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Books, theatre, music, dance and art keep me sane. Interested in politics & the environment. Northern. 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇨🇺 No DMs please.
😳 On August 6, Argentina will vote on a proposed Land Reform Law aiming to facilitate the purchase of rural land in Argentina by private investors. It seems they are preparing to “celebrate” with Peter Thiel. The bill was written by Sturzenegger who will appear at this Sept event with Thiel. 1/
Thrilled that @theguardian.com has run this fantastic profile of @gilduran.com and his intrepid reporting on the hard right turn coming out of Silicon Valley-- his forthcoming THE NERD REICH is as gripping and urgent as they come, a staggering piece of writing that puts the bigger picture together
‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them
theguardian.com
My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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You should enter this comp, and then when you don't win, just buy the book. It is great.
Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 17h agoCOMP. If anyone would like a signed book and a lovely hare postcard just repost this & pop a reply below. I'll choose the winner in about 30 minutes. If you'd prefer to purchase & help some niche weird fiction survive, you can get it here with free delivery: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Booker: "Ghislaine Maxwell is sitting in the lowest possible confinement after giving no information that helped us get one more investigation started and has been silent, and the man responsible for that we're about to make the attorney general of the US ... this is farcical."
A data center was just shut down in Wisconsin after the town council refused to have private talks with the developer and told them everything would include public approval That’s how it’s done, folks
New petition: "Require green rooves and solar panel shelters in all car parks" Deadline 4 February 2027, created by Carol De Storm #NewPetition
New petition: Require green rooves and solar panel shelters in all car parks
Require all car park operators to build green roof and solar panel parking shelters which could reduce the need to use farmland for solar farms and support biodiversity.
petition.parliament.uk
Two faced BadEnoch criticising Labour re the Prison crisis when it was the Tories and specifically Sunak who knew it was a major issue that they didn’t address. In fact Sunak ran away.
I'm beginning to think this Nigel Farage chap might be a bit of a rotter.
EU wants to wean itself off the teat of Thiel. So should the UK. www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Europe wants to kick its Palantir habit
The U.S.-based data crunching firm is deeply embedded in the most sensitive European workflows, from policing to intelligence to health care. Finding alternatives won’t be easy.
politico.eu
It's such a dilemma - don't you agree? I felt like this while reading The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett. #BookSky
Count Binface joined Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell on The Rest Is Politics, reciting Ancient Greek, defending his manifesto policy by policy, and arguing Farage has "already lost" the Clacton byelection regardless of the result. 😂
Joshua Bonehill-Paine Self-styled "nationalist, fascist, theorist and supporter of white rights” who was jailed in 2015 for antisemitic online posts.... Selected as a Tory candidate.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2d agoFormer neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election
What the hell is the BBC 6pm news doing leading with Farage's clickbait about using the Royal Navy to stop immigrants? An absurd soundbite from a tiny party with a disgraced leader and that's the most important news in the UK today? Dear God. The rot has truly gone deep.
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And 25% of voters would put these ridiculous moneyed fools in charge of the govt and treasury, would they? How many investigations into Reform’s dodgy finances are there now? I’ve lost count. And no, it’s not an ‘establishment’ plot. It’s just what happens when corruption/incompetence meets scrutiny
Paul Brand@paulbrand.bsky.social · 3d agoBREAKING: Parliamentary standards commissioner is now investigating Reform UK’s Deputy Leader Richard Tice (as well as its paused investigation into Nigel Farage). Tice is being investigated for allegedly failing to declare a financial interest.
BREAKING: The newly elected Prime Minister of Hungary announced that Netanyahu will be arrested if he enters Hungary.
After years of hype, and trillions of dollars, the AI boom will leave us with a captured economy, a corrupted democracy, and a devastated environment. We can't let them get away with it. substack.com/home/post/p-...
1/I am seeing interviews with people who answer the financial misconduct charges against Farage by saying "they're all doing that..they are all corrupt.." Did they not watch the US elections on TV? That is exactly what people were saying about Trump. (cont)
'Clacton-on-Sea contains Jaywick, named the most deprived neighbourhood in England for 4th time since 2010' ... I wonder how Farage has helped this neighbourhood in his constituency.
Anti-Reform@antireform.bsky.social · 4d agoNigel Farage's father was a very rich stockbroker; he's privately educated, billionaire funded, travels by private jet cares far more about his 5 homes & 13 jobs than helping constituents in Clacton which includes Jaywick, named the most deprived neighbourhood in England for 4th time since 2010
Tommy Robinson and his anti-Muslim bigotry was tackled head on by the Palestinian Oxford Union president, Arwa Elrayess, at debate in June
Palestinian crushes inept Tommy Robinson in Oxford Union debate
Tommy Robinson and his anti-Muslim bigotry was tackled head on by the Palestinian Oxford Union president, Arwa Elrayess, at debate in June
thecanary.co
What a beautiful evening of cultural exchange in Glasgow Central station where fans and athletes from across the Commonwealth get to interact with thousands of drunk teenagers heading to the Calvin Harris gig ❤️❤️❤️
Lots of musical treats tonight on BBC… now watching Calvin Harris gig in Glasgow.
Utter bliss. BBC2 Bolero at the #Proms on now. Spanish National Orchestra.
Went to see #GaryNuman last night, support was Ladytron. #PieceHallHalifax Fantastic gig, great music and atmosphere. Shout out to 3 people on the balcony near the stage, the middle guy never stopped dancing all night. Respect. My hips aren’t up to it these days, sadly!
