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Guardian columnist, co-hosts The Week on Wednesday podcast, makes theatre, yaps a lot. Contact me: https://linktr.ee/vanbadham You should totally buy my book, QANON & ON: A Short and Shocking History of Internet Conspiracy Cults. It’s bonkers.

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All those years of travelling around with a ln unaccompanied teenage girl who was not their daughter and not one person even asked them about that, either.

25.10.2025 01:11 — 👍 37    🔁 7    💬 2    📌 0
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Belgian AI scientists resist the use of AI in academia Several AI scientists have published an open letter calling for a ban on AI use by students.

apache.be/2025/10/24/b...

25.10.2025 00:43 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

In a weird way, you've got to take your hat off to Jeffrey Epstein for successfully running a sex trafficking ring without a single one of his rich friends finding out about it.

23.10.2025 16:09 — 👍 2874    🔁 550    💬 62    📌 27
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The Chicago Pastor Who Confronted ICE in a Viral Photo Rev. David Black found himself in the middle of a spectacle, but he wants to be clear: This story isn't about him.

“If they are doing this to pastors who are praying [...] then it makes me shudder to imagine what they might be doing to our neighbors behind closed doors," says Rev. David Black.
sojo.net/articles/int...

24.10.2025 13:02 — 👍 20    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 0
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Alaska: $25 million
Argentina: $40 billion

24.10.2025 12:03 — 👍 848    🔁 295    💬 109    📌 26

He 𝙞𝙨 The Onion.

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WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom.

23.10.2025 18:46 — 👍 25419    🔁 10426    💬 2719    📌 1086

“oh so you think the east wing being demolished is worse than-“ it’s a synecdoche, man. a visual metaphor. there’s a reason the aliens in Independence Day don’t aim a huge laser at SNAP benefits

23.10.2025 18:04 — 👍 8273    🔁 1800    💬 82    📌 38

Holy shit! That motherfucker TORE DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE!

23.10.2025 19:33 — 👍 31085    🔁 6149    💬 1874    📌 362
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The lone woman who staged a ‘No Kings’ protest in small-town West Virginia Kendra Sullivan's one-woman stand received an outpouring of support from people in other conservative areas who "feel like a tiny blue speck in a red state."

Kendra Sullivan knew that she’d attend a “No Kings” event on Saturday, but had no idea until she woke up that morning that it would be a one-woman stand.

She's received an outpouring of support from people in other conservative areas who "feel like a tiny blue speck in a red state."

23.10.2025 19:13 — 👍 326    🔁 65    💬 10    📌 11

We love you, California!

24.10.2025 05:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You can do it, America!

24.10.2025 05:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

They really are

24.10.2025 05:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We love you. You got this. Keep fighting.

24.10.2025 05:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You got this, LA!

24.10.2025 05:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you to all the people who showed up in Australia to protest against Fascist Trump Regime!!! 🥰🥰

We appreciate you standing with Americans as we join hands and lift our voices against tyranny and Fascism!!

#NoKings

18.10.2025 18:01 — 👍 15    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

It’s George V!

24.10.2025 05:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Hang in there, blue dot!

24.10.2025 05:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Portugal has your back America!

18.10.2025 15:56 — 👍 13    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

I love this

24.10.2025 05:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This makes it all worthwhile!!!

24.10.2025 05:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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BREAKING: Jack Smith is insisting upon a public hearing if Congress wants to talk to him

Good. Why does the GOP want backroom secret questioning? What are Republicans afraid of?

Let the American people see & hear for themselves!

23.10.2025 20:21 — 👍 3601    🔁 1289    💬 159    📌 103
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The AI avatars rallying Australians to their cause They appear to be real but the many faces calling on Australians to

“An AAP FactCheck investigation reveals a wave of AI-generated avatar videos spreading online, pushing claims of a "migrant invasion" and election rigging, sometimes with violent overtones.

www.aap.com.au/factcheck/th...

23.10.2025 17:45 — 👍 28    🔁 19    💬 3    📌 3

Totally with you on this, @vanbadham.bsky.social

23.10.2025 12:08 — 👍 13    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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In the audience tonight is Charlotte Bennett, one of the 13 women that Andrew Cuomo is credibly alleged to have sexually harassed while they worked in his government.

She can't speak for herself because Cuomo's lawyers have hounded her.

So I confronted him.

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Renewable energy investment should come from defence budgets, say retired military leaders Former European officers say spending on low-carbon power would make nations more resilient to threats from potential aggressors

Exactly what I'd expect from hippies like... [checks notes] former military leaders...

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

23.10.2025 11:13 — 👍 83    🔁 25    💬 0    📌 3
A screenshot of a post on X from Andrew Cuomo showing him sitting courtside at Madison Square Garden next to Mayor Eric Adams. 

The tweet says: "No better way to celebrate winning tonight's debate than making it to the @nyknicks game in time for the 2nd half."

A screenshot of a post on X from Andrew Cuomo showing him sitting courtside at Madison Square Garden next to Mayor Eric Adams. The tweet says: "No better way to celebrate winning tonight's debate than making it to the @nyknicks game in time for the 2nd half."

Corruption goes courtside.

23.10.2025 01:53 — 👍 17271    🔁 2676    💬 823    📌 262
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🚨NYC is showing us how it’s done! ✊🏼 1/2

23.10.2025 04:13 — 👍 10593    🔁 3301    💬 238    📌 98

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