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Simon Ferrigno

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Dad Writer Editor Researcher Sustainability (esp cotton) Some history Long 'sanity' project "The Charge of the Lightweight Brigade", a satire on the idiots of Brexit ('C’est magnifique, mais ce n’est pas la guerre: c'est de la folie') Rejoiner Liberal

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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 2h
Yep
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 2h
Russia is still getting away with it www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Miliband says Britain won't tolerate threats on our soil, as Iran ambassador summoned
The prime minister says Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard "almost certainly" directed the RAF Fairford incident.
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 6h
This will go towards defeating, among other things, any UK moves to join the EU, treat refugees like human beings, or offer children a wide-ranging, liberal, education
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 6h
Lib Dem MP @calummillerld.bsky.social: "The US State Dept. intends to spend tens of millions of pounds promoting ideological propaganda and supporting far right parties in Western Europe." Surreal & horrifying that European govts must consider the threat of US state-directed far right propaganda.
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 6h
In a nutshell
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Secret Calendar @secretcalendar.bsky.social · 6h
If the plan is to attract Remainy voters Thursday-Sunday but pacify the Brexity wing of the PLP Monday-Wednesday I don’t think it’s without risk.
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 7h
Same, so much of it is just unnecessary (for us; companies love to get the data)
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 7h
Fully agree, and I don't have connected fridge or other domestic items (TV is only connected via a Roku)
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 7h
So self-defeating. Burnham's says there was Russian interference, then doubles down saying "he's not prepared to revisit the red lines on the customs union and single market." www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...
bbc.co.uk
Burnham tells MPs a new EU deal could boost growth and help tackle illegal immigration
Making a statement as Parliament returns from recess, Andy Burnham also says he supports President Trump's call for a Ukraine-Russia energy ceasefire.
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 7h
Won't be the last time. Powerful argument against the 'Internet of Things' and for decentralised, disconnected systems www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Fridges in French supermarkets hit by cyber attack
Hundreds of stores were targeted by the overnight hack, which spoiled fresh and frozen food estimated to be worth millions of euros.
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 8h
Just before an election... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Immigration officials search Congresswoman Ilhan Omar home
Omar was first elected to Congress in 2018, and is an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump.
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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · 9h
Our briefing paper, published with the @edrc-uk.bsky.social, explores how far heat pump flexibility can be unlocked to deliver smarter, lower-carbon heating for homes while supporting energy networks: buff.ly/j71DbN8
Heat pump on building
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 9h
🎯🇺🇦
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 9h
Very much
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The Continent @thecontinent.org · 12h
This is the week in brief. Get your copy of The Continent here, for free: thecontinent.org
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 12h
My take with @goldbergradio.bsky.social and @bylinetimes.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social on Andy Burnham and why it took so long for the British Government to come clean about Putin’s role in Brexit youtu.be/M8hVq-skssI
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Russia's Brexit Meddling Proven
YouTube video by Byline Times TV
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 13h
♥️ ‘ Only The Ones We Love ‘ from 1991 album ‘ Everybody’s Angel ‘ , Jennifer Warnes on beautiful BVs 🎶♥️ Have a good week ☀️ 🎶 🙏
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Tanita Tikaram - Only The Ones We Love (Official Video)
YouTube video by TanitaTikaram
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 13h
Keep fascists corps out of policing (and everything else) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Regional policing unit drops controversial Palantir AI technology
Five police forces decide not to continue using software from a US tech firm after a two-year trial.
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 14h
Checking out potential for scaling up the cotton and textile industry in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan :-)
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 14h
Cotton fields is why I travelled in Kyrgyzstan
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 14h
I doubt there will be consequences even if they are investigated
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 15h
None. They advise a large part of the establishment
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 15h
Yep. Not doing their job at all. Not only to have true balance, but given that the media as a whole is right wing, they should also take that into account
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 15h
Tax advisors doing tax advisor stuff
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 16h
It's their job, isn't it? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Deloitte helped in falsifying documents to evade tax on Abramovich’s wealth
Backdated paperwork also made the Russian oligarch’s yachts and mansions disappear from accounts, BBC finds.
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 16h
I mean getting some international law expert to comment can't be that hard, with a headline that reads 'Reform proposal would break x number of international treaties'. Even if you have to delay your report until Monday morning
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 16h
BBC: 'Let's normalise Reform proposals to break international law and norms' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Reform would suspend asylum system for parliamentary term if in government
All asylum applications would be rejected and existing ones voided, with all claimants marked for deportation.
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 16h
Yes. A danger to us all
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 16h
Morning. From a collection called 'mystic women artists' www.europeana.eu/en/item/440/...
europeana.eu
Der Tukan und der Regenbogen - Hommage à W. Paulen
Landesdigitalisierungsprogramm Sachsen: Altbestand Deutsche Fotothek (Digitalisierung)
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 17h
As Churchill might have said, 'so good they got together to spare two other people the misery'
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 17h
Yep
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 17h
Yep, thought I remembered something like that. Serial gremlin in UK politics with disrupting various referenda
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I think he also links in to some of the dodgy US money as well. I found another great list of wrongdoers earlier, advisory group to Britain Unbound, now denying Russian influence on Brexit: britain-unbound.org/council/
britain-unbound.org
Council Members - Britain Unbound
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Paul TM 🇪🇺 Wafels (Stroop) @trogdouser.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Redwood - Certifiable Frost - [The charges haven't dropped yet, but 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙] Fox - Climate Change denier Starkey - Dangerous Racist François - Rape Charges? What Rape Charges? Bill Cash - Crook Rosindell - Sex Offender Tombs - Mates with James Orr (Yes, that one) Joined the fucking dots yet?
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Used to be a decent newspaper. Highly recommend The Nerve instead
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Surprised he's not on the Britain Unbound advisory group, which is quite the collection of Brextremists, quoted on the BBC as saying Russia had no influence on Brexit britain-unbound.org/council/
britain-unbound.org
Council Members - Britain Unbound
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I mean: John Redwood, David Frost, Claire Fox, David Starkey, Marc Francois, Bill Cash, Andrew Rosindell, Robert Tombs, and many others.... britain-unbound.org/council/
britain-unbound.org
Council Members - Britain Unbound
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Never shy of seeking out the most bizarre, extreme and unevidenced views in the interests of 'fake Brexit balance', the BBC have found a 'Russia had no influence' group with a serious rogue's gallery of 'advisors' to quote www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
PM says it is 'clear' Russia interfered with Brexit referendum
He says voters were not "sufficiently" informed about how foreign actors sought to disrupt UK democracy.
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
That is awful. So sorry
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Indeed. But if it was illegally won, even that is not necessary.
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
What could possibly go wrong (thanks, Private Eye)
The screenshot for Private Eye magazine describes how the minister for artificial intelligence in the UK used artifical focus groups to test decide AI policy.
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Diane Messias @comedywriter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The irony is, were the referendum not merely 'advisory', it would have been declared null & void because of the illegal actors. #Brexit
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Indeed, declared so in court
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
And now that we know there was Russian interference (thanks, Andy Burnham) there's even less need to wait until 2036. Declare the referendum null and void, prosecute those responsible, and start the ball rolling now with customs union, single market, and full rejoin.
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
People are still afraid of Farage's mob. sadly, but this is a chink in the armour which now needs to be prised open
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Don't forget your veg. Our globalised mass-retail food system is incredibly vulnerable, and depends on far too few commodities and varieties india.mongabay.com/2026/10/forg...
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Forgotten vegetables could help make our diets more resilient
Vegetable biodiversity is important for nutritional security and climate resilience, but it is rapidly declining due to diet homogenisation and land-use change.
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Why aren't big oil and climate deniers paying for this?* "The government has committed at least £10.5bn until 2036 to protect homes, businesses and critical infrastructure from the growing threat of flooding." *Not to mention food stockpiles, etc www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
UK launches flood taskforce to prepare for extreme winter weather
The Environment Agency has warned approximately 6.3 million homes and businesses in England remain at risk of flooding.
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
'bout time. Now it is needs to be dealt with, legally, so that rejoin can happen quickly and without faffing around
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Such a lick in the teeth for the millions who campaigned and marched, and the many local campaigners here who have died since 2016
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Now that's a timeline cleanse picture
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