@grahamsam.bsky.social
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Has anybody collected pro-Trump headlines from UK newspaper commentators in one place? First & second term. Especially ones attacking his critics. If not, bung me your favourites & I'll do it myself.
January 21, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Has anybody collected pro-Trump headlines from UK newspaper commentators in one place? First & second term. Especially ones attacking his critics. If not, bung me your favourites & I'll do it myself.
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“Palantir is working on a tool for ICE that populates a map with potential deportation targets, brings up a dossier on each person, and provides a ‘confidence score’ on the person’s current address”
https://www.404media.co/elite-the-palantir-app-ice-uses-to-find-neighborhoods-to-raid/
https://www.404media.co/elite-the-palantir-app-ice-uses-to-find-neighborhoods-to-raid/
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 16, 2026 at 7:25 PM
“Palantir is working on a tool for ICE that populates a map with potential deportation targets, brings up a dossier on each person, and provides a ‘confidence score’ on the person’s current address”
https://www.404media.co/elite-the-palantir-app-ice-uses-to-find-neighborhoods-to-raid/
https://www.404media.co/elite-the-palantir-app-ice-uses-to-find-neighborhoods-to-raid/
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See how Ukraine’s all-women drone unit is outsmarting Russian forces on the front lines.
🔗 youtu.be/2ceT3xfWhRw
🔗 youtu.be/2ceT3xfWhRw
January 16, 2026 at 8:32 PM
See how Ukraine’s all-women drone unit is outsmarting Russian forces on the front lines.
🔗 youtu.be/2ceT3xfWhRw
🔗 youtu.be/2ceT3xfWhRw
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And if you'd like to watch "American Week" instead of listen to it...you can find this week's visualised version here:
📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuKc...
📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuKc...
'They said: kill however many you want' | Simon Marks' American Week
YouTube video by LBC
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:39 PM
And if you'd like to watch "American Week" instead of listen to it...you can find this week's visualised version here:
📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuKc...
📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuKc...
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This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
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This was quite the listen.
Today on my Sunday show I interviewed Donald Trump’s pastor. He accused me of having “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
You can judge for yourself which of us you think might be deranged.
youtu.be/z9eL-y6MRs8?...
You can judge for yourself which of us you think might be deranged.
youtu.be/z9eL-y6MRs8?...
Lewis Goodall goes head-to-head with Trump's spiritual adviser on Greenland
YouTube video by LBC
youtu.be
January 11, 2026 at 5:28 PM
This was quite the listen.
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Every word of this 👇
January 9, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Every word of this 👇
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Love to see this as today's Bsky talking point as it's a great excuse for a short research-informed thread. Our* @ukandeu.bsky.social report in 2022 found widespread perceptions of decline - which could well be worse now (1/3)
media.ukandeu.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
media.ukandeu.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
January 11, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Love to see this as today's Bsky talking point as it's a great excuse for a short research-informed thread. Our* @ukandeu.bsky.social report in 2022 found widespread perceptions of decline - which could well be worse now (1/3)
media.ukandeu.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
media.ukandeu.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
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I wish more Republican congressmen were as cranky as Tom Tillis.
Sen Tom Tillis, R-NC rips White House spokes-demon Stephen Miller a new asshole regarding Greenland, Denmark, NATO and the United States.
youtu.be/Sf9_KLRTzGs?...
youtu.be/Sf9_KLRTzGs?...
'I'm sick of stupid': GOP Sen. Thom Tillis slams Stephen Miller's comments on Greenland
YouTube video by WAAY 31 News
youtu.be
January 11, 2026 at 8:30 PM
I wish more Republican congressmen were as cranky as Tom Tillis.
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Scotland’s schools surging ahead of those in England in literacy and numeracy attainment talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/09/s...
Scotland’s schools surging ahead of those in England in literacy and numeracy attainment
For P1, P4 and P7 pupils combined, the proportion achieving the expected levels in 2024-25 is the highest to date for literacy and the equal highest for numeracy. For S3 pupils, the proportions ach…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Scotland’s schools surging ahead of those in England in literacy and numeracy attainment talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/09/s...
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What a shame that no one in the White House seems to read @ldfreedman.bsky.social’s analysis. They have a much better idea of what’s going on if they did.
New post from @ldfreedman.bsky.social
On how Ukraine should respond to the US "peace plan" and looking at some new details that emerged over the last 24 hours.
(£/free trial)
samf.substack.com/p/how-should...
On how Ukraine should respond to the US "peace plan" and looking at some new details that emerged over the last 24 hours.
(£/free trial)
samf.substack.com/p/how-should...
How should Ukraine respond?
And more details on the "peace plan"
samf.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
What a shame that no one in the White House seems to read @ldfreedman.bsky.social’s analysis. They have a much better idea of what’s going on if they did.
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Satellite imagery aids meteorologists with forecasting and can also help with identifying ground conditions 🛰️
Here, snow is coloured pink with the coldest clouds displayed in orange and less cold clouds shown in white ❄️
Here, snow is coloured pink with the coldest clouds displayed in orange and less cold clouds shown in white ❄️
November 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Satellite imagery aids meteorologists with forecasting and can also help with identifying ground conditions 🛰️
Here, snow is coloured pink with the coldest clouds displayed in orange and less cold clouds shown in white ❄️
Here, snow is coloured pink with the coldest clouds displayed in orange and less cold clouds shown in white ❄️
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He’s have an inconvenient journalist chopped up with a bone saw in a nanosecond if he could.
Just like the gurning psychopath sitting next to him did.
Just like the gurning psychopath sitting next to him did.
Q: Why wait for Congress to release the Epstein files? Why not just do it now?
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
November 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
He’s have an inconvenient journalist chopped up with a bone saw in a nanosecond if he could.
Just like the gurning psychopath sitting next to him did.
Just like the gurning psychopath sitting next to him did.
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You may have heard @mrjamesob.bsky.social recommending an article on his show yesterday.
"Who Goes Nazi?" by renowned American journalist Dorothy Thompson, is a wonderful piece of writing. ⬇️
#DorothyThompson
youtu.be/ouK3fzCqCMc?...
You may have heard @mrjamesob.bsky.social recommending an article on his show yesterday.
"Who Goes Nazi?" by renowned American journalist Dorothy Thompson, is a wonderful piece of writing. ⬇️
#DorothyThompson
youtu.be/ouK3fzCqCMc?...
Dorothy Thompson - Who Goes Nazi? (Her voice modelled on a genuine 1934 broadcast)
YouTube video by Quiet Majority
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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You may have heard @mrjamesob.bsky.social recommending an article on his show yesterday.
"Who Goes Nazi?" by renowned American journalist Dorothy Thompson, is a wonderful piece of writing. ⬇️
#DorothyThompson
youtu.be/ouK3fzCqCMc?...
You may have heard @mrjamesob.bsky.social recommending an article on his show yesterday.
"Who Goes Nazi?" by renowned American journalist Dorothy Thompson, is a wonderful piece of writing. ⬇️
#DorothyThompson
youtu.be/ouK3fzCqCMc?...
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Starmer: “Controlling migration is a reasonable goal- but if you throw bricks and smash up private property that is thuggery…if you incite violence that’s criminal…if you graffiti on a Chinese takeaway telling them to go home, that’s not pride that’s racism.”
September 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Starmer: “Controlling migration is a reasonable goal- but if you throw bricks and smash up private property that is thuggery…if you incite violence that’s criminal…if you graffiti on a Chinese takeaway telling them to go home, that’s not pride that’s racism.”
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Good section this! (Also good piece by James)
September 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Good section this! (Also good piece by James)
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Bienvenue à Montauban 🇫🇷🏉
September 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Bienvenue à Montauban 🇫🇷🏉
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Important read. Refugees caught in a bureaucratic nightmare. Nothing to do for months or years. Cooking in the bathroom instead of eating constant chips and chicken nuggets. Forced to take taxis no matter the length of the journey, long or short.
September 23, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Important read. Refugees caught in a bureaucratic nightmare. Nothing to do for months or years. Cooking in the bathroom instead of eating constant chips and chicken nuggets. Forced to take taxis no matter the length of the journey, long or short.
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There are actually credible and competent analysts looking at the data.
www.laurenpolicy.com/p/are-recent...
www.laurenpolicy.com/p/are-recent...
September 23, 2025 at 6:55 AM
There are actually credible and competent analysts looking at the data.
www.laurenpolicy.com/p/are-recent...
www.laurenpolicy.com/p/are-recent...
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
www.yahoo.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
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From 1939: www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/a...
September 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
From 1939: www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/a...
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How do you stop the Worst People?
The Politics Of Cruelty
How do you solve a problem like Nigel…or Donald?
chadbourn.substack.com
September 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
How do you stop the Worst People?
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Over half a million children to benefit from funded childcare
The government has delivered its pledge to fund childcare for 30 hours a week – saving parents £7,500 a year per child, and putting more money in their pockets
www.gov.uk/government/n...
The government has delivered its pledge to fund childcare for 30 hours a week – saving parents £7,500 a year per child, and putting more money in their pockets
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Over half a million children to benefit from funded childcare
The government has delivered its pledge to fund childcare for 30 hours a week – saving parents £7,500 a year per child, and putting more money in their pockets.
www.gov.uk
September 2, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Over half a million children to benefit from funded childcare
The government has delivered its pledge to fund childcare for 30 hours a week – saving parents £7,500 a year per child, and putting more money in their pockets
www.gov.uk/government/n...
The government has delivered its pledge to fund childcare for 30 hours a week – saving parents £7,500 a year per child, and putting more money in their pockets
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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NEW: The first evidence of a solar take-off in Africa☀️✈️
x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths.
x8 in Zambia
x7 in Botswana
x6 in Sudan
x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia
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x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths.
x8 in Zambia
x7 in Botswana
x6 in Sudan
x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia
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August 26, 2025 at 7:23 AM
NEW: The first evidence of a solar take-off in Africa☀️✈️
x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths.
x8 in Zambia
x7 in Botswana
x6 in Sudan
x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia
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x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths.
x8 in Zambia
x7 in Botswana
x6 in Sudan
x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia
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