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Simon A.

@simona62.bsky.social
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I lurk, sometimes ‘like’, and occasionally comment. I try to follow people who seem pretty decent. Personal insults demonstrate you’ve lost the argument. UK based.

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Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
FFS…👇
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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 22/09/2026
1/23 Sorry, this will be long... There is a lot of shouting about what happened in the Channel yesterday. So I want to go back to basic law. Not immigration policies or political rhetoric. At sea, the starting point is simple: Preservation of life comes first under all maritime conventions.
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Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This! 👇
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Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is truly awful. My heart weeps. 👇
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 14/09/2026
Thames Water is a zombie company, kept alive by debt. Take it into Special Administration. That way cash from customer bills can go straight into sewage and water infrastructure rather than servicing the debt. Then take it into public ownership. We can't afford privatisation.
Screenshot of Financial Times article from 12 September 2026: "Thames Water hit by £2bn bill for finance costs and advisers’ fees". The lede says "Embattled UK utility faces mounting costs as government debates moving ahead with temporary nationalisation".
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Quiet Majority @majorityquiet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We loved this so much we just had to put English subtitles on it, apologies to the French speakers for our translation. But this is what it would look like here in the UK if Farage or Lowe or another of their ilk got their own way.
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 10/09/2026
Is Reform the dodgiest party ever? You decide.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This German comedy sketch (with English subtitles) perfectly captures so much of what is going on right now in the UK, the US, and across Europe. "Playing the 'Nazi Card' in the Third Reich", by Browser Ballett.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It's hard to think of anything less British than the morons doing this to the heroic RNLI
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Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Quite. 👇
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Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Can we get this in the UK, please?
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Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
RL what a nasty, nasty individual. Threatening someone for simply doing their job. 👇
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A few things (international) commentatoes should remember. Only 2 million people live in Sachsen-Anhalt. Half of Berlin, a tenth of NRW. Around 400k will vote AfD. Even with this strong result, 80% of people living in S-A will not have voted for the AfD. In a state that is a far-right stronghold.
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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Please RT! 👇 🙏🏻 X
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Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This! 👇
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Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is disgusting. Mind, I wouldn’t expect anything less from a RF conference. 👇
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the seventh richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Worth reading for the comments. Not that the ‘great unwashed’ will go anywhere near reading this. 😂👇
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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Trust Dr Fauchi Anthony Fauci is an American physician-scientist and immunologist. He served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1984 to 2022 and as Chief Medical Advisor to the President from 2021 to 2022. Science Is Under Attack By Republicans
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Lorna MacGillivray @elemjay.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Nick Davis @ntd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The loss of dolly feels so significant because she was a fundamentally decent person publicly. We live in such an era of proudly public assholery that her example was especially profound.
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Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Once again @monkemma.bsky.social shows ‘journalists’ how it’s done. Mr Jason Arday (RIP 😢). Most seem to be too quick to create badly researched articles for clickbait, acting as ‘influencers’. As well as being too keen to denegrate/hound others irrespective of the facts.
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
One day, people in power will be asked what they did during the genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians… And they’ll be able to say …we kept sending Israel arms, trading with them and issued a joint statement.
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 19/07/2026
NEW: Who funds Nigel Farage? And why has it taken till now for any journalistic scrutiny? @carolecadwalla.bsky.social who has tracked him for a decade exposes how the UK press & regulators looked the other way 🧵👇
Farage the money launderer and me: a decade of denial
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Paulette Feeney ❌️👑 @pauletteparis1.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I don't think crypto assets are covered by FDIC. If this "bank" is, it will surely crash the FDIC. Maybe that's the plan?
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
He didn’t change. They did.
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
🔴EXCLUSIVE🔴 I worked with @georgegreenwood.bsky.social & Tom Ball at the Times to expose how Farage’s “personal friend” John Mappin was a member of a far right conspiracist crypto scheme later accused of scamming investors www.opendemocracy.net/nigel-farage...
opendemocracy.net
Nigel Farage denies link to crypto conspiracist John Mappin
New investigation into Scientologist and QAnon enthusiast John Mappin raises fresh questions about Farage's allies
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Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
One can dream, can’t one? 👇
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Trump's Treasury permanently ended beneficial ownership reporting for U.S. companies, eliminating records investigators use to trace hidden money and organized crime networks, including Epstein-style trafficking networks and Russian money laundering.
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George Futers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @wee-jordi.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
UK gov blocks FOI on Israeli interference in Scottish Holyrood elections in May '26. Nice to know UK gov has our backs, even if it's just to plunge the knife in 🤔🙄🤐 youtube.com/shorts/KRIX2...
youtube.com
UK Government Blocks Release of Information Into Scottish Election Meddling | NEWS4SCOTLAND
YouTube video by The Scotland Channel
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AshfromEnfield @ashfromenfield.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
JFDI
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2028 Blue Wave 🌊🌊💙 🇺🇸 @2028-bluewave.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This should be much bigger news.
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Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
For people in the US. Thanks to @0x0.sigint.team for the advice. 👇
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Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Shocking if true. Believable though, in the age of ‘social’ media. 👇
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Trump is blocking the release of the Epstein Files because he's in them and he's guilty. Trump is blocking the IRS from auditing him because he's guilty of tax evasion. Trump is blocking the Strait of Hormuz because he's guilty of attacking the country illegally. And Congress sits on their hands.
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Danny Fearns @dannyfearns.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Good morning BlueSky ☀️ Just sharing my favourite Venn diagram with you. Enjoy 😎
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Wow. Just wow.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
People will ask WHY do they load companies with debt. The answer is very simple, there is no tax on paying 'debts' and the people and companies collecting the 'debt' are located in Tax Havens. It means they pay no tax at all.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Arron Banks is smack bang in middle of latest Farage scandal, threatening & surveillance journalists & the absence of reporting on his previous form in this area is…well, what? Answers on a postcard, please. It’s not me who’s being gaslit here. It’s anyone with eyes.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Free weekend update is out. This week a detailed analysis of a Trump con, which the press fell for entirely. He always knew Ukraine was dependent on Patriots, and used that leverage to harm Ukraine. He had no intention of letting Ukraine have a Patriot license… open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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Weekend Update #197: Anatomy Of A Con:
The Overreaction In the Press: Ukraine Has Not Gone From Winning To Losing
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 06/08/2026
Capital One says it shut down roughly 385 Trump-linked bank accounts after its financial-crimes team flagged them for money-laundering concerns. That should be a massive story all by itself.
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Capital One says it closed Trump Organization accounts over money-laundering concerns
The bank is asking a judge to permanently dismiss a lawsuit from Trump-affiliated businesses, arguing a monthslong internal review — not the Jan. 6 riot — explains why hundreds of accounts were shut d...
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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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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
heard an interview recently with an anonmyous wall street bro who said his employer would not subscribe to the president's truth social insider trading scheme because they did not want to go to prison when the rule of law returns
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
RefUK, RW media, & Eurofash are plainly trying to whip up a panic about this. Any serious report must begin by explaining that Ceuta is in Africa - not mainland Spain - and 48k+ of the 50k crossers were already returned. It is frightening how many still don't know this. Please share on all socials.
Map showing the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla in North Africa.Screengrab from Politico piece that explains, citing Reuters, that 48,300 of the 50,000 recent crossings have already been expelled or voluntarily returned to Morocco.BBC report on Friday, still echoing the RW disinformation - or at the very least not challengning it sufficiently.

"Spain's PM blames traffickers after 60,000 migrants reach Ceuta from Morocco
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What triggered the mass migrant crossings into Ceuta?
Sofia Ferreira Santos and Sarah Rainsford, Southern and Eastern Europe
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Spain's prime minister has blamed trafficking gangs after about 60,000 migrants crossed into the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco. At least 57 people died during the surge, according to local media."Daily Mail and Daily Express from this weekend, with front page headlines "Ministers MUST stop the Spanish border invaders reaching UK" and "SPANISH BORDER CRISIS IS 'WAKE-UP CALL' FOR UK", respectively.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
NEW: The Abramovich connection. How convicted money launderer George Cottrell - & close aide to Nigel Farage - ‘signed documents’ for one of Putin’s closest allies. My latest for @thenerve.news 1/ www.thenerve.news/p/george-cot...
thenerve.news
Farage, George Cottrell and Putin’s friend Abramovich
Source reveals convicted money launderer and Reform leader’s close ally worked as a young man for the now-sanctioned oligarch after becoming friends with his son. Report by Carole Cadwalladr
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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Interesting take about uses for data centers. Not benign.
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Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Blimey! 👇
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