John Carroll
@johncarroll.bsky.social
Retired, volunteer, remainer/rejoiner, anti-Tory. Food, wine, music, travel.
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Three rules in FBI firearm training:
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Three rules in FBI firearm training:
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
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Alex Burghardt, shadow Cabinet Office minister:
"It's clearer than ever that theirs was a relationship built, not just on affection, but on the transfer of money, from Epstein to Mandelson's family, and the transfer of information from Mandelson to Epstein...apparently market-sensitive information"
"It's clearer than ever that theirs was a relationship built, not just on affection, but on the transfer of money, from Epstein to Mandelson's family, and the transfer of information from Mandelson to Epstein...apparently market-sensitive information"
February 2, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Alex Burghardt, shadow Cabinet Office minister:
"It's clearer than ever that theirs was a relationship built, not just on affection, but on the transfer of money, from Epstein to Mandelson's family, and the transfer of information from Mandelson to Epstein...apparently market-sensitive information"
"It's clearer than ever that theirs was a relationship built, not just on affection, but on the transfer of money, from Epstein to Mandelson's family, and the transfer of information from Mandelson to Epstein...apparently market-sensitive information"
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Deadly deportations in the US. Surveillance in Gaza. Palantir now deeply embedded in UK national infrastructure. We have questions.
www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...
www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...
Sign the Petition
Hold a Parliamentary Debate on Palantir’s Role in UK Defence, Security & Public Services
www.change.org
January 29, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Deadly deportations in the US. Surveillance in Gaza. Palantir now deeply embedded in UK national infrastructure. We have questions.
www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...
www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...
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Unbelievable 👇
For easy reference. On the left, "agitators" and "domestic terrorists". Or the right, presidentially pardonned "freedom fighters".
January 29, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Unbelievable 👇
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"In the fall, ICE purchased an iris-scanning mobile app that its manufacturer, BI2 Technologies, says can get an identifying read on a person’s eye within seconds from a distance of 15 inches." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
The powerful tools in ICE’s arsenal to track suspects — and protesters
Biometric trackers, cellphone location databases and drones are among the surveillance technologies agents are using in their immigration enforcement campaign.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:28 AM
"In the fall, ICE purchased an iris-scanning mobile app that its manufacturer, BI2 Technologies, says can get an identifying read on a person’s eye within seconds from a distance of 15 inches." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
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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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This 👇
January 25, 2026 at 6:00 PM
This 👇
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Depressingly correct
One of the most depressing things about Carney’s brilliant speech is the certain knowledge that neither Keir Starmer nor any other senior British politician of any party could have given anything like it - even if they understood the arguments.
“Principled and pragmatic: Canada’s path” Prime Minister Carney addresses the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
Thank you, Larry.It’s a pleasure – and a duty – to be with you at this turning point for Canada and for the world.Today, I’ll talk about the rupture in the world order, the end of a nice story, and th...
www.pm.gc.ca
January 21, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Depressingly correct
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Take a look at The Telegraph's view on Trump. Every single 'columnist' (I use the term loosely) utterly wrong and totally disproven. Never read again.
January 21, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Take a look at The Telegraph's view on Trump. Every single 'columnist' (I use the term loosely) utterly wrong and totally disproven. Never read again.
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Less "spheres of influence", more outright mafia-style extortion using US power.
Exempting powerful US companies is obviously absurd.
Weaponised interdependence on steroids.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Exempting powerful US companies is obviously absurd.
Weaponised interdependence on steroids.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
US will be exempt from global tax deal targeting profits of large multinationals
Agreement finalised by the OECD waters down a landmark 2021 deal that set a minimum global corporate tax of 15%
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Less "spheres of influence", more outright mafia-style extortion using US power.
Exempting powerful US companies is obviously absurd.
Weaponised interdependence on steroids.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Exempting powerful US companies is obviously absurd.
Weaponised interdependence on steroids.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Extortion indeed 👇
Less "spheres of influence", more outright mafia-style extortion using US power.
Exempting powerful US companies is obviously absurd.
Weaponised interdependence on steroids.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Exempting powerful US companies is obviously absurd.
Weaponised interdependence on steroids.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
US will be exempt from global tax deal targeting profits of large multinationals
Agreement finalised by the OECD waters down a landmark 2021 deal that set a minimum global corporate tax of 15%
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Extortion indeed 👇
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A fascinating thought through account of action trump could take in Mexico, Panama, Greenland and Canada.
🔎 From February 2025
Trump Isn't Joking About Lebensraum
Trump's plans for Greenland, the Panama Canal, Canada and Mexico aren't just idle talk. A senior US insider tells us what to expect
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/trump-isnt...
Trump Isn't Joking About Lebensraum
Trump's plans for Greenland, the Panama Canal, Canada and Mexico aren't just idle talk. A senior US insider tells us what to expect
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/trump-isnt...
Trump Isn't Joking About Lebensraum
Trump's plans for Greenland, the Panama Canal, Canada and Mexico aren't just idle talk. A senior US insider tells us what to expect
www.bylinesupplement.com
January 4, 2026 at 10:32 AM
A fascinating thought through account of action trump could take in Mexico, Panama, Greenland and Canada.
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So, to clarify, spray-painting a plane is terrorism, holding a sign to support the organisation those that spray-painted the plane were members of is terrorism, but taking a foreign head of state hostage needs to wait for a press conference from the hostage taker for nuance?
Keir Starmer says he wants to establish facts by *watching Donald Trumps press conference.*
People said giving him a second state visit was a genius move of strategy - really seems to have paid off.
Special relationship - alive and kicking.
People said giving him a second state visit was a genius move of strategy - really seems to have paid off.
Special relationship - alive and kicking.
January 3, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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As we see so regularly , it is always the teenage girls fault , mix that with political cowardice that is driven by “but what will the Daily Mail say if we do something humane” and we have a system desperate to appease the worst of us, and to utterly ignore those who dare to empathise
A vulnerable child was groomed and trafficked and then subjected to the most shocking experiences imaginable including the deaths of her babies.
Instead of taking responsibility the British establishment stripped her of her citizenship and dumped her like old rubbish.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Instead of taking responsibility the British establishment stripped her of her citizenship and dumped her like old rubbish.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Shamima Begum: Home secretary to 'robustly defend' citizenship decision
The ECHR questions whether it was considered if Shamima Begum was a victim of grooming and trafficking.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 7:35 PM
As we see so regularly , it is always the teenage girls fault , mix that with political cowardice that is driven by “but what will the Daily Mail say if we do something humane” and we have a system desperate to appease the worst of us, and to utterly ignore those who dare to empathise
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Apparently without irony, the country (🇷🇺 ) illegally invading a neighbouring country ( 🇺🇦) says “After the change of administration in the US, Europe and the European Union have become the main obstacle to peace,” Lavrov said.
All 🇷🇺 has to do to end the war is fuck off out of Ukraine.
All 🇷🇺 has to do to end the war is fuck off out of Ukraine.
Russia claims Ukraine evading talks as Zelenskyy prepares to meet Trump ft.trib.al/5xutz1Z
Russia claims Ukraine evading talks as Zelenskyy prepares to meet Trump
Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says Europe is main obstacle to peace
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December 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Apparently without irony, the country (🇷🇺 ) illegally invading a neighbouring country ( 🇺🇦) says “After the change of administration in the US, Europe and the European Union have become the main obstacle to peace,” Lavrov said.
All 🇷🇺 has to do to end the war is fuck off out of Ukraine.
All 🇷🇺 has to do to end the war is fuck off out of Ukraine.
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How shit at business do you have to be, to be personally worth 37,000 times the amount an average UK worker will earn in a LIFETIME, and still be incapable of withstanding a tiny tax increase?
December 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
How shit at business do you have to be, to be personally worth 37,000 times the amount an average UK worker will earn in a LIFETIME, and still be incapable of withstanding a tiny tax increase?
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“None of us can guess how the Trump assault on the BBC will play out, because he wields unprecedented power, unchecked by personal dignity or decency.”
No. We can’t. But we can condemn forever the repulsive British politicians and media gobshites who would side with him instead of us.
No. We can’t. But we can condemn forever the repulsive British politicians and media gobshites who would side with him instead of us.
December 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
“None of us can guess how the Trump assault on the BBC will play out, because he wields unprecedented power, unchecked by personal dignity or decency.”
No. We can’t. But we can condemn forever the repulsive British politicians and media gobshites who would side with him instead of us.
No. We can’t. But we can condemn forever the repulsive British politicians and media gobshites who would side with him instead of us.
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Maybe this, not the data centres, is the infrastructure payoff from the AI bubble.
December 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Maybe this, not the data centres, is the infrastructure payoff from the AI bubble.
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So, just to confirm, the BBC can’t keep Robin Ince on the air because his trans allyship brings the organisation into disrepute, but they can keep David Walliams, who performed Nazi salutes at the recording of this very show, on the air despite him being predatory towards women. Cool. Very normal.
December 21, 2025 at 10:59 AM
So, just to confirm, the BBC can’t keep Robin Ince on the air because his trans allyship brings the organisation into disrepute, but they can keep David Walliams, who performed Nazi salutes at the recording of this very show, on the air despite him being predatory towards women. Cool. Very normal.
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i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
A real Good Samaritan
One act of kindness that befell Leeds writer Bernard Hare in 1982 changed him profoundly. Here he tells his story.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
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Q: A number of Republicans have denounced your statement on Rob Reiner. Do you stand by it?
TRUMP: Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned.
TRUMP: Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned.
December 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Q: A number of Republicans have denounced your statement on Rob Reiner. Do you stand by it?
TRUMP: Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned.
TRUMP: Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned.
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🚨 The UK government just published a breakdown of the responses to its consultation on AI & copyright:
- 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is)
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- 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is)
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December 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
🚨 The UK government just published a breakdown of the responses to its consultation on AI & copyright:
- 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is)
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- 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is)
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