A carefully planned Russian propaganda operation is underway. Having starved people in Oleshky for months, Russia, with the 'intervention' of Melania, will allow people to leave and pretend Ukraine was at fault. Read @zarinazabrisky.bsky.social www.kyivpost.com/analysis/88041

Is the Kremlin Preparing a Propaganda Spectacle in Oleshky?

A possible ceasefire in occupied Oleshky risks becoming a Kremlin propaganda stage, masking blocked aid and once again recasting Russia as the rescuer before foreign audiences.

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Further to the quoted... This is becoming a sort of national psychosis. I mean, look at defence. 😂

Alex Andreou@sturdyalex.bsky.social · 5mo ago

So we have full 2025 immigration stats - Total net down by 2/3rds in 2025 (3/4 from peak) - Small boat arrivals in 2026 down 40%. Asylum backlog down 48%; returns up 9% - Asylum seekers in hotels down 35% (down 48% from peak) YET PUBLIC PERCEPTION 49% think 2025 saw increase; only 16% know it fell

You know, a President accusing a NYT reporter of committing treason just for asking a question is actually quite a big deal, and this bunch just standing there listening to it and doing nothing is not encouraging the public to think of journalism as a serious business or of words meaning anything.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6mo ago

Trump to NYT's David Sanger: "I had a total military victory. But the fake news, guys like you, write incorrectly. You're a fake guy. We had a total military victory. I actually think it's sort of treasonous what you write. You should be ashamed of yourself. I actually think it's treason."

Sorry for the plug but I feel obliged to reshare this. Farage told a podcast before running for election: “There’s no money in politics, there’s no money if you’re straight [i.e. not corrupt]." Around the time he got £5 million from a crypto billionaire before going on to back crypto deregulation.

Nigel Farage Claimed There's 'No Money in Politics' Just Before Running for £91,000+ MP Job

EXCLUSIVE: Unearthed comments show Reform UK leader dismissing MP salary, just weeks before becoming Britain's highest-earning parliamentarian

bylinetimes.com

#BBCNews - 'Millions' of pounds saved by replacing Palantir tech in refugee system www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK saves 'millions' of pounds by ditching Palantir for refugee system

The government said its in-house IT system was

bbc.co.uk

Farage says £5m gift was a reward for Brexit campaigning. Billionaire living in Thailand bought Brexit. Previously, Farage said £5m was for his security. What next? After receiving £5m, Farage bought £1.4m property in cash, one of the four he owns through a company. Partner has another one.

Nigel Farage now says £5m from crypto billionaire was ‘reward’ for Brexit push

Reform UK leader offers new explanation for gift, which is under investigation, having first said it was for his security

theguardian.com

The longest blink in history 😁

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6mo ago

i can't believe this is really what they're going with lmao

💐 It is with great sadness that we share the passing of someone we had the privilege of working for. As today marks the day of his funeral, it feels only fitting to reshare one of our favourite blogs dedicated to the big man and his wee dug. Rest in peace, Ian H. c-change.org.uk/big-man-wee-...

Big Man, Wee Dug - C-Change

A story about a big man and a wee dug

c-change.org.uk

Important data point here: “A sharp fall in Labour's performance is accompanied more often by an above average Green performance than it is by a strong Reform performance”. The Greens have already hurt Labour even before any direct gains.

Today is C-Change Scotland's 25th Anniversary as an organisation. Here are some words from our CEO and founder, Sam Smith: "25 years is a significant milestone.  We have much to celebrate.

Exercise your franchise 👇👏

C-Change Scotland@cchangescotland.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🗳️ With social care high on the agenda, this election feels like an important one for many of us. it is important we go out there and have our voices hear by voting! #ScottishElection26 #FundItLikeItMatters

Britain should rejoin EU, says man who led Brexit department Philip Rycroft, who oversaw the Department for Exiting the European Union from 2017 to 2019, said none of Leave’s ‘heady promises’ had materialised www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Britain should rejoin EU, says man who led Brexit department

Philip Rycroft, who oversaw the Department for Exiting the European Union from 2017 to 2019, said none of Leave’s ‘heady promises’ had materialised

thetimes.com

I am absolutely shite at recognising when someone is flirting with me. Like, comically bad at it. My mates would mock me about it. But something happened today that made me so happy. 1/?

Reform donor Ben Delo, who has given £4 million to the party, is making legal threats to those who reference his 2022 US conviction for failing to implement anti-money laundering laws, prior to a pardon by President Trump. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

British crypto billionaire Ben Delo says he has given £4m to Reform UK

Delo, pardoned by Trump after violating US banking law, describes himself as champion of free speech

theguardian.com

A tiny firm - so small it doesn’t have to publish audited accounts - with £81k in cash made 7 donations totalling £200k to Reform UK. We now know the firm has had long-term dealings in Iran, including a €145m deal with the Iranian state-owned telecoms company. Reform have more questions to answer.

Reform UK donor linked to sanctioned Iranian conglomerate

A churchwarden behind a £200,000 gift to Nigel Farage’s party is the director of a company cited in French intelligence memos

thetimes.com

“The President of the United States is the steward of the White House for future generations of First Families. He is not, however, the owner!” —Judge Leon blocking Trump’s ballroom construction Can someone please share this message with Trump, who thinks he owns the White House and the Treasury?

Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Stop Palantir taking over our public services!

Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.

you.38degrees.org.uk

Erm..a long, long time ago.

Dave Lee@davelee.me · 8mo ago

Where to begin with this

Complaining about & blaming Keir Starmer for a long-scheduled, still uncertain, six month distant increase in fuel prices literally *hours* after calling for more war in the Middle East is quite the flex. These are not serious people.

Beautiful, and just what I needed. Thank you @arealmofwonder.bsky.social 🙏

Cian McCarthy@arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Poems for Lent (Day 21) • Mary Oliver •

The genius businessman strikes again

Rand Paul: "As far as reasons for the war, there have been many different ones floated, but none have been very convincing... we were told their nuclear weapons were obliterated, and now we're told their nuclear weapons are just moments away from being a bomb. I don't think the arguments are valid."

A year long investigation into the Hyperloop found … “The truth was far simpler, far dumber, and far more prescient: Musk and his lieutenants truly had no idea what they were doing.” washingtonian.com/2026/02/12/h...

How Elon Musk’s Sci-Fi Hyperloop Failed

Before his misadventures in government efficiency, Musk promised to revolutionize commuting with a subway that would speed passengers between DC and Baltimore in a matter of minutes. The project was a...

washingtonian.com

Just going to leave this here

📣 Update on the Scottish Government's announcement of £20m funding for social care sector from CEO of C-Change Scotland, Sam Smith.

Name them shame them

3 million disgusting nudified images were produced by Grok in just 11 days. Existing safeguards don’t work; we need preventative measures for AI. My letter with other MPs to @lizforleicester.bsky.social.

BREAKING from 🇵🇱: Polish government has appointed a special analytical team that will investigate this matter, Polish PM Donald Tusk announced. Tusk: “There are signs that Epstein was connected to the Russian intelligence”

French police have raided the Paris offices of X and summoned Elon Musk for questioning as part of a cybercrime investigation into artificial intelligence-generated pornographic deepfakes and Holocaust denial. www.ms.now/news/french-...

French police raid X offices and summon Musk in probe involving sexual deepfakes

Grok, the social media platform's AI chatbot, has sparked global outrage for generating a slew of sexually explicit images and Holocaust denial statements.

ms.now

A crypto company run by President Trump’s family members sold a large stake to investors tied to the United Arab Emirates just days before Trump’s inauguration, linking a Trump family business to a prominent member of the UAE’s governing elite.

Trump family crypto firm sold major stake to UAE investment firm

The investment, worth a reported $500 million, gave Emirati-backed investors a 49 percent stake in World Liberty Financial, a Trump crypto company.

wapo.st