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Tom Foale

@tfoale.bsky.social
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Xscapee. Entrepreneur, innovator, CTO for a cybersecurity business. Working on a theory of rational government. Determined rejoiner. #FBPE. Kidney donor.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/09/2026
My previous nonfiction book is the internationally bestselling "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It": us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
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Enshittification
Winner of the 2026 Locus Award for NonfictionEnshittification: It’s not just you—the internet sucks now. It’s been enshittified. That was no accident, ...
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
England is a made up thing. It has no basis in the ineluctable laws of nature. Its extent is defined by Edward II getting his arse handed to him. Athelstan conquering York. The Welsh of Cumbria were incorporated, the Welsh of Gwynedd were not. It is a political idea, an aspiration - not taxonomy.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 24/09/2026
💷 EU membership is worth upwards of 92bn for our economy. 🇬🇧 628 out of 632 British constituencies prefer EU membership over any other UK-EU policy option. ❌ Committing to EU membership in the manifesto will stop Farage entering Number 10. It is a no brainer.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Guardian joins the campaign to abolish the state pension triple-lock. Portrays it as a old v young, social security v defence spending issue. Silence on corporate welfare, tax perks of the rich, maldistribution of wealth, low govt spend on state pension, how future retirees will survive.
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Britain needs cash and everyone knows we should break the pensions triple lock. Where is the courage? | Gaby Hinsliff
The issue cannot be avoided any longer. Andy Burnham and his chancellor must face the fear of a pensioner backlash, and find a fair solution, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🤩 Smoke from Kuibyshev Refinery in Samara has already spread over 100 km across the territory of the Russian Federation.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Only someone devoid of all self-knowledge could live with such hypocrisy ... meme via Truth Against Hate
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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Andy Burnham. Drinks 12-15 cups of tea a day? Ha! What a wimp. When we Conservatives were in power Nadine Dorries was drinking 12-15 bottles of vodka a day. 😊💪
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This should be the moment people finally realise that Farage has turned them into fascists. If you’re choosing this dangerous inhumanity over the rescue work of the RNLI, you’ve lost your minds to racism and hatred.
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Charities' actions in aiding and abetting the invasion of our country will be illegal under
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is the way. See how long Trump can handle being ignored.
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NewsThump @newsthump.com · 14/09/2026
NEWS! Nigel Farage baffled by falling popularity after giving public unprecedented opportunity to get to know Nigel Farage buff.ly/HIGHelu
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Nigel Farage baffled by falling popularity after giving public unprecedented opportunity to get to know Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage has expressed his bafflement at becoming increasingly unpopular with the British public despite spending the last decade giving them almost unlimited opportunities to discover precisel…
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/09/2026
💔 "For decades, Britain’s mainstream political leaders have been enabling anti-Muslim racism, creating the ideal conditions for the rise of hard-right political parties."
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Islamophobia is rising – and Britain’s politicians have been dangerously complacent in tackling it | Arun Kundnani
Mainstream figures have been enabling anti-Muslim racism, creating the ideal conditions for the rise of hard-right polit
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
US Justice Dept and Reform donor Ben Delo. Pled guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act. Built a company designed to flout US law; willfully failed to implement and maintain even basic anti-money laundering policies. $10 million criminal fine. 30 months of probation, waived by Trump.
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heleninsomerset.bsky.social @heleninsomerset.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Delightfully vicious piece. ‘Hitler pored over architectural plans in his bunker during his final days. Trump is buried in catalogues of fixtures and fittings, busy inspecting the workmanship of his helipad-cum-cocktail patio, as the country crumbles around him.’ www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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The desecration of DC: from a giant arch to a nuke-proof bunker, Trump’s legacy-building blingfest is an architectural atrocity
A bloated ballroom, a six-storey military HQ, a helipad-cum-cocktail patio, a gilded angel on a giant arch honouring himself … our architecture critic deplores the decorator-in-chief’s mutilation of W...
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Tom Foale @tfoale.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The real question for AI is: will it become self-aware before the techbro billionaires do? If it does then it could be AI that saves us from them, not the other way round.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
You can’t polish a turd, but you can roll it in a lot of turquoise sequins for £72m. Can’t wait to expose them.
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 12/09/2026
Reform are a minor party with no track record (no positive one) and no real policies, stuffed full of bigots and failed Tories (and failed Tory bigots) - a handful of super rich fools are pushing them to a prominence they simply should not have.
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Jason Scott-Warren @jes1003.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
free the press petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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Petition: Ban foreign media ownership, enact a social media levy & new regulatory reform
Pass law to ban foreign & offshore ownership of UK media, enact a social-media levy to distribute media ownership across society & fund independent, local & cooperative-owned media. We believe democra...
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Billions lost to Brexit could make NHS waiting lists disappear, top economist says www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Billions lost to Brexit could make NHS waiting lists disappear, top economist says
Exclusive: Nigel Farage is a ‘spectre’ impeding the UK’s recovery from Brexit, which has cost the UK £3,000 per person every year, Professor Nick Bloom says
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The way British democracy is being bought by crypto billionaires is simply obscene - and a direct result of Labour’s unforgivable inaction
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Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors
PM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour
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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Coverage of the letter I wrote to the Electoral Commission about hospitality Nigel Farage received in Dubai which hasn’t been declared. The Commission is now investigating.
mirror.co.uk
Farage accused of failing to declare donors from events in the Middle East
EXCLUSIVE: The Electoral Commission has confirmed it will look into hospitality heaped on Nigel Farage and senior party figures in Dubai last January by mega-rich supporters
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 12/09/2026
Saudi Arabia’s critical East-West oil pipeline that acts as a workaround for shipments unable to transit the Strait of Hormuz was shut as a precautionary measure following multiple attacks on Thursday, the Ministry of Energy said
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Saudi Oil Pipeline That Bypasses Hormuz Shut After Attacks
Saudi Arabia’s critical East-West oil pipeline that acts as a workaround for shipments unable to transit the Strait of Hormuz was shut as a precautionary measure following multiple attacks on Thursday, the Ministry of Energy said.
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MJ @bstnboy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Hoo boy! Federal Judge leaning toward ordering lardass to produce documents BBC asked for in lardass' $10B lawsuit He has 2 options: release incriminating J6 documents or withdraw lawsuit Best thing about this: it's a self-inflicted gunshot wound by lardass. 🤣🤣🤣 lawandcrime.com/high-profile...
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Judge thinks BBC has 'solid case' for getting docs that could defeat Trump's whole lawsuit
Trump's opponent may have "solid case" for securing unredacted rulings that could help it defeat the president's defamation lawsuit in Florida, a judge said.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
An important piece. Al Qaeda spent a couple hundred thousand dollars to execute 9/11. We spent trillions and upended the world in an historic over-reaction to go after a couple thousand criminals.
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 08/09/2026
Tomorrow night, Channel 4 Dispatches airs the findings of a year-long investigation into Tommy Robinson’s finances. Watch it. Then come back here. We’ve got more to show you.
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Tom Foale @tfoale.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“Tommy Robinson” the grifter has taken all of his followers for fools by spending their donations on gambling. Caught bang to rights by one of my friends and their blockchain analysis skills…. Of course, to be a Tommy Robinson supporter you really do have to be extremely thick and gullible…
Tommy Robinson exposé on how he has gambled away his supporters donations, caught bang to rights by the global blockchain. Channel 4, Wednesday the 9th September at 10pm.
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European Briton 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇪🇺 #RejoinEU #FBPE @europeanbriton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Watch the full Channel 4 sting on Reform UK’s seemingly illegal attempts to obtain foreign funding here. Then help make sure that it’s seen by everyone. It’s time to sink Farage’s boat. youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI
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Going undercover to expose Reform's secret donations plot
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
So, we're allowing conditions for development of antibiotic resistant bugs +, at the same time, not putting enough effort into developing new antibiotics. As this report puts it, if antibiotics stop working effectively, we 'lose modern medicine as we know it'. share.google/hGwU5OnqvNHD...
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What If Antibiotics Stopped Working? | NHS If | The King's Fund
Professor Dame Sally Davies and Rebecca Sugden consider the future of modern medicine in the light of increasing antimicrobial resistance.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Note how the moral panic about blocking the roads disappears if it's the far right doing it
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The ‘British values’ brigade in action.
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PeteGulls @gullssinceaboy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Nigel Farage’s promise of extreme authoritarian govt. Scum of the earth.
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Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
🔥 Sunday School: DAS SCHADENFREUDEFEST 🔥 We dissect a horrible few days for Farage, every aspect of his latest scandal, and every moment of his car crash conference. And laugh about it quite a lot. As is right and proper. 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q... 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/7bMP...
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Sunday School: Das Schadenfreudefest
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 6 September · 1hr 12min
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Kevin Maguire: "If you're an elderly vicar or a grandmother.. with a sign protesting against genocide.. & you're supporting Palestine Action, you're arrested.. who's more threatening, an elderly vicar/grandmother with a sign or a load of masked men.. wreaking havoc?"
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Protecting women and girls latest
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I was violently assaulted at Reform's conference for protesting. Here's why I did it
A PROTESTER who disrupted Reform UK's party conference in Birmingham has spoken out after they were violently assaulted by audience members.
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Cab Davidson @gnomeicide.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Our government call throwing paint or holding a placard about global warming or Palestine terrorism and they send in the heaviest to beat up kids and pensioners. Blqckshirted fascists? Fine. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Protesters block roads in Portsmouth after 140 migrants rescued
The government condemns "thuggish behaviour" in the second major anti-migrant protest of the weekend.
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tudor lomas @tudorinjordan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
this is what's happening! how far does it go? --> BBC News - Europe wrestles with impact of historic regional gains for Germany's AfD www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Europe wrestles with impact of historic regional gains for Germany’s AfD
The BBC's Europe editor Katya Adler sees the far-right win in Saxony-Anhalt state ringing alarm bells for the EU and traditional parties.
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P. G. Woodlouse @pewtertankard.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
If you do nothing else today, give this a listen. If you only know Reform UK from what you see or read in the media, or if you think you know, there’s something here for you and almost certainly something you’ve missed. An excellent listen.
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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.wsocial.eu · 06/09/2026
“Farage is a ‘spectre’ impeding the UK’s recovery from Brexit, which has cost the UK £3,000 per person government was doing the right thing by seeking closer tries to the EU but…Farage…remains a “spectre” still impeding the UK’s economic recovery.” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
independent.co.uk
Billions lost to Brexit could make NHS waiting lists disappear, top economist says
Exclusive: Nigel Farage is a ‘spectre’ impeding the UK’s recovery from Brexit, which has cost the UK £3,000 per person every year, Professor Nick Bloom says
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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.eurosky.social · 05/09/2026
An old white man battering a young woman with a walking stick is a fitting metaphor for the last decade
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 05/09/2026
I can disperse these clowns in 30 seconds, just give me a loud speaker and the authority to collect delinquent child maintenance payments.
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Exposing Reform UK giving prime conference slots to US-funded pro-tobacco lobbyists without declaration reveals whose interests they really serve. Behind the anti-establishment rhetoric lies corporate dark money and deregulation. Is Farage just a mouthpiece for big business? 🤔 #FBPE
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Reform UK gives vape lobbyists funded by US group prime spot at conference
EXCLUSIVE: A stand bearing the slogan "Labour's inconvenience store" was placed at the entry of the conference, seen by thousands of people on their way in and out of the event
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Kent police said 'no arrests were made' of the people who blocked a port and roads. There's your two-tier policing, folks www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
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Port of Dover delays: Disruption as masked 'stop the boats' protesters block roads
Hundreds of demonstrators, wearing black with their faces covered, caused delays to traffic reaching the port.
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Tom Foale @tfoale.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The latest in-depth study on the risks of Covid vaccination and heart disease. It proves yet again that vaccination is safe. www.ajmc.com/view/cardiac...
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Cardiac Risks of COVID-19 Vaccine vs Infection: Eman Toraih, MD, PhD | AJMC
A cardiovascular researcher explains why her team compared cardiac risks of COVID-19 infection and vaccination head-to-head.
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The legal doctrine of Rich Gammon Immunity is finally fraying at the edges this morning
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Sean Duffy: “I have a hard time believing in the government anymore.” Rachel Campos-Duffy: “We don't trust the government.” Katie Miller: “I'm still distrustful of the government.” Plot twist: They ARE the government.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A growing number of Americans are asking: Is Trump insane? Are those who believe Trump’s artificially fabricated world insane? Are they making the rest of us insane? Trump’s “artificially fabricated insanity” is worsening, but Americans are on to him. robertreich.substack.com/p/whos-nuts
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 25/08/2026
📉 There were just 8,000 graduate jobs available in 2026. Less than ten years ago there were 55,000 graduate positions available. 🇪🇺 We owe it to our young people to give them every opportunity we can - nothing will do that better than EU membership and the economic benefits associated with it.
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UK graduate job vacancies plunge to lowest in a decade
Just 8,383 jobs for people leaving university were advertised in July, says recruitment website Adzuna
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
If you did a movie 10 years ago about people who had a long ago shoplifting charge ago being chased by robot dogs and masked goons with shock gloves it would have seemed a bit heavy handed on the dystopia front. And the hero would have definitely been the person who takes down that oppression.
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David Rearlamp @rearlamp.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
72.8 per cent of firms say that Brexit has had a negative impact on their businesses 98.2% of businesses want restored access to the EU single market www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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True cost of Brexit on UK trade revealed as calls to rejoin single market grow
Exclusive: The damning findings comes as a major new survey shows that 98.2 per cent of businesses want access to the EU single market restored
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
'£30 billion lost’: Six major studies confirm Brexit’s HUGE toll on UK economy. "Both exports and imports will be around 15 per cent lower in the long run than if the UK had remained in the EU". Self-inflicted harm that needs to be reversed.
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'£30 billion lost': Six major studies confirm Brexit's HUGE toll on UK economy
In 10 days' time, MPs will be summoned to debate the economic impact of Brexit. Let's hope they all have a good read of this...
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