Alex Curran
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Trump wants to destabilise European democracy. Where on earth is parliament? | John Crace
Trump wants to destabilise European democracy. Where on earth is parliament? | John Crace
You’d think MPs would be lining up to decry the US president’s support for far-right nationalists. Instead, only backbenchers and a few junior ministers bothered to turn up
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Trump wants to destabilise European democracy. Where on earth is parliament? | John Crace
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Central Asia is adapting its entire ideological agenda to impress one man: Donald Trump.
The recent C5+1 summit was a new high point in US-Central Asian ties. But is this rapprochement real, or just risk? 🧵🧵🧵
The recent C5+1 summit was a new high point in US-Central Asian ties. But is this rapprochement real, or just risk? 🧵🧵🧵
November 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Central Asia is adapting its entire ideological agenda to impress one man: Donald Trump.
The recent C5+1 summit was a new high point in US-Central Asian ties. But is this rapprochement real, or just risk? 🧵🧵🧵
The recent C5+1 summit was a new high point in US-Central Asian ties. But is this rapprochement real, or just risk? 🧵🧵🧵
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I'm sickened that the government voted CETA through at 1am last night. It's an anti-people, pro-corporation deal that allows Canadian investment companies to sue us, the Irish people. So a Canadian company can buy up housing & sue the Irish state if we introduce rent controls. #Speirgorm #Speirgorm
December 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I'm sickened that the government voted CETA through at 1am last night. It's an anti-people, pro-corporation deal that allows Canadian investment companies to sue us, the Irish people. So a Canadian company can buy up housing & sue the Irish state if we introduce rent controls. #Speirgorm #Speirgorm
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.... as soon as the Nazis took power in Germany, they started increasing military expenditures. There is nothing especially Nazi in this. It is a constant that states facing economic troubles try to solve them by using military force. It never works.
senecaeffect.substack.com/p/the-real-r...
senecaeffect.substack.com/p/the-real-r...
The Real Reason Europe is Rearming: Germany’s Industrial Collapse
The global collapse arrives piecemeal. Germany is going first.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
.... as soon as the Nazis took power in Germany, they started increasing military expenditures. There is nothing especially Nazi in this. It is a constant that states facing economic troubles try to solve them by using military force. It never works.
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Perché la Germania sta crollando? In pratica, c’è una spiegazione chiara che non è difficile ricavare dai dati.
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Il Vero Motivo del Riarmo Europeo: il Collasso Industriale della Germania
Il collasso globale arriva un po' per volta. La Germania mostra la via agli altri.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Perché la Germania sta crollando? In pratica, c’è una spiegazione chiara che non è difficile ricavare dai dati.
ugobardi.substack.com/p/il-vero-mo...
ugobardi.substack.com/p/il-vero-mo...
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"Patrick O’Donovan went out on the national airwaves with a half-baked, bad set of ideas about linking access to online spaces to our PPS numbers."
O'Donavan is on record as being lobbied by META. It's highly alarming lobbyists have so much power over our Ministers.
www.thegist.ie/mini-gist-po...
O'Donavan is on record as being lobbied by META. It's highly alarming lobbyists have so much power over our Ministers.
www.thegist.ie/mini-gist-po...
Mini-Gist: Power’s Walled City
Yesterday’s plan to control internet has already dwindled down to a pilot, with no MyGovID integration. This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
December 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
"Patrick O’Donovan went out on the national airwaves with a half-baked, bad set of ideas about linking access to online spaces to our PPS numbers."
O'Donavan is on record as being lobbied by META. It's highly alarming lobbyists have so much power over our Ministers.
www.thegist.ie/mini-gist-po...
O'Donavan is on record as being lobbied by META. It's highly alarming lobbyists have so much power over our Ministers.
www.thegist.ie/mini-gist-po...
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Did they just sell our future with no media coverage?
How the fuck did the gov. sneek this through without a massive outcry?
Putting profit above us all is the beginning of the end
#Ceta #Speirgorm
How the fuck did the gov. sneek this through without a massive outcry?
Putting profit above us all is the beginning of the end
#Ceta #Speirgorm
Scandalously at 1am, the government has just pushed through a law with far reaching ramifications.
It allows them to sign up to a parallel court process only accessible by corporations. There they can sue Ireland if we do anything to interfere with their "right" to profit.
It allows them to sign up to a parallel court process only accessible by corporations. There they can sue Ireland if we do anything to interfere with their "right" to profit.
December 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Did they just sell our future with no media coverage?
How the fuck did the gov. sneek this through without a massive outcry?
Putting profit above us all is the beginning of the end
#Ceta #Speirgorm
How the fuck did the gov. sneek this through without a massive outcry?
Putting profit above us all is the beginning of the end
#Ceta #Speirgorm
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Today marks 40 years since the first mobile phone call was made in Ireland.
Ireland's first mobile phone call made 40 years ago
Today marks 40 years since the first mobile phone call was made in Ireland.
www.rte.ie
December 11, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Today marks 40 years since the first mobile phone call was made in Ireland.
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Form a ring around the Tunnock's Caramel Wafer.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Toffee Crisp and Blue Riband can't be called chocolate any more
Nestle has used more vegetable oil in it recipes, meaning the treats no longer qualify as chocolate under UK law
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Form a ring around the Tunnock's Caramel Wafer.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Wes Streeting claims there are too many diagnoses of anxiety, autism, and ADHD. But when people are oppressed by neoliberalism, and others cannot comply with its demand for uniformity, he is really seeking to destroy evidence of dissent for his toxic worldview. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
Wes Streeting’s exercise in thought control
The Guardian reports this morning that:
The health secretary, Wes Streeting, has ordered a clinical review of the diagnosis of mental health conditions, according to reports.
Streeting is understood ...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
December 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Wes Streeting claims there are too many diagnoses of anxiety, autism, and ADHD. But when people are oppressed by neoliberalism, and others cannot comply with its demand for uniformity, he is really seeking to destroy evidence of dissent for his toxic worldview. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
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Criminals use AI to open fake accounts, manipulate victims through personalised scams, and steal children's financial futures
Read More: www.ibtimes.co.uk/500-trap-how...
Read More: www.ibtimes.co.uk/500-trap-how...
December 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Criminals use AI to open fake accounts, manipulate victims through personalised scams, and steal children's financial futures
Read More: www.ibtimes.co.uk/500-trap-how...
Read More: www.ibtimes.co.uk/500-trap-how...
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THIS is the real reason they want everything to go cashless and make every purchase tied to your Digital ID👇🏻
⚠️WARNING⚠️
'Dynamic pricing' on your weekly shop is being installed in UK supermarkets, following a US model.
Customers can buy the same product in the same shop and be charged different prices.
Find out more in my latest Substack, and please subscribe💚
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'Dynamic pricing' on your weekly shop is being installed in UK supermarkets, following a US model.
Customers can buy the same product in the same shop and be charged different prices.
Find out more in my latest Substack, and please subscribe💚
substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Zonal Betrayal: How Labour is Carving Up Britain for Corporate Profiteering
From electricity to groceries to entire regions - the systematic dismantling of transparent pricing and democratic sovereignty
substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:42 AM
THIS is the real reason they want everything to go cashless and make every purchase tied to your Digital ID👇🏻
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Ouch.
Brutal reality hitting slow EU rare earth policy rollout:
Commissioner Sejourne tells NRC: “I was due to travel to Brazil to hold talks about a mine extracting rare earths. 3 days before, we were told that the Americans had come by and bought up all production through to 2030.”
Brutal reality hitting slow EU rare earth policy rollout:
Commissioner Sejourne tells NRC: “I was due to travel to Brazil to hold talks about a mine extracting rare earths. 3 days before, we were told that the Americans had come by and bought up all production through to 2030.”
December 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Ouch.
Brutal reality hitting slow EU rare earth policy rollout:
Commissioner Sejourne tells NRC: “I was due to travel to Brazil to hold talks about a mine extracting rare earths. 3 days before, we were told that the Americans had come by and bought up all production through to 2030.”
Brutal reality hitting slow EU rare earth policy rollout:
Commissioner Sejourne tells NRC: “I was due to travel to Brazil to hold talks about a mine extracting rare earths. 3 days before, we were told that the Americans had come by and bought up all production through to 2030.”
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We do know that Meta has registered that it met and/or emailed the Minister to lobby him "to explain Meta's position on app-store age verification".
And that the Minister's plan was announced after that lobbying took place.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-wav...
And that the Minister's plan was announced after that lobbying took place.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-wav...
The Gist: Waving the Ban Hammer
Patrick O'Donovan has proposed a National ID system, a Meta-endorsed regulation model and a mass surveillance machine, all in one. This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
December 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
We do know that Meta has registered that it met and/or emailed the Minister to lobby him "to explain Meta's position on app-store age verification".
And that the Minister's plan was announced after that lobbying took place.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-wav...
And that the Minister's plan was announced after that lobbying took place.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-wav...
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⚠️WARNING⚠️
'Dynamic pricing' on your weekly shop is being installed in UK supermarkets, following a US model.
Customers can buy the same product in the same shop and be charged different prices.
Find out more in my latest Substack, and please subscribe💚
substack.com/home/post/p-...
'Dynamic pricing' on your weekly shop is being installed in UK supermarkets, following a US model.
Customers can buy the same product in the same shop and be charged different prices.
Find out more in my latest Substack, and please subscribe💚
substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Zonal Betrayal: How Labour is Carving Up Britain for Corporate Profiteering
From electricity to groceries to entire regions - the systematic dismantling of transparent pricing and democratic sovereignty
substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
⚠️WARNING⚠️
'Dynamic pricing' on your weekly shop is being installed in UK supermarkets, following a US model.
Customers can buy the same product in the same shop and be charged different prices.
Find out more in my latest Substack, and please subscribe💚
substack.com/home/post/p-...
'Dynamic pricing' on your weekly shop is being installed in UK supermarkets, following a US model.
Customers can buy the same product in the same shop and be charged different prices.
Find out more in my latest Substack, and please subscribe💚
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Congress quietly strips right-to-repair provisions from US military spending bill
Congress quietly strips right-to-repair provisions from US military spending bill
A win for the contractors
Congress has released the final version of the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), and critics have been quick to point out that previously proposed rules giving the US military the right to repair its equipment without having to rely on contractors have gone missing. …
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December 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Congress quietly strips right-to-repair provisions from US military spending bill
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I spent five years writing my book while raising two kids, and then the AI companies stole it — and they still owe me and half a million other authors our settlement checks.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I spent five years writing my book while raising two kids, and then the AI companies stole it — and they still owe me and half a million other authors our settlement checks.
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Mature markets push global debt to record near $346 trillion, says IIF reut.rs/3KM5SNP
Mature markets push global debt to record near $346 trillion, says IIF
Developed markets led a borrowing push that lifted global debt to near $346 trillion at the end of the third quarter, while a pending ruling on the legality of U.S. tariffs could force even more U.S. issuance, a banking trade group said.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Mature markets push global debt to record near $346 trillion, says IIF reut.rs/3KM5SNP
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❗️ Chinese intelligence services shared photos of a meeting between Taiwanese and Dutch spies in the Netherlands.
The intel was shared via a Chinese-Hungarian website.
This appears to be retaliation for the Dutch seizing control of semiconductor chip manufacturer Nexperia.
The intel was shared via a Chinese-Hungarian website.
This appears to be retaliation for the Dutch seizing control of semiconductor chip manufacturer Nexperia.
December 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
❗️ Chinese intelligence services shared photos of a meeting between Taiwanese and Dutch spies in the Netherlands.
The intel was shared via a Chinese-Hungarian website.
This appears to be retaliation for the Dutch seizing control of semiconductor chip manufacturer Nexperia.
The intel was shared via a Chinese-Hungarian website.
This appears to be retaliation for the Dutch seizing control of semiconductor chip manufacturer Nexperia.
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Instagram is generating headlines for Instagram posts that appear on Google Search results. Users say they are misrepresenting them.
Instagram Is Generating Inaccurate SEO Bait for Your Posts
Instagram is generating headlines for Instagram posts that appear on Google Search results. Users say they are misrepresenting them.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Instagram is generating headlines for Instagram posts that appear on Google Search results. Users say they are misrepresenting them.
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Consumer Reports ranks Teslas as the least reliable used cars. "The best of the worst [ten] was Chevrolet at a score of 40. But Tesla makes that failing grade seem respectable with its absolute rock bottom rating of 31, trailing Jeep by just one point.” futurism.com/advanced-tra...
Old Teslas Are Falling Apart
On Consumer Reports' latest ranking of used car reliability, Tesla came in dead last with a rating not even half of the top placed brand.
futurism.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Consumer Reports ranks Teslas as the least reliable used cars. "The best of the worst [ten] was Chevrolet at a score of 40. But Tesla makes that failing grade seem respectable with its absolute rock bottom rating of 31, trailing Jeep by just one point.” futurism.com/advanced-tra...
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On that note, don't forget this either www.jta.org/2025/09/30/i...
Inside Israel’s ‘Esther Project’: DOJ filings reveal paid US influencer campaign amid AI-powered PR blitz - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
As Netanyahu calls social media the “eighth front,” new documents reveal how Israel is paying to shape U.S. opinion.
www.jta.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
On that note, don't forget this either www.jta.org/2025/09/30/i...