middyuk.bsky.social
@middyuk.bsky.social
Aging Buddhist and woke hippy.
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The murder of CBS News by Trump operative Bari Weiss means it even more important for the BBC to contest Trump's specious "defamation" lawsuit in Florida. American journalism has collapsed. The rest of us need to double down.
December 22, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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The news about James Ransone is heartbreaking. The news about the Reiners is heartbreaking. I’m still trying to process the latter and haven’t let the former sink in. Love your people, look out for them, and please keep your mental health a priority.
December 22, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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"If the standard for airing a story becomes, 'the government must agree to be interviewed,' then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from being an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state."

Sharyn Alfonsi
December 22, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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One of the world’s most interesting thinkers, the Dutch historian Rutger Bregman, says citizens need to form a modern day protest movement modelled on the 19th century ‘Temperance Crusade’ to bring Big Tech to heel before it’s too late.

I couldn’t agree more.

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
New ‘Temperance Movement’ is needed to tame the social evil of Big Tech
MI6 issues warnings, great thinkers call for action, and Australia lands the first blow on social media giants. Our Writer at Large says 2026 must…
www.heraldscotland.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Trump actually thinks that changing the name of Kennedy center is going to make NORMAL people go OH ITS NOT BAD GOOD FOR HIM

Instead it infuriates most Americans and confirms the POS he really is. MAN CHILD
December 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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iHV is delighted to announce the appointment of Marcia Smikle as our new Safeguarding Expert Adviser. Marcia brings exceptional knowledge and experience to this role, with a distinguished career across nursing, midwifery, and health visiting.
ihv.org.uk/news-and-vie...
December 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Even by my low expectations for Kemi Badenoch ‘violence against women and girls is something done by immigrants and nobody else’ has shocked me.
Dog-whistle and factually incorrect. Ladies, raise your hand if you were sexually assaulted by a boy at school? I’d wager this or a family member is most women’s first experience of sexual violence
December 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Good grief. What a pathetic baby.
Per @garretthaake.bsky.social, the extremely tacky "presidential wall of fame" that lines the colonnade to the West Wing now has obviously-Trump-penned plaques insulting or praising the presidents.
December 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
December 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Republican congressman 👇🏽
December 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Q: A number of Republicans have denounced your statement on Rob Reiner. Do you stand by it?

TRUMP: Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned.
December 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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This is a litmus test of British people's patriotism. Do you back your national broadcaster? Or do you back this guy?
December 16, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Just pointing out that the UK has the highest pension and minimum wage we ever had. Also the highest level of regulatory protection.

Because it is rarely mentioned when everyone talks about how terrible everything is.
December 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Keir Starmer needs to stand up for the BBC against Trump's outrageous $5bn lawsuit and protect licence fee payers from being hit in the pocket.

Trump wants to interfere in our democracy and undermine our national broadcaster. We cannot let him.
December 16, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Trump infuriates his own supporters with shameful comments about Reiners' murder, and then lobs a multi-billion defamation lawsuit at the BBC.

My chat earlier today with @mrjamesob.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk

🎧: audioboom.com/posts/881965...
December 16, 2025 - Trump sullies presidency over Reiners' murder, and launches lawsuit against BBC
Simon's live roundup for James O'Brien's morning programme on the UK's LBC.
audioboom.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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SO MARK CUBAN THINKS UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE IS TOO EXPENSIVE WHILE BILLIONAIRES HOARD WEALTH? IT'S TIME WE STOP LISTENING TO BILLIONAIRES COMPLAINING ABOUT PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE. HEALTHCARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT NOT A LUXURY. TAX THE RICH AND FUND CARE FOR ALL.
December 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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The White House is pressuring the International Criminal Court (ICC) to alter its founding document to prevent it from investigating U.S. President Donald Trump and his senior officials, a U.S. official told Reuters on Wednesday.

foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/10/t...
How Far Will Trump’s Pressure Campaign Against the ICC Go?
The White House wants the court to alter the Rome Statute so Trump and his officials can’t be prosecuted.
foreignpolicy.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Can’t decide whether this is an argument for or against character limits on social media posts.
Trump is upset. Lol 😂
December 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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iHV is excited to be part of the brand new Potty Training Guide! Backed by Government, it offers parents advice on how and when to potty train.

ihv.org.uk/news-and-vie...
@KindredSquared @DHSCgovuk @educationgovuk
December 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Roger Marshall, 2020 election liar, was trained as an OB/GYN doctor, but in politics his specialty is proctology, since he has his head up Tr-mp’s ass 98% of the time.
Sen. Roger Marshall defends Hegseth: "Look, we're losing 200 Americans every day to drug poisoning from these drug lords. This is a war. And it's ugly. War is never pretty ... that strike probably saved thousands of American lives."
December 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Nigel Farage was a racist bully at school but Rachel Reeves won the wrong chess championship so who can say who is worse?
December 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Truly shocking that Rachel Reeves had the audacity to call herself the U14 girls chess champions when she won the U14 girls chess championship but some bloke thought she was talking about something else.
December 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Anyone who cares about Europe's future and loathes Putin should want this plan to succeed. It's the single most important decision Europe can take for its own defence and Ukraine's survival. America is lost. www.ft.com/content/3c23...
Brussels floats ‘emergency’ powers to raise €210bn from Russian assets
Contentious proposal to fund Ukraine would mark watershed moment for EU
www.ft.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Impossible to exaggerate what a brilliant writer Henry is. Pisses me right off tbh.
🚨Some personal news.

I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.

A profile of Jonathan Gullis.

"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."

open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
Jonathan Gullis, The Seagull's Lament
A New Yorker Profile
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:53 AM