James A

James A

@jayaray65.bsky.social

Humanist. Socialist. Pro feminists. UK immigrant (economic/ social). Cricket expert (self assessed). Other labels/ boxes may also apply.

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Carole Cadwalladr
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social

What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own. Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week. Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊

Press Gazette@pressgazette.co.uk

Former Observer big-hitters inc @carolecadwalla.bsky.social launch new title The Nerve with redundancy payouts After Observer sale: "We decided to launch a title that the journalists themselves would own, that would be truly independent" pressgazette.co.uk/news/former-...

pressgazette.co.ukFormer Observer big-hitters launch new title with redundancy payoutsFive former Observer journalists including Carole Cadwalladr have launched their own culture publication using their redundancy money.
James A
@jayaray65.bsky.social

A bloke worth reading ...

David Milner@davemilbo.bsky.social

Here's me. 'Nazi oligarchs have seized treasury control of an authoritarian White House and everyone seems kinda chill about it'

theshot.net.auNazi oligarchs have seized treasury control of an authoritarian White House and everyone seems kinda chill about it - The ShotCapitalism and democracy, despite what you’ve been led to believe, are not the same thing. Capitalism eats democracy if unsupervised.
James A
@jayaray65.bsky.social

Trump's going to demand the Nobel Peace Prize. Can't stand Obama having something he doesn't .... (ignoring intelligence, basic human decency, a sense of humour, etc., etc., etc....

James A
@jayaray65.bsky.social

Well worth a listen if you have a free 40 minutes ...

Zoe Gardner@zoejardiniere.bsky.social

Sharing this again 😊 If you have relatives likely to spend Christmas dinner moaning about migrants, or praising Nigel Farage, this might be some useful info to bring to the table… Good luck!

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Peter Geoghegan
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social

Replying to @petergeoghegan.bsky.social

If you care about the state of Britain's political finance laws - and how open they are to abuse - do fill in Democracy for Sale's 'Safeguarding Democracy' survey. Only takes a few minutes and hopefully will help build an evidence base for change democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard

democracyforsale.co.ukDemocracy For Sale - Safeguard DemocracyA survey to make a people-powered plan to safeguard Britain's democracy from leading investigative journalists who write about lobbying and dark money
James A
@jayaray65.bsky.social

Please complete Peter's survey if you are based in the UK. He does some very important journalism in an area that is a direct threat to UK democracy ...

South-East London for Europe (Selfe)@selfe.bsky.social

Please fill this survey out: democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard. Peter Geoghegan has been asked by a powerful group of MPs to speak to them about what needs to be done to prevent the subversion of our democracy by dark money. He wants to draw on the views of thousands. Please do it, and pass it on.

democracyforsale.co.ukDemocracy For Sale - Safeguard DemocracyA survey to make a people-powered plan to safeguard Britain's democracy from leading investigative journalists who write about lobbying and dark money
James A
@jayaray65.bsky.social

Everyone should be aware of this ...

Tobi@tobifrenzen.bsky.social

1/ 🚨 Conspiracy theories about the 2024 election miss the bigger picture. The truth? It wasn’t one night, one hack, or one fraud. It was a system rigged in plain sight – right in front of us. The playbook was out in the open for years. But hardly anyone paid attention. Here’s how they did it... 🧵

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