Reposted by Sandy AudenMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Axios reports AI companies are preparing for a catastrophic event in the next six to 12 months. 60279131 0
Reposted by Sandy AudenMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026With the rise of the Far Right, we’re in a situation where every election could potentially be the last one. No excuse not to vote with rigour. 36827249 0
Sandy Auden @sandya.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Jeffrey Archer?! 😳 On the list of best selling authors of all time? FFS www.webuybooks.co.uk/blog/best-se...webuybooks.co.ukBest-Selling Authors of All TimeDiscover 25+ of the best-selling authors of all time, from Shakespeare and Agatha Christie to J.K. Rowling and Stephen King, with estimated worldwide book sales. 000 0
Reposted by Sandy AudenMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026US social media companies are interfering in the Brazilian elections in favour of the Far Right’s Flávio Bolsonaro. Meta is the latest. It’s just blocked the campaign account of President Lula in the final stretch of the election.elespectador.comMeta restringe la cuenta de Lula y su partido alerta por posible injerencia extranjeraDe cara a las elecciones en Brasil, Lula enfrenta a Meta por restringir su cuenta mientras su partido alerta por posible injerencia extranjera. 441040673 0
Reposted by Sandy AudenMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Important read for anyone - all of us - interested in the survival of American democracy. 1512447 0
Sandy Auden @sandya.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Thanks for this. I'm local to Newcastle but did indeed miss it. 210 0
Sandy Auden @sandya.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I am always humbled by the bravery of protestors in Russia (and other authoritarian countries). 010 0
Sandy Auden @sandya.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Possibly. Idk either but I've said here before that China are best placed for a global economic takeover. Will they take the path of economic leverage to get what they want or the bloody route and forcibly take what they want? 110 0
Sandy Auden @sandya.bsky.social · 26/07/2026China now waiting for the optimum moment to not only take Taiwan but lots of other places too. US and Russian capability currently stretched. China still fully stocked. Dangerous times indeed. 2459 0
Reposted by Sandy AudenMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 21/07/2026In a bid to keep the two sides of my work life separate I’ve set up @infinitemonkeyshq.bsky.social A place for writers of all kinds, readers and viewers too. Things I’ve learned on the road to getting published, my work made for TV, talk about the craft, tips, news and intel, reviews. 1/2 1823693 0
Reposted by Sandy AudenShipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 03/07/2026www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...theguardian.comRussia preparing possible ‘provocation’ in Baltic states or Poland, sources sayKremlin may attempt to test Nato cohesion as Russia comes under growing pressure from Ukraine, according to sources from two countries 26430 0
Reposted by Sandy AudenMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 01/07/2026If only bad news is reported, that’s what sticks. 🧵 615557 0
Reposted by Sandy AudenLunabelle @lunabelle.bsky.social · 29/06/2026This is for all the men out there (and the women who care about them). Andy's Man Club - men helping men. I know of blokes who swear by it and now make an effort to be there for others - help them walk through that door. 7pm Monday all across the UK, a chat, a cuppa, a hand outstretched. 28133 0
Sandy Auden @sandya.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Well thank you for that. Currently under local Reform council and Reform county council. I've now taken to trling the local council (Jonathan Gullis ffs) Facebook page. 1120 0
Reposted by Sandy AudenMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Here:open.substack.comPutin’s Secret WarRussia’s attacks on Europe are escalating 27319 0
Reposted by Sandy AudenMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Tomorrow’s Independent front page: 16429551208 0
Reposted by Sandy AudenAmy Borrett @amyborrett.ft.com · 29/05/2026🚨Elon Musk has boosted the public profile of Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe on X, pulling Britain’s political discourse towards extreme content and amplifying his influence ahead of a knife-edge election in Makerfield More @FT: as.ft.com/r/80f4639f-0... 501047455 0
Reposted by Sandy AudenMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/05/2026“Within only a few months, the brain connections in the salience network, which helps target attention, had multiplied. “We didn’t expect to see this effect, and we really don’t know what it means,” Shapiro said.”apple.newsOzempic may be reshaping the brain, scientists say — The Washington PostThe research has implications for addictive behaviors and diseases of aging such as Alzheimer’s. 1211324 0
Reposted by Sandy AudenMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Reform's Makerfield by-election candidate Robert Kenyon tells the Telegraph Russia were well within their rights to invade Crimea in 2014. 2424899 0
Reposted by Sandy AudenMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 25/05/2026All the worst people. 1123147 0
Reposted by Sandy AudenMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 23/05/2026The third Reform councillor on Merseyside to face “questions” since the election.bbc.co.ukReform St Helens councillor assaulted woman while working pub doorsThe Labour Party has said it is "deeply concerned" by Reform's vetting procedures. 2716252 0
Reposted by Sandy AudenMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14/05/2026This is a good read about how Rupert Lowe’s Fascist Restore party used Great Yarmouth as a test case for taking Britain. 29326 0
Reposted by Sandy AudenMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Reform starting as they mean to go on.huffingtonpost.co.ukReform UK's Richard Tice Refuses To Condemn Councillor Who Said 'Nigerians Should Be Melted Down'The party's deputy leader accused their critics of "smearing and sneering". 63761366 0
Sandy Auden @sandya.bsky.social · 30/04/2026You've got to do something to move the stock market up or down. You can't make money if it stays the same. 010 0
Reposted by Sandy AudenScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19/04/2026For the first time in decades, consensus broke at the UN Commission on the Status of Women. The United States cast the lone “no” vote on a document aimed at improving justice systems for women and girls worldwide. Misogyny is the official policy of the US under Trump.healthpolicy-watch.newsOnly US Votes Against Women’s Rights Document At UN Commission - Health Policy WatchPresident of the UN General Assembly Annalena Baerbock told the opening of CSW that the backlash against women's rights "feels as though we are forced to 13222431451 0
Reposted by Sandy AudenJean-Luc Picard @voiceofpericles.bsky.social · 15/04/2026THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. Farage says a woman who has been here for years, is married to a British person and has indefinite leave to remain, will need to apply for a work visa after they abolish indefinite leave to remain. @chadbourn.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social @bestforbritain.org 1321289 0
Reposted by Sandy AudenReform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Reform UK donor linked to sanctioned Iranian conglomerate A churchwarden behind a £200,000 gift to Nigel Farage’s party is the director of a company cited in French intelligence memosthetimes.comReform UK donor linked to sanctioned Iranian conglomerateA churchwarden behind a £200,000 gift to Nigel Farage’s party is the director of a company cited in French intelligence memos 10369218 0
Reposted by Sandy AudenMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 09/04/2026There are no coincidences. Or: time to move to Canada.cnbc.comAutomatic U.S. military draft registration planned by December, filing showsThe proposed timetable for automatic military draft registration came weeks after the U.S. and Israel launched a war against Iran. 39310105 0
Reposted by Sandy Auden🅖🅤🅝🅝🅐.🅦🅩 (𝑔𝓏) 🇺🇸🇮🇸𝙸𝙼𝙿𝙴𝙰𝙲𝙷 𝚃𝙷𝙴𝙼 𝙰𝙻𝙻 @gunna-z.bsky.social · 07/04/2026JOIN ME AND CALL CONGRESS EVERY HOUR TODAY and demand they impeach him immediately! 15518 0
Reposted by Sandy AudenMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/04/2026A Reform candidate parroting Russian propaganda. What a huge shock.bbc.co.ukReform Senedd candidate blamed Nato for Ukraine warRivals call for John Clark to be removed over social media messages about Russia, Ukraine and Putin. 22359115 0
Reposted by Sandy AudeniKapaAllan @ikapaallan.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Please would you repost this link: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...you.38degrees.org.ukStop Palantir taking over our public services!Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. 210074 0
Sandy Auden @sandya.bsky.social · 30/03/2026wired.comThis Is How Trump Is Already Threatening the MidtermsWIRED surveyed the ways the Trump administration is working to manipulate this year’s midterm elections. 120 0
Sandy Auden @sandya.bsky.social · 30/03/2026www.wired.com/story/this-i...wired.comThis Is How Trump Is Already Threatening the MidtermsWIRED surveyed the ways the Trump administration is working to manipulate this year’s midterm elections. 010 0
Reposted by Sandy AudenMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Yes, that’s a no. 29397125 0
Reposted by Sandy AudenHedy Lamarr @chudonew.bsky.social · 27/03/2026JOIN US - SATURDAY MARCH 28 Use the link below to find an event near you. www.nokings.orgnokings.orgNo KingsAs the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ... 13326 0
Reposted by Sandy AudenMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 26/03/2026BBC Question Time is now pretending Reform UK member and Trump-supporting political activist Tom Skinner is a mere celebrity to get him the “neutral” slot on the panel. 54373144 0
Reposted by Sandy AudenMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 27/03/2026All going well for Reform in Scotland.dailyrecord.co.ukReform UK's Holyrood campaign in meltdown as fifth candidate quitsJames Glen said he had “withdrawn” his candidacy a week after he had been unveiled as one of the party’s hopefuls. 2924970 0
Reposted by Sandy Auden46&2 @7719deftones.bsky.social · 23/03/2026fortune.com/2026/03/23/u...fortune.comThe Treasury just declared the U.S. insolvent. The media missed it | FortuneThe Government Accountability Office can't even verify the books. Here's what Congress must do. 88446 0
Reposted by Sandy AudenMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Brits - your cut out and keep guide to when to expect Reform Rage. 33627199 0
Reposted by Sandy AudenEd Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 20/03/2026Imagine seeing British people at prayer and thinking “this is a great chance to stoke fear, hatred and division”. People who do that should have no place in British politics. Freedom to worship is a fundamental British value – one the Conservative Party used to believe in. 19583133 0
Reposted by Sandy AudenPolitics in the U.K. @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Reform UK in Kent: raising tax by 4% despite promising not to. Also Reform UK in Kent: raising councillors’ wages by 4% despite promising to establish DOGE to cut council waste. 67844 0
Reposted by Sandy AudenMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Labour needs to legislate fast to keep this kind of money out of UK politics. If not, Farage will buy himself a fascist state.apple.newsThe coming of crypto: how Nigel Farage plans to reshape politics — The Times and The Sunday TimesThe general election may be years away but Nigel Farage is already acting like a winner — and one flush with cash. His political campaigns are starting to look like gameshow giveaways, with huge cash ... 22378115 0
Reposted by Sandy AudenMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Just one day for a new Reform election candidate to be suspended. On brand.huffingtonpost.co.ukA Reform UK Election Candidate Has Been Suspended A Day After Being UnveiledStuart Niven is being investigated over claims he diverted thousands of pounds from a government Covid loan into his personal account. 1016245 0