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More people live in Tehran than New York City. It’s a bustling metropolis. The people who live there have a thriving culture despite their own government and the machinations of ours. They do not deserve to be bombed by us.

Green Party leader Zack Polanski says Keir Starmer should go on television and “condemn these illegal strikes” #BBCLauraK

The US is fucking insane. I feel huge shame as a Yank.

Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover

The richest man owns X.

The second and third richest men control Google.

The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.

And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.

See the problem here?

The "public" are pissed off with arrogant neoliberal centrists. OK, compared to here and now EU looks good (and is a bit better) but the fuckwits who tooled Labour are neoliberal centrists like much of EU.

Not the Pete, Larry, Jeff, and Mark bros, but the swathes of "College men from LSU. [And everywhere else] Went in dumb. Come out dumb too." Frat-boys and the ilk. (Thank you, Randy Newman...)

Yep. And Norman Mailer (1967), Why we are in Viet Nam. Complicity of the broligarchy in BS jobs.

Substack: tindr or discord for wannabe public intellectuals. I don't blog with common people. I "have a #Substack." Any app that sends me to the platform home page when I hit the BACK button, not the actual fucking BACK to the referring page & then tries to tell me what I might be interested in...

UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws

I am taking this as good news. Ban on Palestine Action ruled illegal! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

In interest of securing her victory can your campaign give us some words about #HannahSpenser 's political nous and toughness, please. We know she is a local plumber studying plastering. Can she DO parliamentary politics? What has she done on Manc City Council? @greenparty.org.uk #gortonanddenton

Hey Insta, Substuff and similar. When I click a link that takes me to a page on your heap, I expect the <<back>> button to take me BACK like html intended. Not to YOUR fucking home page. #enshittification

Gotta be the barman at the Prancing Pony in Bree. Did someone make it into a movie?

Fight! Fuck Bezos. The Washington Post can and must rise again.

Carol Cadwalladr says, "Fight! ... The world is on fire. The entire media industry is a shitshow. And the only interesting, impactful thing to do in this moment, I believe, is to be bold and brave and to try something new." @carolecadwalla.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

Get the tankers out of the Channel?

The Green surge shows British politics has reached a turning point - and it has surprisingly little to do with Zack Polanski | Aditya Chakrabortty At a party event in a school hall in Lewisham, people told me how disillusionment with Labour has led to this moment, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Aditya Chakrabortti in the Guardian sets out the journey we #OldLabour #Pacifist, #Internationalist, #Environmentalist (and #Green Comrades) need to take to a Green Socialist government. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

Is it worth a ponder that the men accused of shooting Alex Pretti have Hispanic names? WTAF? "Immigration agents who fired on ... Alex Pretti are identified as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez." www.propublica.org/article/alex...

Ohio Church Swells With Support for Haitians Amid Deportation Fears

Moving fast www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
By Miriam Jordan, Kevin Williams, Maddie McGarvey
Reporting from #Springfield, Ohio, Feb. 2, 2026

ICE OUT FOR GOOD · Springfield Visibility Protest ICE murdering Americans while illegally abducting our community members.

I'm attending Springfield Visibility's event, “ICE OUT FOR GOOD” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/springfieldv...

"Dockworkers don't work for war!"

Our struggle for justice and liberation in Palestine is inseparable from the global struggles against systemic racism, exploitation, oppression, and climate devastation.

YouTube video by LiveNOW from FOX President Trump addresses top military leaders

Things move fast in war. This has barely started. To good humans resisting fascist oppression,Trump, for "them", told "his" (whose?) military 30/10/25 that "... this is going to be a major part for some of the people in this room. It is a war from within." (0:42:07 youtu.be/ypKUHHBqotE) Saddle up.

Dear God. #BBC #R4 #PM At this minute sub Sunday tabloid salacious trivia. Sorry. A nadir.

Boycott meta boycott meta

Boycott Meta? If only... "Soon the only ones inside the tent will be coders in uniform with an armed guard watching reels of fighter aircraft dodging missiles." rworld2.net/2026/01/16/u...

Stanford University Program on Liberation Technology Lying at the intersection of social science, computer science, and engineering, the Program on Liberation Technology seeks to understand how information technology can be used to defend human right…

Another Internet RIP for learning from the past, this one from 2010: "Will we pillage the globe for gallium and then give people semiconductors to free them from our pillage? Or am I too cynical?" rworld2.net/2010/09/10/s...

How to Survive the Broligarchy | Carole Cadwalladr | Substack Girl power vs Tech bros. Click to read How to Survive the Broligarchy, by Carole Cadwalladr, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

Been diving back into Carole Cadwalladr's @carolecadwalla.bsky.social work. @thenerve.news is spot-on and the background we need is there. How to Survive the Broligarchy broligarchy.substack.com Great work. Great allies.

Oh, and
4. Despite the demand for proportional representation from Labour members, Starmer won't change
our ridiculous First Past the Post system. So he's in no position to blame anyone for "splitting the vote".
share.google/buxD1tZ5BfKk...

We urgently need a parliamentary debate on Palantir. Please sign this & share with your network. Via @the-citizens.bsky.social & @change.org.

www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...

YouTube video by Marsh Family "Minnesota" - Marsh Family adaptation of "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)"

The Marsh Family are spot on, on #Minnesota ... and such good harmonies youtube.com/watch?v=BRHx...

Starmer did the ham-fisted for wrong reasons. Burnham in Parliament could give Labour a respected national voice. A brave Starmer would have blessed his candidacy & campaigned for victory. Burnham, cast out, virtually ensures by-election loss. Labour, already acting like f'ng opposition to Reform.

Indigo Girls
Emmylou Harris and the Hot Band
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Nanci Griffiths
Coco and the Lonesome Road Band

Statement from the family of Alex Pretti, Michael and Susan Pretti: We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the hero term lightly. However his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump's murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Alex Pretti in nurse scrubs, smiling

Statement from the family of Alex Pretti, Michael and Susan Pretti:
#3E #GoodvsEvil