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Gregk Foley

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Geopolitics • Armed Politics/Political Violence • Philosophy • Political Geographies • Palestine
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A photo of Gunther’s Pistol Palace / Gun Headquarters from EDDINGTON

January 13, 2026 at 7:14 AM

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So the logic, as I understand it, is that the Online Safety Act was necessary to protect children from exposure to pornography, and that young people should also be kept off of the government’s preferred social media channels so that adults can participate in the free exchange of child pornography.

Kemi Badenoch
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We don't ask nightclubs to serve orange squash to kids so they can have something to drink. We say no kids in nightclubs.
Social media is exactly the same.
Social media is not a safe for children.
Extreme content is rife, and the safeguards the companies have put in place are complex and woefully ineffective.
It's time to make sure children are protected from adult spaces. The Government should focus on what matters, not banning companies they don't like.
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January 12, 2026 at 7:44 PM

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PUNISHMENT PARK

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January 12, 2026 at 5:39 PM

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"People don't do enough research analysis. For a summary of my findings, refer to this Facebook meme of someone else's opinion:"

January 12, 2026 at 1:47 PM

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Le Cercle
Formation 1951
Founder
• Antoine Pinay
• Jean Violet
Type
Think tank
Le Cercle is an invitation-only foreign policy forum.
Initially its focus was opposing communism and, in the 1970s and 1980s, supporting apartheid when the group had intimate ties with and funding from South Africa." The group was described by British Conservative MP Alan Clark as "an Atlanticist society of right-wing dignitaries". 2)
As an elite conference, it is comparable to the Bilderberg meeting, but it is considered more secret and has no public and little media presence. Only selected and invited members are admitted to the meeting, and they are obliged to maintain secrecy.
[citation needed]
Agenda items and lists of participants are not published. Members include diplomats, high-ranking politicians, journalists, businessman, intelligence agents, civil servants, members of the high nobility and other influential personalities.

Political changes in 1969 led to the addition of Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States with meetings held twice a year rather than three times a year as before. This led to a shift in objectives, which became an emphasis on forming a strong anti-Communist alliance between the United States and Europe.
Hänni stated that "The leaders of the group increasingly considered strategies to target public opinion and, to this end, formed a "Cercle network" of associated organisations, institutes and think tanks, which attacked both the Soviet Union and the perceived "leftist" governments or opposition movements in Europe and the Third World." Its members then and now tended to be strident anti-Communists, including members of the World Anti-Communist League. The Union of South Africa provided the only official delegation and the Cercle supported organisations such as Renamo, whose general secretary attended meetings, and Unita. 4]

In later years, the British took over the chairmanship of Le Cercle. Leading members included the ex-Ml6 officer Anthony Cavendish, the British Conservative MP Julian Amery,8 and Brian Crozier. (5)
Alan Clark, the British Conservative MP and historian stated in his diaries that Le Cercle was funded by the CIA.9)
British MPs Rory Stewart and Nadhim Zahawi were chairs of Le Cercle in the 2010s at the same time as they served as members of the UK parliament's Foreign Affairs Select Committee. Neither MP declared their chairmanship of Le Cercle to the UK parliament. 10)
Ecuadorian Foreign Minister, Guillaume Long, wrote in 2022 that the group has "strong links to the intelligence community in Europe and the United States". (11)

Chairs
• 1953-1971: Antoine Pinay
• 1971-1980: Jean Violet
• 1980-1985: Brian Crozier
• 1985-1993: Julian Amery
• 1993-1996: Jonathan Aitken
• 1996-2008: Norman Lamont 13]
• 2008-2013: Michael Ancram
• 2013-2014: Rory Stewart 10]
• 2015-2018: Nadhim Zahawil10]

January 12, 2026 at 1:10 PM

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‘Loosely inspired’ oh god

Wuthering Heights (stylized with quotation marks) is an upcoming romance film written and directed by Emerald Fennell and loosely inspired by Emily Brontë's 1847 novel Wuthering Heights. The film

January 12, 2026 at 11:26 AM

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Genius of Emerald Fennell to release this one month into the year just as the optimism begins to fade and people realise nothing will ever get better

January 12, 2026 at 11:23 AM

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Now watching

January 11, 2026 at 7:22 PM

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These are HEAVENLY

LE PETIT
BISCOTTE
CRUNCHY CINNAMON &
BROWN SUGAR BISCUITS

January 11, 2026 at 10:46 AM

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Officer Lou from THE SIMPSONS reaching through the window of car with a handgun resting in his open palm

January 10, 2026 at 11:09 AM

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EDDINGTON was the most politically incisive film of 2025 and it wasn't even close.

A screencap from EDDINGTON of someone firing a handfun while filming themselves with their phone, focusing on the video more than their aim

January 10, 2026 at 10:37 AM

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January 10, 2026 at 9:30 AM

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A photograph from the 1992 LA Riots. In the foreground, an officer of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department can be seen wielding a shotgun

January 10, 2026 at 2:34 AM

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Fountains of Wayne inadvertently narrating the Great American Fumble and inauguration of the Chinese Cenutry:

Two men sit in the corner of a diner
Both of them look quite a bit like Carl Reiner
One of them is smoking even though the sign says not to
The waitress says to stop, he says sorry but I've got to
They tell each other jokes that they both know that they both know
They talk about real estate, prostates, Costco
And when they finish up they leave a twenty on the table
The waitress picks it up with their half-eaten bagels

Two men sit in the corner of a diner
One of them says I might take a trip to China
It's one of those things we should do before we're too old
Thanks but no thanks, bring me back an egg roll
Bring it back

January 9, 2026 at 8:30 PM

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Many are saying this is me and @gotitatguineys.bsky.social

January 9, 2026 at 7:06 PM

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January 9, 2026 at 1:53 PM

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There are no rules, they don’t actually care about respect, decorum, bipartisanship or debate, and only pretend to do so to browbeat you into submission. Nothing is going to change until more people realise that and respond accordingly; including to the media and politicians who have failed them.