DW
@dwblue.bsky.social
Scientist, Botany, Biochemistry, Cancer Research, Pharma Research, Philosopher of life & Hardline Centre left. Formerly on Twitter
created November 8, 2024
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Alex Andreou (@sturdyalex.bsky.social) reposted
At least BBC did not carry it live. Just summed it up, with a doctor present, to say "do not listen to this". Sky News are currently still showing live this melted-Mr-Potatohead-rescued-from-a-house-fire giving health advice. Live and unedited.
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
He's a psychopath, he hates anyone who disagrees with him let alone opposes him
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
BREAKING: IN DEFIANCE OF TRUMP, DISNEY WILL RETURN JIMMY KIMMEL TO AIR STARTING TOMORROW. www.nbcnews.com/business/med...
James O’Brien (@mrjamesob.bsky.social) reposted
I generally rate Chris Mason but it would make things easier for all if Robbie Gibb - Brexiter & Theresa May’s director of comms at Number 10 - were not still a non-executive director of the BBC. Everything he touches turns to shit. Including, at the moment, a lot of the Beeb’s political journalism.
Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen.bsky.social) reposted
"But the foundation of this industry is rooted in our right to free speech. And if ABC is going to be complicit in Trump’s effort to curb that right, then that puts the whole industry at risk. It puts all of America at risk."
Rachel Maddow (@maddow.msnbc.com) reposted
"Key monthly costs for most Americans — shelter, food, health care, electricity — are outpacing inflation. Rents are up 3.8% — the largest increase since 2011..." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
After enacting the largest SNAP cuts in history, Trump is now scrapping the federal government's annual report on hunger in America. The utter cruelty of this regime knows no bounds.
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
Probably more another Epstein diversion
Prem Sikka (@premnsikka.bsky.social) reposted
Trump to say that taking paracetamol during pregnancy can cause autism. Previously he suggested that people should inject themselves with disinfectants to beat COVID. Science does not support his claims. Trump is an embarrassment to the whole world.
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Trump donor Larry Ellison’s Oracle will oversee TikTok’s algorithm. His media company owns CBS News and is plotting a bid for Warner Bros., which owns CNN. When billionaires take control of communication platforms, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (@thebulletin.org) reposted
Earlier this year, President Donald Trump issued an executive order and budget proposal aimed at cutting support for the scientific research community. How will possible cuts affect scientists, and what solutions may exist? This Thursday, join the Bulletin for an expert discussion.
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Remember: The GOP’s nonsensical culture wars are meant to distract you from corporate corruption and plunder. [Cartoon by Jace Avery]
Sarah Murphy (@13sarahmurphy.bsky.social) reposted
Reform is racist. Let’s just say it. Loudly and often. They’re racist. Don’t take them on on how they plan to fund their nonsense. They don’t care. They don’t say it because they’ve worked it out. They say it for headlines and for voters who want prejudice as policy. They’re racist. They’re failure.
USA TODAY (@usatoday.com) reposted
Sarah McLachlan canceled her performance to stand in solidarity for "free speech" amid Jimmy Kimmel's suspension.
POLITICO Europe (@politico.eu) reposted
Moldovan President Maia Sandu today accused Russia of spending “hundreds of millions of euros” to subvert her country’s parliamentary election this weekend.
Ars Technica (@arstechnica.com) reposted
Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) reposted
Blame-the-mother theses first appeared around the diagnosis of autism in the decades following World War II. And though they eventually became a black mark on the history of psychology and child development, society's willingness to blame moms has never really gone away.
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes and first described simply means it was recognised as a condition. Autism has been around since humans have been around. It's part of a natural spectrum that exists in all biological things
Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum.bsky.social) reposted
Jason Crow, on how Trump and his family are "cashing in at our expense" youtu.be/d1qXWxsBNB4?...
Jolyon Maugham KC (@goodlawproject.org) reposted
"One name in particular that UC Berkeley handed over to the Trump administration stands out: Judith Butler, the eminent queer theorist, literary theorist and philosopher, and one of the most famous public intellectuals in the United States today." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
A handful of billionaires now have unprecedented control over banking, the food we eat, our healthcare, and the information we receive. Many are now currying favor with Trump to avoid accountability and maintain their power. This is what oligarchy looks like.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
Bob Iger has a real chance to be a hero here and say “Fuck you. Make me.” to the FCC by reinstating Kimmel. I’ll sign back up for Disney+ if he does. Until then, keep canceling your subscriptions!
Alex Andreou (@sturdyalex.bsky.social) reposted
Well, what do you expect them to do, when they are away from home and without the dog that they have to give very, very long walks to every couple of days?
Rachel Maddow (@maddow.msnbc.com) reposted
Be sure to stay for the part where the head of the Virginia state Republican party calls the closure of multiple rural health clinics "a win for rural communities”... www.cnn.com/2025/09/22/p...
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
The whole point of Farage, along with his hero Trump, is to foster division & hate by blaming minorities of "others" for all problems. It's precisely why his followers follow him, so they're hardly likely to be surprised by Starmer's statement
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
But autocrats like Trump don't get anywhere by blaming the types of people that make up a significant proportion of his following. As with all dictators he has to provide a minority group of "others" to act as a hate figure for the masses to blame all problems onto
Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum.bsky.social) reposted
Viktor Orban has made Hungary one of the poorest countries in the EU www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
Yep, Farage is a populist & following his Brexit has certainly cost the UK a significant amount of GDP. God knows what extra he'd do if he actually became leader
Peter Jukes (@peterjukes.bsky.social) reposted
If Badenoch does not discipline Liz Truss over her support for Tommy Robinson, it just confirms this month's @bylinetimes.bsky.social front page 🔴 From Maggie to MAGA 🔴 WWW.bylinetimes.com
Prospect Magazine (@prospectmagazine.co.uk) reposted
A new ITV drama on the phone-hacking scandal, featuring @arusbridger.bsky.social played by Toby Jones, shows us journalism at its worst, but also how reporting can make real change.
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
Don't worry the iPhone 18 will be out in 11 months time & people can spend another $1000 buying that with a few little bells & whistles added
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
The *whole* of Trump's administration is about corruption & nothing else, so that's hardly surprising
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
I guess America is going to have face a lot of FAFO situations in the coming years
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
Presumably a long way behind, just waiting for the fall & they can jump over her
Best for Britain (@bestforbritain.org) reposted
For 56 minutes Sky News and BBC News interrupted everything else and carried a Reform UK feed live, uninterrupted, unchallenged. The stream spluttered, froze, pixelated - dozens of times - still they stuck with it. FOR ONE HOUR. This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA
Otto English (@ottoenglish.bsky.social) reposted
I have defended the BBC again and again. No more.
Dr René MD 🇺🇸🩺 (@drrenemd.bsky.social) reposted
This clip has just come to my attention. Just HAD to share it! Let's make sure it reaches far and wide... 🤣🤣🤣
Paul Bernal (@paulbernal.bsky.social) reposted
Anyone shocked that Reform plan to deport immigrants with Indefinite Leave to Remain hasn’t been paying attention. Next it will be stripping citizenship from dual citizens, then deporting them. Who do you think Reform are? This. This is who they are.
Miaganga (@miaganga.bsky.social) reposted
TiggsCupcake (@tiggsisacupcake.bsky.social) reposted
Morten 🇩🇰 (@mortenc.bsky.social) reposted
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
Thank you for coming to my Teddy talk.
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
Why does it take a BRITISH newspaper to break a story like this? Where the hell is the American media? 🤨
The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted
Sen. Tim Kaine: "Brian Kilmeade 10 days ago suggested that homeless, mentally ill people should be lethally injected. He apologized...He didn't get pulled off the air."
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
Can't wait to spend $2000 on a phone😂😂😂
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
So what happened to the $50K in cash Tom Homan got in the Cava bag? Was it deposited in his bank account and reported as income that he paid taxes on? Is it under his mattress?
The New York Times (@nytimes.com) reposted
News Analysis: For President Trump, a wide-ranging crackdown on mainstream media institutions and political opponents is not about hate speech, but about speech that he hates — namely, speech that is critical of him and his administration. nyti.ms/3VsCyO4
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
Anything digital that Murdoch touches tends to die
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
ALERT: Massive corruption at Trump's DOJ. Join me LIVE on the @meidastouch.com in two hours (3:30 PM PT) for a wrap-up of the week's news. With swearing. www.youtube.com/live/6SAReXf...
Peter Jukes (@peterjukes.bsky.social) reposted
From the archives Exposing the Real UK Race Riot Instigators: The Key Players and Transatlantic Network Around Tommy Robinson – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2024/08/08/e...
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
But if we add up all those numbers, is it divisible by 14? - I think we should be told
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
From Trump you get a different answer on any different day. It's totally dependent on which audience is asking the questions that he wants to please
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
Consistent with his not wanting to test for COVID - if you don't test for it then it doesn't exist. So if you don't look for food poverty then also, it doesn't exist Very consistent with a non empathic psychopath
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
Ready for the machine gun towers along the Mexican border
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump's not interested in evidence, he just wants his own way like a 6yr old
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
Though it’s investigated her for several months, the Eastern District of Virginia has so far been unable to find clear evidence that James knowingly committed mortgage fraud. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
Specifically Andrew & Fergie, I don't recollect any of the other royals having anything to do with him
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
Basically racism & misogyny
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm afraid the words 'moral' & Trump are mutually exclusive. Trump is beholden to Putin, either due to his help getting Trump elected or via kompromat. He's the last person to sort out Ukraine in any moral way
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
When you look at politics, media, judiciary & acting that's almost certainly true. It's relatively rare to come across people at the top of those professions who haven't gone to public schools
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
If Trump wants it then it's guaranteed to have a grift or corruption involved
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
More likely die a slow lingering death
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
What killed twitter was taking away the blue check marks for accredited people who largely had something interesting to say & giving it to any nut who paid to elevate their tweets to the front of everyone's timeline. Without blocking you'd end up wading through crap to get to anything interesting
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
Indeed, it's mostly rental now. Also most major software eg from Adobe or Microsoft has been subscription only, for over a decade
Sarah Murphy (@13sarahmurphy.bsky.social) reposted
British media pumps out daily propaganda pieces for Farage, fails to offer *any scrutiny* and basically legitimises rampant racism, then puts on its ‘innocent face’ and clutches its pearls at the rise of the far right… What a grim betrayal of our democracy. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/how...
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
Disagree, Starmer knew it was a risky appointment, but dealing with a highly fickle, narcissistic psychopath as POTUS was the much bigger problem. If the other revelations about Mandelson not come out then it might have been seen as clever move
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
“Thus far, there is no evidence connecting the suspect with any left-wing groups.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Rachel Maddow (@maddow.msnbc.com) reposted
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Rachel Maddow (@maddow.msnbc.com) reposted
www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
NEW: In a rare public appearance, Jack Smith spoke at length this week issuing a dire warning about Trump's weaponization of the Department of Justice. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-jack-s...
Rachel Maddow (@maddow.msnbc.com) reposted
"St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital in rural northeast Georgia will close its labor and delivery unit next month... "The closure is one of Georgia's first casualties of the GOP budget reconciliation package, colloquially known as the 'big beautiful bill'... www.newsfromthestates.com/article/rura...
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
Remember the good old days when Bill Clinton bumping into AG Lynch for a few minutes at an airport was unacceptable? I don't think Pam Bondi is long for her job.
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
Of course the Trump admin closed the investigation - he's a perfect Trump candidate, they have kompromat on him so he'll do literally anything they ask of him. Firstly he's shown he's as corrupt as Trump, secondly they can put him in court if he says one word against the administration
JeffTrnka (@jefftrnka.bsky.social) reposted
natural (@anderson014-04.bsky.social) reposted
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
An ideal candidate for Trump. Trump has kompromat on them so they'll do whatever asked, literally whatever it is, or else the kompromat card will be played & the person ends up in jail
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Our problem isn't a lack of resources. Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
Mark Hamill (@markhamillofficial.bsky.social) reposted
Giving a bully your lunch money is only a temporary downpayment for future bullying. We ALL need to step up for the first amendment. By-the-way, for the record, this ex-Disney employee finds Jimmy Kimmel very talented and funny. mh
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
We realised that 10yrs ago
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
Psychologists and psychiatrists call this "concrete thinking." It reflects an inability to engage in abstract thinking, and a strong propensity to think of all nouns as depicting physical objects. It's the first way children begin to understand how to describe the world with words.
Rachel Maddow (@maddow.msnbc.com) reposted
"In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration..." www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
"We don't want them criminals coming into our country..... we've plenty of criminals already here"
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
BREAKING: Trump's border czar Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
M Meerkat (@kackbro.bsky.social) reposted
Agree with Lawrence ! Chump is "Stupid is as Stupid Does".........
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
😂😂
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
The Apprentice
CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@cajunblue.bsky.social) reposted
🚨🚨🚨 South Korea is taking legal action against the United States government for the inhumane treatment of legal residents working at the Hyundai plant. 🚨🚨🚨 Hey, those perpetratrating these atrocities are also accountable. 1/2
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
It's satire
KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 (@mary1kathy.bsky.social) reposted
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
💯
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
Absolutely, also Epstein is a principle that is very simple, Trump/GOP & Maga have been banging on about it for years, but now with a sudden screeching of brakes & a U-turn, it has become something that smells wrong even to Maga
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
Could it possibly be?
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
It's simple, the left has always valued purity &righteousness above all else. This invariably leads to disagreements, arguments, falling out & the inevitable splitting into factions, which kills any chance of power. The right don't give a f*ck about those things, they stay together & win elections
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87% Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32% Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%. As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
Ditto with the mid terms. It's obvious Trump has no care about winning them fairly by carrying out a generally more popular mandate. So it's obvious he has no intention of having or accepting free & fair elections
[The Great War & Modern Memory] (@ps9714.bsky.social) reposted
This 👇👇
DW (@dwblue.bsky.social) reply parent
The irony of a multi billionaire telling the rest of us Brexit was worth it even if we're all poorer. How good of him.
GoBlue (@blu2b4u.bsky.social) reposted
What Jimmy Kimmel said is accurate. What Brian Kilmeade said is monstrously disgusting. One of them is still on television.