John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 13hyoutu.be/7rkhVopTcfk?...youtu.beVijay Prashad:America Just Left Iraq. The Gulf Is Already Shopping for a New ProtectorYouTube video by Transition Protocol 010
Reposted by John FullertonLoubielou32 @loubielou32.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is not how civilised countries behave. And you pro life cu*ts can go to hell if this is what you think a child’s life should be like after they are born. You aren’t pro life, you’re anti women, anti choice and supporting a government of paedophiles, abusers and racists. Shane on you all. 078
John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 19hThe Russians are coming www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukTom Stevenson · The Russians are comingWar-fi accounts accurately depict the frontier between Europe and Russia as being in an unstable equilibrium. But they... 010
Reposted by John FullertonLucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It’s not just the UK. Read this shocking report from The Lever into US, Dutch, Italian and Indian communities where people are sick, farms wrecked, dying young from forever chemicals the producers have known were lethal for decades. We can *never* trust business. www.levernews.com/the-global-s...levernews.comHow Chemours Moves Toxic PFAS Waste Around The WorldA landmark settlement confronts decades of PFAS pollution — but not the corporate system that keeps moving the toxic waste elsewhere. 34331
Reposted by John FullertonSimon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 30/09/202610 years after. FFS www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukMet Police submits Grenfell Tower fire investigation files to CPSThe force is seeking charges against 54 individuals and 20 companies over the 2017 tower block fire that killed 72 people. 292
John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 30/09/2026jonathancook.substack.com/p/reporting-...jonathancook.substack.comReporting of the RAF Fairford arrests blows the idea of a ‘free press’ out of the waterWhen the establishment media deals with issues in which the West’s war industries are most heavily invested, it happily jettisons even the semblance of critical distance from the state 011
John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Naza bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/09/29/n...bellacaledonia.org.ukNazaWhen NAZA premiered at Venice earlier this month, it sent shockwaves across the globe. Composed of interviews with 24 anonymous Israeli intelligence officers and soldiers, NAZA is a haunting exposé… 000
John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 29/09/2026How RAF Fairford 'bomb plot' narrative fell apart as US and UK made competing claims www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-raf...middleeasteye.netHow RAF Fairford 'bomb plot' narrative fell apart as US and UK made competing claimsThe five men arrested were released on bail but Trump said 'we had them under view for a long time' 010
John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 29/09/2026What does it say about Americans that this vile creature is still there? chrishedges.substack.com/p/donald-tru...chrishedges.substack.comDonald Trump and the Age of EvilBy any standard of morality, Trump is depraved. But adorned with the power of the state, he descends to another level — the level of evil. 011
Reposted by John FullertonSimon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Tech bros don't like democracy, especially when that democracy has tried to hold them to account, as Brazil has 077
John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Garvaghy Road and the Celtic Alliance bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/09/28/t...bellacaledonia.org.ukThe Garvaghy Road and the Celtic AllianceTwo weeks ago, the leaders of Scotland, Ireland and Wales met in Cardiff to sign an accord and announce a ‘Celtic Alliance’ [If You’re Feeling Sinister – Bella Caledonia]. Today, 200 po… 010
John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 28/09/2026AB Fab www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukIan Penman · AB Fab: Anthony Burgess heads southFor a certain kind of northern man, Burgess has always been – for once the term is apt – something of an icon. A bit... 020
Reposted by John FullertonLady J of Tay @ladyjoftay.bsky.social · 27/09/2026WHEN an official from the UK’s grid operator appeared at Holyrood’s energy committee last week, he quietly revealed that Scotland may have more AI data centres on the books than previously understood. www.thenational.scot/news/2658362...thenational.scotInside Scotland’s hidden pipeline of ‘phantom’ hyperscale data centresWHEN an official from the UK’s grid operator appeared at Holyrood’s energy committee last week, he quietly revealed that Scotland may have more… 175
Reposted by John FullertonHuffPost @huffpost.com · 26/09/2026A New York City bill would strike a huge blow to Amazon’s outsourcing model. The battle is already spreading to other cities.huffpost.comMamdani's Showdown With Amazon Could Have Far-Reaching ConsequencesA New York City bill would strike a huge blow to Amazon’s outsourcing model. The battle is already spreading to other cities. 34216
Reposted by John FullertonAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 26/09/2026Hamas accuses Board of Peace of aligning with Israel after excluding UN agency for Palestinians from Gaza operations.aljazeera.comHamas slams Board of Peace for refusal to work with UNRWA in GazaHamas accuses Board of Peace of aligning with Israel after excluding UN agency for Palestinians from Gaza operations. 914752
John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Keeping up with the Kims www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukRichard Lloyd Parry · Keeping up with the KimsFor the Kims, nuclear weapons have never been an end in themselves; they are an insurance policy against attack by their... 000
John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Modest and Misunderstood www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukFerdinand Mount · Modest and Misunderstood: Wretched StrangersIn the great immigration panics of today, sympathy is focused on the home team. We are the ones who are being hurt. It... 020
John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Green Party leader Zack Polanski: 'I'm an anti-Zionist' www.middleeasteye.net/news/green-p...middleeasteye.netGreen Party leader Zack Polanski: 'I'm an anti-Zionist''We cannot hold Jewish people responsible for what happens in Israel,' Polanski tells a hustings for Holborn and St Pancras by-election 010
John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 25/09/2026www.johnfullerton.org/post/gru-ver...johnfullerton.orgGRU Versus SVR Differences in Russian EspionageGRU versus SVR differences reveal how Russia divides military intelligence, foreign espionage and influence operations - and where their roles overlap. 010
Reposted by John FullertonPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics. Like Blair, Cameron, Clegg, Mandelson, hired to open govt networks to companies and corporate capture of the state. They sell political capital built with public money. What do we get in return?theguardian.comTom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics | Clive LewisWhen a former Labour deputy leader joins a firm built on surveillance and military targeting, it deepens public cynicism – and democracy depends on trust, says Labour MP Clive Lewis 29663304
Reposted by John FullertonCharles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 25/09/2026consortiumnews.com/2026/09/22/b...consortiumnews.comBritain ‘Complicit’ in Trump’s Yemen MassacreChildren and paramedics were among at least 80 civilians killed in the incident, Iona Craig reports. By Iona Craig Declassified UK Royal Air Force (RAF) refuelling planes supported U.S. strikes on... 132
John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 24/09/2026youtu.be/d03UK9jO1fw?...youtu.beFrom October 7 to the ICJ: Why Won’t the West Enforce the Law on Israel? | David Hearst PodcastYouTube video by Middle East Eye 011
Reposted by John FullertonLoubielou32 @loubielou32.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Agreed. #BastardTrump has no authority to determine what happens to our country and its lands. He seems to be under the impression that he has a divine right to oversee every country in the world - somebody needs to tell him to sort his own house out first. The US is in a dire situation. 022
John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 23/09/2026An Act of Monumental Cultural and Educational Vandalism bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/09/21/a...bellacaledonia.org.ukAn Act of Monumental Cultural and Educational Vandalism“There is a loss of any vestiges that the University of Edinburgh conceives of itself as primarily a Scottish institution.” – Alec Finlay. You could argue that this process began … 010
Reposted by John FullertonAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Trump's foreign policy is not isolationist. On the contrary, his ideologues want to build an international empire run by far-right political movements who serve American crypto, mineral and tech companies, many with links to the president. Read more here: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...theatlantic.comEmpire of GriftFar-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction. 10129261291
Reposted by John FullertonSimon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026UK to be world leader in closing stable doors after horse has bolted (unless it finally investigates Russian influence and funding on Brexit and Brexit parties, and kicks Palantir/tech bros out of govt) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukUK to fight Russian disinformation and push new global AI standards, Burnham saysThe UK could act as "an honest broker" on AI and other global challenges, the prime minister tells world leaders at the UN. 0102
John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Diary www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukDani Garavelli · Diary: Cult of MussoliniA couple of days before I arrived in Predappio, I read that Hitler’s birthplace in Austria had been compulsorily... 010
John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 21/09/2026www.johnfullerton.org/post/a-guide...johnfullerton.orgA Guide to Espionage Book Series Worth ReadingA guide to espionage book series for readers seeking credible tradecraft, political pressure and compromised loyalties, from classic masters to fresh voices. 011
John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The staggering cruelty of the Trump regime: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comBanished to alien lands: Trump’s secret deportation dealsAfter a plane journey in shackles, an Iranian woman found herself in the middle of Africa in a country she did not know existed. She is one of thousands deported from the US on the back of shadowy dea... 011
John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 20/09/2026open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...open.substack.comThe End of Rojava: Kurds in Northeast Syria Face an Uncertain Future Amid Integration With DamascusDespite the formal dissolution of the SDF and the Kurdish-led autonomous zone, northeast Syria remains in a liminal state—not fully Syria, but not entirely separate, either. 010
Reposted by John FullertonSimon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Lots of looking for in-fighting by the BBC, not a lot of coverage of actual policy. Clearly, only Reform get the easy coverage www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukLib Dems sleepwalking to irrelevance under Davey, says council leaderDevon County Council leader Julian Brazil tells the BBC Ed Davey is not the right person to lead the party. 0143
Reposted by John Fullertonaiformal sagebiel @sagebiel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026www.threads.com/share/BAaJbM... come more often . @charles-ex.bsky.social @ginger146.bsky.socialthreads.comMartin Koschmall (@martygraphy) on ThreadsGerman here 🇩🇪: once Trump is gone, people - no matter if Maga or reasonable - will think, global relations will go back to normal in an instant. Be prepared: they won‘t. International politics works ... 021
John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Ranks of Humanity www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukThomas Meaney · Ranks of Humanity: West of where?The West can play at being universal, seeing itself as the only ‘civilisation’ and basing itself on metrics of... 010
John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 19/09/2026www.johnfullerton.org/post/gru-spi...johnfullerton.orgGRU Spies Explained for Serious Thriller ReadersGRU spies explained: how Russia’s covert intelligence service recruits, operates and influences events, and why its methods matter to thriller readers. 010
Reposted by John FullertonChaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Labour’s savage disability benefit cuts could hit older people hardest, despite their reduced chances of finding work - a third of those potentially affected are aged 50+, according to FOI data Older disabled people face both labour market ableism and ageism By me, for @theleaduk.bsky.socialnational.thelead.ukExclusive: Over a third of disabled people at risk from Labour’s benefit cuts are 50+New figures obtained by The Lead show more than one third of people at risk from cuts to universal credit disability payments are over 50 – a group facing some of the highest barriers to finding work 615792
John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Am I the only one who thinks Mark Zuckerberg is boring, and this article about him even more so? colossus.com/article/mark...colossus.comProfile of Mark ZuckerbergA journey to the heart of history’s largest nonterritorial empire 010
Reposted by John FullertonSimon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It would help if broadcasters like the BBC gave proportionate coverage instead of focusing on the party it deems most aligned with its own senior management www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukNot just 'Nice Guy Eddie': Lib Dems eager for leader to show radical side at party conferenceThere is a sizeable group of Lib Dem MPs who openly question whether the party's problem is with its leader, while others support his stance. 1114
Reposted by John FullertonMatthew Wilcoxson @akademy.uk · 18/09/2026Now people will die in the water. British and foreign alike. Because of Reform, Farage, and his far right, wretches. 0108
Reposted by John FullertonSimon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The revolving door is the death of democracy 173
John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Too hard to swallow, or realistic? spectator.com/article/zele...spectator.comZelensky’s strategy is national suicideWaging a war of attrition is national suicide, not valor. Yet this is the strategy that the Zelensky government pursues 010
John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Dependency or sovereignty? www.chathamhouse.org/publications...chathamhouse.orgUK’s armed forces can keep control of their AI kill switch – here’s howThe US offers the most advanced defence technology at the expense of sovereignty. Yet Britain can develop AI and other hi-tech capabilities without sacrificing autonomy or its transatlantic alliance, ... 010
John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 15/09/2026open.substack.com/pub/chinaobs...open.substack.comThe question underlying trade and investment with China: Is it a threat?The Thinker | No. 010
Reposted by John FullertonSimon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I like A Foreign Country, good book. Day of the Jackal too. Have you read Gavin Lyall, Midnight plus one? www.goodreads.com/book/show/18...goodreads.comMidnight Plus OneWith an industrial empire at stake, one of the best of … 111
John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 15/09/2026www.johnfullerton.org/post/10-real...johnfullerton.org10 Realistic Manhunt Thriller Books to ReadA guide to realistic manhunt thriller books, from patient surveillance to compromised identities, where tradecraft, politics and pressure feel credible. 110
John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 14/09/2026www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...theguardian.comEnd Times Fascism by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor review – the fightback starts hereA sharp analysis of the damage wrought by the reckless super-rich, and progressive toolkit for repairing it 044
John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 13/09/2026observer.co.uk/culture/book...observer.co.ukHow Leonora Carrington can change your life | The ObserverThe surrealist artist and writer was unfettered by convention. Even after a brief encounter, her work lingers in your consciousness 010
John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I just wanted to touch it www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukLiam Shaw · I just wanted to touch it: To Catch a PandaPandas have good PR, but they’re not as cuddly as people think. They have powerful teeth that can chew things a lot... 010