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Stewart Home @stewarthome.bsky.social · 16h

Cell-site simulator tools can mimic a cellphone tower, tricking every phone in its nearby range to connect to the device and thus giving law enforcement the ability to better identify the real-world location of those phones & their owners. techcrunch.com/2025/10/07/i...

ICE bought vehicles equipped with fake cell towers to spy on phones | TechCrunch

The federal contract shows ICE spent $825,000 on vans equipped with “cell-site simulators” which allow the real-world location tracking of nearby phones and their owners.

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Stewart Home @stewarthome.bsky.social · 16h

There does seem to be an agenda....

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Stewart Home @stewarthome.bsky.social · 16h

"The kids are alright!"

Stewart Home @stewarthome.bsky.social · 1d

Catalonia must lose its dependence on tourism & diversify its economy. We have to de-grow, but we can't de-grow easily & fast. We have to think about what kind of diversification strategy we need to implement in order to keep the economy working, www.catalannews.com/business/ite...

Will 'quality tourism' fix Barcelona's overtourism problem, or just rebrand it?

As Catalonia moves to attract higher-spending visitors, critics warn the strategy won't ease pressure on public services, local communities, or the environment

www.catalannews.com

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Stewart Home @stewarthome.bsky.social · 2d

This is not the first time a close associate of Farage has been revealed as a Kremlin influencer. bylinetimes.com/2025/10/04/t...

‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem

Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...

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Stewart Home @stewarthome.bsky.social · 2d

Farage may deny being in Moscow’s pocket but in Nathan Gill, he stood shoulder to shoulder with someone who was. This is not an isolated corruption case. It is a warning that movements that thrive on grievance are especially vulnerable to foreign subversion. searchlightmagazine.com/2025/10/refo...

Reform's Russian 'asset' - the Kremlin shadow over Nigel Farage | Searchlight

Nathan Gill - Russian asset On 26 September, former Welsh Brexit Party MEP and Reform UK official Nathan Gill pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to eight coun ...

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Stewart Home @stewarthome.bsky.social · 2d

The MoD wastes a million pounds annually sending children of its personnel to private schools so they can avoid speaking Welsh. Bilingualism is a gift & in north Wales you constantly hear & encounter native speakers, making learning easy. Unbelievable! www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-w...

MoD spends millions on private schools to avoid Welsh language

The allowance is for tuition fees up to a maximum £22,755 a year, or £7,585 per term, and is available to people MoD staff living and serving in parts of north Wales

www.dailypost.co.uk

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Stewart Home @stewarthome.bsky.social · 2d

Young Moroccans took to the streets on Sunday in cities across the kingdom for the ninth consecutive night of protests calling for an end to corruption and a change of government. www.france24.com/en/africa/20...

Ninth night of GenZ 212 anti-corruption youth protests sweeps Morocco

Young Moroccans took to the streets on Sunday for the ninth straight night of demonstrations calling for an end to corruption and a change of government. The rallies, organised online by the anonymous...

www.france24.com

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Stewart Home @stewarthome.bsky.social · 3d

Denizen of the Dead is still the world's greatest & only anti-gentrification horror anthology. You can order it here (& on many other platforms): www.alibris.co.uk/booksearch?m...

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Stewart Home @stewarthome.bsky.social · 3d

Which shows the need for critical thinking about social organisation.

Stewart Home @stewarthome.bsky.social · 5d

With Lynne Tillman & Chloe Aridjis at Close-Up Cinema last night. For a rare screening of Lynne's 1984 film Committed co-directed by Sheila McLaughlin & with a Q&A after.

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Stewart Home @stewarthome.bsky.social · 5d

John Piche interviews me about my book Fascist Yoga for the Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library podcast. youtu.be/bvJi8cX7yR4?...

Modern Yoga and the Far Right with Stewart Home

YouTube video by Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library

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Stewart Home @stewarthome.bsky.social · 5d

It's a sad story....

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Stewart Home @stewarthome.bsky.social · 5d

Karolina Krzyzak became interested in yoga & started training to get her teaching certification. Inspired by raw vegans & wellness coaches she followed on Instagram, she started fashioning herself into a spiritual influencer… archive.ph/Qn2oA

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Stewart Home @stewarthome.bsky.social · 6d

White nativeness is a fragile & anxious project that relies on bordering practices to secure its claims to ownership & belonging. It is an attempt to preserve a racial-colonial order centred around whiteness. blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Is migration an invasion? Whiteness, borders and colonialism in Europe

Are migrants invading Europe? Tarsis Brito shows how notions of white nativeness have combined with colonial legacies to portray migration as a state of siege.

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Stewart Home @stewarthome.bsky.social · 8d

Rohan R. led several communities on Discord. Harsh Reality was a far-right forum. “I am very conservative," he explained. "That's the case with Mussolini, #Putin and Hitler, who are against the LGBTQ+ movement. They were also against feminism." archive.ph/5I9zi

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Stewart Home @stewarthome.bsky.social · 8d

Another photo of me demonstrating my headstand reading stunt during a Q&A with Sascha Akhtar about my book Fascist Yoga at the MayDay Rooms in London's Fleet Street last week.

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Stewart Home @stewarthome.bsky.social · 8d

We reject the far right’s racist lies about “protecting” women and girls. They are not defenders of women—they exploit violence against women to fuel hate and division. Standing up for women’s rights means rejecting racism and division. actionnetwork.org/petitions/wo...

Women against the Far Right Scotland

We reject the far right’s racist lies about “protecting” women and girls. They are not defenders of women—they exploit violence against women to fuel hate and division. Standing up for women’s rights ...

actionnetwork.org

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Stewart Home @stewarthome.bsky.social · 9d

RIP Terry Farrell. Here I am with his iconic MI6 Spy HQ behind me. Don't forget the planned redevelopment of London Wall West will have a massively negative impact on Farell’s neighbouring Alban Gate, so another reason to support the campaign against that: www.crowdjustice.com/case/savemus...

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Stewart Home @stewarthome.bsky.social · 9d

There is little chance that Trump would ever decide to tax billionaires, but the very existence of such a debate within his own political camp says a lot about the growing interest & activism in many countries to make the ultra-wealthy pay more taxes. archive.ph/AozXr

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Stewart Home @stewarthome.bsky.social · 9d

“This is a colonial project, aimed at tech empire, It sounds like colonization 2.0. When you go to another person's country and create your own country there, no matter your excuse, no matter your rationale.” www.wired.com/story/tech-b...

Tech Billionaires Already Captured the White House. They Still Want to Be Kings

From Montenegro to Northern California, the tech elite dream of building cities where they make the rules. Is this, finally, their moment?

www.wired.com

Stewart Home @stewarthome.bsky.social · 10d

Delhi religious guru Chaitanyananda Saraswati' arrested over allegations of sexual harassment, use of fake IDs to pass himself off as a diplomat, and financial fraud. www.livemint.com/news/india/d...

Delhi baba with fake UN ID: Chaitanyananda Saraswati's secrets tumble out after arrest | Today News

Delhi Police arrest self-styled godman Chaitanyananda Saraswati, seizing fake UN and BRICS IDs while probing sexual harassment and ₹8 crore fraud.

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Stewart Home @stewarthome.bsky.social · 10d

My reissued 1980s novel Pure Mania is insane! Get it here: leamingtonbooks.com/pure-mania

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Stewart Home @stewarthome.bsky.social · 11d

The cash-like properties of cryptocurrencies, allowing value to be transferred peer-to-peer, can be exploited for illicit purposes. But blockchain transparency means even small leaks of information can lead to full visibility of illicit financial networks. www.elliptic.co/blog/the-a7-...

The A7 leaks: The role of crypto in Russian sanctions evasion and election interference

Discover how Russia-backed groups uses cryptocurrency to evade sanctions and interfere in elections, backed by insights from leaked data on Ilan Shor's operations and A7's crypto transactions.

www.elliptic.co

Stewart Home @stewarthome.bsky.social · 11d

Keosayan’s comedy show was notable for its racism & cringeworthy lack of humor. In an episode from 2020, a female correspondent dressed as “Barack Obama” — made up in blackface and decked out in gold chains — repeated in English “Black lives matter.” theins.ru/en/news/285311

Russian propagandist Tigran Keosayan, husband of RT head Simonyan, dies after eight months in coma

Tigran Keosayan, a filmmaker and host of the propaganda program International Sawbench on Russia’s NTV channel, has died, his wife Margarita Simonyan announced in a post on Telegram. “Tonight Tigran w...

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