DebT
@writergeek.bsky.social
Data journalist, copywriter, science/research communications in microplastics, tree science, climate change. Keen on walking, growing veg, cooking and podcasts.
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The UK government / penal system is being viciously, unnecessarily, vindictively cruel.
What would it cost them to supply a mask to a weakened prisoner?!
And REMEMBER: these prisoners have NOT been convicted of any crime: OVER A YEAR in prison without trial!
All to kowtow to psychopathic Israel.
What would it cost them to supply a mask to a weakened prisoner?!
And REMEMBER: these prisoners have NOT been convicted of any crime: OVER A YEAR in prison without trial!
All to kowtow to psychopathic Israel.
December 22, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The UK government / penal system is being viciously, unnecessarily, vindictively cruel.
What would it cost them to supply a mask to a weakened prisoner?!
And REMEMBER: these prisoners have NOT been convicted of any crime: OVER A YEAR in prison without trial!
All to kowtow to psychopathic Israel.
What would it cost them to supply a mask to a weakened prisoner?!
And REMEMBER: these prisoners have NOT been convicted of any crime: OVER A YEAR in prison without trial!
All to kowtow to psychopathic Israel.
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The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
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Keir Starmer festive message to Reform UK at start of PMQs:
“If mysterious men from the east appear bearing gifts…this time report it to the police”
“If mysterious men from the east appear bearing gifts…this time report it to the police”
December 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Keir Starmer festive message to Reform UK at start of PMQs:
“If mysterious men from the east appear bearing gifts…this time report it to the police”
“If mysterious men from the east appear bearing gifts…this time report it to the police”
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Following the controversy over the edited Trump speech, the BBC has been lambasted for its negative and biased portrayal of the leader of a prominent right-wing government…
An Evening with Private Eye 2025, out now on YouTube.
An Evening with Private Eye 2025, out now on YouTube.
December 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Following the controversy over the edited Trump speech, the BBC has been lambasted for its negative and biased portrayal of the leader of a prominent right-wing government…
An Evening with Private Eye 2025, out now on YouTube.
An Evening with Private Eye 2025, out now on YouTube.
Latest attack on Europe: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Donald Trump sues BBC for up to $10bn over edit of January 6 speech
President accuses corporation of ‘intentionally, maliciously and deceptively’ editing speech in Panorama broadcast
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Latest attack on Europe: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
Reaching for the law to suppress dissent, but in a typically daft British way that one suspects is deep ignorance of how politics works.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Leader of Reform-run council accused of ‘authoritarian’ attempt to silence opposition
Worcestershire council leader Jo Monk sent city councillor Ed Kimberley a cease and desist letter over his criticism of her
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Reaching for the law to suppress dissent, but in a typically daft British way that one suspects is deep ignorance of how politics works.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
When you don't like a rights framework, rewrite it, apparently. All rights are under attack, and those facing discrimination are feeling it first.
'European nations to begin major talks on ECHR migration rule changes' - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
European nations to begin major talks on ECHR migration rule changes
The talks are the most significant sign yet that international human rights law could be reinterpreted.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 6:30 AM
When you don't like a rights framework, rewrite it, apparently. All rights are under attack, and those facing discrimination are feeling it first.
We can't repeat this enough. Countries are conducting psychological warfare against us via digital communication.
I signed the letter calling for the release of Marwan Barghouti. Overnight, I've received some 2,000 attack emails, identical text but different purported senders and subject headers. Still coming through now. Other signatories also getting it. Definitely an op.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
More than 200 leading cultural figures call for release of jailed Palestinian leader
Group including Margaret Atwood, Ian McKellen and Richard Branson sign open letter to free Marwan Barghouti
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:35 AM
We can't repeat this enough. Countries are conducting psychological warfare against us via digital communication.
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Sheringham Bus Shelter siege enters ninth day. Town Council to meet today in secret. County Council bailiffs conducting night raids
The battle for Sheringham bus shelter: protesters defiant as bailiffs sent in
Norfolk county council wants to demolish a ‘beloved’ 1950s bus shelter in Sheringham, but campaigners are staging a 24/7 sit-in
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Sheringham Bus Shelter siege enters ninth day. Town Council to meet today in secret. County Council bailiffs conducting night raids
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All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
December 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
Having two or more languages is impressive. There is nothing more to say than that.
2 in 3 of Nigel Farage’s current and former partners do not speak English as their first language.
December 4, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Having two or more languages is impressive. There is nothing more to say than that.
There's plenty to disagree with, with the Labour government. But the budget is ok - not a bad job considering.
Do we Brits really have to endlessly moan about everything? It's like a national disease.
Bet I'm not winning the prize for likes for this post though!
#UKBurget2025
Do we Brits really have to endlessly moan about everything? It's like a national disease.
Bet I'm not winning the prize for likes for this post though!
#UKBurget2025
November 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
There's plenty to disagree with, with the Labour government. But the budget is ok - not a bad job considering.
Do we Brits really have to endlessly moan about everything? It's like a national disease.
Bet I'm not winning the prize for likes for this post though!
#UKBurget2025
Do we Brits really have to endlessly moan about everything? It's like a national disease.
Bet I'm not winning the prize for likes for this post though!
#UKBurget2025
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The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
Bluesky, like other social media platforms, are dominated it seems by male voices, if my feed is anything to go by. Could anyone share with me with some great women thinkers to balance things out?
November 24, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Bluesky, like other social media platforms, are dominated it seems by male voices, if my feed is anything to go by. Could anyone share with me with some great women thinkers to balance things out?
We exist in narratives of gloom, and then someone comes up with this plan for a new, affordable and not-for-profit forest city. Amazing!
And when can I move there....
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
And when can I move there....
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How ambitious ‘forest city’ plan for England could become a reality
Cross-party coalition behind proposals hope eco-friendly scheme for million people could begin before end of decade
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:28 PM
We exist in narratives of gloom, and then someone comes up with this plan for a new, affordable and not-for-profit forest city. Amazing!
And when can I move there....
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
And when can I move there....
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Too few people know the extent of fake social media accounts.
Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
November 23, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Too few people know the extent of fake social media accounts.
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I'm really concerned about the direction things are heading.
We're on a threshold where enormous migration is going to be necessary due to climate change, yet western countries are hardening borders and raising the ladder.
While simultaneously accelerating the severity of climate change.
We're on a threshold where enormous migration is going to be necessary due to climate change, yet western countries are hardening borders and raising the ladder.
While simultaneously accelerating the severity of climate change.
New: major overhaul of immigration laws to see citizenship denied to those who got welfare, or are in debt. Family reunification only for close family, tighter rules around self sufficiency. Changes to revoke residency for those who commit serious crimes
www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
No Irish citizenship for refugees on welfare benefits
Ministers to crack down on migration after UK review of asylum-seeking rules
www.thetimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I'm really concerned about the direction things are heading.
We're on a threshold where enormous migration is going to be necessary due to climate change, yet western countries are hardening borders and raising the ladder.
While simultaneously accelerating the severity of climate change.
We're on a threshold where enormous migration is going to be necessary due to climate change, yet western countries are hardening borders and raising the ladder.
While simultaneously accelerating the severity of climate change.
Interesting analysis of bot behaviour on social media platforms, which concludes that they are used frequently to disrupt and create conflict around political and religious material, and we can expect about 20% of social media traffic to be fake.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Interesting analysis of bot behaviour on social media platforms, which concludes that they are used frequently to disrupt and create conflict around political and religious material, and we can expect about 20% of social media traffic to be fake.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
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'The UK should establish a network of “disruptive invention” labs outside of the university system to pursue frontier science and technology'. (Tony Blair Institute)
The UK should stabilise the disrupted university system before faffing about with shiny new disruptive networks. (actual researcher)
The UK should stabilise the disrupted university system before faffing about with shiny new disruptive networks. (actual researcher)
UK needs new ‘disruptive’ labs for frontier science, says think tank.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
November 20, 2025 at 10:14 AM
'The UK should establish a network of “disruptive invention” labs outside of the university system to pursue frontier science and technology'. (Tony Blair Institute)
The UK should stabilise the disrupted university system before faffing about with shiny new disruptive networks. (actual researcher)
The UK should stabilise the disrupted university system before faffing about with shiny new disruptive networks. (actual researcher)
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Watch this.
I swear your blood will boil.
I swear your blood will boil.
November 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Watch this.
I swear your blood will boil.
I swear your blood will boil.
"The former pupil said sometimes Farage and others would wait at the lower school gate for pupils being dropped off by their parents."
This is more than a young person's sillyness. This is organised racist gang mobbing and othering, with #Farage at the centre.
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
This is more than a young person's sillyness. This is organised racist gang mobbing and othering, with #Farage at the centre.
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:11 AM
"The former pupil said sometimes Farage and others would wait at the lower school gate for pupils being dropped off by their parents."
This is more than a young person's sillyness. This is organised racist gang mobbing and othering, with #Farage at the centre.
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
This is more than a young person's sillyness. This is organised racist gang mobbing and othering, with #Farage at the centre.
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
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One of the most shameful incidents of WW2 was when the government and press scapegoated refugees, then decided to pack them off an a cramped ship, The HMT DUNERA and ship them to Australia.
As they boarded the boat they were stripped of the valuables and robbed by the guards.
Now government policy
As they boarded the boat they were stripped of the valuables and robbed by the guards.
Now government policy
November 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
One of the most shameful incidents of WW2 was when the government and press scapegoated refugees, then decided to pack them off an a cramped ship, The HMT DUNERA and ship them to Australia.
As they boarded the boat they were stripped of the valuables and robbed by the guards.
Now government policy
As they boarded the boat they were stripped of the valuables and robbed by the guards.
Now government policy