Mick Brooks
@mick666.bsky.social
Anything but Mike. Poole-based, retired from the NHS, with birdy, movie, music and politics interests 🏳️🌈🇵🇸 🏳️⚧️. Ex-Labour now Green. Ex-union rep (Unite). PhD in neutron physics.
Full bird list on eBird.com
Films: https://boxd.it/mBT
Full bird list on eBird.com
Films: https://boxd.it/mBT
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Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
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Jayapal: To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand. And if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you have still not been able to meet with this DOJ. Please note for the record that every single survivor has raised their hand.
February 11, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Jayapal: To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand. And if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you have still not been able to meet with this DOJ. Please note for the record that every single survivor has raised their hand.
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"They could not explain why headliner Kid Rock — who has frequently joked about sex with underage girls — is more wholesome than Bad Bunny, who included a genuine wedding in his show.
"The answer is obvious: Kid Rock is white and Bad Bunny is Latino."
www.salon.com/2026/02/11/e...
"The answer is obvious: Kid Rock is white and Bad Bunny is Latino."
www.salon.com/2026/02/11/e...
Evangelicals won't dump Trump over his racist Obama video
A few spoke out, but most right-wing Christians quietly support the president's ugly views
www.salon.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:41 PM
"They could not explain why headliner Kid Rock — who has frequently joked about sex with underage girls — is more wholesome than Bad Bunny, who included a genuine wedding in his show.
"The answer is obvious: Kid Rock is white and Bad Bunny is Latino."
www.salon.com/2026/02/11/e...
"The answer is obvious: Kid Rock is white and Bad Bunny is Latino."
www.salon.com/2026/02/11/e...
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🔴 Exclusive: Corporate donations British parties tripled over last three elections
But here's key thing: almost none is from FTSE500/listed companies
It's almost all companies controlled by super-wealthy individuals, or small, opaque firms
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-c...
But here's key thing: almost none is from FTSE500/listed companies
It's almost all companies controlled by super-wealthy individuals, or small, opaque firms
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-c...
Revealed: Corporate donations to British politics have tripled
Influential Labour committee chairs call on government to clean up politics as our new analysis finds record £42 million in company donations ahead of last election
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:47 AM
🔴 Exclusive: Corporate donations British parties tripled over last three elections
But here's key thing: almost none is from FTSE500/listed companies
It's almost all companies controlled by super-wealthy individuals, or small, opaque firms
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-c...
But here's key thing: almost none is from FTSE500/listed companies
It's almost all companies controlled by super-wealthy individuals, or small, opaque firms
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-c...
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The year is 2045. Nurse is the only job left. It has been hastily retconned to a male coded job and every nurse now wears tactical combat gear and has a gun.
Yikes here are the numbers for the past 12 months. Everything is pretty much dead except healthcare/social assistance. Note that healthcare growth is largely not about the business cycle -- it's about the aging of the population and more elderly people needing care.
February 11, 2026 at 2:27 PM
The year is 2045. Nurse is the only job left. It has been hastily retconned to a male coded job and every nurse now wears tactical combat gear and has a gun.
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"A Texas man will not face charges after gunning down his daughter after they got in a heated argument about President Trump.
Lucy Harrison, who was visiting from the UK, died of her wounds after the 23-year-old was shot in the chest Jan. 10 at her father’s home" nypost.com/2026/02/10/u...
Lucy Harrison, who was visiting from the UK, died of her wounds after the 23-year-old was shot in the chest Jan. 10 at her father’s home" nypost.com/2026/02/10/u...
Texas dad fatally shoots own daughter after ‘big argument’ about President Trump
A Texas man will not face charges after gunning down his daughter after they got in a heated argument about President Trump.
nypost.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:14 PM
"A Texas man will not face charges after gunning down his daughter after they got in a heated argument about President Trump.
Lucy Harrison, who was visiting from the UK, died of her wounds after the 23-year-old was shot in the chest Jan. 10 at her father’s home" nypost.com/2026/02/10/u...
Lucy Harrison, who was visiting from the UK, died of her wounds after the 23-year-old was shot in the chest Jan. 10 at her father’s home" nypost.com/2026/02/10/u...
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This is absolutely hilarious from #PMQs today.
Ayoub Khan MP says rubbish is "building right beneath my very nose" as he looks down at the Reform MPs sitting below him
"It's becoming a serious problem in Birmingham"
Ayoub Khan MP says rubbish is "building right beneath my very nose" as he looks down at the Reform MPs sitting below him
"It's becoming a serious problem in Birmingham"
February 11, 2026 at 3:04 PM
This is absolutely hilarious from #PMQs today.
Ayoub Khan MP says rubbish is "building right beneath my very nose" as he looks down at the Reform MPs sitting below him
"It's becoming a serious problem in Birmingham"
Ayoub Khan MP says rubbish is "building right beneath my very nose" as he looks down at the Reform MPs sitting below him
"It's becoming a serious problem in Birmingham"
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Ruddy Duck (2019)
February 11, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Ruddy Duck (2019)
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The government's earned settlement proposals manage to be politically and morally bankrupt at the same time as being economically and fiscally counterproductive.
Quite remarkable really.
www.ft.com/content/ca14...
Quite remarkable really.
www.ft.com/content/ca14...
Non-working partners risk limbo with UK migration reforms, analysis finds
Research comes as ministers signal rethink of policy that could carry big fiscal cost
www.ft.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:14 PM
The government's earned settlement proposals manage to be politically and morally bankrupt at the same time as being economically and fiscally counterproductive.
Quite remarkable really.
www.ft.com/content/ca14...
Quite remarkable really.
www.ft.com/content/ca14...
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Hi @hannahsbee.bsky.social,
There will come a time when you will have to face up to what you've done because of this era of anti-trans hysteria.
Per an FOI request, Pogust Goodhead have ZERO cases against Tavistock, when 1000 were claimed three years ago.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/health/...
There will come a time when you will have to face up to what you've done because of this era of anti-trans hysteria.
Per an FOI request, Pogust Goodhead have ZERO cases against Tavistock, when 1000 were claimed three years ago.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/health/...
The real Tavistock Clinic scandal: 1,000 court cases that never materialised
A FoI request for the data behind the media hysteria over the Tavistock Clinic presents quite a different picture
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Hi @hannahsbee.bsky.social,
There will come a time when you will have to face up to what you've done because of this era of anti-trans hysteria.
Per an FOI request, Pogust Goodhead have ZERO cases against Tavistock, when 1000 were claimed three years ago.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/health/...
There will come a time when you will have to face up to what you've done because of this era of anti-trans hysteria.
Per an FOI request, Pogust Goodhead have ZERO cases against Tavistock, when 1000 were claimed three years ago.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/health/...
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This makes the most sense to me...
February 11, 2026 at 2:48 PM
This makes the most sense to me...
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Getting word that they shut down the El Paso airport because Secretary Duffy heard that there was someone wearing sweatpants on a flight to Houston.
February 11, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Getting word that they shut down the El Paso airport because Secretary Duffy heard that there was someone wearing sweatpants on a flight to Houston.
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Possibly it is related to DHS activities, or some planned maneuver against Mexico. But I think the WH just wanted to know how the public would react to a large flight ban.
February 11, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Possibly it is related to DHS activities, or some planned maneuver against Mexico. But I think the WH just wanted to know how the public would react to a large flight ban.
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When the obituaries are written for the Anglosphere, significant space will be devoted to how they burned their nations to the ground to prop up a bloodthirsty genocidal regime on the other side of the world ***over their own citizens.***
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
Australian police break spine of anti-genocide granny to protect war criminal
Australian police beat a 69 year old woman at an anti-genocide protest so badly that they've broken her spine in FOUR places
www.thecanary.co
February 11, 2026 at 1:48 PM
When the obituaries are written for the Anglosphere, significant space will be devoted to how they burned their nations to the ground to prop up a bloodthirsty genocidal regime on the other side of the world ***over their own citizens.***
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
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February 11, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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The entire Tavistock scandal was over 8 complaints. They've fucked the entirety of trans and non binary peoples, because of 8 complaints, all of which have not materialised into anything as far as I can tell.
The real Tavistock Clinic scandal: 1,000 court cases that never materialised | A FoI request for the data behind the media hysteria over the Tavistock Clinic presents quite a different picture | Marie Shrewsbury
The real Tavistock Clinic scandal: 1,000 court cases that never materialised
A FoI request for the data behind the media hysteria over the Tavistock Clinic presents quite a different picture
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 1:48 PM
The entire Tavistock scandal was over 8 complaints. They've fucked the entirety of trans and non binary peoples, because of 8 complaints, all of which have not materialised into anything as far as I can tell.
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Through the Square Window episode six is out now! This month, @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social look at shows from February 1969, namely: Do Not Adjust Your Set, Civilisation, Saturday Night Theatre (with Sean Connery) and Department S. Available wherever you get your podcasts.
February 11, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Through the Square Window episode six is out now! This month, @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social look at shows from February 1969, namely: Do Not Adjust Your Set, Civilisation, Saturday Night Theatre (with Sean Connery) and Department S. Available wherever you get your podcasts.
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This couldn’t be clearer. Bannon’s texts to Epstein in mid July 2018 - “overthrowing May right now” and in “London with Boris” as well as his appearance on LBC with Nigel Farage are prettying damning evidence of a cross party plot with foreign backing
February 11, 2026 at 12:18 PM
This couldn’t be clearer. Bannon’s texts to Epstein in mid July 2018 - “overthrowing May right now” and in “London with Boris” as well as his appearance on LBC with Nigel Farage are prettying damning evidence of a cross party plot with foreign backing
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Just by-the-by, I'm not sure I buy the general view that this is quite a left-wing Labour government in actual delivery. A bit more tax-and-spend compared to the denial of predecessors and improved workers rights, but there are few massive departures from predecessors.
February 11, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Just by-the-by, I'm not sure I buy the general view that this is quite a left-wing Labour government in actual delivery. A bit more tax-and-spend compared to the denial of predecessors and improved workers rights, but there are few massive departures from predecessors.
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“If all the names in the Epstein files are released then our entire system will collapse.”
Works for me.
Works for me.
February 10, 2026 at 7:54 PM
“If all the names in the Epstein files are released then our entire system will collapse.”
Works for me.
Works for me.
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People Keir Starmer has hired, then fired for stuff he knew about when he hired them, a thread and a list:
1. Tulip Siddiq, given the economic crime brief, despite her aunt being PM of Bangladesh and mired in corruption allegations. Siddiq herself had faced questions over London properties.
1. Tulip Siddiq, given the economic crime brief, despite her aunt being PM of Bangladesh and mired in corruption allegations. Siddiq herself had faced questions over London properties.
February 11, 2026 at 1:37 PM
People Keir Starmer has hired, then fired for stuff he knew about when he hired them, a thread and a list:
1. Tulip Siddiq, given the economic crime brief, despite her aunt being PM of Bangladesh and mired in corruption allegations. Siddiq herself had faced questions over London properties.
1. Tulip Siddiq, given the economic crime brief, despite her aunt being PM of Bangladesh and mired in corruption allegations. Siddiq herself had faced questions over London properties.
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The Epstein files show that Brexit was never a “plucky British revolt”. In reality, Brexit was fed, and empowered, by an entire class of oligarchs and autocrats, who thrive on chaos, weak regulation and brittle institutions.
The will of the rich and powerful: Brexit and the Epstein files
The Epstein files reveal the role of Brexit in a global network which stands to gain from undermining democracy itself
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 10:00 AM
The Epstein files show that Brexit was never a “plucky British revolt”. In reality, Brexit was fed, and empowered, by an entire class of oligarchs and autocrats, who thrive on chaos, weak regulation and brittle institutions.
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The only times I ever heard dad use my government name were twice, at the end of his life in my London house, where he was speaking about me in some official capacity to doctors. All my life he called me "curly".
And I know what you're thinking: the hair.
No. It's because I was born bald.
And I know what you're thinking: the hair.
No. It's because I was born bald.
February 11, 2026 at 11:21 AM
The only times I ever heard dad use my government name were twice, at the end of his life in my London house, where he was speaking about me in some official capacity to doctors. All my life he called me "curly".
And I know what you're thinking: the hair.
No. It's because I was born bald.
And I know what you're thinking: the hair.
No. It's because I was born bald.
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Thank you for support from Monkey Cage listeners - I am asked many questions - this by @skepchick.org is the beginning of some answers - to be supportive of trans people & trans allies made me an extremist and too political - this explains some of that process
skepchick.org/2026/01/the-...
skepchick.org/2026/01/the-...
The BBC Chose Transphobia over Science
Transcript: Over the holidays, there was some news out of the UK that I wanted to highlight, lest it be lost in the news black hole that is Christmas and New Year: the British Broadcasting Corporat…
skepchick.org
February 11, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Thank you for support from Monkey Cage listeners - I am asked many questions - this by @skepchick.org is the beginning of some answers - to be supportive of trans people & trans allies made me an extremist and too political - this explains some of that process
skepchick.org/2026/01/the-...
skepchick.org/2026/01/the-...