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The 24 bus to Westminster no longer runs from the Mar-a-Lago bus depot
Four Reform UK MPs voted against the bill, but Nigel Farage didn't make it to the Commons – he could have swung it by a single vote*.
*Again, the reiterate, it's a ten minute rule bill, it will change nothing.
*Again, the reiterate, it's a ten minute rule bill, it will change nothing.
December 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The 24 bus to Westminster no longer runs from the Mar-a-Lago bus depot
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Corporations and ultra-rich individuals with numerous business interests cannot be trusted to prioritize the public’s right to know over their own bottom lines.
When billionaire conglomerates take control of media, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.
When billionaire conglomerates take control of media, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.
If Paramount is allowed to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, the conservative billionaire Ellison family will control:
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
December 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Corporations and ultra-rich individuals with numerous business interests cannot be trusted to prioritize the public’s right to know over their own bottom lines.
When billionaire conglomerates take control of media, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.
When billionaire conglomerates take control of media, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.
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I did not expect this.
🚨BREAKING🚨
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
December 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I did not expect this.
No one in human history was able to raise a child before this time
I believe him. Altman is super dumb.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
No one in human history was able to raise a child before this time
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Finally, a foe worthy of her talents.
Nothing says getting into the festive spirit like going online to shout at some biscuits
December 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Finally, a foe worthy of her talents.
🖤
December 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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A charming Bes jar, on display at the Petrie Museum of #Egyptian #Archaeology. Vessels with the face of the protective deity Bes were thought to impart his protection to their content.
📷 me
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📷 me
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December 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
A charming Bes jar, on display at the Petrie Museum of #Egyptian #Archaeology. Vessels with the face of the protective deity Bes were thought to impart his protection to their content.
📷 me
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📷 me
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Two shots of Georges Méliès studio and crew
December 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Two shots of Georges Méliès studio and crew
What fresh Hell is this?
December 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
What fresh Hell is this?
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Thinking of studying for a PhD? I'd be happy to hear from anyone considering research into British or Irish prehistory, monuments, radiocarbon dating, heritage. Part-time, distance options. There are funding schemes here at @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social - but be quick, deadlines are in Jan/Feb!
PhD funding | PhD and Research Degrees | University of Exeter
www.exeter.ac.uk
December 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Thinking of studying for a PhD? I'd be happy to hear from anyone considering research into British or Irish prehistory, monuments, radiocarbon dating, heritage. Part-time, distance options. There are funding schemes here at @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social - but be quick, deadlines are in Jan/Feb!
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Been through the desert on a
December 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Been through the desert on a
Is he vice-signalling to Musk, Thiel, Vance et al that they can buy his support for a Far Right coalition in the French elections?
December 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Is he vice-signalling to Musk, Thiel, Vance et al that they can buy his support for a Far Right coalition in the French elections?
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I’d watch a Netflix doc about Jared’s failures in NYC real estate and media; his using a room of unqualified laptop bros to run the COVID-19 Supply Chain Task Force; how he traded US intel to MBS for billions of investment in his fund; and how much he personally profited from the Abraham Accords.
jared kushner is the forrest gump of all the worst events in recent history
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix.
www.axios.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I’d watch a Netflix doc about Jared’s failures in NYC real estate and media; his using a room of unqualified laptop bros to run the COVID-19 Supply Chain Task Force; how he traded US intel to MBS for billions of investment in his fund; and how much he personally profited from the Abraham Accords.
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Calling your troops warfighters or warriors means you do not value the norms and values that constrain the behaviour of soldiers and officers as members of military institutions with legal obligations to state and society.
It is the triumph of militarism over the military way.
It is the triumph of militarism over the military way.
US SouthCom a few tweets way from using a Sonnenrad patch in their imagery.
December 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Calling your troops warfighters or warriors means you do not value the norms and values that constrain the behaviour of soldiers and officers as members of military institutions with legal obligations to state and society.
It is the triumph of militarism over the military way.
It is the triumph of militarism over the military way.
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The secret to Hollywood success is having the richest dad in town.
David Ellison’s Paramount is making a hostile bid to buy Warner Bros. after Netflix already confirmed it’s buying the studio and streamer.
David Ellison Still Wants Daddy to Buy Warner Bros.
David Ellison’s Paramount is making a hostile bid to buy Warner Bros. after Netflix already confirmed it’s buying the studio and streamer.
www.vulture.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The secret to Hollywood success is having the richest dad in town.
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This is the same administration that attacks the EU for trying to impose the most minimal of regulation on Musk and X
Hmmm, so you’ll be ‘policing’ people’s ’thoughts,’ that’s a novel idea
December 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This is the same administration that attacks the EU for trying to impose the most minimal of regulation on Musk and X
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historians everywhere to elon: this is not how any of this works
Elon logic:
The majority of people who voted to pass the Violence against Women Act were men, so really, it’s men who should be proud they ended violence against women
The majority of people who voted for the Civil Rights Act were white, so while people should get the credit for ending segregation
The majority of people who voted to pass the Violence against Women Act were men, so really, it’s men who should be proud they ended violence against women
The majority of people who voted for the Civil Rights Act were white, so while people should get the credit for ending segregation
December 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
historians everywhere to elon: this is not how any of this works
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It’s also important to note that “white” as a category of people did not exist before the 17th century, and came into existence as a social construct largely as a way to justify why some people could be enslaved for life while others couldn’t.
December 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
It’s also important to note that “white” as a category of people did not exist before the 17th century, and came into existence as a social construct largely as a way to justify why some people could be enslaved for life while others couldn’t.
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Also, the system of industrial-scale, racialized, and inter-generationally inherited form of chattel slavery that emerged in the Western Hemisphere was quite different from slavery as practiced in other times and places.
December 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Also, the system of industrial-scale, racialized, and inter-generationally inherited form of chattel slavery that emerged in the Western Hemisphere was quite different from slavery as practiced in other times and places.
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🚨🚨Witkoff & Kushner represent profound corruption: "They are using the tools of the American state in a manner that happens to benefit their friends & business partners, even while they do terrible damage to American allies, American alliances & America’s reputation." @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🚨🚨Witkoff & Kushner represent profound corruption: "They are using the tools of the American state in a manner that happens to benefit their friends & business partners, even while they do terrible damage to American allies, American alliances & America’s reputation." @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
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UPDATE: Trump’s Paramount allies the Ellisons are trying to block the Netflix-WB deal and take over Warner Bros (which includes CNN) with a hostile bid.
(Trump signaled he may help them so his allies control more of what you see… paying attention yet?) www.bbc.com/news/article...
(Trump signaled he may help them so his allies control more of what you see… paying attention yet?) www.bbc.com/news/article...
December 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
UPDATE: Trump’s Paramount allies the Ellisons are trying to block the Netflix-WB deal and take over Warner Bros (which includes CNN) with a hostile bid.
(Trump signaled he may help them so his allies control more of what you see… paying attention yet?) www.bbc.com/news/article...
(Trump signaled he may help them so his allies control more of what you see… paying attention yet?) www.bbc.com/news/article...
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December 8, 1969: The Los Angeles Police Department launched a predawn assault on the L.A. Black Panther headquarters at 41st and Central in Watts. The Panthers fought back in self-defense against a vicious all-out military assault.
December 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
December 8, 1969: The Los Angeles Police Department launched a predawn assault on the L.A. Black Panther headquarters at 41st and Central in Watts. The Panthers fought back in self-defense against a vicious all-out military assault.
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Farage’s “Armoured Land Rover”
All perfectly normal
All perfectly normal
🚨 BREAKING: Farage facing police reports for falsifying election expenses.
A whistleblower from inside his campaign says he overspent by £9,000 incl
• Undeclared campaign HQ
• Armoured Land Rover counted as national spending
• Missing receipts/misreported costs
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
A whistleblower from inside his campaign says he overspent by £9,000 incl
• Undeclared campaign HQ
• Armoured Land Rover counted as national spending
• Missing receipts/misreported costs
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Farage 'reported to police over claim of election fraud in Clacton'
Nigel Farage has been reported to the police over claims of falsified election expenses, it has emerged.
www.dailymail.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Farage’s “Armoured Land Rover”
All perfectly normal
All perfectly normal