Also includes vetting template showing UKSV flagged “high concern” over Mandelson’s appointment & recommended that clearance should be “denied”.
ISC expected to push for further info incl audit trail of who knew what when re decision & minutes of meetings held by Olly Robbins within FCDO on affair.
Trump comparing himself to Jesus while Vance tries to lecture the actual Pope on matters theological proves beyond any reasonable doubt that the ‘Christian’ element of their support is, morally & doctrinally, about as Christian as a hula hoop. Their conduct is literally unconscionable.
#bbcnews ??? Problems with transmission?
“Was AI involved in bombing the school in Iran? This is a crucial question. Were those children the collateral damage of an AI hallucination?”
A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else.
We mustn’t let this war do so.
So much happening in the world right now and Bluesky trending list is entertainment and sport.
"The attack came despite US intelligence assessments that Iran was unlikely to pose an immediate threat to the US mainland within the next decade."
So why do it?
"A weeks-long lobbying effort by Israel and Saudi Arabia..."
Ah. Not just weak, but cheap, too.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
📌 ICYMI — Bannon, Epstein, Farage and Johnson and the Plot to ‘Topple’ Theresa May
The far-right former Trump adviser told Jeffrey Epstein that "we are overthrowing May right now" as he…
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/16/bannon-epstei...
Graphic showing Peter Thiel - chair of Palantir Technologies - and some of the powerful figures in his network including Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Larry Ellison, Peter Mandelson, Steve Bannon
What’s happening in America is technofascism. It could happen here
Peter Thiel's data company is powering ICE operations in the US. In part 2 of the Nerve’s Palantir series, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social argues that the UK will be next - and we map Thiel’s network🧵
www.thenerve.news/p/technofasc...
US: Hey Ukraine, surrender or else!
Ukraine: No. Get Russia to stop attacking.
US: Hey Russia, pretty please, just a little, make us look good.
Russia: No. Get them to surrender.
US: What do you need to stop?
Ukraine: Security guarantees. Real ones.
US: But Russia said no.
And the farce continues
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Loved the vibes with #Raye, #Emilyblunt and others on #grahamnorton #therock #dwaynejohnson #matthewmcconaughey #jamesnorton
What has happened to Emily Blunt,is she ok? Watched her on Graham Norton, she looked quite different.
Im currently stocking up on books from Vinted for the coming apocalypse brought on by the US swing to hard right fascism and North Korea, China and Russia uniting. I can read until the end is nigh. 📖📚 #books #booksky
The latest admissions data shows a 14% rise in American applications for undergraduate courses starting this autumn. https://on.ft.com/4m2G39l
WATCH: “I feel embarrassed. I really don’t want to be the story. We were just on the ground trying to do our job.”
🇦🇺 Australian reporter @laurentomasi.bsky.social on an LAPD officer intentionally shooting her with a rubber bullet, in full view, on video.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DKs2a2U...
Be a better journalist.
BREAKING: The FBI has arrested a judge who helped migrants avoid ICE. This judge is a hero. www.jsonline.com/story/news/b...
Don’t let the arrest of a Federal Judge distract you from the announcement that ICE can enter anyone’s home without a warrant to look for migrants.
We were the same, glad it's working now.🙂
Is #Netflix down?
Me too, sick of it. You're not getting my money Google, jog on! Searched 'unsubscribe' and hit delete all. 😁
After Boeing donated $1M into inauguration fund, it has been now awarded with a $20B+ engineering and manufacturing development contract that will lead to hundreds of billions of dollars in orders over the contract's multi-decade lifetime.
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How did @uniofstandrews.bsky.social benefit from, participate in, or support, British colonialism? Our report 'The University of St Andrews and the legacies of empire, 1700-1900' is now available legacies-of-empire.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk #history #skystorians
