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Rootless Cosmopolitan

@brennick.bsky.social
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books, films, music, politics, history. "this is a stupid conversation, and I'm not going to continue it".

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h
This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 2h
The United States is now importing fuel from Russia, per President Trump.
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 1h
Just when you thought Mango Mussolini and his meat puppets couldn't be any more pathetic. "We will end the ICC." 'The announcement came after former ICC judge Navi Pillay was awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote peace and international law.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Rootless Cosmopolitan @brennick.bsky.social · 1h
Almost as if they’re not worried about the midterms.
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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 1h
3x Trump voter voices his regret: "I voted for him three times and I can't... He ain't done what he said he's gonna do."
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 2h
Donald Trump desperately wanted the Nobel Peace Prize, and believes he deserves it more than anyone on Earth. This morning, the prize went to Navi Pillay — a former ICC judge honored for defending international law. HOURS LATER, Trump sanctioned the ICC.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 3h
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 4h
CHEVRON EVACUATES PERSONNEL, SHUTS-IN FIVE FACILITIES AT GULF OF AMERICA, PRODUCTION CONTINUED AT FOUR PLATFORMS - DEPLOYS TECHNOLOGY TO PROTECT GULF COAST OPS DURING HURRICANE ISAIAS
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 4h
Iran’s IRGC Navy has hit an oil tanker near Fujairah, UAE. Oil is leaking from the vessel.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 4h
JOINT STATEMENT OF THE FOREIGN MINISTERS OF CANADA, DENMARK, GERMANY, FRANCE, ITALY, JAPAN, THE NETHERLANDS, UNITED KINGDOM "As committed supporters of the ICC we regret and strongly disagree with the announcement of sanctions to be imposed upon the Court by the United States."
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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 6h
Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 11h
BREAKING NEWS The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 7h
Imagine deciding to go out and pitch that the Pope is the Woke Antichrist because he has concerns about AI, when you look like the lovechild of Satan and the guy whose face melts in Robocop. If a homeless guy gave this 'lecture' in Hyde Park, he would be sectioned. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Peter Thiel slams Obama, Pope Leo in new ‘Antichrist’ lectures
The tech billionaire accused them of using AI concerns to “boost their own popularity,” according to recordings obtained by POLITICO.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 7h
Figuring out why Ossoff is so effective is an interesting task. I think he's mastering a kind of stern dignity that is uniquely compelling in contrast to the clownish cruelty of the other side. I think the other person who's kind of hit on the same thing is AOC, though in a different register
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Rootless Cosmopolitan @brennick.bsky.social · 7h
The Stephen Miller of British politics. The fact that he'd take that as a compliment tells us all.
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 9h
‘Culturally British by my standards’ is one of the most chilling phrases uttered in British politics. Entirely unsurprising to me who it’s from.
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Rootless Cosmopolitan @brennick.bsky.social · 7h
The trouble is that the Republican Party and most of the Supreme Court is lost and will therefore just go along with any outrage.
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 8h
I don’t actually see how Trump gets to election day without insurrection act or similar stunt.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 11h
🔴NEW: Ben Delo has given Reform £44MILLION Delo’s money comes from his now-closed crypto exchange BitMEX In 2019, a BitMEX investor asked about the status of his investment Delo responded by sending this meme, according to court documents. There’s more, a lot more (new investigation🧵)
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 10h
All these years later.... I'm STILL a member of The Resistance.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 13h
Sagal Abdi-Wali came to the UK aged 7 having fled the war in Somalia with her family. She has thrived. Leader of Camden council and now the MP for Holborn and St Pancras. A narrative that runs counter to all we are told about refugees. Congratulations www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Labour fends off Green party to win Holborn and St Pancras byelection
Victory by Sagal Abdi-Wali in north London seat will be a relief for Andy Burnham in high-stakes battle for the left of British politics
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Reuters @reuters.com · 12h
US 10-year Treasury yield risks hitting 6% for first time since 2000, Pimco's Ivascyn tells FT reut.rs/4jdqkGa
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US 10-year Treasury yield risks hitting 6% for first time since 2000, Pimco's Ivascyn tells FT
The benchmark 10-year US Treasury yield could rise to 6% for the first time ​since 2000 as high oil prices fuel inflation concerns and ‌worries over the country's growing public debt, Dan Ivascyn, Chief Investment Officer at bond fund manager Pimco, told the Financial Times.
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 15h
Harry Cole is annoyed that Restore have robbed Farage of third place and handed it to the Tories. No question where Harry's loyalties lie these days.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 14h
“There’s nothing so powerful in 🇬🇧politics as the rightwing unreality machine... It’s a place where Brexit will be cost free, Ed Miliband is a Marxist, Liz Truss was a serious political figure”…and Badenoch is shielded from her own X-fuelled mediocrity. goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-strang...
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The Strange Myth of Kemi Badenoch
Why does she have the best press in politics?
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Kemi Badenoch wants to exempt the family home from inheritance tax. But that creates a perverse incentive for elderly people to *upsize* to save IHT. That could double the cost of the policy, and push £100bn+ from savings into housing. A 🧵 on bad tax cuts.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 14h
Another resounding victory for Kemi Badenoch. They’ll have to extend the tapestry now…
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13h
Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error. Same error amplified by right-wing think-tanks, press It suited their ideological leanings. Future historians might say - planet earth and human life was shattered by a spreadsheet error.
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Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error
Exclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data
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RDCK98 @comradekenobi.bsky.social · 13h
Nice little nugget of horror buried in there
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 17h
This would sink a presidency in any other era. I would bet most Americans will never hear it even happened.
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Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy
The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk.
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 14h
NEW: Kemi Badenoch’s flagship party conference policy document, The Right Way, overestimated the cost of net zero by nearly £500bn, seemingly after someone accidentally double-counted figures on a spreadsheet. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error
Exclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 18h
Kimberly Guilfoyle Caught Begging Trump Donor to Pay Her $100K Amex Bill
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Kimberly Guilfoyle Caught Begging Trump Donor to Pay Her $100K Amex Bill | The Daily Show
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 17h
The ruling party’s Sagal Abdi-Wali, a Somalia-born refugee and local councillor, won 12,292 votes and will enter Westminster when parliament returns from recess on Monday. ft.trib.al/huZu2PH
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Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · 17h
3000+ majority for Labour, comfortable and a sign of Burnham’s gains on the left. Labour vote barely drops. Green vote significantly up from 2024, but less impressive if you assume lots of Feinstein 2024 voters went to the Greens. Bad result for the Greens but not at worst end
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h
Tom Emmer refers to Somali-Americans as "enemy combatants" and says they should be "rounded up and put in jail"
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 20h
Ossoff is definitely not listening to Yglesias/Klein/PodSave reactionary centrist crowd, he does not think his marginal voter is a white-supremacist, and that is what makes him such an attractive candidate to the vast majority of US who are not white-supremacists.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 19h
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
That 'Keminaissance' in full
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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Tens of thousands fewer students is hundreds of millions of pounds of lost export earnings, solely and wholly to appease racists.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
He makes a good point.
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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The president of the United States is inciting a fucking pogrom.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23h
This is so dangerous! President Trump is deliberately inciting race hatred against an ethnic minority, calling on the people of Minnesota to "fight back" against "Somali immigrants." This must be a terrifying moment for the Somali community (who are overwhelmingly US citizens).
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 23h
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed in December.
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Rootless Cosmopolitan @brennick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What’s the bets that Starmer will be incredibly disappointed by tonight’s result?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Hours later, Trump posts that the US has just had “productive talks” with Iran and announced the US will not attack Iran before the midterms.
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Rootless Cosmopolitan @brennick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Enemy President.
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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
FCC Chair Andrew Ferguson touts the administration's work to "protect white American men from discrimination"
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