Joanna Pegum
@londoner007.bsky.social
Love arts, science, history, travel, dogs, books, tech, coffee, Europe - the lot! Refugee from the bird site @londoner_007
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it's so bad for the world in general, especiallygiven the US's ethical collapse.
November 30, 2025 at 7:17 AM
it's so bad for the world in general, especiallygiven the US's ethical collapse.
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Watching the UK’s political development in the past few years was one of the saddest things for me as an European.
Like watching a friend hitting themselves in the face continuously (and not stopping) out of spite after someone told them “watch out so you won’t hit your face by accident there”.
Like watching a friend hitting themselves in the face continuously (and not stopping) out of spite after someone told them “watch out so you won’t hit your face by accident there”.
November 30, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Watching the UK’s political development in the past few years was one of the saddest things for me as an European.
Like watching a friend hitting themselves in the face continuously (and not stopping) out of spite after someone told them “watch out so you won’t hit your face by accident there”.
Like watching a friend hitting themselves in the face continuously (and not stopping) out of spite after someone told them “watch out so you won’t hit your face by accident there”.
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Really bad news. And completely irresponsible given where we are.
Can’t decide who this is worse for, the EU or the UK. But the real looser, of course, is European defence. So all of us.
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UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
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UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
Discussions fail after Britain refuses to pay billions of euros in fees
on.ft.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Really bad news. And completely irresponsible given where we are.
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Locusts on the lines?
November 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Locusts on the lines?
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Under Mahmood's current proposals, presumably would have been deported to Czechoslovakia in 1945, when it was "safe" again.
R.I.P. Tom Stoppard, playwright most famous for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Sir Tom Stoppard, playwright famed for his wit and depth, dies at 88
Winning an Oscar for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love, he captivated the hearts of audiences for more than six decades.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Under Mahmood's current proposals, presumably would have been deported to Czechoslovakia in 1945, when it was "safe" again.
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“Is this shit legal?”
How ICE is disappearing people and holding them in a “black hole” where nobody knows where they are, even as they’re hospitalized
How ICE is disappearing people and holding them in a “black hole” where nobody knows where they are, even as they’re hospitalized
November 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
“Is this shit legal?”
How ICE is disappearing people and holding them in a “black hole” where nobody knows where they are, even as they’re hospitalized
How ICE is disappearing people and holding them in a “black hole” where nobody knows where they are, even as they’re hospitalized
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Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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600 dead, biggest floods in 300 years and non-stop rains.
Horrible.
So many ppl now without houses, lost family and so many communities having to start again.
🙏🏿
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Horrible.
So many ppl now without houses, lost family and so many communities having to start again.
🙏🏿
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Flooding in South East Asia leaves 600 dead
The region is hit by some of the worst floods in years, with millions affected in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Sri Lanka.
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
600 dead, biggest floods in 300 years and non-stop rains.
Horrible.
So many ppl now without houses, lost family and so many communities having to start again.
🙏🏿
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Horrible.
So many ppl now without houses, lost family and so many communities having to start again.
🙏🏿
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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One of Russia's largest oil terminals suspends operations following drone attack
Russian oil terminal suspends operations after drone attack
The attack on the terminal followed only hours after Ukraine struck two oil tankers, thought to be part of Russia's 'shadow fleet' used to evade sanctions.
www.euronews.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
One of Russia's largest oil terminals suspends operations following drone attack
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"These estimates suggest that by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Link: www.nber.org/papers/w34459
Link: www.nber.org/papers/w34459
November 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
"These estimates suggest that by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Link: www.nber.org/papers/w34459
Link: www.nber.org/papers/w34459
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Russia Bombards Ukraine for Nearly 10 Hours in a Deadly Assault www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/w...
Russia Bombards Ukraine for Nearly 10 Hours in a Deadly Assault
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Russia Bombards Ukraine for Nearly 10 Hours in a Deadly Assault www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/w...
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a few candidates have talked about this but any Dem planning to run in 2028 should make it explicit: the next DOJ will, in fact, go after you if you’re funding this awful ballroom, or any other pay to play deals you make with this administration
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
a few candidates have talked about this but any Dem planning to run in 2028 should make it explicit: the next DOJ will, in fact, go after you if you’re funding this awful ballroom, or any other pay to play deals you make with this administration
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A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
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Nothing Kennedy and his handpicked team are doing suggests they are unbiased about vaccines and he is using every trick he learned as a lawyer to undermine trust in and ultimately potentially severely limiting access to vaccines
November 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Nothing Kennedy and his handpicked team are doing suggests they are unbiased about vaccines and he is using every trick he learned as a lawyer to undermine trust in and ultimately potentially severely limiting access to vaccines
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Not the Brexit deal.
Brexit.
A prejudiced moronathon that will continue to damage our country until we’re brave/sane enough to admit it, demand accountability from those who insisted upon it and then, finally, start to fix it.
Brexit.
A prejudiced moronathon that will continue to damage our country until we’re brave/sane enough to admit it, demand accountability from those who insisted upon it and then, finally, start to fix it.
The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.
November 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Not the Brexit deal.
Brexit.
A prejudiced moronathon that will continue to damage our country until we’re brave/sane enough to admit it, demand accountability from those who insisted upon it and then, finally, start to fix it.
Brexit.
A prejudiced moronathon that will continue to damage our country until we’re brave/sane enough to admit it, demand accountability from those who insisted upon it and then, finally, start to fix it.
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This is appalling and unconscionable.
FDA claims Covid shots killed 10 children and vows new vaccine rules.
Vaccine experts said the memo was irresponsible and omits key details about how officials arrived at the conclusion.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
FDA claims Covid shots killed 10 children and vows new vaccine rules.
Vaccine experts said the memo was irresponsible and omits key details about how officials arrived at the conclusion.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
FDA claims Covid shots killed 10 children and vows new vaccine rules
Vaccine experts said the memo was irresponsible and omits key details about how officials arrived at the conclusion.
www.nbcnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This is appalling and unconscionable.
FDA claims Covid shots killed 10 children and vows new vaccine rules.
Vaccine experts said the memo was irresponsible and omits key details about how officials arrived at the conclusion.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
FDA claims Covid shots killed 10 children and vows new vaccine rules.
Vaccine experts said the memo was irresponsible and omits key details about how officials arrived at the conclusion.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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Confirmed: Earlier this morning a photog overheard agents inside the parking garage say “dismissed,” believed to be calling off their planned mass raid.
A source tells me they had planned for *hundreds* of agents to flood Canal St. They got flooded instead.
A source tells me they had planned for *hundreds* of agents to flood Canal St. They got flooded instead.
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Confirmed: Earlier this morning a photog overheard agents inside the parking garage say “dismissed,” believed to be calling off their planned mass raid.
A source tells me they had planned for *hundreds* of agents to flood Canal St. They got flooded instead.
A source tells me they had planned for *hundreds* of agents to flood Canal St. They got flooded instead.
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Why aren’t the Epstein files released yet? Still being doctored up with black Sharpies?
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Why aren’t the Epstein files released yet? Still being doctored up with black Sharpies?
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🧵A legal scholar finds the killing by special forces of survivors in the Navy attack on an alleged drug boat to be a war crime and murder.
"the currently governing DOD Manual in Section 5.9 states clearly that persons “placed hors de combat may not be made the object of attack.” ...
"the currently governing DOD Manual in Section 5.9 states clearly that persons “placed hors de combat may not be made the object of attack.” ...
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
🧵A legal scholar finds the killing by special forces of survivors in the Navy attack on an alleged drug boat to be a war crime and murder.
"the currently governing DOD Manual in Section 5.9 states clearly that persons “placed hors de combat may not be made the object of attack.” ...
"the currently governing DOD Manual in Section 5.9 states clearly that persons “placed hors de combat may not be made the object of attack.” ...
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Hello #NewSkies I'm a science writer who covers university research. This week, I'm writing about the dubious nature of "alternative sweeteners." There is no "free lunch" when it comes to sweeteners. Sugar alcohols are not harmlessly expelled. 🩺 🧪 🍭 source.washu.edu/2025/11/alte...
Alternative sweetener sorbitol linked to liver disease
A study from researchers at Washington University in St. Louis has found connections between the alternative sweetener sorbitol and liver disease.
source.washu.edu
November 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Hello #NewSkies I'm a science writer who covers university research. This week, I'm writing about the dubious nature of "alternative sweeteners." There is no "free lunch" when it comes to sweeteners. Sugar alcohols are not harmlessly expelled. 🩺 🧪 🍭 source.washu.edu/2025/11/alte...
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The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.
November 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.
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Just because it's reached the 100,000 threshold, doesn't mean anything will happen.
So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Just because it's reached the 100,000 threshold, doesn't mean anything will happen.
So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
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ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
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BOOM!! 100,000 signatures! Now let’s have a date for the debate
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
BOOM!! 100,000 signatures! Now let’s have a date for the debate
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...