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Father to two kids and two dogs. Godless and happy to be so. Philosophy rocks! Advanced bullshit detector. Amateur astronomer. Long time feminist and atheist. Wine, food, movies, travel, rugby, F1, track athletics.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 8h
South Africa's Navanethem "Navi" Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize reut.rs/4zmYDPW
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South Africa's Navanethem "Navi" Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize
South African judge Navanethem "Navi" Pillay won the Nobel Peace ​Prize on Friday "for her efforts to promote ‌peace and international law," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride. If turnips were swords, I'd have one at my side. If 'ifs' and 'ands' were pots and pans, There'd be no work for tinkers' hands." —Scottish Proverb, 1628 Donald Trump is an insane liar.
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Bear-Poker @simonsez.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I know that America is run by a true kakistocracy, and that once proud institutions like the FBI are becoming a running joke, but I seriously did not have Kash Patel and bestiality on my bingo card for today!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Imagine a Vice President of the United States getting a fact-check Community Note that the heckler was right and you are lying. These people just can’t stop lying.
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 15/09/2026
Good luck containing the rapid rise of right-wing extremism, Austria!
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 15/09/2026
Genuinely an insane paragraph from Sam Alito. “Voter fraud is real and scary and we have to stop it, so the fact that implementing Trump’s mail ballot rule will disenfranchise millions is legally irrelevant.” Brain melted. A right-wing podcaster in a robe. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
___, (slip op., at 9) (internal quotation marks omitted).
As for the equities, the Government has a strong interest
in enforcing the rule, and implementing it will also “en-
hance the visibility of Federal Ballot Mail” in order to better
detect election fraud. 91 Fed. Reg. 54972. On the other side
of the balance, the plaintiff States invoke the practical ef-
fects of implementing the rule close to the midterm elec-
tions. I take that problem very seriously, but it is not
enough to convince me to deny the application.
First, as the District Court acknowledged, the States dis-
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Apparently it is of no concern to any Republicans that Trump and Bessent are taking in billions of dollars from plundered Venezuelan oil and nobody knows where the money is, where is has been going, if anyone is getting proceeds, with no accounting of any of it made available.
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Bear-Poker @simonsez.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Never thought I’d have to say this, but f**k Ed Sheeran. You “can’t take sides” when faced with a genocide?! Yeah buddy, by refusing to do that, you are in fact taking a side. The wrong one. There is no middle ground, no being apolitical on this one. Grow a spine.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Even in the Trump era it somehow seems unreal that this dimwitted crackpot is the top public health official for a nation of 350 million people.
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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Thank you Stephen Miller for logging on to make sure everyone knows you're behind this racist effort. Shame on you, the President, and your klan of bigoted henchmen. America has always, and will continue to be, a nation of immigrants long after you and your cronies are gone.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
I am never 100% sure anything is true until this petulant, lying toddler denies it.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
"Gasoline wars" is probably the best way to describe what's happening at gas stations across Russia right now. After 26 years of Putin's rule, Russia is bankrupt - a corrupt, impoverished country that is running out of fuel. It is hated across the civilized world.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/05/2026
CNN put together a montage of Trump officials, including Trump himself, saying over and over again for nearly three months now that gas prices are about to drop, any day now
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/05/2026
Dear @cnn.com :: small correction :: I’m seeking $8.647 million.
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Tom Usher @tomusher.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
strange these op-eds about women being too angry have all come out the last few days when during the same time there's also been a massive investigation published on an online rape academy with millions of viewers a month and none of them have bothered to even cover it, even as news
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
#C4News last night reported on the wholesale targeting of ambulances & paramedics in Lebanon by Israel, including the recent 'triple hit', when Israel attacked an ambulance, then attacked paramedics who went to help, and then attacked further paramedics also trying to help.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/04/2026
brilliant -- Morning Joe put together clips of Pete Hegseth reciting a fake Bible quote from Pulp Fiction, along with the Samuel L. Jackson scene from the movie
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Bear-Poker @simonsez.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
At this point, barring a hell of a batting display, it’s safe to say that Harry Brook dropping that absolute sitter off Samson has cost England the match. And I’m here for it. India vs NZ for the final! #T20WorldCup #Cricket
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Bear-Poker @simonsez.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
The decision to call a valid catch on Aidan Markram, when the replays clearly show that the catcher’s fingers were NOT under the ball, is a joke! Nitin Menon: Do better. #T20WorldCup #SAvsNZ
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
A special relationship is built on mutual love and respect. An abusive relationship is when your partner belittles you, gives nothing back, threatens you, keeps negatively comparing you to an ex partner and despite it all assumes you'll always be there for them. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Trump belittles Starmer with 'no Churchill' jibe but can the special relationship recover?
The remarks came amid a row over the refusal to permit the use of UK bases for the initial US-Israel strikes.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
It’s a lie. It’s propaganda. We asked www.PAXIS.app to sum it up: ICE did not “find 3,364 missing children”. They updated contact info. Why? To serve paperwork, secure court dates, and deport. Not rescue. Deportation prep. Call it what it is: a lie. Stand up: www.gofundme.com/f/PAXIS
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Kaja Kallas in Munich: "The greatest threat Russia presents right now is that it gains more at the negotiation table than it has achieved on the battlefield." Exactly. For a year, the USA has been pressuring Ukraine to surrender in a war it hasn’t lost, and those
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
I like the government pivot to reminding voters that Farage is an avowed enemy of NATO & Europe & an ardent admirer of Vladimir Putin, who routinely orders the murders of critics & opponents. It is politically effective & morally essential.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Imagine seeing photos and videos of ugly old men raping underage girls and thinking, "I need to protect those horrible men at all costs."? Pam Bondi is a soulless villain.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Paging William of Ockham…
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Stunned to discover that this guy is an antisemite
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 01/02/2026
"People have their eyes and ears via so many mobile phones which is making it impossible for the administration to lie in the way that they are used to doing," says Emily Maitlis. Can MAGA recover from its handling of the Minneapolis ICE killings? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/minn...
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Minneapolis ICE killings: A moment MAGA can’t lie its way out of? | The News Agents
MAGA claims Alex Pretti was a danger to ICE agents who shot him dead on the street in Minneapolis – but social media footage tells a different story. Is this the moment disinformation from the Trump…
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/02/2026
Donald Trump reposted a completely fake, AI-generated video smearing Gov. Gavin Newsom with made-up cartel claims, created by a bot account posing as a woman delivering “news.”
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Trump Falls for AI Thirst Trap Bot
Fake news anchor attack on Gavin Newsom exposed
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
100% Reliable Rule of Thumb: Don't believe a goddamn word said by the administration that told us Alex Pretti was an assassin.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
"I was only following orders" wasn't an acceptable excuse at the Nuremberg trials & won't work now. #AccountabilityIsComing
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Bear-Poker @simonsez.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Republicans trying to defend ICE against accusations of being the Gestapo by then enumerating all the ways in which ICE is exactly like the Gestapo is a whole new level of batshittery. #ICE #Gestapo #MinneapolisMurders
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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
One court decision, two different headlines. Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
US court allows ICE to arrest and pepper-spray peaceful protestors in Minnesota Appeals Court Stays Restrictions on Federal Tactics in Minnesota
The Eighth Circuit granted the Trump administration’s request to block, at least for now, a lower court’s injunction limiting how federal agents interact with protesters in the state.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Satire died a long time ago. This seems to be the day when they flush it's ashes down the toilet.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Vikings began settling Greenland around 980 CE - roughly 20 years before they reached North America. Maybe Denmark should lay claim to the USA and go full Mouse that Roared.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
She was making a three point turn. She told him she wasn’t mad. He shot her in the face three times
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
She is aggressively trying to turn the wheel AWAY from the ICE agent. It is her very last action. They provoke her, surround her, then kill her in cold blood. I have barely slept since this happened and I don't think I'll ever stop being angry about this.
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Bear-Poker @simonsez.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
If the Tangerine Toddler is having a go at you for doing or saying something, you’re almost guaranteed to be doing and saying the right thing. #ToddlerTantrums #Trump
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Zelensky's statement about hypocrites like Modi of India who react to Putin's lies about a Ukrainian drone attack on one of his many residences but stay quiet about the citizen adults and children who are murdered in Ukraine every day by Putin's war crimes. (Transcrip in Alt text) #SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦🕊
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Today's column is on the relentless march of blithering idiocy, which includes denying climate science while your house is - literally in this case - burning down. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A conversation between Joe Rogan and Mel Gibson summed up 2025 for me – and not in a good way | George Monbiot
From merrily dismissing climate science, to promoting irresponsible health claims, the podcast was an unintentional warning for our times, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
As a man of the people, I will always defend trail hunting, which I know is a top priority for all my working class constituents who own horses and enjoy simple pleasures like ripping foxes apart for laughs.
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Y.O.L.O.0311 @yolo0311.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Felon47 is the deranged one...
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
More like See BS
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/12/2025
the vice president is a klansman
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Nate @nateduty.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
His entire rant had to be fact-checked to see if there was any truth in anything he ranted about. As usual, if his mouth is moving, he's lying.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Their demands are reasonable, their treatment is disgraceful. The government's intransigence is killing the #PalestineAction hunger strikers. Just as its complicity has assisted the genocide in Gaza. It needs to wake up right now to the moral consequences. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Two Palestine Action-linked hunger strikers taken to hospital
MPs and next of kin of prisoners Amu Gib, 30, and Kamran Ahmed, 28, call for immediate government intervention
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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Sounds like they're trying to Bari the story.
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Mar-rick @marrickg.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
A few reminders about the SCOTUS immunity decision for Presidents: It does not provide immunity for prior crimes. It does not provide immunity to the President's cabinet. Similar to Roe v. Wade, it can be overturned in the future.
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Purple Electric @purpleelectric.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
I have a problem with this statement. If people “knew nothing”, why did they cut ties “before his crimes came to light”? Seems like an admission that many of them knew full well what was happening and did nothing, even if they wanted nothing to do with his sordid activities themselves.
Statement from Bill Clinton’s press secretary on the Epstein files. I want to focus on one specific paragraph, which reads, “There are two types of people here. The first group knew nothing and cut Epstein off before his crimes came to light. The second group continued relationships with him after.”
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
And there it is...
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