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Erika Johnston

@operabinoculars.bsky.social
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We are all foreigners to someone. I ❤️ experts.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
💥 NEW: Labour voters are *84%* for a youth mobility scheme... ...with only 6% against. What's to lose? In fact, they might even gain some of those 59% of Conservatives and 34% of Reform that support it too.
YouGov table showing support for youth mobility scheme. 34% strongly support, 33% tend to support, 7% tend to oppose, 10% strongly oppose.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
🔥 This is an absolutely devastating set of figures on the UK public's view of Brexit. Absolutely damning. Look at each category one by one - particularly the economic ones. YouGov article on these data here. 👉 yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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Lambeth For Europe @lambeth4europe.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Instructive meet-up in #Brixton for our members on Erasmus+ action day in Brixton. Thanks to Andrew Hadley for sharing his extensive expertise and to Samuel a local entrepreneur who has been a beneficiary of Erasmus in order to enhance his professional skills @europeanmovement.co.uk
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
🔥 24,900 EMUK members 🔥 We’re into the final stretch of our goal of 25,000 European Movement UK members. 🇪🇺 And so anyone signing up now gets a free “Citizen of Europe” tote bag. So join today —> www.europeanmovement.co.uk/membership And again… it’s NO to Trump and YES to full EU membership.
Picture of “Citizen of Europe” tote bag.
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Lambeth For Europe @lambeth4europe.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
This Saturday 11AM-1PM we'll be at the Ritzy Cinema cafe in Brixton holding a #EuropeanMovement action day to enhance all our understanding about #Erasmus+. We'll be joined by Andrew Hadley from The Centre for International Learning and Leadership. We look forward to seeing you.
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Facts Central @stilldelvingh.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
That law should never have been passed and should be repealed ASAP People shouldn’t be arrested for planning to potentially protest peacefully
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Facts Central @stilldelvingh.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
FFS this was the occasion to re-introduce standards and prevent further damages
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Erika Johnston @operabinoculars.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
If only there was some sort of EU cultural heritage fund we could dip into to save it?!
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KT Parker 🇫🇷🇬🇧🇪🇸🇺🇦🌻 @lunaperla.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Mad of Govt to reject joining the pan-European Customs Scheme (EU+Israel+Morocco+Turkey). I'm starting to believe this govt is lying when it says it wants growth, because when it comes to the EU, it behaves in a way that is anti-growth. The #Brexit elephant is still very much in the cabinet room.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Former home secretary calls for cap on political donations as govt says it's 'not a priority' The government is under pressure to reveal how it intends to crack down on foreign interference amid reports Elon Musk could give millions to Reform UK news.sky.com/story/former...
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Former home secretary calls for cap on political donations as govt says it's 'not a priority'
The government is under pressure to reveal how it intends to crack down on foreign interference amid reports Elon Musk could give millions to Reform UK.
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Erika Johnston @operabinoculars.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
It was a realpolitik as well as an excellent opportunity to hear about the rationale and the direction of travel for The European Movement which is the main UK campaign group in favour of closer ties with EU organisation. We could also ask questions after. How Reform has 75K more members beats me
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Erika Johnston @operabinoculars.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Great to hear on today of all days from a realist on Trump, Dominic Grieve @emwandsworthmerton.bsky.social social
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17/01/2025
Folks forgot about this with all the focus on TikTok, but Meta/Facebook was selling your data to China for years. And do you really think they were the only ones?
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Erika Johnston @operabinoculars.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Your bank would probably do for you once you register them with it
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/01/2025
Talk to your kids—especially your teen and preteen sons. The Oath Keepers are back with new leadership—leaked documents reveal they’re targeting youth to rebuild their image, with a focus on the Boy Scouts.
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Erika Johnston @operabinoculars.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Oh I see Brewdog founder and Space Karen (Musk) are ideologically aligned, he is a funder of SpaceX
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
🔥 Youth Mobility Scheme debate today! Please write to your MP right now. Or if you have already- send a follow up to chase or to argue their reply. This is the beginning of the campaign.
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Erika Johnston @operabinoculars.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
So long as it does not get corrupted with astroturfers.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
It's tricky to calibrate responses to public figures on a radicalisation journey. Because while they're still in earlier stages more reasonable voices on their side won't accept criticism of them but by the time they've gone full fascist it's too late to pull them back.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
🔥 RESULT! On Jan 15th we have a debate in parliament on a Youth Mobility scheme. Please use this form below to contact your MP and ask them to attend. 👇👇
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Ask your MP to support youth mobility and opportunities in Europe
Contact your MP today and ask them to attend the debate on 15th January in Parliament
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Lambeth For Europe @lambeth4europe.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Happy New Year! One year closer to rejoining the EU organisation. It’s what Winston would have wanted!
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
The Mump Oligarchy – A Glossary 1/10. Mump regime. Musk plus Trump. Mu...mp. The real centibillionaire and the fake rich person in the proper order.
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Londoner in Colchester @jetraven.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
@matthew-wright.bsky.social Billionaires are destroying the world....
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Erika Johnston @operabinoculars.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Cheeky 😜
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
They also ran lots of "colour" stories on them including "Beauty Joins the Blackshirts" and did ticket giveaways to fascist rallies.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Most people know the Mail briefly supported the British Union of Fascists in 1934 ("Hurrah for the Blackshirts") but less well known is that Rothermere got all his papers to back them. The Sunday Dispatch ran a prize for the best letter on "Why I Like the Blackshirts".
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Erika Johnston @operabinoculars.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Brexit benefits rerun in America
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whattheactualf.bsky.social @whattheactualf.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Putin’s puppet 🦋
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Erika Johnston @operabinoculars.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Rather handy for Musk with his Starkink satellites that Putin keeps on cutting cables.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/12/2024
Breaking News: Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a law requiring companies that are big fossil fuel polluters to help pay to repair damage caused by extreme weather.
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Hochul Signs Law That Penalizes Companies for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The measure will seek to raise funds to pay for some of the damage caused by extreme weather events, which are becoming more frequent because of the combustion of fossil fuels.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
19/ Now that Roe is gone, the religious right wants SCOTUS to reverse the 1947 Everson case, which held that the Establishment clause requires a “wall of separation btwn church & state” & that it applies to the states via the “incorporation” doctrine. Josh Hammer has called for Everson’s reversal.
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Erika Johnston @operabinoculars.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
I do wonder why the UK car industry was hit so hard in 2016 and the French one not. Ideas anyone? 2020 dip in France is of course mirrored worldwide due to Covid and worldwide supply issues. UK's dip starts at 2016.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
It may seem strange to folks outside of academia, but there has been a line of prominent research within it arguing that misinformation isn't a problem. This paper pushes back, noting how those arguments often rely on poor definitions & operationalizations of what misinformation is & how it works.
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John Hill @hbkjohnhill.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Do you want to see the moment @mrjamesob.bsky.social called out Nigel Farage? Oh, go then…
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
The incident involving undersea cables in the Baltic Sea is the latest in a series of suspected attacks on critical infrastructure. We commend the Finnish authorities for their swift action in boarding the suspected vessel. My joint statement → europa.eu/!k6cCfB (1/3)
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Joint Statement by the European Commission and the High Representative on the Investigation into Damaged Electricity and Data Cables in the Baltic Sea
Yesterday’s incident involving undersea cables in the Baltic Sea is the latest in a series of suspected attacks on critical infrastructure. We commend the Finnish authorities for their swift action in...
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Phil Corlett @philcorlett.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Out today: we discovered a new class of social hallucination - perception of chasing with high confidence. It is elevated in people who are paranoid and people who perceive meaning in the universe www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Paranoid and teleological thinking give rise to distinct social hallucinations in vision - Communications Psychology
When asked to judge if a chase was present in a visual display of moving discs, people with higher paranoia and teleological thinking were more likely to perceive a chase in its absence. They were als...
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Erika Johnston @operabinoculars.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
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Erika Johnston @operabinoculars.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Plus churches in US are already targeting people based on data. I think safe to make the leap to say more malign parties are targeting people with mental health issues. medium.com/excommunicat...
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Churches Utilize Data to Prey on Grieving, Vulnerable People
This isn’t love, it’s exploitation
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Erika Johnston @operabinoculars.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
However do you go about peeling this carrot?
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