@flyingdonkey.bsky.social
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Anyone who’s ever actually spoken to a single asylum seeker about their experiences in any country in Europe simply could not honestly conclude that what would improve things would be to further reduce their human rights protections.
It’s vile scapegoating unworthy of us & it needs to end #r4today
It’s vile scapegoating unworthy of us & it needs to end #r4today
December 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Anyone who’s ever actually spoken to a single asylum seeker about their experiences in any country in Europe simply could not honestly conclude that what would improve things would be to further reduce their human rights protections.
It’s vile scapegoating unworthy of us & it needs to end #r4today
It’s vile scapegoating unworthy of us & it needs to end #r4today
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This year I’m doing something different - I’m only going to talk about this one appeal.
Please donate at the link here if you possibly can, or share this to beat the far right vigilante groups 👉 www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
Please donate at the link here if you possibly can, or share this to beat the far right vigilante groups 👉 www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
December 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This year I’m doing something different - I’m only going to talk about this one appeal.
Please donate at the link here if you possibly can, or share this to beat the far right vigilante groups 👉 www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
Please donate at the link here if you possibly can, or share this to beat the far right vigilante groups 👉 www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
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NEW: This is worth your time.
@thenerve_news has the receipts.
A comprehensive timeline of Nathan Gill & Nigel Farage’s pro-Kremlin influencing activities & 2 other MEPs, David Cobourn & Jonathan Arnott.
Please read & share.
@thenerve_news has the receipts.
A comprehensive timeline of Nathan Gill & Nigel Farage’s pro-Kremlin influencing activities & 2 other MEPs, David Cobourn & Jonathan Arnott.
Please read & share.
November 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
NEW: This is worth your time.
@thenerve_news has the receipts.
A comprehensive timeline of Nathan Gill & Nigel Farage’s pro-Kremlin influencing activities & 2 other MEPs, David Cobourn & Jonathan Arnott.
Please read & share.
@thenerve_news has the receipts.
A comprehensive timeline of Nathan Gill & Nigel Farage’s pro-Kremlin influencing activities & 2 other MEPs, David Cobourn & Jonathan Arnott.
Please read & share.
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I am currently, because I know how to enjoy a Saturday morning, writing some guidance for people on filling this consultation in. As I do several things are highly apparent. Before I go through them though I don't want this to put people off of filling it in. It is important to do so nonetheless. 1/
Government has today published its consultation into "earned settlement", the forward alone contains a hot mess of misrepresentation of the current system by the Home Secretary. I would strongly urge anyone affected by the current system to respond.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691edd...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691edd...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
November 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I am currently, because I know how to enjoy a Saturday morning, writing some guidance for people on filling this consultation in. As I do several things are highly apparent. Before I go through them though I don't want this to put people off of filling it in. It is important to do so nonetheless. 1/
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How the Far Right Project 2025 is going to be brought to the UK through the Reform Trojan horse.
Project 2025: The UK Edition (Part 2)
A Cambridge academic, a YouTube influencer, and Reform UK’s old HQ - the ingredients for our own Project 2025 are already mixed.
open.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:16 AM
How the Far Right Project 2025 is going to be brought to the UK through the Reform Trojan horse.
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A powerful speech by Ahmed al-Sharaa that reminded us that the oppressed and tormented Syrian people, after years of suffering under the Assad regime, whose barrel bombs were no different from the 2,000-pound bombs dropped by Israel on the neighborhoods and refugee camps in Gaza, have finally won.
September 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A powerful speech by Ahmed al-Sharaa that reminded us that the oppressed and tormented Syrian people, after years of suffering under the Assad regime, whose barrel bombs were no different from the 2,000-pound bombs dropped by Israel on the neighborhoods and refugee camps in Gaza, have finally won.
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Useful reminder from Peter Kellner on the problems we refuse to acknowledge are getting better, and the politics of hopelessness that this breeds
open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
September 23, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Useful reminder from Peter Kellner on the problems we refuse to acknowledge are getting better, and the politics of hopelessness that this breeds
open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
I couldn't be happier for Laila Soueif and can now close the search tab I periodically used to check on how she is doing.
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
Alaa Abd el-Fattah, the jailed Egyptian-British dissident pardoned by Sisi
Egyptian-British blogger and activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah rose to prominence as an impassioned voice in the Arab Spring uprising that toppled Egypt's veteran autocrat and has since become a symbol of the struggle for human rights in his country.
www.reuters.com
September 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I couldn't be happier for Laila Soueif and can now close the search tab I periodically used to check on how she is doing.
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
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‘Forgive us, Palestinian brothers, sisters,’ says Algerian ambassador to UN Amar Bendjama after devastating outcome.
US vetoes UN Security Council Gaza ceasefire demand for sixth time
‘Forgive us, Palestinian brothers, sisters,’ says Algerian ambassador to UN Amar Bendjama after devastating outcome.
bit.ly
September 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
‘Forgive us, Palestinian brothers, sisters,’ says Algerian ambassador to UN Amar Bendjama after devastating outcome.
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I wrote something about feeling like a guest in a country that is my home.
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/my-place-o...
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/my-place-o...
My place or yours? - Flags and the far right from someone who looks different to you
By Alex Andreou
bestforbritain.substack.com
September 17, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I wrote something about feeling like a guest in a country that is my home.
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/my-place-o...
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/my-place-o...
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Putin is in Alaska trying to con a diplomatic victory out of the US because Ukraine has stopped him from achieving military victory in Europe.
August 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Putin is in Alaska trying to con a diplomatic victory out of the US because Ukraine has stopped him from achieving military victory in Europe.
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My navy loses a fleet of ships to a country without a navy.
My air force loses 40+ bombers in a morning to a country without an air force
My army controls less of Ukraine now than it did 3 years ago.
We insist Ukraine surrender to us.
My air force loses 40+ bombers in a morning to a country without an air force
My army controls less of Ukraine now than it did 3 years ago.
We insist Ukraine surrender to us.
July 28, 2025 at 10:10 AM
My navy loses a fleet of ships to a country without a navy.
My air force loses 40+ bombers in a morning to a country without an air force
My army controls less of Ukraine now than it did 3 years ago.
We insist Ukraine surrender to us.
My air force loses 40+ bombers in a morning to a country without an air force
My army controls less of Ukraine now than it did 3 years ago.
We insist Ukraine surrender to us.
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NEW: Extraordinary moment as the Tunisian President confronts Trump’s Middle East adviser, Masad Boulos, with images of starving children in Gaza.
One shows a child trying to eat sand out of hunger.
“This is absolutely unacceptable. This is a crime against all of humanity.”
(🎥Middle East Monitor)
One shows a child trying to eat sand out of hunger.
“This is absolutely unacceptable. This is a crime against all of humanity.”
(🎥Middle East Monitor)
July 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
NEW: Extraordinary moment as the Tunisian President confronts Trump’s Middle East adviser, Masad Boulos, with images of starving children in Gaza.
One shows a child trying to eat sand out of hunger.
“This is absolutely unacceptable. This is a crime against all of humanity.”
(🎥Middle East Monitor)
One shows a child trying to eat sand out of hunger.
“This is absolutely unacceptable. This is a crime against all of humanity.”
(🎥Middle East Monitor)
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Pu keeps saying it but many in the West refuse to hear him and stick to the fantasy of a negotiated settlement: He does NOT want to end the war at the status quo. He'll negotiate only Ukr's diplomatic surrender. If it doesn't work, he chooses to continue trying to achieve capitulation militarily.
NEW: Putin rejected Trump's call for a quick peace in Ukraine during a phone call on July 3.
Putin's stated commitment to his goals in Ukraine, including eliminating the so-called "root causes" of the war, contradicts his claim that Russia supports meaningful negotiations. isw.pub/UkrWar070325
Putin's stated commitment to his goals in Ukraine, including eliminating the so-called "root causes" of the war, contradicts his claim that Russia supports meaningful negotiations. isw.pub/UkrWar070325
July 4, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Pu keeps saying it but many in the West refuse to hear him and stick to the fantasy of a negotiated settlement: He does NOT want to end the war at the status quo. He'll negotiate only Ukr's diplomatic surrender. If it doesn't work, he chooses to continue trying to achieve capitulation militarily.
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Per reporting by my colleague @olliecarroll.bsky.social, US has cancelled 8,000-ish 155mm shells for Ukraine. That is 20% of current MONTHLY production. How that would have materially affected US readiness is hard to see. That's before getting onto 25 Stingers & 92 AIM-7, which are being phased out
July 3, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Per reporting by my colleague @olliecarroll.bsky.social, US has cancelled 8,000-ish 155mm shells for Ukraine. That is 20% of current MONTHLY production. How that would have materially affected US readiness is hard to see. That's before getting onto 25 Stingers & 92 AIM-7, which are being phased out
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‼️Friends,this is very important. Please share this& send the information to media.
The United States stopping the supplies of critically important air defense missiles and other weapons is a matter of life& death⤵️
📹: one of the recent massive Russian attack on #Kyiv.Turn the sound on, if you can.
The United States stopping the supplies of critically important air defense missiles and other weapons is a matter of life& death⤵️
📹: one of the recent massive Russian attack on #Kyiv.Turn the sound on, if you can.
July 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
‼️Friends,this is very important. Please share this& send the information to media.
The United States stopping the supplies of critically important air defense missiles and other weapons is a matter of life& death⤵️
📹: one of the recent massive Russian attack on #Kyiv.Turn the sound on, if you can.
The United States stopping the supplies of critically important air defense missiles and other weapons is a matter of life& death⤵️
📹: one of the recent massive Russian attack on #Kyiv.Turn the sound on, if you can.
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The singularity is awesome
June 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The singularity is awesome
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Amidst shameful media neglect of genocide in #Gaza, there has been a consistent exception: the UK’s Channel 4 News.
Today’s report on the daily killings by Israelis of the starving queuing for food aid.
Wait for the UN assessment at the end.
This is a difficult but essential watch. Pls share.
Today’s report on the daily killings by Israelis of the starving queuing for food aid.
Wait for the UN assessment at the end.
This is a difficult but essential watch. Pls share.
June 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Amidst shameful media neglect of genocide in #Gaza, there has been a consistent exception: the UK’s Channel 4 News.
Today’s report on the daily killings by Israelis of the starving queuing for food aid.
Wait for the UN assessment at the end.
This is a difficult but essential watch. Pls share.
Today’s report on the daily killings by Israelis of the starving queuing for food aid.
Wait for the UN assessment at the end.
This is a difficult but essential watch. Pls share.
"Sorry, I can't come to work today. I'm transfixed by tiny creatures in my garden."
June 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"Sorry, I can't come to work today. I'm transfixed by tiny creatures in my garden."
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This is Tetiana Kobryna, animal activist. She and her 28 year old son Pavlo were killed by a Russian drone yesterday in Kyiv. Five rescue cats were killed, as well.
Tetiana treated and fed homeless animals with her own money. Ten more cats lived under her care at her apartment.
RIP, Tetiana.
Tetiana treated and fed homeless animals with her own money. Ten more cats lived under her care at her apartment.
RIP, Tetiana.
May 8, 2025 at 6:48 AM
This is Tetiana Kobryna, animal activist. She and her 28 year old son Pavlo were killed by a Russian drone yesterday in Kyiv. Five rescue cats were killed, as well.
Tetiana treated and fed homeless animals with her own money. Ten more cats lived under her care at her apartment.
RIP, Tetiana.
Tetiana treated and fed homeless animals with her own money. Ten more cats lived under her care at her apartment.
RIP, Tetiana.
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This is a terrible terrible destructive decision.
These sorts of long running research programmes take decades to build and their insights accumulate over decades too - the longer they run, the more valuable they become.
This is knowledge vandalism. Nothing new and shiny can replace it.
These sorts of long running research programmes take decades to build and their insights accumulate over decades too - the longer they run, the more valuable they become.
This is knowledge vandalism. Nothing new and shiny can replace it.
Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This is a terrible terrible destructive decision.
These sorts of long running research programmes take decades to build and their insights accumulate over decades too - the longer they run, the more valuable they become.
This is knowledge vandalism. Nothing new and shiny can replace it.
These sorts of long running research programmes take decades to build and their insights accumulate over decades too - the longer they run, the more valuable they become.
This is knowledge vandalism. Nothing new and shiny can replace it.
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#Gaza has become a "mass grave." Palestinians and humanitarian workers are enduring extreme suffering as Israeli forces escalate their offensive.
We urge Israeli authorities to end the siege on Gaza, protect Palestinians, humanitarian and medical staff and uphold the ceasefire.
We urge Israeli authorities to end the siege on Gaza, protect Palestinians, humanitarian and medical staff and uphold the ceasefire.
April 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
#Gaza has become a "mass grave." Palestinians and humanitarian workers are enduring extreme suffering as Israeli forces escalate their offensive.
We urge Israeli authorities to end the siege on Gaza, protect Palestinians, humanitarian and medical staff and uphold the ceasefire.
We urge Israeli authorities to end the siege on Gaza, protect Palestinians, humanitarian and medical staff and uphold the ceasefire.