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BJ

@original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social
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Middle-aged veteran fighting demagoguery, fascism, plutocracy & disinformation in whatever ways possible. Now is not the time to be passive. Opinions, no matter how vehemently-held, are no substitute for facts. #Resist 🇬🇱🇨🇦🇵🇦 #FBPE 🇪🇺 #SlavaUkraini 💪🏻🇺🇦💪🏻

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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Vladislav Surkov, ex-Dep Prime Minister of Russia & political technologist, honed a system of "ceaseless shape-shifting" of narratives to confuse & weaken opposition. He boasts of "playing with the West's minds" to confuse us into torpor through a deluge of ever-changing disinformation. Familiar?
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
HyperNormalisation: a brilliant, evidence-based documentary from 2016 by British filmmaker Andy Curtis, explaining how the world has spiralled into a confusing, polarised miasma of alternative truths and barefaced lies. Highly recommended viewing. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p04b183c
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HyperNormalisation
Our world is strange and often fake and corrupt. But we think it’s normal because we can’t see anything else. HyperNormalisation - the story of how we got here.
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Is it just me, or does anyone else loathe click-bait news headlines like this?!
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Say what you want about Donald Trump, but he never misses an opportunity to be a national fucking embarrassment.
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Not every Brit leaving the UK is doing so because of the Labour government. Some are doing it because they're terrified of the possible alternative... news.uk.cityam.com/story/242683...
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More Brits ditch UK than thought as net migration halved
More British nationals have ditched the UK than previously thought as the Office for National Statistics said net migration halved between 2024 and 2025.  The ONS said that 246,000 British nationals l...
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Living in the Middle East taught me many things. At the confluence of cultures, religions, languages and traditions, ordinary people don't just coexist - they thrive. Only when men who seek power exploit ignorance & bigotry do those differences become divisive. Nescience is our real enemy...
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Al Carns: ✅ raised by a single mum ✅ became a Royal Marine ✅ earned the rank of Colonel ✅ served in the Special Boat Service ✅ was awarded DSO & Military Cross ✅ climbed Everest without acclimatising ✅ takes no crap from interviewers He'd get my vote. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Who is Al Carns? Former Marine and Labour minister with sights on leadership
Ex-special forces colonel, who is sounding alarm on Russia, has risen swiftly to role of armed forces minister
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
In 2016 the UK was persuaded by Farage to throw itself off a cliff by leaving the EU, having been convinced it could fly. Despite the fall, the country survived, with multiple fractures & partial paralysis, limping through to now. Today Farage convinced it to jump off another cliff. Dumb fucks...
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Number of non-US troops killed whilst supporting the US after it invoked NATO Article 5? 3,579 Number of US troops killed whilst supporting Europe's invocation of NATO Article 5? Zero (Europe has never invoked Article 5)
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22³2the_a35cV-🇧🇷♥️ 🌊⚖️ @nextbluewave.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
BREAKING: 🚨🇮🇱🇮🇷 Archaeologists in the Holy Land just uncovered a 3,000-year-old Israelite tablet… It reads: “Iran is 12 days away from developing a nuclear weapon.”
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Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Just played a CD.. All the songs were mixed to the same volume and, get this, no adverts at all. I'm telling you, this is the future.
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The US - a regime that's imposed global tariffs on countries that won't bend to its will - is claiming Iran has weaponised trade. The hypocrisy is beyond parody... news.uk.cityam.com/story/242119...
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Trump officials claim Iran is ‘weaponising global trade’
The United States’ most senior military officer has warned that Iran’s sustained assault on commercial shipping threatens to destabilise the world economy, accusing the country’s leadership of deliber...
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
I miss the days when objective facts and science carried more weight than uninformed opinion and quasi-religious dogma... 😔
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
When the 🍊💩 and Kegbreath strut around claiming ultimate victory, consider how militarily weakened the US has become across the Middle East, and how financially devastating the closure of the Straits of Hormuz are to the world. www.cnn.com/2026/05/01/w...
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Majority of US military sites in Middle East damaged by Iran | CNN
At least 16 American military sites have been damaged in Iranian strikes, making up the majority of US positions in the Middle East, a new CNN investigation can reveal. The damage includes high-value ...
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
An excellent (if disheartening) observational assessment of how the US has polarized and disintegrated through lack of a shared reality. We can all see the consequences. I just wish we knew the cure... www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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As a Ukrainian journalist, I’ve covered the US for 20 years. I find it increasingly shocking
The long read: My country has been under occupation, dogged by corruption and war. Yet even I’ve been bewildered by the way the US seems to be fracturing
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Fiona Hill has a formidable intellect and deep knowledge of Russia. The UK would be mad not to heed her warnings. But that doesn't mean it will... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Britain becoming ‘soft target’ for Russian propaganda, says security expert
Fiona Hill tells MPs UK is ‘vulnerable’ because it does not educate people on how to deal with information warfare
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
If the 🍊💩 is so troubled by attacks on Christians in other parts of the world, then presumably he's going to sanction Israel now...? Sky News - Israeli army destroys solar panels in Christian Lebanese town news.sky.com/video/share-...
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The biggest problems in the world are caused by old men. They exploit division to further their own ends. Don't fall for their schtick. They don't give a toss about you or any other of their citizens - only their bank accounts, their status and their egos.
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
If anyone's curious why Vance / Trump were so desperate for Orban to win re-election in Hungary, then take a look at the links between CPAC, Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC - which Péter Magyar has stated will no longer receive state support) and Russian funding goodlawproject.org/putins-megap...
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Putin’s megaphone: Orbán’s far-right push into UK universities is fuelled by Russian oil
Good Law Project has uncovered a network funded by Hungary’s authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán, that uses profits from refining Russian oil to platform far right and anti-trans campaigners in the UK
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
If anyone's curious why Vance / Trump were so desperate for Orban to win re-election in Hungary, then take a look at the links between CPAC, Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC - which Péter Magyar has stated will no longer receive state support) and Russian funding goodlawproject.org/putins-megap...
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Putin’s megaphone: Orbán’s far-right push into UK universities is fuelled by Russian oil
Good Law Project has uncovered a network funded by Hungary’s authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán, that uses profits from refining Russian oil to platform far right and anti-trans campaigners in the UK
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Vance says that stopping US aid to Ukraine to defend itself against Russian invasion has been "one of the things I'm proudest that we've done as an administration". Another of Putin's treacherous bitches...
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Deborah Haynes deserves a medal for her tenacious reporting on the UK's perilous position on defence preparedness. news.sky.com/story/starme...
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'Our national security is in peril,' Starmer and Reeves told in damning defence review
Lord George Robertson is set to accuse the prime minister and his chancellor of being underprepared for the possibility of war.
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Israel has every right to defend itself from attack. But are we to think this 4 year-old girl was an imminent threat? A child decapitated. Her mother killed, too. Slaughtered by Israeli bombs while the father was out buying her a little toy. #WarCrime #Lebanon news.sky.com/video/share-...
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Alex Crawford walks through ruins of house in southern Beirut where a four year old and her mother lost their lives
Southern Beirut has suffered intense strikes as Israel continue their attacks on Hezbollah forces in Lebanon.
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
There. Fixed it for him...
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
"War does not determine who is right - only who is left.." Bertrand Russell Nobel Laureate 1872 - 1970
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The Hungarian for "Fuck you, President Trump" is "Bassza meg, Trump elnök". Or alternatively, "☑️Péter Magyar", 🇭🇺💪🏻🇭🇺
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
In protest over the US negotiating team's grift / eyeliner / ill-fitting shoes, I will also be blockading the Straits of Hormuz for the foreseeable future. Everyone else is doing it, so why not...? www.cnn.com/webview/2026...
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Live updates: Trump says US will blockade Strait of Hormuz after Iran talks end without deal | CNN
President Donald Trump said the US Navy will start preventing ships from passing through the Strait of Hormuz, after US-Iran peace talks ended without agreement. Follow for live updates.
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Who needs a salary when you're making billions from grifting...?
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Russian assets, sticking together...
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
I'll say it again: the US attacks on Iran were INTENDED to destroy NATO and block the Straits of Hormuz, crippling European economies and causing fuel shortages. It's a plan to bolster Russia and weaken Europe as a prelude to further Russian armed expansion. We need to prepare for war. Urgently.
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Why would Iran trust anything the US has to say in negotiations? The last time they were in talks (just last month!), America bombed the shit out them. This is not a recipe for good faith... www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/l...
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
On Sept 13 2025, the 🍊💩 ranted (rightly) about Nato countries buying Russian oil. The main culprits are Hungary & Turkiye (both country's presidents are Trump allies). This week Vance moaned that the EU had undermined Hungary's "energy independence" by penalizing imports of Russian oil! Hypocrite!
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The UK's "old, broken down aircraft carriers" were launched in 2014 & 2017. The US's carriers in the Gulf were launched in 1988, 2006 & 2013. I'd call him an asshole, but at least an asshole has its uses... youtube.com/shorts/UWsjC...
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Trump mocks Starmer and Macron
YouTube video by Sky News
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Wonder if there was a pizza shop on Epstein Island...?
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
If anyone believes that putting King Charles through the humiliation of sucking-up to American fascism while they mock the UK and burn down alliances, then they're even more deluded than Shitler...
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
For years I tried to practice the ethos of "contempt for the conmen, compassion for the conned". Not any more. Turns out that most of The Conned are just racist, homophobic bigots without any semblance of a functioning cerebral cortex who'll believe anything that feeds their prejudices. Fuck 'em.
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Alicia K.S. @sheshe66.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Putin will be making an announcement tonight to the American people?
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This is RAF Menwith Hill in Yorkshire. The Top Secret facility is reportedly used by the US National Security Agency (NSA) & CIA & is pivotal for SIGINT, FORNSAT, OVERHEAD & industrial espionage. It is irreplaceable. The US operates here by UK invitation. Trump should remember who owns the base.
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Tonight, Krasnov will announce the intention to withdraw from NATO. He confected the war with Iran as the excuse & to economically damage Europe. Flattering him failed. Humouring him failed. Doing "deals" with him failed. In short order the US will move against Greenland & Canada. WAKE UP AMERICA
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
The Iran "excursion" has a deeper, more sinister motive: to destroy NATO and weaken / destabilise Europe. The closure of the Straits of Hormuz wasn't an unintended consequence of the war. It was its entire purpose. Putin must be thrilled with his allies in the White House excelling at their goal...
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
When you check your account and discover 50+ followers have blocked you in the last couple of weeks, and you don't know why...
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Pope Leo's Palm Sunday address criticised the Trump regime. "Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood." “Jesus, king of peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war. He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them.”
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Israel continues to murder innocent men, women and children every day. Medics Journalists Teachers No amount of bombing will persuade people to love and accept you. Jewish people have every right to live in peace and safety. And so do Palestinians... www.cnn.com/2026/03/28/m...
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Israel kills 3 journalists in Lebanon, including reporter for Hezbollah-run broadcaster | CNN
A Lebanese reporter working for a Hezbollah-owned network was among three journalists killed in an Israeli strike in Lebanon.
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
With every passing day - & every new deranged Truth Social post - I'm more & more convinced that one of Trump's main motives for attacking Iran is to destroy NATO & weaken Europe. He mightn't even know it himself, but the puppeteers pulling his strings have an agenda beyond his limited comprehension
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Just for the record, it's not immigrants "taking our jobs" - it's avaricious oligarchs like Musk, Bezos and Thiel. Their head-long pursuit of automation and AI to drive down labour costs is an infinitely greater threat to your job than any migrant ever will be...
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Last year, the world spent $2.63 TRILLION on defence. That's nearly equivalent to the total GDP of the UK. It's estimated that it'd cost just 2% of that figure to end world hunger. It'd cost less than 20% of it to end world poverty. People would rather fight than cooperate. We really are stupid...
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Despite claiming that Iran has been "literally obliterated" with "100% of its military destroyed", the country is still launching ballistic missiles and drones, plus attacking shipping. The 🍊🤡💩 needs a scapegoat to blame for his failures. Sir Keir Starmer looks like he's it... #ScrapTheRoyalVisit
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Well, that prediction about Trump trying to destroy NATO over his reckless Iran "excursion" only took 7 days to come to fruition...
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
If the UK government has any sense, they'll stop referring to "the need to reform" laws / services. It creates a mental association with Farage's outfit. Say "transform", "enhance" or "improve". Stop giving those charlatans a free plug!
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BJ @original-mr-tomcat.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Watching Louis Theroux: Inside The Manosphere explains so much about why the world is getting more and more fucked-up with every passing day... www.netflix.com/gb/title/819...
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Watch Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere | Netflix Official Site
With rare access and no holds barred, the acclaimed documentarian investigates a growing ultra-masculine network and its controversial influencers.
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