Janice Barclay / proudscotJB
@janiceb.bsky.social
Moved here from the other place. Pro EU. Pro NHS. Detest the corrupt Tories. Mother to one fur-baby 🐈⬛.
Please - no DMs.
Please - no DMs.
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Please, please, please! A shoutout to all my followers… please don’t DM me or unless I already know you.
I won’t block, but I will ignore your DMs.
If you wish to engage, please do so in normal posts/conversation.
Thank you 😊
I won’t block, but I will ignore your DMs.
If you wish to engage, please do so in normal posts/conversation.
Thank you 😊
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Today I'll be talking with Ava DuVernay about what meaningful resistance looks like. Join us at 1pm ET on Thinking Live! snyder.substack.com
@duvernay.bsky.social
@duvernay.bsky.social
Thinking about... | Timothy Snyder | Substack
Opening the future by understanding the past. Click to read "Thinking about...", by Timothy Snyder, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
snyder.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Today I'll be talking with Ava DuVernay about what meaningful resistance looks like. Join us at 1pm ET on Thinking Live! snyder.substack.com
@duvernay.bsky.social
@duvernay.bsky.social
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MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
January 30, 2026 at 2:43 AM
MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
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WSJ OPINION WRITERS really need to come to grips with the FACT that it's no longer a question that Trump is purely Fascist, Authoritarian, anti-truth/post-truth, anti-democratic, anti-American, Russian owned, and the worst TRAITOR in American History! That's ALL now factually confirmed, NOT OPINION!
January 30, 2026 at 12:51 PM
WSJ OPINION WRITERS really need to come to grips with the FACT that it's no longer a question that Trump is purely Fascist, Authoritarian, anti-truth/post-truth, anti-democratic, anti-American, Russian owned, and the worst TRAITOR in American History! That's ALL now factually confirmed, NOT OPINION!
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Question Time would be immeasurably better if people worked hard behind the scenes to put together juxtapositions like this, and the last 5 minutes of the programme consisted of the then-and-now clips being played to the audience to demonstrate the lies.
A few weeks of that would change everything.
A few weeks of that would change everything.
Left: Konstantin Kisin denies calling Rishi Sunak a 'brown Hindu' on #BBCQT
Right: Konstantin Kisin, "He's a brown Hindu"
Right: Konstantin Kisin, "He's a brown Hindu"
January 30, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Question Time would be immeasurably better if people worked hard behind the scenes to put together juxtapositions like this, and the last 5 minutes of the programme consisted of the then-and-now clips being played to the audience to demonstrate the lies.
A few weeks of that would change everything.
A few weeks of that would change everything.
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Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
January 29, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
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America has reached a tipping point on fascism – and on opposition to it.
My latest in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/27/america-tipping-point-fascism-opposition
My latest in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/27/america-tipping-point-fascism-opposition
America has reached a tipping point on fascism – and on opposition to it | Robert Reich
A chance encounter reminded me: there are two ways to look at what’s happened in Minneapolis
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:45 PM
America has reached a tipping point on fascism – and on opposition to it.
My latest in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/27/america-tipping-point-fascism-opposition
My latest in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/27/america-tipping-point-fascism-opposition
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Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.
January 29, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.
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The Green Party will stop Reform in Gorton and Denton.
We'll be announcing Manchester's first Green MP in the morning.
Lots and lots of work to do!
youtu.be/02HnpczQQnQ?...
We'll be announcing Manchester's first Green MP in the morning.
Lots and lots of work to do!
youtu.be/02HnpczQQnQ?...
‘How can they be anti-establishment if they're ALL TORIES?!’ | Zack Polanski pulls apart Reform UK
YouTube video by Manchester Evening News
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 10:07 PM
The Green Party will stop Reform in Gorton and Denton.
We'll be announcing Manchester's first Green MP in the morning.
Lots and lots of work to do!
youtu.be/02HnpczQQnQ?...
We'll be announcing Manchester's first Green MP in the morning.
Lots and lots of work to do!
youtu.be/02HnpczQQnQ?...
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Sorry to soil my timeline but this did make me laugh…you?
Took me a moment…
Greg Bovino was asked how he felt about his demotion today. "Well, obviously, I'm not happy", he replied. Someone in the crowd shouted back, "So which one are you?"
Took me a moment…
Greg Bovino was asked how he felt about his demotion today. "Well, obviously, I'm not happy", he replied. Someone in the crowd shouted back, "So which one are you?"
January 29, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Sorry to soil my timeline but this did make me laugh…you?
Took me a moment…
Greg Bovino was asked how he felt about his demotion today. "Well, obviously, I'm not happy", he replied. Someone in the crowd shouted back, "So which one are you?"
Took me a moment…
Greg Bovino was asked how he felt about his demotion today. "Well, obviously, I'm not happy", he replied. Someone in the crowd shouted back, "So which one are you?"
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"It all leads to this moment."
Get involved in Gorton and Denton and help us elect the fifth Green Party MP ⤵️
Get involved in Gorton and Denton and help us elect the fifth Green Party MP ⤵️
January 27, 2026 at 8:45 PM
"It all leads to this moment."
Get involved in Gorton and Denton and help us elect the fifth Green Party MP ⤵️
Get involved in Gorton and Denton and help us elect the fifth Green Party MP ⤵️
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Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"
January 28, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"
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Liked a stopped clock, this is a headline in the Spectator I agree with ... but probably not for the reasons they think.
January 28, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Liked a stopped clock, this is a headline in the Spectator I agree with ... but probably not for the reasons they think.
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Things were attempted
January 27, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Things were attempted
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Bayeux Tapestry coming to Britain
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
January 26, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Bayeux Tapestry coming to Britain
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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It is insane, in a country with its policy aim to decarbonate, that (cleaner) electricity is charged to the consumer at 4 times the price of dirty, inefficient gas.
As long as this is the case the incentive to install efficient heat pumps is wiped out.
As long as this is the case the incentive to install efficient heat pumps is wiped out.
66% of recent increases in UK energy bills has come from wholesale gas prices, say @ukerc.bsky.social - 17% from grid charges, 13% from extra policy costs
Despite gas accounting for 1/3 of generation, its price drives cost of electricity up to 90% of the time
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Despite gas accounting for 1/3 of generation, its price drives cost of electricity up to 90% of the time
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Wholesale gas costs blamed for rises in household energy bills
Energy prices have eased since the height of the energy crisis in 2022-23 but pressure is still on the Government to tackle high bills
www.independent.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 10:55 AM
It is insane, in a country with its policy aim to decarbonate, that (cleaner) electricity is charged to the consumer at 4 times the price of dirty, inefficient gas.
As long as this is the case the incentive to install efficient heat pumps is wiped out.
As long as this is the case the incentive to install efficient heat pumps is wiped out.
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Nigel Farage is in Dubai right now asking billionaires there to fund Reform.
These are the people he is selling the UK off to.
Foreign billionaires.
He loves immigrants so long as they are rich.
These are the people he is selling the UK off to.
Foreign billionaires.
He loves immigrants so long as they are rich.
January 27, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Nigel Farage is in Dubai right now asking billionaires there to fund Reform.
These are the people he is selling the UK off to.
Foreign billionaires.
He loves immigrants so long as they are rich.
These are the people he is selling the UK off to.
Foreign billionaires.
He loves immigrants so long as they are rich.
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If people in work have to claim benefits to survive, the taxpayer is subsidising the companies they work for.
January 28, 2026 at 11:29 AM
If people in work have to claim benefits to survive, the taxpayer is subsidising the companies they work for.
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Labour actually boasts about winning new Palantir contracts for the NHS…
I mean, which part of this aren’t you getting?
I mean, which part of this aren’t you getting?
January 26, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Labour actually boasts about winning new Palantir contracts for the NHS…
I mean, which part of this aren’t you getting?
I mean, which part of this aren’t you getting?
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One venue, two speeches – how Mark Carney left Donald Trump in the dust in Davos
Mark Carney warned of a rupture in the world order and got a standing ovation, the contrast to the speech by Trump was striking. | Mark Shannon
@markshanahan.bsky.social @uk.theconversation.com
Mark Carney warned of a rupture in the world order and got a standing ovation, the contrast to the speech by Trump was striking. | Mark Shannon
@markshanahan.bsky.social @uk.theconversation.com
One venue, two speeches – how Mark Carney left Donald Trump in the dust in Davos
Mark Carney warned of a rupture in the world order and got a standing ovation, the contrast to the speech by Trump was striking.
centralbylines.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 1:15 PM
One venue, two speeches – how Mark Carney left Donald Trump in the dust in Davos
Mark Carney warned of a rupture in the world order and got a standing ovation, the contrast to the speech by Trump was striking. | Mark Shannon
@markshanahan.bsky.social @uk.theconversation.com
Mark Carney warned of a rupture in the world order and got a standing ovation, the contrast to the speech by Trump was striking. | Mark Shannon
@markshanahan.bsky.social @uk.theconversation.com
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Who's going to tell him?
Vance Urges Minnesotans To Help ICE 'Find A Sex Offender'—And Everyone's Thinking The Same Thing
www.comicsands.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Who's going to tell him?
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from today's post: "Dear Leader is nuts — and his flunkies are deranged psychos. what could go wrong?" — perfectly abnormal stuff.
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Dear Leader is nuts — and his flunkies are deranged psychos. what could go wrong?
perfectly abnormal stuff
bit.ly
January 26, 2026 at 4:21 PM
from today's post: "Dear Leader is nuts — and his flunkies are deranged psychos. what could go wrong?" — perfectly abnormal stuff.
thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —
thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —
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Trump's continued threats to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota make this video I filmed a few months ago all the more timely. Please watch.
Everything Trump is doing now (from from Portland to Minneapolis to Chicago) is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act.
I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but I've been warning for months of this imminent danger. Let me explain what’s going on.
I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but I've been warning for months of this imminent danger. Let me explain what’s going on.
January 26, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Trump's continued threats to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota make this video I filmed a few months ago all the more timely. Please watch.
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Just like Nigel Farage, Suella Braverman idolises Donald Trump.
We can’t let them turn our United Kingdom into their version of Trump’s America.
We can’t let them turn our United Kingdom into their version of Trump’s America.
January 26, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Just like Nigel Farage, Suella Braverman idolises Donald Trump.
We can’t let them turn our United Kingdom into their version of Trump’s America.
We can’t let them turn our United Kingdom into their version of Trump’s America.
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