Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 10hThis is beautifully written. Gosh I hope Burnham is able to pull this off. He has massively surprised me. 030
Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 18hIt's ludicrous that the crown has any rights to the seabed. 010
Reposted by Martin CookJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 23has a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind 982058709
Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Will someone please rid us of this drug addled cretin. 000
Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026🚨 An undercover investigation shown on Channel 4 exposed Reform figures allegedly breaking the law over foreign funding. Now demand a full criminal investigation. Sign the petition. 🔥 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/in...you.38degrees.org.ukSign the petition to hold politicians to accountTogether, we can make sure no one - however rich or powerful they may be - is allowed to take us or our democracy for a ride. 000
Reposted by Martin CookChristine Hallquist @christinehallquist.bsky.social · 26/09/2026When the billionaires control the media, we need to be the media. Apparently, the billionaire class does not want you to see this documentary. Make sure to go see it. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...hollywoodreporter.comThe Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing. 2186
Reposted by Martin Cook@amybisinthewoods.bsky.social 🍄🍄🟫 @amybdogsandfungi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I keep telling everyone that Thiel is the most dangerous and most out of his mind of any of these evil tech billionaires. He needs to be stopped. Period.codastory.comPeter Thiel is building a parallel justice system — Powered by AI - Coda StoryHis investment in Objection.ai points to a new model: private investigations, AI verdicts, and accountability mechanisms that operate outside democratic institutions. 1315467
Reposted by Martin CookRandi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Please listen to this whole song. 415461
Reposted by Martin CookByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026🔎 From the archive: Nigel Farage’s £9m Donor Profits From Putin Propaganda Platform While Holding MoD Stake Shocked by the NYT revelations about how Tether, with the big Reform Donor Harborne, its biggest investor, makes money avoiding sanctions for Russia? There's more...bylinetimes.comNigel Farage’s £9m Donor Profits From Putin Propaganda Platform While Holding MoD StakeReform UK's biggest donor is profiting from ties to a pro-Kremlin platform that hosts a Russian intelligence-backed influence operation 17751
Reposted by Martin CookLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Originally recorded in archives in 1595, the Kirbister Farmhouse, located in Birsay, Orkney is the last un-restored traditional 'firehoose' (firehouse) in Northern Europe. #medieval #scotland #history IG: @graenwulf www.instagram.com/graenwulf?st... 671219252
Reposted by Martin CookFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Andrew Neil, "The big problem we face is 6.7 million adults of working, who aren't working, and living on out of work benefits" #BBCQT My view: Only 71,000 are actually on Jobseeker’s Allowance. 249124
Reposted by Martin CookDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Happy Kicked In The Head By A Horse Day, to all who celebrate. It's the 7th anniversary of this absolute banger. 442219722
Reposted by Martin CookLorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 23/09/2026When all the Arab countries are telling the world that they’d support an Israeli state and secure it if only Israel would leave other territories alone. The ball is as usual in Israel’s court but Israel, I do not believe, wants a two state solution and I don’t believe Bibi ever has wanted one. 23174107
Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The mealy mouthed critics of last week's episode are wrong. This is the best writing yet in Slow Horses. 010
Reposted by Martin CookJohn O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026So: Countries we know are funding #Reform: USA. Russia. Israel. UAE. Reform, the party that takes foreign cash to destabilise our Government. There used to be a word for that. www.desmog.com/2026/09/23/u... 094
Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"Treasury Chris Philp, who would certainly keep meetings invigorating with his queasy resemblance to a shaved mandrill that has escaped its pen" There is some wondrous writing here. 000
Reposted by Martin Cookpaulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Britain... It's a class act. 🎩 Privately Educated: Senior Armed Forces 63% Senior Judges: 62% House of Lords: 52% Foreign Office Diplomats: 53% Newspaper Columnists: 50% Political Commentators: 47% Leading Podcasters: 45% BBC Executives: 38% General Population: 7% elitistbritain.suttontrust.comelitistbritain.suttontrust.comElitist Britain 2025 912469
Reposted by Martin CookDale Vince @dalevince.com · 22/09/2026Facts give the lie to the lie, here we see that immigration is very much under control under Labour - not what your average right wing politician, media or pundit will say. buff.ly/ZoHWnC1 13312
Reposted by Martin CookSteve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Colley Hill, Surrey: coffee break from birding the steep scrub. Love the plaque on the bench I’m sitting on 4397281232
Reposted by Martin CookMax B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 20/09/2026A lament for American losses. 23610
Reposted by Martin CookGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukPeter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHSA decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds... 18433351810
Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Close all the betting shops. They cause nothing but misery. 000