Author | Lightnews

Astrid @astridbrand.bsky.social · 5d

I have a kuddly on and the fire. The thought that i have to go out with the dogs for another round fills me with dread

Reposted by Astrid

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 7d

You may have seen quite a bit of news from Caerphilly today.

But how much have you seen about the Reform candidate’s relationship with Nathan Gill?? Anything? Nothing?

Watch & read @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social on the trail of ‘Moscow Gold’

bsky.app/profile/then...

THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 7d

"It's democracy, but not as we know it"
Nerve Reform UK correspondent
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social
went to Caerphilly on byelection day. Where *was* candidate Llŷr Powell, ex-colleague of Russian puppet Nathan Gill? And what did Plaid Cymru's Lindsay Whittle say?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq83...

Film made by John Lubbock & Daisy Steinhardt

YouTube video by Lyn Cat Irv

www.youtube.com

11 210 450

Reposted by Astrid

José Marichal @josemarichal.bsky.social · 7d

Wise from Paul Musgrave... U.S. hegemonic withdrawal and the destruction of the post war liberal international order is proceeding apace and it's not coming back.. we need imaginative thinking about what should come next.
musgrave.substack.com/p/dual-colla...

Dual Collapse

The republic and the empire fall separately

musgrave.substack.com

5 10

Reposted by Astrid

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you to @mrjamesob.bsky.social for having me on, one of the v few people in the UK press to follow this story during what is now a decade of media apathy &/or complicity

LBC @lbc.co.uk · 9d

‘The threat couldn’t be more urgent and imminent. Yet here we are, still putting our head in the sand.’

@carolecadwalla.bsky.social says it’s ‘peculiar’ that the case of Farage ally Nathan Gill admitting to making pro-Russia speeches for cash isn’t being followed more closely.

18 610 1.6K

Reposted by Astrid

Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 11d

🔴 Farage’s new senior advisor has some awful views on Russia and Ukraine

Farage’s new hire won’t help his Putin problem

He’s got a new senior advisor... who has some pretty awful views.

writesbright.substack.com

53 75

Reposted by Astrid

sean00.bsky.social @sean00.bsky.social · 12d

He moving to the most pro EU country in the Union 🤣

1 1

Reposted by Astrid

TheSecretDiplomat @thesecretdiplomat.bsky.social · 12d

Is he under some sort of misapprehension that Ireland will be the right-wing paradise he's looking for? 😂

1 2

Astrid @astridbrand.bsky.social · 12d

I hope u educate him... I dare say, he will be back in due course.

Astrid @astridbrand.bsky.social · 12d

Unbelievable! Brexiter and stout EU hater from my village selling his house to move to Ireland, because he does not like what is going on in the UK. I hope the Irish are ready for him.

3 1

Astrid @astridbrand.bsky.social · 24d

The way AI is used is going to be the undoing of human creativity and intellect. This statement is proof. Reality, what is that?

Astrid @astridbrand.bsky.social · 25d

Which paper published this?

1

Astrid @astridbrand.bsky.social · 26d

Blood plasma transfusion for chronic kidney disease

1 1

Reposted by Astrid

Risa Brooks @risabrooks12.bsky.social · Sep 30

It's easy to see this speech as just weirdly performative, but there's a lot more—and a lot worse—going on here.

The meeting & speeches are part of a larger project aimed at promoting the military leadership’s partisan alignment with the administration.

How? 1/

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 30

Hegseth: "If the words I'm speaking today are making your heart sink, they you should do the honorable thing and resign."

54 520 1.3K

Astrid @astridbrand.bsky.social · Sep 30

Why is Hungary still in the EU and in Nato?

1

Reposted by Astrid

THE NERVE @thenerve.news · Sep 26

Wow! Nearly 1000 followers already. We are blown away. 🎉

We’re launching on Tuesday and we’d love your support.

Sign up here for free to receive our new biweekly newsletter. Or join us as a paying member of the Nerve community. 🙏

thenerve.news

The Nerve

thenerve.news

23 140 300

Reposted by Astrid

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · Sep 26

What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own.

Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social

We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.

Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊

Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · Sep 26

Former Observer big-hitters inc @carolecadwalla.bsky.social launch new title The Nerve with redundancy payouts

After Observer sale: "We decided to launch a title that the journalists themselves would own, that would be truly independent"
pressgazette.co.uk/news/former-...

Former Observer big-hitters launch new title with redundancy payouts

Five former Observer journalists including Carole Cadwalladr have launched their own culture publication using their redundancy money.

pressgazette.co.uk

71 1.1K 2.6K

Astrid @astridbrand.bsky.social · Sep 25

Hmmmm. Is this going to be a purge?

1 2

Reposted by Astrid

Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · Sep 25

www.thenerdreich.com/she-warned-a...

She Warned About Silicon Valley 25 Years Ago. We Ignored Her.

Journalist Paulina Borsook warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer

www.thenerdreich.com

1 20 41

Reposted by Astrid

Supertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social · Sep 23

Taking paracetamol doesn’t give you autistic babies but voting for Trump definitely gives you fascism.

18 65 420

Reposted by Astrid

Natascha Strobl @nataschastrobl.bsky.social · Sep 24

Die @vbohrnmena.bsky.social und der @bohrn-mena.at fechten gerade einen sehr schwierigen Kampf aus, der allen demokratischen Kräften hilft: sie zeigen was passiert, wenn man sein Recht online konsequent einfordert. Die extreme Rechte baut seit Jahren darauf, dass man das nicht macht.

COMÚN @comun.at · Sep 24

„Es ist ein lukratives Geschäftsmodell, in dem Menschen wie die Bohrn Menas zu Hass-Clickbait verarbeitet werden...“ - Der deutsche Journalist @alexanderknowledge.bsky.social berichtet für den @deutschlandfunk.de.web.brid.gy über die Klagen von @vbohrnmena.bsky.social & @bohrn-mena.at. (1)

5 64 180

Astrid @astridbrand.bsky.social · Sep 23

Leccinum versipelle cluster on Cannock Chase. #fungus #orangebirchbolete #cannockchase #autumn #foraging

1

Astrid @astridbrand.bsky.social · Sep 22

I am in the same boat. Lived here for nearly 30 years. I raised 3 children two of whom are serving members in the armed forces. My eldest is in a relationship with a Portugese girl who came here on the "Boriswave" 3 years ago. I cannot convey what I feel but mostly broken and disappointed.

1