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John The Elder🦋
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John the Elder
I retired as a computer scientist 15 years ago to concentrate on worldwide events. My politics are now left of centre. I now write poetry as I'm severely disabled by a stroke, but still creative.

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How to Mobilize America Against Fascism
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How to Mobilize America Against Fascism
What you can do, beyond party politics
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January 15, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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You could be next
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You could be next
This is personal.
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January 13, 2026 at 11:47 AM
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Asset or Useful Fool, Either Way the Damage Is the Same
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Asset or Useful Fool, Either Way the Damage Is the Same
Asset or Useful Fool, Either Way the Damage Is the Same
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January 9, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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The Constitution Prohibits Trump’s War on Blue States
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The Constitution Prohibits Trump’s War on Blue States
This will be one of the major legal fights to come in the Trump regime.
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January 9, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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The most shameful day in American history
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The most shameful day in American history
We will never forget, and we will not let the nation or the world forget.
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January 5, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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Sunday thought: Even worse
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Sunday thought: Even worse
Friends,
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January 4, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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Thug World
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Thug World
A new world order?
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January 3, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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Gazette December 2025 bylinesnetwork.co.uk/gazette/gaze...
Gazette December 2025 - Bylines Network
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December 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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December 20, 2025
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December 20, 2025
On November 19, 2025, Congress passed H.R.
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December 21, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Echoes of History
Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric from Post-War Britain to Reform UK
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November 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Political Division in Western Democracies
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Political Division in Western Democracies
Material Foundations and Media Amplification
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October 2, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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97K views · 10K reactions | The Death of Discourse #jonathanpie #satire #politics #parody #comedy #charliekirk #trump #tommyrobinson #usa | Jonathan Pie
The Death of Discourse #jonathanpie #satire #politics #parody #comedy #charliekirk #trump #tommyrobinson #usa.
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September 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
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September 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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We Are Totally Dependent On The Internet
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We Are Totally Dependent On The Internet
The hidden Infrastructures that keeps the Internet running
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August 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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We Are Totally Dependent On The Internet
The hidden Infrastructures that keeps the Internet running
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August 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Active Measures Series: An Intro To the KGB Playbook
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Active Measures Series: An Intro To the KGB Playbook
Our New Series on How Russia Attacked the 2016 U.S. Election to Help Trump Win
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July 28, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Active Measures Series: An Intro To the KGB Playbook
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Active Measures Series: An Intro To the KGB Playbook
Our New Series on How Russia Attacked the 2016 U.S. Election to Help Trump Win
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July 28, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Cleo Laine has died at 97. RIP you angel.

Judith and I had the pleasure of being members of the Wavenden Allmusic Plan charity when we first got married and we gradually got more involved as Wavenden, their home, was about 25 miles from where we lived.
July 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Cleo Laine: Acclaimed jazz singer dies aged 97
She was the first British singer to win a Grammy in a jazz category and performed with all the greats.
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July 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Why is social media such a threat?
Why We're All Just Fancy Peacocks Pretending to Care About Truth
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July 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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The great snake oil salesman. www.linkedin.com/posts/michae...
Actually, Elon Musk didn’t create PayPal, Tesla, or SpaceX. | Michael Gibson
Actually, Elon Musk didn’t create PayPal, Tesla, or SpaceX. That’s media mythology; carefully constructed and legally enforced. It’s branding; it's all a lie! PayPal was founded by Peter Thiel, ...
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July 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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It's Evolution - both aggressive and cooperative tendencies
Evolution has indeed shaped both aggressive and cooperative tendencies in humans, but the picture is far more nuanced than the notion that "only the fittest survive" might suggest.
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July 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Nobody's talking about it on Bluesky yet, but on Twitter there are several reports that Corbyn is furious at the gun being jumped on the announcement of a new party.

Will the initiative die before it ever gets started? The next few hours and days will tell...
July 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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aoc.bsky.social Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Jul 3
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.

I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Israel and Palestine
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Israel and Palestine
et al.
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July 1, 2025 at 6:59 AM