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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Reform's candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election, Matthew Goodwin, continues to make the headlines for all of the wrong reasons and shows once more just how disastrous a Reform led government would be for the UK
leftfootforward.org/2026/02/refo...
leftfootforward.org/2026/02/refo...
Reform candidate Matt Goodwin criticised after being pictured with far-right Steve Bannon
That Goodwin feels comfortable associating with such far-right figures tells you why his politics of division must be opposed.
leftfootforward.org
February 2, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Reform's candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election, Matthew Goodwin, continues to make the headlines for all of the wrong reasons and shows once more just how disastrous a Reform led government would be for the UK
leftfootforward.org/2026/02/refo...
leftfootforward.org/2026/02/refo...
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Finally hearing the phrase "misconduct in public office" being used in respect of things happening in Westminster. Any chance that Hancock and Johnson could be criminally investigated for the unnecessary deaths of tens of thousands during the pandemic?
February 2, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Finally hearing the phrase "misconduct in public office" being used in respect of things happening in Westminster. Any chance that Hancock and Johnson could be criminally investigated for the unnecessary deaths of tens of thousands during the pandemic?
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The composition features a dramatic flock of cranes in flight, rendered through masterful yuzen painting techniques that capture both the individual grace of each bird and their collective movement across the garment's lower register. Early Showa (1926-1940), Japan
February 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The composition features a dramatic flock of cranes in flight, rendered through masterful yuzen painting techniques that capture both the individual grace of each bird and their collective movement across the garment's lower register. Early Showa (1926-1940), Japan
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A school is being sued for including trans kids. We're trying to defend them.
Will you help us? 👇
Will you help us? 👇
Defend trans kids in school | Good Law Project
goodlawproject.org
February 2, 2026 at 5:19 PM
A school is being sued for including trans kids. We're trying to defend them.
Will you help us? 👇
Will you help us? 👇
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Perú is also afflicted with the scourge of oil and gas development, often in protected areas and indigenous territories. How is it that peoples who have lived in the Amazon for thousands of years have such little say over the fate of their land?
#amazonia 🌍
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
#amazonia 🌍
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New data highlight Peru’s growing oil and gas footprint in the Amazon
New data show Peru has the Amazon’s largest oil and gas footprint and most lease blocks in rainforest areas overlap Indigenous lands and protected forests.
news.mongabay.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Perú is also afflicted with the scourge of oil and gas development, often in protected areas and indigenous territories. How is it that peoples who have lived in the Amazon for thousands of years have such little say over the fate of their land?
#amazonia 🌍
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
#amazonia 🌍
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
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i remember sitting in a Cabinet Office briefing about all their high tech secure email systems (which were a nightmare to use, practically), and saying, but I know ministers who are just getting round this with hotmail (in those days) and SMS. And the fellow didn't know what to say.
February 2, 2026 at 4:53 PM
i remember sitting in a Cabinet Office briefing about all their high tech secure email systems (which were a nightmare to use, practically), and saying, but I know ministers who are just getting round this with hotmail (in those days) and SMS. And the fellow didn't know what to say.
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Cold, darkness, drones: the grid crisis didn’t end with the blackout.
Overnight into Monday, Russia attacked again, injuring 4 in Cherkasy Oblast. In Uman, a boiler plant shut down, cutting heat to parts of the city at -20C.
One failure cascades—and the next hit lands before repairs catch up.
Overnight into Monday, Russia attacked again, injuring 4 in Cherkasy Oblast. In Uman, a boiler plant shut down, cutting heat to parts of the city at -20C.
One failure cascades—and the next hit lands before repairs catch up.
Ukraine’s grid collapse plunges Moldova into darkness as temperatures hit -20°C (INFOGRAPHICS)
Nationwide outages continue on Monday despite partial repairs.
euromaidanpress.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Cold, darkness, drones: the grid crisis didn’t end with the blackout.
Overnight into Monday, Russia attacked again, injuring 4 in Cherkasy Oblast. In Uman, a boiler plant shut down, cutting heat to parts of the city at -20C.
One failure cascades—and the next hit lands before repairs catch up.
Overnight into Monday, Russia attacked again, injuring 4 in Cherkasy Oblast. In Uman, a boiler plant shut down, cutting heat to parts of the city at -20C.
One failure cascades—and the next hit lands before repairs catch up.
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And perhaps, behind it all, this sea of dark money and kompromat
February 2, 2026 at 3:38 PM
And perhaps, behind it all, this sea of dark money and kompromat
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February 2, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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He should give the FIFA 2026 Peace Prize to Putin
February 2, 2026 at 3:47 PM
He should give the FIFA 2026 Peace Prize to Putin
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🚨🚨Striking but welcome development in Portugese politics: To stop the explosive growth of the ultranationalist #Chega party, Portugal’s leading conservatives are doing the previously unthinkable: endorsing the center-left candidate for president. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/port...
www.politico.eu/article/port...
Portugal’s conservatives back left-wing candidate to avoid a far-right president
Center-right leaders are taking pains to publicly reject the ultranationalist contender ahead of the country’s Feb. 8 vote.
www.politico.eu
February 2, 2026 at 2:33 PM
🚨🚨Striking but welcome development in Portugese politics: To stop the explosive growth of the ultranationalist #Chega party, Portugal’s leading conservatives are doing the previously unthinkable: endorsing the center-left candidate for president. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/port...
www.politico.eu/article/port...
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Get in, losers, we’re flipping Texas.
February 1, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Get in, losers, we’re flipping Texas.
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Tr**p says he's suing Trevor Noah because he made a joke about Tr**p visiting Epstein's Island as he claims he never went there.
Discovery is going to be interesting, isn't it?
Number of people Tr**p has sued for calling him a paedophile: still zero.
Discovery is going to be interesting, isn't it?
Number of people Tr**p has sued for calling him a paedophile: still zero.
February 2, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Tr**p says he's suing Trevor Noah because he made a joke about Tr**p visiting Epstein's Island as he claims he never went there.
Discovery is going to be interesting, isn't it?
Number of people Tr**p has sued for calling him a paedophile: still zero.
Discovery is going to be interesting, isn't it?
Number of people Tr**p has sued for calling him a paedophile: still zero.
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“Once again, survivors are having their names and identifying information exposed, while the men who abused us remain hidden and protected. That is outrageous,” a group of 18 survivors of Epstein’s abuse said in a joint statement reacting to the release of data exposing their identities.
DOJ Released Unredacted Nude Images in Epstein Files
A note from investigators in the files said some images Epstein had were "POSSIBLE CSAM."
www.404media.co
February 2, 2026 at 3:45 PM
“Once again, survivors are having their names and identifying information exposed, while the men who abused us remain hidden and protected. That is outrageous,” a group of 18 survivors of Epstein’s abuse said in a joint statement reacting to the release of data exposing their identities.
I wonder how many there might be, in the remaining files that they're refusing to release?
February 2, 2026 at 1:26 PM
I wonder how many there might be, in the remaining files that they're refusing to release?
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Peter Thiel celebrated Brexit with Jeffrey Epstein.
It was never about 'freeing' the UK.
It was about making it the USA's slave.
It was never about 'freeing' the UK.
It was about making it the USA's slave.
February 1, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Peter Thiel celebrated Brexit with Jeffrey Epstein.
It was never about 'freeing' the UK.
It was about making it the USA's slave.
It was never about 'freeing' the UK.
It was about making it the USA's slave.
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there's a lot in this piece but the Mandelson email about angling for some kind of job at JP Morgan because 'i do not want to live by salary alone' just exemplifies everything people hate about politicians, the City, and revolving doors between the two www.ft.com/content/91e8...
JPMorgan should ‘threaten’ UK over banker tax, Mandelson told Epstein
Former business secretary has quit the Labour Party in an effort to avoid causing it ‘further embarrassment’
www.ft.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:28 AM
there's a lot in this piece but the Mandelson email about angling for some kind of job at JP Morgan because 'i do not want to live by salary alone' just exemplifies everything people hate about politicians, the City, and revolving doors between the two www.ft.com/content/91e8...
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BREAKING on ft website:
Lord Peter Mandelson leaked a sensitive UK government document to Jeffrey Epstein while he was business secretary that proposed £20bn of asset sales and revealed Labour’s tax policy plans
www.ft.com/content/fdf7...
Lord Peter Mandelson leaked a sensitive UK government document to Jeffrey Epstein while he was business secretary that proposed £20bn of asset sales and revealed Labour’s tax policy plans
www.ft.com/content/fdf7...
Mandelson leaked sensitive UK government tax plans to Epstein
Former ambassador forwarded memo from special adviser to Gordon Brown to late sex offender in 2009
www.ft.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:30 AM
BREAKING on ft website:
Lord Peter Mandelson leaked a sensitive UK government document to Jeffrey Epstein while he was business secretary that proposed £20bn of asset sales and revealed Labour’s tax policy plans
www.ft.com/content/fdf7...
Lord Peter Mandelson leaked a sensitive UK government document to Jeffrey Epstein while he was business secretary that proposed £20bn of asset sales and revealed Labour’s tax policy plans
www.ft.com/content/fdf7...
It's Monday, and it's dark and rainy again. And the forecast is for seven more days of rain (or sleet or snow).
I hate it that the weather stations you can interrogate have no rain data, but I'm betting this is the wettest start to a year for many a decade.
I hate it that the weather stations you can interrogate have no rain data, but I'm betting this is the wettest start to a year for many a decade.
a panda bear is sitting on a tree branch and looking at something .
Alt: a panda bear is sitting on a bench in torrential rain, staring into space and occasionally kicking its feet.
media.tenor.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:44 AM
It's Monday, and it's dark and rainy again. And the forecast is for seven more days of rain (or sleet or snow).
I hate it that the weather stations you can interrogate have no rain data, but I'm betting this is the wettest start to a year for many a decade.
I hate it that the weather stations you can interrogate have no rain data, but I'm betting this is the wettest start to a year for many a decade.
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The second correction here is incredible, a bit like declaring that 95% of the population is currently wearing nappies.
The Times has now published a correction of some of the multiple errors in its front-page splash interview of Alan Milburn on NEETs/SEN.
Of course, having published Milburn's invented numbers, they don't bother to give their readers the actual ones.
Original article here: archive.ph/I0f49
Of course, having published Milburn's invented numbers, they don't bother to give their readers the actual ones.
Original article here: archive.ph/I0f49
February 2, 2026 at 10:55 AM
The second correction here is incredible, a bit like declaring that 95% of the population is currently wearing nappies.
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Alistair Darling and the official Treasury were always aware that investment banks had an inside track to Number 10. But the brazen nature of that inside track is rather breath-taking.
Who leaked this Number 10 discussion to Jeffrey Epstein? And are there consequences for the leaker?
It’s an internal discussion re. getting markets moving in the aftermath of the financial crisis. No doubt of great interest to Epstein and his financial market clients.
It’s an internal discussion re. getting markets moving in the aftermath of the financial crisis. No doubt of great interest to Epstein and his financial market clients.
February 2, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Alistair Darling and the official Treasury were always aware that investment banks had an inside track to Number 10. But the brazen nature of that inside track is rather breath-taking.
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Not sure ‘botched’ Brexit is the way to go. Particularly as Farage agrees, blames the Tories and threatens to make it even worse.
At some point you need to tell the truth. It’s not botched. It’s exactly what you get when you prioritise prejudice over pragmatism.
app.independent.co.uk/2026/02/01/2...
At some point you need to tell the truth. It’s not botched. It’s exactly what you get when you prioritise prejudice over pragmatism.
app.independent.co.uk/2026/02/01/2...
February 2, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Not sure ‘botched’ Brexit is the way to go. Particularly as Farage agrees, blames the Tories and threatens to make it even worse.
At some point you need to tell the truth. It’s not botched. It’s exactly what you get when you prioritise prejudice over pragmatism.
app.independent.co.uk/2026/02/01/2...
At some point you need to tell the truth. It’s not botched. It’s exactly what you get when you prioritise prejudice over pragmatism.
app.independent.co.uk/2026/02/01/2...
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worth scanning the whole 50-page document here, but even this topline is stunning. imagine if, say, the fbi had a crime rate like this.
February 1, 2026 at 10:12 PM
worth scanning the whole 50-page document here, but even this topline is stunning. imagine if, say, the fbi had a crime rate like this.
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Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.
www.cbsnews.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...