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Michael Easton

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Twitter refugee! Newcastle, UK

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👻 Jack Djinn Wail 🧞 @jacktindale.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Oh crap. I shouldn’t have said they were donors. Oh crap. I shouldn’t have said they were illegal. Oh crap. And I certainly shouldn’t have rattled off all of their names in the space of thirty seconds. Ah. It’s too woke today.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
An American interviewer asked me about my political beliefs. #VoteBinface
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Magnificent. Just shared it on the wireless.
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Scott @scottydo16.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/07/2026
Whoopsie daisy. 🤣😂🤣😂
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
one of the supposedly damning docs the White House released tonight says Russia tried to undermine BIDEN. Also says China "prefers that President Trump be defeated" but actually "Beijing did not intend to try to affect the election" (!)
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Richard Bell @richardbell.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
“Dude, even I don’t put my own face on the money.”
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ariella @agbouskila.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Well, I've been affected by the Bungie layoffs, and I guess I'm now looking for work. I'm a senior narrative designer on Destiny 2. I'm going to thread a little list of stuff I've done on the game; normally I go out of my way to avoid attention, but today I'd appreciate reposts.
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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 03/06/2026
Do I have this right? Sikh guy stabs a kid. His brother calls police, reporting a hate crime. Police arrive and arrest alleged perpetrator (and cuff him). When they realize he is the victim, they uncuff him and render aid. Victim's wounds were already fatal. Perpetrator is arrested and convicted.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
"for now we must treat this claim as unsubstantiated unless and until some further information emerges". @ciaranm.bsky.social, former Chief Executive of the National Cyber Security Centre, on Farage's claims of Russian hacking. www.linkedin.com/posts/cyberc...
Screen-shot of LinkedIn post by Ciaran Martin: "Senior figures in public life should not make unsubstantiated claims about foreign (especially Russian) state hacking against them just when something inconvenient comes out, as in this Mail On Sunday splash yesterday where Mr Farage claims the source of knowledge about his £5m gift from a crypto tycoon was hacking from Moscow. 

If someone in a senior and high profile position feels they’ve been hacked and gets “counter espionage experts” to do “forensic analysis” on the phone, it would then follow that the company which does the analysis is named and that at least some technical evidence to validate the claim should be published. 

More normally still, for someone of this prominence, the incident could have been reported to the National Cyber Security Centre. Since the run up to the 2017 General Election and a decision made by Theresa May to help protect the integrity of politics against foreign interference, the NCSC has been made available to help political parties on a confidential basis and several politicians from opposition parties have done so. ReformUK have failed to say whether this has happened. 

So for now we must treat this claim as unsubstantiated unless and until some further information emerges."
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David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
There are days when I miss being an editor. I loved writing headlines. Whoever did this, I hope they took the rest of the day off.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
One of most destructive acts of the Cameron-Osborne era was the decision to target austerity on local government.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I wrote this about Boris Johnson in 2021. It also applies to those, like Nigel Farage, who aspire to become prime minister. When a candidate for high office is taking millions of pounds in personal gifts, that is not a private matter. gladstonediaries.blogspot.com/2021/05/forg...
A prime minister cannot serve two masters. If a Head of Government is receiving large financial payments from a private donor, totalling tens of thousands of pounds, a democracy has a right to know. Those payments might be entirely innocent: a simple token of esteem, from one person with more money than he needs, to another with less money than he wants. But the public cannot make a judgement on that if the arrangement is kept secret.

We cannot know if the donor was bidding for government contracts, or lobbying for a change in their tax arrangements. We cannot know if they were looking for a seat in the House of Lords, or an appointment to a public body. We would not be told if they had received an honour, or access to ministers, or a regulatory change that saved their business millions.

The line from ministers seems to be that, so long as the taxpayer didn't pay, the source of the money is "none of our business". In fact, the reverse is true. It is because the taxpayer isn't paying that it is so important we find out who is. Who handed benefits worth tens of thousands of pounds to our prime minister, and what they might want in return?

A second line of defence notes that, when the story began to leak, the prime minister changed course and paid the bill himself. But that suggests that he knew the arrangement was indefensible. In that respect, it reinforces the importance of public scrutiny as a defence against misconduct. We do not know whether other such arrangements are in place. And we still do not know - because the prime minister refuses to tell us - from whom he initially accepted the donation.

If someone relieved me of a bill for £58,000, I would feel greatly in their debt. The only debt a prime minister should feel is to the electorate. If a prime minister cannot live on his official salary, but is dependent on financial gifts from wealthy patrons, we need to be certain that this is not coming with conditions that pit private against public interests.
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Looked at another way: Leave/Right bloc: 47% ; Remain/Left bloc 51% But Remain/Left bloc more evenly split despite being bigger, so Leave/Right bloc does better under FPP. As in 2019 with Johnson's Leave coalition. But that could change if left bloc vote coalesces nationally or locally
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
15 years ago today, Kate and William killed Osama Bin Laden at their wedding.
cover page of The Telegraph's May 4-10 edition creatures a large photo of Kate and William kissing at their wedding atop a large headline that says: Osama bin Laden is dead.

Smaller text above the photo of the couple says: “A day filled with romance, pageantry, and playfulness”
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
He sues seashells on the seashore.
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Armchair Classicist (Ryan Schaller) @armchairclassicist.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Drawing of a book with a desk printer on the cover with the title "The printer that simply worked and other fairy tales"
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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
The Telegraph just gave a convicted criminal a two-page spread to explain why he's pumping £4 million into Reform UK. They tucked his criminal record away in the small print. So as a former financial crime specialist I’ll do their job for them👇
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You are seeing this page because our security systems have detected some unusual activity on this connection. To regain access to The Telegraph website please try the following:
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/04/2026
“It’s difficult to cover him in a way that conveys how unhinged he is. Journalists are trained to be like, ‘OK, what did he say that was newsworthy?’ So you convey that to your audience. But in reality, when you actually watch, you see he's full of hatred, lying constantly, and very incoherent.”
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The man who watches Trump all day, every day
Aaron Rupar spends up to 80 hours a week following the US president, from meandering speeches to impromptu press conferences. He says it’s ‘pretty bleak’
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/04/2026
a visual depiction of Fox News's commentary tonight
meme with photos of Trump

I make a stupid decision -> something really bad happens -> I convince my followers the problem is now magically solved -> I reverse my stupid decision
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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
A Brief History of People Have Lost Their Sense of Humour 🧵
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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Does it work properly? No. Are the people making it acting in good faith? No. Have they ensured it can't be used maliciously? No. Does it make people's lives better? No. Will it make people's lives better? No. Is it profitable? No. Is it popular? No. Is it harmless? No. The argument for AI.
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
This is an excellent summary of the US War on Iran current situation. I’m an existentialist and borderline absurdist and even I struggle with the current moment. This summary is just fantastic.
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March, 19-21: God is a comedian
A stiff drink is recommended
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Jessica Hershey @hersheykiss.com · 19/03/2026
but I already told it. I have a joke about time travel,
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
🧵 by @ilangoldenberg.bsky.social:
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Ukraine is holding back Russia and thus fulfilling the entire traditional mission of NATO without any soldiers or sailors from other countries. Trump is meanwhile demanding NATO allies leave the continent they are supposed to be defending to join him in a doomed adventure he chose in the Middle East
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
tomorrow Leavitt will be asked about this and sneeringly reply “he was very clear, only woke commies like you wouldn’t understand”
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Natalia Antonova🇺🇸🇺🇦 @nataliaantonova.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Iran asks for air support. Russia flies by with a banner that says “you’re doing great”. Because fuck Russia and Iran both.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
This is absolute gold
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🗣️ PaRappa Thee Yappa™ [of #BeehBC] @brilliantbeeh.blacksky.app · 20/02/2026
"AI is the future" The future:
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finrodsauronverynsfwprivatefolderdonotlook @yungdreyfusard.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
i forget who made it but it cracks me up lol
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Nigel Farage tells GB News that Keir Starmer's decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador shows his judgement is "seriously wrong" and he should stand down as Prime Minister. Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
I'm not a huge fan of Nigel Farage. He's a very very corrupt man.
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Atla Hrafney @atlathewriter.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies. I have translated some of the highlights
A screenshot of Lala and Po from the teletubbies. The screenshot is clearly taken from someone's phone, as the borders of the tv can be seen, as well as glimpses into the apartment behind them. Po is in bed wrapped up in a blanket. The text below them reads "I know you were high at my mother-in-laws funeral..."More screenshots from the Teletubbies. Lala seems to be upset with a terrified Po. the text below reads "Did you kill the dog? Why would you do that?!"A third screenshot from the Teletubbies, this time the same scene as before. Po is wearing an apron while Lala seems to still be upset at him. The text below reads "You're nothing but a failure of a man."
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 19/01/2026
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Dan Rebellato @danrebellato.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Second anniversary of our Apple TV’s spectacular attempt to understand me asking for “Hercule Poirot’s Christmas”
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
I suspect the real reason Nigel Farage is getting so rattled by the racism allegations is that: 1) He knows he said all these things so can't properly deny them 2) He knows that he carried on saying them well into adulthood
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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 29/11/2025
"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!" "no problem boss. i'm on it"
an ad for the new series “welcome to derry” with the tagline “go back to where IT all began“, except somehow, they highlighted the word “to“ instead of “it“
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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
An excellent, impartial analysis of Trump's incendiary January 6th 2021 speech. From the....BBC. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-u...
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Capitol riots: Did Trump's words at rally incite violence?
Donald Trump was accused of inciting violence that left five people dead. So what did the president say?
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Between the news media in the UK and the US the biggest difference is the strength of the BBC at the center. Which makes it a target. As @brianstelter.bsky.social writes: "the BBC is positioned as an apolitical brand, yet operates in a politically poisonous atmosphere. www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/m...
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Garvan Walshe @garvanwalshe.org · 29/09/2025
Trump has instincts but no strategy - thats why he can be beaten
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Peter Foster @pmdfoster.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
To even allow the appearance of this — Starmer’s No 10 adopting Trumpian media management policies — seems extraordinary to me. Very depressing.
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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
"the hard data suggests that the largest of the UK’s very real problems are no more being caused by mass immigration than they are by a group of charity fundraisers rowing past Great Yarmouth" on.ft.com/3IsyVVu @timharford.ft.com with his facts and reasonableness
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The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration
It’s not hard to see how so many came to worry about the issue. But the data isn’t there
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
The assassination of Charlie Kirk makes we worry we can no longer have peaceful discussions of whether gays should be stoned to death or civil and collegial debates about whether black people are inherently inferior. Our culture will suffer. New York Times tomorrow
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Wulfhelm @wulfhelm.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Current state of UK political discourse.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Outstanding.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/08/2025
this is where Stubb was sitting when Trump couldn't see him btw
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