Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Musk’s father Errol is in Moscow right night now, giving a speech at a conference organised by Fascist and Putin advisor Alexandr Dugin. Musk sr says Moscow is “very clean and safe” and “like Ancient Rome”. 86402187
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 19/05/2025I’m old fashioned enough to think the BBC should be leading on what the deal is and what it means. Rather than the political claims from both sides. 1944012750
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺Alex - For the many not the few or the one @alexverycalm.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Says it all 02815
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 13/04/20252025: Nigel Farage, "We've got the most expensive industrial electricity prices in the world" 2016: Daniel Hannan, "Outside the EU, our fuel bills will be cheaper" 45671225
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Enough media talk of Israel “hitting targets”. There’s no precision. The one target is Gaza, indiscriminately. An internationally-recognised genocide. And no more “fragile ceasefire” talk. It was never a ceasefire if one side refused to cease fire. Last night’s death toll: 413, many children. 29612326
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺Citizen Paul Templeman @paultempleman.bsky.social · 18/03/2025The White House has now confirmed Israel consulted the Trump administration before it carried out overnight airstrikes on Gaza. The latest body count is more than 400 Palestinians. 💔 395
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Left: Kemi Badenoch says she repeatedly said green energy plans would not deliver when in government Right: Kemi Badenoch making the case for green energy plans she said she said wouldn't work 98225
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺TeeDixie ✊🏼 @teedixie.bsky.social · 18/03/2025“Sit your orange clown ass down” 35513
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺Orange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 18/03/2025 5695913215988
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 18/03/2025Hi, I'm the guy who used to oversee the federal government's agency IT telecommunications contracts. This is extremely bad. There is absolutely no need for this. Not only is it a huge security exposure, but the simplest explanation for this is that it is meant to be a security exposure.nytimes.comElon Musk’s Starlink Expands Across White House ComplexTrump administration officials said the company donated the internet service, saying the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the White House Counsel’s Office. 576182508047
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Was just on @lbc.co.uk talking to @mrjamesob.bsky.social about how Kemi Badenoch ditched her support for Net Zero after she and her Shadow Cabinet received multiple donations from individuals funding and chairing anti Net Zero lobby groups bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...bylinetimes.comKemi Badenoch Ditches Net Zero Target After Taking Donations From Funders of Tufton Street Climate Denial GroupThe Conservative leader and her Shadow Net Zero Secretary took funding from key backers of lobby groups campaigning to curb action against climate change 38525174
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 16/03/2025US deports hundreds of Venezuelans "despite" court order. Meaning, of course: "in breach of". On the face of it, it looks like there is now a full constitutional crisis in United States, in that the executive is now freely ignoring court orders. Crisis point reached. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comUS deports hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador despite court orderTheir arrival comes less than 24 hours after a federal judge blocked a law Trump planned to use for the deportations. 21762870
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/03/2025This is blatant defiance of the court order. It was NOT too late. When the judge issued is order, two planes were in the air, and a third took off from Texas AFTER the order. 821152405186
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺Josy B @josyb.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Reform UK candidate who praised Hitler and Assad put in charge of vetting A Reform UK general election candidate who said Hitler was “brilliant” at inspiring people and described Bashar al-Assad as “gentle by nature” is now in charge of the party’s vetting process.theguardian.comReform UK candidate who praised Hitler and Assad put in charge of vettingJack Aaron, whose past comments on controversial leaders led to widespread criticism, is now overseeing candidate selection 1910
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Former Tory Minister Michael Gove wanted to “circumvent” the regulatory process to push a bid by James Dyson to supply NHS ventilators during the pandemic. Prototype “did not get through testing”. Another episode in the neverending state-corporate cronyism and corruption.theguardian.comMichael Gove ‘wanted to circumvent watchdog’ to push through Dyson bid, Covid inquiry toldSuggestion he pressured MHRA to approve ventilators for NHS is ‘ludicrous’, former minister says 32639312
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺The Guardian @theguardian.com · 08/03/2025‘A very camp environment’: why Alan Turing fatefully told police he was gaytheguardian.com‘A very camp environment’: why Alan Turing fatefully told police he was gayUbiquity of then-illegal relations at King’s College, Cambridge, explains puzzling 1952 admission, says scholar For decades, it has puzzled historians. Why, in the course of reporting a burglary to the police in 1952, did the maths genius Alan Turing… 716341
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺Secret Agent Number Six @designationsix.bsky.social · 08/03/2025 447103674121
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 06/03/2025GB News owner Paul Marshall had to quit as Ark Schools' chair after his proclivity for liking far-right, homophobic and racist tweets emerged. He endorsed one X which read: “If we want European civilisation to survive we need to not just close the borders but start mass expulsions immediately.” 38638
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺Colin Sydes aka Lord SydesJokes #FBPE #FBR #Resist #Resistance @sydesjokes.bsky.social · 08/03/2025 526056
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 07/03/2025Will nobody think of the <checks notes> multimillionaire TV personalities? A reported £1.1m every year, from license fee payers. But why not tell the Telegraph "over lunch in Soho" that you resent paying your tax? What could go wrong. 👀~AA 143979251
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 07/03/2025The expanded video of that Richard Tice car crash, during Reform UK's launch in Scotland, is somehow even funnier with subtitles. - "What are their surnames?" - "John and Ross." - "What councils are they from?" - "John and Ross. Next question?" ~AA 58882267
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 07/03/2025I'm sure Musk's beef with federal agencies stems from his annoyance with the FAA for all the safety precautions they want his rocket launches to follow. Anyway, here's his latest rocket blowing up near a commercial flight path. 722974
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Wrong direction BBC. What I want is unbiased challenging journalism. Otherwise what is the point of my license fee? If I want to pay for ‘personalised’ content I go to the private media sector. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...theguardian.comBBC News to create AI department to offer more personalised contentBoss says BBC News’s reach is ‘defying gravity’ and it must use AI to ‘support and accelerate our growth’ 3217
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 07/03/2025The US military has removed photos of the B-29 bomber “Enola Gay” — which dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan — apparently because it contains the word “gay,” which violates their new anti-DEI rules.apnews.comWar heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purgeReferences to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorites are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts ma... 1670155325214
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺Dan Etchells @danetchells.bsky.social · 07/03/2025And, here's @elonmusk - not getting closer to Mars, again... 😁 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comSpaceX’s Starship explodes in second failure for Musk’s Mars programBack-to-back mishaps indicate big setbacks for program to launch satellites and send humans to the moon and Mars 172
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Definitely Extremely Idiotic - Pete Hegseth Banned Images of ‘Enola Gay’ WWII Plane in DEI Crackdown www.thedailybeast.com/pete-hegseth...thedailybeast.comHegseth’s Frenzied DEI Purge Targets ‘Gay’ WWII PlaneA photo of the bomber, the Enola Gay, was flagged for deletion on the Defense Department website. 52543109
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺NPR @npr.org · 05/03/2025Tests in Key West show sediment stirred up by cruise ships, which can harm marine life, routinely exceed federal standards. Key West has responded by suspending the tests.npr.orgIn Key West, testing shows cruise ships stir up as much sediment as a hurricaneTests in Key West show sediment stirred up by cruise ships, which can harm marine life, routinely exceed federal standards. Key West has responded by suspending the tests. 1561781553
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 04/03/2025United Utilities dumped raw sewage for 6,327 hours last year in Lake Windermere, England’s largest lake. It has over 205 criminal convictions. Boosts profits, dividends, exec pay by sewage dumping. Allowed to hike prices by 32%. Nationalise. Prosecute directors. archive.ph/23xXbthetimes.comRaw sewage poured into Windermere for 6,000 hours last yearUnited Utilities’ treatment works and pumping stations released untreated sewage for 6,327 hours in the catchment of England’s largest lake, figures show 22758379
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺Richard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social · 04/03/2025(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity. 17507565022551
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 03/03/2025I called my dad yesterday and mentioned that they might not want to assume that social security checks would arrive on time. His response was "I don't have to worry about that, it's all computerized", which I thought was an interesting look into how people assume DOGE's cuts won't affect them. 71228206
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺BicycleDutch @bicycledutch.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Actual work has started on a suburb in Utrecht that will have space for 12,000 residents, three schools, two supermarkets, offices, restaurants and a gym – but no cars. www.dutchnews.nl/2025/03/work...dutchnews.nlWork starts on car-free suburb in Utrecht for 12,000 people - DutchNews.nlThe city of Utrecht has started work on a suburb that will have space for 12,000 residents, three schools, two supermarkets, offices, restaurants and a gym – but no cars. Merwede, on the south-western... 624452
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺Notes from Poland @notesfrompoland.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Polish Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Wałęsa and 38 other former political prisoners of Poland's communist regime have condemned Donald Trump's treatment of Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, which they said reminded them of communist interrogation techniquesnotesfrompoland.comWałęsa condemns Trump treatment of Zelensky, likening it to communist interrogation 5858121888
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 03/03/2025POLITICO Europe: Tesla’s plummeting sales risk its lucrative emissions credit earnings www.politico.eu/article/tesl...politico.euTesla’s plummeting sales risk its lucrative emissions credit earningsCEO Elon Musk has angered European customers and governments, undercutting his EV brand. 2227
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Another strong woman speaks the TRUTH… 5472737511518
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 03/03/2025The New York Times: Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Stop Offensive Cyberoperations Against Russia www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...nytimes.comHegseth Orders Pentagon to Stop Offensive Cyberoperations Against RussiaThe defense secretary’s instructions, which were given before President Trump’s blowup with the Ukrainian president, are apparently part of an effort to draw Russia into talks on the war. 11115
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺Colin Sydes aka Lord SydesJokes #FBPE #FBR #Resist #Resistance @sydesjokes.bsky.social · 03/03/2025 17518
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 27/02/2025ProPublica: How Cambridge Analytica Used Intimate Data to Exploit Gun Owners’ Private Lives projects.propublica.org/gun-owners-c...projects.propublica.orgHow Cambridge Analytica Used Intimate Data to Exploit Gun Owners’ Private LivesDocuments obtained by ProPublica detail the sophistication and intrusiveness of Cambridge’s work for the gun industry in 2016. The firm’s campaign aimed to help elect Donald Trump and keep industry-fr... 011
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 20/02/2025There's a rumour that Nigel Farage is keeping his head down because he's off to a Trump cheerleading conference over the weekend. I’m afraid I’m being proved right- Farage is far more interested in Trump's success than British security. He is a bootlicker and a plastic patriot. 25646171324
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Trump working hard to solve inflation 38230121116
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 19/02/2025The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday it accidentally fired "several" agency employees who are working on the federal government's response to the H5N1 avian flu outbreak. The agency said it is now trying to quickly reverse the firings www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...nbcnews.comUSDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire themAn Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation." 2527891
John Kay 🌈🇪🇺 @johnkay.bsky.social · 18/02/2025DJT said US ‘spent $100m on condoms for Hamas’. US press sec actually claimed ‘$50 million worth of condoms being sent to Gaza’. This Gaza was in Mozambique- the $50m was for not for condoms. Musk was challenged: he said some of the info they give out won’t be true. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukMore or Less - Has the US sent $50 million worth of condoms to Gaza? - BBC SoundsAre Hamas bombing Israel with condoms sent by the US? 010
Reposted by John Kay 🌈🇪🇺The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/02/2025Syrian migrant in Austria who rammed car into attacker hailed as herotheguardian.comSyrian migrant in Austria who rammed car into attacker hailed as heroVillach mayor praises food delivery driver who intervened in knife attack that killed 14-year-old and injured five others A Syrian migrant living in Austria has been hailed as a hero after he rammed his car into an attacker, bringing down a radicalised… 923747
