Lenny
@wiblesworth.bsky.social
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We were told for weeks that the military build up in the Caribbean was about drug traffickers and was honestly nothing to do with oil, but the US has only gone and stolen a Venezuelan oil tanker.
www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/trump-admi...
www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/trump-admi...
Trump administration switches from murdering fishermen to piracy
After the bother Pete Hegseth got in by ordering the killing of fishermen, you would think the Trump administration would be less blatant in its violations of international law, but we are not dealing...
www.councilestatemedia.uk
December 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
We were told for weeks that the military build up in the Caribbean was about drug traffickers and was honestly nothing to do with oil, but the US has only gone and stolen a Venezuelan oil tanker.
www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/trump-admi...
www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/trump-admi...
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Jeremy Corbyn and Sian Berry SLAM Digital ID plans in commons debate
WATCH HERE: youtu.be/TDzoqCNEKlk
WATCH HERE: youtu.be/TDzoqCNEKlk
December 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Jeremy Corbyn and Sian Berry SLAM Digital ID plans in commons debate
WATCH HERE: youtu.be/TDzoqCNEKlk
WATCH HERE: youtu.be/TDzoqCNEKlk
Pirates
December 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Pirates
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Brian Eno on how Lula Da Silva's policy (in Brazil) of giving money to the poor both helped those poor families and stimulated the economy.
December 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Brian Eno on how Lula Da Silva's policy (in Brazil) of giving money to the poor both helped those poor families and stimulated the economy.
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[Spends their time absorbing what the establishment want them to believe]
"It is just my opinion"
"It is just my opinion"
December 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
[Spends their time absorbing what the establishment want them to believe]
"It is just my opinion"
"It is just my opinion"
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The US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. A reporter asked Trump what happens to the oil.
Trump: "We keep it, I guess"
But its not just the US that steals Venezuelas resources. Our govt is holding up to $2bn of Venezuelan gold & won't give it back!
Trump: "We keep it, I guess"
But its not just the US that steals Venezuelas resources. Our govt is holding up to $2bn of Venezuelan gold & won't give it back!
December 11, 2025 at 6:23 AM
The US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. A reporter asked Trump what happens to the oil.
Trump: "We keep it, I guess"
But its not just the US that steals Venezuelas resources. Our govt is holding up to $2bn of Venezuelan gold & won't give it back!
Trump: "We keep it, I guess"
But its not just the US that steals Venezuelas resources. Our govt is holding up to $2bn of Venezuelan gold & won't give it back!
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Tax 99% or it's useless and nothing changes.
So I don't support a 3% tax raise. I support the freezing and SEIZING OF ALL ASSETS OF THE SUPER RICH.
Owning things isn't a job.
So I don't support a 3% tax raise. I support the freezing and SEIZING OF ALL ASSETS OF THE SUPER RICH.
Owning things isn't a job.
December 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Tax 99% or it's useless and nothing changes.
So I don't support a 3% tax raise. I support the freezing and SEIZING OF ALL ASSETS OF THE SUPER RICH.
Owning things isn't a job.
So I don't support a 3% tax raise. I support the freezing and SEIZING OF ALL ASSETS OF THE SUPER RICH.
Owning things isn't a job.
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People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
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A woman in Saskatchewan needs surgery for a parathyroid issue and is being offered MAiD instead.
There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
🧵
There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
🧵
Sask. woman considers MAID because she can't get needed surgery for rare disease | CBC News
For the past eight years Jolene Van Alstine has suffered from a rare form of parathyroid disease, normocalcemic primary hyperparathryroidism (nPHPT). It causes extreme bone pain.
www.cbc.ca
December 9, 2025 at 5:51 AM
A woman in Saskatchewan needs surgery for a parathyroid issue and is being offered MAiD instead.
There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
🧵
There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
🧵
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Heidi Alexander: "We're putting the railways back into the service of passengers, not being focused on profit & shareholders"
So why aren't you nationalising the private rolling stock leasing companies? And why doesn't the same argument apply to e.g. the private water industry?
So why aren't you nationalising the private rolling stock leasing companies? And why doesn't the same argument apply to e.g. the private water industry?
December 9, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Heidi Alexander: "We're putting the railways back into the service of passengers, not being focused on profit & shareholders"
So why aren't you nationalising the private rolling stock leasing companies? And why doesn't the same argument apply to e.g. the private water industry?
So why aren't you nationalising the private rolling stock leasing companies? And why doesn't the same argument apply to e.g. the private water industry?
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Oooft. Sandie Peggie shared highly offensive messages and was then "untruthful" in giving evidence to the Tribunal.
This is the 'hero' Gender Critical campaigners have chosen.
This is the 'hero' Gender Critical campaigners have chosen.
December 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Oooft. Sandie Peggie shared highly offensive messages and was then "untruthful" in giving evidence to the Tribunal.
This is the 'hero' Gender Critical campaigners have chosen.
This is the 'hero' Gender Critical campaigners have chosen.
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An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
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1725: Why the fuck did I lose my left hand for the same wages I earned while being 10x more productive than last year? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
2025: Why am I losing my job to a machine that encourages kids to kill themselves and can't actually do my job? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
2025: Why am I losing my job to a machine that encourages kids to kill themselves and can't actually do my job? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
1725: Why the fuck did I lose my left hand for the same wages I earned while being 10x more productive than last year? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
2025: Why am I losing my job to a machine that encourages kids to kill themselves and can't actually do my job? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
2025: Why am I losing my job to a machine that encourages kids to kill themselves and can't actually do my job? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
When your boss is using chatGTP you know you're working for a clown outfit
November 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
When your boss is using chatGTP you know you're working for a clown outfit
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UK govt ditches flagship policy from the workers’ rights bill.
Removes the right to protection from unfair dismissal from the first day of employment, introduces a six-month threshold.
Victory for bosses, Tories and LibDems.
Insecurity for workers.
Removes the right to protection from unfair dismissal from the first day of employment, introduces a six-month threshold.
Victory for bosses, Tories and LibDems.
Insecurity for workers.
Government to ditch day-one unfair dismissal policy from workers’ rights bill
Flagship Labour plan to be replaced with six-month threshold after Peter Kyle vows to not let businesses ‘lose’ under new law
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
UK govt ditches flagship policy from the workers’ rights bill.
Removes the right to protection from unfair dismissal from the first day of employment, introduces a six-month threshold.
Victory for bosses, Tories and LibDems.
Insecurity for workers.
Removes the right to protection from unfair dismissal from the first day of employment, introduces a six-month threshold.
Victory for bosses, Tories and LibDems.
Insecurity for workers.
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If this is the One Big Idea then we’re even more fucked than I thought we were. Rail fares are extortionate - travel costs need to be massively reduced, not simply frozen at already too-high amounts
November 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
If this is the One Big Idea then we’re even more fucked than I thought we were. Rail fares are extortionate - travel costs need to be massively reduced, not simply frozen at already too-high amounts
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Been working on some new #astrophotography photos, check the alt text for descriptions and info about focal length and exposure time for each target.
These were taken with:
📷 ZWO ASI183MC Pro
🧰 Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro
💻 ASIAir
🖌️ Siril + Photoshop
#space #astronomy #photography #nebula
These were taken with:
📷 ZWO ASI183MC Pro
🧰 Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro
💻 ASIAir
🖌️ Siril + Photoshop
#space #astronomy #photography #nebula
November 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Been working on some new #astrophotography photos, check the alt text for descriptions and info about focal length and exposure time for each target.
These were taken with:
📷 ZWO ASI183MC Pro
🧰 Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro
💻 ASIAir
🖌️ Siril + Photoshop
#space #astronomy #photography #nebula
These were taken with:
📷 ZWO ASI183MC Pro
🧰 Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro
💻 ASIAir
🖌️ Siril + Photoshop
#space #astronomy #photography #nebula
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There is no pot of money to pay your pension. Pensions are paid by the contribution of people in work today. The ratio of workers to pensioners is dropping due to the ageing population. We need 250000 immigrants per yr (as does Germany) to continue paying at the rate we do now. #immigration
November 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
There is no pot of money to pay your pension. Pensions are paid by the contribution of people in work today. The ratio of workers to pensioners is dropping due to the ageing population. We need 250000 immigrants per yr (as does Germany) to continue paying at the rate we do now. #immigration
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English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books.
Social spaces lost forever. Libraries, community centres, school playgrounds, parks closed/sold as council funding cut in real terms to appease the rich.
Social vandalism.
Social spaces lost forever. Libraries, community centres, school playgrounds, parks closed/sold as council funding cut in real terms to appease the rich.
Social vandalism.
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social care
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:59 AM
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books.
Social spaces lost forever. Libraries, community centres, school playgrounds, parks closed/sold as council funding cut in real terms to appease the rich.
Social vandalism.
Social spaces lost forever. Libraries, community centres, school playgrounds, parks closed/sold as council funding cut in real terms to appease the rich.
Social vandalism.
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MPs urge Reeves to raise gambling taxes despite ‘scaremongering’ from firms.
Quite right.
Bet365 CEO collected £323m in pay and dividends last year. Company paid 12.7% corporation tax on £1.4bn profit.
Almost all betting companies have offshore tax haven operations, solely to dodge UK taxes.
Quite right.
Bet365 CEO collected £323m in pay and dividends last year. Company paid 12.7% corporation tax on £1.4bn profit.
Almost all betting companies have offshore tax haven operations, solely to dodge UK taxes.
MPs urge Reeves to raise gambling taxes despite ‘scaremongering’ from firms
Treasury select committee calls for higher duties on most addictive forms, such as high-street slots and online games
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:24 AM
MPs urge Reeves to raise gambling taxes despite ‘scaremongering’ from firms.
Quite right.
Bet365 CEO collected £323m in pay and dividends last year. Company paid 12.7% corporation tax on £1.4bn profit.
Almost all betting companies have offshore tax haven operations, solely to dodge UK taxes.
Quite right.
Bet365 CEO collected £323m in pay and dividends last year. Company paid 12.7% corporation tax on £1.4bn profit.
Almost all betting companies have offshore tax haven operations, solely to dodge UK taxes.
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working at the nyt
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
working at the nyt
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Thames Water tried to make MP pay its legal fees of up to £1,400 an hour, he asked the Court to put TW into special administration.
Blatant attempt to silence MPs.
TW paying £200m a year to advisers, charges customers for its failures.
Abuses will continue until execs held personally liable.
Blatant attempt to silence MPs.
TW paying £200m a year to advisers, charges customers for its failures.
Abuses will continue until execs held personally liable.
Thames Water tried to make MP pay its legal fees of up to £1,400 an hour
Exclusive: Charlie Maynard accuses the utility of ‘retaliation’ over his push for government to gain control of company
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Thames Water tried to make MP pay its legal fees of up to £1,400 an hour, he asked the Court to put TW into special administration.
Blatant attempt to silence MPs.
TW paying £200m a year to advisers, charges customers for its failures.
Abuses will continue until execs held personally liable.
Blatant attempt to silence MPs.
TW paying £200m a year to advisers, charges customers for its failures.
Abuses will continue until execs held personally liable.
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Single fault at Thames Water sewage works could imperil London’s supply, lead to mass evacuations, military on standby.
60-year-old pumping system not replaced.
TW ignored statutory duties, Customer bills hiked to boost exec pay and dividends.
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60-year-old pumping system not replaced.
TW ignored statutory duties, Customer bills hiked to boost exec pay and dividends.
removepaywalls.com/https://www....
Single fault at Thames Water works could imperil London’s supply
Coppermills plant, which serves up to 4mn people, underscores scale of the challenge for troubled utility
www.ft.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Single fault at Thames Water sewage works could imperil London’s supply, lead to mass evacuations, military on standby.
60-year-old pumping system not replaced.
TW ignored statutory duties, Customer bills hiked to boost exec pay and dividends.
removepaywalls.com/https://www....
60-year-old pumping system not replaced.
TW ignored statutory duties, Customer bills hiked to boost exec pay and dividends.
removepaywalls.com/https://www....