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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

"You can't imagine the woke youngsters of today being much use at the D-Day landings!" You can't imagine the older sorts who say crap like this being much use at D-Day either. They clearly lack the wherewithal to operate a machine gun nest.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 12/09/2026

Scott "the house" Bessent is doing great. In Japan. His other mission.... not so much. Me, free link for 300 clicks - as.ft.com/r/cfe4aadd-7...

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Is Scott Bessent winning the wrong battle in markets?

Treasury secretary’s intervention in the yen has made an impact but US bond yields are climbing higher and higher

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reddsprout.bsky.social @reddsprout.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Great analysis that puts the Borgia President is exactly the right wider context of corrupt enablers and why rooting out corruption is the priority.

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

🚨🚨 Recorded less than an hour ago! Charlie Gammell on the latest in the Gulf. Is a deal about to be done? Have the US and Israel parted ways? Who is running the Islamic Republic? Hear the latest insights from a real expert.🚨🚨 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

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Iran Special: Is a deal about to be signed? Charlie Gammell on the future for the Islamic Republic and the Region

Podcast Episode · Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · 9 June · 39min

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reddsprout.bsky.social @reddsprout.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Combined with disruption to global fertiliser supply from the Strait of Hormuz, this is very bad timing.

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reddsprout.bsky.social @reddsprout.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Note: no offensive tweets from Trump about MBS in response to this compared to how he treats NATO allies.

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

President Donald Trump’s abrupt reversal on his plan to help ships go through the Strait of Hormuz came after a key Gulf ally suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation, according to two U.S. officials.

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reddsprout.bsky.social @reddsprout.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

How is this going to play with a prolonged blockade and potentially further escalation with boots on the ground?

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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

The surge in gasoline, diesel and jet fuel prices led Phillips 66- a major refiner- to lose nearly $1 billion from hedges, according to BBG.

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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

The world energy shock is coming — it will deepen inequality in ways we've seen before. Our new @newstatesman1913.bsky.social piece argues that without urgent government action, the Strait of Hormuz crisis will ripple through our economies and rip apart our societies. Here's why. 1/

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reddsprout.bsky.social @reddsprout.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Aside from NATO as "them" and demanding "mine boats," what is the role of Congress in this relationship?

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reddsprout.bsky.social @reddsprout.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Hey! Look! It's Mike Johnson sitting right there! Is he informed enough now to answer any questions on Congress' lack of action on this illegal war?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/03/2026

Trump: "We strongly encourage other nations whose economies depend on the Strait far more than ours. We get less than 1% of our oil from the Strait. Some countries get much more. Japan gets 95%. China gets 90%. We want them to come and help us with the Strait."

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reddsprout.bsky.social @reddsprout.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

If this is true then I can't see this going without response from the Turks and Iraqis.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

The US is not a 'partner'. It's in their National Security Strategy to support far right parties that oppose multicultural liberal democracy here. They are behaving lawlessly at home and abroad, summarily executing their own citizens, and now bombing Iran with no coherent rationale or plan.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 07/01/2026

I am extremely confused as to why the UK government and police are saying Grok’s mass-scale CSAM generation is an issue for Ofcom. This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.

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reddsprout.bsky.social @reddsprout.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

I don't think we can see the Grok criminality and the tortured ineffectual response as separate to the US white nationalism sitting behind the Might is Far Right Donroe Doctrine and this anecdote illustrates this perfectly. Its all part of showing they can act with impunity.

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reddsprout.bsky.social @reddsprout.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

@timoconnorbl.bsky.social You are a learned man. Can I bounce a thought off you? Boris is to Alcibiades, where Keir is to Nicias.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

This is what happens when neoliberal meritocratic technocracy hollows out democracy and leaves social media to fill the vacuum with outrage, distortion, and division.

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reddsprout.bsky.social @reddsprout.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

When you find out that you don't own the Means of Production...

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reddsprout.bsky.social @reddsprout.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

We need to boot Palantir out of all UK systems.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/04/2025

Trump: "We're gonna tariff our pharmaceuticals ... we're going to be announcing very shortly a major tariff on pharmaceuticals."

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

I am begging people to understand that the "solution" here - increasingly fragile tech stacks - introduces massive resiliency challenges. We should be discussing single points of failure more than we do. And this stuff will get worse unless we start rejecting these ideas.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

For some other time: issues where people, including me, have disagreed w Larry Summers. For our exact moment in history: admiration and respect to him for making the points below so plainly and forcefully. Each person who speaks up makes a difference. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...

Quote about universities standing up. "Each act of capitulation makes the next one more likely."

Op-ed text about Harvard and other rich institutions. "If they do not or cannot resist the arbitrary application of government power, who else can?"

Op-ed saying that the resources of rich universities are not there just to be admired.

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reddsprout.bsky.social @reddsprout.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

I'm not quite sure how to couch this...

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

ministers have hailed a “landmark” announcement of £2bn of government funding to build new social and affordable homes in the 2026-27 financial year but the figure is lower than the average state spending for the sector over the past five years (£2.4bn) www.ft.com/content/c4a3...

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‘Boost’ of £2bn for affordable homes marks a reduction, industry says

Government settlement announced for 2026-27 is lower than the average for previous five years

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Absolutely chilling stuff

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