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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 7h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Jo @hoojo.bsky.social · 48m

It's dependent largely on US AI which is built on such fragile foundations

fortune.com/2025/10/07/a...

America is ‘flirting with recession’ if tech investment slows, according to new modeling—but bubble risk is still smaller than dotcom era | Fortune

Oxford Economics warns U.S. growth could stall if tech investment cools, with global GDP also at risk if AI enthusiasm shows signs of waning.

fortune.com

Jo @hoojo.bsky.social · 55m

The engine of US growth is US tech. Without US tech there's no growth. But US tech is built on very fragile foundations. It consumes vast & expanding quantities of energy & requires increasing quantities of rare earth minerals

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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 1h

SPECIAL REPORT 🚨 The multimillionaire controls a network of news channels, publications and think tanks that the left could only dream of. If Reform or the Tories win the next election, he will become the country’s most influential non-politician

✏️ @jamesrball.com
🔗 Read report: buff.ly/abyD6hO

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Josep Goded (New Main Account) @josepgoded2.bsky.social · 1h

Gaza’s Ministry of Health reported that 45 bodies of Palestinians were transferred by the Red Cross to Nasser Medical Complex following their release by Israel. The bodies showed evident signs of torture, field execution, and abuse.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1h

Do listen in. It became quite, ahem, heated.

The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 2h

NEW EPISODE: Will we survive climate change?

Join our expert panellists as they answer your questions about curbing rising global temperatures and what life could be like in a warmer world.

Listen on your favourite podcast platform: www.lnk.to/AQOSClimateBB

Panel of speakers with the title ‘Can We Survive Climate Change?’ from BBC Studios and The Francis Crick Institute.

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Jo @hoojo.bsky.social · 1h

Wherever Blair is, there is the foul smell of death & corruption.

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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 1h

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It's Sakher 🍉 @sakher23.bsky.social · 1h

Also, if anyone can help me create a new Bluesky account,
I urgently need your support — please contact me.

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Tim Harford @timharford.ft.com · 2d

Great fun at the Oxford Half today - and a good warm-up for the London Marathon.
Overwhelmed by the support so many people have given to Teenage Cancer Trust. We're through £7000 now! Thank you. If you fancy chipping in some more, here's the link:
www.justgiving.com/page/tim-har...

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 3h

UK faces highest inflation in G7 this year and next, IMF warns.

Biggest cause is profiteering led by energy, water and food businesses. No govt checks it.

Real average wage stuck at 2008 level. 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. Govts needs to remove cash from the rich.

UK faces highest inflation in G7 this year and next, IMF warns

According to fund’s World Economic Outlook, Britain is on course to average 3.4% this year and 2.5% in 2026

www.theguardian.com

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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 1h

"Violations of the ceasefire agreement monitored as aid continues to arrive - Field report with Asma Wadiya"

رصد خروقات لاتفاق وقف إطلاق النار مع استمرار دخول مساعدات - رسالة ميدانية مع أسماء وادية
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv_y...

#Gaza #GazaNews #GazaStrip #Israel #News #Palestine #WorldNews

رصد خروقات لاتفاق وقف إطلاق النار مع استمرار دخول مساعدات - رسالة ميدانية مع أسماء وادية

YouTube video by PalestineTV تلفزيون فلسطين

www.youtube.com

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Jo @hoojo.bsky.social · 1h

Israels' more recent colonial imperial plunder costs out at an estimated $30 billion.
Against $70 billion to build a SEZ/EEZ on the tabula rasa after the demolition derby.
Those who spent the $30b, want some bang for their buck. Investment requires securities. There'll be a bet on this, somewhere

Jo @hoojo.bsky.social · 2h

Feels quite Kafka-esque that in this day & age the BBC has become such a mouthpeice for 18th/19th century style colonial imperialism, fascism, extremism & terrorism Any concept of balance reason or truth, or even whats in the best interests of Brits, seems to been completely thrown out the window

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Jo @hoojo.bsky.social · 2h

It always was a corporate take-over of government. Trump treats it like a business- profit for him & his dynasty

Jo @hoojo.bsky.social · 17h

The ceasefire has been broken.

Jo @hoojo.bsky.social · 17h

Indeed.
It also means, no one in the Middle East is safe or can know real peace.
A Leopard does not change its spots.

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Jo @hoojo.bsky.social · 17h

Prisoners is accurate.
Just as the captured Israelis were/ are "prisoners of war".
In fact all Palestinians in Gaza are effectively prisoners.

Jo @hoojo.bsky.social · 17h

The reckoning is in the mail.

Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 21h

The West is going to suffer terrible consequences from Israel's genocide.

New column 👇

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Be sure of this: many of the horrors the west allowed in Gaza will come closer to home | Owen Jones

History shows the crimes of empire were later mirrored on European soil. Dehumanisation and militarised terror both seem normalised now, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

www.theguardian.com

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 1d

Wow.

Keir Starmer's goons conned their way to power.

But now the chickens are coming home to roost.

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Jo @hoojo.bsky.social · 17h

Cheaper to get certain healthcare abroad, no doubt.

Jo @hoojo.bsky.social · 17h

Vance is Peter Thiels cut out

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Jo @hoojo.bsky.social · 17h

Yes.

Jo @hoojo.bsky.social · 17h

He is the old fashioned definition of a terrorist.

A foreign asset, inciting hate, violence & division, with intent to undo Britain.

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Jo @hoojo.bsky.social · 18h

Losing? Lost.
It is also losing some of its plutocratic support on which it depends.
Ahh but it has a plan to try & turn that around.
Expect doubling down on its takeover of legacy & influential social, media & more agressive totalitarian Christian Zionism.
More censorship, propaganda & repression

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