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@karenapsmith.bsky.social

Taught HE over 25 years, Dep Head Cass Art School. Film/Media scholar, programmer, writing on cinemas/cult/horror/music/neighbourhoods/audiences/gentrification/ScalaCinema UCL+KCL Lived opposite Grenfell Tower for over 20 years ๐Ÿ’š W10 to WKen London

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Latest posts by karenapsmith.bsky.social on Bluesky

Destroying the credibility of official government statistics.

04.08.2025 03:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 50    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Yes, the really posted this
The level of stupidity is incomprehensible ๐Ÿ‘Ž

03.08.2025 03:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 207    ๐Ÿ” 66    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 38    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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This absolute turnip lives in Mississippi.

He's LITERALLY an economic migrant.

Does he have ZERO self-awareness?

Does he just think nobody will notice?

Or because he's an entitled white man, does he perhaps believe that he doesn't count?

03.08.2025 16:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1287    ๐Ÿ” 326    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 128    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17

Not included in the highlights below is the fact that the AfD also proposed that refugees trying to cross into Germany should be shot at the border.

bsky.app/profile/judd...

20.12.2024 14:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."

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WELKER: There are 40 people put the jobs numbers together. Is the president planning to fire all 40 of them?

HASSETT: We're gonna try to get the numbers so they are transparent and reliable

03.08.2025 14:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1221    ๐Ÿ” 364    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 199    ๐Ÿ“Œ 48
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To Live Inside a Lie Firing the top labor statistics official for doing the normal monthly jobs report is only the last attempt to force everyone else to abandon reality too

"This is considered impolite to point out in many mainstream venues, but to be a Republican in good standing today, you have to believe, or at least go along with, an insane amount of lies."

www.arcdigital.media/p/to-live-in...

03.08.2025 15:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 389    ๐Ÿ” 105    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Leaked memo from Hegsethโ€™s brother calls for US army to help with deportations nationwide โ€˜for years to comeโ€™: report The DHS and Department of Defense memo suggests it expects LA-style riots for โ€œyears to comeโ€

A leaked DHS memo, allegedly from Phil Hegseth, reveals a terrifying Trump plan to deploy the military for years of nationwide deportations. Despite the disastrous LA operation, theyโ€™re doubling down, risking lives and rights in a brutal crackdown that chills the soul.
news.yahoo.com/news/article...

03.08.2025 09:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Laziest fight ever... ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿคฃ #dog #dogday #bluesky

03.08.2025 02:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1526    ๐Ÿ” 225    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 62    ๐Ÿ“Œ 22

Terrific piece. I had missed that the Reform council in Kent is *already* complaining about tightened visa rules for social care.

03.08.2025 10:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 244    ๐Ÿ” 84    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Right to buy in England โ€˜fuelled housing crisis and cost taxpayers ยฃ200bnโ€™ Common Wealth report calls discounted sales of council homes one of the โ€˜largest giveaways in UK historyโ€™

Amazed it took 40 years to reach this conclusion. It was obvious in the 80s, if you bothered to look.

Thatcher used the working-classes' own money to bribe them into voting to destroy their futures, and the Tories have been worshipping her for it ever since.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

03.08.2025 11:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 801    ๐Ÿ” 279    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 51    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14

BTW Not sure you heard this but the WH is now claiming they had NO IDEA that GHISLANE was transferred to a minimum security prison nor knew why?

YEAH THAT WH

03.08.2025 10:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 58    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Imagine getting fired because math hurt a manโ€™s feelings. Weโ€™re being governed by a walking Yelp review.

02.08.2025 21:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18801    ๐Ÿ” 4605    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1275    ๐Ÿ“Œ 365

This is something we all need to be better at communicating: that all far-right political movements require the presentation of a completely fake version of reality in order to maintain power.

03.08.2025 11:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 324    ๐Ÿ” 114    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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This 'patriot' protesting against immigrants in Manchester is actually Irish far right thug Paul Rock, who got eight years for tying up and robbing a 76 year old woman. But yeah, just concerned parents.

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Donald Trump suffers double legal blow over migrant arrests within hours The Trump administration has said it wants to deport at least one million illegal migrants per year.

Two judges ruled against Taco Friday, saying due process is still a thing for now.

One ruled they can't stop people based on occupation or language, and the other said they can't pick up people on immigration parole outside courtrooms.

Are you tired of losing yet?

www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

02.08.2025 18:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 62    ๐Ÿ” 28    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Peter Thiel believes Women's suffrage was a mistake. He argues extending voting rights to women along with welfare recipients made "capitalist democracy" an "oxymoron."

02.08.2025 03:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Happy #Caturday
Following a serious attack on his own tail - take that, perfidious tail - Xander undertakes some vigorous & methodical grooming

02.08.2025 15:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Believe NOTHING from the Trump regime. Everything they say on any issues must be assumed to be a lie.

02.08.2025 15:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 326    ๐Ÿ” 93    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Recurring๐Ÿงตof cartoons: when you get to the end, click on Continue Thread.

If you save a cartoon, keep caption w/ artist's name & handle.

Previous ๐Ÿงตs under Feeds tab of my profile.

Jon Ostrove @jonostrove.bsky.social

02.08.2025 14:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4839    ๐Ÿ” 1383    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 67    ๐Ÿ“Œ 48

Ohmygawd. ๐Ÿคข๐Ÿคข๐Ÿคข๐Ÿคฎ๐Ÿคฎ๐Ÿคฎ

02.08.2025 07:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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McGowan: He seems to be getting rid of statisticians and climate people and weather experts and scientists and anyone who doesn't agree with what he wants to tell or what he wants to say.

02.08.2025 02:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15009    ๐Ÿ” 4625    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 866    ๐Ÿ“Œ 343

Literally trying to excuse child sex trafficking. There is no low Republicans will not sink to.

02.08.2025 03:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 80    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

7/2/2020: Prosecutors charged Maxwell w/ enticement of minors, sex trafficking of children, & perjury. The indictment charged that she "assisted, facilitated, and contributed" to the abuse of minor girls despite knowing that one of three unnamed victims was 14 years old.

Trump was president then.

02.08.2025 03:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Back home from A&E - nothing broken

Huzzah

Love the NHS ๐Ÿ’™

01.08.2025 23:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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