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Corey @coreysoper.bsky.social · 1h

www.jpost.com/israel-news/... I can't see any peace deal until Likud and Netanyahu are out of power.

Opposition leaders meet ahead of 2026 election | The Jerusalem Post

Multiple party heads offered to provide a political safety net to ensure the peace deal passes.

www.jpost.com

Corey @coreysoper.bsky.social · 1h

We had years of debate about whether Trump's movement was a fascist one - I never expected them to openly identify themselves with historical fascism.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 12h

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 19h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 2d

If Jilly Cooper and Terry Pratchett aren't your "people i would have dinner with" guests then you're playing that game wrong.

Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 2d

GNU Jilly Cooper. Jilly and dad were friends and the only person I’ve known to call him ‘Tel’. Hope they’re both having a big drink somewhere.

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Corey @coreysoper.bsky.social · 2d

This is like those weirdo fascists who love Lord of the Rings. Read those books again because I think you might have missed something!

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 2d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Corey @coreysoper.bsky.social · 2d

Exactly the same as Kent, then.

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Corey @coreysoper.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah the "woke liberal elite Jews that believe in open borders" is Great Replacement Theory boilerplate. The Jews are doing mass immigration to destroy the white race, bla bla bla.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 3d

A traveler from an antique land--great guy--said to me with tears in his eyes "Sir, two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert." And I said wow, that's really something. But we'll be building a big beautiful statue to my hubris and it will stand for eternity

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UCL Centre for Holocaust Education @uclholocaust.bsky.social · 2d

#Sukkot begins at sunset: a Jewish festival that honours resilience, gratitude & togetherness.
It's traditional to build temporary shelters & to hang fruits from the roof at #harvest time.
The Centre wish 'Chag Sameach' to all those celebrating.

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Corey @coreysoper.bsky.social · 2d

One reassuring thing about Robinson is that he has the political instincts and tact of a drunk rhinoceros. He blunders endlessly on attacking any and all possible allies, committed only to grabbing as much cash as he can from his most gullible followers. He really is just a stupid thug.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 3d

Tommy Robinson blames "the elitist Jews" "the woke liberal elitist Jews like the Board of Deputies who are pro-Open Borders" & who are responsible for all of the problems Jews face, with their hugging up to Islam + open borders, not "like the real Zionist Jews"
x.com/HeidiBachram...

Heidi Bachram 🎗️ on X: "Jews were just murdered in an attack on a synagogue and Tommy Robinson is raving about the Board of Deputies and “elitist Jews” who are to blame for open borders. My husband works for the Board and fights for the community every moment at great risk. This man is not our friend. https://t.co/HR99sciFe0" / X

Jews were just murdered in an attack on a synagogue and Tommy Robinson is raving about the Board of Deputies and “elitist Jews” who are to blame for open borders. My husband works for the Board and fights for the community every moment at great risk. This man is not our friend. https://t.co/HR99sciFe0

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 3d

Jews have long been a terrible disappointment to antisemites.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 3d

Tommy Robinson blames "the elitist Jews" "the woke liberal elitist Jews like the Board of Deputies who are pro-Open Borders" & who are responsible for all of the problems Jews face, with their hugging up to Islam + open borders, not "like the real Zionist Jews"
x.com/HeidiBachram...

Heidi Bachram 🎗️ on X: "Jews were just murdered in an attack on a synagogue and Tommy Robinson is raving about the Board of Deputies and “elitist Jews” who are to blame for open borders. My husband works for the Board and fights for the community every moment at great risk. This man is not our friend. https://t.co/HR99sciFe0" / X

Jews were just murdered in an attack on a synagogue and Tommy Robinson is raving about the Board of Deputies and “elitist Jews” who are to blame for open borders. My husband works for the Board and fights for the community every moment at great risk. This man is not our friend. https://t.co/HR99sciFe0

x.com

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Corey @coreysoper.bsky.social · 2d

many typos, sorry

Corey @coreysoper.bsky.social · 2d

This "alas this institution if failing to uphold democracy" thing pisses me off. No, it is succeeding at destroying it, entirely intentionally, because the institution has been captured. Live in the real world ffs.

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Corey @coreysoper.bsky.social · 2d

It's so obvious that this court chooses an outcomes and reasons baxk to find a legal pretext. Any pretence of "balls and strikes" is long dead. I wish they'd just admit -" the Supreme Court is legislating from the bench to entrench deeply unpopular Christian nationalist dogma"

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Corey @coreysoper.bsky.social · 2d

sounds gay

Corey @coreysoper.bsky.social · 2d

I think too far north. Good picking of blackberries and some wild apples and such but that's about it locally I think.

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Corey @coreysoper.bsky.social · 2d

I think it'll be a lot like Trump - not focused or competent enough to pass much effective legislation, but very much able to be a wrecking ball towards policies and institutions that will take a generation to rebuild - and entirely able and eager to enact persecution on random immigrants.

Corey @coreysoper.bsky.social · 2d

What a bounty!

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Corey @coreysoper.bsky.social · 2d

Are you "saving Western Civilization" or do you make YouTube videos about how there's too many gay people in video games now? Be for real.

Corey @coreysoper.bsky.social · 2d

The thing about these masculinity grifters is the comical disconnect between rhetoric and reality. The "legacy" will end up being a drop shipping business with a squarespace website or something. Not exactly Charlemagne.

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Corey @coreysoper.bsky.social · 2d

The thing about these masculinity grifters is the comical disconnect between rhetoric and reality. The "legacy" will end up being a drop shipping business with a squarespace website or something. Not exactly Charlemagne.

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Corey @coreysoper.bsky.social · 4d

After 14 years of Conservative government we had "ever more socialism"?

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Corey @coreysoper.bsky.social · 4d

Watched this tonight. Timely, warm, and interested in real people, real conversations and real lives. It also explores some of the real friction of being trans in America without flinching.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 4d

New from Institute of Jewish Policy Research: most comprehensive study of Jewish attitudes
> Rising experience + perception of antisemitism:feel less safe
> Growing (now majority) criticism of military campaign in Gaza; rising attachment to Israel
(July 2025 fieldwork)
www.jpr.org.uk/reports/two-...

Two years after the October 7 attacks: British Jewish views on antisemitism, Israel and Jewish life

www.jpr.org.uk

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Corey @coreysoper.bsky.social · 5d

Powerful words from Rob Kantner who was present during the attack yesterday.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Manchester synagogue worshipper speaks after terror attack

A man who was inside the Manchester synagogue evacuated by police says people were

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dinah Rose KC @dinahrose.bsky.social · 6d

For anyone who's wondering about this, particularly in the UK: yes, do email or message your Jewish friends with a word of support. It makes a huge amount of difference.

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