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Vixalon

@vixalon.bsky.social
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Teacher, writer, politics geek and procrastinator extraordinaire. MD ANT 🏅 back in the bad place. #LUFC fan. Indie music forever. New round here.

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 10h
This is it. From 2016: thecorrespondent.com/5696/were-he...
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We’re heading into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump
Having studied authoritarian states for over a decade, I would never exaggerate the severity of the threat we now face. But an American kleptocracy is exactly where president-elect Trump and his backe...
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Donald Trump has shared footage of the death of poor William Chapman, against the expressed wishes of his family. Nigel Farage shared footage of the death of young Henry Nowak, against the equally clear wishes of his family. What does that tell you about the pair of them? 🤮
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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Reform UK candidates caught saying some proper sick things about women and minorities in a new ITV undercover expose. Explains why the party has been panicking and lashing out at ITV over the past few days. The ITV documentary "Undercover: A Year In Reform" will air on 18th October.
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Phil Harrison @mrpmharrison.bsky.social · 15h
This is the thing with the 'negotiations', the 'deal-making' that Zelensky's critics want him to undertake: Which bits of his country do people want him to throw under the bus? Which elements of Russian imperialistic aggression do people expect him to reward? He has no choice but to carry on.
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Phil Harrison @mrpmharrison.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
At some point (I hope) a whistleblower who has kept email threads is going to lift the lid on what's been going on inside BBC News in the past few years. I hope it comes quickly enough to save the BBC as a whole because I genuinely believe it's worth saving.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Wow. I mean - just wow.
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Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Mark Duplass asks a very important question… What are we going to do?
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Andy Burnham, "The important thing is, by standing up by what we think is right, and not taking positions in this world that we're in, to say that if we do that that may carry favour, and we get a connection there, or an in with that country" "That is the wrong way for Britain to go"
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Zelensky on bombing the Russian data centers: “It’s pretty clear where the bots were coming from.”
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Much of the coverage today is absolutely nuts. The facts are on Wikipedia. The full Intelligence and Security Committee (Russia) Report is online. Tory media & politicians once again banking on their average consumer/voter being too daft/busy/blinkered to notice...
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Jack Caramac @jackcaramac.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Yeah, I wondered why this story had disappeared. Then I remembered: GOVE.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Zelenskyy: "When our strikes reached Yandex data centers, it suddenly became little easier to breathe on many social media platforms. Many people noticed it. There was less hate, less division, fewer provocations because there were fewer bots. It's pretty clear where those bots were coming from.
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Henry Dyer @direthoughts.com · 12/10/2026
Exclusive: Do you remember the polling company Redfield and Wilton, which appeared from nowhere in early 2020, whose polls quickly appeared in lots of publications? The company’s director is a registered solicitor, prompting questions over where the polling expertise came from. Here’s the answer…
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Nigel Farage adviser had unpublicised role at polling firm
Exclusive: Chris Bruni-Lowe used Redfield & Wilton Strategies role to develop potential campaign tactics, sources say
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Josey Back up North 🦚🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦 @joseybackupnorth.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Fancy that.. Twitter is full of far right Russian state sponsored bots. Almost like we knew! #leeds
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Vixalon @vixalon.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Bob S. @bslufc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I feel sorry for the decent people of USA, however as a nation your country has never been despised at this global scale as it is now. You need rid of him, and quick.
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Vixalon @vixalon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
See the sexy pirate got sent off for Brighton…settling in well, I see…😂😂😂 #lufc
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Phil Harrison @mrpmharrison.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
'Take the positives' is often trite. But that's really one to take the positives from. Depth is the difference - the quality of Arsenal's subs is different gravy.
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Vixalon @vixalon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
He is not looking better. What has happened to him?!? Looked dangerous as fuck at Fulham, toothless at Leeds… #lufc
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Vixalon @vixalon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Interesting sub…could it pay off? Nmecha: Agent of Chaos?!? #lufc
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Vixalon @vixalon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
We deserve a point at least, football gods, surely…? #lufc
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Vixalon @vixalon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Not fucking Brendy. Wilson needs to be looking better this game. #lufc
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Vixalon @vixalon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Aw come on…bloody boo. #lufc
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Vixalon @vixalon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Well, this afternoon has taken a delightful turn, let’s hope we can get away with all the points….subs will be crucial #lufc
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Vixalon @vixalon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Get the fuck in!!!!!!🥳🥳🥳🥳 no more than we deserved. Now, keep it tight!! #lufc
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Vixalon @vixalon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
We may still lose this, but as a barometer of where we are, I think we look miles better against them this season than last…overall, we’ve had the better chances and defended well. Need to keep switched on. Amps and Ao need to be careful. #lufc
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026
This is as treasonous as it gets
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff says that Mike Collins has "hired half the Third Reich to staff your congressional office"
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🔴NEW: Ben Delo has given Reform £44MILLION Delo’s money comes from his now-closed crypto exchange BitMEX In 2019, a BitMEX investor asked about the status of his investment Delo responded by sending this meme, according to court documents. There’s more, a lot more (new investigation🧵)
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is a bad IHT cut. For the same money we could increase the nil rate band to £900k/person, or alternatively cut the rate from 40% to 17.5%. Either would be simpler, fairer, and not distort the housing market.
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Kemi Badenoch wants to exempt the family home from inheritance tax. But that creates a perverse incentive for elderly people to *upsize* to save IHT. That could double the cost of the policy, and push £100bn+ from savings into housing. A 🧵 on bad tax cuts.
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW: Kemi Badenoch’s flagship party conference policy document, The Right Way, overestimated the cost of net zero by nearly £500bn, seemingly after someone accidentally double-counted figures on a spreadsheet. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error
Exclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Live-streamed executions. Welcome to Hell
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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Mine with @mrjamesob.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk about the clash between Jacob Rees Mogg and Tucker Carlson, which neither man may have anticipated. 📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAAE...
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Simon Marks reacts to Tucker Carlson vs Jacob Rees-Mogg
YouTube video by LBC
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Vixalon @vixalon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If Acaster gets murdered, we riot. #celebritytraitors
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Vixalon @vixalon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
More of this please…
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Semafor @semafor.com · 30/09/2026
Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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DamonTheDemon @damonthedemon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Few Highlights from 1980s Miners strike Mass unemployment and deindustrialisation 1981 inner city riots HIV Section 28 Poll Tax riots Housing crisis and right to buy Hillsborough Mad Cow disease Decimation of the welfare state NHS outsourcing / chronic underfunding
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Novocastrum @novocastrianufc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#NUFC #ManCity
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Can't recall ever seeing anything quite like this during a Congressional hearing. And I've been in and around politics for 50 years.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 29/09/2026
115/115. £900m of financial benefit by understating costs and overstating revenue across nine years. www.premierleague.com/en/news/4727...
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Premier League Statement: Manchester City FC
An independent Commission has found Manchester City FC guilty of all charges related to serious breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules over a nine-season period, and the majority of charges in relation to its failure to co-operate with the League’s investigation.
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Vixalon @vixalon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Good.
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Dr Farbod @emergencybod.medsky.social · 29/09/2026
Al Jazeera did a lovely summary of the Manchester City cheating scandal.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Tommy @tommy-lufc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just want it on record that regardless of what he achieved in a Leeds shirt or his ability as a footballer, Manor Solomon is a dreadful prick & he can fuck off. #lufc
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Phil Harrison @mrpmharrison.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Make a donation if you can. It's really the last site standing in terms of maintaining the original idealism of the internet.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Absolutely fascinating to see Laura Kuenssberg interviewing Burnham, flailing to adjust her stance to a politician with a moral argument and a positive message, who stands up for his policies and answers her questions clearly. She is getting so agitated at him not playing the game by the 'rules'.
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Matt Egan @mattegan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The only fair punishment is that their players have to sign on a free for the club nearest the hospital in which they were born. #lufc
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