Sputeen
@stevejvaughan.bsky.social
Lived and worked in London, now living and working back in Wales.
Interested in current affairs, truth, hope, tech, science, environment.
And passionate about music - Prog, jazz fusion, anything that pushes at the boundaries.
Interested in current affairs, truth, hope, tech, science, environment.
And passionate about music - Prog, jazz fusion, anything that pushes at the boundaries.
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
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This series of articles by Peter Oborne is so spot on - withering about McSweeney - and his obsessive focus on party politics, scheming and tactics, at expense of policy conducive to the national interest - and in process ultimately ruining Starmer’s govt.
February 8, 2026 at 2:56 PM
This series of articles by Peter Oborne is so spot on - withering about McSweeney - and his obsessive focus on party politics, scheming and tactics, at expense of policy conducive to the national interest - and in process ultimately ruining Starmer’s govt.
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Open financing of election interference in Europe and the UK. Just as Trumps mission statement said he would. We need this blasting on all MSM. BBC won’t touch it.
February 6, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Open financing of election interference in Europe and the UK. Just as Trumps mission statement said he would. We need this blasting on all MSM. BBC won’t touch it.
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The man behind donations of £200,000 to Reform is a church warden from Potters Bar, who just happens to work for a billionaire from Kazakhstan. But it's definitely not money laundering or interference in UK politics by a foreign national.
February 2, 2026 at 8:20 AM
The man behind donations of £200,000 to Reform is a church warden from Potters Bar, who just happens to work for a billionaire from Kazakhstan. But it's definitely not money laundering or interference in UK politics by a foreign national.
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This is the first time I’ve read details about a bomb that was set off in residential London street, destroying cars and sending shrapnel into kids’ bedrooms.
Young people are considered vulnerable online, but the actual radicalisation of old generations is given a free pass by the press.
Young people are considered vulnerable online, but the actual radicalisation of old generations is given a free pass by the press.
January 31, 2026 at 7:29 AM
This is the first time I’ve read details about a bomb that was set off in residential London street, destroying cars and sending shrapnel into kids’ bedrooms.
Young people are considered vulnerable online, but the actual radicalisation of old generations is given a free pass by the press.
Young people are considered vulnerable online, but the actual radicalisation of old generations is given a free pass by the press.
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Within half an hour of when Deputy AG Blanche told reporters that DOJ "complied with the statute...we did not protect President Trump," DOJ deleted multiple documents from the database with damning information about Trump. Among those deleted were first-person accounts of Trump raping kids.
January 31, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Within half an hour of when Deputy AG Blanche told reporters that DOJ "complied with the statute...we did not protect President Trump," DOJ deleted multiple documents from the database with damning information about Trump. Among those deleted were first-person accounts of Trump raping kids.
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"The Greens are going to win"
Meet Hannah Spencer, the Green Party candidate for Gorton and Denton.
Plumber, councillor, and "Reform's worst nightmare".
Meet Hannah Spencer, the Green Party candidate for Gorton and Denton.
Plumber, councillor, and "Reform's worst nightmare".
January 30, 2026 at 5:56 PM
"The Greens are going to win"
Meet Hannah Spencer, the Green Party candidate for Gorton and Denton.
Plumber, councillor, and "Reform's worst nightmare".
Meet Hannah Spencer, the Green Party candidate for Gorton and Denton.
Plumber, councillor, and "Reform's worst nightmare".
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This was posted in the new Epstein files release and removed about 20 mins later.
Wonder why that is.
Wonder why that is.
January 30, 2026 at 6:44 PM
This was posted in the new Epstein files release and removed about 20 mins later.
Wonder why that is.
Wonder why that is.
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"This isn't a good testament for how law enforcement officials are able to control themselves... You're cosplaying as a tough guy while you bootlick for six grown-ass men who jumped on a nurse and shot him dead. This is not the tough position."
January 29, 2026 at 12:22 AM
"This isn't a good testament for how law enforcement officials are able to control themselves... You're cosplaying as a tough guy while you bootlick for six grown-ass men who jumped on a nurse and shot him dead. This is not the tough position."
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Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
January 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
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⬇️ "The Member for Clacton is warmly welcoming people who spent 14 years undermining public services, who wrecked the economy, who botched Brexit, and who then got booted out by the British people in 2024."
😲 "Mr. Speaker, their latest recruit was so bad, she managed to get sacked by Liz Truss!"
😲 "Mr. Speaker, their latest recruit was so bad, she managed to get sacked by Liz Truss!"
January 27, 2026 at 5:40 PM
⬇️ "The Member for Clacton is warmly welcoming people who spent 14 years undermining public services, who wrecked the economy, who botched Brexit, and who then got booted out by the British people in 2024."
😲 "Mr. Speaker, their latest recruit was so bad, she managed to get sacked by Liz Truss!"
😲 "Mr. Speaker, their latest recruit was so bad, she managed to get sacked by Liz Truss!"
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Big thanks to Reform for helping us keep out Reform in Gorton & Denton.
January 27, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Big thanks to Reform for helping us keep out Reform in Gorton & Denton.
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It tells you everything you need to know that Reform are parachuting in a rent-an-extremist - this isn't about representing the people of Gorton and Denton, it's about using this place as a platform for their careers.
Manchester will show him the door.
Manchester will show him the door.
January 27, 2026 at 3:42 PM
It tells you everything you need to know that Reform are parachuting in a rent-an-extremist - this isn't about representing the people of Gorton and Denton, it's about using this place as a platform for their careers.
Manchester will show him the door.
Manchester will show him the door.
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Reform picks anti-migrant activist Matt Goodwin as its candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election.
A reminder that just a few months ago the BBC invited him onto Question Time as a supposedly independent "author and academic"
A reminder that just a few months ago the BBC invited him onto Question Time as a supposedly independent "author and academic"
January 27, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Reform picks anti-migrant activist Matt Goodwin as its candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election.
A reminder that just a few months ago the BBC invited him onto Question Time as a supposedly independent "author and academic"
A reminder that just a few months ago the BBC invited him onto Question Time as a supposedly independent "author and academic"
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SEEING IS BELIEVING
DHS claims the car being chased rammed the ICE vehicle. The video shows the opposite.
📌 A father and son, a US citizen, are chased. The teen is beaten and seriously injured. The father is deported.
DHS lied. The video tells the truth. Excellent reporting by Antonia Hylton.
DHS claims the car being chased rammed the ICE vehicle. The video shows the opposite.
📌 A father and son, a US citizen, are chased. The teen is beaten and seriously injured. The father is deported.
DHS lied. The video tells the truth. Excellent reporting by Antonia Hylton.
January 22, 2026 at 4:44 AM
SEEING IS BELIEVING
DHS claims the car being chased rammed the ICE vehicle. The video shows the opposite.
📌 A father and son, a US citizen, are chased. The teen is beaten and seriously injured. The father is deported.
DHS lied. The video tells the truth. Excellent reporting by Antonia Hylton.
DHS claims the car being chased rammed the ICE vehicle. The video shows the opposite.
📌 A father and son, a US citizen, are chased. The teen is beaten and seriously injured. The father is deported.
DHS lied. The video tells the truth. Excellent reporting by Antonia Hylton.
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January 22, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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She was absolutely right. And she would have been an amazing President.
January 20, 2026 at 5:53 PM
She was absolutely right. And she would have been an amazing President.
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Still entirely valid 2½ years on. Not that I’m going to hold my breath.
Three Sensible, Non-Radical Things Labour Could Do to Reform our News Media
Three Sensible, Non-Radical Things Labour Could Do to Reform our News Media
Nothing drastic is required if a new government is to tackle the obvious crisis in the way we get our news, while the benefits of change could be enormous
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January 21, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Still entirely valid 2½ years on. Not that I’m going to hold my breath.