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NEW: last night, the US govt launched an assault on the ‘global censorship industrial complex’, aka European tech researchers/campaigners.
It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
A message to America: we are not your enemy
Last night, the US launched an all-out assault on the "global censorship industrial complex", I respond with some deep breaths, solidarity and a vibey video (it's all I have)
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
NEW: last night, the US govt launched an assault on the ‘global censorship industrial complex’, aka European tech researchers/campaigners.
It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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America set out to Pacify The Middle East and now, there isn’t a country between Libya and Afghanistan that isn’t either a cooperative client state or a smashed, ungovernable hellhole that can’t defend itself. There will never be any accountability for what these people have done.
December 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
America set out to Pacify The Middle East and now, there isn’t a country between Libya and Afghanistan that isn’t either a cooperative client state or a smashed, ungovernable hellhole that can’t defend itself. There will never be any accountability for what these people have done.
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Feel like this is the Rosetta Stone for understanding how Trump became a semi-divine figure for people who have alienated themselves from everyone in their lives
December 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Feel like this is the Rosetta Stone for understanding how Trump became a semi-divine figure for people who have alienated themselves from everyone in their lives
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So, just to confirm, the BBC can’t keep Robin Ince on the air because his trans allyship brings the organisation into disrepute, but they can keep David Walliams, who performed Nazi salutes at the recording of this very show, on the air despite him being predatory towards women. Cool. Very normal.
December 21, 2025 at 10:59 AM
So, just to confirm, the BBC can’t keep Robin Ince on the air because his trans allyship brings the organisation into disrepute, but they can keep David Walliams, who performed Nazi salutes at the recording of this very show, on the air despite him being predatory towards women. Cool. Very normal.
Concentration camps
Trump team plans to renovate industrial warehouses to hold 80,000 migrants: report
Trump team plans to renovate industrial warehouses to hold 80,000 migrants: report
Trump team plans to renovate industrial warehouses to hold 80,000 migrants: report
www.independent.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Concentration camps
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Grimly amusing here: a bullshit PR campaign supposedly created because an MP was murdered by a Nazi, that was instead used to stoke terror of ordinary punters correctly calling right wing Labour MPs Tories and bullshit artists, now being sanctioned by America’s white supremacist crackpot rulers.
December 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Grimly amusing here: a bullshit PR campaign supposedly created because an MP was murdered by a Nazi, that was instead used to stoke terror of ordinary punters correctly calling right wing Labour MPs Tories and bullshit artists, now being sanctioned by America’s white supremacist crackpot rulers.
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Yes: politicians and commentators fully understood that their job was to hammer the public with an avalanche of hatred, blame and fear, because they needed to sell appalling, World War II levels of destruction and massacre. So they did that, as hard as they could.
December 24, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Yes: politicians and commentators fully understood that their job was to hammer the public with an avalanche of hatred, blame and fear, because they needed to sell appalling, World War II levels of destruction and massacre. So they did that, as hard as they could.
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MPs question UK Palantir contracts after investigation reveals security concerns
MPs question UK Palantir contracts after investigation reveals security concerns
Journalists find Swiss government rejected company over fears US intelligence might gain access to sensitive data
UK MPs have raised concerns about the government’s contracts with Palantir after an investigation published in Switzerland highlighted allegations about the suitability and security of its products.
The investigation by the Zurich-based research collective WAV and the Swiss online magazine Republik details Palantir’s efforts, over the course of seven years, to sell its products to Swiss federal agencies. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
MPs question UK Palantir contracts after investigation reveals security concerns
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"The sister of a Palestine Action supporter whos been on hunger strike for 43 days.. [says] she fears she will die in prison. Teuta is behind bars awaiting trial for a year now. She's one of 8 people on trial for criminal damage in a factory owned by an Israeli arms manufacturer"
December 22, 2025 at 9:25 AM
"The sister of a Palestine Action supporter whos been on hunger strike for 43 days.. [says] she fears she will die in prison. Teuta is behind bars awaiting trial for a year now. She's one of 8 people on trial for criminal damage in a factory owned by an Israeli arms manufacturer"
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There has been a relentless, cacophonous campaign to stigmatise pro-Palestinian activists. But the inconvenient truth is that these are just ordinary people of good conscience who see the horrors of Gaza and simply cannot bear to stand by and do nothing.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’m on hunger strike in a British prison. This is why | Amu Gib
Our demands are simple – and they start with stopping the flow of arms to Israel, says activist Amu Gib
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There has been a relentless, cacophonous campaign to stigmatise pro-Palestinian activists. But the inconvenient truth is that these are just ordinary people of good conscience who see the horrors of Gaza and simply cannot bear to stand by and do nothing.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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'an investigation' you mean they finally decided to report on stuff they've known about/been sitting on for years in spite of the fact this would mean walliams still at large with privileged access to further young women whose lives he could ruin??
David Walliams has been dropped by his publisher following an investigation by The Telegraph into inappropriate behaviour towards young women. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...
December 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
'an investigation' you mean they finally decided to report on stuff they've known about/been sitting on for years in spite of the fact this would mean walliams still at large with privileged access to further young women whose lives he could ruin??
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Do people realize that this is also happening with case law?
Like Do You Understand What That Fucking Means???
Like Do You Understand What That Fucking Means???
December 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Do people realize that this is also happening with case law?
Like Do You Understand What That Fucking Means???
Like Do You Understand What That Fucking Means???
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This is horrific.
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Under RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This is horrific.
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The increasing convergence of mainstream media organisations, clickbait and the far-right has been one of the worst parts of 2025.
They know full well it wasn't just some "anti immigration tweets". He called for people to join him on the streets, burn down migrant hotels and "start the slaughter".
They know full well it wasn't just some "anti immigration tweets". He called for people to join him on the streets, burn down migrant hotels and "start the slaughter".
December 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The increasing convergence of mainstream media organisations, clickbait and the far-right has been one of the worst parts of 2025.
They know full well it wasn't just some "anti immigration tweets". He called for people to join him on the streets, burn down migrant hotels and "start the slaughter".
They know full well it wasn't just some "anti immigration tweets". He called for people to join him on the streets, burn down migrant hotels and "start the slaughter".
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As Rachel Coldicutt has pointed out, by not publishing the detail of the questions, the government’s new AI agency gets the headlines but tells us very little. The question included “social communication“ - if I‘ve ever let Gmail’s LLM autocomplete an email sentence, am I included in this figure?
Third of UK citizens have used AI for emotional support, research reveals
Third of UK citizens have used AI for emotional support, research reveals
AI Security Institute report finds most common type of AI tech used was general purpose assistants such as ChatGPT and Amazon Alexa
A third of UK citizens have used artificial intelligence for emotional support, companionship or social interaction, according to the government’s AI security body.
The AI Security Institute (AISI) said nearly one in 10 people used systems like chatbots for emotional purposes on a weekly basis, and 4% daily. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:47 AM
As Rachel Coldicutt has pointed out, by not publishing the detail of the questions, the government’s new AI agency gets the headlines but tells us very little. The question included “social communication“ - if I‘ve ever let Gmail’s LLM autocomplete an email sentence, am I included in this figure?
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Not getting less suspicious that a huge part of the problem here is a big increase in the purity of cocaine sold in London over the 2010s
December 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Not getting less suspicious that a huge part of the problem here is a big increase in the purity of cocaine sold in London over the 2010s
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Context for this: the police acknowledge that they have been told this is not a crime. Barring legislation to make it a crime in the meantime: how happy are we with legislators saying they welcome police arresting people that they know have not committed a criminal offence?
December 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Context for this: the police acknowledge that they have been told this is not a crime. Barring legislation to make it a crime in the meantime: how happy are we with legislators saying they welcome police arresting people that they know have not committed a criminal offence?
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Why Rory Stewart might need to self reflect...
December 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Why Rory Stewart might need to self reflect...
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British politics is a mess. Food, energy, housing are all too expensive. Major parties are all flogging the dead horse of trickle down. So I’m joining the Green Party. Britain needs an economy that works for workers, for small businesses, and future generations. @greenparty.org.uk
December 17, 2025 at 9:57 AM
British politics is a mess. Food, energy, housing are all too expensive. Major parties are all flogging the dead horse of trickle down. So I’m joining the Green Party. Britain needs an economy that works for workers, for small businesses, and future generations. @greenparty.org.uk
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December 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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The lads clucking about the immoderate language of protestors looks deeply culpable, because it’s clearly what they’ve done all along to help them ignore the methodical, calculated extremely violent and murderous destruction of the Gaza Strip on top of two million civilians.
December 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The lads clucking about the immoderate language of protestors looks deeply culpable, because it’s clearly what they’ve done all along to help them ignore the methodical, calculated extremely violent and murderous destruction of the Gaza Strip on top of two million civilians.
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Cool so the BBC is doing an explicit "what if the Nazis are right" segment now
December 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Cool so the BBC is doing an explicit "what if the Nazis are right" segment now