Rachael Unsworth
@leedstours.bsky.social
Urban geographer & walking tour guide in Leeds 🌍 - local, in a global setting
https://www.leedscitywalkingtours.co.uk/
Researcher, writer ('Leeds: Cradle of Innovation'), presenter, Leeds Phil & Lit, musician 🎻 European
Professional chat posts only
https://www.leedscitywalkingtours.co.uk/
Researcher, writer ('Leeds: Cradle of Innovation'), presenter, Leeds Phil & Lit, musician 🎻 European
Professional chat posts only
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Yes, the current municipal election in Paris, less than 50 days away, is a crucial choice about lifestyle.
Returning to using cars everywhere, falling into populism, mistrusting others because of their skin colour or origin? Paris must remain pioneering, innovative, open, popular, lively and proud.
Returning to using cars everywhere, falling into populism, mistrusting others because of their skin colour or origin? Paris must remain pioneering, innovative, open, popular, lively and proud.
February 11, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Yes, the current municipal election in Paris, less than 50 days away, is a crucial choice about lifestyle.
Returning to using cars everywhere, falling into populism, mistrusting others because of their skin colour or origin? Paris must remain pioneering, innovative, open, popular, lively and proud.
Returning to using cars everywhere, falling into populism, mistrusting others because of their skin colour or origin? Paris must remain pioneering, innovative, open, popular, lively and proud.
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Targeting 'Bad Landlords,' Mamdani Invites New Yorkers to Testify at 'Rental Ripoff' Hearings www.commondreams.org/news/mamdani...
Targeting 'Bad Landlords,' Mamdani Invites New Yorkers to Testify at 'Rental Ripoff' Hearings | Common Dreams
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is taking action against "bad landlords" in NYC with Rental Ripoff Hearings, giving tenants a platform to share their struggles. Will this initiative lead to real change for rente...
www.commondreams.org
February 12, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Targeting 'Bad Landlords,' Mamdani Invites New Yorkers to Testify at 'Rental Ripoff' Hearings www.commondreams.org/news/mamdani...
Fortunately, I have never been so desperate/isolated/lazy that there has been no alternative to a Starbucks.
I'd rather wait longer for the caffeine.
I'd rather wait longer for the caffeine.
February 12, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Fortunately, I have never been so desperate/isolated/lazy that there has been no alternative to a Starbucks.
I'd rather wait longer for the caffeine.
I'd rather wait longer for the caffeine.
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We're in a mind-blowing period of history, and I'm guessing it's like this from here on out for various reasons.
youtu.be/U_zWBOV_bng
youtu.be/U_zWBOV_bng
Ro Khanna reveals 6 redacted coconspirators in the Epstein files on the House floor
YouTube video by Rep. Ro Khanna
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 7:04 PM
We're in a mind-blowing period of history, and I'm guessing it's like this from here on out for various reasons.
youtu.be/U_zWBOV_bng
youtu.be/U_zWBOV_bng
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Raskin to Bondi: "You're not showing a lot interest in the victims. Whether it's Epstein's human trafficking ring or the homicidal government violence against citizens in Minneapolis, as AG you're siding with the perpetrators and ignoring the victims."
February 11, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Raskin to Bondi: "You're not showing a lot interest in the victims. Whether it's Epstein's human trafficking ring or the homicidal government violence against citizens in Minneapolis, as AG you're siding with the perpetrators and ignoring the victims."
It's a mystery how anyone ever buys a second cup.
February 11, 2026 at 9:14 PM
It's a mystery how anyone ever buys a second cup.
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We don’t have a functioning democracy when the people who lied to our faces to ‘get Brexit done’ are never held to account for the damage they’ve caused… and, worse still, are rewarded for life, for cynically or moronically selling our country out.
They deserve nothing but our contempt. Forever.
They deserve nothing but our contempt. Forever.
Toby Young, Matthew Elliott, Daniel Moylan, Claire Fox, Daniel Hannan, Michael Gove, Therese Coffey (a Brexit convert), Paul Goodman, John Moynihan, Ruth Lea, Stewart Jackson, Michael Hintze, Charles Moore, David Frost, Theo Agnew; & now John Redwood.
Rewarded for the Brexit calamity with peerages.
Rewarded for the Brexit calamity with peerages.
Ex Tory MP John Redwood has been made a peer, as Lord Redwood on 31 January, and was formally introduced in the Lords on Tuesday
February 11, 2026 at 8:12 PM
We don’t have a functioning democracy when the people who lied to our faces to ‘get Brexit done’ are never held to account for the damage they’ve caused… and, worse still, are rewarded for life, for cynically or moronically selling our country out.
They deserve nothing but our contempt. Forever.
They deserve nothing but our contempt. Forever.
She must surely be considering whether she'd stand at the next election (she's already 72), and this would release a potential London seat for the party leader.
February 11, 2026 at 2:19 PM
She must surely be considering whether she'd stand at the next election (she's already 72), and this would release a potential London seat for the party leader.
A politically incorrect thought, but is the Mother of the House receiving calls from supplicants (or outriders thereof) that she might gracefully retire & open up a suitable seat for a Labour leadership challenger?
February 11, 2026 at 9:26 AM
A politically incorrect thought, but is the Mother of the House receiving calls from supplicants (or outriders thereof) that she might gracefully retire & open up a suitable seat for a Labour leadership challenger?
Page 94: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnCe...
With insightful musings in the final section about which hats might be thrown into the ring re Labour leadership, why it isn't a good moment for anyone to try to replace KS & whether any potential replacement has a coherent vision to offer.
With insightful musings in the final section about which hats might be thrown into the ring re Labour leadership, why it isn't a good moment for anyone to try to replace KS & whether any potential replacement has a coherent vision to offer.
Mandy Lifeboats! Private Eye on Peter Mandelson, Epstein & Keir Starmer's Chances
YouTube video by Private Eye Magazine
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February 11, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Page 94: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnCe...
With insightful musings in the final section about which hats might be thrown into the ring re Labour leadership, why it isn't a good moment for anyone to try to replace KS & whether any potential replacement has a coherent vision to offer.
With insightful musings in the final section about which hats might be thrown into the ring re Labour leadership, why it isn't a good moment for anyone to try to replace KS & whether any potential replacement has a coherent vision to offer.
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?First demonstration in the new King's Cross.
Support Google workers standing up for Palestine!
WHEN: Feb 12th, 8.30am until 1.30pm
WHERE: Lewis Cubitt Park, Handyside St, N1C 4UZ
Support Google workers standing up for Palestine!
WHEN: Feb 12th, 8.30am until 1.30pm
WHERE: Lewis Cubitt Park, Handyside St, N1C 4UZ
February 7, 2026 at 10:23 AM
?First demonstration in the new King's Cross.
Support Google workers standing up for Palestine!
WHEN: Feb 12th, 8.30am until 1.30pm
WHERE: Lewis Cubitt Park, Handyside St, N1C 4UZ
Support Google workers standing up for Palestine!
WHEN: Feb 12th, 8.30am until 1.30pm
WHERE: Lewis Cubitt Park, Handyside St, N1C 4UZ
'Transatlantic Apocalyptic Populism' - overall result:
"This was not collusion but a single information ecosystem, animated by theology & executed by networked propaganda.
Ideologues sought spiritual war; politicians sought power; media entrepreneurs sought clicks; algorithms sought engagement".
"This was not collusion but a single information ecosystem, animated by theology & executed by networked propaganda.
Ideologues sought spiritual war; politicians sought power; media entrepreneurs sought clicks; algorithms sought engagement".
If you're wondering what on earth connects Silicon Valley, the Trump Government and Russian destabilisation of the West, this might help - or not
The Apocalypse Network: Dugin, Bannon, Thiel and the Media Machinery of the Dark Enlightenment open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
The Apocalypse Network: Dugin, Bannon, Thiel and the Media Machinery of the Dark Enlightenment open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
The Apocalypse Network: Dugin, Bannon, Thiel and the Media Machinery of the Dark Enlightenment
More background around the important meeting of minds between Steve Bannon and Alexander Dugin on the eve of the Maidan Revolution, as Bannon forges his new ‘weapons’ of Breitbart/Cambridge Analytica
open.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:39 AM
'Transatlantic Apocalyptic Populism' - overall result:
"This was not collusion but a single information ecosystem, animated by theology & executed by networked propaganda.
Ideologues sought spiritual war; politicians sought power; media entrepreneurs sought clicks; algorithms sought engagement".
"This was not collusion but a single information ecosystem, animated by theology & executed by networked propaganda.
Ideologues sought spiritual war; politicians sought power; media entrepreneurs sought clicks; algorithms sought engagement".
Seems Epstein was a 'super-connector', stirrer of a dangerous vortex of money & ambition.
He peddled influence, matched ill-gotten gains with investment in tech-enabled & -amplified political projects to further a destructive agenda of power for the sake of power.
With luxury, fun & girls as bait.
He peddled influence, matched ill-gotten gains with investment in tech-enabled & -amplified political projects to further a destructive agenda of power for the sake of power.
With luxury, fun & girls as bait.
February 6, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Seems Epstein was a 'super-connector', stirrer of a dangerous vortex of money & ambition.
He peddled influence, matched ill-gotten gains with investment in tech-enabled & -amplified political projects to further a destructive agenda of power for the sake of power.
With luxury, fun & girls as bait.
He peddled influence, matched ill-gotten gains with investment in tech-enabled & -amplified political projects to further a destructive agenda of power for the sake of power.
With luxury, fun & girls as bait.
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Thiel, Musk, Epstein, Bannon - all state explicitly that they want to destroy democracy worldwide.
That, IMO, is worthy of investigation by EVERY nation they are messing with.
Isn’t taking down governments either treason, sedition, or an act of war?
That, IMO, is worthy of investigation by EVERY nation they are messing with.
Isn’t taking down governments either treason, sedition, or an act of war?
February 4, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Thiel, Musk, Epstein, Bannon - all state explicitly that they want to destroy democracy worldwide.
That, IMO, is worthy of investigation by EVERY nation they are messing with.
Isn’t taking down governments either treason, sedition, or an act of war?
That, IMO, is worthy of investigation by EVERY nation they are messing with.
Isn’t taking down governments either treason, sedition, or an act of war?
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What technology takes from us – and how to take it back | Rebecca Solnit
What technology takes from us – and how to take it back | Rebecca Solnit
The long read: Decisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the natural world an afterthought: Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out – but it’s going to take collective effort
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:06 AM
What technology takes from us – and how to take it back | Rebecca Solnit
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Sharing this amazing poem with the kind permission of the author. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
If They Call Me A Domestic Terrorist
This morning, I stumbled across an amazing poem by a wonderful man named Michael F.
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February 1, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Sharing this amazing poem with the kind permission of the author. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Come on Staffordshire folks, we know from talking to people on our streets that Brexit was never as popular as the press made out & now we know it was a total failure. No need to suffer in silence. Stand up and make your voice heard #JoinTheEuropeanMovement
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/membership-2...
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/membership-2...
January 31, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Come on Staffordshire folks, we know from talking to people on our streets that Brexit was never as popular as the press made out & now we know it was a total failure. No need to suffer in silence. Stand up and make your voice heard #JoinTheEuropeanMovement
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/membership-2...
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/membership-2...
Cherub perspective is so deliberately tricky and brilliantly achieved.
February 1, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Cherub perspective is so deliberately tricky and brilliantly achieved.
There’s also tourism.
Both these elements of economic links involve huge amounts of flying.
Both these elements of economic links involve huge amounts of flying.
January 30, 2026 at 8:43 AM
There’s also tourism.
Both these elements of economic links involve huge amounts of flying.
Both these elements of economic links involve huge amounts of flying.
I wonder what % of Chinese spending in UK comes from take up of school places and university courses?
January 30, 2026 at 8:35 AM
I wonder what % of Chinese spending in UK comes from take up of school places and university courses?
@societyofauthors.bsky.social: That link seems not to work.
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January 30, 2026 at 8:33 AM
@societyofauthors.bsky.social: That link seems not to work.
Because (to be boringly practical): the details of the stuff you need to enter into your tax return aren't out there for an AI to get hold of and allocate to the right boxes.
By the time you've gathered all the info & tailored the pro forma, the actual filling is fairly minor. But s-o-o-o tedious.
By the time you've gathered all the info & tailored the pro forma, the actual filling is fairly minor. But s-o-o-o tedious.
January 29, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Because (to be boringly practical): the details of the stuff you need to enter into your tax return aren't out there for an AI to get hold of and allocate to the right boxes.
By the time you've gathered all the info & tailored the pro forma, the actual filling is fairly minor. But s-o-o-o tedious.
By the time you've gathered all the info & tailored the pro forma, the actual filling is fairly minor. But s-o-o-o tedious.
Well, it was bound to be worse before it gets better. Hugely complicated sub-surface stuff to contend with. And all while having to keep traffic, trains and people flowing. It is taking blooming ages though.
January 29, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Well, it was bound to be worse before it gets better. Hugely complicated sub-surface stuff to contend with. And all while having to keep traffic, trains and people flowing. It is taking blooming ages though.
In a minor way, a timeless scene.
👀- no 🙌
But changing hour by hour, as the new entrance to Leeds Station is constructed.
👀- no 🙌
But changing hour by hour, as the new entrance to Leeds Station is constructed.
January 29, 2026 at 11:51 AM
In a minor way, a timeless scene.
👀- no 🙌
But changing hour by hour, as the new entrance to Leeds Station is constructed.
👀- no 🙌
But changing hour by hour, as the new entrance to Leeds Station is constructed.
Could DJT please attend to taking the massive plank out of his own eye before distracting the world with punitive posturing elsewhere on the wobbly globe?
January 29, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Could DJT please attend to taking the massive plank out of his own eye before distracting the world with punitive posturing elsewhere on the wobbly globe?