Amanda Forsyth
@pedaltrill.bsky.social
Charity Trustee, Choral singer, retired investment manager.
Unlikely to follow an account that's not identified with an identifiable person/institution/No. 10 cat.
Every time you're angry, you're working for the Russians.
Unlikely to follow an account that's not identified with an identifiable person/institution/No. 10 cat.
Every time you're angry, you're working for the Russians.
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Spain's Youth and Children's Minister has asked the Public Prosecutor (DPP rough equivalent) to investigate X for peddling child pornography
Desde el Ministerio de Juventud e Infancia hemos remitido un escrito a la Fiscalía General del Estado para solicitar que investigue a la inteligencia artificial de X (antes Twitter) por presuntos delitos de difusión de material de violencia sexual contra la infancia.
January 7, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Spain's Youth and Children's Minister has asked the Public Prosecutor (DPP rough equivalent) to investigate X for peddling child pornography
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The US government is now freely killing people at sea, in other lands, and on its own streets.
It is difficult to see what more is needed for Congress and the Supreme Court to exercise their constitutional duty to check and balance what is now a rogue state abroad and a gangster state at home.
It is difficult to see what more is needed for Congress and the Supreme Court to exercise their constitutional duty to check and balance what is now a rogue state abroad and a gangster state at home.
January 7, 2026 at 9:39 PM
The US government is now freely killing people at sea, in other lands, and on its own streets.
It is difficult to see what more is needed for Congress and the Supreme Court to exercise their constitutional duty to check and balance what is now a rogue state abroad and a gangster state at home.
It is difficult to see what more is needed for Congress and the Supreme Court to exercise their constitutional duty to check and balance what is now a rogue state abroad and a gangster state at home.
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“Do you have no decency? Do you have no decency? We have someone dead in their car for no reason whatsoever... Enough. Enough is enough.” —Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz
January 7, 2026 at 9:07 PM
“Do you have no decency? Do you have no decency? We have someone dead in their car for no reason whatsoever... Enough. Enough is enough.” —Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz
Giri/Haji.
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 7, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Giri/Haji.
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The destruction doesn't make for a photo-op like tearing down the East Wing of the White House or bulldozing the Rose Garden, but it's every bit as bad. Generations of American children learned to spell and count, learned the Preamble to the Constitution, from watching shows produced by the CPB.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:04 PM
The destruction doesn't make for a photo-op like tearing down the East Wing of the White House or bulldozing the Rose Garden, but it's every bit as bad. Generations of American children learned to spell and count, learned the Preamble to the Constitution, from watching shows produced by the CPB.
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I'm afraid there *is* an obvious answer: it can't.
January 6, 2026 at 7:10 AM
I'm afraid there *is* an obvious answer: it can't.
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free speech news
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 7:43 PM
free speech news
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Trump's Razor: The pettiest explanation is usually the correct one.
Insanity: Sources close to the White House told the Washington Post Trump lost interest in backing Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado to lead the country because she accepted her Nobel Peace Prize rather than demanding it be given to Trump, which was viewed as an “ultimate sin.”
January 5, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Trump's Razor: The pettiest explanation is usually the correct one.
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Denmark hits back at US over Greenland with its PM saying US rhetoric was “entirely unacceptable”. “Enough is enough. No more pressure. No more insinuations. No more fantasies of annexation.” - rpt by @richardmilne.ft.com www.ft.com/content/daae...
Denmark tells Donald Trump to stop threatening to seize Greenland
Danish prime minister says US has no right to annex Arctic island
www.ft.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Denmark hits back at US over Greenland with its PM saying US rhetoric was “entirely unacceptable”. “Enough is enough. No more pressure. No more insinuations. No more fantasies of annexation.” - rpt by @richardmilne.ft.com www.ft.com/content/daae...
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Trump: "They emptied out, if you think about it, they emptied out all of their mental institutions into our country." (Trump doesn't understand the difference between insane asylums and political asylum claims.)
January 3, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Trump: "They emptied out, if you think about it, they emptied out all of their mental institutions into our country." (Trump doesn't understand the difference between insane asylums and political asylum claims.)
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Could also be illegal content in the EU - which is the sole possible basis for banning a platform under the Digital Services Act
so x dot com’s ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and … i haven’t seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform
January 2, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Could also be illegal content in the EU - which is the sole possible basis for banning a platform under the Digital Services Act
Thread.
1. Russia isn’t winning in Ukraine.
January 1, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Thread.
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If you were personally not racist but you ran a party that contained this level of racism, you'd resign on the basis you had somehow ended up organising racists into a serious campaigning force, which had never been your intention.
On the other hand, if you *are* a racist...
On the other hand, if you *are* a racist...
"More than a third (37%) of Reform UK voters said they would be prouder of Britain if there were fewer people from minority ethnic backgrounds in a decade’s time, and 10% [compared to 3% overall] said it was important to have white skin to be a good British citizen."
Number of people who say Britons must be born in UK is rising, study shows
Exclusive: Research finds ‘worrying’ surge in support for hard-right narratives on national identity
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
If you were personally not racist but you ran a party that contained this level of racism, you'd resign on the basis you had somehow ended up organising racists into a serious campaigning force, which had never been your intention.
On the other hand, if you *are* a racist...
On the other hand, if you *are* a racist...
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Zoe should have a bigger platform.
I get told that Labour is going to bring in new safe routes for asylum seekers…
Great 😑 I’ll believe it when I see it.
Here’s why I have my doubts they’ll stop the boats:
Great 😑 I’ll believe it when I see it.
Here’s why I have my doubts they’ll stop the boats:
December 30, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Zoe should have a bigger platform.
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If you like seabirds, living with the people you work with & weather that rolls in fresh off the Atlantic @scotwildlife.bsky.social are looking for a ranger on Handa
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New ranger wanted for isolated uninhabited island of Handa
The job comes with a few challenges - including weekly boat trips to mainland for washing and shopping.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
If you like seabirds, living with the people you work with & weather that rolls in fresh off the Atlantic @scotwildlife.bsky.social are looking for a ranger on Handa
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Asss you may know I’m chilled re Farage & Reform..😉
However them planning to cut adult services in Kent impacting 19,000 vulnerable elderly, disabled, sick ppl
And now hearing days before Xmas Reform Derbyshire council plans to shut Eight care homes, taking 200 jobs, throwing elderly ppl out 😤🤬
However them planning to cut adult services in Kent impacting 19,000 vulnerable elderly, disabled, sick ppl
And now hearing days before Xmas Reform Derbyshire council plans to shut Eight care homes, taking 200 jobs, throwing elderly ppl out 😤🤬
Reform council’s plan to shut eight care homes ‘a betrayal of local people’
Announcement after proposed sale falls through prompts backlash and union says more than 200 jobs at risk
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Asss you may know I’m chilled re Farage & Reform..😉
However them planning to cut adult services in Kent impacting 19,000 vulnerable elderly, disabled, sick ppl
And now hearing days before Xmas Reform Derbyshire council plans to shut Eight care homes, taking 200 jobs, throwing elderly ppl out 😤🤬
However them planning to cut adult services in Kent impacting 19,000 vulnerable elderly, disabled, sick ppl
And now hearing days before Xmas Reform Derbyshire council plans to shut Eight care homes, taking 200 jobs, throwing elderly ppl out 😤🤬
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We are failing our kids
December 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We are failing our kids
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BREAKING: Keir Starmer has launched a formal investigation into foreign election interference after a former senior Reform UK politician accepted bribes to promote Russian interests in the European Parliament
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Reform’s Russian bribe case prompts election interference inquiry
The PM has ordered an investigation into foreign influence in politics after the ex-leader of Reform in Wales was jailed for taking cash to parrot Kremlin lines
www.thetimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
BREAKING: Keir Starmer has launched a formal investigation into foreign election interference after a former senior Reform UK politician accepted bribes to promote Russian interests in the European Parliament
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
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Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
Can I just check? Is there a political party in the UK which is not currently funded by Russia and expressing dissatisfaction with the current PM?
Not looking at you, @countbinface.bsky.social - with all respect.
Not looking at you, @countbinface.bsky.social - with all respect.
December 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Can I just check? Is there a political party in the UK which is not currently funded by Russia and expressing dissatisfaction with the current PM?
Not looking at you, @countbinface.bsky.social - with all respect.
Not looking at you, @countbinface.bsky.social - with all respect.
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Lads, lads, sans serif fonts are woke now!
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Lads, lads, sans serif fonts are woke now!
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A constant blazing terror that somewhere, somebody might be getting a free cheese sandwich. Or indeed brief use of a wheelchair.
December 8, 2025 at 8:22 AM
A constant blazing terror that somewhere, somebody might be getting a free cheese sandwich. Or indeed brief use of a wheelchair.