Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialgorgone71.bsky.social @gorgone71.bsky.social · 26/09/2026😜 636347
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is how 'journalism' is done at @telegraph.co.uk these days 000
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I don't want 'my news, my way' (looking at you @theguardian.com). I want THE news, YOUR way, and if I don't like your curation I will look elsewhere. The rest of the thread seems sound too. 000
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 5776142098
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialCeleste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...londondaily.comBanksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London DailyExclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities 396372558
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Incisive explanation of how 'free speech' is imposed by a tiny ultra-wealthy minority while genuine grassroots vote-with-your-wallet (or feet) response is to be vilified and suppressed 000
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 24/09/2026in every accusation, a confession 011
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialMark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Just seen Danny Tommo referred to as "Captain Thugwash" and seriously, that's excellent work.static.klipy.comAmy Poehler's Perfect Chef's KissALT: Amy Poehler's Perfect Chef's Kiss 652866545
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 24/09/2026can't help but feel that Just Stop Greed would be a better aim 010
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialOliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"A senator in Vermont has noticed who is buying Reform. Why do you think so many British papers haven't?" via Very Brexit Problems 191797793
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 23/09/2026🚨 NEW BEST FOR BRITAIN RESEARCH 🚨 If Labour commit to rejoining the EU in the next manifesto they will be the party most likely to form a government. If Burnham wants to stop Farage, grow our economy and bring Britain to the top table, he must commit to EU membership. 14463143
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 23/09/2026I think once black clad men are interfering with rescues at sea, we are past "legitimate concerns". Once they're attacking boats, and risking the lives of everyone on board, it's just thuggery. The Home Secretary's statement is on the side of criminals. There's no other way to read it. 501556415
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Another thing the BBC forgot to mention. This is far right propaganda territory. 518289
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Authoritarians want to consolidate state power over what information the public can know. Just a timely reminder. 5729621227
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Just as well those committing wrongs against the RNLI are not holding placards supporting a proscribed organisation, else they would really be in trouble. 01241310
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Here’s one for the Ingerlish bigots 000
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialTony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026FT letter makes a grim point on how the first AI war could start - www.ft.com/content/b912... 33712
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialDigital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Moon perfectly suspended in the rainbow.Captured during a rare clear winter morning over Scotland. 593406551
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialPete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The Spectator is a machine that takes ostensibly clever people - or at the very least capable, literate - and turns them stupid. Imagine being paid to attempt to justify opinions that simply make no sense. It would drive you mad. 1122
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialPush The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The meme I started is being replicated and now is using Seattle area coffee shops. So proud 1164684711
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 21/09/2026“I trust my immune system. I don’t need a vaccine.” Ok, I trust mine to protect me too. Which is why I trained it extensively on what the virus looks like so it can handle it. Boxers don’t enter the ring without a plan. It’s the punch you don’t see coming that knocks you out. 653066748
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialBluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 20/09/2026 15440711260
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 21/09/2026You'll be amazed to hear that the Reform Party is making false claims about migration numbers 1114751
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Poor old Nigel does seem to know a lot of people who get arrested. Can't think why. 010
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026What surprises me is that people who have left Britain for the sake of their own greed still feel entitled to express an opinion about the country. 34920129
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialGerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The recent Reform & Farage scandal exposed by #c4news was also a scandal of UK polling & media says @iandunt.bsky.social. The media in question: the Telegraph & Times were happy to act as propaganda organs for Reform & seem to have learnt ZERO from being caught. iandunt.substack.com/p/british-jo... 15219
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 18/09/2026We’re still at the ‘we want a faster horse’ stage of the next transport revolution 000
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialSharon Hawthorne @sharonhawth.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Bigotry and stupidity go together- who knew? 0504
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialThanks For Sharing, Jerk @thx4sharingjerk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I think the only real lesson I’ve learned about American politics is that rich people will vote in their own interests and poor people won’t 832732601
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/09/2026Excellent letter in The Times. "Greater hate hath no person than to accuse those who put their lives on the line for others of being traitors." 11954349
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialGerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Nigel Farage and his friends, allies and company. 27641376
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia. 5953724213383
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The billionaires are asking to be stopped 000
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialTim 🇨🇦 @qwertying.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I love how he talks about stuff he clearly just learned about five minutes ago. Like a toddler explaining how a toaster works. "The bread goes in. And then... heat happens. Tremendous heat. Nobody knew about heat before me." 83215409
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialKittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026 13257081664
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialNaomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026You heard it from them first 1641571
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This is absolutely right. Perhaps the one thing Starmer did right at the start of his term, yet Burnham seems to be nowhere on this assault on democracy and law 010
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 09/09/2026well, if this pushes up house prices, at least the govt will finally think these guys are a problem 69619
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialJonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 09/09/2026 763931507
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialResJudicata22 @resjudicata22.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Cartoonist: Steve Sack 19878722297
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 09/09/2026One of those two looks like an invasion to me. 19675160
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.social𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 07/09/2026The Strait of Warm Ooze: the first monument you smell before you see. 36066992046
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 08/09/2026History rhyming very strongly here, only this time it's not at all clear that government will do the right thing 000
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialFinnMackay @finnfox.bsky.social · 08/09/2026There is no such thing as an illegal asylum seeker. If any of us had to flee for our lives international law recognises that we may not be able to get visas overnight or at all, have money, have passports, fly out of a national airport...so we'd have to go however we could. 12487139
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialAndrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 08/09/2026Interesting wording: “The authorities are hemmed in…by the European Convention on Human Rights”👇 🔗 www.thetimes.com/world/europe... via @thetimes.com Possible alternative: “State power is limited by a binding commitment dozens of countries made, after WWII, to treat people like human beings.”thetimes.comHow Gen Z voters are driving the rise of the AfD in GermanyExit poll data shows not only a remarkable voting trend among under-25s but a transformation in the way general voters view the hard-right party 27324
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialJoel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I believe the RNLI are responding to legitimate concerns that people might drown. 161191223
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"These are red flags about how Reform might govern if it got into power - state capture rarely starts with contracts changing hands, it starts with rules and regulations being treated as optional." Must read from @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social democracyforsale.substack.com/p/reforms-un...democracyforsale.substack.comReform’s undercover donations pave road to state captureBy making rule-breaking a selling point, Reform is signalling it's open for influence trading, says anti-corruption expert Liz David-Barrett. 415966
