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Teacher, Researcher, bigly fan of the brilliant #IndieSage team; ardent Remainer; unashamedly #Woke; #ProEU #FBPE #RejoinEU, #SocDem; #Ubuntu | @Mabalel2 on X |

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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
The Trump years have poisoned the United States seriously damaging democracy. Who can celebrate 250 years, given the ‘rule’ of a rogue President, the rise of unChristian Nationalism & the loss of goodwill, decency & democracy? Robert Reich gets it 💯. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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Sunday thought: Mourning in America
Friends,
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
JD Vance says Henry Nowak would still be alive if “the last few generations of Europeans had stood their ground against the mass invasion of migrants” If the Native Americans had kept out the invader scum like Vance, we wouldn't have to listen to this shit.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The 2026 John F. Kennedy Profile In Courage Award, Was Earned By Jerome Powell, Which Is The Families Highest Honor. Despite Years Of Attacks From Chump, Both Personal And Professional Attacks.......💪🏻
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
The Albanian people have been massively protesting for several consecutive days against slumlord crook Jared Kushner and Crimestress Ivanka seizing land in their country to the sum of billions of dollars to build a trashy resort. I hope they don’t stop until their evil corrupt deal is reversed.
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
People over party should be demanded. Anything less should be shouted down and removed. Period.
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Why are they paying for his golfing? Does he even pay tax?
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Checking out your advice on downloading Proton VPN for Windows, I can't find the "Apps & features" on Windows Settings, nor when I jump ahead & search with "Choose where to find Apps". Could you confirm whether the path has changed, and whether this advice on your support is up to date? Thank you!
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
For over 30 months, Israel has been destroying water supplies in Gaza. When access to clean water is vital for life, how is this not yet another thoroughly evil war crime? Where is the retribution? When will the perpetrators pay for their crimes? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Deadly Israeli attacks worsen Gaza’s water shortage crisis
Engineer and two drivers killed in recent weeks as scarcity of clean water fuels spread of preventable diseases
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
V. disappointing. We all appreciate that Labour is on the side of the NHS. Compared with teachers, most of whom have long hours, as do doctors, both regarding their jobs as a vocation, prioritising “their flock” & start off at £52000 v £32 000 for teachers. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Streeting hits out at BMA ‘delusion’ as talks to avert resident doctors’ strike fail
Six-day stoppage in England to go ahead from Tuesday as health secretary withdraws offer of extra training places
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Ah, but does it not appear more likely that the felon President of the USA has already provided Putin with this particular “service” (i.e.lifting of sanctions for some very dodgy Russians)?
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
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Ukraine war briefing: Ukraine calls Hungary ‘a disgrace’ after leaked calls with Moscow emerge
Kyiv urges inquiry after leaked calls appeared to capture Hungarian foreign minister telling Moscow he would try to amend EU sanctions to its liking. What we know on day 1,498
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Starmer could have postponed the visit. By confirming it, there’s no way to u-turn w/o causing massive row; so we’re stuck with this awful, humiliating spectacle, rewarding an individual who’s not just repeatedly insulted the UK but many of its Commonwealth partners, which the King supposedly heads.
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I'm not into gesture politics but I think this visit should be cancelled, actually because it would be a gesture that it doesn't matter that in recent months Trump has repeatedy insulted Britain. But it does. The counter-argument is that it'd keep him sweet: it won't. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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King Charles and Camilla to meet President Trump on US state visit in April
Despite political tensions between the US and UK, the King will travel to Washington next month.
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Thank heavens for Spain. Others who know better, should emulate. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Spain closes airspace to US military over Iran war, widening rift with US
Spain’s defence minister confirms move and describes US-Israel war on Iran as ‘profoundly illegal and unjust’
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
It’s his due. For what Trump has wrought, there is no defence. Others in his Admin will also have to pay for their disregard of the Constitution #NoKings #NoHitlers
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
These murders need to be told so that every mercenary MAGA supporter understands why there can be no forgiveness for those supporting these war crimes. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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‘It didn’t matter whose child I rescued’: parents of Iran school bombing victims describe their worst day
Hours before the world learned that a US missile had hit Shajareh Tayyebeh school, parents were already searching the rubble for their sons and daughters. In this exclusive report, four families descr...
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Absolutely the Scots haven’t changed. I spend as much time as I can in Scotland. I time the eight minutes it takes the train to cross the border after Berwick on Tweed; inhale, grin and sigh.
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
How hard would it be to tax the super-rich like this in the UK? Or have the Bandits behind Brexit squirrelled it all offshore?
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Trump is sickening.
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I think people with dual nationality are finding this sea change disconcerting. In the 1960s, people might say “Do I detect an accent?” in an interested-curious tone, with a welcoming smile. The change began under the 2010 Tories & so much soured. “Where are you FROM?” can sound sharp & hostile.
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
This invasion is indefensible. Israel is committing war crimes AGAIN. There must be #Sanctions NOW on members of the Israeli govt with preparations well underway for a #WarCrimes’ case before the ICJ. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Israel deliberately targeting medical facilities in south Lebanon, say health workers
Medics and officials say there is systematic use of double-tap strikes in campaign to make the south uninhabitable
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
The one nation in the Americas that identifies itself as “America” now seems to be controlled by Netanyahu. Things sour when you join forces with a war criminal & we should wonder WHY Trump seems in hock to more than one. What has Dumbty DONE that he bows the kneel to grimy folk?
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Aaargh! 😱Yet another detriment from the Own Goal of Brexit! Now that Microsoft is starting to feel grubby, and as we Brits can’t join the queue to sign up for Office.eu, I’ll be plugging Proton to keep me safe and will replace disappointing providers with the safer Proton equivalents. 👍
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Office EU - Europe's Open-Source Productivity Suite
Welcome to Office EU, the open-source productivity platform for all who value a free, transparent and sovereign working environment.
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
@LBC please preserve For Eternity the rousing introductions this week from @mrjamesob #heroic #unmissable #unforgettable #masterly #YeGods. Also please thank his supporting team 🥰 (including “The Keith” 😜)
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
That lot are still in Benidorm? Are we sure AI isn’t configuring fake people?
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
In his own words, the Donald formerly known as Drumpf, that mean, malicious MEGA MAGA liar, reveals his mental & moral disorder, accompanied by the grave flaws of genocide & corruption, along with misogyny, racism & rampant hypocrisy. God Save the world from the USA’s very first Piggy President.
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Perfect headline (as ever).
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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Dean Blundell’s Substack today is a MUST-READ: Trump spent 14 months tariffing allies, threatening to annex Canada, mocking NATO then launched a war nobody asked for. Now he’s DEMANDING those same allies bail him out. #USDemocracy #Pinks open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
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BREAKING: Trump is Now "DEMANDING" Former Allies Help With Operation Epstein Fury In Iran
I Guess The Begging Didn't Work
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
I’m with you on this. Fees for UK students are exorbitant. Why should EU students have to pay over the odds just because a succession of UK governments have failed to subsidise the high student fees that hit our young people with years of debt?
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
James O’Brien (@mrjamesob) in stirring, fluent, fine form today on the war and that without notes. If you can’t listen now, catch up on LBC when you have a chance. 👏👍
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Note the date. The hypocrisy of Vance & Co in their greed for power is sickening.
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Neither the King nor members of the “Royal Family” should go to the USA this year. If anyone has to go, it’ll have to be the PM. He’ll have to be in tight-lipped mode and bringing zero gifts for the felonious President.
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
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The first lesson of war is ‘know your enemy’ – and Britain’s enemy now is Donald Trump | Simon Tisdall
As the Iran disaster escalates, the US president should be seen as an enemy whose actions threaten the lawful, democratic way of life everywhere, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdal...
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Neil Lewis @neil-lewis.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
APOLOGISE? An apology is too bloody limp for the evil of inciting, and then condoning, the murder of kind, principled, innocent, decent people, and then following up with lies and slurs.
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
A perfectly put rebuke. The Daily Mail is almost certainly our most abhorrent rag, providing a diet that lowers the common sense and IQ of its readers while stirring fear of, and/or, hatred towards others. One has the irresistible urge to be the responsible citizen who rearranges the poison piles.
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Resignation is too easy. Sack and Impeach.
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Given that this is Netanyahu LEADING the US, the UK should have nothing to do with this appalling business. The reputation of the USA is on the skids.
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Alas, seems the US is now down to just two ignoble allies, Israel & Russia, both with leaders who’ve been declared war criminals. We’re looking at a Triumvirate of Destruction here. WHEN will the US get a grip on their bloated, money-grabbing, pussy-grabbing, fake peace-grabbing #NoNobel President?
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Given the ultra intelligence & supreme pinpointing skills, of which the US & Israel boast, the blowing up of a school packed with young girls, looks like a vile & deliberate war crime. War criminals don’t get Peace Prizes. They get convicted at beautiful bigly Trials. Who will host? 🧒
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
The Dow was at 43,488 when Trump took office. It just hit 50,000. So if you had invested $43,488 in the US, you would now have $50,000. But if you had invested the same amount in the rest of the world, you would now be worth $60,000. Lemme do a expla-youtube-nation www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYL5...
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"Dow 50,000" Sound Nice. Until Justin Wolfers Shows You That U.S. Markets Are Coming 21st Out of 23.
What does “Dow 50,000” actually tell you—anything about the economy, or just that a number got bigger? Dow 50,000 is a milestone, not a measurement. The level of the Dow is basically arbitrary: it’s…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
The New York Times reports that the Department of Homeland Security has sent Google, Meta, and other media corporations subpoenas for the names on accounts that criticize ICE enforcement. The department wants to identify Americans who oppose what it’s doing. I’ll save them time.
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A short note to Kristi Noem
To a current Cabinet secretary from a former one
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
At last! Well done, as ever, and *Thank you!*
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social my in-house historian has just reminded me I had, at the time, (2003) mentioned a different side to Mandelson. (We’re otherwise not particular fans.) When Polly Toynbee was undercover in childcare for her book on “Hard Work”…
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
A pity that “sheriffs” in London seem not to have gone after Jenrick over the disgraceful Tower Hamlets episode. He’s no asset. Reform is a company backed by three billionaires. Its owners/leaders, including Jenrick, will continue to be enriched while its policies will make most of us poorer.
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Army, England, we have a problem… www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Two-thirds of women in UK military sexually harassed in past year, survey finds
MoD survey also finds nearly one in 10 have been subject to non-consensual sexual activity and a third have been groped or touched
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
It’s beyond time for Trump to put Israel’s Big Three war criminals on the naughty step. Time also to send the murderous illegal settlers on the West Bank back to Israel. And for all suppliers to freeze arms to Israel. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Israel says it has resumed enforcement of ceasefire after wave of airstrikes on Gaza – Middle East crisis live
IDF says ‘significant strikes’ were in response to Hamas violations
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Mabalel @mabalel.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Perfect! I do love a good fact check. 👏 This is definitely a T shirt design I’d also happily flaunt.👇
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