Simon
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Simon
@socialistsimon.bsky.social
· Sep 4
If the lobby hacks were very willing to participate in a fraud this obnoxious and insulting, then we should ask: what else did they treat as extremely important and/or concerning, while fully understanding it was fraudulent drivel? It seems unlikely you reach that level of complicity as a one-off.
What indeed. Because, from here, it looks like the answer is ‘absolutely everything of political importance that you hear, read or see, from The Sun front pages to the sofas of very serious BBC politics programmes that amplify them’.
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"you can't just throw the word fascism around"
ok, so here's my argument for it, grounded in political theory & history
ok, so here's my argument for it, grounded in political theory & history
i wrote about musk's claim the english are 'like hobbits' invaded by orc immigrants
my 1st piece with @theunpopulist.net
www.theunpopulist.net/p/even-by-a-...
my 1st piece with @theunpopulist.net
www.theunpopulist.net/p/even-by-a-...
Even by a Strict Definition, Elon Musk Is a Fascist
He is weaponizing Tolkien to promote violence by ‘hard men’ against Asian immigrants
www.theunpopulist.net
November 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"you can't just throw the word fascism around"
ok, so here's my argument for it, grounded in political theory & history
ok, so here's my argument for it, grounded in political theory & history
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Woke up thinking about this. I mean, they would’ve been funding Machado at the time this was being made. Was it deliberately sowing the seeds? It’s uncanny. Russian involvement (obvs) just to establish further convenient priors.
Watching a documentary called ‘Theatres of War’ (2022) about pentagon/CIA capture of Hollywood and… no fucking way!!! You HAVE to watch this sequence about season 2 of Amazon’s Jack Ryan series (2019). I mean, seriously?!? Has anyone else noticed and commented on this, wrt Maria Corina Machado?
November 27, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Woke up thinking about this. I mean, they would’ve been funding Machado at the time this was being made. Was it deliberately sowing the seeds? It’s uncanny. Russian involvement (obvs) just to establish further convenient priors.
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Kajal Kallas, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission.
"In the last 100 years, Russia has attacked more than 19 countries. Some of them 3-4 times. None of these countries attacked Russia."
"In the last 100 years, Russia has attacked more than 19 countries. Some of them 3-4 times. None of these countries attacked Russia."
November 29, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Kajal Kallas, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission.
"In the last 100 years, Russia has attacked more than 19 countries. Some of them 3-4 times. None of these countries attacked Russia."
"In the last 100 years, Russia has attacked more than 19 countries. Some of them 3-4 times. None of these countries attacked Russia."
@profanity.accountant what about me, you cunt?
November 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
@profanity.accountant what about me, you cunt?
Tense DC insiders gather around a night-vision feed of Navy Seals storming bin Laden’s compound. They watch as door after door is kicked in until finally our hero corners the target and, at gunpoint, hands him a $100 fine.
“Ladies and gentlemen, we got him.”
www.thenational.scot/news/2565626...
“Ladies and gentlemen, we got him.”
www.thenational.scot/news/2565626...
'Like a parking ticket': Scottish activists face £100 fines for 'terrorism'
SCOTTISH prosecutors face claims they have reduced terrorism to the level of a parking ticket after asking activists accused of supporting a…
www.thenational.scot
November 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Tense DC insiders gather around a night-vision feed of Navy Seals storming bin Laden’s compound. They watch as door after door is kicked in until finally our hero corners the target and, at gunpoint, hands him a $100 fine.
“Ladies and gentlemen, we got him.”
www.thenational.scot/news/2565626...
“Ladies and gentlemen, we got him.”
www.thenational.scot/news/2565626...
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The BBC is in crisis, again. In the latest episode of On Politics, @lewisgoodall.com and @dannyhinduk.bsky.social join @piercepenniless.bsky.social to discuss whether the BBC is capable of surviving in the digital era.
Listen here:
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Listen here:
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On Politics: The Bust-up at the BBC
Podcast Episode · The LRB Podcast · 26/11/2025 · 1h 5m
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November 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The BBC is in crisis, again. In the latest episode of On Politics, @lewisgoodall.com and @dannyhinduk.bsky.social join @piercepenniless.bsky.social to discuss whether the BBC is capable of surviving in the digital era.
Listen here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
Listen here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
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Looks to me like the lads all agree they didn’t see this, and so it doesn’t require a response
These lads are going to get in trouble for making all of their journo colleagues look like gormless fucking idiots, quite frankly
November 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Looks to me like the lads all agree they didn’t see this, and so it doesn’t require a response
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In which I wizz through the long history of the BBC in 17 director generals & 35mins. Thanks Paul for having me on.
New podcast ahoy!
Ep 109 of The British Broadcasting Century
Reith to Davie: 17 BBC Directors General - with Dr Tom Mills (@tommills.bsky.social)
From Oct 1923 (Reith asks both PM and King on the air; both refuse) to Nov 2025 (Davie's resignation) via Milne, Birt & co
Hear here:
pod.fo/e/35c09b
Ep 109 of The British Broadcasting Century
Reith to Davie: 17 BBC Directors General - with Dr Tom Mills (@tommills.bsky.social)
From Oct 1923 (Reith asks both PM and King on the air; both refuse) to Nov 2025 (Davie's resignation) via Milne, Birt & co
Hear here:
pod.fo/e/35c09b
The British Broadcasting Century with Paul Kerensa: #109 Reith to Davie: 17 BBC Directors General - with Dr Tom Mills
In October 1923, first BBC General Manager John Reith wrote to both 10 Downing Street and Buckingham Palace, inviting the Prime Minister and the King to broadcast on the near year-old BBC. Both ref...
pod.fo
November 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
In which I wizz through the long history of the BBC in 17 director generals & 35mins. Thanks Paul for having me on.
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New podcast ahoy!
Ep 109 of The British Broadcasting Century
Reith to Davie: 17 BBC Directors General - with Dr Tom Mills (@tommills.bsky.social)
From Oct 1923 (Reith asks both PM and King on the air; both refuse) to Nov 2025 (Davie's resignation) via Milne, Birt & co
Hear here:
pod.fo/e/35c09b
Ep 109 of The British Broadcasting Century
Reith to Davie: 17 BBC Directors General - with Dr Tom Mills (@tommills.bsky.social)
From Oct 1923 (Reith asks both PM and King on the air; both refuse) to Nov 2025 (Davie's resignation) via Milne, Birt & co
Hear here:
pod.fo/e/35c09b
The British Broadcasting Century with Paul Kerensa: #109 Reith to Davie: 17 BBC Directors General - with Dr Tom Mills
In October 1923, first BBC General Manager John Reith wrote to both 10 Downing Street and Buckingham Palace, inviting the Prime Minister and the King to broadcast on the near year-old BBC. Both ref...
pod.fo
November 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
New podcast ahoy!
Ep 109 of The British Broadcasting Century
Reith to Davie: 17 BBC Directors General - with Dr Tom Mills (@tommills.bsky.social)
From Oct 1923 (Reith asks both PM and King on the air; both refuse) to Nov 2025 (Davie's resignation) via Milne, Birt & co
Hear here:
pod.fo/e/35c09b
Ep 109 of The British Broadcasting Century
Reith to Davie: 17 BBC Directors General - with Dr Tom Mills (@tommills.bsky.social)
From Oct 1923 (Reith asks both PM and King on the air; both refuse) to Nov 2025 (Davie's resignation) via Milne, Birt & co
Hear here:
pod.fo/e/35c09b
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Why are people calling for enquiries into Russian influence on UK politics when by far the biggest malign foreign influencers with an abundance of evidence are the Usa and Israel?
It's become clear that since the establishment of Israel in 1947 a priority has been to develop covert strategies & weapons to be used against people & nations without provocation.
youtube.com/post/Ugkxw9_...
youtube.com/post/Ugkxw9_...
November 28, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Why are people calling for enquiries into Russian influence on UK politics when by far the biggest malign foreign influencers with an abundance of evidence are the Usa and Israel?
It's become clear that since the establishment of Israel in 1947 a priority has been to develop covert strategies & weapons to be used against people & nations without provocation.
youtube.com/post/Ugkxw9_...
youtube.com/post/Ugkxw9_...
Post from Quds News Network - YouTube
Israeli media revealed how Doctor Marwan Al-Hams was lured into a trap when undercover forces abducted him from the Mawasi area in southern Gaza. The ambush ...
youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Why are people calling for enquiries into Russian influence on UK politics when by far the biggest malign foreign influencers with an abundance of evidence are the Usa and Israel?
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I wrote a book about US media’s complicity in the Gaza genocide. It's available for pre-order. It’s a data-driven and, I hope, thorough account of how center-left media sold the American public on mass death in Gaza.
Out 4/21. 100% of royalties go to @mecaforpeace.bsky.social.
Out 4/21. 100% of royalties go to @mecaforpeace.bsky.social.
How to Sell a Genocide - Pluto Press
A gripping exposé of how the corporate media fuelled genocide in Gaza
www.plutobooks.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I wrote a book about US media’s complicity in the Gaza genocide. It's available for pre-order. It’s a data-driven and, I hope, thorough account of how center-left media sold the American public on mass death in Gaza.
Out 4/21. 100% of royalties go to @mecaforpeace.bsky.social.
Out 4/21. 100% of royalties go to @mecaforpeace.bsky.social.
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Fighting the good fight against ‘victim hood’ culture by running to a national newspaper to whinge because the television hurt my feelings
1/5 It was entirely predictable that The Telegraph would jump on @DavidOlusoga’s Empire series to fight its right wing culture war for control of our public history. Let’s see what they’ve done:
November 27, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Fighting the good fight against ‘victim hood’ culture by running to a national newspaper to whinge because the television hurt my feelings
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It is IMO not possible to operate any kind of meaningful democracy when your national press is a joke and a travesty, but your mileage on that may vary. I think it’s incontestable that it is impossible to govern well and effectively, while being in hock to these pantomime clowns.
November 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
It is IMO not possible to operate any kind of meaningful democracy when your national press is a joke and a travesty, but your mileage on that may vary. I think it’s incontestable that it is impossible to govern well and effectively, while being in hock to these pantomime clowns.
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About the USA, but our media systems are similarly captured.
November 27, 2025 at 8:40 AM
About the USA, but our media systems are similarly captured.
Yep. We are governed by narcissists, psychopaths and sociopaths.
A must listen..he summarises the Epstein network & it's real life impact on the economic well being of us all perfectly
youtube.com/shorts/Za25h...
youtube.com/shorts/Za25h...
Why elites around Epstein could ignore his crimes
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
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November 27, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Yep. We are governed by narcissists, psychopaths and sociopaths.
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I take it Jon is unfamiliar with the history of the last 40yrs of British political economy
"I do think this budget creates an opportunity for the Conservative Party," says Jon Sopel.
"You could see the reinvention of the Tories as a Thatcherite party, saying it must stop the ballooning size of the state, and demand a fundamental reform"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/i-ho...
"You could see the reinvention of the Tories as a Thatcherite party, saying it must stop the ballooning size of the state, and demand a fundamental reform"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/i-ho...
‘I honestly cannot remember a more shambolic lead-up to a budget’ | The News Agents
Rachel Reeves' second budget as Chancellor of the Exchequer was overshadowed by its leak, in entirety, shortly before she delivered it to the House of Commons. Now shared with MPs and the public, has…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:20 AM
I take it Jon is unfamiliar with the history of the last 40yrs of British political economy
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Worst media on God's green Earth
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Worst media on God's green Earth