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John Lyons
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Retired. Will definitely be photographs. He/him.
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I see I am on a list for anti-maga folk & lots are following me in response. No problem with that, but be aware I am in the UK and don't have to worry about Trump's goons. If I say Trump & Miller'd look good hanging upside down a la Mussolini, no Americans should incriminate themselves in response.
They are not totally thick then. Just totally immoral.
Messages between Peter Mandelson and UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting reveal that top Labour figures are aware they are 'knowingly aiding and abetting' Israeli war crimes
Top Labour ministers 'know they aided Israeli war crimes', private messages suggest
www.thenational.scot
February 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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Because of this story I can never give signed books to charity and if I buy one which turns out to have an inscription I feel bad for the signatory
February 12, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Otherwise known as a non-apology. We didn’t really expect him to be enlightened, did we?
February 12, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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Citizenship for anyone who has been living in the U.S. five years or more.

Because this shit is institutional sadism. Pure bureaucratic villainy.

www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...
Georgia Army veteran deported to Jamaica after 50 years in U.S., despite appeal pending
The Georgia Army veteran was deported to a country he hasn't been to in decades despite his family saying his case was never fully heard.
www.cbsnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:52 PM
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Well done to Sky for correcting this bit of ignorance.

As shown extensively in the Epstein files there's plenty of proof that being rich doesn't mean you have any great insights into the world.
February 11, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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I think it's important to bear in mind that Lyons means this. Likely the agents do too.

They think this is what compassion looks like. It's the logic of occupying armies, fascists, & abusers. "You made me do this, but I've been nice about it" is a thing they *believe*, so we have to disabuse them.
Lyons says ICE agents actually "took care" of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos when they detained him, before shipping him off to a horrific Texas ICE facility.

He says ICE officers "comforted him" as they chased his dad, put him in their car to play "his favorite music, then took him to McDonalds."
February 11, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Pam Bondi getting heavily roasted before she appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Honestly, she is so far beyond corrupt, it is beyond belief.
February 11, 2026 at 3:23 PM
I am sure people have reasons for locking the replies on their posts, but if I can be allowed a rant for a moment. If you can be arsed to specify a group who can reply, why not just send them the post in the first place? You might not want my opinion, but why do you insist on me seeing yours?
February 11, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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The kind of article you shouldn't ever have to read. Also made me realise why certain nations refuse to acknowledge the genocide: they've provided the weapons for it.
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”

There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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Imagine being presented with these accounts of stark unfairness and insecurity caused by the earned settlement plans and your response being ‘It is a privilege not a right to settle in the UK and it must be earned’ - the Home Secretary needs to go www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Nurses’ families fear being torn apart in UK immigration crackdown, survey says
Exclusive: Most people in charity’s study say they worry about being separated from relatives under Mahmood plans
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Fascist claims people who call him a fascist are exclusionary. #fascist #wanker
Watters: I was walking in my street, a car drives by and I give him a wave. He rolls down the window and says, “F U fascist.” He doesn’t know I’m a fascist!

Jessica: Yes, he does. You’re on TV.
February 11, 2026 at 7:11 AM
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“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”

There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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JKR will never get another dime from the pockets of anyone in my family. You, too, can be part of making this deal a disaster for all parties!

(The revolution starts here
Where you work & where you play
Where you lay your money down
What you do & what you say
The revolution starts now - S. Earle)
Hasbro and Warner Bros. Discovery have signed a multi-year deal starting in 2027 to produce Harry Potter film and television series dolls, role play, action figures, collectibles, interactive plush, board games, and more to be revealed later this year - bwnews.pr/45UKdKL
February 10, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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I see I am on a list for anti-maga folk & lots are following me in response. No problem with that, but be aware I am in the UK and don't have to worry about Trump's goons. If I say Trump & Miller'd look good hanging upside down a la Mussolini, no Americans should incriminate themselves in response.
February 7, 2026 at 9:17 AM
I am so shocked.
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”

hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
February 10, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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Here's what DHS doesn't want you to know: Working for ICE is one of the safest jobs in America — and last year was the second-safest year for the agency on record.

And the doxxing? It hasn't actually happened even once.

The masks are justified by a lie. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-s-mask...
ICE's Masks Are All a Lie
Working for ICE is actually less dangerous than being an elementary school student in America.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 10, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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Ok, it's rough, but slightly better than my first attempt 😂
February 10, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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Please read and share -

"Britain is sliding backwards into open racism. Can we reverse this tragic shift?" By Claire Jones. Full article in link -

westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/imm...
When shame left the room: racism, immigration, and Britain’s moral retreat
Britain is sliding backwards into open racism, fuelled by political silence and immigration narratives. Can we reverse this tragic shift?
westenglandbylines.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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“Does being in a landscape automatically imbue us with a greater understanding of it?

We all find our own way, and notice different things as we go.”

@markhailwood.bsky.social

manyheadedmonster.com/2026/02/10/i...

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Is Walking Research? A Methodological Ramble
Mark HailwoodI needed to try something to get me writing again. Blessed with a period of research leave to resume work on my book – Everyday Life in the Seventeenth Century English Village &#…
manyheadedmonster.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:58 AM
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Trumpesque attacks on the historical record continue in Starmerland...
February 9, 2026 at 10:16 AM
One of the unfortunate side-effects of McSweeney’s downfall is that it means Tories wall-to-wall on TV playing the principled politicians they once were. For nearly a decade, they followed Johnson down the ‘lie like Trump pipeline’, showing they had not the slightest scruple about making shit up.
February 9, 2026 at 9:29 AM
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The people who needed their own half time show are the same people who needed their own water fountains.
February 9, 2026 at 4:21 AM
I‘m watching the Superbowl tonight, at least until I fall asleep, so in one way I hope sport takes centre place. OTOH, the tiniest part of me hopes ICE rush the field when Bad Bunny starts his half-time show & they are then grabbed by the Tight Ends before being flagged to death by the refs.
February 8, 2026 at 9:53 PM