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Nicholas Ripley

@riprap007.bsky.social
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Digital developer. Photographer, poet. A career that's spanned acting, policy development, CEO and consulting. Author of several books

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Nicholas Ripley @riprap007.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
So this time it's Said found dead in dubious circumstances, like all associates of Epstein's.Another coincidence?
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 01/07/2026
Analysis: UK newspapers have already printed 63 editorials in 2026 backing North Sea drilling ✍️ @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/TlR4Ovg
Cumulative number of UK newspaper editorials supporting more fossil-fuel extraction in the North Sea in 2025 (blue) and January-June 2026 (red). Source: Carbon Brief analysis.
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Nicholas Ripley @riprap007.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Three priorities for any new government. 1.Renationalise water monopolies. 2.Invest in green energies to end over reliance on carbon and fuel new employment. 3. Start to dismantle the authoritarian tendencies of governance significantly. There are other priorities, but this is a start
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Nicholas Ripley @riprap007.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Hockney, a giant of an artist. Rest in power.
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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Obviously, the Grenfell investigation was always going to be complex. But it's taken *9 years* for the police to reach this point, and the CPS doesn't expect to actually bring charges for another year! "Justice delayed is justice denied."
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
ICE again detained an Egyptian family which had been released from a 10-month detention, less than 48 hours after their release following a court order TAT: [Nationalism]
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ICE detained family less than two days after court ordered their release
An Egyptian family were detained less than 48 hours after a ​federal judge had ordered their release.
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Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · 26/04/2026
· #NeuroScience · #Neuroplasticity · “Neurons that fire together, wire together” is not the full story. 👇🏻
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
What the Spycops Inquiry tells us about state authoritarianism today
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What the Spycops Inquiry tells us about state authoritarianism today
Parallels are emerging from testimony uncovered in the Spycops Inquiry and the draconian actions of the police clamping down on protest today, writes James Simpson Two weeks ago the Undercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI) reached another milestone as the last field officer of the much-maligned Special Demonstration Squad (SDS) due to give open, oral evidence left the stand.
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Sylvia @sylvia-suffragette.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The Crime & Policing Bill which along with the Planning & Infrastructure Bill will take away the right to Protest unless it is deemed an acceptable protest by the government and/or the police. I’m not going to bother adding alt text to Kate’s letter (no equality here!) as it is the usual suspects
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Nicholas Ripley @riprap007.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
An hour ago bright sun, now it's nearly as dark as night and snow is forecast
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Spanish PM Pedro calls for the IMMEDIATE ARREST of Netanyahu He said: "Netanyahu launched the worst possible unjustified attack against Lebanon. His contempt for life and international law is intolerable. He is a criminal that must be arrested immediately.” #cdnpoli
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Nicholas Ripley @riprap007.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Why are we supposed to be thankful that nuclear weapons were not activated last night?
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
The disjuncture between even mainstream/liberal US media and practically ever other open society’s news media has become a yawning chasm Grimly fascinating to watch in real time. But no wonder so many in US don’t feel the sense of urgency most of rest of world does
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 02/04/2026
UPDATED – Factcheck: Nine false or misleading myths about North Sea oil and gas ✍️ @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org Read here ⬇️
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Factcheck: Nine false or misleading myths about North Sea oil and gas - Carbon Brief
Carbon Brief factchecks some of the most common claims about North Sea oil and gas.
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Nick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
They don’t get more  “ideologically motivated” than Palantir – but this is great news. They’re scared. Keep going. And this isn’t only aobut the NHS contract – Palantir should be nowhere near *any* government contract.   www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Palantir’s UK boss criticises ‘ideological’ groups as ministers move to scrap NHS contract
Louis Mosley says government should resist calls to trigger break clause in £330m deal with US analytics company
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Juan Pablo De Wes @juanpablodewes.eurosky.social · 28/03/2026
UK currently generating 112% of its electricity demand (with the extra 12% being transferred or stored) Gas is generating < 12% So UK is currently meeting 100% of its electricity needs via renewables ❤️ ☀️ 💨 🌳
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COPS campaign @copscampaign.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Direct from the Undercover Policing Inquiry in the monring break of the 2nd day questioning #spycops officer HN18 Robery Hastings, where he's being grilled about his profound misogyny and sexual violation of 'Maya'. youtu.be/eupOfFo7vjA
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Spycops inquiry reaction: morning of 25 Mar 2026 - HN18 Robert Hastings evidence (day 2/3)
YouTube video by Cops Campaign
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Nicholas Ripley @riprap007.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
OFCOM the most useless organisation in the UK? Hard to think of worse.
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Nicholas Ripley @riprap007.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Simple photo
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Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
This is utterly jaw-dropping. A school that bans Atwood, Zadie Smith, Terry effing Pratchett and *literal George Orwell* is actively harming its pupils. www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho...
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School book banning escalates in the UK as Greater Manchester secondary school censors scores of books - Index on Censorship
A school librarian faced a disciplinary hearing and scores of books were removed from her school library after she stocked Laura Bates’ Men Who Hate Women
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 19/03/2026
👉 NEW -- Met Police failed to follow internal guidelines on policing Palestine protests by Amaar Chowdhury Internal guidances also show the force cracking down on Arabic words in a way that ‘smacks’ of racism, say pro-Palestinian advocates www.declassifieduk.org/met-police-f...
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Met police failed to follow internal guidelines on policing Palestine protests
Internal guidances also show the force cracking down on Arabic words in a way that ‘smacks’ of racism, say pro-Palestinian advocates
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Groundwork Yorkshire @groundworkyorks.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Grants of up to £1,500 available
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Nicholas Ripley @riprap007.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Near Pen-Y-Pass yesterday, phone photo, no fx or post processing
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Nicholas Ripley @riprap007.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Phone shot, swallow falls, Wales
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Nicholas Ripley @riprap007.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Fleeting glimpse with the phone
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Nicholas Ripley @riprap007.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Urging the US and Israel to abide by international law is like being King Canute urging the tide to stop.
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COPS campaign @copscampaign.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
"Anti‑fascists were treated as a threat to be contained, not as groups responding to a genuine threat of far‑right violence." What the recent Undercover Policing Inquiry hearings tell us - #spycops were effectively fascist enablers. searchlightmagazine.com/2026/02/how-...
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How Britain’s undercover police targeted the anti‑fascist movement | Searchlight
As the Undercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI) moves through its later phases, a picture is emerging of the scale and intent of police infiltration of anti‑fasci ...
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
She never lived to see this moment, but it’s worth remembering that none of this would have happened without Virginia Giuffre. She had the courage to speak out against power and privilege when it was just her word against Andrew’s. Thanks to her, justice & accountability may finally have its day.
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Recollections of life working on UK trade when ministers or whoever would say how wonderful it was that a member of the royal family was taking such an interest and officials having to deal with said individual worked hard to merely raise half an eyebrow
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11/02/2026
Met had ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy, says spycop who tricked women into sexual relationships
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Met had ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy, says spycop who tricked women into sexual relationships
Jim Boyling tells public inquiry senior managers turned blind eye to long-term relationships with three women An undercover officer who deceived three women into sexual relationships said his superiors did nothing to prevent him from doing so, the spycops public inquiry has heard. Jim Boyling, who infiltrated environmental and animal rights activist groups for five years, said senior managers turned a blind eye to undercover officers having deceitful sexual relationships, often lasting years, with women. His managers adopted an attitude of “don’t ask, don’t tell”, he said. Continue reading...
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
This couldn’t be clearer. Bannon’s texts to Epstein in mid July 2018 - “overthrowing May right now” and in “London with Boris” as well as his appearance on LBC with Nigel Farage are prettying damning evidence of a cross party plot with foreign backing
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
People aren’t afraid of the Prince of Darkness anymore.
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COPS campaign @copscampaign.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Just out - our long-read report on #spycops officer James Thomson at the Undercover Policing Inquiry. He not only deceived women into relationships, he deceived bosses too. His deviousness is matched by his cruelty & inability to feel remorse campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/2026/02/05/u...
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UCPI Daily Report, 5-10 Nov 2025: James Thomson evidence
Long-read summary of spycop James Thomson's appearance at the Undercover Policing Inquiry - 3 days documenting abuse and lies, and no remorse
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Absolutely
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Scrap Palantir UK contracts over Mandelson links, Zack Polanski demands
ZACK Polanski has demanded that the UK Government scraps its contracts with Palantir, amid mounting questions over Peter Mandelson’s role in…
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Transparency International UK @transparencyuk.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
📺"Yet again, an example of particularly those with money and wealth, often internationally, being able to get close access and privilege to those at the seat of power". @danieljbruce.bsky.social spoke with @vinnymcav.bsky.social for @globalnews.ca on the latest Mandelson revelations.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
FT exclusive Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor discussed ways round restrictions on his making investments while an official UK trade representative and shared official documents from the role with Jeffrey Epstein, files released by the US Department of Justice show www.ft.com/content/6b2f...
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Former prince discussed with Jeffrey Epstein ways to get round investment rules
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor shared official documents while serving as a UK trade envoy
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Tim @timjvalentine.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Melania’s ‘Love’ Email to Ghislaine Revealed in Epstein Files www.thedailybeast.com/melanias-lov...
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Melania's 'Love' Email to Ghislaine Revealed in Epstein Files
An email exchange between the first lady and Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice in 2002 was included in the latest document dump.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Trump, Trump's son and Elon Musk allegedly present at an event at Mar-a-Lago where children were auctioned off, and forced to have sex with Trump at the age of 13. Again, this appears to be an entirely separate account by a different accuser. They all seem very similar.
Donald Trump, the president, had parties at 
Maralago called 'calendar girls' Jeffrey Epstein 
would bring the children in and trump would auction 
them off. He measured the children's vulva and 
vaginas by entering a finger and rated the children 
on tightness. The guests were elder men and 
included Elon Musk. Don jr. Trump. Ivanka Trump, and Eric Trump were there. Attorney Allan 
Dershowitz was also there with Attorney Bob 
Shapiro. We were taken in rooms. forced to give oral 
sex to Donald J Trump. Forced to allow them to 
penetrate us. I was 13 years old when Donald J 
Trump raped me. Ghislaine Maxwell was also present
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
This week's column is about something that's arguably more important than anything in the news, crucial as some of the other issues are. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Nicholas Ripley @riprap007.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
How is the global US economic boycott doing... USA is looked at in disgust around the world now. MAGA huh!
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Nicholas Ripley @riprap007.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Who would buy dollars now?
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Nicholas Ripley @riprap007.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The Emperor of the US has just had it pointed out to him that he wears no clothes, so in reaction he puts 100% tarrifs on to all the clothes Canada exports to him. Such is the logic of "making America great again".
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Nicholas Ripley @riprap007.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Journalists, reporters, commentators, how ever you want to describe yourselves, your one job now is not to appease, or apologise for fascism, but to expose it.
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Nick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
If you’re under 30, make sure you sign up for this 👇 Leeds, 21 Feb, hear amazing speakers from across the world. Learn, debate, organise.
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Nick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
The government is living in an alternate reality. During WW2, Michael Foot and others wrote Guilty Men about the disastrous failure of the British elite’s appeasement policy: their inability to grasp the world they were living in. He’d have a field day with this lot.
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Nicholas Ripley @riprap007.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Is there anyone who believes that Trump is not a Facist now?
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
A nonprofit last year released a damning investigation finding that gig platforms are using algorithmic systems not simply to manage workers but to systematically extract labor while evading legal obligations, yet the response from government has been timid, David Sathuluri writes
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Why Gig Platform Wage Theft is a Governance Crisis
A report exposed an AI governance crisis in the gig economy, yet the response in Washington has been inadequate, David Sathuluri writes.
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Nicholas Ripley @riprap007.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Modern facism is still facism.
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