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Little Richardjohn

@littlerichardjohn.bsky.social
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HUMANIST. The world through rose-tinted skepticals. Photographer. Orwell Nerd. Language pedant. Pub singer. Flamenco publicist. Still in Twitter. Banned from Guardian CIF after 10 years. Blogger. biginabox.com www.flamencoexpress.co.uk

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is Ilya Honcharov. He was only 14 years old. Russia killed him in Vyshhorod, Kyiv Region on September 30 🕯💔 ​Ilya’s family had moved to the Kyiv region from Sumy to escape relentless bombings, only for a Russian missile to strike the building where they lived.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I want to emphasize once again that today in the Kharkiv region, Russia murdered six people who were simply sorting vegetables at a storage facility. With not one, but three drones! They also injured 12 others, some of whom are in critical condition in the hospital.
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Little Richardjohn @littlerichardjohn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"AI could kill all humans in next decade, warn experts" The final nail. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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AI could kill all humans in next decade, warn experts: but how seriously should we take them?
Alarming warnings from industry insiders increase pressure for curbs on artificial superintelligence
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 09/09/2026
RNLI volunteers put themselves in harm’s way to save lives. They should never face abuse or threats for doing so. That includes the crews based on the Thames, who respond to hundreds of incidents every year. They deserve to be thanked, not attacked.
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Abuse of RNLI volunteers 'wholly unacceptable', chief says
Peter Sparkes says there has been "deliberate misinformation" spread about the charity.
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Little Richardjohn @littlerichardjohn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
HATE Conference. Birmingham.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/09/2026
When 3M scientist Kris Hansen discovered that a chemical the company produced was in the blood of the general public, her bosses questioned her work. Yet all along, some people inside the company had known the same thing. Listen to this excerpt:
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 03/09/2026
This is outrageous. Un-American. Straight from an authoritarian playbook. ICE has no business knowing how you voted. It’s time to wake the hell up. Our democracy is under threat.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 02/09/2026
The Kennedy Center began removing “Blue,” a sculpture on its grounds, on Wednesday morning with no prior announcement.
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Kennedy Center Abruptly Begins Removing ‘Blue’ Sculpture
The Kennedy Center began removing “Blue,” a sculpture on its grounds, on Wednesday morning with no prior announcement.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
USPS is reportedly pushing ahead with untested technology to carry out Trump’s attack on mail-in voting. The plan, if it’s allowed to go forward, could completely “derail” the midterms, according to a whistleblower. Trump will stop at nothing to cheat his way to victory.
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Whistleblower claims USPS plan for Trump's mail voting order could 'derail' midterms
A whistleblower says the U.S. Postal Service is rushing out an online system for President Trump's push to restrict mail
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 02/09/2026
2014: Harmful air pollution above legal limits. 2024: Harmful air pollution driven down to legal limits. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This year... -Trump's EPA approved potentially cancer-causing "forever chemical" trifludimoxazin -Trump signed an EO boosting production of cancer-linked weedkiller chemical glyphosate -Trump's DOJ defended chemical makers against liability suits at SCOTUS "Make America Healthy Again."
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 28/08/2026
60 years after the first Carnival, its spirit is as strong as ever. We're backing organisers with £4.6m to strengthen safety measures, support more stewards and help visitors and residents enjoy the weekend with confidence.
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Tom Tomashek @notgoingback2124.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
That the Texas senate race is even deemed to be close tells you something about Texans' IQ.
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Brandy @3dogz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Dolly Parton's Sister Labels Trump's Behaviour 'Deranged' After Claims the Late Singer Was a Secret MAGA Fan www.ibtimes.co.uk/dolly-parton...
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Dolly Parton's Sister Labels Trump's Behaviour 'Deranged' After Claims the Late Singer Was a Secret MAGA Fan
Donald Trump claims Dolly Parton secretly supported him. Meanwhile, her sister Stella Parton openly criticises Trump, highlighting contrasting family views.
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Little Richardjohn @littlerichardjohn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Police on #ebikes A sticking plaster, leading to MORE crazyness on city streets. The only solution to this madness is radical reduction of speed and torque of these road-vermin. Regulate. Regulate. Regulate. (p.s. none of them has yet earned its C02 footprint) bsky.app/profile/lond...
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Jon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
For those of you that haven't read it, Chapter 10 of Project 2025 was literally about creating food insecurity by cutting safety nets and slashing regulations and restrictions on food production. No, we weren't overreacting to Project 2025.
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Little Richardjohn @littlerichardjohn.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Any able-bodied person resorting to a turbo-charged invalid-carriage should obviously be ashamed of themselves. Primarily for being complicit in the willful destruction of an industry devoted to producing and refining the greatest design since the wheel itself. More Humanity thrown on the bonfire.
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Little Richardjohn @littlerichardjohn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Save Our Freeview TV
Unbelievable. The Government is threatening to switch off Freeview TV, forcing millions to pay for expensive broadband just to keep their telly. We have just days to force them to back down. Sign the...
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Little Richardjohn @littlerichardjohn.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Kites now terrorist weapons. 4 year old terrorist executed. x.com/AJEnglish/st...
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Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) on X
Israel says kites flown from Gaza should be treated like weapons of war. Its strikes have now killed a four-year-old Palestinian boy. A senior Hamas official says children fly kites "in search of thei...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/08/2026
Hanging? We need to call this what it is: LYNCHING. Ten Black Americans in less than two years. Every one of these deaths deserves answers, transparency, and scrutiny. No one should look at these images and expect Black Americans to shrug this off, especially in light of our history.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
JAYNE MANSFIELD had an IQ of 163, spoke 5 languages, and was a more than proficient Violinist, as evidenced here playing Vivaldi's Concerto No. 6 in A minor on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1957.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 20/08/2026
Running around with your friends shouldn't leave you struggling for breath. But for too many of London’s children, polluted air was harming their health. Experts said it would take nearly 200 years to reach legal air quality limits. We did it in nine.
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What ULEZ has done for children’s lungs should silence its loudest critics | LBC
Ulez's success must be a call to action to carry on in our efforts to improve the air in the UK, writes London mum and clean air campaigner Ruth.
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Little Richardjohn @littlerichardjohn.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The technical term for why people generally behave sociably is 'Reciprocal Social Altruism'. The true 'Human Nature'. Eroding Humanity is the obsessive task of all psychopaths. sociablyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reciprocal_altruism_in_humans
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Little Richardjohn @littlerichardjohn.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
@bsky.app 'Discover' page outage, anyone?
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Repeated dawn raids by the police on peaceful, decent people who have made social media posts supportive of Palestine Action. They are being treated as if they were building bombs. Tell me this isn't authoritarianism. www.middleeasteye.net/news/this-is...
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'This isn't the Britain I grew up in': The activists raided by police over Palestine Action videos
Activists say police searched their entire homes, confiscating personal devices and items bearing the Palestinian flag, even rifling through personal diaries
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
🇺🇦‼️🇺🇸 WSJ: Ukrainian drone units decisively beat a U.S. armored brigade in a major exercise in Germany. Ukrainian operators quickly detected U.S. vehicles, then simulated destroying them with explosive and FPV drones—so effectively that U.S. units had to repeatedly “respawn.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I’m going to make a proposal today that’s almost certain to get me consigned to the neo-Luddite dustbin of history. But hear me out... robertreich.substack.com/p/stop-ai
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Joachim Sammer @karlpopperwasright.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
No Patriots, no leverage.
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Little Richardjohn @littlerichardjohn.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
'If you set out to design from scratch a tool to facilitate authoritarian rule, it would look exactly like AI You would cherish it for its ability to destabilise shared reality and its creation of disinformation on a scale unprecedented in human history' www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
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Little Richardjohn @littlerichardjohn.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Aerial Archeologists get rich over disasters. Shame on them in their penthouses. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Heatwave reveals lost archaeological sites across Wales
The Royal Commission of Wales said some of these known sites have not been seen clearly in decades.
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Little Richardjohn @littlerichardjohn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
A few tickets left. Early-evening unmissable #flamenco extravaganza. The climax of 30 years on the road. Plus the phenomenal Adrián Brenes and Jasmine Villalobos. www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/flamenc...
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Flamenco Express 30th Anniversary Tour
Produced and presented by Flamenco Express Flamenco Express returns to London with a new cargo of raw, heart-wrenching flamenco – with 'sizzling soloist’ La Joaquina, guitar virtuoso Chris Clavo, the
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Little Richardjohn @littlerichardjohn.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The Deform blackmail machine cranks into action again. Farage and his thugs idea of 'Free Speech'. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Arron Banks ‘hired private detective’ to look into journalist who investigated Reform UK
Asked whether he targeted reporter who investigated party finances, Brexit campaigner says: ‘When you live by the sword, you die by the sword’
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Little Richardjohn @littlerichardjohn.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Sensational night tomorrow #Cockpit #festival #flamenco #London “Delighted the audience, who rewarded them with rapturous applause and encores. “ Dance Europe “This fiesty flamenco company deliver the finest flamenco, plus sizzling soloist, La Joaquina.” TimeOut www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/flamenc...
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Flamenco Express 30th Anniversary Tour
Produced and presented by Flamenco Express Flamenco Express returns to London with a new cargo of raw, heart-wrenching flamenco – with 'sizzling soloist’ La Joaquina, guitar virtuoso Chris Clavo, the
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Little Richardjohn @littlerichardjohn.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Tomorrow. #flamenco @cockpittheatre www.flickr.com/photos/flame...
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The Cockpit. Camden Festivsl.
9 August. 5.00pm
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New Jewish Narrative @newjewishnarrative.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
BIG NEWS: Extremist settler Yinon Levy has been charged with reckless homicide for his shooting of Awdah Hathaleen, in a rare instance of settler violence being prosecuted by the Israeli government. tinyurl.com/p66annvc
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
What we should grasp is that this is what Trump is *for*. It's why fossil fuel companies and the ultra-rich backed him. The kleptocracy, the cruelty, the culture wars, all these, while real & grim enough, distract us from seeing the true purpose of his presidency. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump administration to pay German firm $1.22bn to cut offshore wind leases
Agreement with RWE is fifth deal Trump team has made with energy companies, offering payouts to give up projects
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
birds of a feather? Argentine FA under FBI investigation amid suspected bank fraud and money laundering in United States Claudio "Chiqui" Tapia and Pablo Toviggino are already facing formal criminal prosecution in Argentina for allegedly misappropriating tax revenue and social security funds
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Argentine FA under FBI investigation amid suspected bank fraud and money laundering in United States | Goal.com UK
The FBI and US Department of Justice are investigating the Argentine Football Association and president Claudio Tapia over alleged money laundering and bank fraud involving US$300m in commercial deals...
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Little Richardjohn @littlerichardjohn.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
#flamenco #manueldelamalena #gitano
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Ivor Middleton @iwasid.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The links to claims of antisemitism in the Green Party need to be treated with extreme caution, rather than normalised as confirmed evidence. Remember that '00s of such claims were submitted to the EHRC about Labour. Only 2 were deemed solid enough to go to court. Both charges failed to stick.
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Little Richardjohn @littlerichardjohn.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Formalised LIES in fact.
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Little Richardjohn @littlerichardjohn.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Daily log of The Disaster. 2025 - Now. Latest. 'In a very chilling sense, the quest for AI is merely the pathetic attempt to reinvent an Omniscient, Omnipotent God for a godless world. An object of total obedience. A final admission that God IS Dead. ' biginabox.com/2025/02/12/t...
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The Bonfire of the Humanities
The Nightmare World of Trusk.Orwell vindicated daily.2025 > NowNews at the top – history at the bottomOnline comments during the expanding wars.Links to all context. Key texts:’The P…
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Little Richardjohn @littlerichardjohn.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
t's actually physically raining wet stuff in Peckham. First drops in 2months!
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Little Richardjohn @littlerichardjohn.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Another flamenco maestro gone. The great Manuel de la Malena. #flamenco #music #gitano A rare Trilleras. Flamenco Jondo. soundcloud.com/biginabox/tr...
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TRILLERAS. MANUEL de la Malena. 2007
Listen to TRILLERAS. MANUEL de la Malena. 2007 by biginabox #np on #SoundCloud
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The Jeep Rubicon Childkiller. Celebrate the climate emergency and mow down pedestrians with 5,000 pounds of pointless metal.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Every single second, the world hands $6,000 to the fossil fuel industry in subsidies. That’s $5 TRILLION every year. Renewables? Barely a fraction of that. We are literally paying to cook our own planet. When does this madness stop? 🌍💸 #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels
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Little Richardjohn @littlerichardjohn.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
""One Jewish life is worth ten million," said Yehuda Shimon, a resident of the illegal Havat Gilad settlement. When asked whether his remarks were racist, he replied: "Yes, I know. But this is the truth. Because God chose us. You are jealous." x.com/TheCradleMed...
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The Cradle (@TheCradleMedia) on X
VIDEO | "One Jewish life is worth ten million ... Because God chose us. You are jealous." An Israeli settler lawyer who represents settlers accused of attacking Palestinians told the BBC that Israel ...
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Little Richardjohn @littlerichardjohn.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Camden Fringe Festival. “..utterly riveting variations of firecracker beats...tumultuous fervour, indelible gracefulness.”. - The Stage “This fiesty flamenco company deliver the finest flamenco, plus sizzling soloist, La Joaquina.” Time Out camdenfringe.com/events/flame...
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FLAMENCO EXPRESS 30TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR – Camden Fringe
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Little Richardjohn @littlerichardjohn.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Which 'Nan' is Truer? #photography #archive #heritage biginabox.com/2012/11/12/r...
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Studio Nan / Real Nan
I was asked to scan in this image of a client’s grandmother, taken as a remembrance on the eve of her daughter’s emigration to Britain from the West Indies. The client mentioned that th…
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Little Richardjohn @littlerichardjohn.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
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Our BBC, our say: support the People’s Charter
The BBC has got a new boss: a big moment for us to get our voices heard. With Trump’s lawsuit on the horizon and politicians like Farage wanting to see its downfall, we’ve got to speak up now to prote...
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The thin line between US President policy making satire and reality ... via Arthur Barnes
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