Tony Youens
@ukskeptic.bsky.social
Husband, father, retired, allotmenteer, brewer of alcohol and trying to live as environmentally as is practical.
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The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
September 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
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For the record.
My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.
I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.
I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
September 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
For the record.
My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.
I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.
I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
Free speech?
I’ve read a number of articles saying that Mr Kirk expressed views many find repugnant.
Report those who celebrate Charlie Kirk death to employers, Vance says www.bbc.com/news/article...
I’ve read a number of articles saying that Mr Kirk expressed views many find repugnant.
Report those who celebrate Charlie Kirk death to employers, Vance says www.bbc.com/news/article...
Charlie Kirk death: Report those who celebrate the shooting to employers, Vance says
The vice-president's remarks come amid a wave of firings over posts deemed inappropriate about Kirk's death.
www.bbc.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Free speech?
I’ve read a number of articles saying that Mr Kirk expressed views many find repugnant.
Report those who celebrate Charlie Kirk death to employers, Vance says www.bbc.com/news/article...
I’ve read a number of articles saying that Mr Kirk expressed views many find repugnant.
Report those who celebrate Charlie Kirk death to employers, Vance says www.bbc.com/news/article...
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1. You think you’ve seen it all. You really have not. I’m a hard-bitten journalist of 39 years’ standing, but details of this story made me shout, weep and slap my head. This week’s column + 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This society lauded a police officer who lied and cheated and ruined lives. At last, a reckoning | George Monbiot
As a ‘spy cop’, Bob Lambert callously betrayed innocent women. The official inquiry must ask harsh questions of him – and the state, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2024 at 7:05 AM
1. You think you’ve seen it all. You really have not. I’m a hard-bitten journalist of 39 years’ standing, but details of this story made me shout, weep and slap my head. This week’s column + 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
No plans to join Bluesky yet, Starmer says www.bbc.com/news/article...
Keir Starmer says he has no plans to join Bluesky yet
The social media platform has been rapidly growing in popularity since the US presidential election.
www.bbc.com
November 20, 2024 at 6:06 AM
No plans to join Bluesky yet, Starmer says www.bbc.com/news/article...
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"Act as if you are now living in East Germany and Meta/Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp is the Stasi." (note: She means East Germany 1980)
Those words are hitting deep. #Everyone should read this and spread the word.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Those words are hitting deep. #Everyone should read this and spread the word.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 6:25 PM
"Act as if you are now living in East Germany and Meta/Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp is the Stasi." (note: She means East Germany 1980)
Those words are hitting deep. #Everyone should read this and spread the word.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Those words are hitting deep. #Everyone should read this and spread the word.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Let’s see how Bluesky works. X and Threads are a Wild West of disinformation so I’m using them less and less. Not that anyone cares what the hell I do but I thought I’d better post something.
November 14, 2024 at 7:42 AM
Let’s see how Bluesky works. X and Threads are a Wild West of disinformation so I’m using them less and less. Not that anyone cares what the hell I do but I thought I’d better post something.