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Alan D Alien

@alan-d-alien.bsky.social
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Geostationary over the UK Forever mystified by the human urge to own far more than one could ever use The lesser of two evils is still evil

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Alan D Alien @alan-d-alien.bsky.social · 11h
Ranked: The World’s Most and Least taxed economies as a share of GDP For all those crying "But all the poor, picked-on, hard-up Billionaires will all pick up and leave the UK!" I have two comments; first, they're not paying their fair share now, secondly, wish them well and let them enjoy Libya
visualcapitalist.com
Ranked: The World’s Most and Least Taxed Countries
Some countries collect over 40% of GDP in taxes. Others collect less than 2%. See how countries around the world compare.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 30/09/2026
🚨 We’re calling on Ofcom to open a formal investigation into Nigel Farage presenting GB News shows and whether his programme on 15 September 2026 was within the rules on impartiality ⚠️ Broadcasters are required to present news in an impartial manner, without political bias.
bestforbritain.org
Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain
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SANTA CLAUS @santaclausalaska.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A FUTURE GAME SHOW: “Sorry, Arthur, your answer was correct, but Paul shouted his opinion louder, so he gets the point. And, an extra bonus point goes to Sue, as she was offended by your answer.”
A drawing of a television game show set with three walls behind the host and three contestants behind their respective podiums. One wall is comprised of question squares, another reads: “Facts Don’t Matter”, and the last is blank. The host addresses one of the contestants:
“Sorry, Arthur, your answer was correct, but Paul shouted his opinion louder so he gets the point. And an extra bonus point goes to Sue as she was offended by your answer.”
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Alan D Alien @alan-d-alien.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"I write usa in small letters now. When they smarten up they can have the capitals back." Credit: ReadBikeYodelRepeat
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Sailing Steve @sailingsteve.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Good advice!! Make noise. It's long. Read it!
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
FT has independently corroborated Kimberly Guilfoyle’s statement that the US was behind the collapse of the Romanian government of PM Bolojan over its refusal to buy US gas at above market prices: "We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here too." www.ft.com/content/7af7...
ft.com
Donald Trump’s ambassador to Greece causes stir in Romania
Kimberly Guilfoyle told embassy dinner in Athens ‘we can do that to any country’, in reference to Romanian government’s fall
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Alan D Alien @alan-d-alien.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A catastrophic Flash Flood Emergency has been issued for Doña Ana County, New Mexico, due to the likely imminent failure of the McLeod Dam. Residents in low-lying areas must evacuate and seek higher ground immediately. #NewNormal
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Alan D Alien @alan-d-alien.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“He happens to be a friend of mine, Kim Jong Un, he’s a friend of mine. He likes Trump, doesn’t like a lot of other people. I’m about the only person in the entire world that he likes, and I like him,” [Trump] said. 👀
aljazeera.com
Trump calls Kim Jong Un a ‘friend’ and plays down N Korea’s nuclear arsenal
US president's comments came after he was asked why North Korea can have nuclear weapons when Iran cannot.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham is coming for your pension! By... er... increasing it by slightly less. Whereas Reform will scrap it completely.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
Trump’s Pentagon is preparing to cut 20% of senior military posts as his top envoys discuss sanctions relief, energy deals, and economic cooperation with Putin’s team. The timing is raising serious questions.
meidasnews.com
Trump's Hegseth Plans 20% Cut to Senior Military Posts as Putin Envoy Courts U.S.
As the Pentagon prepares to downgrade or eliminate senior billets by January 1, 2027, Trump officials are discussing Russian energy and economic cooperation while Moscow's war on Ukraine continues.
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Carisa Hendrix @carisahendrix.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Your story has everything except credibility.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ed Miliband, 'Every experience I've had in the two months that I've been Foreign Secretary tells me: our future lies in a deeper, stronger partnership with the EU." So much more refreshing and honest than Keir Starmer's disastrous make Brexit work nonsense.
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Alan D Alien @alan-d-alien.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Leopards/faces, and all that...
comicsands.com
MAGA Candidate Rages After ICE Targets Family Member For Deportation—And The Hypocrisy Is Rich
Rules for thee, but not for me, right Paul?
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Anyone who believes this bunch of con artists represents their interests is either a billionaire or seriously misinformed. leftfootforward.org/2026/09/outr...
leftfootforward.org
Outrage as Reform-run council votes to shut 10 nurseries
Members of the public shouted “you should be ashamed” as Reform councillors approved the plans
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Alan D Alien @alan-d-alien.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Oracle has already struggled mightily this year, with lenders growing jittery... forcing the cloud and infrastructure giant to lay off thousands of workers in an emergency cost cutting spree. Clearly even those drastic maneuvers weren’t enough...as Oracle now braces for a serious financial impact."
futurism.com
Trump's Stargate AI Project in Huge Trouble As $18 Billion Data Center Shrivels Toward Oblivion
The first stage of Donald Trump's $500 billion AI megaproject is in dire straights, as tech giant Oracle braces for an $18 billion impact.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Happy Kicked In The Head By A Horse Day, to all who celebrate. It's the 7th anniversary of this absolute banger.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sounds right to me 👍
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Alan D Alien @alan-d-alien.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Headline: Israel inconvenienced Actual story: Israel destroyed 90% of Gaza’s water and sanitation infrastructure. For many, this means a stark choice between drinking an extra cup of water or saving it to wash their hands and prevent disease, with acute diarrhoea among the leading causes of illness
theguardian.com
Israel facing water shortages caused by destruction of Gaza’s treatment plants
Five desalination plants shut down for days, while Gaza remains in grip of severe water and sanitation crisis
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I’d like to thank everyone on Twitter who has spoken out to denounce Andy Burnham’s move to tackle misinformation. The fact that all the Russian bots are saying exactly the same thing is pure coincidence.
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Alan D Alien @alan-d-alien.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"A thinktank linked to Reform UK has called for the abolition of the state pension and £75bn worth of sweeping tax cuts in a “radical” report likely to influence the party’s platform for the next election." Reform UK = no NHS, no State Pension and massive tax cuts for the richest
theguardian.com
Thinktank linked to Reform UK calls for abolition of state pension
‘Radical’ report likely to influence party’s platform also proposes abolishing inheritance and capital gains taxes
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Alan D Alien @alan-d-alien.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Maga Leopard Face with Red Toy
ALT: Maga Leopard Face with Red Toy
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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The BBC has been showcasing the views of oil tycoon Jim Ratcliffe in every news show for the last 24 hours, noting that he's "one of Britain's richest men". Shouldn't this be "one of Monaco's richest men"? How about similar airtime for (say) one of Britain's poorest women?
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Alan D Alien @alan-d-alien.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"A draft amendment to Turkey’s penal code that proposed prosecuting all LGBTQ+ people... was withdrawn last year. Instead, the Turkish authorities have increasingly targeted LGBTQ+ individuals and groups using broad “obscenity” charges." Another holiday destination you might wish to reconsider!
theguardian.com
Turkey detains dozens in crackdown on LGBTQ+ activists and journalists
Protesters teargassed as minister claims widespread raids and arrests under obscenity laws were to ‘protect families’
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Alan D Alien @alan-d-alien.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"Estimates found workers already waste 3.4 hours a month cleaning up the AI schlock, amounting to a monthly loss of $8.1 million for a workplace with 10,000 employees" And that's why you shouldn't use AI for your homework kids!
futurism.com
"Slop Grenades": Shopify CEO Who Pushed Staff to Use AI Is Now Horrified by What He's Wrought
Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke is getting a first-hand look at the AI-workplace revolution, and it isn't a pretty sight.
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Alan D Alien @alan-d-alien.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
@andyburnham.bsky.social , UK Government still supporting and monetizing this sustained attack on our democracy. Thoughts?
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Alan D Alien @alan-d-alien.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Welcome to the best 33 seconds of your day 😃
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A Brexit-supporting billionaire who fled abroad so he didn’t have to pay any tax to help the people of his country says he’s lost confidence in the UK.
bbc.co.uk
Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Erstwhile Labour leadership contender Owen Smith lobbies for Big Pharma, former shadow chancellor Chris Leslie heads the trade association for 4000% interest rate doorstep loan sharks. Now Lord Watson has signed up with Palantir. Such are the moral scruples of the Labour right.
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Alan D Alien @alan-d-alien.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Errrm.....
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Alan D Alien @alan-d-alien.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
De-Google your life 👇
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Alan D Alien @alan-d-alien.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
@ukparliament.parliament.uk will he be apologising for misleading the House?
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 17/09/2026
Former senior Nigel Farage aide Dan Jukes went on an all-expenses-paid trip to Egypt with the polling company JL Partners in December 2025, according to an internal email seen by POLITICO.
politico.eu
Reform aide caught in donor sting attended Egypt retreat with JL Partners
The polling company invited a top Farage lieutenant as a guest speaker.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In 1995, 14 wolves were released in Yellowstone National Park. No one expected the miracle that the wolves would bring. Original post
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Putin pal and oligarch Umar Kremlev, who paid $100,000 towards Don Jr’s wedding, is a former member of the ultranationalist Russian biker gang the Night Wolves and is linked to the abduction of Ukrainian children.
apple.news
Melania Trump denies link to oligarch ‘involved in child abductions’ — The Times and The Sunday Times
The US first lady said she had no relationship with Umar Kremlev, who paid for Donald Trump Jr’s wedding in the Bahamas this year
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Alan D Alien @alan-d-alien.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Yet another Brexit Benef... oh, hang on 🤦‍♂️
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Alan D Alien @alan-d-alien.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"When [Kushner] remarked that Putin is “very committed” to negotiations to end the war Russia started, those in attendance at the forum burst out laughing, according to local media." The Trump regime is a wholly-owned Putin enterprise #Krasnov
thedailybeast.com
Trump’s Son-in-Law Is Brutally Mocked at Major Diplomatic Forum
Kushner said Ukraine was being stubborn in its refusal to give Putin what he wants.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"So tell me Mr Farage, what was it about a system favoured by money launderers that allows donations to be totally untraceable that first attracted you to crypto?"
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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
My brain hurts.....
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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Makes sense, you can’t be the MP for St Pancras and Holborn and coach a Bundesliga side.
Gladbach sack Polanski
Head coach dismissed just three games into Bundesliga season following 5-0 defeat to
Freiburg
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Alan D Alien @alan-d-alien.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"Tests showed that their built-in microphones could capture clean audio of nearby conversations and generate transcripts of them, even when the TVs were in standby mode, which most TVs default to when you think you’ve turned them off, with the display powering down." #NineteenEightyFour
futurism.com
LG TVs Caught Secretly Recording Users and Scanning Their Homes For Other Devices, Even When Disconnected From the Internet
An investigation found that LG smart TVs are spying on customers and recording clean audio of their conversations.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Josh Russell → @MVTFWD @joshfwd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Days apart. -Burnham doesn’t cap donations. -Reform get record donations. In addition: - Voter ID will remain (needlessly), it’s estimated that 400k were denied a vote in 2024 as a result - Proportional Representation not part of the “Representation of the People” bill making it an oxymoron
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Another £36m for Farage from another crypto billionaire (the one who previously gave him £5m). UK politics - and the UK itself - is being bought.
theguardian.com
Christopher Harborne matches £36m Reform donation of Ben Zelo
Party leader, Nigel Farage, says he is humbled by the contributions from cryptocurrency billionaires
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reform UK's record-breaking donor was accused of running “in effect a money laundering platform”. Prosecutors accused Delo of being the “leader of a criminal enterprise” who knew that his Bitmex platform had become a “magnet for money laundering and criminal activity”.
adambienkov.co.uk
Reform UK Is Now a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Corrupt Crypto Industry
As criminal investigations into Reform’s funding continue, much of the British press continues to give a free pass to Nigel Farage’s shady funders
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 11/09/2026
This week, our Whitehall Correspondent Kate Devlin published a fascinating (& extremely damning) exclusive interview with Nick Bloom, a professor at Stanford University, who said that the billions the UK has lost to Brexit could wipe out NHS waiting lists & create a world-class service if recouped
independent.co.uk
Billions lost to Brexit could make NHS waiting lists disappear, top economist says
Exclusive: Nigel Farage is a ‘spectre’ impeding the UK’s recovery from Brexit, which has cost the UK £3,000 per person every year, Professor Nick Bloom says
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Alan D Alien @alan-d-alien.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Maga Leopard Face with Red Toy
ALT: Maga Leopard Face with Red Toy
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Mike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The whole right wing thing about welfare spending being out of control is nonsense. As a share of GDP, current spending is pretty much average for the last 20 years. Housing benefit as a share of GDP has been essentially unchanged. And overall spending is very poor compared to much of Europe.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Andy Burnham is reportedly refusing interviews and article requests from The Sun due to the paper’s past lies about Hillsborough 👏 observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk
Hurt over Hillsborough prompts Burnham to block out the Sun
The PM would become the first national leader since Labour’s James Callaghan in the 1970s to not co-operate with the paper
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
West Midlands Police: “We’re aware of a video circulating from the Reform UK Conference showing an incident with a protester. We haven’t received a complaint but would ask the woman to come forward. Anyone with any information should contact us on 101 quoting log number 924-050926”
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.
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