Mike Clapperton
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William Shoki in his latest "Africa is a Country" newsletter.
September 16, 2025 at 8:19 AM
William Shoki in his latest "Africa is a Country" newsletter.
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People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
September 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
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I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn't a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
www.thenation.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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If Farage wins the next election, it will be down to one person. His name is Keir Starmer.
This thread explains why.
1. Destroying faith in democracy. The UK decisively voted out the Tories, only for Starmer to give us a Continuity Tory government, shamefully beholden to economic power.
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This thread explains why.
1. Destroying faith in democracy. The UK decisively voted out the Tories, only for Starmer to give us a Continuity Tory government, shamefully beholden to economic power.
🧵
September 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
If Farage wins the next election, it will be down to one person. His name is Keir Starmer.
This thread explains why.
1. Destroying faith in democracy. The UK decisively voted out the Tories, only for Starmer to give us a Continuity Tory government, shamefully beholden to economic power.
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This thread explains why.
1. Destroying faith in democracy. The UK decisively voted out the Tories, only for Starmer to give us a Continuity Tory government, shamefully beholden to economic power.
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I had to check that this wasn't The Onion.
Conch blowing could help to alleviate sleep apnoea, study suggests
Conch blowing could help to alleviate sleep apnoea, study suggests
Experts on condition affecting millions of people in UK give cautious welcome to findings but say more research needed
Blowing into a conch shell could help tackle the symptoms of a sleep disorder that affects millions of people across the UK, according to a study.
Conch blowing, also known as shankh blowing, is an ancient ritual that involves breathing in deeply and exhaling into the spiral-shaped shell. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I had to check that this wasn't The Onion.
Great thread ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Especially the 2nd post where Ernst Roets is outed as a poseur.
Especially the 2nd post where Ernst Roets is outed as a poseur.
I've had enough.
In this thread, I will tell you, definitively, whether Sydney Sweeney has great jeans.
This way, you will be more informed when shopping for your wardrobe . 🧵
In this thread, I will tell you, definitively, whether Sydney Sweeney has great jeans.
This way, you will be more informed when shopping for your wardrobe . 🧵
August 3, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Great thread ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Especially the 2nd post where Ernst Roets is outed as a poseur.
Especially the 2nd post where Ernst Roets is outed as a poseur.
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"We have since learned new information, including from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp that Anne Frank was suffering from typhus, and have updated our story to add context about her health problems."
July 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"We have since learned new information, including from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp that Anne Frank was suffering from typhus, and have updated our story to add context about her health problems."
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This is twice as money much as the Department of Energy spends on solar power R&D. We could have more solar power but instead we’re paying to build detention camps.
FEMA is preparing to send $608 million to states to construct immigrant detention centers as part of the Trump administration’s push to expand capacity to hold migrants.
FEMA to send states $608 million to build migrant detention centers
FEMA is starting a “detention support grant program” to cover the cost of states building temporary facilities, according to an agency announcement.
nbcnews.to
July 26, 2025 at 1:40 AM
This is twice as money much as the Department of Energy spends on solar power R&D. We could have more solar power but instead we’re paying to build detention camps.
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Meanwhile, in Scotland.
July 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Meanwhile, in Scotland.
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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
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i think a pretty core part of the idea of being an American is tolerance, and that means being willing to go out of your way to be respectful to others even when you don't agree with them.
July 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Cooking with wood/dung:
kills 800 000 ppl per year in Africa
destroys nature
emits CO2
Switching to LPG or electricity is probably the energy innovation with the biggest bang for the buck you can possibly get
Right now the focus is on LPG
But what about electricity?
www.iea.org/news/acceler...
kills 800 000 ppl per year in Africa
destroys nature
emits CO2
Switching to LPG or electricity is probably the energy innovation with the biggest bang for the buck you can possibly get
Right now the focus is on LPG
But what about electricity?
www.iea.org/news/acceler...
July 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Cooking with wood/dung:
kills 800 000 ppl per year in Africa
destroys nature
emits CO2
Switching to LPG or electricity is probably the energy innovation with the biggest bang for the buck you can possibly get
Right now the focus is on LPG
But what about electricity?
www.iea.org/news/acceler...
kills 800 000 ppl per year in Africa
destroys nature
emits CO2
Switching to LPG or electricity is probably the energy innovation with the biggest bang for the buck you can possibly get
Right now the focus is on LPG
But what about electricity?
www.iea.org/news/acceler...
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Thought I would be taking July off. But couldn’t not draw this
July 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Thought I would be taking July off. But couldn’t not draw this
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Sometimes calls for prayer are sincere and sometimes they are an argument: a claim that this is God’s fault and our choices and policies have nothing to do with it.
Mike Johnson on Texas floods: "In a moment like this, we feel just as helpless as everyone else does ... all we know to do at this moment is pray."
July 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Sometimes calls for prayer are sincere and sometimes they are an argument: a claim that this is God’s fault and our choices and policies have nothing to do with it.
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Avoiding the temptation to call this guy stupid, or say he has a dog’s brain, or shit for brains, or dog shit for brains, or that he has HGH poisoning, or that he’s been hit in the head too many times, or that he hasn’t been hit in the head enough times, since that lets him off easy
Joe Rogan's Trump endorsement is unraveling. He's furious over ICE raids targeting gardeners and students. He's asking if we're sliding into fascism. https://gizmodo.com/joe-rogan-feels-trump-betrayed-him-on-immigration-2000624426
Joe Rogan Feels Trump Betrayed Him on Immigration
The podcast king, once a prominent supporter of Donald Trump, denounced the president’s aggressive deportation tactics on his wildly popular podcast.
gizmodo.com
July 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Avoiding the temptation to call this guy stupid, or say he has a dog’s brain, or shit for brains, or dog shit for brains, or that he has HGH poisoning, or that he’s been hit in the head too many times, or that he hasn’t been hit in the head enough times, since that lets him off easy
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I’m sorry for the long post but a lot of you have followed me for a long time, since 2016 when I was one of the first to repeatedly call out Trump for being a Russian asset.
I don’t know how else to say this, as a person who has studied cults (wrote a bestseller about it) and totalitarian states.
I don’t know how else to say this, as a person who has studied cults (wrote a bestseller about it) and totalitarian states.
July 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I’m sorry for the long post but a lot of you have followed me for a long time, since 2016 when I was one of the first to repeatedly call out Trump for being a Russian asset.
I don’t know how else to say this, as a person who has studied cults (wrote a bestseller about it) and totalitarian states.
I don’t know how else to say this, as a person who has studied cults (wrote a bestseller about it) and totalitarian states.
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America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
July 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
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For context, she was a 6 year old they trapped in a car after this man murdered her family, then used her desperate pleas to murder ambulance crews and brave people who tried to rescue her, before this man shot her in the head.
His name is Beni Aharon. Remember his name.
The IDF soldiers think they can murder children, execute paramedics, firebomb refugees, kill journalists with impunity.
They are being tracked and named.
A war crime is a war crime regardless of whether our leaders want to admit it or not.
The IDF soldiers think they can murder children, execute paramedics, firebomb refugees, kill journalists with impunity.
They are being tracked and named.
A war crime is a war crime regardless of whether our leaders want to admit it or not.
July 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
For context, she was a 6 year old they trapped in a car after this man murdered her family, then used her desperate pleas to murder ambulance crews and brave people who tried to rescue her, before this man shot her in the head.
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Christian Faith An Important Part Of Who Senator Pretends To Be
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Christian Faith An Important Part Of Who Senator Pretends To Be
WASHINGTON—Stressing that the facade informs nearly every aspect of his daily life, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) told reporters Thursday that his Christian faith is an important part of who he pretends to be. “Whether I’m delivering a speech calling for theocracy in front of dozens of cameras or talking to my children at the kitchen table […]
theonion.com
June 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Christian Faith An Important Part Of Who Senator Pretends To Be
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theonion.com/christi...
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Alleging Israel has committed ‘war crimes’ suggests a recognizable event: that there is a war happening, and there are some crimes in it. Gaza is different.
For our latest cover story, Suzy Hansen examines how the war in Gaza has upended decades of humanitarian law: nymag.com/intelligence...
For our latest cover story, Suzy Hansen examines how the war in Gaza has upended decades of humanitarian law: nymag.com/intelligence...
June 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Alleging Israel has committed ‘war crimes’ suggests a recognizable event: that there is a war happening, and there are some crimes in it. Gaza is different.
For our latest cover story, Suzy Hansen examines how the war in Gaza has upended decades of humanitarian law: nymag.com/intelligence...
For our latest cover story, Suzy Hansen examines how the war in Gaza has upended decades of humanitarian law: nymag.com/intelligence...
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Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press
June 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press
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South Africa gets a R25 billion loan from the World Bank.
Cartoon this week for @dailymaverick.co.za
Cartoon this week for @dailymaverick.co.za
June 26, 2025 at 5:47 AM
South Africa gets a R25 billion loan from the World Bank.
Cartoon this week for @dailymaverick.co.za
Cartoon this week for @dailymaverick.co.za