Reposted by AzureWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 18/09/2025I'm not sure the average American is prepared for their cultural diet being dictated by the Trump politburo. 2659 65
Reposted by AzureGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/09/2025A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act. 17336055917507 60.6K
Reposted by AzureLewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 18/06/2025British decline in one story. Any state which finds itself incapable of managing a project as basic as rolling out a 20th century tech between its biggest cities needs to ask itself some profound questions about what hope it has of managing the technologies of the 21st. 1531444350 1.4K
Reposted by AzureThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14/06/2025Gov. Tim Walz: "Minnesota Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were shot and killed early this morning in what appears to be a politically motivated assassination. Our state lost a great leader and I lost the dearest of friends...We must all stand against political violence." 651623421 1.6K
Reposted by Azurejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/06/2025the white house thinks brute force is, no pun intended, a trump card. they don’t anticipate pushback and they don’t know how to handle it with anything other than escalation. the issue is that each escalation is itself a gamble. if protesters refuse to back down, you’ve lost face. (1/?) 165117342170 11.7K
Reposted by AzureSchnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 08/06/2025deploying the national guard without support of local law enforcement and when your boys already got trapped in a home depot parking lot by a couple hundred people with fireworks. oh also its an area of millions of people and wildly spread out. A brilliant decision by Miller et al, just strategery 12684119 684
Reposted by AzurePolling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 08/05/2025The share of Americans who consider Holocaust denialism to be anti-semitic is declining with age in a worrying trend usapolling.substack.com/p/younger-am...usapolling.substack.comYounger Americans Are Increasingly Unlikely To Say Holocaust Denial Is Anti-SemiticRecent polling highlights the worrying trend as memories of the genocide slowly fade from the collective consciousness 710921 109
Reposted by AzureAlexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 06/04/2025If the Starmer government doesn't understand that grovelling towards Trump will just make the UK look ridiculous towards the EU and China without any gains with the US then Labour is going to lose the respect of Right as well as Left wing UK voters too 1017747 177
Reposted by AzureAlexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Watch the Russians and their allies in the Trump administration suddenly decide elections this year in Ukraine are not actually a good thing as they realise that any election where Ukrainians still feel under threat returns Zelensky to power with a massive majority 124344 243
Reposted by AzureThe Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 04/03/2025⚡️BREAKING: Trump halts military aid to Ukraine, media reports. U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered a suspension of all military aid to Ukraine, escalating pressure on President Volodymyr Zelensky mere days after a heated exchange in the Oval Office cast doubt on U.S. support for Kyiv.kyivindependent.comBREAKING: Trump halts military aid to Ukraine, media reportsU.S. President Donald Trump ordered a suspension of all military aid to Ukraine on March 3, escalating pressure on President Volodymyr Zelensky. 184586217 586
Reposted by AzureSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Bets on when Braverman is going to propose deporting herself? 2840653 406
Reposted by AzureWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Just embarrassing. This is precisely what Montgomerie signed up to. Nobody has changed their position in any way. 1517735 177
Reposted by AzureLewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 18/02/2025A Trump shill on Newsnight claims there are more people in prison in UK jails for freedom of speech violations than in Putin’s Russia. These people are radicalised, insane, plain stupid or some combination of all three. 1862823561 2.8K
Reposted by AzureDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 09/02/2025This one is for all of those who said there was no point in Labour trying to deepen EU ties with the red lines in place. Economically, there's a lot to gain from regulatory alignment. Why? Because that gives companies the predictably to invest in the UK. 20470170 470
Reposted by AzureReuters @reuters.com · 05/02/2025LIVE: Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts Kilauea volcano spews lava in Hawaii. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZwD...youtube.comLIVE: Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts | REUTERSYouTube video by Reuters 1219151 191
Reposted by AzurePhilip Bump @pbump.com · 02/02/2025One reason that there is a legislative process for appropriating money is so that uninformed liars can't submarine programs on a whim. 724486852 4.5K
Reposted by AzureDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Don't be Canada, Mexico or China was the main advice on dealing with Trump on trade. As predicted they are first in line to be hit. Don't do a deal with Trump is next. He doesn't respect his own deals. That he signed with all three. 18316111 316
Reposted by AzureNate Kelly @natekelly.bsky.social · 31/01/2025We are in the midst of an authoritarian takeover and it is unfolding at a very rapid pace. 914945 149
Reposted by AzurePhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Well that didn’t take long 871725212 1.7K
Reposted by AzureJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 28/01/202510% of people evidently 16735112 735
Reposted by AzureConspiracy Bullshit @conspiracybull1.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Tried using DeepSeek and it's hilarious. 3268 26
Reposted by AzureChris Prosser @caprosser.com · 27/01/2025I think we should take this story from the Times today (and picked up by many other outlets) with an enormous pinch of salt for two reason (mini thread): www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...thetimes.comGen Z doubts about democracy laid bare in ‘worrying’ surveyMore than half believe the UK should be a dictatorship and there’s a stark gender divide over equality, research for Channel 4 shows 39423227 423
Reposted by AzureMike Masnick @masnick.com · 23/01/2025So, TikTok is supposedly a national security threat from China, but it seems odd that there's been almost no mainstream press coverage of Trump dismantling the board investigating the Salt Typhoon hack which is an ACTUAL PROVEN hack from China & incredibly damaging. www.techdirt.com/2025/01/23/t...techdirt.comTrump Disbands Cybersecurity Board Investigating Massive Chinese Phone System HackFor all the hype and warnings about how TikTok is clearly a “national security threat” from China, the Trump administration has effectively kneecapped the investigation into one of the most serious… 642495938 2.5K
Reposted by AzureDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 23/01/2025My morning has been pemmed. Which is fine, I've advocated for the UK joining, talked to relevant folk in the EU, heard businesses who it could help, etc. Problem is - this should be completely obvious. Every country in the region is a member. Why is it so hard for the UK? 29352110 352
Reposted by AzureEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Searching #liberal or #democrat on Instagram now returns "We've hidden these results", #Republican has no such problem. Seems bad. 2071956738 2K
Reposted by AzureEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Looking forward to the right-wing media spending the next 24 hours explaining how an obvious Nazi salute really wasn't a Nazi salute, you stupid libs. 992921453 2.9K
Reposted by AzureSteve Akehurst @steveakehurst.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Very important for everyone in the British politics to understand what we are dealing with here, and the stakes involved. Not politics as normal. 26678143 678
Reposted by AzureThe Independent @the-independent.com · 17/01/2025SpaceX’s giant Starship rocket blew up in midflight during a crucial test of Elon Musk’s Mars ambitions. “Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn. Teams will continue to review data from today’s flight test,” the company said on X on Thursday.independent.co.ukSpaceX’s giant Starship rocket blows up in ‘rapid unscheduled disassembly’Thursday’s Starship flight test, which saw the upper stage disappear while approaching orbital velocity, comes just months ahead of the first planned commercial missions 5518550 185
Azure @azurestripe.bsky.social · 16/01/2025The Online Safety Act 2023 is being implemented from March and omg this will be an absolute disaster for the internet in the UK (my home). I've seen a website I've linked to documenting some of the unintended impacts of the Online Safety Act; online forums are going to be absolutely devastated.onlinesafetyact.co.ukIn Memoriam - OnlineSafetyAct.co.uk 200 2
Reposted by AzureLewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 16/01/2025The (unloved) Brexit consensus across the Westminster parties is wobbling. Why Ed Davey's speech calling for a UK/EU customs union is a big moment. Me on Substack open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...open.substack.comThe Brexit consensus is wobblingEd Davey makes an interesting move (no, stay with me here) 521343321 1.3K
Reposted by AzureBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 15/01/2025ahahahahahahahahaha they already cut their pay significantly in 2023, leading to an exodus of talent. this is going to turn it into a disaster zone at exactly the time when they need them most. www.reuters.com/world/china/...reuters.comChina's securities regulator, central bank cut staff pay budgetsChina's securities regulator and central bank cut the budget allocation for employee salaries in 2023, following reforms ordered as part of a broader drive to reduce income disparity. 929738 297
Reposted by AzureBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 15/01/2025we are watching the world's superpowers enter into the Age of Dumb 1637745 377
Reposted by AzureJames @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 15/01/2025My honest worry with Hegseth isn’t just that he’s incomprehensibly unqualified for the position so much as we have four years of widespread crippling dysfunction that hollows out the DoD’s institutional capacity to the extent that it takes decades to recover. 2558077 580
Reposted by AzureMichael Colborne @colborne.bsky.social · 14/01/2025tfw you get fired not because of publicly expressing your admiration for Mussolini and performing a fascist salute while chanting “Duce Duce” but for posting a pic of your new fake penis 1314626 146
Reposted by AzureDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 12/01/2025UK economic performance since 2008 suggests that we don't know how to get growth but that repeating the same ideas (export more, deregulate, etc) isn't working. 2625069 250
Reposted by AzureMira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Robert Fico is hated by his own people, the EU people and Ukrainian people. Frankly, the only people that like Robert Fico live in moscow 837642 376
Reposted by AzureRichard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 10/01/2025This headline reads like the BBC is terrified of being sued for libel by the rhino. 1083506589 3.5K
Reposted by AzureBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 10/01/2025I think gaming is particularly prone to bringing out male fantasies, through its very nature - and the unfortunate truth is that a lot of those are ugly as fuck 1334135 341
Azure @azurestripe.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Finally decided to update my profile picture, mostly focusing on changing the colour to the same as I have on Discord (had it for around 5 months on there). TLDR; It's inverted colours. Just fits the theme of my username more. 000 0
Reposted by AzureMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Yup. And if any Canadians are interested in setting up a “European Movement Canada”, do get in touch. 💁🏻♂️economist.comWhy Canada should join the EUEurope needs space and resources, Canada needs people. Let’s deal 15434105 434
Reposted by AzureLarry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 05/01/2025It turns out that Farage was right; foreigners were coming for his job. 13861571222 6.2K
Reposted by AzureSpinningHugo @spinninghugo.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Bloody hell. This person was nearly the leader of the Tories. I don't think I've ever heard Farage come out with stuff this extreme. 3720658 206
Reposted by AzureOscaaarrrgh @skeletonoscar.bsky.social · 04/01/2025Woke up this morning with this guy on my mind and thought "I simply must cross stitch him" and so, hours later, here he is. 532254701762 25.5K
Reposted by AzureMujtaba Rahman @mijrahman.bsky.social · 04/01/2025Coming back online to the Musk breakdown against Labour and Starmer and his insane tweets on the UK. However bad you thought it was going to get, it's far far worse 611522 115
Reposted by AzureMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 03/01/2025Perfectly put. 452614641 2.6K