Victoria Drummond
@victoriadrumm0nd.bsky.social
Reader, gardener, traveller, Glaswegian, pro European, socialist,
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WATCH: ICE denies her medical care from a physician after the shooting…
(From huff post)
(From huff post)
January 7, 2026 at 11:21 PM
WATCH: ICE denies her medical care from a physician after the shooting…
(From huff post)
(From huff post)
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You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
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I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK
I’m eating lunch, I’m having a panic attack, I’m charging my phone, and then I’m going back out to try and keep my neighborhood safe.
January 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM
I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK
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Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."
January 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."
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Did you know?
The previous editor of BBC Reporting Scotland once said ‘only if Scottish Government fails a target does it get reported, anything else isn’t ‘news’’.
He later deleted the post.
The previous editor of BBC Reporting Scotland once said ‘only if Scottish Government fails a target does it get reported, anything else isn’t ‘news’’.
He later deleted the post.
January 6, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Did you know?
The previous editor of BBC Reporting Scotland once said ‘only if Scottish Government fails a target does it get reported, anything else isn’t ‘news’’.
He later deleted the post.
The previous editor of BBC Reporting Scotland once said ‘only if Scottish Government fails a target does it get reported, anything else isn’t ‘news’’.
He later deleted the post.
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Reporter with background reporting on Latin America, so likely well sourced.
January 6, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Reporter with background reporting on Latin America, so likely well sourced.
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For context: unherd.com/newsroom/gri...
Grindr CEO confirms ‘significant’ user spike during RNC
Grindr’s CEO has acknowledged that the app had a “significant spike in usage” during last year’s Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. In a new interview with UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers, George Ar...
unherd.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:41 PM
For context: unherd.com/newsroom/gri...
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10/10. No notes.
January 6, 2026 at 5:27 PM
10/10. No notes.
I recall Iraqis rejoicing as Sadam fell.
@wlrnnews.bsky.social
Venezuelans interviewed in Weston and Doral — cities with the largest concentration of Venezuelan-Americans in the U.S. — said they are ecstatic over Maduro’s ouster, and are hopeful of a promising future.
Venezuelans interviewed in Weston and Doral — cities with the largest concentration of Venezuelan-Americans in the U.S. — said they are ecstatic over Maduro’s ouster, and are hopeful of a promising future.
Jubilation. Joy. Hope. Venezuelans in South Florida celebrate Maduro's ouster with guarded optimism
Venezuelans interviewed in Weston and Doral — cities with the largest concentration of Venezuelan-Americans in the nation — said they are ecstatic over Maduro’s ouster from their beloved homeland, and...
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January 6, 2026 at 10:03 PM
I recall Iraqis rejoicing as Sadam fell.
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Fortunate Son was also the title of the autobiography by Lewis Burwell Puller, son of Lt Gen Chesty Puller, who followed his father and became a USMC officer, in Vietnam. He served 3.5 months before losing both legs and his left hand to a booby trap.
He took his own life in 1994.
Context matters.
He took his own life in 1994.
Context matters.
Trump posts footage of the Maduro raid set to "Fortunate Son" -- a protest song about the Vietnam War draft
January 4, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Fortunate Son was also the title of the autobiography by Lewis Burwell Puller, son of Lt Gen Chesty Puller, who followed his father and became a USMC officer, in Vietnam. He served 3.5 months before losing both legs and his left hand to a booby trap.
He took his own life in 1994.
Context matters.
He took his own life in 1994.
Context matters.
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Swalwell: He couldn't run a casino, and now he's going to run a country in South America while he fails to run a country in North America?
January 4, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Swalwell: He couldn't run a casino, and now he's going to run a country in South America while he fails to run a country in North America?
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Outrageous.
Ministers should be listening to scientists, frontline communities and those working towards a green transition – not hosting the interests of oil giants in their own offices.
✍🏼 - @adamramsay.bsky.social
abolishwestminster.substack.com/p/revealed-o...
Ministers should be listening to scientists, frontline communities and those working towards a green transition – not hosting the interests of oil giants in their own offices.
✍🏼 - @adamramsay.bsky.social
abolishwestminster.substack.com/p/revealed-o...
Revealed: oil industry lobbyist working inside UK’s climate department
Polanski slams arrangement; experts warn of 'corporate infiltration antithetical to democracy'
abolishwestminster.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Outrageous.
Ministers should be listening to scientists, frontline communities and those working towards a green transition – not hosting the interests of oil giants in their own offices.
✍🏼 - @adamramsay.bsky.social
abolishwestminster.substack.com/p/revealed-o...
Ministers should be listening to scientists, frontline communities and those working towards a green transition – not hosting the interests of oil giants in their own offices.
✍🏼 - @adamramsay.bsky.social
abolishwestminster.substack.com/p/revealed-o...
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A good way to honor January 6th is just to reshare a bunch of the video from it so you can experience again the immediate visceral reaction to an attack on America.
January 6, 2026 at 6:28 PM
A good way to honor January 6th is just to reshare a bunch of the video from it so you can experience again the immediate visceral reaction to an attack on America.
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In occupied East Jerusalem, over 130 Palestinians from 26 families face imminent eviction from their homes in the neighborhood of Silwan, after Israel’s Supreme Court denied their final chance to appeal their evictions.
January 6, 2026 at 4:24 AM
In occupied East Jerusalem, over 130 Palestinians from 26 families face imminent eviction from their homes in the neighborhood of Silwan, after Israel’s Supreme Court denied their final chance to appeal their evictions.
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We can’t go on like this.
In just two days, the average FTSE 100 CEO has made a median workers full time annual salary.
The right calls this “wealth creation”.
It’s wealth extraction.
Time to tax the rich.
@highpaycentre.bsky.social
highpaycentre.org/fat-cat-day-...
In just two days, the average FTSE 100 CEO has made a median workers full time annual salary.
The right calls this “wealth creation”.
It’s wealth extraction.
Time to tax the rich.
@highpaycentre.bsky.social
highpaycentre.org/fat-cat-day-...
Fat Cat Day 2026 - High Pay Centre
Data shows the average FTSE 100 CEO will take just over two days to earn the median UK worker's full time annual salary. Median FTSE100 CEO pay amounted to £4.398 million (excluding pension), 113 time...
highpaycentre.org
January 6, 2026 at 12:55 PM
We can’t go on like this.
In just two days, the average FTSE 100 CEO has made a median workers full time annual salary.
The right calls this “wealth creation”.
It’s wealth extraction.
Time to tax the rich.
@highpaycentre.bsky.social
highpaycentre.org/fat-cat-day-...
In just two days, the average FTSE 100 CEO has made a median workers full time annual salary.
The right calls this “wealth creation”.
It’s wealth extraction.
Time to tax the rich.
@highpaycentre.bsky.social
highpaycentre.org/fat-cat-day-...
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And yes, stopping Grok making sexualised deep fakes IS restricting free speech.
It’s restricting free speech in an entirely appropriate way.
We need to stop fetishising free speech and be more honest about it.
It’s restricting free speech in an entirely appropriate way.
We need to stop fetishising free speech and be more honest about it.
January 6, 2026 at 2:29 PM
And yes, stopping Grok making sexualised deep fakes IS restricting free speech.
It’s restricting free speech in an entirely appropriate way.
We need to stop fetishising free speech and be more honest about it.
It’s restricting free speech in an entirely appropriate way.
We need to stop fetishising free speech and be more honest about it.
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Yes.
"Evasiveness is not neutral. It is a posture of vassalage."
#Venezuela #RuleofLaw
www.newstatesman.com/world/americ...
"Evasiveness is not neutral. It is a posture of vassalage."
#Venezuela #RuleofLaw
www.newstatesman.com/world/americ...
America kidnapped a president. Keir Starmer said nothing
The abduction of Nicolás Maduro marks a new phase of American imperialism – in which Britain is a vassal state
www.newstatesman.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Yes.
"Evasiveness is not neutral. It is a posture of vassalage."
#Venezuela #RuleofLaw
www.newstatesman.com/world/americ...
"Evasiveness is not neutral. It is a posture of vassalage."
#Venezuela #RuleofLaw
www.newstatesman.com/world/americ...
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Up to 250 days in the year Scotland’s renewables could have powered 100% of our electricity needs so TWICE the UK figure talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/03/u...
Up to 250 days in the year Scotland’s renewables could have powered 100% of our electricity needs so TWICE the UK figure
Image ChatGPT Professor John Robertson OBA From BBC Climate yesterday: Renewables can generate significant amounts of electricity when conditions are right. On roughly a third of days in 2025, at l…
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January 4, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Up to 250 days in the year Scotland’s renewables could have powered 100% of our electricity needs so TWICE the UK figure talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/03/u...
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The Truth about Venezuela.
January 4, 2026 at 7:38 PM
The Truth about Venezuela.
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THIS is why we have the situation we have! The bloody press! We need responsible journalism not click bait FFS! Raging here 🤬
80% of Mumsnet users do not intend to vote Reform.
But @lbc.co.uk is dedicating an entire hour on how "mumsnet users are turning to Reform"
But @lbc.co.uk is dedicating an entire hour on how "mumsnet users are turning to Reform"
January 5, 2026 at 9:59 AM
THIS is why we have the situation we have! The bloody press! We need responsible journalism not click bait FFS! Raging here 🤬
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Doctors and aid workers largely became the de facto journalists on the ground in Gaza when Israel banned international news media and began systematically assassinating Gaza-based Palestinian journalists. So Israel wants to get rid of those de facto reporters to hide its crimes.
Caitlin Johnstone
Caitlin Johnstone
January 1, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Doctors and aid workers largely became the de facto journalists on the ground in Gaza when Israel banned international news media and began systematically assassinating Gaza-based Palestinian journalists. So Israel wants to get rid of those de facto reporters to hide its crimes.
Caitlin Johnstone
Caitlin Johnstone
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One of the first things a Farage government will do will be to make sure "the young are
taught correctly about our history," and if that doesn't set off all manner of alarm bells then it should. (MAIL)
taught correctly about our history," and if that doesn't set off all manner of alarm bells then it should. (MAIL)
January 1, 2026 at 4:58 PM
One of the first things a Farage government will do will be to make sure "the young are
taught correctly about our history," and if that doesn't set off all manner of alarm bells then it should. (MAIL)
taught correctly about our history," and if that doesn't set off all manner of alarm bells then it should. (MAIL)
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This AFTER remains of a 30 ft boat washed ashore, with burned bodies inside & packages (small) of what residue tests establish was nothing more than Marijuana; which is legal for recreational use in several states. It's just murder.
apnews.com/article/boat...
apnews.com/article/boat...
US military strikes 5 more alleged drug boats, killing 8 and possibly leaving survivors
The U.S. military says it has struck five alleged drug-smuggling boats over two days. The attacks killed a total of eight people while others jumped overboard and may have survived.
apnews.com
January 1, 2026 at 7:37 PM
This AFTER remains of a 30 ft boat washed ashore, with burned bodies inside & packages (small) of what residue tests establish was nothing more than Marijuana; which is legal for recreational use in several states. It's just murder.
apnews.com/article/boat...
apnews.com/article/boat...