Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/09/2025It’s a fact. Data from three decades of political violence reveals that right-wing terror attacks outnumber attacks from the left. And it’s not even close! 579146946464
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialAnoosh, organizer @anoosh100.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Reminder: THIS is why the GOP created the culture wars. The goal isn’t immediate, personal, material benefit. The goal is white Christian nationalism. This is how the GOP gets people to vote for them even when they screw their voters over. I’d add to this quote for the 21st century- 1029082
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialResolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 18/09/2025The Resolution Foundation turns 20 this week, and we've taken a look back at how living standards have changed since the Foundation was set up. This thread takes a look at five key charts on this - and you can read the full anniversary report now ⤵️ buff.ly/NuhNFF9buff.lyThe Resolution Foundation at 20 • Resolution FoundationIn this anniversary review, we look back at how living standards have evolved since the Foundation was set up, indulge in a little nostalgia regarding the first two decades of our own institutional… 151
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/09/2025It is not about Kimmel or what he said. It is about the US government forcing a network to fire someone - no government should have that power. If the network decided this on their own, that’s one thing. But in this case they absolutely did not. 810194116288
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialDaniel Roberts @drobertsimg.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Even though I don’t think Kimmel is very popular within the BlueSky Cinematic Universe, he is extremely popular, and I don’t think the administration is prepared for the response when you fuck with people’s favorite TV shows. My God, we nearly had a civil war when Felicity cut her hair. 1295
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 18/09/2025FT Drama: Stephen Fry and Gemma Whelan star in a moving story about a grandfather with dementia who uses AI to fill in memory gaps – but which memories are really true? And how is AI defining who we are? Watch the full FT film here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ztA... 710233
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialResolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 18/09/2025Great to see Our Chief Executive @ruthcurtice.bsky.social profiled in The Guardian today. Ruth discusses how she thinks the Chancellor should approach the Budget, what's happened to living standards in Britain, and the importance of tackling child poverty. Read it here 👉 buff.ly/IivSpOetheguardian.comTax rises in, two-child limit out: what Resolution Foundation’s boss is urging Reeves before budgetPensions triple lock should also go, says Ruth Curtice, a former civil servant who says it’s ‘nice to be allowed to say what you think’ 052
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 17/09/2025In London, hate will never win. 23576522173
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 16/09/2025More like Idi Amin 1740777
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 15/09/2025Desperate Kash Patel Asks Shooter’s Family If They Can Solve Any Other Cases bit.lyDesperate Kash Patel Asks Shooter’s Family If They Can Solve Any Other CasesWASHINGTON, UT—As he described a massive backlog of murders that continued to stump the agency he leads, desperate FBI director Kash Patel reportedly asked the family of alleged Charlie Kirk assassin ... 101123212372
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialKurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · 15/09/2025"I don't care that he's dead." "He's not a hero." "He's a scumbag." "He shouldn't be celebrated." No, no. I'm not saying that about Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk said that about George Floyd. Just in case anyone's interested in what he thought was fair to say about someone who was killed on camera. 169158875037
virvikram.bsky.social @virvikram.bsky.social · 15/09/2025for the moment the (un)civil war has broken out between Hard Maga and Hard Hard Maga. let's see how that unfolds. 000
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialdarren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 15/09/2025 61493803371
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Since 2016 no EU country has chosen to leave the EU Instead, three countries are trying to join the EU: Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia It has to be the most British thing to be leaving the thing that others are trying to join, including the nation at the forefront fighting for its sovereignty,Ukraine 🤷♂️ 515238
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Ted Cruz photo op. 7481708310
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialThe Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Again, I need to point out that Jessica Watkins, a former Oath Keeper leader who rioted at the Capitol on January 6, 2021 is a transgender woman whose sentence was commuted by Trump. Stop assuming that someone is a wild lefty just because they're trans. 520762
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialIan Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Channel 4 to mark Trump's state visit by dissecting more than 100 of his lies, in what the channel describes as “the longest uninterrupted reel of untruths, falsehoods and distortions ever broadcast on television”.theguardian.comChannel 4 to mark Trump’s UK visit with ‘longest uninterrupted reel of untruths’Broadcaster to dedicate Wednesday night schedule to unpicking US president’s false or misleading statements 14459179
virvikram.bsky.social @virvikram.bsky.social · 14/09/2025really? he was a trained sharp shooter. 150 yards. 1 bullet. was given enough ammunition to kill a few. just killed one wrong (!) guy. (poster-worthy) proud but confused parents? 100
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/09/2025wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekendnytimes.comOpinion | Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either. 369143213174
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 12/09/2025I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...thenation.comCharlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No MourningThe white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn't a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division 37681812345
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialDavid Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 13/09/2025So … Donald Trump had dinner with Nick Fuentes who inspired Tyler Robinson who shot Charlie Kirk who supported Donald Trump. Bloody lefties. 6474112
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 13/09/2025Right-wing online influencers — some of whom helped propel Kash Patel to the powerful law enforcement position less than a year ago — are now questioning whether he should continue leading the FBI.washingtonpost.comFBI director draws criticism from the right over handling of Kirk shootingRight-wing online influencers — some of whom helped propel Kash Patel to FBI director less than a year ago — are now questioning whether he should continue leading the agency. 4214643
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13/09/2025The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social "There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”thenation.comCharlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No MourningThe white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division 137130453916
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 13/09/20251. Azerbaijan hasn't been at war with Albania. Trump confuses Albania with Armenia. But he wants credit, a Nobel Prize, for ending a war in which he can't identify the parties. 2. The Fox hosts are too ignorant or too sycophantic to correct him. 3. Imagine if Biden had said this. 2224094998
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialSean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 12/09/2025This is a good time to re-read the NYT’s profile of Nick Fuentes from last week and the far-right anti-Semitic, deeply racist “groyper” movement that appears to have motivated Tyler Robinson. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...nytimes.comNick Fuentes: A White Nationalist Problem for the Right 47647264
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialChairman Moët @chairmanmoet.bsky.social · 12/09/2025To people in the UK the Charlie Kirk press coverage is like the death of Diana except you'd never heard of her before and knew nothing about her and when you did find out more she sounded like a genuinely terrible person. 1629740
virvikram.bsky.social @virvikram.bsky.social · 12/09/2025@threadreaderapp.bsky.social please unroll 🙏 100
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialJ. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 12/09/2025one of the big things that happened in the background that a lot of people didn't see was the Groyper Wars - Fuentes and Kirk were beefing, Fuentes controls a bunch of insane white twinks who were intimidating everyone at conservative events 142200232
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialEuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Tyler Robinson donated to Trump, he was brought up in a gun worshipping Mormon family, and got high grades at school. His father works for the FBI, and turned his son in to the police. 65925
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialDrew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 12/09/2025Thanks! Lot to learn. The 'groyper war' was a big moment in 2019, they trolled Kirk Q&As to push MAGA harder right. Some reading from @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social, me & others: theintercept.com/2024/07/18/n... research.tilburguniversity.edu/en/publicati... www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...theintercept.comI Watched Groypers Descend on Detroit — Where They Were No Longer Pariahs Among Mainstream RepublicansFor a time, associating with Nick Fuentes was enough to tank a career in GOP politics. Now, it hardly seems to matter. 724562
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/09/2025The final words of the Christchurch mass shooting killer from his farewell note. 1812495690
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 12/09/2025Relevant piece from 2019 www.diggitmagazine.com/column/charl...diggitmagazine.comCharlie Kirk, his Culture War Tour and Groyper trollsCharlie Kirk’s Culture War college tour was increasingly haunted by Groyper trolls that frame Charlie Kirk as a fake, 'anti-white' conservative. This article explains how. 729089
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12/09/2025People are going to learn a lot about Groypers, Pepe the Frog, Furries, Helldivers 2, 4Chan and a bunch more this weekend. And they will be absolutely terrified. 51980651754
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.social@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Russia to Trump:media.tenor.coma man in a black shirt is pointing his finger at the camera .Alt: a man in a black shirt is pointing his finger at the camera . 0157
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 12/09/2025“Charlie Kirk in His Own Words” 17 quotes you should read from the right-wing activist and Trump ally who was tragically shot and killed on Wednesday in Utah.zeteo.comCharlie Kirk in His Own Words17 quotes you should read from the right-wing activist and Trump ally who was tragically shot and killed on Wednesday in Utah. 21038811441
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Tim Stanley who advocated for Brexit, "The biggest policy mistake was mass migration" As ChatGPT sums it up, "The UK has seen more legal migration after Brexit mainly because leaving the EU ended the free movement of EU citizens, forcing the UK to switch to a points-based immigration system" 1111832
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialJ. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 12/09/2025putting this at the *head* of the thread - there are some *really, really solid caveats* about specific fact-claims I made in the replies, a lot of really good sanity-checking and criticism in good faith, and I encourage you to read and consider them as you read the thread 137518
virvikram.bsky.social @virvikram.bsky.social · 12/09/2025@threadreaderapp.bsky.social please unroll.🙏 000
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialJ. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 12/09/2025last night as i was trying to wind down for bed i had a unified theory of what the fuck just happened, and i wrote it down, and filed it under "well, i can't talk about this on main without sounding insane until and unless the perp gets caught and is provably a groyper" anyways, great news! (1/X) 8650591449
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialLeigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 12/09/2025The far right is not a monolith. "Groypers" make Charlie Kirk look like Lenin, and they've hated him for years for being too moderate. You might remember Groyper leader Nick Fuentes from Louis Theroux's documentary on the alt right a few years ago. 3102
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 12/09/2025There is indeed as little prospect of the UK rejoining the EU as there was of leaving in 2005. What is the Minister supposed to say otherwise anyway? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comNo prospect of UK rejoining EU in my lifetime, says Starmer’s reset negotiatorComments by Nick Thomas-Symonds underline view in top government circles despite thaw in relations with Brussels 18649
Reposted by @virvikram.bsky.socialBlueDream @58bugeye.bsky.social · 10/09/2025THIS NEVER WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF KAMALA HARRIS WAS PRESIDENT! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER 87424
