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SantaBJ

@santabj.bsky.social
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Systems, complexity, tech, data, politics. I want a world based on mutual aid and democracy that actually means democracy. Your freedom extends to the tip of my nose, and none of us are free until we all are.

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Mei 🪽 @meidotwav.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
With respect, I have to point out that *it did* happen here: we have already proven that our politicians and media outlets can successfully sell World War II-level crimes against humanity to the public. Not only have they already done it, but they ran successful hate campaigns to support it.
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Janina Matthewson @j9andif.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The thing that pisses me off about about this is that loads of the people employed in the arts and entertainment and crucial to its success are unseen workers in jobs that are considered trade when they're not in services of the arts
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The Heathen Historian 🔻 @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The fact that the tree is as old as the United States should not be lost on anyone. What a metaphor.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Trump administration’s actions resulted in the destruction of the largest ancient Cottonwood tree on Indigenous territory in Arizona. This tree, known as the “Grandmother Tree,” was 250 years old.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yes indeed I'm rather tiring of the coverage... a convicted perjuror who brazenly lied his way through life and continued to attend the House of Lords even as this poor woman's life fell apart.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
More lying-by-omission right-wing outrage exposed meme via FascinatingAvocados
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Ms. Deathwish #Exist2Resist @msdeathwish.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wow two "fuck yous" to the disabled community in two days. YAY SOCIALISM 😱
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Alejandro @ghostland6.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This isn't hope. This is terror. Labour and Burnham look to terrorise disabled people
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pro-Israel thug peer 'Lord' Mann steals Owen Jones's mic - again Jones posted footage of the 'not big' bully stealing the mic last year - and in some weird overcompensation tactic, Mann did it again
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Pro-Israel thug peer 'Lord' Mann steals Owen Jones's mic - again
Jones posted footage of the 'not big' bully stealing the mic last year - and in some weird overcompensation tactic, Mann did it again
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This Labour government could have responded to the genocide in Gaza in so many ways, instead they cut aid. This is a dereliction of duty.
Stuff of nightmares UK cuts aid to Un Gaza food operations by 78%
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ᚔᚅᚄᚓᚏᚈ ᚄᚉᚐᚏᚍ ᚅᚐᚋᚓ @ciara2001.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026
I really think people like this should have to wear the logos of their sponsors on their clothing when they are being interviewed
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He holds a number of paid positions as an adviser for lobbying and consultancy companies.[51] He is paid chair of the Purpose Defence Coalition, members of which include arms manufacturer Leonardo, which has "extensive links" to Israel’s military.[52] He is paid chair of the Purpose Business Coalition, members of which include Leonardo and oil company BP. He is a paid senior adviser to Rud Pedersen, a lobbying company with expertise in security and defence, which has oil and gas companies Glencore and Enwell Energy as clients.[53
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Tonight Ireland will play Israel.. their goalkeeper has pulled out" Gavin Bazunu is his name. Hero.
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SantaBJ @santabj.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Something absurd about the way the same people who fall all over themselves in panic over the public debt (which is largely economically irrelevant) have absolutely *no qualms whatsoever* about ballooning private debts (which is absolute poison to any well-functioning economy).
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
HUUUUUGE turnout for canvassing and leafleting for Zack Polanski in Holborn & St Pancras today, very positive reception on the doorsteps too. Lots of people very disillusioned with Labour.
Loads of people with Zack Polanski.
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SantaBJ @santabj.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I mean the fact that the "literacy crisis" is so often and so readily understood as "people are increasingly unable to read well" feels very appropriate for what the literacy crisis *actually* is; an increasing inability to read *critically and deeply*.
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Mike Rugnetta @mikerugnetta.com · 24/09/2026
ahahaha this fucking rules; RETURN THE OPERA TO THE PEOPLE
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SantaBJ @santabj.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There is something perverse about the way right wingers (of all parties) have worked tirelessly for decades to destroy the welfare state apparatus *specifically* by actively generating and expanding the problems that require the solution their work aims to destroy.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/09/2026
Police arrest far-right activist Daniel Thomas after dinghy slashed in Channel
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Police arrest far-right activist Daniel Thomas after dinghy slashed in Channel
Thirty-seven-year-old in custody suspected of committing crimes including ‘criminal damage to endanger life’ Daniel Thomas, the far-right agitator and anti-migrant activist, has been arrested on suspicion of “criminal damage with intent to endanger life”, two days after he filmed himself slashing the side of a dinghy in the middle of the Channel, while a rescuer was on board. Hampshire and Isle of Wight constabulary issued a statement saying that a 37-year-old man, of no fixed abode, had been arrested on Wednesday night “on suspicion of destroying ships or fixed platforms or endangering their safety under section 11 of the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990”. Continue reading...
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SantaBJ @santabj.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Nobody who knows the role Tom Watson played in Labour during his time as an MP could possibly be surprised by this development. Watson *is* the rot.
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Liberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: 13 British universities have discussed how to handle pro-Palestinian campus protests with the UK’s largest weapons manufacturer, including ramping up security at events and coordinating responses to criticism. Latest story from Liberty Investigates with @aljazeera.com
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How UK universities briefed BAE Systems on pro-Palestine campus protests
Several universities discussed protests with the weapons maker, raising concerns about influence and academic freedom.
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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 24/09/2026
Please share. medium.com/@missfredawa...
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Mapping the UK Gender-Critical Network: GB News, the Free Speech Union and Christian Concern
From Tufton Street to Old Queen Street and the dirty ally of media.
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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"The leader of the Global Sumud Flotilla is in a semi-comatose condition and close to death as he enters the 39th day of his hunger strike inside Tunisia’s Mornaguia Prison, the organisation has confirmed to Novara Media." (1/x) #Gaza #GlobalSumudFlotilla #Israel #Palestine #News #Tunisia
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
British regular Ofcom praised Apple for its age-check protocols. The same regulator is now investigating Pornhub for using those same protocols OSA's becoming less and less about protecting kids and more and more about creating a regime to punish speech and platforms the government doesn't like
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Pornhub age checks investigated by Ofcom
The regulator says it has concerns over how the site is relying on third party checks provided by Apple for some users.
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Jason @envinyon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
god its funny that discord wants age verification because it wants to promote gambling very get hit by a bus to its management
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Mr. Moo Sky @bricebowl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Disable gambling ads:
Discord Settings. "Sponsored Content" button is pressedSponsored Content settings. "Manage Sponsored Content" button is pressedManage Sponsored Content settings. "Real Money Gambling" radio switch is "off" (disables gambling content)
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Eivind HM. @eivind1984.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The internet is a store but it used to be a library er fader meg den mest presise oppsummeringen av vår tid noen sinne
skjermbilde av innlegg på mastodon fra wehpudicabok@kind.social: "YOU USED TO BE ABLE TO FIND INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET. i sound insane right now because the internet is a store but it used to be a library"
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“To play in venues that silence anyone advocating for Free Palestine is simply not an option for us… most of the audience supported @macklemore… the real enemy is the Zionist lobby. Up the workers. Free Palestine.” @edsheeran’s band Beoga reminding us what moral clarity is
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
From the heart of suffering, the voice of truth echoes. To Macklemore - Thank You On behalf of every survivor and every resilient soul, we send our deepest gratitude. You chose humanity over silence.
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SantaBJ @santabj.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I feel like I should probably skip this one.
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Anine Hartmann @aninehartmann.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Det Trygg trafikk sier her er bare spekulasjon. Uttalelsene har ikke støtte i forskning. Det er lite som tyder på at hodetelefoner har noen betydning for risiko i trafikken. Ikke så rart. Hørsel er ganske unyttig i trafikken og ingen støykansellerende hodetelefoner er så effektive som et karosseri.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reform have made £72m from two donors in a single day. Absolutely obscene. And Labour refuse to cap political donations. The Green Party are funded and powered by you. Please donate to help us win Holborn & St Pancras today! donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk?fbclid=IwdGR...
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Donate to the Green Party - Green Party
We need your help to stand up to the billionaires backing other major parties and fight for social, environmental and climate justice. Donate now.
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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The normalisation of far right rhetoric and policies across Western Europe and including Scandinavia is utterly depressing this century
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How Sweden lost its soul – and stopped being Sweden | Martin Gelin
In 2022 my country entered a new era of cruelty. It will take more than one election to get the old, tolerant Sweden back, writes Swedish journalist Martin Gelin
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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Excellent analysis from @foreigncorr1.bsky.social Why UK’s strategy of separating Israel from its illegal settlements won’t work www.thenational.scot/politics/265... It’s going to take a lot more international action to prevent the erasure of Palestinian life. But it’s an overdue start at least
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Why UK’s strategy of separating Israel from its illegal settlements won’t work
AT the time, he had what might be called an “abrasive” way of handling the foreign media of which, back then, I was a part
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Sarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 10/09/2026
As a parent of a trans kiddo - medical care for trans care is clear, has medical recommendations, and does not need you sticking your nose into the business. The only debate is an existential one. Either you support trans people, or you think they don't deserve to exist. Everything else is noise.
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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This might be a good moment to also announce that PMG has been following the Blizzard unions through this process for nearly two years now and in early 2027 you’ll be able to watch our documentary on the fight that took place to get this historic contract over the line.
Chris standing outside the front gates of the Blizzard campus in Irvine, California.Union members demonstrating in Irvine as part of a mass walkout last month.The giant inflatable rat known as 'Scabby', standing outside the front gates to the Blizzard campus.An aerial drone shot of the Blizzard campus.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Important to remember today: If ANY Labour MP talks about “respecting” the Supreme Court misjudgement, they are *lying* to you. Parliament can overturn ANY SC decision & the government can amend the Equality Act to include trans people. The SC misjudgement still stands because Labour WANTS it to.
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Anyone at the mass lobby today. You can tell them about my kid. Supported at school for years. Now out of school - driven out by hateful segregationist school policy introduced by Labour. Trans kids are being persecuted by this government
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SantaBJ @santabj.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Endelig noen i det offentlige ordskiftet som angriper dette temaet på et noenlunde fornuftig grunnlag. Jeg er så uendelig frustrert over hva det fokuseres på i de forskjellige skoledebattene...
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Skole for en verden som er borte
Pisa-tallene er et symptom på at skolen er designet for elever som ikke finnes.
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Lauren Starkey @laurenhstarkey.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Men will send me emails like this and then go rampaging on the streets of Dover and Portsmouth claiming they want to keep refugees out in order to “PROTECT OUR WOMEN!” Not a single one of the young male refugees I’ve worked with has ever spoken to me with such violent misogyny.
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SantaBJ @santabj.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I genuinely believe that most British people has absolutely no idea just how utterly awful almost the entirety of the media landscape here is. Hard to see the system from inside it. Absolute shambles.
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Arnfinn Pettersen @arnfinnp.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
For et par år siden, før jeg ble erklært uønska, brukte jeg formuleringen "radikaliseringen av Minerva" på Facebook. Fikk behørig med kjeft, og redaktøren skrev en lang og indignert post om hvor slemt det var. Men radikaliseringen av Minerva stoppet på ingen måte opp.
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DAVIEWoOOoO 👻 🎃🕸️ @daviemoo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Trans people shitting is a moral panic, gay people being able to marry is a moral panic, black professors are a moral panic but a thousand men in black outfits and masks shutting down a port town are not. What a very normal country.
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 08/09/2026
Think it would be really great for everyone if the left could be less politically inept
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SantaBJ @santabj.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Hey EU and various European nations, how about instead of endangering everyone with idiotic age verification laws you spend your time making this kind of consumer-surveillance technology both strictly illegal and financially devastating to be caught producing and selling?
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LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices
An investigation by Gamers Nexus found LG smart TVs sweep local networks to map phones and nearby devices. Tests also showed the sets can capture microphone audio with the screen off — they then uploa...
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We can win in Holborn & St Pancras. The Guardian followed me around and heard for themselves how excited people are to vote Green! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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‘We can win here’: Zack Polanski presses the flesh in Holborn and St Pancras
Polanski is confident of taking seat vacated by Keir Starmer, but says he will stay on as Green party leader even if he loses
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
If "legitimate concerns" were considered to excuse illegitimate methods, then nobody from Just Stop Oil or Palestine Action would have been arrested. So we know it doesn't. In fact that phrase is only ever used in one context. Only in that context is uniformed mob intimidation "peaceful protest"
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Girish M. Duvvuri @gmduvvuri.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The open secret to pedagogy research is that small class sizes/maximizing educator attention per pupil is the simplest, most effective, and unfortunately the least attractive to administration thing you can do to improve learning outcomes.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 06/09/2026
A sundowning old man, addicted to AI slop, surrounded by supplicants and apparatchiks, with control over the US nuclear arsenal.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Everything is just impossibly dumb
Trump posts: Map of New Mexico with Mexico crossed out to read America
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