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Martin Cook

@cookieaob.bsky.social
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Interested in gardening, politics, art, cryptic crosswords, sport, wine and funny stuff, no particular order. Becoming more obsessed with birds, insect life and eco systems by the day.

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Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 10h
This is beautifully written. Gosh I hope Burnham is able to pull this off. He has massively surprised me.
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Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 18h
It's ludicrous that the crown has any rights to the seabed.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 23h
as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind
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Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 18h
What a cracking yarn.
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Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Will someone please rid us of this drug addled cretin.
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Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Bloody good sport.
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Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Must watch this again.
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Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Once again Farage is a horses arse.
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Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Loved this.
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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.uk
Sign the petition to hold politicians to account
Together, we can make sure no one - however rich or powerful they may be - is allowed to take us or our democracy for a ride.
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Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This!
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Christine Hallquist @christinehallquist.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When 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.com
The 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.
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@amybisinthewoods.bsky.social 🍄🍄‍🟫 @amybdogsandfungi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I 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.com
Peter Thiel is building a parallel justice system — Powered by AI - Coda Story
His investment in Objection.ai points to a new model: private investigations, AI verdicts, and accountability mechanisms that operate outside democratic institutions.
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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Please listen to this whole song.
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Byline 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...
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Nigel Farage’s £9m Donor Profits From Putin Propaganda Platform While Holding MoD Stake
Reform UK's biggest donor is profiting from ties to a pro-Kremlin platform that hosts a Russian intelligence-backed influence operation
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Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There is always a post.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Originally 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...
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Andrew 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.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Happy Kicked In The Head By A Horse Day, to all who celebrate. It's the 7th anniversary of this absolute banger.
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Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Would make me very happy.
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
When 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.
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Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Shocking reading.
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Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The mealy mouthed critics of last week's episode are wrong. This is the best writing yet in Slow Horses.
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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
So: 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...
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Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Fascinating.
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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.
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Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Looks like a duck, sounds like a duck....
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Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Shocking.
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Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The things one comes across.
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Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Widows Bay on Apple is bloody creepy but great.
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Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Wow, every step stolen!
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Britain... 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.com
elitistbritain.suttontrust.com
Elitist Britain 2025
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Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Damn right.
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Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Taco Tramp
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Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Piers Morgan phone hacker.
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Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Piers Morgan, how irritating.
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 22/09/2026
Facts 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
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Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Beautiful.
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Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Luca does share the loveliest things.
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Steve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Colley Hill, Surrey: coffee break from birding the steep scrub. Love the plaque on the bench I’m sitting on
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Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What could possibly go wrong?
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Dawny B @dawnbritten.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
😂
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Andie Hill @andiehill.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Logorythmic spiral 😍
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 20/09/2026
A lament for American losses.
He's destroyed the Oval Office. He's destroyed the East Wing. He's destroyed the Reflecting Pool. He's destroying the Kennedy Center. He's destroyed the economy. He's destroyed the military. He's destroying the Postal Service. He's destroyed our alliances. He's destroyed the free press. He's destroyed the rule of law.
 
He's destroyed the lives of America's immigrant community. He's destroyed American society. He's destroyed all of our futures for at least a generation. He's contaminated our food supply. He's destroying our national parks and protected lands. He's destroyed our health and safety regulations. He's destroyed trust in our elections. He's destroying the air we breathe and the water we drink. He's destroyed a century's worth of progress and civil rights gains.
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Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As 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.uk
Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
👇👇👇👇
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Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Close all the betting shops. They cause nothing but misery.
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Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Another Brexit prick.
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Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Breathtaking.
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