib Dem leader Edward Davey calls for a national investigation into Russian political interference in British politics:
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
FUCK YES.
ABOUT BLOODY TIME.
ABOUT BLOODY TIME.
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If you have an internet connection to download a pirated book, you can use that internet connection to borrow from a library collection.
Libraries pay authors, pirate sites don’t, and the cost to you is the same.
Libraries pay authors, pirate sites don’t, and the cost to you is the same.
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
If you have an internet connection to download a pirated book, you can use that internet connection to borrow from a library collection.
Libraries pay authors, pirate sites don’t, and the cost to you is the same.
Libraries pay authors, pirate sites don’t, and the cost to you is the same.
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If you've ever been bullied, you will know that you never forget the bully or what they did and said. These memories tend to be vivid.
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
If you've ever been bullied, you will know that you never forget the bully or what they did and said. These memories tend to be vivid.
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Nah, fuck this. Infantino and Fifa can do one, they don't have the slightest clue about what makes the World Cup popular.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
World Cup 2026 draw to adopt tennis-style system for the four top seeds
The world’s top four teams will not be able to meet until the World Cup semi-finals if they win their groups under a new seeding system
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Nah, fuck this. Infantino and Fifa can do one, they don't have the slightest clue about what makes the World Cup popular.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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A 500-year-old castle wall was 'ripped down' by visitors who used its stones to cross a large puddle, a charity has said
Historic castle wall 'ripped down' by visitors to use as stepping stones in puddle
www.thenational.scot
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
A 500-year-old castle wall was 'ripped down' by visitors who used its stones to cross a large puddle, a charity has said
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Over at the Daily Telegraph, they're scratching their heads as to why the former mining and steel producinv city of Gliwice in Poland is now 45% more prosperous than Darlington... and why it has new shiny infrastructure... without mentioning EU funds for urban and regional development...
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Over at the Daily Telegraph, they're scratching their heads as to why the former mining and steel producinv city of Gliwice in Poland is now 45% more prosperous than Darlington... and why it has new shiny infrastructure... without mentioning EU funds for urban and regional development...
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Here's the Health Secretary Wes Streeting explaining that a clinical trial of a safe drug used in the UK and across the world for decades is necessary in order that it can be banned.
He wants to be PM.
He wants to be PM.
November 24, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Here's the Health Secretary Wes Streeting explaining that a clinical trial of a safe drug used in the UK and across the world for decades is necessary in order that it can be banned.
He wants to be PM.
He wants to be PM.
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As we speak, the Western world is currently discussing whether to impose a cap on the army of a country that has been invaded, while sparing the country that launched the invasion from any such limit.
November 24, 2025 at 9:24 AM
As we speak, the Western world is currently discussing whether to impose a cap on the army of a country that has been invaded, while sparing the country that launched the invasion from any such limit.
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How is this not the top story on every news bulletin?
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
More then 2,000 trafficked children and lone child asylum seekers missing from UK councils’ care
Charities say vulnerable young people are being failed by local authorities, the police and central government
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 AM
How is this not the top story on every news bulletin?
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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🚨Teenager goes to lunch in the middle of his school day, gets stopped by ICE, tells ICE he is an American citizen and ICE responds with, “I don’t care.” He was arrested and taken to Portland’s detention center. He was later released. 1/2
November 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
🚨Teenager goes to lunch in the middle of his school day, gets stopped by ICE, tells ICE he is an American citizen and ICE responds with, “I don’t care.” He was arrested and taken to Portland’s detention center. He was later released. 1/2
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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Never forget. Never never forget the scumbag buffoon who killed so many people and scarred the lives of so many more.
Let’s never forget rationing ventilators and Zoom funerals. Boris Johnson and his cronies partied while our loved ones lay dying alone. COVID-19 was the worst public health crisis in a century. We should have locked down earlier. To some of us, PPE was not a get-rich-quick commodity.
November 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Never forget. Never never forget the scumbag buffoon who killed so many people and scarred the lives of so many more.
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It’s a sign of how insane the news cycle is these days that this historic failure of government policy got just one day of news coverage this week.
Not saying that’s right or wrong, but it’s astonishing how quickly the agenda moves on these days.
Not saying that’s right or wrong, but it’s astonishing how quickly the agenda moves on these days.
BREAKING: UK’s response to Covid was “too little too late”. Acting faster could have saved 23,000 lives in England according to the public inquiry.
Boris Johnson presided over a “toxic, sexist, chaotic culture” in No10, where rule-breaking seriously undermined public confidence.
Boris Johnson presided over a “toxic, sexist, chaotic culture” in No10, where rule-breaking seriously undermined public confidence.
November 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
It’s a sign of how insane the news cycle is these days that this historic failure of government policy got just one day of news coverage this week.
Not saying that’s right or wrong, but it’s astonishing how quickly the agenda moves on these days.
Not saying that’s right or wrong, but it’s astonishing how quickly the agenda moves on these days.
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Laura Kuenssberg showed a chart tracking a small increase in the share of income tax paid by high earners.
She did not, of course, show a chart tracking the vastly increased wealth of the ultra-rich.
This is about *wealth* tax, not *income* tax. Crucial difference.
#bbclaurak
She did not, of course, show a chart tracking the vastly increased wealth of the ultra-rich.
This is about *wealth* tax, not *income* tax. Crucial difference.
#bbclaurak
@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "When are we going to see tough choices for multimillionaires and billionaires? It's time to tax the rich" #bbclaurak
November 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Laura Kuenssberg showed a chart tracking a small increase in the share of income tax paid by high earners.
She did not, of course, show a chart tracking the vastly increased wealth of the ultra-rich.
This is about *wealth* tax, not *income* tax. Crucial difference.
#bbclaurak
She did not, of course, show a chart tracking the vastly increased wealth of the ultra-rich.
This is about *wealth* tax, not *income* tax. Crucial difference.
#bbclaurak
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X has introduced a new function where you can see where accounts are posting their disinformation from... sorry their "tweets"
November 23, 2025 at 9:07 AM
X has introduced a new function where you can see where accounts are posting their disinformation from... sorry their "tweets"
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Surprise!
Reuters confirms that Kushner & Witkoff met in private with a sanctioned Kremlin proxy in Miami to help draft the new “peace plan” for Ukraine. This leaves the administration wide open to serious counterintelligence & influence-risk concerns.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Reuters confirms that Kushner & Witkoff met in private with a sanctioned Kremlin proxy in Miami to help draft the new “peace plan” for Ukraine. This leaves the administration wide open to serious counterintelligence & influence-risk concerns.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
November 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Surprise!
Reuters confirms that Kushner & Witkoff met in private with a sanctioned Kremlin proxy in Miami to help draft the new “peace plan” for Ukraine. This leaves the administration wide open to serious counterintelligence & influence-risk concerns.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Reuters confirms that Kushner & Witkoff met in private with a sanctioned Kremlin proxy in Miami to help draft the new “peace plan” for Ukraine. This leaves the administration wide open to serious counterintelligence & influence-risk concerns.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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In case you missed it: our investigation into how Sky Bet relocated to Malta to avoid £55m of tax/year This kind of thing is often reported as "perfectly proper, and there's no suggestion that any laws were broken".
But here it looks improper. Laws may have been broken.
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But here it looks improper. Laws may have been broken.
🧵
November 23, 2025 at 9:34 AM
In case you missed it: our investigation into how Sky Bet relocated to Malta to avoid £55m of tax/year This kind of thing is often reported as "perfectly proper, and there's no suggestion that any laws were broken".
But here it looks improper. Laws may have been broken.
🧵
But here it looks improper. Laws may have been broken.
🧵