So concerned about ‘protecting women’ they intimidate women they disagree with. Bastards
09.03.2026 17:38
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So concerned about ‘protecting women’ they intimidate women they disagree with. Bastards
treated image of Tony Blair, Larry Ellison, Donald Trump, Rupert Murdoch and Benjamin Netanyahu with the caption: "As Tony Blair criticises Starmer for not joining Trump’s war, read Carole Cadwalladr on Blair, Big Tech and the Israel connection"
As the right wing press praises Tony Blair for his "rebuke" of Keir Starmer for not supporting Donald Trump's war on Iran ("We should have backed America from the very beginning."), time to re-up @carolecadwalla.bsky.social's investigation into the Tony Blair Institute
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Apgar scores came from a woman. m&NA vacinces came from a woman. CRISPR gene editing came from a woman. Modern nursing came from a woman. Hospital sanitation standards came from a woman. Leukemia chemotherapy drugs came from a woman. Malaria treatment breakthroughs came from a woman. Hormone blood tests came from a woman. Disposable medical syringes came from a woman. Antifungal antibiotics came from a woman. DNA structure imaging came from a woman. Genetic "jumping genes" came from a woman. Stem cell isolation came from a woman. Medical statistics in hospitals came from a woman. Pediatric anesthesia safety came from a woman. Life-saving vaccine research came from a woman. Cells used for modern medical research came from a woman. Breakthroughs in human genetics came from a woman. You came from a woman. Women in Medicine
Belated happy international women’s day!
Now if only our dear Hanna Spencer's recent attempted assault by RW anti-trans thugs would get as much attention.
I'm livid.
Solidarity with our new fabulous MP 💚
America and Israel are in essence waging chemical war in Iran, filling the air above its metropolis with toxic smoke after lighting its oil storage depots on fire.
How is anyone supposed to "rise up" when they can't breathe?
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Supremely brilliant at articulating our despair and confusion. Thank you again, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
Airstrip One.
The idea that the war machine the US has mobilised can be divided into 'offensive' and 'defensive' operations, and that UK bases are only used for the latter, is contemptible nonsense.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK has only two days of gas stored, Iran war threatens supplies.
Maximum capacity is 12 days.
Mainland Europe has reserves of several weeks’ worth of gas.
UK storage capacity shrank after privatisation.
The Rough storage facility closed in in 2017. British Gas wanted subsidies.
In 2023, I sought to explain to a parliamentary committee what a structural collapse of the global food system would look like, and why this this is plausible - even likely. I think the likelihood has just ratcheted up a notch. I beg you to read and understand. Thanks
www.monbiot.com/2023/03/09/t...
Bombs falling on Iran will not bring democracy. They will only endanger the brave Iranians who have already risked their lives protesting for freedom.
We must not repeat the mistakes of Iraq and Afghanistan by blindly following Donald Trump’s America into another dangerous war.
As the US/Israel attack on Iran is likely to tip the UK into recession, let's not forget that Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are trashing our rivers, ecosystems, communities, health and resilience for the sake of economic growth. But, as they are now discovering, it's not something they can control.
Quiz question for today:
Compare the two images below and decide which one is best described by the word 'sectarianism'
An illegal war by USA & Israel, propped up by missions from UK air bases.
Supported by Nigel Farage.
Over 1000 civilians dead & now the threat of global economic fallout. Trump's disaster makes us all less safe, less secure - and we will remember those who backed it.
Israel and the US appear to want to do to Tehran what they have done to Gaza: reduce a busy and complex society to a toxic wasteland.
Well worth a read . Clive Lewis on the collapse of Politics itself: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Good news, no-one can afford oil anymore.
Brand new MP Hanna Spencer was attacked by anti-trans thugs yesterday. This message has REAL LIFE consequences. For all of us.
The impact of Brexit on UK immigration - new research by @johnspringford.bsky.social & me for @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social & @ukandeu.bsky.social
Brexit
a) reduced EU-origin employees by 785K (2.3% of workforce)
b) increased non-EU origin employees by 992K (2.95%)
www.cer.eu/insights/imp...
Exactly.
Brilliantly put.
As you say, the RW cosplayers pander to tRump for one reason only - £$£$£$£
For these second-rate influencers this is as close as they'll get to infamously+/or money.
It's Tik Tok for flag-shaggers.
"It doesn’t matter how clearly deranged the current occupant of the White House might be. It doesn’t matter how transparently unlawful, reckless or self-serving the current operation actually is. No - all that’s expected of the British state is to assume recumbency and obey."
The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE and Border Patrol, is using a broad web of surveillance tools — purchased as its budget has ballooned under this administration — to monitor, apprehend and intimidate the people it seeks to deport and the U.S. citizens critical of its policies.
Imagine if we spent like, a quarter of the Pentagon's budget on art instead
Labour's core voters, on which its re-election entirely depends, are crystal clear about this: they absolutely hate its illiberal, intolerant, draconian, rightwards turn. Hence the total collapse in support. So how does the government respond? #SuicideMission🤦♂️
thesecretbarrister.com/2026/03/07/k...
Last week I presented the latest developments of my research on AI companions and disinformation.
Synthetic friends raise uncomfortable questions about how influence works when it moves from public feeds into private conversations.
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Complex explanations of Trump have been proposed, but it's really quite simple. The Trump Doctrine goes as follows:
"Not one stone will be left on another".
He's going soon, and he's taking it all with him.
Monochrome photograph of the upper half of a white woman in glamourous top and with stats on wires surrounding her head
Hedy Lamarr, Austrian born Hollywood actress, was also a designer/inventor who created aviation designs for Howard Hughes and co-patented a “secret communication system” - the basis for modern WiFi #WomensArt #WomensHistoryMonth
Mothin Ali - on point as ever. It is humbling to see that a community gardener from Gipton & Harehills holds more integrity in his little finger than the entire Westminster political Elite.
“My critics want silence. But advocating for peace is what democracy demands”
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