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Malta-based, previous Parisian, Berliner and Londoner. Just finished my first novel, working title "Island of Strangers", a thriller about corrupt and fear-mongering politicians Anti-borders, pro-LGBTQIA+ rights, among other beliefs

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
A cause for national shame. This is the Rainbow Map for LGBTI+ rights across Europe. Until 2015, the UK was top. We've now collapsed down the rankings - and are the worst in Western Europe. We're now near Albania.
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Manu @julesjimmlt.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Très déprimant, très vrai. En espérant que ça fasse réagir certains de ces grands nuls.
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Edwy Plenel @edwyplenel.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
« En politique, la règle est implacable. Faire la preuve de son inutilité ne conduit qu’à une chose : la disparition » : impitoyable tableau brossé par @paulinegraulle.bsky.social de l’impasse méthodiquement construite par la gauche non-mélenchoniste. www.mediapart.fr/journal/poli...
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Gauche « non mélenchoniste » : un jeu de massacre et un fiasco à l’horizon
Incapables de s’organiser pour proposer une alternative à LFI à la présidentielle, les « unitaires » offrent un spectacle de division pathétique. Si une partie d’entre eux appelle à un énième « sursa…
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
As I explain here, the Labour party in power think the scum left are the few people they abuse online and not a large proportion of the 10 million Black and Brown people, whose votes they lost in cities, and we talk about how vile they are to our white friends, colleagues, and partners.
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Manu @julesjimmlt.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
You’re a very smart man. It feels very disingenuous of you to not understand why it’s use as a (pretty mild) insult. In a world full of Trumps, Farages, Putins, Musks, Bezoses, and so on, the whole “common ground” stuff falls apart. The right is winning, the third way is just a politer version
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Manu @julesjimmlt.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
I really enjoyed Project Hail Mary (both the book and the movie). However these words are those of an incredibly sheltered and unaware person.
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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 27/03/2026
Westminster Voting Intention: RFM: 25% (-2) GRN: 20% (+7) CON: 18% (-3) LAB: 15% (-3) LDM: 14% (+1) SNP: 2% (-1) Via @veriangroup.com, 20-23 Mar. Changes w/ 12-15 Dec.
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Laurence De Cock @ldec.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Deux raisons de se réjouir : Paris, Lyon et Marseille ne sont pas tombées dans l'escarcelle de la droite-extrême droite et beaucoup de villes bastions des quartiers populaires sont remportées par des nouvelles têtes de la gauche, proches du terrain. Le reste est une catastrophe pour la suite
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Sandrine Rousseau @sandrousseau.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Toutes mes pensées aux proches et ami·es de Lionel Jospin. Celui dont le nom sera à jamais associé à la mobilisation historique, populaire et citoyenne, de 2002, contre le RN. Celui qui aura payé un si lourd tribut à la division de la gauche. www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/sites/defaul...
Portrait Lionel Jospin
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Clémentine Autain @clementineautain.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Un seul message ce soir : halte à la guerre des gauches ! Cesser les invectives et construire l’union. C’est notre responsabilité face à l’alliance de la droite et de l’extrême droite.
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Il faut arrêter les conneries - Clémentine Autain - Site officiel
MAINTENANT, arrêter les conneries. Je soutiens La gauche et les écologistes ont résisté pour ces élections municipales de 2026. Les électrices et les électeurs du Nouveau Front Populaire sont plus res...
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
With @karenhao.bsky.social and 1400 friends at Vancouver's Chan Center. So much interest in her brilliant book Empire of AI. We went deep on gen AI's impacts on warfare, climate, labour, colonialism and psychosis. Heavy, but lots of love and determination in the room.
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Marine Tondelier @marinetondelier.fr · 19/03/2026
Bally Bagayoko est le premier maire noir d'une grande ville en France métropolitaine, Saint-Denis. Cela devrait faire la fierté de tout le monde et être la normalité depuis longtemps. (1/3)
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Sandrine Rousseau @sandrousseau.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Dimanche Paris doit rester à gauche. Après le débat d’hier, je ne comprends toujours pas pourquoi il n’y a pas d’accord, même encore moins qu’avant. Je pense que c’est une erreur politique lourde. Maintenant l’important, pour les gens, est que la ville ne passe pas à la droite. @tf1info.bsky.social
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Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ @leftiestats.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
‼️NEW | Reform lead by 6pts ➡️ Ref: 25% (+2) 🟢 Grn: 19% (=) 🔴 Lab: 17% (=) 🔵 Con: 17% (-2) 🟠 Lib: 14% (=) -- Seats -- ➡️ Ref: 306 🟠 Lib: 91 🟢 Grn: 85 🟡 SNP: 46 🔵 Con: 43 🔴 Lab: 36 Poll: @YouGov, 15-16 Mar (+/- vs 10 Mar)
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Great election news in Germany. My heart!
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Manu @julesjimmlt.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I’ve lived in Berlin close to ten years. Left ten years ago, but visit very regularly for work. Feels like the country is sleepwalking into it. Used to be that AFD was the devil, now it seems that no one cares. Somehow I associate it with Gaza. It broke people brains over there.
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Manu @julesjimmlt.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I have just sent my first submissions to literary agents. First novel, Island of Strangers, a thriller about migration politics, and how a young journalist/activist takes on a Farage-like character. If any interest, dm me ;-)
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 12/02/2026
They simply can't help themselves. It's utterly pathological.
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The Media Can't Stop Propping Up Elon Musk's Phony Supergenius Engineer Mythology
One of my favorite trends in modern U.S. infotainment media is something I affectionately call "CEO said a thing!" journalism. "CEO said a thing!" journalism generally involves a press outlet parroti...
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 03/02/2026
Elon Musk’s X offices in France raided by Paris prosecutors
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Elon Musk’s X offices in France raided by Paris prosecutors
Elon Musk’s X offices in France raided by Paris prosecutors
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
"'Germany Is Back' – and That Should Scare Us All" In its crackdown on pro-Palestine speech, Germany has normalized racism and state violence, reminding us this really is the country of the 1920s, again, writes James Jackson for Zeteo:
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'Germany Is Back' – and That Should Scare Us All
In its crackdown on pro-Palestine speech, Germany has normalized racism and state violence in a way that goes beyond any conflict abroad, reminding us this really is the country of the 1920s, again.
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
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Nurse:
It’s become a real problem in this area

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Nurse:
We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction

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Show a building sign posted:
Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic
With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it

Nurse:
Ministers, Spads, Researchers…

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Nurse:
Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely 

[Nurse on phone taking a call]
Ok - we’ll be right over

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Nurse:
We just have a gentle chat 

[Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster

Minister:
I understand your concerns…

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Nurse:
Are you OK love?

Minister:
Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters

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Nurse:
That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian 

[Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters]

Nurse 2:
Give us your phone, love

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Nurse:
At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to

[We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.]

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Minister:
YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR

[woman looks baffled]

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woman:
I just want a bus service 

Minister:
LOOK AT MY FLAG 
[produces a St George's flag]

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
"The Green membership means NOTHING, when dastardly Jimmery Croopins was Labour leader *SPIT* he failed miserably in two elections at 500k lunatic members" Guys, if the Greens can get 40% of the vote like Labour in 2017 it'll do just fine. We've already seen that a landslide is possible with 33%.
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Justin VanDeVelde @vanderduff.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Speaking of things making themselves irrelevant and shrinking their audience, how are things at the Washington Post?
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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
@governor.ny.gov I joined water quality & legal experts to urge you to listen to the science & follow our laws. Don't cave to Trump & approve the NESE fracked gas pipeline in NY & don't direct NYS DPS to rubber stamp it! Stand up for New Yorkers, our water & health! Pls don't be a pipeline patsy!
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Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
This is a great look at why people in the island nation of Malta feel largely disconnected from the migrant deaths that take place in surrounding waters blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
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Migration and Activism on the Maltese Archipelago
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
"Chuck Schumer, why are you doing this? Hakeem Jeffries, why are you doing this?...It's the donors...They're not up to the moment...sternly worded letter? ARGHH." On 'We're Not Kidding', watch @markruffalo.bsky.social 'hulk out' over the uselessness of top Dems. Full show: zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...
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Eiynah 🇵🇸 @nicemangos.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Worrying about 'anti white racism' during a very racist time is quite unhinged..esp for the co-founder of a supposedly leftist outlet.
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Wanna Hear Some Halo Lore? @stefanheck.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
JAMES BOND (Tom Holland): (into smart watch) Alexa, I need your help! I can’t get into the Amazon fulfillment centre to save the Prime Minister! There’s a large group of pro-union protestors blocking the way! MILF YOUNGLY (Lauren Sanchez): Perhaps I could be of service, Mr. Bond. I am 24 years old.
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I Heart Noise @iheartnoise.bandcamp.com · 27/06/2025
Work hard, so some day, perhaps, you'll reach the level of Velvet Sundown www.musicradar.com/music-tech/t...
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"There's not a shred of evidence on the internet that this band has ever existed": This apparently AI-generated artist is racking up hundreds of thousands of Spotify streams
The Velvet Sundown has no online footprint, a suspiciously artificial artist image and a ChatGPT-generated biography - but somehow has almost 350,000 monthly listeners
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The Onion @theonion.com · 13/06/2025
Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started
Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started
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Nicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Over the moon that 'Anywhere But Here' has been longlisted for the @mooreprize.bsky.social. Hoping this exposure will mean more people read about the realities unfolding on our doorsteps.
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Big Issue @bigissue.com · 10/06/2025
Far from 'strangers', new statistics show that people seeking safety in the UK have deep roots here, writes Refugee Action's Tim Naor Hilton.
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The obvious problem with Starmer's 'island of strangers' immigration speech
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
An apology to Keir Starmer:
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Manu @julesjimmlt.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Exciting #booksky ! The first print version of my novel has arrived! If you're interested in giving me feedback (even a few chapters), let me know. It's a thriller about a journalist uncovering a conspiracy involving corrupt politicians, and centered around a migrant detention center in the UK.
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Manu @julesjimmlt.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Here's a petition to save Manoel Island from rabid construction #malta parlament.mt/en/petition/...
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Petition
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Manu @julesjimmlt.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Stil looking for beta readers for my novel, working title "Island of Strangers", a thriller about corrupt and fear-mongering politicians. Just in case it's unclear, that title is to .denounce. that rhetoric, not endorse it. #booksky
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Great to hear that the BBC has a zero tolerance approach to racism, such as having Nigel Farage on Question Time 38 times
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Manu @julesjimmlt.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
This is incredible language, straight out of the far right playbook (check the thread)
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Sally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
What is the significance of Libya? Please read 'My Fourth Time, We Drowned' to learn about the crimes against humanity taking place there, & how vulnerable people are already sent there to be abused & silenced. #trump #gaza www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat... bsky.app/profile/sall...
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Trump administration working on plan to move 1 million Palestinians to Libya
Details are murky and no final agreement has been reached, but the plan is under serious enough consideration that the administration has discussed it with Libyan leadership.
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Manu @julesjimmlt.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Here's a preview of the chapters, should it pique anyone's curisosity out there... The pitch: "Erin Brockovich vs Nigel Farage, a thriller about corrupt politicians and immigration"
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
It's getting worse and worse. I'm sorry but if this doesn't lead to his leadership being challenged, what exactly is the point of Labour? Starmer echoed right-wing talking points that have no basis in reality and this *will* hurt people of color and foreigners. bsky.app/profile/jdpo...
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Manu @julesjimmlt.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Labour chasing the far-right voters, like other centrist parties all around Europe. The ever-usable meme...
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Manu @julesjimmlt.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
He manages to make me regret the Tories. Just yuck.
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Manu @julesjimmlt.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
You're named after a party whose position is now officially transphobic, one of the worst ones in Western Europe. What do you expect?
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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Yep, Daily Mail mentioning immigrants vs peoples priorities
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
3 months ago, I wrote this about centrist parties aping the far right, and how it's not just immoral, but suicidal. This is not secret knowledge. It's the most reliable effect in world politics. It's watching 40 guys getting killed by the same gorilla, one by one, and stepping up to take your turn.
You accept the far right’s entirely false premise that immigrants increase crime, that the housing crisis is due to migrants rather than your own bad policies, or that foreigners are swamping the health service, rather than holding it up with their bare hands in the face of your own drastic underfunding of the system.

And you become less popular. You, the sensible moderate, continue to slide in the polls against the very parties whose policies you were trying to steal. 

A sizeable number of your own base are appalled, and you have failed to impress a single racist. 

Because everywhere, from France to Germany to the Netherlands to the UK, as with Fanta and its supermarket imitators, it turns out people prefer the original to the copy.
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
"This isn't the Labour I voted for" No, it's the Labour you invented in your head because you thought you were super-smart and everyone else was a sillybrain.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Why trying to out-Farage Farage is just never going to work for Labour. The most hardline, anti-migrant set of policies from any UK Government in recent years and the Daily Mail still portrays it as a betrayal
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