Rob Connell
@robconnell.bsky.social
Education, Socialism, Independence, Celtic, Music, #MDANT
For a fairer country & safer planet.
The opposite of poverty isn't wealth, it's justice.
If you've ever wondered what you would have done during the rise of fascism, you're doing it now.
For a fairer country & safer planet.
The opposite of poverty isn't wealth, it's justice.
If you've ever wondered what you would have done during the rise of fascism, you're doing it now.
Looks a lot like an AI generated image they've used to illustrate a study about the dangers of using AI.
But I suppose that's where we are.
But I suppose that's where we are.
January 2, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Looks a lot like an AI generated image they've used to illustrate a study about the dangers of using AI.
But I suppose that's where we are.
But I suppose that's where we are.
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But it’s not fascism right? That’s just hyperbolic bs, right?
January 2, 2026 at 2:57 PM
But it’s not fascism right? That’s just hyperbolic bs, right?
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Gun takes responsibility, apologises for shooting incident.
The UK government need to get off this cesspit of a platform and regulate it to the back teeth. This is dangerous
The UK government need to get off this cesspit of a platform and regulate it to the back teeth. This is dangerous
so x dot com’s ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and … i haven’t seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform
January 2, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Gun takes responsibility, apologises for shooting incident.
The UK government need to get off this cesspit of a platform and regulate it to the back teeth. This is dangerous
The UK government need to get off this cesspit of a platform and regulate it to the back teeth. This is dangerous
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Worth a read.
January 2, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Worth a read.
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There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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Watched the last episode of Stranger Things 😭
Don’t have to be a fan of the show to appreciate David Harbour’s powerful acceptance speech at the 23rd annual SAG Awards🏆 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Pushing back against this regime—No notes…10/10
Don’t have to be a fan of the show to appreciate David Harbour’s powerful acceptance speech at the 23rd annual SAG Awards🏆 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Pushing back against this regime—No notes…10/10
January 1, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Watched the last episode of Stranger Things 😭
Don’t have to be a fan of the show to appreciate David Harbour’s powerful acceptance speech at the 23rd annual SAG Awards🏆 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Pushing back against this regime—No notes…10/10
Don’t have to be a fan of the show to appreciate David Harbour’s powerful acceptance speech at the 23rd annual SAG Awards🏆 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Pushing back against this regime—No notes…10/10
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I'm grateful for this review: substack.com/home/post/p-...
December 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I'm grateful for this review: substack.com/home/post/p-...
As good a time as to share a reminder of what Keir Starmer "pledged" to get himself elected as Labour leader.
Lots of highlights, what's your favourite lie?
Lots of highlights, what's your favourite lie?
December 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
As good a time as to share a reminder of what Keir Starmer "pledged" to get himself elected as Labour leader.
Lots of highlights, what's your favourite lie?
Lots of highlights, what's your favourite lie?
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If you keep telling social liberals to fuck off to impress the Times, don't act all surprised when they actually fuck off.
December 31, 2025 at 10:38 AM
If you keep telling social liberals to fuck off to impress the Times, don't act all surprised when they actually fuck off.
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Fascinating thread but I don't feel it's that complicated? This is what happens when you go out of your way to performatively kick your own coalition in the hope of impressing voters who never liked you to start with.
Glad the FT is asking the question. Even if I’m not convinced they found a compelling answer.
I get that Starmer & Reeves are unpopular, I really don’t understand the extent of the dislike.
www.ft.com/content/1995... ‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
I get that Starmer & Reeves are unpopular, I really don’t understand the extent of the dislike.
www.ft.com/content/1995... ‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
Allies concede the prime minister and chancellor have made mistakes yet the level of disdain towards them is still striking
www.ft.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Fascinating thread but I don't feel it's that complicated? This is what happens when you go out of your way to performatively kick your own coalition in the hope of impressing voters who never liked you to start with.
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These are the people behind Starmer, Farage and Badenoch. Wake the fuck up UK.
Peter Thiel’s Christmas party had an odd theme this year: “all things Britain.” (per NYT)
As Trump sunsets and backlash builds, expect a focus shift to the UK—where some see brighter possibilities for fascism,network states, and monarchies.
As Trump sunsets and backlash builds, expect a focus shift to the UK—where some see brighter possibilities for fascism,network states, and monarchies.
December 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
These are the people behind Starmer, Farage and Badenoch. Wake the fuck up UK.
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Worried about your job in 2026?
There's a site you can use to check out what your company will be doing in regards to layoffs.
Warntracker.com
Check it out and stay ahead of your employers plans for layoffs at least 60 days in advance of the layoffs.
#SheShed
There's a site you can use to check out what your company will be doing in regards to layoffs.
Warntracker.com
Check it out and stay ahead of your employers plans for layoffs at least 60 days in advance of the layoffs.
#SheShed
December 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Worried about your job in 2026?
There's a site you can use to check out what your company will be doing in regards to layoffs.
Warntracker.com
Check it out and stay ahead of your employers plans for layoffs at least 60 days in advance of the layoffs.
#SheShed
There's a site you can use to check out what your company will be doing in regards to layoffs.
Warntracker.com
Check it out and stay ahead of your employers plans for layoffs at least 60 days in advance of the layoffs.
#SheShed
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The reasons they try SO HARD to convince all of us that #Unions are somehow "corrupted", "money wasting", and "detrimental". Is the same reasons they belittle, mock, & discourage the study of social sciences. Their propaganda campaign was done over decades, and the result is a min wage of $7.25
December 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The reasons they try SO HARD to convince all of us that #Unions are somehow "corrupted", "money wasting", and "detrimental". Is the same reasons they belittle, mock, & discourage the study of social sciences. Their propaganda campaign was done over decades, and the result is a min wage of $7.25
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They're going to cover up until Andrew and Charles are dead. Possibly Edward, too- until at least the late 2050s, perhaps.
The UK Government is accused of 'covering up' for the royal family after it withheld official papers referring to the disgraced former prince Andrew.
The documents had been released to journalists, but were then withdrawn and not published publicly 👇
www.thenational.scot/news/2572882...
The documents had been released to journalists, but were then withdrawn and not published publicly 👇
www.thenational.scot/news/2572882...
'Cover up' as UK Government U-turns and withholds files on Prince Andrew
THE UK Government is accused of covering up for the royal family after it withdrew official papers referring to the disgraced former prince Andrew…
www.thenational.scot
December 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
They're going to cover up until Andrew and Charles are dead. Possibly Edward, too- until at least the late 2050s, perhaps.
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The United States is the perfect example of Capitalism
The richest country in the world with the largest most expensive army.
The most people in prison, the lowest life expectancy, the highest medical costs, the highest murder rate and 60% of people living in poverty
The richest country in the world with the largest most expensive army.
The most people in prison, the lowest life expectancy, the highest medical costs, the highest murder rate and 60% of people living in poverty
December 30, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The United States is the perfect example of Capitalism
The richest country in the world with the largest most expensive army.
The most people in prison, the lowest life expectancy, the highest medical costs, the highest murder rate and 60% of people living in poverty
The richest country in the world with the largest most expensive army.
The most people in prison, the lowest life expectancy, the highest medical costs, the highest murder rate and 60% of people living in poverty
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Not only did Israel hunt down Palestinian journalists to silence their war crimes, they hunted down their families too.
December 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Not only did Israel hunt down Palestinian journalists to silence their war crimes, they hunted down their families too.
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This is always a great reminder that we, together, can and will win this.
Stick together.
Stick together.
The grasshopper gets it — divide and conquer. Today’s robber barons use the same playbook. But together, we have all the power. Watch.
December 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This is always a great reminder that we, together, can and will win this.
Stick together.
Stick together.
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Sinatra has gone woke
![Civil rights activism
From the 1940s Sinatra refused to perform for segregated audiences. In Las Vegas he forced the Sands to serve Nat King Cole in the dining room and, with Sammy Davis Jr., ended Jim Crow policies in Nevada hotels and casinos by
1961. 9! He headlined Carnegie Hall for Martin Luther King Jr. in 1961, led Rat Pack boycotts, donated heavily to SCLC and voter registration, and was praised by Vice President Humphrey after the Watts riots for teaching tolerance."] Orson Welles witnessed Sinatra physically
threaten a restaurant owner who refused service to a Black musician.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:of56nmyuqzvjta7qlf7gwht6/bafkreihcwqha74luvn5td5tugqr4welplshkdqtabytg7ohgc23we7aedm@jpeg)
December 28, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Sinatra has gone woke
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The UK government back to blackmailing other countries, this time to be able to force people to return to objectively unsafe ones.
Labour proving once more to be as bad, if not worse, than pretty much any previous government for decades in relation to immigration.
news.sky.com/story/angola...
Labour proving once more to be as bad, if not worse, than pretty much any previous government for decades in relation to immigration.
news.sky.com/story/angola...
Angola and Namibia agree to take back illegal migrants and criminals
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood had warned the government would impose visa sanctions on the Democratic Republic of Congo if it refused to co-operate - its VIPs and decision-makers have now been stripp...
news.sky.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The UK government back to blackmailing other countries, this time to be able to force people to return to objectively unsafe ones.
Labour proving once more to be as bad, if not worse, than pretty much any previous government for decades in relation to immigration.
news.sky.com/story/angola...
Labour proving once more to be as bad, if not worse, than pretty much any previous government for decades in relation to immigration.
news.sky.com/story/angola...
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2025 in a nutshell: we're kicking ourselves in the [redacted] with robot AI, and rather than show us care or even sympathy, the AI robot is claiming that it's the one in pain
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 28, 2025 at 3:42 AM
2025 in a nutshell: we're kicking ourselves in the [redacted] with robot AI, and rather than show us care or even sympathy, the AI robot is claiming that it's the one in pain
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What happened starting in 1980?
Mass Privatisation.
So instead of your wages being decided by what your Government could afford and what you earned, you are paid as little as possible to maximise profit.
Mass Privatisation.
So instead of your wages being decided by what your Government could afford and what you earned, you are paid as little as possible to maximise profit.
December 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
What happened starting in 1980?
Mass Privatisation.
So instead of your wages being decided by what your Government could afford and what you earned, you are paid as little as possible to maximise profit.
Mass Privatisation.
So instead of your wages being decided by what your Government could afford and what you earned, you are paid as little as possible to maximise profit.
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Whitehall celebrates on Boxing Day as Britain sold a record £20bn in arms around the world in 2025.
December 26, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Whitehall celebrates on Boxing Day as Britain sold a record £20bn in arms around the world in 2025.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5