Andrew Bowie
@andrewbowie.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and German, Royal Holloway University of London, jazz saxophonist. Aesthetic Dimensions of Modern Philosophy Oxford UP. https://m.soundcloud.com/andy-bowie
Ossoff: "Now our task is to reawaken that great national spirit that defeated fascism... and passed civil rights laws in order to meet the challenges and obligations of our time. Because I refuse to accept...a world as dark and dangerous and cruel as this one threatens to become."
The absolute shellacking Republicans are taking makes the prior two years of capitulation by so many powerful people and organizations look even more pathetic
Related story: Tim O'Hare, the Tarrant County judge who closed 30% of the battleground county's polling locations, including spots on college campuses and Black and brown-majority neighborhoods, has been unseated by Alisa Simmons, a county commissioner he tried to gerrymander out of her seat.
Democrat Simmons declares victory over Republican O’Hare in Tarrant judge race
A Democrat has not won the seat in 40 years.
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Joe Katz@joekatz45.bsky.social · 9h agoBlexas is real, and not just in our hearts
everyone get ready to call your reps and tell them we do NOT want reaching across the aisle, we want justice and accountability!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Keith Edwards@keithedwards.bsky.social · 9h agoBREAKING NEWS: DEMOCRATS WIN CONTROL OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
People should really be asking themselves what happens if Dems take the House and Senate, yet Trump keeps on doing everything he's doing. What's the enforcement mechanism?Everyone seems to be counting on him to voluntarily stand down when he has an army of goons breaking the law on a daily basis.
It’s hard to express how upsetting it is to hear over & over in media coverage how “affordability and cost of living” is the key issue in a US midterm election bathed in blatant criminality & corruption, overt fascism, aggressive racism and rights decimation, global warmongering, & outright treason.
Absolutely crazy that she is unable to say “we needed those care workers, we relied on them, British people rely on them now, it would be a disgrace to tell them they can’t stay”
Mahmood on Today Programme is car crash. It’s so obvious her policy and arguments are incoherent. Not good enough for the right and not good enough for the left. A failure for the economy/British conditions. Out of line with new govt. direction. Horrible and offensive to migrants.
The *Democratic primary* in Michigan saw more money spent on it than the entire UK general election. Total spending on the whole senate election there = $435 million.
Arthur Snell@snellarthur.bsky.social · 22h agoIt's staggering the the cost of a single race in a single state (eg Michigan Senate) will be about *three times* the cost of the entire general election campaign in the UK, which has a population 7 times larger than that of Michigan.
After ten years of pretending Dear Leader is normal, *now* the New York Times is admitting that he's bugfuck nuts. Too little, too late, Gray Lady. Where were you when you could have mattered? Thank you for your attention to today's post, in which I bring the receipts. Link is here: bit.ly/4jNFbaG
Really funny to see russian propaganda pivot from « Ukraine is a NATO proxy that doesn’t decide anything for itself » to « Trump can’t control Ukraine and Ukraine will conquer half of Europe ».
WarTranslated (Dmitri)@wartranslated.bsky.social · 3d ago🫠 Solovyov claims the Ukrainian Armed Forces could seize territory of Hungary, Poland, Romania and Moldova, and says NATO "won't be able" to stop them at all, they'd just sweep NATO away.
Oh, those pesky facts ....
Beyond horrible. 18 people were killed by Russian aerial bomb strikes on Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia region. At least five more were injured. Russia attacked a school where humanitarian aid was being distributed to local residents.
Russia has fully withdrawn from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture&Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Prior to the full-scale invasion, Russia authorized the publication of only four visit reports from the 30 visits⤵️ 📷Ukrainian Defender before&after Russian captivity
SIGN THE PETITION! www.amnesty.org.uk/get-involved...
End the prosecution of peaceful protestors in the UK
Police have made 2,700+ arrests under terrorism laws in the UK for protesting peacefully against the banning of Palestine Action. This can't go unchallenged. The UK’s chief prosecutors must now decide...
amnesty.org.uk
Ditch Spotify now. It’s a cancerous blight on human endeavour.
In this 4th quarter of 2026, it is v likely that the level of net migration is now v close to zero. (We will only get confirmation of that in May 2027). Andy Burnham says he does not know if it is too high or not. Chris Philp says it is "way too high" www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
Burnham: It’s difficult to say whether migration is too high
Prime Minister suggests he has no plans to introduce a cap on number of legal migrants entering UK
telegraph.co.uk
Rest in Power to all the innocent mothers, daughters, brothers, fathers, sons, siblings, children and loved ones killed by ICE.
These criminals are laughing their heads off as the world roasts and governments - including the UK's - do absolutely nothing to rein them in They should be in jail, but instead they are popping the champagne corks www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Nine big oil firms on track to share more than $95bn profit two quarters in a row
Windfall for oil corporations such Saudi Aramco and BP comes on back of soaring fuel prices driven by Iran war
theguardian.com
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 He was known for wearing trademark sunglasses, carrying a .357 Revolver, and patrolling roads with a shotgun. Meet Sheriff Lucius Amerson—a total badass! Pull up a seat🪑,my friends.(cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
On FB there’s been this ad lately for a service that offers to let pastors use AI to evaluate their sermons. One pastor, naturally enough, submitted the Sermon On The Mount. It got 5.3/10.
England’s water companies failed on environment. Sewage dumped in rivers. 2666 pollution incidents in England in 2025, 40% more on 2016. Execs rewarded, none prosecuted. Customers fleeced. Even with nationalization, it will take a generation to recover.
Eight of England’s nine water companies still failing on environment, report finds
Angela Eagle tells industry ‘people are sick of excuses’ as pollution levels remain high despite billions in investment
theguardian.com
If you're not planning to vote maybe this will change your mind. Good morning everyone. ☕️☕️☕️
Once they started digging this hole, the only way they could go was down. And still the police and government are digging. They'll see kangaroos soon. novaramedia.com/2026/10/30/p...
Police Threaten to Arrest Anyone Helping Protesters at Palestine Action Demo
The Metropolitan police has said it will arrest anyone providing “logistical support” to those protesting the Palestine Action ban in London on Saturday.
novaramedia.com
🌍 Indonesia holds 34% of the world’s peat reserves,one of the planet’s most critical carbon sinks. When these peatlands are drained and burned for palm oil, centuries of stored carbon are released in a flash. This year’s fires have already emitted an estimated 180 million tons of carbon.
last paragraph in this piece packed a punch
#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 5d ago"Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Michigan, never had a bodyguard before this campaign. Now he has three. “When the President is constantly coming after you, there’s real consequences,” he told me".
In theory, contractors are legally barred from political giving because that smacks of bribery. In practice, Musk gets a 2,200 percent return on his investment. trib.al/vEVurV9
Elon Musk Made Off With $16 Billion of Taxpayer Money
In theory, contractors are legally barred from political giving because that smacks of bribery. In practice, Musk gets a 2,200 percent return on his investment.
trib.al
