Reposted by ElsiOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12hMy dad fought in the war and he wasn't a racist. My late mother was a teenager and dedicated her life to helping refugees. My cousin is in her 80s and "fucking hates racists". You don't get a get out of racist jail free card simply for being old and having happened to have lived during a war. 1741278250 1.3K
Reposted by ElsiThe Verge @theverge.com · 14hLarry Ellison’s TikTok has shut down the promotional account for Alex Gibney’s Elon Musk documentary. www.theverge.com/tech/1013453...theverge.comTikTok bans Musk documentary accountLarry Ellison’s TikTok has shut down the promotional account for Alex Gibney’s Elon Musk documentary. 73714377 714
Reposted by ElsiProf Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 14h"A culture of near total impunity for Israeli violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank..." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...theguardian.comIsraeli settlers attack European diplomats in West BankFrench mayor and archbishop also attacked during violent attempt to stop Palestinians harvesting olives 0114 11
Reposted by ElsiPhilippa Banks @phil510.bsky.social · 13hPetition: Ban supermarkets from throwing away food and drink that is safe to consume We want the Government to introduce legislation requiring supermarkets to prevent edible food & drink from being discarded as waste. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/78...petition.parliament.ukPetition: Ban supermarkets from throwing away food and drink that is safe to consumeWe want the Government to introduce legislation requiring supermarkets to prevent edible food & drink from being discarded as waste. Unsold items that are safe to consume should be discounted, redistr... 175 7
Reposted by ElsiAlexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 13hAt this point if you want to protect public discourse you might as well advocate for putting one or several social media sites under public ownership 78121 81
Reposted by ElsiBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 15hApparently at around 1:30 PM ET, the main accounts for the No Kings coalition on Instagram were frozen and pulled down. Admins have lost access to the account and are unable to log in. This happened at the peak of the organization's national day of action. Instagram, of course, is owned by Meta. 3036401365 3.6K
Reposted by ElsiGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/10/2026No one who has seen and heard these accounts can ever unsee them. The absolute, inhumane, psychopathic barbarism of the people making these decisions beggars belief. #Gazagenocide www.theguardian.com/film/video/2...theguardian.comNAZA: the film Israel does not want you to see - videoOscar-winning filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor discuss their documentary NAZA, which exposes the AI systems the Israeli military uses to rain down strikes on Gaza, killing thousands of civilia... 33923458 923
Reposted by ElsiIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 17/10/2026Cruel, pointless, impractical, and ultimately dangerous. The rooms in hospitals which will now be used to offload trans people are often required for clinical reasons ie to treat the immuno-compromised. This is the product of a country that has gone insane. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukTrans people should use hospital spaces according to biological sex, NHS England saysNew guidance says trans patients should be cared for on single-sex hospital wards or bays that align with their biological sex. 45796204 796
Reposted by ElsiHelene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 17/10/2026Why? Because the combination of Putin in the Kremlin and Trump in the White House means that the world we have relied on since the 1940s is gone. Our ”normal” is over. It takes me zero pleasure to say this. I have always thought of myself as an Atlanticist. I don’t want this. 216026 160
Reposted by ElsiHelene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 17/10/2026Well said by @lordrickettsp.bsky.social There should have been an extremely serious debate about this even earlier, from the moment the National Security Report came out in 2025 that called for a "whole-of-society“-approach to defense. But no national conversation followed. 722883 228
Reposted by ElsiAlexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 17/10/2026Dehm was recruited by the Stasi in the early 1970s to betray Wolf Biermann and other dissidents so is the ideal figure to coordinate actions between pro-Russia tankies and pro-Russian fascists 28326 83
Reposted by ElsiGraham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 17/10/2026Good, but wouldn’t it be nice if we all had the right to live, work, and retire anywhere on the vast continent we share? Time to #Rejoin 25545120 545
Reposted by ElsiPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Tories call for 5-year freeze on minimum wage to tackle youth unemployment. So, how will workers in retail, hospitality pay rent, energy, water, food bills? Impact on mental health, NHS, public services? Silence on corporate welfare, soaring exec pay, dividends, share buybacks.theguardian.comTories call for 5-year freeze on minimum wage to tackle youth unemploymentLabour says idea is ‘tin-eared’ as report says fixing rate will cost low-paid workers almost £9,000 over five years 94626251 626
Reposted by ElsiPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 16/10/2026UK energy suppliers could be forced to pay rivals if they lure customers with cheaper deals. We had this before. it was the market stabilisation charge Rules of capitalism suspended to protect corporate profits. Regulators should end profiteering, protect customers but they don't.theguardian.comOfgem could force energy suppliers to pay rivals if they lure customers with cheaper dealsRegulator for Great Britain weighs up reintroducing market stabilisation charge to prevent firms going bust 28422177 422
Reposted by ElsiAlex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 16/10/2026“Look in the mirror, 🇺🇸”. No matter how many times you say “this is not who we are as a country”; right now it IS. 🇺🇸 has twice elected a corrupt, selfish bully who abandons allies, deals with enemies, rejects science and medicine, attacks other countries, harms the vulnerable and pardons criminals. 25304112 304
Reposted by ElsiOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16/10/2026If you're still on X ... now my friends is the time to pull that plug. This very dangerous man needs to be stopped, not enabled www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...telegraph.co.ukExclusive: Musk approached Trump to slow down Starlink in UkraineSpaceX founder had publicly blamed president for chaos over restrictions, but sources say he initiated them 882040741 2K
Reposted by ElsiPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17/10/2026Target pensions or welfare, don't tax banks, neoliberal IMF tells UK Chancellor. Silence on corporate welfare, bank subsidies and profiteering; poverty, equitable distribution of income and wealth. Sacrificing the old, poor, sick to the gods of fiscal rules, so that banks are not inconvenienced.theguardian.comTarget pensions or welfare, not banks, IMF tells John HealeySupporters of planned tax, however, say banks were bailed out by taxpayers during the financial crisis and can afford to pay more now 74890427 890
Reposted by ElsiGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 17/10/2026“The letter states Omar and her lawyers weren’t given a copy of the warrant prior to the search, as had been required by the judge. It says she made numerous efforts to contact counsel at the start of the search, but the agents prevented her from doing so for more than an hour.”wsj.comExclusive | In New Letter, Ilhan Omar Fights Back Against Home SearchLawyers for the Minnesota congresswoman asked federal prosecutors to return items seized this week from her Washington residence. 261832714 1.8K
Reposted by ElsiMatthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 15/10/2026“Orlando had become a woman… Their change of sex, though it altered their future, did nothing whatever to alter their identity… but in future we must, for convention’s sake, say ‘her’ for ‘his’ and ‘she’ for ‘he’.” Virginia Woolf had no problems with pronouns in 1928. #InternationalPronounsDay 7395104 395
Reposted by ElsiM a r c u s 🏳️🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 15/10/2026According to the UK Sally Rooney is a terrorist but people who harass and break into the homes of people who are seeking asylum are activists protesting about legitimate concerns 317352 173
Reposted by ElsiM a r c u s 🏳️🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 16/10/2026They’ve been trying to stop the rescue of drowning people, burn the homes of people seeking asylum, smashing windows of Muslims and harassing Black and Asian taxi drivers what about that isn’t already “terrorist?” 721984 219
Reposted by ElsiStop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Outrageous dehumanising comments here from a regular GB News guest, calling migrants 'animals, barbarians, savages' Take action: ‼️ submit a complaint to Ofcom: www.ofcom.org.uk/make-a-compl... ✉️ write to your MP to push them to fix Ofcom: stopfundinghate.info/get-involved... …1/2 65937 59
Reposted by ElsiStop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 16/10/2026💰 find a current GB News advertiser and tell them to stop supporting this toxic channel: www.instagram.com/p/DeHLSBtDBP... Don't let the media spread hate scot-free #ofcom #gbnews #migrants #stopfundinghate 2/2 0145 14
Reposted by ElsiStop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Regular reminder: here's the CEO of GB News's co-owners (Legatum) boasting of the channel's ability to shift the Overton window and 'change the national conversation' 😖 1175 17
Reposted by ElsiStop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Today's GB News TV advertisers include *SimplicityCremations *Dialaflight *Sky *AllClearTravel *Boxt *XmasTreeWorld *Tufferman *Haltonlifts *RangefordLiving *WeFixLondon *QuingoScooters *NakedMarshmallow *WhatStores *Elmhurst *AquaWarehouse *YourUnbelievaBowl *Ecomposite *TrailFinders 02820 28
Reposted by ElsiAnnie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 16/10/2026We've f'**ed up one planet with our farming - devouring the land, removing the fauna and flora, polluting waterways and the air, torturing billions of animals, so yeah! let's plan to start on another one! 082 8
Reposted by ElsiSam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 16/10/2026🔴 NEW 🔴 Simon Dudley was apparently sacked by Reform in April after making - in the words of Farage - “shocking” comments about Grenfell. Now, just a few months later, it seems he’s back in the folddesmog.comReform Figure Behind ‘Shocking’ Grenfell Comments Still Involved in PartyA former housing executive fired by Reform UK for making “shameful” comments about the 2017 Grenfell Tower tragedy still claims to have a role in the party, DeSmog can reveal. Simon Dudley, a former c... 715294 152
Reposted by ElsiAtul Haria (immigrant) @atulharia.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Stop deep sea mining - The deep ocean is one of the world’s largest, most fragile, and most important ecosystems. We need a global moratorium to stop the launch of this destructive new extractive industry greenpeace.org/internationa...greenpeace.orgStop deep sea mining - Greenpeace InternationalThe deep ocean is one of the world’s largest, most fragile, and most important ecosystems. We need a global moratorium to stop the launch of this destructive new extractive industry. 033 3
Reposted by ElsiSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 16/10/2026The only minor redeeming feature of this foulness is that someone around Trump still has enough awareness of how bad this looks to brief against Musk. 618733 187
Elsi @elsib.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026Oh it's only 3 people, well that's all right then. What planet😳 does this woman live on, bc it's clearly not this one🤦🏼♀️ 170 7
Reposted by ElsiOliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 16/10/2026"ITV spent a year investigating Reform UK, secretly filming councillors and candidates making racist, misogynistic and deeply offensive remarks. And somehow, some people's biggest concern is that ITV had the audacity to broadcast it." via The Daily Scar Inside Reform ... www.itv.com/news/2026-10... 11969364 969
Reposted by ElsiJames Barišić 🇭🇷 @james.barisic.fr · 16/10/2026I don't remember ever seeing Richard Branson write something as personal as this before. 425574 255
Reposted by ElsiAlister Clunas @alcatorda.bsky.social · 16/10/2026I have followed @raptorpersuk.bsky.social since it launched but I have been shocked and disgusted by this post. The treatment of the hen harrier chicks was callous and brutal. All so that more birds, in this case red grouse, can be shot. Game shooting with all the associated barbarity needs to end. 0177 17
Reposted by ElsiPeter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Of all the many evil betrayals I’ve seen in the last 60 years I’ve been alive, I’m struggling to think of any that match what Trump and Musk did to innocent Ukrainian citizens while Putin was sending missiles this way. A trio to live on in infamy well after I am gone 451808482 1.8K
Reposted by ElsiAlick Simmons @parliamentarygoose.bsky.social · 16/10/2026As ever, meticulously investigated and prepared, but so depressing - what lies in the mind of these people? And, try as I might, I cannot think of a solution other than an end to driven grouse shooting. If needs must…. 15823 58
Reposted by ElsiFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 15/10/2026George Monbiot explains why the UK should rejoin the EU, "There's a reason why Russia tried to intervene in the Brexit vote, they knew that it would harm the UK and the EU if we left" "They were very clear about that and boy have they been proved right" 461692537 1.7K
Reposted by ElsiByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 16/10/2026📌 ICYMI — How Reform UK’s Leaders Embraced Far- Right Racists — @nafeez.bsky.social As Nigel Farage's party faces a new racism scandal, investigations reveal how Nigel Farage and his senior colleagues have long cultivated extremist allies and promoted their far-right ideasbylinetimes.comHow Reform UK’s Leaders Embraced Far- Right RacistsAs Nigel Farage's party faces a new racism scandal, investigations reveal how Nigel Farage and his senior colleagues have long cultivated extremist allies and promoted their far-right ideas 14830 48
Reposted by ElsiHigh Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 16/10/2026y’all aren’t gonna believe this shit* www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...publishersweekly.comUnsealed Files Show Open AI/Microsoft Knew Copying Was Illegal and Could Hurt AuthorsNewly unsealed comments made in briefs filed by Open AI and Microsoft reveal that executives knew they were illegally training their products on copyrighted books and that AI generated books would lik... 351203433 1.2K
Reposted by ElsiHOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 16/10/2026Reform says “a handful” of bad apples slip through vetting. It’s not a handful. We’ve exposed Reform councillor after Reform councillor, and many of them are still in the party. Here are some of the worst👇 hopenothate.org.uk/2026/10/16/t...hopenothate.org.ukTen of the worst Reform councillors we've exposed – HOPE not hateYet another scandal has hit Reform. Earlier this week, ITV published the first findings of a year-long undercover investigation, in which several of the party’s... 32472228 472
Elsi @elsib.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026GBNews!, they and their audience disgust me. Solidarity with Mothin Ali, one of the best🫶 030 3
Reposted by ElsiMack @urielandme.bsky.social · 16/10/2026This is treason, a betrayal of the NATO-alliance to aid the enemy of Europe and Ukraine. 063 6
Reposted by ElsiNOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 16/10/2026Reuters reports the order to restrict Ukraine’s Starshield service came from inside the White House, citing two US officials and a Western official. A senior US official said Trump did not make the request. Kyiv was reportedly told it was a White House decision. #Ukraine 43704282 704
Elsi @elsib.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026Bernadette Spofforth, a real nasty and of course, a GBNews regular, arrested for publishing false information about Stockport attacker, these racist grifters really are the dregs 251 5