Matt Gallagher

The real task isn’t “teaching people to spot misinformation.” It’s rebuilding conditions where verification, deliberation and accountability are possible. Critical thinking only works when the world around it gives those skills a place to take root.

Again I think this is the thing it's easy to just not know from the outside: the British press, the media and information environment in this country, is utterly toxic to a truly shocking degree.

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:

-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout

Caroline Lucas Calls for Landmark UK-Europe Energy and Climate Alliance A new campaign shows how Britain partnering with Europe on clean energy could cut bills and protect the planet

🔴 Caroline Lucas Calls for Landmark UK-Europe Energy and Climate Alliance

A new campaign shows how Britain partnering with Europe on clean energy could cut bills and protect the planet

@mattmgallagher.bsky.social @carolinelucas.bsky.social

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📢📢📢 Migrant Workers’ Rights – National Emergency Demonstration

📌Saturday 13 December, 12PM
📌Birmingham City Centre (Shabana Mahmood’s constituency)

Stand up for our neighbours - your salary DOES NOT define your contribution to the UK!!
@regulariseuk.bsky.social

Gaza 'Humanitarian' Hub to Function More as US Military Command Centre, Leaked Papers Suggest The leaked documents suggest Trump's plans for a 'humanitarian relief' centre for Gaza more closely resemble those for a US Army-run command post

🔴Gaza ‘Humanitarian’ Hub to Function More as US Military Command Centre, Leaked Papers Suggest

The leaked documents suggest Trump’s plans for a ‘humanitarian relief’ centre for Gaza more closely resemble those for a US Army-run command post

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Shabana Mahmood's Asylum Plans Will Put Human Trafficking Victims at Risk, Warn Anti-Slavery Groups Leading anti-slavery organisations have told Byline Times that the new measures could allow trafficking and forced labour to thrive

Everyone, regardless of where they are from and how they move, must be able to live in safety and with dignity. But instead of centring compassion, the UK Government is doubling down on harmful rhetoric and policies.
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"You're going to have tent cities of asylum seekers on the streets. It's creating an underclass of people."

@avasantina.bsky.social really on point here

Shabana Mahmood's Asylum Plans Will Put Human Trafficking Victims at Risk, Warn Anti-Slavery Groups Leading anti-slavery organisations have told Byline Times that the new measures could allow trafficking and forced labour to thrive

A huge part of the debate around Mahmood’s asylum plans is being missed: these proposals risk fuelling a shadow economy of exploitation – and making it even harder for trafficking victims to come forward.

@antislavery.org @atleu.bsky.social @amnestyuk.bsky.social

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Quite different tbh

Apparently based on NYC bodegas www.curbed.com/article/zohr...

Oh

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social: "They want the people to fight amongst ourselves so that we remain distracted from the work of remaking a long-broken system. We refuse to let them dictate the rules of the game any more. They can play by the same rules as the rest of us.”

Does the Mamdani Moment Signal an Off-Ramp for the Carousel of Scapegoats? – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition Some Democrats, aided by well-funded think tanks, believe listening to voters means having to accept Trump’s divide-and-conquer strategy. Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral win in New York City shows another wa...

"Instead of meeting people’s paranoia and prejudice – where pundits imagine them to be – meet them in their daily lives, in their empty fridges, their skyrocketing rents, their bankruptcy-inducing healthcare costs, and their degraded community spaces."

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Shabana Mahmood's Asylum Plans Will Put Human Trafficking Victims at Risk, Warn Anti-Slavery Groups Leading anti-slavery organisations have told Byline Times that the new measures could allow trafficking and forced labour to thrive

🔴Shabana Mahmood’s Asylum Plans Will Put Human Trafficking Victims at Risk, Warn Anti-Slavery Groups

Leading anti-slavery organisations have told Byline Times that the new measures could allow trafficking and forced labour to thrive
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Counterpoint with just as much proof and much less conflict of interest: No it won't.

Does the Mamdani Moment Signal an Off-Ramp for the Carousel of Scapegoats? – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition Some Democrats, aided by well-funded think tanks, believe listening to voters means having to accept Trump’s divide-and-conquer strategy. Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral win in New York City shows another wa...

In the latest @bylinetimes.bsky.social, I write about how @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's NYC campaign challenged the xenophobic scapegoating that’s long been weaponised to divide and conquer.

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"The public have highly-tuned bullshit detectors, and they can smell it a mile off. Authenticity isn’t about photo ops. It’s about conviction.”

Find out why the public’s bullshit detector is stronger than ever and how politicians keep failing it: https://bit.ly/3LZMmgS

@mattmgallagher.bsky.social

Curtis Yarvin: How the Alt-Right Gets In Following his appearance on a panel with Alastair Campbell, Byline Times examines the writings of the thinker who is apparently inspiring Silicon Valley Tech Bros and the Vice President of the United ...

🔴NEW🔴

Curtis Yarvin: How the Alt-Right Gets In

Following his appearance in London, @nafeez.bsky.social & @peterjukes.bsky.social examine the writings of the thinker who apparently inspires Silicon Valley Tech Bros & the Vice President of the United States

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At Waterstones yesterday, Byline Times editor-in-chief @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social interviewed @nafeez.bsky.social on the ideology and origins of today's far-right movement.

If you missed it, read Dr. Ahmed's full forensic analysis in 'Alt-Reich.'

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It is weird that the assassination of essentially a celebrity influencer is a bigger deal than the shooting of two top state legislators + their spouses

I think Democrats should reject their money all together and tell them to fuck off.

These guys are on their way to becoming supervillains on par with 2008 Wall Street, and being on the right side of public outrage would be beneficial.

The Big Tobacco, Climate Denial Lobbyist and Crypto Firms Sponsoring the Reform UK Conference Big corporations and lobby groups are putting their cash behind the rise of Nigel Farage's party

🔴The Big Tobacco, Climate Denial Lobbyist and Crypto Firms Sponsoring the Reform UK Conference

Big corporations and lobby groups are putting their cash behind the rise of Nigel Farage’s party

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BREAKING:

Our hearts

Our new front page

#ProtectJournalistsInGaza #LetReportersIntogaza

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What if the "left" Government actively apes far-right narratives and adds fuel to the fire?

I don't think that analogy holds.

Where Is the Political Leadership Against This Violent Far-Right Movement Terrorising Britain? The silence of senior mainstream politicians and media organisations against the rise of a new well-organised far-right movement on Britain's streets is a disgrace, argues Adam Bienkov

Far right groups are threatening to burn down hotels full of refugees at events attended by senior politicians, while people of colour live in fear after being falsely labelled as paedophiles

How mainstream politicians and media organisations are allowing a violent far right movement to spread

No disagreement from me there.

Just reporting on what families from Gaza are saying.

They do say "protection of journalists and civilians."

I think the point here is more about killing the people who are bravely exposing the other killings.