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Frances 'Cassandra' Coppola @francescoppola.bsky.social · 1d

Economic lessons from a Biblical fable: my latest piece at
@themintmag
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Pharoah, advised by the talented Joseph, stored up enough grain to survive a famine, and in so doing engineered a fundamental change in the organisation of Egyptian society.

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From Reserves to Repression – The Mint Magazine

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Frances 'Cassandra' Coppola @francescoppola.bsky.social · 1d

Economic lessons from a Biblical fable: my latest piece at
@themintmag
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Pharoah, advised by the talented Joseph, stored up enough grain to survive a famine, and in so doing engineered a fundamental change in the organisation of Egyptian society.

www.themintmagazine.com/from-reserve...

From Reserves to Repression – The Mint Magazine

www.themintmagazine.com

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 11d

"I have no regrets at all"

Irish comedian Tadhg Hickey sends a message from the Global Sumud Flotilla.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 24d

Spoke tonight with the Financial Times. 👇🏼

https://www.ft.com/content/46875865-55fd-4b21-8fbe-ebda5b7ba22a

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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 25d

cato institute analysis of murders by political ideology since 1975, excluding 9/11

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Sep 5

Reality check looms for Reform UK’s Doge experiment on.ft.com/4mQsIlf

Reality check looms for Reform UK’s Doge experiment

Nigel Farage’s party seeks to make local government a showcase for its ambition to take power in Westminster

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Kenn Pike @thutigger.bsky.social · Sep 5

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · Sep 5

There is some frenzied lust of final self-destruction dominating papers like the Mail or the Telegraph these days, that is astonishing even to their own standards.
Where will this end?

Peter Foster @pmdfoster.bsky.social · Sep 5

Honking endorsement for Farage, Johnson et la, without a moment’s reflection that 10 years of UKIPified Tory govt created the mess they’re railing about — booming benefits bills, bond market routs, immigration surges, trade slump and investment slumps. Bring back Boris and Nadine! That’ll fix it. 🙈

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Frances 'Cassandra' Coppola @francescoppola.bsky.social · Sep 5

Skye likes the sunshine.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · Sep 2

Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.

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Mark Beeney🗿 @markbeeney.bsky.social · Sep 2

1/ This is so true @bearlypolitics.co.uk
Time for UK govt to lead not follow, racism has no part in a democracy, it must be stopped 🤬🤬🤬🤬
Great (suggested) speech as well on next skeet

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Enough Platitudes: Starmer Must Confront Racism With Courage, Not Flags

The Far-Right is. Emboldened, Lies Go Unchallenged and Labour Looks Like Deer in Headlights. It's Past Time For Real Leadership

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Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · Aug 28

A must read summary of how the current situation in the Middle East came to pass.
Britain's grubby hands all over it..

Frances 'Cassandra' Coppola @francescoppola.bsky.social · Aug 28

My new Coppola Comment post traces the events that led to the creation of Mandatory Palestine, and unpicks some of the web of lies and deceit that obscures the truth.
open.substack.com/pub/coppolac...

Lies, deceit and betrayal

Britain's role in the making of Palestine and the dismemberment of Syria

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Frances 'Cassandra' Coppola @francescoppola.bsky.social · Aug 28

I have indeed read it. Great book.

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Nigel Anderson @blinkcursor.bsky.social · Aug 28

This is quite the exhaustive history of the carving up of the middle east a century ago, that led us to where we are today:

coppolacomment.substack.com/p/lies-decei...

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Frances 'Cassandra' Coppola @francescoppola.bsky.social · Aug 28

My new Coppola Comment post traces the events that led to the creation of Mandatory Palestine, and unpicks some of the web of lies and deceit that obscures the truth.
open.substack.com/pub/coppolac...

Lies, deceit and betrayal

Britain's role in the making of Palestine and the dismemberment of Syria

open.substack.com

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Frances 'Cassandra' Coppola @francescoppola.bsky.social · Aug 28

That film is only really comprehensible if you know the history.

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NevereverDave.bsky.social @nevereverdave.bsky.social · Aug 28

"With the entry of women into the workforce in #WWII, there was much discussion of their “double burden”: but nothing much was done about it until the 1970s, apart from earlier retirement age, set in part because many women were worn out long before they reached 60."

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The Past, Present And (Uncertain) Future Of A Government Pension Scheme

Pensions are in crisis. Not just private and corporate pensions, though these of course are currently crippled by years of near-zero interest rates. But government schemes. Particularly, the unfunded ...

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Frances 'Cassandra' Coppola @francescoppola.bsky.social · Aug 28

My new Coppola Comment post traces the events that led to the creation of Mandatory Palestine, and unpicks some of the web of lies and deceit that obscures the truth.
open.substack.com/pub/coppolac...

Lies, deceit and betrayal

Britain's role in the making of Palestine and the dismemberment of Syria

open.substack.com

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Chris Cook @chriscook.news · Jul 16

Who built a system where someone can export a list of Taliban murder targets into excel on a computer with internet access.

Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · Jul 16

Maybe I've missed this. But "a soldier sent an email" is not going to cut it as an explanation of how this happened. I'm not saying name-and-shame. But the public are owed a proper explanation. Continuing obfuscation just compounds this.

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Frances 'Cassandra' Coppola @francescoppola.bsky.social · Jul 14

I held it open and she still refused to go through.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · Jul 13

The phrase "no shit Sherlock" seems woefully inadequate. The world has watched the Israeli authorities conduct a genocide in Gaza. There is absolutely no question or doubt that it's offensively named "humanitarian city" is a concentration camp.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

‘Humanitarian city’ would be concentration camp for Palestinians, says former Israeli PM

Ehud Olmert says forcing people into camp would be ethnic cleansing, and anger at Israel is not all down to antisemitism

www.theguardian.com

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Frances 'Cassandra' Coppola @francescoppola.bsky.social · Jul 13

I hope Skye will eventually feel brave enough to try it.

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Frances 'Cassandra' Coppola @francescoppola.bsky.social · Jul 13

I tried. She growled at me and fled.

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Frances 'Cassandra' Coppola @francescoppola.bsky.social · Jul 13

"Put sone dried food or treats in the tunnel", they said. "Record when she goes through the cat flap and comes back out," they said.

Skye absolutely refused to go through it.

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Frances 'Cassandra' Coppola @francescoppola.bsky.social · Jul 13

Me: *shows Skye new catflap*

Skye: "WHAT IS THIS THING THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO MURDER ME WITH"

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