Reposted by DunnoSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This Green Party insider theory that Keir Starmer was consciously laying a cunning trap for Zack Polanski seems rather a stretch! (New Statesman, 30th Sept issue) www.newstatesman.com/politics/gre... 11525
Reposted by DunnoJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 6hLater, he claimed Mamdani never commented about the recent stabbing of an NYPD detective. Mamdani talked about the stabbing several times, including the below statement where the mayor notes he visited the injured officer: 521251333
Reposted by DunnoJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 8hUrgent and compelling. We all (including me) like to think "it couldn't happen here." And I don't think it could, or will. But of course in that the danger lies... www.theguardian.com/global/comme...theguardian.comHow do human beings rationalize genocide? NAZA provides a chilling look | Omer BartovIt’s easier to blame brutes and sadists for extreme violence. But as we see in the documentary, modern genocides are fueled by people who are uncomfortably recognizable 95617
Reposted by DunnoYashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 11h1. BREAKING The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay. Pillay is a South African jurist of Indian Tamil descent. 43868148
Reposted by DunnoStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 11hThat Zack Polanski lives in Walthamstow was literally on the ballot paper. 2734329
Reposted by DunnoSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 12hNew post: The Tory conference represented a clear change in strategy. But so far the shift has been largely superficial and rhetorical. There are three big problems with making the strategy work - and it is not at all clear they're resolvable. samf.substack.com/p/the-three-...samf.substack.comThe three big problems with the Tories’ new strategyThe Tories have finally noticed their only route back to power goes through the prosperous seats in the home counties and city suburbs lost to the Liberal Democrats and Labour. 109725
Reposted by DunnoAndrew R @excelpope.net · 12h"The government cynically predicted that we couldn't hold a conference without making ourselves look stupid, racist, or both. Vote Green!" 0655
Reposted by DunnoJane @localnotail.bsky.social · 11hMatt Goodwin is still raging about British Nature on British banknotes "The war against our past" 🫠 (Churchill fiver is from 2016 btw) 131
Reposted by DunnoJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 12hThis prompted me to go back and check the claim that "On current DWP forecasts, from the 2024 election until 2030, Labour will have increased working-age benefit spending by a further £51.6 bn/year." It appears to be equally fictional/spreadsheet error. Correct figure is maybe £36bn.. 17246127
Reposted by DunnoRicky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 17hICE-Gestapo shot a man in NYC with his 5 year old son in the back seat, then they rammed through protesters who were trying to block their vehicle from leaving the scene. I’ll say it again and again, ICE aren’t agents or law enforcement, they are terrorists, murderers and white supremacists. 542092743
Dunno @dunnoreally.bsky.social · 17hwww.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comLabour fends off Green party to win Holborn and St Pancras byelectionVictory by Sagal Abdi-Wali in north London seat will be a relief for Andy Burnham in high-stakes battle for the left of British politics 010
Reposted by DunnoOisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 08/10/2026So yes, it enables you to code faster, but then all the extra finding and fixing mistakes cancels out that advantage. 13815
Reposted by Dunnoℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕖 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 08/10/2026They decided that they don't have to do anything, just let MAGA Trumpism do the work for them... The Onion/Satire 2167
Reposted by DunnoJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 08/10/2026If you don't know what folic acid does when added to flour, do look it up, and marvel at the fact Restore has decided to campaign against it. 3530873
Reposted by DunnoDaniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Don't know what's funnier, the Tories absolutely cannonball diving on trustworthiness on the economy, or the Greens no longer being seen as the most trustworthy on the environment and climate change 36119
Reposted by DunnoIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026God. We wasted an entire season of Origin Story telling the story of this word, when we could've just checked in with James here. 3237259
Dunno @dunnoreally.bsky.social · 08/10/2026If you are making a phone call from your parked car, I should not be able to hear what you are talking about from inside my house with the windows closed. This isn’t just speaker phone it’s some sort of amplifier? Bizarre. 010
Reposted by DunnoK.Flynnx (St.) @kflynny369.bsky.social · 08/10/2026taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/10/08/c... Oh dear looks like Kemi is over-promising…taxpolicy.org.ukTory IHT cut could cost £11bn - almost twice the advertised priceOur modelling suggests Badenoch’s inheritance tax cut could cost £7.7bn-£10.9bn a year and shift £60bn-£110bn from savings and investments into housing. 231
Reposted by DunnoHeather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Sorry at what point do the government feel the need to do something about BBC funding, or are they just going to watch it be salami-sliced to extinction? 4132294
Dunno @dunnoreally.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Flour soup is very bland without a great deal of seasoning tbf 0150
Reposted by DunnoHannah @teaforpterosaur.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It makes me so angry. Give me a transcript, I do not need you to read it to me like I am a toddler? 2131
Reposted by DunnoEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 07/10/2026So it was the US State Department all along! Maybe Shellenberger should be emailing them about censorship instead of conference participants. #disinfo26 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comEU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ requestLithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website 17433180
Reposted by DunnoMatthew Sweet @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Sorry to inform to you that Free Thinking has been axed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBBC to cut raft of Radio 4 programmes including You and YoursThe corporation said it would be investing in a new consumer programme, while announcing more cuts. 7516772
Reposted by DunnoAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"Apparently Reform are now launching their own website as a full TV station. They are recruiting right now. ... And the question for Ofcom is this: When will you finally clamp down on this client media masquerading as a news channel?" via Reform Are Not Your Friends www.facebook.com/permalink.ph... 65824358
Reposted by DunnoIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026America right now is the maddest place on earth. Like watching a David Lynch film. 4663073830
Reposted by DunnoToby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 08/10/2026who could have possibly guessed making some Silicon Valley bloke who has no experience of making TV or radio would be an extremely, extremely bad idea 1389
Reposted by DunnoSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I can assure Conor that the rest of us are also tired of this stupid conversation which would end if he and his mates fucked off back to the pit they crawled out of. 2552959
Reposted by DunnoOisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 07/10/2026A friend of mine years ago was on a minibus travelling into deepest Cavan, famous at the time for its bad roads (though it was not alone in this). An American tourist on the bus asked how the roads had become so damaged and she told him it was because the English bombed them. 6326
Reposted by DunnoMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Laundry art [📸 Helga Stentzel] Original post 07918
Reposted by DunnoStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I get the appeal of nostalgia, I really do, but I find it specifically funny to get a leaflet from Reform's candidate talking about how when he was in the Met 31 years ago, he would never have dreamed of lawlessness like the kind we now see in Kings Cross. 4629334
Reposted by DunnoAdam Parker @aparkerwriter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Genocide and ethnic cleansing as an international crime can be tricky to confirm. One needs clear evidence of intent, for one thing. Well, see above. And this one of many such examples of statements by high-level Israeli officials expressing intent regarding Gaza, the West Bank and southern Lebanon. 57410
Reposted by DunnoMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich: “The thorough cleansing that we are carrying out now in southern Lebanon is unprecedented. “They have nowhere to return to. Look at how it looks. “And by the way, the world isn’t stopping us.” 81852556
Reposted by DunnoCargo Bike Ben @cargobikeben.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Correct headline should be “End of parking subsidy in Liverpool saves council tax payers over £1m”bbc.co.ukLiverpool parking charges bring in more than £1m council saysThe figure has been revealed following a Freedom of Information request from a group of businesses. 612129
Reposted by DunnoStephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I had this bit about Jeffrey Archer from the 1995 HIGNFY video memorised for whenever I needed a handy fact about him. 431774674
Reposted by DunnoParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Like I said, Andrew Tate is "an important voice for young men". Oh, and a pedo nonce. 31957359
Reposted by DunnoDisappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Just watched an SME owner declare because he “took all the chances of setting up my own business I’m entitled to not declare my income or pay tax like other people” in the kind of bold way you only expect from criminals. 56112
Reposted by DunnoEmily Collins @emily1collins.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Women have no material interests, chapter 94 1115
Reposted by DunnoPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Archer’s resignation from the London mayoral race after it was revealed he lied in court was the thing that got Paul Foot up from his sickbed and contributing again, having first started chronicling Archer’s lies and misdemeanours in 1969. From the Private Eye archive. Issue 992, December 1999. 321480461
Reposted by DunnoJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over two decades The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.ms.nowTrump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decadesThe decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors. 30033622044
Reposted by DunnoSpectacled Langour @spectacledlangour.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Excellent birds thread! 0215
Reposted by DunnoJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Angela Eagle: "Rising bills, poorer services and sewage pumped into our rivers, all the while water bosses got paid millions of pounds in bonuses - that is the legacy of privatisation." (Cabinet ministers would not have said this under Keir Starmer) 610316
Reposted by DunnoScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Three elected Alabama public officials, all Republicans, were running a human trafficking ring. They were arrested and booked this weekend. weartv.com/news/local/a...weartv.comThree Alabama officials among 17 arrested in Atmore undercover prostitution stingESCAMBIA COUNTY, Ala. -- Three public officials in Alabama were among the 17 people arrested Friday in a multi-day undercover prostitution sting in Escambia Cou 63823508
Reposted by DunnoRoosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 05/10/2026Less than a year in, New Mexico's universal childcare program is already changing who's working. @brycecovert.bsky.social reports on a new study from @chrismherbst.bsky.social finding employment among low-income mothers is up 18%, and full-time work is up 23%.the74million.orgNearly a Year In, Universal Childcare Is Reshaping Work for Moms in New MexicoA new study highlights some early impacts of universal childcare on labor supply for mothers in New Mexico. 7385143
Dunno @dunnoreally.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Most of the people who die from measles are unvaccinated under 5 years old. 010
Reposted by DunnoSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I remember in 2000 when the WHO declared measles had been eradicated in the United States. Then RFK Jr. put out the welcome mat for contagious diseases:thedailybeast.comRFK Jr.: It Would Be Better if ‘Everybody Got Measles’“The measles gave you lifetime protection against measles infection,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Sean Hannity on Fox News. 12617
Reposted by DunnoMax Roser @maxroser.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The share of children who died before they were 5 years old in 1950 and 75 years later. Africa: 33% ↘ 6% Asia: 25% ↘ 2.5% Oceania: 9.3% ↘ 2% Latin America: 21% ↘ 1.5% Northern America: 3.8% ↘ 0.6% Europe: 10.5% ↘ 0.4% Globally: 23% ↘ 3.5% 8415141
Reposted by DunnoJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 06/10/2026God, it's so refreshing to see some good comms on a worthwhile topic now and then. 08513
Reposted by Dunnogirlspacegeek @girlspacegeek.bsky.social · 05/10/2026He used to lie all the time, but now I honestly think he believes his lies now and lives in a complete fantasy world. 1132
Reposted by DunnoAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Apparently "Kemi" has "fresh solutions" uniquely tailored to Britain's current problems. <excitedly prepares to take notes> Cut taxes, reward the wealthiest, punish the poor and sick, alienate our allies, deregulate big business, and privatise any remaining state function. WAAAAAAIT A MINUTE! 46682160