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Dr Bob Hall

@drbob317.bsky.social
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A retired Scottish-Kiwi sociologist living in exile in Birmingham, England. Left-leaning and a dedicated fan of Liverpool FC, the NZ All Blacks and Bob Dylan. No DMs, please!

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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 5h
The descent of the US government into filth and depravity always seems to have further to go. Even so, from live-streamed state-sponsored snuff films to bailing out Putin is a lot for just over 24 hours.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h
Trump: "I have just concluded a highly successful discussion with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, wherein it was agreed that Russia will immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel to the American and Global Marketplace, another 500,000 Tons during the month of November ... "
I have just concluded a highly successful discussion with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, wherein it was agreed that Russia will immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel to the American and Global Marketplace, another 500,000 Tons during the month of November, and 1,000,000 Tons immediately thereafter. Additionally, based on the condition of their Diesel Refineries, Russia will then deliver, within a short period of time, 3,000,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel. Between our TOTAL CONTROL of the Strait of Hormuz, and this great announcement on Russian Energy, Diesel Prices for Americans and, indeed, the World, will be COMING DOWN, IN RECORD NUMBERS, AND FAST! Lower prices for Americans, especially our Great Farmers, Ranchers, and Truckers, is my Greatest Priority. This is a very big and important announcement. Additionally, it must be understood, that Iran will not have a Nuclear Weapon! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 5h
Theatre of the absurd! Trump announces US will buy diesel from russia even though he signed a law mandating sanctions for any country buying russian energy. Meanwhile russia actually has a diesel export ban because they can’t meet domestic demand.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h
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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Luke McGee @lukemcgee.bsky.social · 5h
We've seen Trump do some shitty things to Ukraine since taking office (Oval Office incident; Alaska summit; Patriot U-turn) but today he's chosen to do a diesel deal with Putin that plays to Russia's economic/warchest advantage and restricts Ukraine's ability to defend itself.
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Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social · 5h
This is such a shame. How is America, once a beacon of freedom for us (or was it just a nice pr?) so easily accepting this corruption of a scale and magnitude unseen anywhere else in the globe?
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Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social · 5h
Let me make this very clear. Diesel prices have spiked because of Trump's war against Iran. Ukraine has nothing to do with it. But by buying russian diesel now, Americans will be helping fund the murder of Ukrainian children in their beds. Congratulations, folks.
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Luke McGee @lukemcgee.bsky.social · 5h
Even Trump is not so thick he cannot see what this is: Russian fuel feeds the war effort; Ukraine strikes refineries to stop that and impair Russia. Trump has made a clear choice here: side with the invader and tie the defender's hands. Shameful.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5h
Trump moves some more steps towards his "grand realignment" to back Russia: (1) withdrawal of US forces and assets from NATO; (2) LUKoil and other assorted sleazy deals with Trump family negotiated by Kushner and Witkoff; (3) shutdown of delivery of Patriot defensive missiles; (4) the diesel deal...
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Trump agrees deal with Putin for Russia to release diesel on to global market
Pact between Washington and Moscow comes just weeks before critical midterm elections in the US
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Congresswoman Madeleine Dean @repdean.bsky.social · 5h
Desperate to escape the consequences of his failed Iran war, Trump is preparing to stab Ukraine in the back and buy diesel from Putin. He's helping fund Russia's war machine, while our allies pay the price. Read more, here: loom.ly/WZHRac0
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Trump says US to get diesel from Russia, relaxing pressure on Moscow to ease prices before midterms
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 13h
In 1973 Dick Cavett asked LAURENCE OLIVIER if he’d recite a little something on the show, and Olivier happened to choose my favourite Sonnet — 116.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h
Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
DOJ “has hastily hired a new crop of 130 people -- some w/ criminal records, minimal experience, tarnished work histories, hyperpartisanship and downright bizarre public statements.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 14h
"Trump purchased up to $5 million of SpaceX bonds days before major space order" www.cnn.com/2026/10/08/i...
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Trump purchased up to $5 million of SpaceX bonds days before major space order | CNN Business
Right before launching an effort to slash red tape for commercial space transportation, Trump last month purchased up to $5 million of bonds issued by SpaceX.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 15h
The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law. She served as a judge in South Africa, at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the ICC. Read more: bloom.bg/4yB5mpz 📷: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
New in PN: Trump faces his worst bankruptcy yet "Should November be the disaster for Rs that analysts predict, Trump will morph overnight into something less than a lame duck POTUS with a ticking expiration clock: he'll become politically bankrupt in ways all-too-familiar to him as a businessman."
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Trump faces his worst bankruptcy yet
His political capital is gone and the repo man is on the way.
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#nomorewar #stopthewar
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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A beautiful 1974 Sesame Street moment between a monster and his little human friend. 💕⚡😍 More than 50 years later, this little moment still says so much about how children learn. Credit: Sesame Street / Sesame Workshop 1974 feat. John "John-John" Williams III and Herry Monster #learning
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Heartbreaking 💔 Children scream while masked ICE goons kidnap their families in broad daylight in Harrison, New Jersey.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
DELAWARE: "Nurse Monica Ryadi and her husband couldn’t wait to take their 3yo son to Disneyland... They didn’t get there. The Delco nurse has lived legally in 🇺🇸 since childhood. ICE arrested her as she took her son to Disneyland." #AbolishICE www.instagram.com/p/DeAFDW5jEW0
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Dben Andromeda @malin1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Since the fake media refuses to report your good news, we will. 😂😂
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Bob @psychobob4q2.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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👣Coco👣 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I absolutely agree....
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Probably headline of the year: Reform investigates Reform and finds Reform did nothing wrong www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Reform investigates Reform and finds Reform did nothing wrong
Reform UK has been accused of producing a 'whitewash' internal investigation into allegations senior party figures tried to disguise foreign donations
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litzz11 @litzz11.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A hiker who used the chatbot Claude to plan his hiking route had to be rescued from infamous "Widowmaker" ledge with a helicopter. Great. Why are we letting AI into every segment of society when it's clearly not ready for the job? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/w...
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Hiker, 16, Is Rescued From ‘Widowmaker’ Ledge After Using Chatbot to Plan Route (Gift Article)
Bryce Vincent Gowryluk used Claude, Anthropic’s A.I. chatbot, to help him chart a course for the top of Crown Mountain, north of Vancouver, British Columbia. Things did not go as planned.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
You can fool some of the people some of the time and the MAGA all of the time
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Dr Bob Hall @drbob317.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#BigTech's data centres use as much power as millions of homes and guzzle our water. We need basic rules: ⚡ 100% clean power 💧 Zero water waste 🗣️ Local community consent Sign Foxglove's petition to stop data centres harming our communities and environment now.
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Ban data centres that harm our communities and climate
Big Tech’s giant data centres swallow as much power as millions of homes, guzzle our water, and risk driving up our energy bills - all with zero limits. We need basic rules: ⚡ 100% clean power 💧 Ze...
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The "SI" thing is was intended to provoke this exact sort of sniveling response from the courtiers, to train the oligarchs to humiliate themselves for Trump so they'll do it again later when it really matters.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
All In The Family: An ABC News analysis found defense companies backed by President Trump's sons have now raked in more than $6 billion dollars in active or promised government contracts since those investments were made, according to government data.
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Trump sons' investments have won billions in Pentagon contracts since his election
The contract for a new plant in Baltimore is the latest linked to the brothers.
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 06/10/2026
Hackers used a Chinese AI agent to attack South Korea’s biggest banks—one of the first such AI-powered intrusions into the global financial system.
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Hackers Use Chinese AI Tool to Hit South Korean Banks, Exposing New Risk
The attacks were the latest to highlight the vulnerability of even hardened targets to hackers using freely available artificial-intelligence tools.
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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I had this bit about Jeffrey Archer from the 1995 HIGNFY video memorised for whenever I needed a handy fact about him.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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Daniel Walzer, Ph.D. @danielwalzer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I don't normally post political things but this is awful. Young children forced to make a decision on something they don't understand, and without legal representation.
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S.E. Danesti @seedanesti.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Jack Smith is the hero Gotham needs" - Detective Jim Gordon
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I have so many names...🇧🇬🇯🇵🇵🇱🇺🇦🇺🇲🇪🇺 @o10tam.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Dinsdale Piranha @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Oh no! They came over on #BrexitBoats! The Home Secretary should resign! Who was Home Secretary in 2023? Oh yes: Suella Braverman.
BREAKING: Officials say the two Iranian men accused of plotting a terror attack on Jewish people in Manchester arrived in the UK by small boat in 2020 and 2023
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Endless corruption.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICE just kidnapped a woman at LAX airport Saturday Oct 3, 12:50AM. A community member was able to record when several ICE goons who refused to identify themselves grabbed the woman, put her into a van and then drove off.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Missed this story about Trump's efforts to elect his buddy Bolsonaro Jr in Brazil. The US is also heavily tampering in Bolivia right now. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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Brazil briefed French, German officials on alleged US, Russian election interference
A French and German delegation travelled this month to Brasilia, where intelligence officials briefed them on alleged ​US and Russian interference before Brazil's election, according to sources and do...
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Dr Bob Hall @drbob317.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Blatant corruption, and in plain sight!
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Forbes @forbes.com · 02/10/2026
Kushner’s private equity firm is the largest stakeholder in an Israeli financial institution that invests in Israeli defense companies.
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Kushner Rejects CNN Report That His Israeli Diplomacy Might Benefit His Private Equity Fund
Kushner’s private equity firm is the largest stakeholder in an Israeli financial institution that invests in Israeli defense companies.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Two years ago Pete Hegseth hosted weekend cable TV. This week he announced he's cutting one in five generals and admirals, in the middle of a war Congress never approved. Tell your rep to impeach him: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Impeach Pete Hegseth
Contact Congress today!
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 03/10/2026
My investigators have confirmed the Trump administration is hiding interview documents it conducted with some of Epstein’s banks, and there could be more. There’s no limit to how far Scott Bessent, Kash Patel and Todd Blanche will go to continue this cover up.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump administration’s talks with Russia about ending the war in Ukraine have expanded to include a multibillion-dollar oil deal that would benefit a Trump donor and Middle Eastern businessmen with ties to Witkoff and Kushner. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The FBI interviewed a banker tied to Epstein. That report never came out. Sen. Ron Wyden says Trump is hiding it "to protect Wall Street banks." Send Congress a letter demanding it all: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Demand AG Blanche release ALL of the Epstein files now
Contact Congress today!
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Bill Kristol: "It’s no accident, Umberto Eco further points out, that 'All the Nazi or Fascist schoolbooks made use of an impoverished vocabulary, and an elementary syntax, in order to limit the instruments for complex and critical reasoning.'"
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Not To Alarm You, But Trump’s Brain Is Melted
And Hegseth’s neo-fascism is out in the open.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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