Reposted by Ben ThorneJay Waters @jaywaters.bsky.social · 20/06/2026The President of the United States is a liar. 1744302699 0
Reposted by Ben ThorneRicky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Iran got sanctions removed, will continue missile program, their nuclear program stays intact, they’ll get $300B and confirmed they’ll continue to toll Strait of Hormuz. US lost hundreds of billions, has record high gas prices, Americans are dead, NO gains. Art of the fraud. 40965162020 0
Reposted by Ben ThorneGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Both the government and the Court of Appeal now treat protesters as terrorists and terrorists as protesters. It's hard to accept that a "Labour" government is imposing rightwing authoritarianism on the UK, but please read this column to see what's happening.+🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe Belfast riots, Palestine Action protests. What is terrorism now – and why the hypocrisy? | George MonbiotThe right is obsessed with ‘two-tier policing’. This is indeed a two-tier government – but the real victims are progressives, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 581580851 0
Reposted by Ben ThorneGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/06/2026The Court of Appeal judgement on Palestine Action is frankly bonkers. It says PA is not "a direct action civil disobedience protest group like the suffragettes operating transparently in the open." Right: the arson, bombings, slashings etc were all planned in open meetings in Parliament Square 🙄🧵 20881236 0
Reposted by Ben ThorneOwen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Do we want this country to be destroyed? 1523983 0
Reposted by Ben ThorneDigital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Excessively watching short videos alters cerebral self-control circuits, driving fast, impulsive decisions and reducing sensitivity toward future risks or negative losses. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.12125 232 0
Ben Thorne @benthorne.bsky.social · 10/06/2026These ‘patriots’ are seriously doing my head in now. Still, at least when they chuck a bin we can expose them for the simpletons they are. 000 0
Reposted by Ben ThorneRobin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 10/06/2026First album of poetry and music is here - Working on more - all profits go to Rachel and she needs her tour van fixing so it would be a great time to buy it please normallyweirdassociates.bandcamp.com/album/weirdl...normallyweirdassociates.bandcamp.comWeirdly Normal, by Robin Ince and Rachel Taylor-Beales13 track album 35646 0
Reposted by Ben ThorneGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/06/2026The latest installment of a story that just gets grimmer and grimmer. If you thought such appointments ended with the Tories, you'll be sorely disappointed. www.ft.com/content/747e...ft.comTop health official had close ties with Palantir partner at time of NHS contractScrutiny of Samantha Jones, permanent secretary at the Department of Health, comes amid pressure for ministers to use break clause in key contract 39815415 0
Reposted by Ben ThorneRobin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 08/06/2026This week’s gigs #comedy #poetry #books #bookshop www.robinince.com 35915 0
Reposted by Ben ThornePeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 14/02/2026🔴 SCOOP: Wife of Starmer’s comms chief had direct knowledge of Labour Together’s investigation into journalists, documents seen by D4S show Revelation heaps more pressure on minister Josh Simons to explain why he paid a PR firm to dig dirt on reporters democracyforsale.substack.com/p/starmer-al...democracyforsale.substack.comStarmer ally Josh Simons faces fresh questions about digging dirt on journalistsTory and SNP chiefs call for Labour minister Simons to ‘come clean’ as we reveal new details of PR firm’s campaign to discredit journalists 17384173 0
Ben Thorne @benthorne.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Managed to take a break from the rage induced by that big orange clown to get the next part of the MMT series done. It’s worth asking who the fear serves. medium.com/@benthorne/why…medium.comWhy You’re Being Told To Be Scared Of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT)The fear is real. The reasons for it are not what you think. 000 0
Ben Thorne @benthorne.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Looks like I’ll be voting @greenparty.org.uk then. votecompass.uk 000 0
Reposted by Ben ThorneMary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 12/02/2026The only biosphere in the known universe capable of supporting human life is being turned into a hell planet because most of Earth's governments refuse to stop trying to satisfy the insatiable greed of a plutocracy composed of people who already have more money than they could spend in 20 lifetimes.theguardian.comPoint of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists sayContinued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware 13931421 0
Ben Thorne @benthorne.bsky.social · 12/02/2026I got banned from Twitter from calling Trump a c**t on every post of his for two years straight. 8 years later, it’s still true. 000 0
Reposted by Ben ThorneCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Struggling to find the words to describe the utter reckless vandalism of this sickening move - deliberately making millions of people sicker & less secure in order to enrich billionaire pollutersbbc.co.ukTrump revokes landmark ruling that greenhouse gases endanger public healthThe White House calls it the largest deregulation in US history, but environmentalists say it will prove costly for Americans. 15397148 0
Ben Thorne @benthorne.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Rings true from a British perspective too... The Heartbreaking Reason Americans Won’t Work Anymore by Mona Lazar medium.com/p/the-heartb...medium.comThe Heartbreaking Reason Americans Won’t Work AnymoreNo, they’re not suddenly lazy 000 0
Reposted by Ben ThorneMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026#Epstein was co-owner of a Silicon Valley venture fund controlled by Peter Thiel, billionaire founder of defence analytics giant Palantir Technologies, which holds more than £670 million in UK Government contracts. Palantir has tentacles that reach deep into the British state and institutions.sussexbylines.co.ukPalantir’s far-reaching gaze penetrates BritainAre we really still independent of the US security state? 15383234 0
Reposted by Ben ThorneSimon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 06/02/2026This map by @neilrkaye shows day length change in minutes per week at 51 degrees north latitude (that's roughly Brighton, Cambridge, London). Source: buff.ly/U6mUZzA 1367 0
Ben Thorne @benthorne.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Interrupted my writing schedule to knock out my thoughts on Mandelson and how none of us are surprised any more. medium.com/p/we-knew-3c... #mandelson #politics #ukpolitics #labour #corruption #epstein #epsteinwasmossad #trumpiscorruptmedium.comWe KnewThe Mandelson revelations aren’t shocking. That’s the problem. 000 0
Reposted by Ben ThorneAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/02/2026Crockett: "Now my colleagues want to be the protectors of girls & women. I didn't hear them screaming this when Renee Good was killed in the middle of the street by the same people the vast majority of you just voted to give more money to. It was a lot of crickets, including about the Esptein files" 428243897014 0
Ben Thorne @benthorne.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Been working on some new writing on things I previously didn't understand. First is Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) - here's my stab at summarising Richard Murphy's excellent videos. medium.com/p/what-is-mo...medium.comWhat is Modern Monetary Theory? (And What It Isn’t)The economic framework everyone’s arguing about, explained without the nonsense from either side 211 0
Ben Thorne @benthorne.bsky.social · 02/02/2026A piece I've had in draft for months has come together in the last few weeks. On wilful ignorance and how dangerous it is. #politics #wilfulignorance #thegreenparty #zackpolanski #zohranmamdani #hope #leftmedium.comThe Psychology Behind ‘I’ve Had Enough Of Experts’, And Why It’s Still WorkingHow the credibility gate, identity-protective cognition, and AI-powered disinformation turned wilful ignorance into a political strategy 020 0
Ben Thorne @benthorne.bsky.social · 16/12/2025I'd forgotten about @bsky.app. Only come back today to show my love for @robinince.bsky.social , who has singlehandedly driven my love for books, science, poetry and curiosity more than anyone else in the last two decades. Thank you Robin. 000 0
Ben Thorne @benthorne.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Took my eye off the music world momentarily while bring a new baby into the world. Talk about delighted to find out Doves have a new album on the way. Best band of this century, still. #doves 000 0
Ben Thorne @benthorne.bsky.social · 23/01/2025@ilfordphoto.com HP5+, 120mm, shot on a Holga 120 Pan. #fridayfavourites 020 0
Reposted by Ben ThorneLed By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 23/01/2025The world’s richest man is promoting the far right in Europe. Don’t buy a Tesla . Location: Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjWl...youtube.comHeil TeslaYouTube video by Led By Donkeys 21565603045 0
Reposted by Ben ThorneLed By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 22/01/2025Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin (Collaboration with @politicalbeauty.bsky.social ) 278113333867 0
Reposted by Ben ThorneSteffani Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social · 22/01/2025They will go after Wikipedia. They will go after libraries. They will go after school boards and public extracurricular activities that are anything but sports. They will go after archives. Because knowledge, education, culture, and progressives are all the enemy. Thinking is the enemy. 283187215013 0
Reposted by Ben ThorneOwen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 02/01/2025The so-called "centre-right" has collapsed. The cordon sanitaire which existed to separate the "centre-right" and radical or far right has collapsed. My column 👇 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comAcross the west, the centre right is collapsing – and with it, any notion of what is ‘too extreme’ | Owen JonesSo-called moderates are mimicking populist demagogues, with potentially disastrous consequences, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones 25405109 0
Reposted by Ben ThorneLiam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 11/12/2024I’ve reported on homelessness for years and met many, many people who have found themselves in awful situations Every single one of them had more decency and integrity than this privileged plutocrat 1674296965656 0
Reposted by Ben ThorneGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21/11/2024The soil carbon market is going to collapse - and that's a good thing. One of the issues I explore in this week's column, about the dreamworld of climate fakery our legislators have created. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comTrump’s science-denying fanatics are bad enough. Yet even our climate ‘solutions’ are now the stuff of total delusion | George MonbiotThe ‘progress’ made at Cop29 has been on carbon markets: a world of magical thinking, over-claiming and distorted truth, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 30983301 0
