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John Bain

@notamononym.bsky.social

Doubt is my dogma.

114 Followers  |  105 Following  |  40 Posts  |  Joined: 11.01.2025  |  1.5902

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So we’re selling F35s to the Saudis. I s’pose the transfer of tech like this comes with some sort of training. I wonder if that will include how to land the plane…

21.11.2025 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Correction: to build the Epstein Ballroom.

06.11.2025 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#NoKingsDC
#BellaCiao

18.10.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#NoKingsDC

18.10.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

God, I needed that today. Sweet music and hilarious hijinks. Thanks for sharing.

09.09.2025 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Merseyside Magyars…

21.06.2025 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jean Arp died on this day in 1966.

07.06.2025 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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your regular reminder that authoritarian populism will make your country corrupt and poor. look at Hungary

03.06.2025 09:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4261    πŸ” 1460    πŸ’¬ 89    πŸ“Œ 72
Viktor OrbΓ‘n’s crackdown on free press does not only affect Hungary. It affects all of Europe The so-called β€œTransparency Law”, currently pending approval, significantly undermines freedom of expression in Hungary β€” and its impacts are unlikely stop at the country’s borders.

The Hungarian government is about to pass a law that will allow it to destroy the tiny online outlets that represent the last vestiges of independent Hungarian press

444.hu/2025/05/22/v...

24.05.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2167    πŸ” 1027    πŸ’¬ 111    πŸ“Œ 67

I used to smoke a lot of weed. I still do, but I used to as well.

23.05.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How do you feel about frilly toothpicks?
Im all for em
Well, this club is formed

23.05.2025 05:28 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Andrew Sullivan on Substack Reading JD Vance’s interview with Ross, I’m struck by a couple of things. Vance denies he is over-reaching on immigration because he has no interest in what lefties who backed unlimited mass migration...

substack.com/@sullydish/n...

23.05.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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He likes tariffs because he can impose or remove them unilaterally, making them perfect for extracting payoffs from countries, corporations, or anybody willing to pay the grift to be either exempted, or have them placed on competitors. I’m astonished that this isn't pointed out more often.

04.04.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gloria Steinem is 91 years old today.

25.03.2025 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m not a Brit, but I think you should certainly have on any MP, regardless of party, willing to debate in good faith. If they start stonewalling or mouthing party line BS, then end the interview. BTW, this is how you will become a better interviewer.

23.03.2025 11:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/o...

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Generally agree with George here, with this clarification.

The economy is at risk *because our freedoms and the rule of law are at risk.

16.03.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 486    πŸ” 73    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 1
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MUST-WATCH: This is the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil from the perspective of his wife, who is 8 months pregnant.

This is federal agents in plain clothes dragging a man from his home as punishment for his speech.

@nyclu.org @ccrjustice.org @theimeu.bsky.social

14.03.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3545    πŸ” 1703    πŸ’¬ 242    πŸ“Œ 271
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The Return Of The McCarthyite Chill Trump and Vance say they are for free speech. Yeah, right.

β€œJD Vance β€” who lectured Europeans on free speech online, while his own administration was using AI to police the web for dissent!”

15.03.2025 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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When has taxing the rich ever worked?

13.03.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 851    πŸ” 254    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 54

"Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for." - Clarence Darrow, who died on this day in 1938

13.03.2025 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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from senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social chris murphy's recent floor speech, via @davidcorn.bsky.social ...

link.motherjones.com/public/38940...

12.03.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 14953    πŸ” 6313    πŸ’¬ 557    πŸ“Œ 354

This hurts. I’m a WP subscriber for 25+ yrs & hate where this is going. I want to support journalism but finding it harder to justify continuing to invest in it here.

13.03.2025 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Why I Left the Washington Post Owner Jeff Bezos wants to transform the Opinions section of the paper, where I worked for forty years. After the publisher killed my column disagreeing with that moveβ€”it appears here in fullβ€”I decided...

Read my former colleague Ruth Marcus, explaining why she left the Washington Post
www.newyorker.com/news/essay/w...

13.03.2025 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1009    πŸ” 220    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 4

I do honestly wonder whether there's a single GOP member of Congress who thinks that maybe, just maybe, it's a bad idea for a president (*any president) to have unilateral tariff powers

11.03.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 796    πŸ” 64    πŸ’¬ 59    πŸ“Œ 4

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