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Sika

@sikadm.bsky.social
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Politics. Gender. Race. | Feminist | Woke obsession with facts | Moral clarity over civility | #FreePalestine | #SerenaEveryday | Rafaholic | ❤️ Arsenal. No DMs

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The contrast between the utterly sycophantic coverage this week of Kemi Badenoch, whose party has a truly atrocious electoral record under her leadership, and the utterly dismissive coverage of the Greens, tells you everything you need to know about media bias in the UK
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Why the Holborn and St Pancras By-Election Was a Good Result for the Green Party
The dismissive coverage of Zack Polanski’s party obscures a far bigger truth about the rise of the left in British politics
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
republicans used to complain about the violence in gangster rap and now they want to livestream an execution
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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 09/10/2026
I don’t know a lot about ADHD but i do know a young guy who struggled a lot and might not have finished university who got diagnosed and treated, then did extremely well, and now makes a boatload of money at a good job I thought "getting people into work" was labour's whole thing
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Sika @sikadm.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump also pardoned four men for the murder of 14 Iraqi citizens, incl two children, during his first presidency. They walked free from prison despite opening fire indiscriminately w/ machine-guns, grenade launchers and a sniper on a crowd of unarmed people in a crowded square in Baghdad. #r4today
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Sika @sikadm.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Why does #r4today keep airing quotes without identifying their sources? If this critic stands by their claim about Zack Polanski’s leadership, they should have the courage to put their name to it. Hiding behind anonymity is just cowardly.
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Sika @sikadm.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Legitimising state violence is a hallmark of Trump’s presidency. To quote obaa-boni, “They’re testing the public’s appetite for cruelty and bloodlust. It’s bad enough that we tolerate so much state torture: prisons, death penalty, ICE kidnappings. They’re testing whether we want more.” #r4today
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Sika @sikadm.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“Before they pull the trigger, I want him to look me in my eye, and I look at him in his eye, and I want him to know, dude, you failed.” America’s culture of violence - and its epidemic of mass shootings - becomes easier to understand when you hear advocates of the death penalty speak. #r4today
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It's because they can't afford to live.
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Britain Elects @britainelects.com · 09/10/2026
‼️ Labour HOLD Holborn and St Pancras Labour: 45.0% (-3.9) Green: 32.7% (+22.3) Conservative: 7.0% (-0.2) Reform: 5.9% (-0.2) Liberal Democrats: 3.4% (-2.4) Restore: 2.5% (+2.5) Workers: 1.1% (+1.1)
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I wrote about Elon Musk, and why it bothers me that he is still first and foremost described in the media as an entrepreneur, rocketeer, or tech mogul, when the most salient fact about him is that he is now the world's most powerful white supremacist. religiondispatches.org/2026/10/06/e...
religiondispatches.org
Elon Musk, the World’s Richest Human, Is a White Supremacist
The latest warning about the Republican Party’s far-right turn has come from the unlikeliest of places: conservative commentator, George W. Bush Chief of Staff, and renowned Republican strategist Karl...
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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I've talked about this before, but it is very hard when you see how moral red lines are drawn, and the complete gutting of trans people's civil rights is entirely within an accepted norm and barely remarked upon even by many progressives.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
America right now is the maddest place on earth. Like watching a David Lynch film.
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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Umm the preferred term is lesbian abcnews.com/Health/1-15-...
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1 in 15 household cats may carry 'Beaver Fever' which can infect humans
A new study published in the Public Library of Science suggests nearly one out of 15 cats are infected with a common parasite.
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 08/10/2026
J'ai couvert toutes les révolutions des Printemps arabes. Je n'ai pas le souvenir d'une telle interdiction.
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Sika @sikadm.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
When O’Neill laments the “gleeful dismantling of Englishness” & Syed endorses his view, they’re effectively demanding uncritical reverence for English history & denial of the racist violence of empire. English identity is *inextricably* linked to pride in the empire: what do empires DO? #r4today
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Sika @sikadm.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
All ethnonationalism is racism. White ppl are asserting their English identity in a political environment shaped by the institutional racism of Braverman’s current & former political parties. They have legitimised an ugly discourse that’s deepening the culture war divisions in this ctry. #r4today
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026
ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 07/10/2026
Because they were definitely going to work with them before 👍
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
UK govt plans £1bn energy bills help for poorer households. How about cutting energy profit margins, 100% windfall tax on excess profits before turning to the public purse. UK energy sector is mostly foreign-owned. Dividends paid without any UK tax deduction. End this perk, raise billions.
theguardian.com
Chancellor plans major intervention to help poorer UK households with rising energy bills
Exclusive: Officials working on further radical changes that would change how much energy companies could charge customers
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
From the new Private Eye
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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 07/10/2026
Mouvement lycéen : l’usage des grenades assourdissantes suspendu ; dix-huit enquêtes IGPN ouvertes
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Mouvement lycéen : l’usage des grenades assourdissantes suspendu ; dix-huit enquêtes IGPN ouvertes
L’annonce de cette suspension, limitée au mouvement lycéen, a lieu après qu’un manifestant de 15 ans a eu la main arrachée à Lens.
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phoenixrising @mmcarthur.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"We need to make books cool again. 📚 If you go home with somebody and they don’t have books, don’t fuck them. Don’t let them explore you until they’ve explored the secret universes of books. Don’t let them connect with you until they’ve walked between the lines on the pages." John Samuel Waters
John Samuel Waters
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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Robert Mapplethorpe
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Drax’s planned datacentre to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood to produce its electricity, nearly double the CO2 emissions of all flights from London Gatwick airport. Drax, a highly profitable company gets subsidies to burn wood and produce electricity How many lives will it ruin?
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Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights
Exclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
why is anyone allowing these arseholes to do this?
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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The women in "Musk" are extraordinarily impressive.
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
They love to tell you to bootstrap Until you DO bootstrap Then they post multi-paragraph, pocket-watching dissertations about how "uncomfortable" your success makes them, and how ~something~ should be done (Cuz they never actually expected you to "Make It," FYI) Ask me how I know :)
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Margaret Morgan 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇦🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
From @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social, an accurate obit of the vile Jeffrey Archer. He was utter scum. "Archer’s whole career was an exercise in selling piss but the obits are straining to persuade us that it was champagne." brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/here-lies-...
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Here lies Jeffrey Archer
The death of one of Britain’s most infamous liars brings back memories of Monica Coghlan.
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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Zionism is not racist
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Sika @sikadm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Christa Pike’s death sentence wasn’t simply because she was an adult, unlike her co-defendant. She was intimate with the Black boy who was her co-defendant in the murder case. Her sentence was a warning to white women who cross racial boundaries. #r4today
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Sika @sikadm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The reporting is clearly skewed to portray the students in the worst possible light.
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Sika @sikadm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Students are taking to the streets alongside their parents, teachers & union members - intergenerational solidarity the UK cld only dream of. Yes, violence is bad, but what's even worse is #r4today’s journalists' adamant refusal to make distinctions btwn structural violence and destroyed property.
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Sika @sikadm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“They said they weren’t violent but they set fire to the bins.” #r4today unequivocally defers to the narrative of thuggish French police and instinctively defends state violence. If destroying bins "alienates" you from supporting French students, you probably weren't that committed to begin with.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
England's water infrastructure at breaking point. Large part of water network installed 130-150 years ago. Thames Water infrastructure has average age of 79 years; industry average 56 yrs. 40% of TW assets are 100+ yrs old. Must end privatisation, remove profit motive.
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MP says London water network is 'at breaking point' with two incidents in a week
London MP Paul Kohler said the two incidents highlighted the poor state of the region's water infrastructure
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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Let's put it this way: if you haven't spent every breathing moment of the last three years fighting to stop the slaughter, your pious tut-tutting about a powerless resolution is exactly what it looks like.
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Sika @sikadm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Tory mantra: socialism for the rich, austerity for millions. #r4today
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Sika @sikadm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“We are not a country of welfare” says the woman whose party’s privatisation policies have left the public bearing the enormous cost of enriching a few shareholders in the energy, water, and transport sectors . For the Tories, welfare is only a problem when it goes to ordinary people. #r4today
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Sika @sikadm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The “party of defence”?! Tories are so quick to warn about external threats while ignoring the internal ones. Their 14 year record of mismanagement left the country with poverty records so extreme we have food banks in every city & record numbers of people turning to illegal loan sharks. #r4today
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Sika @sikadm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Dymond asks what French students hope to gain from another day of protest, but says nothing abt Emmanuel Macron & Sébastien Lecornu remaining silent about the protests - even after a teenager lost his hand after being struck by a grenade. It wldnt be #r4today without s/o defending the status quo.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026
in a just world someone would stone cold stun these guys into concrete
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Lula (president of Brazil) “asked the court to investigate possible support from the Rockbridge Network, a [Peter Thiel-backed] conservative U.S. donor network co-founded by…JD Vance. It said a political organizer tied to the group works at Flávio Bolsonaro’s campaign headquarters...” 10/4/26 …1/
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Lula seeks probe into possible US election interference
Lula’s coalition asked Brazil’s top electoral court to investigate actions benefiting Flávio Bolsonaro, while the Workers’ Party sought a Federal Police inquiry from the Supreme Court.
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Rees-Mogg endorsed the AfD at a crucial point of their ascent, so he doesn’t get to shimmy away from this.
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I was raped at a frat party. It’s a shockingly common experience and preventative interventions in college are way too late.
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A tough piece, specifically a piece about women being extremely tough under serious threat. Big respect to @espiers.bsky.social to writing about this in such an unsparing, constructive way. Teaching kids young about consent—and *enthusiastic* consent—is, unfortunately, necessary
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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
this is my favorite genre of social media post and I am soliciting links or screenshots to your favorites
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King Darius looking down at Daniel in the pit:
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Man, what are the Lions doing?
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Slick @dtwiz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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FRANCE 24 @france24.com · 06/10/2026
En direct : mobilisation massive attendue des lycéens pour l'acte III du mouvement
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En direct : mobilisation massive attendue des lycéens pour l'acte III du mouvement
Cette nouvelle journée de mobilisation des lycéens qui signe l'"acte III" du mouvement s'annonce massive. Des syndicats ont d'ores et déjà indiqué se joindre mardi au mouvement de contestation. La veille, des centaines d'établissements sont restés et fermés et un jeune de 15 ans a été gravement blessé. Suivez en direct les derniers développements de la fronde lycéenne sur notre site.
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Sika @sikadm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“For many Okinawa locals, the arrest of a US soldier accused of robbing and killing a woman in a hotel room has reignited decades of frustration over crimes involving US military personnel there. Okinawa hosts the largest US military presence in Japan.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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'Not again': Arrest of US marine for murder reignites protests in Japan's Okinawa
For many locals on this island, the arrest has brought decades of frustration back to the fore.
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Sika @sikadm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“Malaysia has sent almost 1,500 asylum seekers back to Myanmar despite warnings from the U.N. and rights groups that they may not be safe there. Myanmar has been in the grip of civil war since the army toppled a democratically elected govt led by Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021.” apnews.com/article/myan...
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Nearly 1,500 Myanmar nationals repatriated from Malaysia as UN warns of risks
Nearly 1,500 Myanmar nationals have arrived in the country’s largest city after being sent back from Malaysia.
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