Reposted by J. Alfred RookeCrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 27/04/2026Apropos of nothing— 114245
Reposted by J. Alfred RookeBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 28/04/2026Vicky Osterweil's *Extended Universe: How Disney Killed the Movies and Took Over the World* makes the kind of polemical, startling, illuminating argument that defines great criticism; it's the sort of book that encapsulates the reasons I read criticism: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2525-t... 1/ 220763
Reposted by J. Alfred RookeStop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Amid a global disinformation crisis, where dangerous falsehoods can spread to millions within hours, Britain urgently needs a regulator that is willing to act robustly and with appropriate speed. Take action:stopfundinghate.infoTell your MP to help fix Ofcom – Stop Funding Hate 1175
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 28/04/2026#AI Doesn't get it www.smbc-comics.com/comic/copern...smbc-comics.comSaturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - CopernicanSaturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Copernican 000
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 28/04/2026#AI Gets it existentialcomics.com/comic/652existentialcomics.comTuring Test 2.0A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes 000
Reposted by J. Alfred RookeMother Jones @motherjones.com · 27/04/2026The controversial weed killer Roundup is now being deployed in private and public forests at record rates. We go inside the secret plan that helped make it possible.motherjones.comWe are bombarding America’s forests with RoundupScientists are wary of glyphosate. MAHA loathes it. And our investigation shows California is spraying it everywhere. 20031882114
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Lies, damned lies, and stories about migrants www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #migration #fascism #rapebbc.co.ukThe Epsom rape crime that never happened - but sparked a frenzy anywayMisinformation about an alleged rape in Epsom became a real-world storm, but we've been here before. 000
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Apparently I could be thrown in gaol for repeating some of this content, but I assume I can't be arrested for merely providing a link to Hansard hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2026... #PalestineAction #Censorshiphansard.parliament.ukCrime and Policing Bill - Hansard - UK ParliamentHansard record of the item : 'Crime and Policing Bill' on Tuesday 14 April 2026. 000
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 22/04/2026The same old story... existentialcomics.com/comic/651existentialcomics.comMazdak Creates UtopiaA philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes 000
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 17/04/2026If you think #AI is a threat to humanity, you should read this pluralistic.net/2026/04/16/p... #CorporateGreedpluralistic.netPluralistic: A Pascal’s Wager for AI Doomers (16 Apr 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 010
Reposted by J. Alfred RookeNon Serviam Media Collective @nonserviammedia.bsky.social · 14/04/2026@kevincarson1.bsky.social on #municipalism and #postcapitalism 🏴 NSP 13 pod.link/1499036871/e... 046
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 14/04/2026www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Yet just at the other side of the canal is a statue to someone else who was persecuted in Manchester for being different. Sometimes, my city shames me. #disability #AlanTuring #Manchesterbbc.co.uk'I was kicked out of nightclub because of my wheelchair'Maddie Haining, 18, says she was told she was a safety risk and escorted out of a Manchester nightspot. 010
Reposted by J. Alfred RookeMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Unbelievable stuff from the Washington Post on behalf of Jeff Bezos today. 69876081703
Reposted by J. Alfred RookeNon Serviam Media Collective @nonserviammedia.bsky.social · 11/04/2026 092
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 11/04/2026"The thing that distinguished these monsters wasn't their genius – it was their callousness." Cory Doctorow on how the internet developed. #enshitification #internet #capitalism pluralistic.net/2026/04/11/o...pluralistic.netPluralistic: Don’t Be Evil (11 Apr 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory DoctorowNo trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. 000
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 04/04/2026the truth about #Somalia freedomnews.org.uk/2026/04/04/t...freedomnews.org.ukTrump’s racist rant against Somalis shows his imperialist ignorance - Freedom NewsDuring a White House Easter lunch, US President Donald Trump called people of Somali origin “low-IQ” and “bad people” ~ Thomas Tews ~ On We… 000
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 01/04/2026As we seemingly enter the Third World War, we would do well to remind ourselves that national identities are a capitalist myth freedomnews.org.uk/2026/01/22/n... #war #IranWarfreedomnews.org.ukNationalism Kills - Freedom NewsTheir nationalism is a narrow and closed “order”—Our homeland is the world ~ PM ~ We have been surrounded by nationalist rhetoric… 000
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 30/03/2026www.bbc.com/news/article... #LawEnforcementbbc.comTyrone: Meet the kids teaching speeders a lesson in Kids CourtThose caught speeding on a stretch of road outside a rural school are being taught some lessons by the pupils. 000
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 30/03/2026www.positive.news/environment/... #Palestinepositive.newsNew olive groves plant hope across the West BankIn the West Bank, where olive trees have long sustained livelihoods and identity, a replanting movement is bringing farmers renewed hope 000
Reposted by J. Alfred RookeDavid Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Agree or disagree, we need to be discussing Universal Basic Income. It is too important of a subject just to scroll past. 411133
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 25/03/2026A fascinating take on a truly original writer (but stay away from Googletube, download the podcast instead) 010
Reposted by J. Alfred RookeStop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Today's GB News TV advertisers include *Tufferman *RangefordLiving *Boxt *WeFixLondon *WhitescarCave *CandlelightUK *AllClearTravel *Belgicaweb *Moneyfactscompare *MrVegasCasino *AppealShading *ReclaimNation *HaltonLifts *SelectSpecs *GreatBritishGold *iDry *Love2Stay *BodyByNature *Maxus *Verisure 45018
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Is the internet going to break up? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f... #internet #censorshiptheguardian.comUS funding for global internet freedom ‘effectively gutted’Programme that funds groups building tech to evade oppressive government controls under serious threat 000
Reposted by J. Alfred RookePhilip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 18/02/2026notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich 460203496517
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 15/02/2026With the partial release of the Epstein files, the shape of the global fascist conspiracy is becoming more apparent. novaramedia.com/2026/02/12/d... #JeffreyEpstein #antiFascistnovaramedia.comDid Epstein Help Bring Down Theresa May for the Right?Did Epstein try to bring down a Prime Minister? Plus: Manchester United mogul Jim Ratcliffe called to apologise for saying the UK is ‘colonised by immigrants’. With NoJusticeMTG, Dalia Gebrial & Al... 100
Reposted by J. Alfred RookeZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 13/02/2026A court has ruled that the government's authoritarian ban on Palestine Action was unlawful. Time to stop criminalising the people protesting a genocide - and start ending the UK's complicity. 16173911867
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 13/02/2026you might think that the most grotesque and indefensible aspect of Labour turning over #NHS patient records to #Palantir is that they are war-criminals But it's worse than that! They also passed up a proven, advanced, open, safe, British alternative pluralistic.net/2026/02/12/p...pluralistic.netPluralistic: Doctors’ union may yet save the NHS from Palantir (12 Feb 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 000
Reposted by J. Alfred RookeZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Get Palantir out of the UK. Protect our NHS. Protect our country. www.thenational.scot/news/2582860...thenational.scotScrap Palantir UK contracts over Mandelson links, Zack Polanski demandsZACK Polanski has demanded that the UK Government scraps its contracts with Palantir, amid mounting questions over Peter Mandelson’s role in… 862787914
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 05/02/2026If computers are running our lives, we are entitled to see the source code that runs the computers fsfe.org/news/2026/ne... #FreeSoftwarefsfe.orgThe social value of the freedom to study source code in the Spanish Court - FSFEWhile copyright and licensing currently form the core legal structures that support Free Software, a September 2025 ruling from the Spanish Supreme Court p... 000
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Nigel Farage’s Reform wants to bring back fracking in England. We need to lock the current ban in law. Join me and tell the Prime Minister: make the fracking ban permanent. @friends_earth 👇 foe.uk/ksojsfoe.ukTell Keir Starmer to make the fracking ban permanentNigel Farage's Reform party has declared it wants to “drill baby drill” if it wins the next general election. There’s a temporary pause on fracking in England, but it’s not even written into law. So i... 000
Reposted by J. Alfred RookeElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 30/01/2026EFF is closed today as part of the national shutdown in opposition to ICE and CBP and the brutality and terror they and other federal agencies continue to inflict on immigrant communities and any who stand with them. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...eff.orgEFF to Close Friday in Solidarity with National ShutdownOn January 30, EFF will be closed as part of the national shutdown in opposition to ICE, CBP, and the brutality and terror they and other federal agencies continue to inflict on immigrant communities 112928
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Move fast and break kings pluralistic.net/2026/01/29/p... #capitalism #BigTech #Trumppluralistic.netPluralistic: Disenshittification Nation (29 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 001
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Good luck! With Burnham barred you're our only hope 110
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 25/01/2026# 3D printed organs #PlannedObsolescence #BrokenByDesign #IP www.smbc-comics.com/comic/beep-2smbc-comics.comSaturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - BeepSaturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Beep 011
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 24/01/2026The price to be paid www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comBiodiversity collapse threatens UK security, intelligence chiefs warnEcosystem destruction will increase food shortages, disorder and mass migration, with effects already being felt 010
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Anarchist News Review: "World order" in tatters and Rojava under attack" The tragedy of Rojava. More positively, Carney's Davos speech has laid bare the harsh reality of geo-politics and the so-called "world order" freedomnews.org.uk/2026/01/23/a...freedomnews.org.ukAnarchist News Review: "World order" in tatters and Rojava under attack - Freedom NewsMike and Andy talk through some of the implications of the “world order’s collapse,” as Canada’s PM puts it, the new assaul… 010
Reposted by J. Alfred RookeZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 23/01/20261000+ new members since this was broadcast. Still going up. 1000 more people ready to create a better future. Join.greenparty.org.uk 401120275
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 16/01/2026A billionaire landlord is attempting to censor the media, to cover up his crimes novaramedia.com/2026/01/16/t... #landlordism #censorship #oligarchynovaramedia.comThis Billionaire Landlord Bullied Journalists Into Deleting Negative Coverage of Him‘Rogue landlord’ John Christodoulou owes hundreds of thousands of pounds to former tenants. Instead of paying them, he is pressuring journalists to remove coverage of his unlawful behaviour. Rivkah Br... 000
Reposted by J. Alfred RookeStop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Oak National Academy has been a regular advertiser on Twitter/X in recent months. Their decision to fund such a toxic platform seems all the more questionable given that they are a public body, sponsored by the UK's Department for Education. /1 05814
Reposted by J. Alfred RookeZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Today is Mayor's Question Time. I'll be asking Sadiq Khan questions about what he's doing to target support for the lowest paid in London - including those at risk of being paid below the minimum wage. 735747
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 15/01/2026This is the way to resist Trump's trade imperialism pluralistic.net/2026/01/12/d... #trade #tariffs #DRMpluralistic.netPluralistic: A winning trade war strategy for Canada (11 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 000
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 10/01/2026@afzalkhanmcr.bsky.social This is the kind of thing a Labour Government should be doing www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comTrump may be the beginning of the end for ‘enshittification’ – this is our chance to make tech good again | Cory DoctorowThe US president is weaponising tech, but his tariffs and Brexit provide a surprising opportunity to gain back digital control of our lives, says science fiction author, activist and journalist Cory D... 000
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 10/01/2026The rich have already used up their carbon allowance for this year www.theguardian.com/environment/... #capitalism #environmenttheguardian.comWorld’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says OxfamRichest 1% took 10 days while wealthiest 0.1% needed just three days to exhaust annual carbon budget, study shows 020
Reposted by J. Alfred RookeDavid Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 10/01/2026They want us to think mental health issues are not related to our economic system. 616747
J. Alfred Rooke @determinedinquiry.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Move fast and break the tech monopoly pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/3...pluralistic.netPluralistic: The Post-American Internet (01 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 000
Reposted by J. Alfred RookeElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 28/12/2025Real-time bidding, which powers nearly every ad you see online, might be the most privacy-invasive surveillance system that you’ve never heard of. Learn how it works and how to protect yourself. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...eff.orgOnline Behavioral Ads Fuel the Surveillance Industry—Here’s HowEach time you see a targeted ad, your personal information is exposed to thousands of advertisers and data brokers through a process called “real-time bidding” (RTB). This process does more than 110766
