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🧵 "Disingenuous Tactics: How the Woke Mob Stifles Debate and Hijacks Progress" 1/ A troubling pattern among certain woke associated groups is the swarm-like approach to dissent. Instead of engaging with ideas they bully and stifle opposition. Nuance is sacrificed for dogma, with debate a casualty.

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🧵 Identity Politics and The Hypocrisy of Oversimplification: Fighting Division with Clarity, Not Clichés 1/ It’s frustrating to see those who claim to fight against discrimination, bias, and prejudice often displaying the very behaviors they decry—anger, cliches, gross generalizations,

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

We should avoid vague umbrella terms like 'misogyny,' often wrongly applied to focus on specific behaviors. Overgeneralization dilutes meaning of important terms risking fueling division and misunderstanding. Addressing concrete issues is more effective in promoting respect, equality, and progress.

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With Bluesky user numbers rocketing, more official news accounts are arriving. Here is a starter pack of major media outlets. Feel free to repost, I’ll keep this updated as more arrive.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Keir Starmer's Government has just appointed Baroness Margaret Hodge as its new "Anti Corruption Champion". Hodge last week backed calls for Starmer to close the loophole allowing foreign billionaires like Elon Musk to bankroll British politicians bylinetimes.com/2024/12/06/k...

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Keir Starmer Considers Closing Elon Musk Donations Loophole to Stop 'Foreign Interference' in UK Elections

A rumoured $100 million donation from Musk to Nigel Farage's Reform would be banned under the proposal

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Beyond the Steady Ship: Starmer’s Mission to Counter Populism and Reshape the Media Landscape 1/ The challenges Keir Starmer faces go beyond Brexit fallout—they involve countering populist narratives fueled by a media ecosystem deeply entrenched in bias. To merely steady the

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We must resist the urge to criticise Labour's tough talk on immigration because they have been given a mandate to fix it and the alternative is far worse.

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Heather Long @byheatherlong.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

The Broken Social Contract: How Return-to-Office Mandates Undermine Health and Autonomy The struggles of working parents, especially those exacerbated by return-to-office mandates, point to deeper systemic issues that go beyond mere logistics. These policies

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Working parents’ childcare struggles are getting worse (yes, worse than during the pandemic) Return-to-office mandates are only going make this worse. Nearly 1 in 3 US workers is a parent of a child under 18 www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

This did NOT age well, lol.

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The Right's Contradiction in Defending ‘Free Speech’ While Silencing Dissent The right-wing often frames their stance as a defense of "free speech," but this is typically about protecting their own version of the truth while silencing opposing views. They

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

🧵 Cycle of Populism, Migration, and Geopolitical Strategy Putin: Weaponizes migration as a geopolitical strategy by destabilizing regions (e.g., Syria) and facilitating migration flows to Europe.

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The Tenet Playbook Social media influencers that helped Russia rig Romanian presidential election flee the country “Investigators believe Peșchir directed funds toward social media influencers tasked with generating viral content promoting Georgescu” kyivinsider.com/social-media...

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social media influencers that helped russia rig the Romanian presidential election flee the country - Kyiv Insider

Romanian Influencers Linked to Pro-Russian, Nazi Sympathizer Călin Georgescu’s Campaign Flee Amid Expanding Legal Investigation

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

1/ 🧵 Migration Crises & Russia’s Hybrid War Let’s explore a crucial but overlooked factor in Europe’s migration crises: Russia’s deliberate strategy of weaponizing migration to destabilize the West. Why isn’t the media spotlighting this?

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Some good news from Assad’s fall. Some of the five million Syrian refugees in Türkiye, Lebanon and Jordan should soon be able to return home. And also many of the 700,000 refugees in Germany and Austria which could ease pressure from the Far Right in advance of forthcoming elections.

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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

1/ 🧵 The UK Media: A Threat to Democracy? Let’s talk about how the UK media is failing its democratic duty and actively undermining Labour’s chance to govern effectively, just 5 months into their tenure.

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Assad statue toppled in Tartus. It is happening along the entire Syrian coast. Remember, the regime and its quislings said that Assad received 95% of the votes.

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Benjamin Tallis @bctallis.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Assad day A happy day.

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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

🇸🇾👀 Syrian rebels have entered Assad's palace in Damascus. What Russia has been building in this country for almost 10 years has been destroyed. ‼️ This morning, the rebels announced the beginning of a new era. People in Syria are celebrating in the streets.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Syrian state TV is now broadcasting just a single, still image. It reads: “The great revolution has triumphed and the Assad regime has fallen.” History. #Syria 🇸🇾

Picture of a Tv with a red screen and the words in Arabic in white

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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Westerners who know nothing about Romanian politics should sit out the current discussion and resist the urge to latch on to the very first take that confirms their priors about Romanian corruption, cronyism, and weak democracy.

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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Always read and share Andrew's op-eds! "Driven by empathy and a desire to spare the common folks, we concentrate our wrath on Putin and his cronies. But that comes at a cost, stripping the Russian people of their agency."

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Marco 🇬🇧 @marco-ukii.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Humiliating times for Russia’s ambitions in the Middle East. It's intervention in Syria was lauded by many as a decisive, masterstroke by Putin - a symbol of Russian revival. Perhaps time to revise the verdict...

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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

"russia is here forever" isn't working out well for putin.

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Richard Scott @richardascott.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Russia’s Retreat: Why Western Media’s Double Standard Matters Russia’s withdrawal from Syria, signified by the departure of large transport planes like the IL-76 and AN-124, represents a significant strategic retreat. This development, arguably a

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Brutal, brilliant and long-overdue takedown of perhaps the most over-rated leader of modern times. Merkel’s legacy: a complacent and divided Europe, a disarmed Germany dependent on Russian gas and Putin given license to reassemble the Russian Empire. Liberals take note. on.ft.com/3P5qUWp

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Merkel-worship was liberalism at its worst

Fans of the former German chancellor should be contrite — even if she isn’t

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CNN @cnn.com · 07/12/2024

America First? More Like America Left Behind

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President-elect Trump meets with French President Macron and Ukrainian President Zelensky in Paris ahead of Notre Dame reopening ceremony: cnn.it/3BlFmpL

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Wow. The current scene outside the Russian Embassy in London. Syrians gathering to celebrate the imminent fall of the Assad regime. They have been chanting: “Freedom for Syria, down with Assad, down with Putin.” #Syria 🇸🇾 (🎥Credit: Idlibie)

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

To Defend Democracy, We Must Play to Win The West has fundamentally miscalculated in its hesitant support for Ukraine, driven by a misguided pragmatism—a belief that power can somehow be 'balanced' in a conflict where balance is an illusion. Power, especially in the hands of

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🔴Nigel Farage and the Rise of the ‘Anti-Establishment’ Establishment How by threatening nothing but the interests of the already-marginalised, the Reform leader has made himself the darling of the very establishment he claims to despise www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...

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Nigel Farage and the Rise of the ‘Anti-Establishment’ Establishment

By threatening nothing but the interests of the already-marginalised, the Reform leader has made himself the darling of the very establishment he claims to despise

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