Mark Chadbourn (@chadbourn.bsky.social) reposted
Morning Bluesky. Lib Dem leader Ed Davey is going full-on in tackling Musk. "He [Musk] is actually, I think, committing crimes," he told Laura Kuenssberg.
UK female here to escape X & find altruistic people who are abhorred by musk & chums oligarchy, dont follow me if you’re a wannabe nazi, are in your underwear or have only fans in your bio. I didnt leave one shallow cess pit to be in another, thanks x
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view profile on Bluesky Mark Chadbourn (@chadbourn.bsky.social) reposted
Morning Bluesky. Lib Dem leader Ed Davey is going full-on in tackling Musk. "He [Musk] is actually, I think, committing crimes," he told Laura Kuenssberg.
David Pepper (@davidpepperoh.bsky.social) reposted
Thiel’s Tentacles… .at open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...
Sarah Murphy (@13sarahmurphy.bsky.social) reposted
Musk, Tommy Robinson - fascist Britain. A hellpit of violence and racism. They’re using our flag as their rallying cry. And X as their megaphone. No more appeasement. No more ‘legitimate concerns’ horseshit. It’s beyond time to sanction Musk, regulate X and shut these fuckers down. (Sunday Times)
Prof Christina Pagel (@chrischirp.bsky.social) reposted
That feeling of desperately wanting your elected government to loudly call out racism & far right violent extremists... And nothing. Labour so afraid to lose power, it has forgotten both how to use it & that with power comes responsibility. As America gets ever darker, too little light here.
Adam Bienkov (@adambienkov.bsky.social) reposted
Can anyone explain why the Government is still doing most of its communications through a website whose owner is now openly rallying the far right to trigger a violent insurrection on our streets?
Sarah Murphy (@13sarahmurphy.bsky.social) reposted
“Nigel Farage says….” has been the headline of the decade. Look at what he does, ffs. Look at his tax affairs. Look at his grifting. Look at his lies. Look at his prejudice. Look at his allies. Look at his manifesto. Look at his Brexit. He is the embodiment of personal greed and national failure.
Zack Polanski (@zackpolanski.bsky.social) reposted
"Zack Polanski said it was 'rank hypocrisy' for Nigel Farage to call for Angela Rayner's resignation and not to do so himself." inews.co.uk/news/green-p...
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Dr Rachel Clarke (@drrachelclarke.com) reposted
Most doctors, most of the time, draw on their years (decades, in my case) of medical training & expertise to do the best we can for you. What distinguishes us from snake oil salesmen - persuasive grifters who prey on human fears to line their pockets - is our expertise & our integrity. Trust… 1/n
Teri Goodson 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇦🇺 🏳🌈 🏳⚧ 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 🇧🇷 🇺🇳 🇯🇵 🇰🇷 (@terigoodson.bsky.social) reposted
I hate having these fucking Nazis like Theil in the West Coast.
The Conversation U.S. (@us.theconversation.com) reposted
Palantir’s Gotham platform lets the government weave together driving records, police reports, even social media — creating powerful maps of people’s lives. Critics warn it’s surveillance by algorithm, with little public oversight. buff.ly/e4mclbR
Good Law Project (@goodlawproject.bsky.social) reposted
Reform’s use of women’s safety as cover for racism is not just hypocritical, it’s dangerous. We’re fighting back. Join us 👇 https://t.co/xhzn58vwa3
Sarah M^ (@firefang78.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
That means Peter Thiel will be president.
Mr RobertBob (@mrrobertbob.bsky.social) reposted
We are weaker, poorer, dirtier, more polluted and have less freedoms. Yet this ridiculous government continues with Brexit. @stellacreasy.bsky.social @labourlewis.bsky.social @sarahhall-labour.bsky.social eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
Mark Chadbourn (@chadbourn.bsky.social) reposted
Morning Bluesky. The war of words between the US and Denmark over Greenland continues after Trump used Putin’s tactic in Crimea before the Russian invasion - sending in “private individuals” to launch an influence campaign. The US badly wants to take Greenland.
Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social) reposted
I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees. No refugee underfunded a school. No refugee closed a hospital. No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled. We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
BladeoftheSun (@bladeofthes.bsky.social) reposted
Are you sick of Nigel Farage being constantly on the TV?
Adam Bienkov (@adambienkov.bsky.social) reposted
Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
Sarah Murphy (@13sarahmurphy.bsky.social) reposted
Farage’s “probity and judgment were sold as the product called Brexit. It turned out to be a piece of shit.” And, unbelievably, this Labour govt finds itself trapped because it has refused to call this out. What a profound - and now dangerous - political failure. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
i-escaped-x.bsky.social (@i-escaped-x.bsky.social) reply parent
This is all master plans of Curtis Yarvin and Peter Thiel, Musk, upturning world order for the very rich. These sinister moves, destruction of all norms, erasing history, gas lighting race wars, its all plans they’ve had for a very long time. They helped trump win so he could be their senile puppet
Mr RobertBob (@mrrobertbob.bsky.social) reposted
Farage’s Reform and the Tories are upping the racist hate mongering speeches, stirring up their followers to deflect from the utter failure of their Brexit.
badwebsites (@badwebsites.bsky.social) reposted
The Donald years.
🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 (@teamcanadaforever.bsky.social) reposted
Netanyahu is under criminal indictment in Israel and facing an international arrest warrant for war crimes in Gaza. Trump is a convicted felon who has spent years trying to stay in power to avoid jail time. How many lives will be lost so two men can keep living above the law?
🍁DoUntoOthers 🇨🇦 (@dountoothers.bsky.social) reposted
And……🤷♂️
Seth Abramson (@sethabramson.bsky.social) reposted
Trump and his friend, ally, and war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu finally got the war they've wanted for years. Incredible that corporate media never saw it coming. The NYT even reported today that Israel had been plotting its attack for many months, meaning it started *right after Trump was elected*.
Sarah Murphy (@13sarahmurphy.bsky.social) reposted
As Trump deploys the National Guard against his own citizens, the importance of protecting our own human rights from abuse at the hands of govt has never been clearer. But *still* the Tories push to strip us of our protections, in a desperate bid for power for themselves. Important letter (Times)
Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social) reposted
How on earth can this country still hold the World Cup and Olympics next year??
Seth Abramson (@sethabramson.bsky.social) reposted
Donald Trump has become convinced that Republicans cannot win the midterms, and that a blue wave would effectively end his presidency and confront him with two years of investigations and impeachment proceedings. He needs martial law as an excuse to cancel the midterms. So America is on a clock now.
EuropeanPowell (@europeanpowell.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Bitcoin’s energy-guzzling mining, water-intensive infrastructure, and lithium extraction threaten landscapes like Dartmoor, while tech lords like BlackRock, Palantir, and libertarian ideologues, Peter Thiel, Nigel Farage, and Balaji Srinivasan, carve nations into corporate sovereignties.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
New in PN: Adam Serwer on America's "new dark age" "They see this as a long-term investment in a more ignorant population reliant on sources of information they can control — a docile population that can be easily manipulated." — @adamserwer.bsky.social
God (@thegodpodcast.com) reposted
How much are they paying ICE agents for each person they deport? I know they’re evil and would do it anyway, but I’m just saying, I watched some videos and got a feeling about the way they try to SNATCH as many people as possible…it feels like a bounty system is in place.
Jenny Cohn (@jennycohn.bsky.social) reposted
In 2009, “Mencius Moldbug” aka Curtis Yarvin (Peter Thiel’s “house philosopher”) wrote at length on his “Unqualified Reservations” blog about “Harvard and state.” Trump’s targeting of Harvard reeks of Moldbug’s “philosophy”. 1/ www.unqualified-reservations.org/2009/01/gent...
Zoe Gardner (@zoejardiniere.bsky.social) reposted
Everyone in this whole country fucking hates Elon Musk & yet our most popular party is the one that wants to emulate his every move 🤦♀️🤦♀️ Christ Britain, come on. Make it make sense.
Larry Tenney (@larrytenney.bsky.social) reposted
RUSSELL VOUGHT: brains behind Trump's authoritarian movement. The danger he poses is quiet, calculated & relentless Vought doesn’t want the spotlight. Because once you see what he’s doing, it’s terrifying He’s not trying to shrink government. He’s trying to dismantle it and built a dictatorship
🇬🇧Gyn 🍸 🇺🇸Gynarchynow🇺🇦 (@gnarchynow.bsky.social) reposted
RIGHT NOW LIVE! TEXAS CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN IS FILING ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT IN CONGRESS! And not a word about it on any of the news channels I'm watching! What has Trump done to the media?? www.youtube.com/live/kRbJXrJ...
Elad Nehorai (@eladn.bsky.social) reposted
Just hit me that the importing of white folks from South Africa and exporting of brown people is actually, literally an attempt at a great replacement
Adam Serwer (@adamserwer.bsky.social) reposted
Fired a black person who was qualified, hired a white person with no qualifications whatsoever. The Trump administration in a nutshell bsky.app/profile/axio...
Ali Adair (@aliadair22.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Because he paid for Trump’s win.
BladeoftheSun (@bladeofthes.bsky.social) reposted
No Reform is surging because it has 24/7 coverage from the Billionaire Media who repost all their lies without the slightest fact checking. It is Donald Trump but in the UK.
I am Antifa (@mike-oh.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Curtis Yarvin is Peter Thiel and JD Vance's mentor and guru. He envisions a future not of democracy but dictatorship with all the un-useful people turned into bio-diesel. He has a Substack, so read it for yourself and decide if this is the future you want to live in.
Paul Bernal (@paulbernal.bsky.social) reposted
Let’s hope the Brexit chicken hasn’t surrendered to chlorinated chicken.
Jenny Cohn (@jennycohn.bsky.social) reposted
Stephen Miran—Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers—is “crypto friendly.” He’s also “one of the architects of…Trump's tariff blitz” & “has advocated a shake-up of the global trade & financial systems, centred on a radical strategy to weaken the dollar.” 1/
Alpheus Williams (@alphwilliams.bsky.social) reposted
“The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil,” she declared. “When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whichever monster screams the loudest." www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
i-escaped-x.bsky.social (@i-escaped-x.bsky.social) reply parent
We need to address twitter/X its sinister, far reaching and anyone I know on it is just so misinformed and full of hate. Hence reforms success. Elons tainting our discourse, and MSM give Farage a much bigger voice than Greens or Lib dems. Its all so skewed. Brexit broke us so Farage should be gone.
LA Legault (@lalegault.bsky.social) reposted
All Prime Minister Carney was dying to say 😆
Jenny Cohn (@jennycohn.bsky.social) reposted
“A blind man cld see that the upcoming administration is stacked with ‘our guys’ from tech, specifically from Thiel's camp *** Our cover is blown [so stop apologizing] … We are the new elite because we are the most capable…” - Rainmaker founder Augustus Doricko, 12/14/24 1/
BremainInSpain (@bremaininspain.com) reposted reply parent
Instead on pandering to Reform, Labour need to look to Canada & Australia, while making it very obvious to the public that Farage stands for the same policies as Trump, because if the majority of people saw that, like the people of Canada & Australia did, they may be more motivated to stop Reform UK
Molly Jong-Fast (@mollyjongfast.bsky.social) reposted
Is that stupid person in the room with us right now?
Sarah Murphy (@13sarahmurphy.bsky.social) reposted
“Far from simply being a beneficiary of short-term frustrations, Reform is capitalising on years of deep-rooted anger… about what millions of people see as the long slide of national decline” Decline that Farage helped cause. Anger that’s made him a fortune. liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/366...
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Pritzker: Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who don’t know how to organize a group chat. It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research…
LLFella 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 (@lizafella.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
I just keep thinking with Yarvin-techbroligarchs-P2025ers that this is a very small group of people who want to take over the world based on a pseudo-philosophy that's utterly repugnant to most of mankind. Like a treehouse gang for supercilious uber-right-wing manboys who think they're the smartest
Jenny Cohn (@jennycohn.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
3/ The Rockbridge Network was co-founded by Chris Buskirk (a Claremont Institute alum) and JD Vance. www.monitoringinfluence.org/org/rockbrid...
Whumpitup (@whumpitup.bsky.social) reposted
Whoever made this 🫡 Detroit Trish 2.0 on Tiktok. @trishdaugherty2
Sarah Murphy (@13sarahmurphy.bsky.social) reposted
“With Brexit, Farage helped embed the poor growth and state dysfunction that are even now providing fuel for his return.Britain has already spent one decade struggling to get by in the world Farage created. It can ill afford a second” Ffs. How much failure can we take? economist.com/leaders/2025...
Ned Resnikoff (@resnikoff.bsky.social) reposted
Democratic members of Congress should probably be made to understand that unless they throw everything they have at this, they are next.
Left Of Center Orange Hater (@henshinhal.bsky.social) reposted
This is just disgusting. Raising kids in trump era just to have more white people, fuck off with that shit. I hope this raises the divorce rate amongst straight white couples.
Jess Piper (@piperformissouri.bsky.social) reposted
Registries for pregnant women and children with autism, but no registry for guns?
BladeoftheSun (@bladeofthes.bsky.social) reposted
Can anyone name even one beneficial reason why we have to keep Brexit?
Jenny Cohn (@jennycohn.bsky.social) reposted
BBC reporter: “[Y]our grouping of tech libertarians, there is a real agenda, like Greenland cld be the *new world order,* & we cld build a *new society* there…” Joe Lonsdale (interrupts): “I think having a frontier is very healthy. I think Britain was a healthier society when it had a frontier.” 1/
Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social) reposted
Let’s celebrate the real England England is not the far-right fringe— it's a nation of compassion, protest, and progress.
BremainInSpain (@bremaininspain.com) reposted
Well get on with it then!
Frazzle (@frazzle1.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Brexit must be reversed to show these people that they cannot win in their endeavours.
Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social) reposted
A private workshop took place last month in Washington DC, hosted by the Heritage Foundation... ...to discuss proposals by European right-wing lobby groups to dismantle the European Union and the European Court of Justice.
Sara Hummingbird (@sarahumm.bsky.social) reposted
Musk's winding back, not gone:"he expects to spend one to two days a week continuing to do what he referred to as “critical work” at Doge" America has been dictating how the world should act on discrimination thanks to these men 👇 I want them to feel what they've been doing to others... Destroyed
Jenny Cohn (@jennycohn.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
18/ bsky.app/profile/jenn...
Jenny Cohn (@jennycohn.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
8/ Even a “blind man could see…” bsky.app/profile/jenn...
Prem Sikka (@premnsikka.bsky.social) reposted
Reeves to make case for trade deal in first meeting with US treasury secretary. Must not sacrifice the NHS; food/environment standards, worker rights. Any deal must be approved by parliament in a free vote. Trade deal with the EU preferable to US. Can't trust Trump. Our future lies with Europe.
Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@artcandee.bsky.social) reposted
Marjorie Taylor Greene saying she is “thinking deeply” is probably the funniest thing I’ll read all day. 🤣
Amy Résistance (@amooshik.bsky.social) reposted
“A Chicago Bulls hoodie makes Kilmar Garcia a gang member the same way a shiny gold cross makes Karoline Leavitt a Christian”. -John Fugelsang
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
NOW: Judge Boasberg has called an emergency hearing regarding the imminent movement of detainees to CECOT in El Salvador. I'm on the public line and I'll post what I can about the hearing here. 1/
Edwin Hayward (@edwinhayward.com) reposted
The next general election may not be until 2029. But we could be only days or weeks away from Labour making a catastrophic mistake that will guarantee a loss. If they reach a deal with the USA that precludes us ever getting truly close to the EU again, let alone rejoining, then it's "Game Over".
Richard Corbett (@richardcorbett.bsky.social) reposted
Britain, a trading nation, now has a vital choice to make about its priority trading partners: - the EU, where agreements are made, kept, reciprocal, based on international norms, & enforced by a court - the USA, where agreements are made, broken, changed & broken again at a whim, with no recourse
Prem Sikka (@premnsikka.bsky.social) reposted
Trump suggests UK state visit set for September. A felon, dictator, liar, violator of treaties and court judgements, opponent of civil liberties, threat to global peace with delusions of extending US borders rewarded with state visit. Shameful. Mass demonstrations are certain.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
Time to give Palantir the Tesla and Target treatment. Make it shameful to work there. Organize rallies at their offices.
Sarah Murphy (@13sarahmurphy.bsky.social) reposted
“Take back control of our laws” so American fascists can decide them for us… I don’t think so. Just imagine if the EU demanded this of us. Intolerable for it to even be on the table. Intolerable to be at this table at all, frankly. Another Brexit humiliation. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Sarah Murphy (@13sarahmurphy.bsky.social) reposted
Not enjoying the JD Vance piece on #r4today.. “There was a strong sense he sees Britain as something rather different from Europe, wasn’t there?” Of course. We’re much more desperate and exploitable on our own. Stop looking for a ‘special relationship’ in the fake flattery of ugly nationalists.
Gil Durán (@gilduran.com) reposted
“We build to dominate”
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Under the Trump budget plan just passed by Congress, a staggering 70% of House Republicans would personally financially benefit from extending major tax loopholes. More money for them, paid for by cuts to YOUR benefits.
Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@artcandee.bsky.social) reposted
Sooooo… China has halted and is now refusing to export rare earth minerals to the U.S. thanks to Donald Trump. He’s gonna use this as his excuse to try and take over Greenland, isn’t he?
Sarah Murphy (@13sarahmurphy.bsky.social) reposted
So, if we call it “youth opportunity scheme” instead of “youth mobility scheme”, then Brexiters might not have a wettie about it and govt can relax. Honest to god. When did we get so petty and pathetic? Oh yes. 2016. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Santiago Mayer (@santiagomayer.com) reposted
This “genius” genuinely believes that healthcare budget analysts can simply be reassigned to making toasters.
Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social) reposted
We have the most anti-free speech government in modern American history. (And yet, in true Orwellian fashion, they claim to be champions of free speech.)
God (@thegodpodcast.com) reposted
Donold doesn’t deserve a grand birthday parade. He deserves to be marched through King’s Landing with an stern cleric behind him chanting “shame.”