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Jane Rooke

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Another Xcapee who wants to read stuff from decent, compassionate, funny and fair minded folk.

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Jane Rooke @janerooke.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I can’t wait for this one. Some of my favourite people to listen to and read will be there. www.malvernfestivalofideas.org.uk
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Malvern Festival of Ideas
Inspiring innovation, creativity & critical thinking. A multidisciplinary festival of ideas that takes place in the beautiful location of Malvern, Worcestershire.
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Jane Rooke @janerooke.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It would be rude not to share.
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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Jane Rooke @janerooke.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
‘The Burning Hell’ with their clever lyrics. youtu.be/niyxXIVLYxw?...
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Sarah Connor Was Right - The Burning Hell
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton truly was a diamond in a rhinestone world. May she rest in peace.
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Jane Rooke @janerooke.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
So, should we refer to ‘Trumpism’ as ‘Harpism’ now??!! www.thenerve.news/p/natalie-ha...
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From ‘human printer’ to headline-maker: meet Trump’s devoted aide Natalie Harp
The 35-year-old runs behind the president’s golf cart in case he needs hard copies of things to read, and credits him with curing her cancer. Now that’s what you call an assistant, writes Hannah Jane ...
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mjmd @tooblue.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Eye opening! 👀 This man has a perspective on Data Centers construction and the scamming(?) that surrounds it that I've not been aware of. I'm astonished. Listen and repost if you agree.
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Jane Rooke @janerooke.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
WTF are they thinking! How could you engage warmly with these knuckledraggers. www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
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Stewart Lee: Exit stage far-right – now Britain’s theatres are being urged to capitulate to Farage
A new strategy document is calling for the industry to ‘engage warmly’ with Reform. Why? So Robert Kenyon can remake ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore?
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Jane Rooke @janerooke.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Is this the same PoliticsUK on Bluesky I wonder 🤔
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Scary diagram on how much of our daily lives would fall apart if somehow we were cut off from US tech. Tech sovereignty and resilience is going to be costly! www.ft.com/content/4c3a...
Complex flow chart showing reliance on US tech in daily life
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Snowy. @snowy.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Show this to everyone. Especially the one’s supporting Reform.
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Jane Rooke @janerooke.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
@mrjohncrace.bsky.social Thank you for providing a much needed therapy session to the good folk of Malvern today. It was good to see and hear you in person.
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Jane Rooke @janerooke.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Useful tips to secure your phone, wherever you are in the world. open.substack.com/pub/londonis...
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how not to get your phone stolen in london (and what to do if you do)
on keeping your phone in your possession and your drama to a minimum
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 02/02/2026
Next Wednesday we’re holding a drop-in session in parliament for MPs, so they can find out more. Will your MP be one of them? Invite them today: weownit.org.uk/act-now/railways-bil…
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Make sure your MP knows how the Railways Bill can delivers for passengers - email your MP
Invite your MP to learn more about how they can fight to make sure the Railways Bill delivers for passengers.
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Jane Rooke @janerooke.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
It’s too much to hope the UK will try to ditch the US tech monopoly too. 🙁 cybernews.com/tech/europea...
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Europeans challenge US big tech with alternative app menu
Driven by concerns over privacy and geopolitical vulnerability, Europeans are increasingly adopting local "app menus" and open-source software to reduce reliance on US big tech.
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Jane Rooke @janerooke.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
I sincerely hope this happens. They cannot get away with what they did. open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
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Met Police Urged to Launch Investigation Into Boris Johnson For Covid Misconduct
Eminent lawyer Michael Mansfield KC tells the Byline Podcast that police should "look again" at the former Prime Minister's handling of the pandemic
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Jane Rooke @janerooke.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
We absolutely loved this show when it aired in the 90’s, so much so that when on a road trip in the states we travelled hundred’s of miles out of our way to visit Roslyn where it was filmed. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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‘It explored the spectrum of humanity’: the enduring pleasures of Northern Exposure
The quirky early 90s drama ran for 110 episodes, had fans in Joni Mitchell and Bon Iver, and showed one of TV’s first gay weddings. Now, having been forgotten for years, its warm-hearted charms are be...
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Jane Rooke @janerooke.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
‘Mudsills’ Wow, not heard that term before. I learn something new everyday from HCR. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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November 16, 2025
On Thursday, November 13, Michael Schmidt reported in the New York Times the story of the 17-year-old girl the House Ethics Committee found former representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) likely paid to have ...
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Carol Hedges @riotgrandma.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
😷😷😷😷😷😷😷 LETTER in local paper #cancer #hospices
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Jane Rooke @janerooke.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Looking forward to seeing this fella soon. www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
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Stewart Lee: How do all these rightwing astroturfers get on the airwaves? Doesn’t anyone Google them first?
From Aston Villa to George Abaraonye, every time the culture wars flare up, there’s a ‘concerned citizen’ from a previously unheard-of pressure group popping up. A little scepticism is needed
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Jane Rooke @janerooke.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
This episode from the Twilight Zone is a brilliant take on privilege and immigration. Blown away by it. screenrant.com/twilight-zon...
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The Twilight Zone: Point of Origin Ending Explained
We break down the ending and themes of The Twilight Zone's "Point of Origin."
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Sameer Padania @sdp.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Well… you have to say that, if Labour had started a year ago with anything like this kind of rhetoric & clarity, we’d be in a totally different place. Impressive start from Zack Polanski - & while it’s unlikely this will be seen by millions, it should be: youtu.be/1KsgxOrgbOA?...
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Is Zack Polanski the Left's answer to Nigel Farage?
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Jane Rooke @janerooke.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
I’d like our government to call him out exactly like this…. substack.com/@writesbrigh...
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Sam Bright (@writesbright)
Nigel Farage was royally skewered in Congress today by Democrat Jamie Raskin and you all need to watch it 👇🏻
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NPR @npr.org · 27/08/2025
Current and former Microsoft employees were among those arrested. Microsoft has said it is reviewing a report that Israel has used its platform to facilitate attacks on Palestinian targets.
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Protesters occupy Microsoft office as company reviews its work with Israel's military
Current and former Microsoft employees were among those arrested. Microsoft has said it is reviewing a report that Israel has used its platform to facilitate attacks on Palestinian targets.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
We've just launched a crowdfunder @bylinetimes.bsky.social to ramp up scrutiny of Reform UK in power, on councils in England. Chip in if you can and support investigative journalism subscribe.bylinetimes.com/reform-uncov...
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#ReformUncovered – Byline Times Shop
#ReformUncovered Help Byline Times raise £15k to commission a seasoned team of journalists to investigate Reform UK in power – because the other papers can’t (or won’t). #ReformUncovered Reform UK is ...
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Jane Rooke @janerooke.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
@krishgm.bsky.social On the piece about deform for women tonight….I was hoping you’d ask Ms Jenkyns about her leader’s support for Andrew Tate as a good role model for young men.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
🔴Online Safety Act is Forcing Brits to Hand Over Their Data to ‘Unregulated’ Overseas Corporations With Questionable Privacy Records Age verification firms used by social media platforms include company tied to a Trump-supporting billionaire and a firm set up by former Israeli intelligence officers
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The Online Safety Act is Forcing Brits to Hand Over Personal Data to 'Unregulated' Overseas Corporations With Questionable Privacy Records
The age verification services used by social media platforms include a company funded by a Trump-supporting billionaire and a firm set up by former Israeli intelligence officers
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 28/05/2025
The Liverpool attack wasn’t terrorism. But the far-right didn’t wait for facts – they had a script ready. This piece by The Bear cuts through the noise to show how outrage is manufactured. Read how this works ⤵️ @eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
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What the Liverpool incident tells us about the new culture war
Forty-seven people were injured. The facts were clear. But the far-right had already written the script
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Jane Rooke @janerooke.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Wild Garlic and Fairytale Springs
Wild Garlic in a woodlandSign pointing to fairytale puzzleThe Princess & the Frog well dressingThe Emperor’s New Clothes! In the form of Donny!
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 07/05/2025
TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
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Jane Rooke @janerooke.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
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Fuckity bye
RIP, the Guardian-Observer 1993-2025. It was not a natural death.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
What @bylinesnetwork.co.uk has achieved is amazing. The volunteer growth! And often better detective work and carefully curated factual information than many a big daily I had not realised that the network is not part of ByLines Times so will set up a standing order m.youtube.com/watch?v=anGK...
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Celebrating five years of Yorkshire Bylines
YouTube video by Bylines Network MD
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
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Jane Rooke @janerooke.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Timothy Snyder looks utterly shook while he speaks the truth. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)
America hurt itself badly today.
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Sharon Fisher @slfisher.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Say what now?
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
"Hitler, his administration, and his millionaire class friends used in 1933 to dissolve Germany’s Weimar Republic, a mere 53 days after Hitler took power as Chancellor. Take note at the time of this writing, we here in America are only 29 days into the new Trump administration."
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America’s growing darkness: a timely warning to the UK
Living amidst chaos in the US, I fear a creeping regime reminiscent of 1930s Germany. Project 2025 echoes a history threatening democracy
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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Petition: Review traditional and social media regulation
Review media regulation, including social media, to consider the introduction of stricter regulations to ensure truthful reporting, accountability and integrity across all platforms, including newspap...
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Jane Rooke @janerooke.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
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Appeasement at Munich
World Wars, Past and Possible
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kate conger @kateconger.com · 03/02/2025
Our deep dive into Musk's takeover: Even some officials who like what Musk is doing feel helpless to hold him accountable. His allies are diving in to agencies, gaining access to systems, planning layoffs, and proposing a sweeping AI initiative to review contracts. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
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Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government (Gift Article)
The billionaire is creating major upheaval as his team sweeps through agencies, in what has been an extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
“Big tech is now formally in league with the far-right. The resistance to it will be personal and political” @iandunt.bsky.social iandunt.substack.com/p/how-to-res...
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How to resist the tech overlords
Big tech has now made its position clear. It is on the far-right. Here's what happens next.
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Jane Rooke @janerooke.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
If you like walking and/or trains please this group a follow. It’s such a wonderful endeavour.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
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House Democrats Turn The Tables On DOGE And Outsmart Trump And Musk
Trump and Musk have Marjorie Taylor Greene running the House DOGE subcommittee, so Democrats have countered with a former Office of Management and Budget staffer as the ranking member.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Today Conservative MPs will seek to block a piece of legislation that will actually help protect vulnerable children from abuse, in order to gain a few retweets from a far-right billionaire.
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mikefa.bsky.social @mikefa.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
And must remember the morons who don’t know how to dip headlights?
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 10/01/2025
How to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
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How to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
In the wake of Meta’s decision to remove its third-party fact-checking system and loosen content moderation policies, Google searches on how to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads have been on the rise. People who are angry with the decision accuse…
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Lisa Marriott @lisaamarriott.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Read this and remember It is the greatest of all mistakes, to do nothing because you can only do little
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Politics in the U.K. @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Labour's Pat McFadden calmly put Tory MP Baldwin in her place, reminding her that the Tories are the ones responsible for the misery in countless lives. #ukpolitics
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
All the Big Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About bylinetimes.com/2024/12/20/l...
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All the Big Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About
You won't have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
The Guardian & Observer NUJ union chapels now have their own Bluesky account ahead of our strike next week - @gdnobsnuj.bsky.social. If you care about independent journalism, press freedom & collective action please follow for updates. 🙏
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
I love Ian Hislop but it’s worth noting that most of us would balk at the prospect of publicly admonishing a wrongdoer whose conduct you condemn in this way. I did it once to the UKIP/Reform/Brexit twerp Richard Tice but that took exactly zero guts. This is speaking truth to actual power…
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