Tony
@tonynicol3.bsky.social
Retired Water Industry Systems Engineer, no longer torturing wood on a lathe or mounting expeditions into the garden wilderness. Soup Dragon, First Class.
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Political donations are Bribes!
Please don't send me crisis appeals, I support via UNICEF
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That would make him the main character.
February 4, 2026 at 7:45 PM
That would make him the main character.
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Epstein was issued with 9 separate Russian 🇷🇺 visas covering more than 9 years and they were sponsored by MOO that was “linked to veterans of Russia’s FSB special forces unit “Vympel” (known for anti-terror operations).[efa-vimpel]
Led by FSB veteran and KGB colonel Sergey Shestov”
Led by FSB veteran and KGB colonel Sergey Shestov”
Yes, of course Epstein had extensive Israeli connections, but the Russian ones are just evidentially more extensive — that was where the money and trafficable women were
February 5, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Epstein was issued with 9 separate Russian 🇷🇺 visas covering more than 9 years and they were sponsored by MOO that was “linked to veterans of Russia’s FSB special forces unit “Vympel” (known for anti-terror operations).[efa-vimpel]
Led by FSB veteran and KGB colonel Sergey Shestov”
Led by FSB veteran and KGB colonel Sergey Shestov”
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‘Stark warning’: pesticide harm to wildlife rising globally, study finds
‘Stark warning’: pesticide harm to wildlife rising globally, study finds
Toxicity from farm chemicals increased for most species groups between 2013 and 2019, with insects worst affected
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:04 PM
‘Stark warning’: pesticide harm to wildlife rising globally, study finds
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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Meta has dropped $65 million into two super PACs to boost pro-AI state candidates in California.
Big Tech is working overtime to ensure they get a bailout if — or when — the AI bubble bursts.
We can’t let them get away with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wxBHxpMFXA
Big Tech is working overtime to ensure they get a bailout if — or when — the AI bubble bursts.
We can’t let them get away with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wxBHxpMFXA
Brace Yourself for the AI Bubble
Are we watching an AI revolution, or a slow-motion economic disaster?
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Meta has dropped $65 million into two super PACs to boost pro-AI state candidates in California.
Big Tech is working overtime to ensure they get a bailout if — or when — the AI bubble bursts.
We can’t let them get away with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wxBHxpMFXA
Big Tech is working overtime to ensure they get a bailout if — or when — the AI bubble bursts.
We can’t let them get away with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wxBHxpMFXA
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BREAKING: Judge rules Elon Musk must sit for depositions in lawsuits against DOGE
February 5, 2026 at 12:55 PM
BREAKING: Judge rules Elon Musk must sit for depositions in lawsuits against DOGE
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Mr Steele said: "I would argue this goes right back to the 1970s. "My sources in America tell me that the American government, the American intelligence services assessment was that Epstein was recruited as early as the 1970s by Russian organised crime figures in New York“
February 5, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Mr Steele said: "I would argue this goes right back to the 1970s. "My sources in America tell me that the American government, the American intelligence services assessment was that Epstein was recruited as early as the 1970s by Russian organised crime figures in New York“
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‘Can cork man stay afloat?’ was right there.
Cork man Morgan McSweeney is embroiled in a scandal over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as UK Ambassador to the US
Who is Irish Starmer aide at centre of Mandelson scandal?
www.rte.ie
February 5, 2026 at 6:06 PM
‘Can cork man stay afloat?’ was right there.
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He’s seemingly entrenched
We thought Morgan McSweeney would be gone by now – but we have to wait while Keir Starmer asks political genius Morgan McSweeney what he thinks he should do
February 5, 2026 at 7:17 PM
He’s seemingly entrenched
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Interested to see that Trump has "approved” the Chagos Islands deal, something he already did once and might revoke again if he feels like it, I suppose.
Never mind.
Never mind.
February 5, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Interested to see that Trump has "approved” the Chagos Islands deal, something he already did once and might revoke again if he feels like it, I suppose.
Never mind.
Never mind.
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Not to mention Nigel Farage: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
February 5, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Not to mention Nigel Farage: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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So he has changed his mind again. Where does that leave Kemi Badenoch's assertion that "Donald Trump 'is right on the Chagos deal'"? And a lesson for everyone, perhaps, not to fixate on Trump's caprices.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Donald Trump signals US support for Chagos handover deal
It comes after the US president suggested last month he could withdraw his support for the deal.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 6:25 PM
So he has changed his mind again. Where does that leave Kemi Badenoch's assertion that "Donald Trump 'is right on the Chagos deal'"? And a lesson for everyone, perhaps, not to fixate on Trump's caprices.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Just catching up on the situation with UKRI and I can’t claim much expertise, but worth saying:
1. Research funding is pretty crucial when you’re a knowledge-based economy like the UK is
2. Blanket pauses in funding can be very damaging
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
1. Research funding is pretty crucial when you’re a knowledge-based economy like the UK is
2. Blanket pauses in funding can be very damaging
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK’s £8bn research fund faces “hard decisions” as it pauses new grants
UKRI boss Ian Chapman said it had been told by the government to
www.bbc.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Just catching up on the situation with UKRI and I can’t claim much expertise, but worth saying:
1. Research funding is pretty crucial when you’re a knowledge-based economy like the UK is
2. Blanket pauses in funding can be very damaging
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
1. Research funding is pretty crucial when you’re a knowledge-based economy like the UK is
2. Blanket pauses in funding can be very damaging
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Corporate profits have hit record highs.
CEOs are paid 280x as much as a typical worker.
We're subsidizing huge corporations that pay lousy wages through food stamps and Medicaid.
But instead of cracking down on corporate greed, Republicans want to punish the working poor.
CEOs are paid 280x as much as a typical worker.
We're subsidizing huge corporations that pay lousy wages through food stamps and Medicaid.
But instead of cracking down on corporate greed, Republicans want to punish the working poor.
February 5, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Corporate profits have hit record highs.
CEOs are paid 280x as much as a typical worker.
We're subsidizing huge corporations that pay lousy wages through food stamps and Medicaid.
But instead of cracking down on corporate greed, Republicans want to punish the working poor.
CEOs are paid 280x as much as a typical worker.
We're subsidizing huge corporations that pay lousy wages through food stamps and Medicaid.
But instead of cracking down on corporate greed, Republicans want to punish the working poor.
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Nigel Farage tells GB News that Keir Starmer's decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador shows his judgement is "seriously wrong" and he should stand down as Prime Minister.
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
February 5, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Nigel Farage tells GB News that Keir Starmer's decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador shows his judgement is "seriously wrong" and he should stand down as Prime Minister.
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
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Quacking Treason
Public profiles of Jeffrey Epstein going back 20+ years present a near perfect description of a massive, hostile foreign intelligence operation directed at the USA and NATO and other allies.
Why was this so widely ignored? What was Mandelson’s involvement? What next?
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Public profiles of Jeffrey Epstein going back 20+ years present a near perfect description of a massive, hostile foreign intelligence operation directed at the USA and NATO and other allies.
Why was this so widely ignored? What was Mandelson’s involvement? What next?
A 🧵 /1.
February 5, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Quacking Treason
Public profiles of Jeffrey Epstein going back 20+ years present a near perfect description of a massive, hostile foreign intelligence operation directed at the USA and NATO and other allies.
Why was this so widely ignored? What was Mandelson’s involvement? What next?
A 🧵 /1.
Public profiles of Jeffrey Epstein going back 20+ years present a near perfect description of a massive, hostile foreign intelligence operation directed at the USA and NATO and other allies.
Why was this so widely ignored? What was Mandelson’s involvement? What next?
A 🧵 /1.
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Anas Sarwar says today of Peter Mandelson: “I'm utterly disgusted and furious about the entire situation … He never should have been the ambassador to the US.”
For context, here’s Sarwar in April 2025 love-bombing his ‘old friend’.
They think we are stupid.
He is an amoral opportunistic chancer.
For context, here’s Sarwar in April 2025 love-bombing his ‘old friend’.
They think we are stupid.
He is an amoral opportunistic chancer.
February 5, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Anas Sarwar says today of Peter Mandelson: “I'm utterly disgusted and furious about the entire situation … He never should have been the ambassador to the US.”
For context, here’s Sarwar in April 2025 love-bombing his ‘old friend’.
They think we are stupid.
He is an amoral opportunistic chancer.
For context, here’s Sarwar in April 2025 love-bombing his ‘old friend’.
They think we are stupid.
He is an amoral opportunistic chancer.
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See also his slippery double-dealing on trans rights. Today, he poses as some sort of gender critical culture warrior promising to ban trans women from female prisons. In 2022, though, he voted in favour of self-ID, and whipped his MSPs to back the legislation
Not one word he says can be trusted
Not one word he says can be trusted
February 5, 2026 at 3:31 PM
See also his slippery double-dealing on trans rights. Today, he poses as some sort of gender critical culture warrior promising to ban trans women from female prisons. In 2022, though, he voted in favour of self-ID, and whipped his MSPs to back the legislation
Not one word he says can be trusted
Not one word he says can be trusted
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It’s politicians like Sarwar who have broken politics. They come with no principles or vision apart from their own tawdry ambition and the pursuit of power for the mere sake of power. Decades of their lies and failures and venality have brought Britain to the sorry state it’s in today.
February 5, 2026 at 3:36 PM
It’s politicians like Sarwar who have broken politics. They come with no principles or vision apart from their own tawdry ambition and the pursuit of power for the mere sake of power. Decades of their lies and failures and venality have brought Britain to the sorry state it’s in today.
At last!
February 5, 2026 at 6:28 PM
At last!
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When I was studying journalism one of my professors who had published articles in a number of publications, including Vanity Fair, said he wanted to be my mentor. Asked for my number to arrange a time to meet. When I met up with him at a coffee place it became clear he had no intention of mentoring.
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
February 5, 2026 at 6:11 PM
When I was studying journalism one of my professors who had published articles in a number of publications, including Vanity Fair, said he wanted to be my mentor. Asked for my number to arrange a time to meet. When I met up with him at a coffee place it became clear he had no intention of mentoring.
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NEW
The prime minister has lost the trust of the Commons on national security
MPs have defeated a government they no longer trust - and why this constitutionally significant
By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
The prime minister has lost the trust of the Commons on national security
MPs have defeated a government they no longer trust - and why this constitutionally significant
By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
The prime minister has lost the trust of the Commons on national security
MPs have defeated a government they no longer trust on matters of the highest importance
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 12:31 PM
NEW
The prime minister has lost the trust of the Commons on national security
MPs have defeated a government they no longer trust - and why this constitutionally significant
By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
The prime minister has lost the trust of the Commons on national security
MPs have defeated a government they no longer trust - and why this constitutionally significant
By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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