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John Fullerton

@fictionarrative.bsky.social
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Thriller writer. Latest, Oceans Deep, due May 25, 2027. Book news can be found on my website johnfullerton.org and most of my novels can be found here: www.amazon.com/author/jfullerton #writingcommunity #author

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Corporate Welfare Tory tax break for banks cost UK public purse £6bn In 2023 Tory govt cut the bank surcharge from 8% to 3%. Current govt hasn't reversed it. Record profits, exec pay, dividends at banks Reversing the surcharge would raise billions.
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Tory tax break for banks has cost UK public purse £6bn, says TUC
Exclusive: Chancellor urged to reverse Jeremy Hunt’s tax surcharge cuts to claw back billions in lost revenue
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 11/10/2026
Demonstrations in London, Berlin, and Rome denounce ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza 'ceasefire' anniversary aje.news/91hl1g
People cross Westminster Bridge as they take part in a National March in support of Palestine, organised by Palestine Solidarity Campaign, in central London. [Justin Tallis/AFP]People take part in a protest organized by the Palestinian Students' Movement for Palestine in Rome, Italy. [Fabio Frustaci/EPA]People carry placards as they take part in a National March in support of Palestine, in London. [Justin Tallis/AFP]Protesters carry Palestinian flags and a sign reading "Stop the Genocide" during the "United for Palestine" demonstration in Berlin, Germany. [Christian Mang/Reuters]
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John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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India Uses Overwhelming Force to Quell Delhi Protests
India has launched an unprecedented crackdown on demonstrators after the election commission purged over 130 million people from voter rolls.
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
And now that we know there was Russian interference (thanks, Andy Burnham) there's even less need to wait until 2036. Declare the referendum null and void, prosecute those responsible, and start the ball rolling now with customs union, single market, and full rejoin.
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Well worth your time
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Will be 22 and I 71 on this timetable. The guilty will have made millions more (my financial cost has been high) ... and if we rejoin the EU it will be despite establishment bodies.... meanwhile, up here, there's reform and other hate merchants to figh ...without beating them, there is no EU route
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
'bout time. Now it is needs to be dealt with, legally, so that rejoin can happen quickly and without faffing around
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Don't forget your veg. Our globalised mass-retail food system is incredibly vulnerable, and depends on far too few commodities and varieties india.mongabay.com/2026/10/forg...
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Forgotten vegetables could help make our diets more resilient
Vegetable biodiversity is important for nutritional security and climate resilience, but it is rapidly declining due to diet homogenisation and land-use change.
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John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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‘My generation of novelists is dying’: Rose Tremain on 70 years of writing, and late-life inspiration
As her latest novel about Daphne du Maurier is published, the bestselling author reflects on age and creativity – and why at 83 she has no plans to stop
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"Black history is European history and European history is Black history. " www.europeana.eu/en/exhibitio...
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Black lives in Europe
From fighting for freedom and rights to inspiring the arts and athletic fields
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John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Why It’s Kicking Off Everywhere bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/10/09/w...
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Why It’s Kicking Off Everywhere
All across Europe, revolts and uprisings are underway. It’s a level of insurgency we’ve not seen since the Indignados, the Arab Spring, and the Occupy movement of 2011-2013. We should n…
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John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Dr James Robertson and Alexander Linklater - Imagining Scotland: Walter Scott vs Hugh MacDiarmid
YouTube video by The Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club
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John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Surveillance Technology in Thrillers That Works
How surveillance technology in thrillers creates credible tension, from metadata and cameras to PRISM, XKeyscore and the human cost of being seen first.
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Obeying in advance is the wrong thing to do
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Some 3,400 years ago, an Egyptian artisan captured a sense of speed and elegance in this beautifully carved handle in the shape of a horse! 🐴 ❤️ New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, c. 1390–1352 BC. The Met 📷 by me #Archaeology
My photo shows an ivory handle of a light whip or fly whisk carved in the shape of a horse. The ivory body of the horse is stained reddish-brown, and the mane and tail are black. The horse is seen in profile facing left. Its legs are outstretched in front and at the back in what scholars refer to as a ‘flying gallop' position, with a gracefully arched back. The eyes are inlaid with garnet, one of which is missing (not seen in my photo). It  is displayed on a vertical, thin metal stand in a museum display case. This beautiful object is dated to the New Kingdom period, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep IlI, c. 1390-1352 BC. Dimensions: L: 14.7 cm × H: 5.5 cm × W: 2 cm
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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/society/2026... All true, but add to that the cost of living crisis, no jobs, huge housing costs, the scourge of Palantir infiltrating as much of our lives as possible, the far right, the public sector in crisis, the ABOMINATION of tuition loans - and that’s just the start…
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Covid, Brexit and Liz Truss mini-budget led to lasting decline in mental health, study finds
Researchers found five events, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, caused serious damage to mental wellbeing across UK
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Invite your MP to ORG's event on AI action.openrightsgroup.org/invite-your-...
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Invite your MP to ORG's event on AI in immigration
Why your MP should attend ORG's meeting Deciding whether someone can or cannot seek refuge in the UK is one of the most serious and life-changing decisions that the state can make about an individual....
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John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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The Unmaking of the Chinese Working Class w/ Teemu Ruskola
How Communism Built a Capitalist Superpower
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The problem is we always get the footsoldiers and never the filth columnists embedded in the establishment www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Royal Navy service member charged with spying
The 24-year-old man is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday after being arrested at his home in Bedfordshire.
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John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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HIGNFY Mastermind Instances (Updated!)
YouTube video by mindlessgonzoALT
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Ancient Greek values? Femicide? Child abuse (including sexual)? Slavery? Oligarchy? Limited suffrage (men of wealth only) even in rare cases where voting existed? Media really needs to stop platforming and normalising these idiots www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Western civilisation is 'at an inflection point' Rubio says in speech overloooking Acropolis
In a speech overlooking the Acropolis, the US Secretary of State also said the US believes Europe "can awaken from its long slumber".
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John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Championing Rare Books in the Age of AI
Tom Congalton's Gloucester City shop, Between the Covers, is a 15,000-square-foot former school filled with the world's rarest books.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
UK govt plans £1bn energy bills help for poorer households. How about cutting energy profit margins, 100% windfall tax on excess profits before turning to the public purse. UK energy sector is mostly foreign-owned. Dividends paid without any UK tax deduction. End this perk, raise billions.
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Chancellor plans major intervention to help poorer UK households with rising energy bills
Exclusive: Officials working on further radical changes that would change how much energy companies could charge customers
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Sycamore had only owned the retailer for 18 months after taking over the retailer's previous owner.": I wonder how much debt they loaded on, and asset stripped, in that time www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Boots sold in £7bn deal to Canadian billionaire family
The sale of the High Street chain was announced on Wednesday.
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John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yup. www.doubledown.news/watch/2026/o...
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Zionism Is Racism: THIS EXPLAINS EVERYTHING! Richard Sanders EXPOSES Green Party Smears
WE ARE BEING LIED TO
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John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Not a Matter of Fate: Okinawa under US-Japanese Rule thetricontinental.org/asia/not-a-m...
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Not a Matter of Fate: Okinawa under US-Japanese Rule
One in three Okinawans died in the Battle of Okinawa; decades later US military bases fester like an open wound, bringing crime and pollution.
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John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How the Foreign Office veiled Israel's crimes in Gaza to keep British arms flowing www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/chan...
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How the Foreign Office veiled Israel's crimes in Gaza to keep British arms flowing
Channel 4 investigation shows how the UK government repeatedly failed to hold the Israeli army to account for war crimes
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John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Wishful thinking...? open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
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CIA Report Warns Israel Could Head Toward Civil War, Total Collapse
U.S. intelligence raises fears of civil unrest and state breakdown in Israel ahead of October 27 elections.
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Lady J of Tay @ladyjoftay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Far-right extremist trying to recruit Scots to create white homeland in Ulster
Jim Dowson launches plan to attract Scots to Ulster, claiming he can help white people to get ahead on the council housing lists. He and UVF bank robber Mark Sinclair seek white Scottish "refugees"
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John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
BREAKING: Green party passes “Zionism is racism” motion despite Israel lobby tactics www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
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BREAKING: Green party passes "Zionism is racism" motion despite Israel lobby tactics
The Green party has passed a resolution declaring, rightly, that Zionism is racism. The vote passed at the party's autumn conference today by 1022-813
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John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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WE ARE BEING LIED TO: Washington Insider DROPS BOMBSHELL on Ukraine War
Ukraine War: IT'S WORSE Than You Think
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John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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The Diesel Weapon
Why a rather unglamorous fuel is suddenly at the centre of a transatlantic power struggle, and why this matters for all of us
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John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Vijay Prashad:America Just Left Iraq. The Gulf Is Already Shopping for a New Protector
YouTube video by Transition Protocol
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Loubielou32 @loubielou32.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This 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.
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John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Russians are coming www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Tom Stevenson · The Russians are coming
War-fi accounts accurately depict the frontier between Europe and Russia as being in an unstable equilibrium. But they...
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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’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...
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How Chemours Moves Toxic PFAS Waste Around The World
A landmark settlement confronts decades of PFAS pollution — but not the corporate system that keeps moving the toxic waste elsewhere.
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
10 years after. FFS www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Met Police submits Grenfell Tower fire investigation files to CPS
The force is seeking charges against 54 individuals and 20 companies over the 2017 tower block fire that killed 72 people.
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John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Maybe the lady needs a hearing aid.
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John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Reporting of the RAF Fairford arrests blows the idea of a ‘free press’ out of the water
When 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
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John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Naza bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/09/29/n...
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Naza
When 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…
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John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How RAF Fairford 'bomb plot' narrative fell apart as US and UK made competing claims www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-raf...
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How RAF Fairford 'bomb plot' narrative fell apart as US and UK made competing claims
The five men arrested were released on bail but Trump said 'we had them under view for a long time'
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John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What does it say about Americans that this vile creature is still there? chrishedges.substack.com/p/donald-tru...
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Donald Trump and the Age of Evil
By any standard of morality, Trump is depraved. But adorned with the power of the state, he descends to another level — the level of evil.
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Tech bros don't like democracy, especially when that democracy has tried to hold them to account, as Brazil has
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John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Garvaghy Road and the Celtic Alliance bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/09/28/t...
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The Garvaghy Road and the Celtic Alliance
Two 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…
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John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
AB Fab www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Ian Penman · AB Fab: Anthony Burgess heads south
For a certain kind of northern man, Burgess has always been – for once the term is apt – something of an icon. A bit...
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Lady J of Tay @ladyjoftay.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
WHEN 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...
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Inside Scotland’s hidden pipeline of ‘phantom’ hyperscale data centres
WHEN an official from the UK’s grid operator appeared at Holyrood’s energy committee last week, he quietly revealed that Scotland may have more…
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 26/09/2026
A New York City bill would strike a huge blow to Amazon’s outsourcing model. The battle is already spreading to other cities.
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Mamdani's Showdown With Amazon Could Have Far-Reaching Consequences
A New York City bill would strike a huge blow to Amazon’s outsourcing model. The battle is already spreading to other cities.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 26/09/2026
Hamas accuses Board of Peace of aligning with Israel after excluding UN agency for Palestinians from Gaza operations.
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Hamas slams Board of Peace for refusal to work with UNRWA in Gaza
Hamas accuses Board of Peace of aligning with Israel after excluding UN agency for Palestinians from Gaza operations.
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John Fullerton @fictionarrative.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Keeping up with the Kims www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Richard Lloyd Parry · Keeping up with the Kims
For the Kims, nuclear weapons have never been an end in themselves; they are an insurance policy against attack by their...
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