Rob Connell
@robconnell.bsky.social
Education, Socialism, Independence, Celtic, Music, #MDANT
For a fairer country & safer planet.
The opposite of poverty isn't wealth, it's justice.
If you've ever wondered what you would have done during the rise of fascism, you're doing it now.
For a fairer country & safer planet.
The opposite of poverty isn't wealth, it's justice.
If you've ever wondered what you would have done during the rise of fascism, you're doing it now.
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Video: CODEPINK via X (@codepink)
December 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Video: CODEPINK via X (@codepink)
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Congress held a hearing on “Judea and Samaria,” - the occupied West Bank - without inviting a single Palestinian witness. Lawmakers heard only from the Heritage Foundation, the Zionist Organization of America, and CSIS.
@codepink asked if this was a fair hearing… 👇
@codepink asked if this was a fair hearing… 👇
December 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Congress held a hearing on “Judea and Samaria,” - the occupied West Bank - without inviting a single Palestinian witness. Lawmakers heard only from the Heritage Foundation, the Zionist Organization of America, and CSIS.
@codepink asked if this was a fair hearing… 👇
@codepink asked if this was a fair hearing… 👇
Things I've been told "aren't political":
Memes mocking the poor or minorities
Holding up the rich as aspirational figures
Promoting the government's messages
Supporting the monarchy
Supporting war
Things I've been told to "stop getting political about":
Suggesting we shouldn't do any of the above.
Memes mocking the poor or minorities
Holding up the rich as aspirational figures
Promoting the government's messages
Supporting the monarchy
Supporting war
Things I've been told to "stop getting political about":
Suggesting we shouldn't do any of the above.
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Things I've been told "aren't political":
Memes mocking the poor or minorities
Holding up the rich as aspirational figures
Promoting the government's messages
Supporting the monarchy
Supporting war
Things I've been told to "stop getting political about":
Suggesting we shouldn't do any of the above.
Memes mocking the poor or minorities
Holding up the rich as aspirational figures
Promoting the government's messages
Supporting the monarchy
Supporting war
Things I've been told to "stop getting political about":
Suggesting we shouldn't do any of the above.
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December 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Starmer has aligned himself, again & again, with Trump, not Mamdani.
Even as Trump’s regime works actively to promote Farage & nationalist politics across Europe.
But then again, from Starmer’s behaviour you’d think he’s promoting Farage, too🤷♀️
Even as Trump’s regime works actively to promote Farage & nationalist politics across Europe.
But then again, from Starmer’s behaviour you’d think he’s promoting Farage, too🤷♀️
December 10, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Starmer has aligned himself, again & again, with Trump, not Mamdani.
Even as Trump’s regime works actively to promote Farage & nationalist politics across Europe.
But then again, from Starmer’s behaviour you’d think he’s promoting Farage, too🤷♀️
Even as Trump’s regime works actively to promote Farage & nationalist politics across Europe.
But then again, from Starmer’s behaviour you’d think he’s promoting Farage, too🤷♀️
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December 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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And everything tested on the Palestinians is being implemented in the West.
Watched, Tracked, and Targeted
Life in Gaza under Israel’s all-encompassing surveillance regime
nymag.com/intelligence...
Life in Gaza under Israel’s all-encompassing surveillance regime
nymag.com/intelligence...
Watched, Tracked, and Targeted in Gaza
Life under Israel’s all-encompassing surveillance regime.
nymag.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
And everything tested on the Palestinians is being implemented in the West.
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Needless to say, the teacher was not banned *because* they told a Muslim child that Britain is a Christian country🙄
I mean that was *one* of the things he said
And he was banned *after* several incidences
So technically the headline is true, but that’s not the actual story!
🧵
1/12
I mean that was *one* of the things he said
And he was banned *after* several incidences
So technically the headline is true, but that’s not the actual story!
🧵
1/12
December 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Needless to say, the teacher was not banned *because* they told a Muslim child that Britain is a Christian country🙄
I mean that was *one* of the things he said
And he was banned *after* several incidences
So technically the headline is true, but that’s not the actual story!
🧵
1/12
I mean that was *one* of the things he said
And he was banned *after* several incidences
So technically the headline is true, but that’s not the actual story!
🧵
1/12
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One theme here is the speed of American institutional collapse.
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said
Activists from Hungary, El Salvador and Turkey offer advice to the US about what they’ve learned about authoritarians
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
One theme here is the speed of American institutional collapse.
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
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Hey ChatGPT, give me an example of how ai is rotting people's brains and making them incapable of imagining the simplest things.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Hey ChatGPT, give me an example of how ai is rotting people's brains and making them incapable of imagining the simplest things.
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Finland ended homelessness with a housing first strategy that gave people apartments before they secured employment
Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days
True work life balance
Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.
Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days
True work life balance
Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.
December 8, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Finland ended homelessness with a housing first strategy that gave people apartments before they secured employment
Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days
True work life balance
Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.
Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days
True work life balance
Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.
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This is the best analysis I’ve read about Trump’s alignment with Putin, and the future for Ukraine and Europe
And it accords with my optimism. On the ground, Ukraine and Europe can resist the globalist oligarchs
arthursnell.substack.com/p/americas-w...
And it accords with my optimism. On the ground, Ukraine and Europe can resist the globalist oligarchs
arthursnell.substack.com/p/americas-w...
America's Weakness, Europe's Strength
The 'new' national security strategy is the admission of defeat from a declining country
arthursnell.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This is the best analysis I’ve read about Trump’s alignment with Putin, and the future for Ukraine and Europe
And it accords with my optimism. On the ground, Ukraine and Europe can resist the globalist oligarchs
arthursnell.substack.com/p/americas-w...
And it accords with my optimism. On the ground, Ukraine and Europe can resist the globalist oligarchs
arthursnell.substack.com/p/americas-w...
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The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
The US has declared rhetorical war on the EU
The calls from America this weekend to destroy the EU are revealing. They hate the union because it's the only thing that can keep European countries from being Russian or American vassals.
davekeating.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
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Just a quick reminder, for those interested in listening, that Upon A White Horse is Radio 4's Book of the Week – and the first part will be broadcast at 11.45am today.
I'm thrilled that Upon A White Horse is going to be Radio 4's Book Of The Week. The first episode, which is on Stonehenge, will be on December 8 at 11.45am – and then there will be a reading from a different part of the book every day up to and including December 12. I hope you'll enjoy listening.
December 8, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Just a quick reminder, for those interested in listening, that Upon A White Horse is Radio 4's Book of the Week – and the first part will be broadcast at 11.45am today.
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McFadden boasting the govt has cut the amount of £ sick people get &confirming the govt hasn't ruled out further benefit cuts
The same man who claimed £40k on expenses for renting a home in his constituency despite owning the home next door (which he rented out, pocketing the £)
The same man who claimed £40k on expenses for renting a home in his constituency despite owning the home next door (which he rented out, pocketing the £)
December 7, 2025 at 9:27 AM
McFadden boasting the govt has cut the amount of £ sick people get &confirming the govt hasn't ruled out further benefit cuts
The same man who claimed £40k on expenses for renting a home in his constituency despite owning the home next door (which he rented out, pocketing the £)
The same man who claimed £40k on expenses for renting a home in his constituency despite owning the home next door (which he rented out, pocketing the £)
Have Celtic ever fielded an all-left-footed defence before today?
Bold from Brother Wilfried to go straight in with the 3-4-3, should be interesting!
Bold from Brother Wilfried to go straight in with the 3-4-3, should be interesting!
December 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Have Celtic ever fielded an all-left-footed defence before today?
Bold from Brother Wilfried to go straight in with the 3-4-3, should be interesting!
Bold from Brother Wilfried to go straight in with the 3-4-3, should be interesting!
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racists roll their eyes at this, they're not happy with any message short of 'send them all back' & they don't trust labour trying to pander to them. people who aren't racist recognise this as divisive patronising nonsense. labour's approval rating is 12% and i'm surprised it is that high
December 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM
racists roll their eyes at this, they're not happy with any message short of 'send them all back' & they don't trust labour trying to pander to them. people who aren't racist recognise this as divisive patronising nonsense. labour's approval rating is 12% and i'm surprised it is that high
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Imagine having Jackie Baillie MSP's job: talking down NHS Scotland and its hard working doctors and nurses at every opportunity, and skewing the facts to do so. Share. Educate. Inform.
indyposterboy.scot/best-nhs-2/
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December 7, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Imagine having Jackie Baillie MSP's job: talking down NHS Scotland and its hard working doctors and nurses at every opportunity, and skewing the facts to do so. Share. Educate. Inform.
indyposterboy.scot/best-nhs-2/
indyposterboy.scot/best-nhs-2/
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That's why Labour are a bag of shite , pandering to the populist vote. People forget that without migration everything falls apart in this country, just look at the state of public services. No one wants to come here anyway, because UK is an unattractive, expensive, place to live now.
December 7, 2025 at 9:27 AM
That's why Labour are a bag of shite , pandering to the populist vote. People forget that without migration everything falls apart in this country, just look at the state of public services. No one wants to come here anyway, because UK is an unattractive, expensive, place to live now.
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This country doesn't work if it does not have us minions on minimum wage keeping everything running.
These politicians seem to forget who kept this fucking country open in Covid!
It wasn't "high earners"!
It was the hard working minimum wage workers, migrants & immigrants.
Fkng hate this shit.
These politicians seem to forget who kept this fucking country open in Covid!
It wasn't "high earners"!
It was the hard working minimum wage workers, migrants & immigrants.
Fkng hate this shit.
December 7, 2025 at 9:50 AM
This country doesn't work if it does not have us minions on minimum wage keeping everything running.
These politicians seem to forget who kept this fucking country open in Covid!
It wasn't "high earners"!
It was the hard working minimum wage workers, migrants & immigrants.
Fkng hate this shit.
These politicians seem to forget who kept this fucking country open in Covid!
It wasn't "high earners"!
It was the hard working minimum wage workers, migrants & immigrants.
Fkng hate this shit.
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Despite the tabloids doing their best to convince you of the opposite, crime in Scotland has *decreased* over the last 17 years.
indyposterboy.scot/anti-crime-s...
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December 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Despite the tabloids doing their best to convince you of the opposite, crime in Scotland has *decreased* over the last 17 years.
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Yep, and people don't see the dystopian cage of control and brutality that is rapidly being built around them. Frogs in boiling water.
California firm Skydio shipped 100s of AI drones to Israel, which battle-tested them in Gaza. Now nearly every big US city has signed up with Skydio and is using the drones to surveil their populations
Gaza is the future of how the world will be surveilled & subjugated to violence
Gaza is the future of how the world will be surveilled & subjugated to violence
Ahmad Ibsais (@ahmadibsais)
California firm Skydio shipped 100s of AI drones to Israel, which battle-tested them in Gaza. Now nearly every big US city has signed up with Skydio and is using the drones to surveil their population...
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December 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Yep, and people don't see the dystopian cage of control and brutality that is rapidly being built around them. Frogs in boiling water.
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Read the news they're not telling you: Did you know that during UK/US trade negotiations not a single Scottish Labour MP or MSP pushed to get a better deal on US Scotch Whisky tariffs. Not one.
indyposterboy.scot/silent-labour/
indyposterboy.scot/silent-labour/
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December 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Read the news they're not telling you: Did you know that during UK/US trade negotiations not a single Scottish Labour MP or MSP pushed to get a better deal on US Scotch Whisky tariffs. Not one.
indyposterboy.scot/silent-labour/
indyposterboy.scot/silent-labour/
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With Farage ranting about BBC bias, and because he's (NOT really), boycotting it for about the 4th time this year, I thought it might be a good time to remind people of the wonderful LBD and truth.
December 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
With Farage ranting about BBC bias, and because he's (NOT really), boycotting it for about the 4th time this year, I thought it might be a good time to remind people of the wonderful LBD and truth.