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Kassandra

@kasst.bsky.social

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MSLL& Kassandra@Noname06401912 ,if you followed me on Twitter ,pleased to find you here🦋 Political cartoons are favourite Hairdresser practicing politics,not right or left,mostly in the middle, rather be in the mountains #thereisnoplanetB

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Kassandra @kasst.bsky.social · Feb 2

How easily rights & freedoms are lost when enough of a population blindly trust that those elected to lead, have the nations wellbeing & interests at heart,trusting they will do their best & protect
narcissists like Trump don't give a fck; only ever in it for himself
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Meryl Streep's Cecil B. deMille Award Acceptance Speech

YouTube video by Golden Globes

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Ally to Democracy @allyhartwell.bsky.social · 16h

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Criticize what I'm "selling" & I will label you as a monster to try and silence you

Peter Thiel : Anti-AI = Antichrist
Mike Johnson : Protest Congress capitulation = America Hater
Trump : Anti-fascist = Terrorist

Pseudo-christianity used as a cover for pure greed
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Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14h

The world’s smallest man:

“The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called me and said that she was accepting it in honor of me.

“I did not say then "give it to me." I think she might have, she was very nice.

“I have been helping her along the way, they need a lot of help.

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Jayne, I suspect @eyegah.bsky.social · 14h

How do you get to be this old with the moral cognition of a kindergartener. He deserves nothing.

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Kassandra @kasst.bsky.social · 14h

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Judith Butlerian Jihad @pghguy.bsky.social · 14h

this is what it takes. we're here now folks, there is not a "if the nazis came" it's "they're here and your mettle will be tested now"

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 17h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 15h

“Britain is a nation of neighbours, not strangers — and it’s time we built a politics of hope that reflects that.”

Zack Polanski with a message of unity and hope having been out door knocking Handsworth today.

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Kassandra @kasst.bsky.social · 14h

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Hart Cunningham @hpsc24.bsky.social · 15h

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Kassandra @kasst.bsky.social · May 25

When will someone call out his 🐃💩?
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Emily Maitlis EXPOSES Reform UK: It's UKIP All Over Again!

YouTube video by Maximilien Robespierre

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Patrick - Here for the craic 👍🏼 @patrickopatrick.bsky.social · 22h

Farage says he’s stunned that ex Reform Wales leader Nathan Gill took bribes from Russia.. I bet he is

He no doubt thought he was the only one Putin was wedging up, his ego wouldn’t entertain anyone else getting a piece of the action❗️

Nigel Farage 'stunned' ex-Wales Reform leader Nathan Gill took bribes - BBC News

Nathan Gill has admitted taking money for pro-Russian statements as a European Parliament member.

www.bbc.co.uk

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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 1d

On #BBCQT - Fiona Bruce said that the audience and public didn't want to press Reform UK on their dodgy links to Russia.

I disagree.

RT if you agree it's in the public interest for Reform to explain about their links to Russian money and bribery!

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John @jorobo24.bsky.social · 17h

The gift that keeps on giving!

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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 17h

Brexit delays…
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Overflow sites lined up in case ESS brings Port of Dover delays

Port of Dover bosses insist there will not be delays due to the new system on day one.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 7d

President Macron:
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...

French President Macron Speaks at German Unity Day Ceremony | WION LIVE

YouTube video by WION

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 23h

And it shall be known as: ‘The Nobel Peace Prize (That You Don’t Know Because It Goes To A Different School.’)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."

(It doesn't work like that lol)

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 1d

We found that the UK’s top scientific institutions, from the Met Office to the UK Health Security Agency, have inadequate institutional defences.

If an incoming government wanted to weaken the role of science and evidence in policy making, it could do so shockingly fast. 2/11

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Mandoline Blue 🕸️ @mandolineblue.bsky.social · 21h

Prince William attending Cop30 is A. Very. Good. Thing. It's likely that him going will persuade Keir Starmer, who is reportedly wavering, to do the same. If this Cop fails, as is all too likely, humanity will fail with it ☠️

It's crucial world leaders attend.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Prince William to attend Cop30 UN climate summit in Brazil

Prince of Wales’s decision welcomed as a means of drawing attention to the event and galvanising talks

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 18h

Leave it to MAGA to overlook important facts.

MAGA Throws Unhinged Tantrum After Trump Doesn't Win Nobel Peace Prize—But There's One Major Issue

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Des violons de l'automne @rogerday.bsky.social · 1d

Not quite

Authoritarian leaders tend not to be good at thinking or formulating policy. Some of them do so deliberately so as not to leave a trace

They'll sit around and spout thoughts, and their lieutenants will fill in the gaps

That's how the Final Solution was designed

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Andy Squibb @squibbmeisteruk.bsky.social · 1d

I can't help thinking that if the 'politically ignorant' facilitate Farage at the next GE, he would do exactly the same with UK bodies, as #Trump has tried to do with bls.gov and the Fed. 😬

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics.

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Môr Leidr @bartiddu.bsky.social · 1d

This is unsurprising
The pandemic showed how vulnerable our scientific community was to politicisation
Excellent editorial from 2020 in the BMJ by Kamran Abbasi (now Editor of same) on this

www.bmj.com/content/371/...

Covid-19: politicisation, “corruption,” and suppression of science

When good science is suppressed by the medical-political complex, people die Politicians and governments are suppressing science. They do so in the public interest, they say, to accelerate availabili...

www.bmj.com

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 1d

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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting and troubling report/thread here on vulnerability of scientific bodies to politicisation, something the public do not want and is not in there interest but could happen nonetheless if politicians with selective or hostile views on science and evidence were in charge

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 1d

UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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womenvote2025.bsky.social @womenvote2025.bsky.social · 7d

gosh that is so true.

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