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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d

I recently sat down with three leaders who are part of the @obamafoundation.bsky.social's alumni network to hear more about their work to strengthen democracy in Hungary and Poland. They’re an example for us all. Take a look:

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Jeremy Rodell @jeremyr1.bsky.social · 17h

Looks like the “AI is hitting new grad jobs, better be a plumber” narrative isn’t right (though prob not a bad idea to become a plumber).

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Nick Burgis @nickburgis.bsky.social · 19h

🧪 This is a dangerous move 😡

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 19h

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 18h

The Meritocracy!

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Jared Kushner in Tel Aviv: "Instead of replicating the barbarism of the enemy, you chose to be exceptional, you chose to stand for the values that you stand for, and I couldn't be prouder to be a friend of Israel."

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Jeremy Rodell @jeremyr1.bsky.social · 20h

Hilarious!

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 3d

I'm team "books Covid vaccine the minute they're available" due to facts like this.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 3d

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Jeremy Rodell @jeremyr1.bsky.social · 21h

What’s wrong with this?

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 22h

A man born in Pretoria, 1971, left for Canada in 1989, might want to wind his neck in (though apartheid South Africa was not necessarily too traumatic place for those who could benefit from apartheid if could manage to resist being too troubled by the racist principles of the state and society)

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Jeremy Rodell @jeremyr1.bsky.social · 21h

Yep. As a humanist (“secular humanist“ in US and, presumably New Zealand, terms) I defend Brian Tamaki’s right to express his views. They‘re hateful, & anyone platforming him (eg Tommy Robinson) deserves condemnation. But, for the same reason we don’t have blasphemy laws, they’re not illegal.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

This statement of religious intolerance from Brian Tamaki is political speech that has legal protection. It is also a statement of prejudice and a promotion of discrimination and an opposition to freedom of belief that should be opposed, challenged & stigmatised in mainstream spaces.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 1d

The picture of Farage with the T shirt from Gill’s briber’s wife, taken the day Gill appears her Pro Russian TV channel, is taken in Gill’s office

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 1d

Farage on Gill and Pro Russian media bribes” I told him not to go. He defied me and went. I was completely unaware of any statements that he made."

Farage with pro Russian media (and wife of briber) on the day Gill made his statements in 2018

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Jeremy Rodell @jeremyr1.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. All of those are grossly offensive, and very undesirable in our plural society. But aren't they in the same category as "F...the Conservatives; F...Labour; F...Chelsea; F...Starmer...

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Jeremy Rodell @jeremyr1.bsky.social · 1d

Ok @ofcom.bsky.social please do something.

Center for Countering Digital Hate @counterhate.com · 1d

🚨NEW: After the attack at the Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester, British Jews who expressed grief & frustration were targeted with a wave of antisemitic abuse on X.

Our new analysis exposes how X is failing to enforce its own rules on violent & hateful content ⤵️
www.thejc.com/news/uk/excl...

Jeremy Rodell @jeremyr1.bsky.social · 1d

Having said that, the “Kings Army” website makes entertaining reading - military metaphor on steroids. thekingsarmy.com

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Jeremy Rodell @jeremyr1.bsky.social · 2d

This just looks sad. Meanwhile, there are bigger things to worry about: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jeremy Rodell @jeremyr1.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe not. But we don't have a blasphemy law in this country, and it's essential that it stays that way (even if there was malign and provocative intent).

Jeremy Rodell @jeremyr1.bsky.social · 2d

Seen from here in the UK, the primacy of money in American society seems too baked-in to remove it sufficiently from US politics. It would mean caps on spending during elections, getting rids of Super PACs…

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Rushing to the pharmacy to pick up my fat checks from Merck and Pfizer.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "We're gonna be reducing the cost of medicines by 100%, 200%, 300%, 500% and even more than that."

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 3d

Twelve Jobs Nigel has earned over £1 million in additional income since the general election.

To understand the scale of it, since the July 2024 election he's earned roughly £100k more as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion than Starmer gets as PM.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Nigel Farage earns over £1m from 12 'second jobs' - check how much your MP earns

The Reform UK leader's most lucrative second jobs include hosting on GB News, serving as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion and recording videos for Cameo

www.mirror.co.uk

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Peter Allen @peterallen.bsky.social · 3d

Print and send this chart (from your newsletter on Tuesday) to every household in the country.

A graph from the FT showing government spending by age cohort. Over-70s have more spent on them than any other age cohort.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 4d

Russia's disinformation campaign is now using deepfaked audio of Holocaust survivors to attack Armenia, in videos published on the 2nd anniversary of the Hamas October 7th attack on Israel.

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Jeremy Rodell @jeremyr1.bsky.social · 4d

Back by Tommy Robinson

Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 4d

Chichester Reform's Facebook page appears to have rebranded to Ben Habib's Advance UK...

The page URL (and email) mentions Teresa De Santis who was Reform UK's candidate in the 2024 General Election. She came third with 15% of the vote.

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 5d

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

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Jeremy Rodell @jeremyr1.bsky.social · 5d

It’s the face value that’s the worry.

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Jeremy Rodell @jeremyr1.bsky.social · 5d

What I think you mean is that you disagree with the claim. I don’t imagine he cares about what you believe.

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