@duboddity.bsky.social
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February 4, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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If Mandelson is being investigated for his Epstein connections, he must also be investigated for his Thiel connections, because they ran a joint fund when Mandelson fixed Starmer's visit to Palantir
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...
'Peter Mandelson's Fixing of Keir Starmer’s Visit to Spytech Firm Palantir Raises Serious Questions'
Palantir was represented by a lobbying firm founded by Mandelson, Iain Overton and Max Colbert report
bylinetimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:41 PM
If Mandelson is being investigated for his Epstein connections, he must also be investigated for his Thiel connections, because they ran a joint fund when Mandelson fixed Starmer's visit to Palantir
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...
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Siemens is pumping $1 billion into manufacturing fossil fuel infrastructure on the bet that power demand from ultra-inefficient text, image and video generation based off plagiarised internet content will grow massively in the future
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www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/b...
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www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/b...
Siemens Energy Bets $1 Billion That A.I. Power Demand Will Last
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Siemens is pumping $1 billion into manufacturing fossil fuel infrastructure on the bet that power demand from ultra-inefficient text, image and video generation based off plagiarised internet content will grow massively in the future
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www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/b...
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www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/b...
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John Barry (1933-2011) - The Midnight Cowboy Theme
YouTube video by radiofstars
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February 4, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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Farage's troll army are rattled by the Green candidate in Gorton and Denton.
They've claimed Hannah Spencer isn't actually a plumber.
She's here to put the record straight!
They've claimed Hannah Spencer isn't actually a plumber.
She's here to put the record straight!
February 4, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Farage's troll army are rattled by the Green candidate in Gorton and Denton.
They've claimed Hannah Spencer isn't actually a plumber.
She's here to put the record straight!
They've claimed Hannah Spencer isn't actually a plumber.
She's here to put the record straight!
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RIP John Virgo. He's with the angles now.
February 4, 2026 at 12:06 PM
RIP John Virgo. He's with the angles now.
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I’ve urged the Health Secretary to act on the urgent need for access to medical cannabis for children with drug‑resistant epilepsy. Too many families are still forced into financial hardship to secure treatment that should be available on the NHS.
February 4, 2026 at 10:16 AM
I’ve urged the Health Secretary to act on the urgent need for access to medical cannabis for children with drug‑resistant epilepsy. Too many families are still forced into financial hardship to secure treatment that should be available on the NHS.
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[email protected] -- "These verdicts are a huge blow to government ministers who have tried to portray Palestine Action as a violent group to justify banning it under badly drafted terrorism legislation.
"It shows how out of step this government is with public opinion".
"It shows how out of step this government is with public opinion".
BREAKING: NO CONVICTIONS AS VERDICTS COME IN FOR FILTON24 TRIAL
After 8 days of deliberation, the jury have not convicted Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Ellie (Leona) Kamio, Fatema Zainab Rajwani, Zoe Rogers and Jordan Devlin on any charge.
Defend Our Juries comment to follow.
After 8 days of deliberation, the jury have not convicted Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Ellie (Leona) Kamio, Fatema Zainab Rajwani, Zoe Rogers and Jordan Devlin on any charge.
Defend Our Juries comment to follow.
February 4, 2026 at 1:10 PM
[email protected] -- "These verdicts are a huge blow to government ministers who have tried to portray Palestine Action as a violent group to justify banning it under badly drafted terrorism legislation.
"It shows how out of step this government is with public opinion".
"It shows how out of step this government is with public opinion".
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❗️BREAKING -- Palestine Action protesters found not guilty of burglary at Elbit weapons factory in Bristol.
The six activists were also not convicted of other charges, having spent 18 months in jail awaiting trial.
realmedia.press/filton-verdi...
The six activists were also not convicted of other charges, having spent 18 months in jail awaiting trial.
realmedia.press/filton-verdi...
February 4, 2026 at 1:02 PM
❗️BREAKING -- Palestine Action protesters found not guilty of burglary at Elbit weapons factory in Bristol.
The six activists were also not convicted of other charges, having spent 18 months in jail awaiting trial.
realmedia.press/filton-verdi...
The six activists were also not convicted of other charges, having spent 18 months in jail awaiting trial.
realmedia.press/filton-verdi...
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UN special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese condemned Israel’s ban on Doctors Without Borders (MSF) from Gaza, saying “Israel has NO authority to block anyone from entering the Palestinian territory it illegally occupies.”
February 4, 2026 at 12:46 AM
UN special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese condemned Israel’s ban on Doctors Without Borders (MSF) from Gaza, saying “Israel has NO authority to block anyone from entering the Palestinian territory it illegally occupies.”
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Thread starting with 🚨 TWO SHOCKING FACTS: Epstein was in direct contact with Putin, boasting of personal invites to St Petersburg. He co-owned Thiel’s Valar Ventures w/ Ehud Barak, backing Israeli surveillance firm Carbyne. 1/12
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/i...
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/i...
In Putin’s Orbit: The Crypto Politics of Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Thiel
The web of ties between Epstein, Moscow and Silicon Valley leads back to Steve Bannon and Nigel Farage
bylinetimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Thread starting with 🚨 TWO SHOCKING FACTS: Epstein was in direct contact with Putin, boasting of personal invites to St Petersburg. He co-owned Thiel’s Valar Ventures w/ Ehud Barak, backing Israeli surveillance firm Carbyne. 1/12
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/i...
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/i...
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A friend pointed me to a post on social media of a letter by Kerry McCarthy MP (Labour, Bristol East) about a request for a televised emergency briefing on the #ClimateEmergency
I was stunned by how casually the idea & its urgency were dismissed. Let’s unpack why this response is so wrong-headed 🧵
I was stunned by how casually the idea & its urgency were dismissed. Let’s unpack why this response is so wrong-headed 🧵
February 4, 2026 at 7:21 AM
A friend pointed me to a post on social media of a letter by Kerry McCarthy MP (Labour, Bristol East) about a request for a televised emergency briefing on the #ClimateEmergency
I was stunned by how casually the idea & its urgency were dismissed. Let’s unpack why this response is so wrong-headed 🧵
I was stunned by how casually the idea & its urgency were dismissed. Let’s unpack why this response is so wrong-headed 🧵
This one for you, @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social ? Would be lovely to see Victoria Derbyshire asking questions about this.
February 4, 2026 at 7:47 AM
This one for you, @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social ? Would be lovely to see Victoria Derbyshire asking questions about this.
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Top of the Pops (3rd February 1983). The Fun Boy Three enter the 'Tunnel of Love'.
February 3, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Top of the Pops (3rd February 1983). The Fun Boy Three enter the 'Tunnel of Love'.
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Time to act on climate misinformation?
Ofcom urged to act over TalkTV’s broadcast of climate misinformation
The broadcasts have frequently descended into personal abuse.
leftfootforward.org
February 3, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Time to act on climate misinformation?
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🛒 'Nobody should have to skip meals to pay the bills’
Senior Analyst Andrew Wenham lays out results from our recent cost-of-living tracker and how they interact with our findings in #UKPoverty2026.
The government must invest in social security to ensure no-one is going without the essentials 🔽
Senior Analyst Andrew Wenham lays out results from our recent cost-of-living tracker and how they interact with our findings in #UKPoverty2026.
The government must invest in social security to ensure no-one is going without the essentials 🔽
February 3, 2026 at 12:56 PM
🛒 'Nobody should have to skip meals to pay the bills’
Senior Analyst Andrew Wenham lays out results from our recent cost-of-living tracker and how they interact with our findings in #UKPoverty2026.
The government must invest in social security to ensure no-one is going without the essentials 🔽
Senior Analyst Andrew Wenham lays out results from our recent cost-of-living tracker and how they interact with our findings in #UKPoverty2026.
The government must invest in social security to ensure no-one is going without the essentials 🔽
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As our CEO beautifully puts it: "We spend our engineering time on stability and features users actually requested. Not on AI assistants that hallucinate answers, while training on your private browsing history. Novel idea, apparently. 🎯
February 3, 2026 at 1:03 PM
As our CEO beautifully puts it: "We spend our engineering time on stability and features users actually requested. Not on AI assistants that hallucinate answers, while training on your private browsing history. Novel idea, apparently. 🎯
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I’m pleased to share my latest article in @uk.theconversation.com
It asks what overheated apartments, flooded rice fields, & invisible policy failures have in common, & how preventable harm becomes the slow violence of necropolitics in the Chthulucene.
Here's a short thread on some key points 🧵
It asks what overheated apartments, flooded rice fields, & invisible policy failures have in common, & how preventable harm becomes the slow violence of necropolitics in the Chthulucene.
Here's a short thread on some key points 🧵
Preventable suffering is both widespread and socially produced.
Preventable deaths in a warming world: how politics shapes who lives and who dies
Preventable suffering is both widespread and socially produced.
tcnv.link
February 3, 2026 at 8:14 AM
I’m pleased to share my latest article in @uk.theconversation.com
It asks what overheated apartments, flooded rice fields, & invisible policy failures have in common, & how preventable harm becomes the slow violence of necropolitics in the Chthulucene.
Here's a short thread on some key points 🧵
It asks what overheated apartments, flooded rice fields, & invisible policy failures have in common, & how preventable harm becomes the slow violence of necropolitics in the Chthulucene.
Here's a short thread on some key points 🧵
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Almost 43,000 people have signed a petition calling for UK officials to end their prosecution of peaceful protestors.
Police have made over 2700 arrests under the Terrorism Act 2000 for peacefully protesting the banning of Palestine Action in the UK.
www.amnesty.org.uk/get-involved...
Police have made over 2700 arrests under the Terrorism Act 2000 for peacefully protesting the banning of Palestine Action in the UK.
www.amnesty.org.uk/get-involved...
End the prosecution of peaceful protestors in the UK
Police have made 2700+ arrests under terrorism laws in the UK for protesting peacefully against the banning of Palestine Action. This cannot go unchallenged. The UK’s chief prosecutors must now decide...
www.amnesty.org.uk
February 3, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Almost 43,000 people have signed a petition calling for UK officials to end their prosecution of peaceful protestors.
Police have made over 2700 arrests under the Terrorism Act 2000 for peacefully protesting the banning of Palestine Action in the UK.
www.amnesty.org.uk/get-involved...
Police have made over 2700 arrests under the Terrorism Act 2000 for peacefully protesting the banning of Palestine Action in the UK.
www.amnesty.org.uk/get-involved...
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The Railways Bill is making its way through Parliament. But it’s missing 4 vital ingredients that would make it truly work for passengers, not private profiteers:
1 Bring Rolling Stock into public ownership
2 Lower fares
3 Re-opening closed lines
4 Listen to passengers and give them a voice.
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1 Bring Rolling Stock into public ownership
2 Lower fares
3 Re-opening closed lines
4 Listen to passengers and give them a voice.
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Make sure your MP knows how the Railways Bill can delivers for passengers - email your MP
Invite your MP to learn more about how they can fight to make sure the Railways Bill delivers for passengers.
weownit.org.uk
February 2, 2026 at 5:45 PM
The Railways Bill is making its way through Parliament. But it’s missing 4 vital ingredients that would make it truly work for passengers, not private profiteers:
1 Bring Rolling Stock into public ownership
2 Lower fares
3 Re-opening closed lines
4 Listen to passengers and give them a voice.
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1 Bring Rolling Stock into public ownership
2 Lower fares
3 Re-opening closed lines
4 Listen to passengers and give them a voice.
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CANADA NEWS: University of Toronto Family Medicine Chair and basic income advocate Dr. Danielle Martin has been nominated to replace former Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland in upcoming Toronto by-election (University-Rosedale)
The healthcare case for guaranteed income security is overwhelming.
The healthcare case for guaranteed income security is overwhelming.
February 3, 2026 at 3:24 AM
CANADA NEWS: University of Toronto Family Medicine Chair and basic income advocate Dr. Danielle Martin has been nominated to replace former Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland in upcoming Toronto by-election (University-Rosedale)
The healthcare case for guaranteed income security is overwhelming.
The healthcare case for guaranteed income security is overwhelming.
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One government minister menacing another, for the benefit of billionaires...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Faisal Islam: Mandelson, Darling and the conversation I can't forget
The Epstein files appear to give extraordinary context to a call between the former chancellor and JP Morgan's boss.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 5:24 PM
One government minister menacing another, for the benefit of billionaires...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK diplomat Christian Turner has taken up his new role as British ambassador to the US.
In 2024, he held a meeting with pro-Israel lobbyist Trevor Chinn that we discovered was focused on arms exports to Israel.
www.declassifieduk.org/foreign-offi...
In 2024, he held a meeting with pro-Israel lobbyist Trevor Chinn that we discovered was focused on arms exports to Israel.
www.declassifieduk.org/foreign-offi...
Foreign Office met pro-Israel lobbyist to discuss arms exports
Exclusive: Pro-Israel lobbyist Trevor Chinn offered top diplomat ‘recommendations’ on Middle East policy.
www.declassifieduk.org
February 3, 2026 at 8:45 AM
UK diplomat Christian Turner has taken up his new role as British ambassador to the US.
In 2024, he held a meeting with pro-Israel lobbyist Trevor Chinn that we discovered was focused on arms exports to Israel.
www.declassifieduk.org/foreign-offi...
In 2024, he held a meeting with pro-Israel lobbyist Trevor Chinn that we discovered was focused on arms exports to Israel.
www.declassifieduk.org/foreign-offi...