mylorjames.bsky.social

mylorjames.bsky.social

@mylorjames.bsky.social

Rugby, fiction, writing, centrist dad

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This is what unbridled control over tech enables. Company CEOs silence protests and hamper militaries. Break these companies up.

Ezra Levin ❌👑@ezralevin.bsky.social

❗❗❗Mark Zuckerberg's meta just suspended the No Kings Instagram account. I just rushed back from my local No Kings to jump on this. Bottom line, would be helpful for all pro-No Kings folks to elevate the issue and help us get the word out about No Kings today. The Nerd Reich strikes again.

Did anyone notice that Musk, potentially on his own initiative, just screwed over the Ukrainian military? One man has the power to hamstring an army. One rich man. One prejudiced man. One racist man. One hollow, spiteful, angry and empty man. This world is going mad. He should be arrested.

Lib Dem’s can propose changes we all know are needed but main parties won’t dare. Reform want to make Britain a miserable, angry nation. How about a manifesto to create the liberal U.K. most people want? Lower costs (drug reforms save prison spaces, no uniforms makes school cheap. More ideas here!

Utopia of violence. We need to accept, and fast, that to politicians like Lowe, Robinson and even Farage violence gives them a thrill. It’s a pleasure. And that is dangerous to all of us.

Bill Kristol@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social

"Will the tyrannical emotional state that brought us the war now be applied inside the United States?...The attack on Iran began with a longing -- a subjective sense that violence is pleasurable and can bring a utopia in which desires become reality." open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Just been fed a post on Facebook about a report from the Russian and Belorussian embassies about Human Rights violations by the U.K. I listed their war crimes in the comments. Now wondering if I am on a Kremlin list lol.

Very little comment on here re the Russian shooting at the yacht. A little anxiety inducing, we board their tanker. Their warship shoots at a yacht. If we board a protected tanker we might get a firefight and if the Admiral Grigoravich is around it could end up as ship v ship. Weird.

Can we all please wake up?

Reinier Van Lanschot@reiniervanlanschot.volteuropa.org

Authoritarian regimes are no longer stopping at their own borders. Today, they are actively tracking and silencing dissidents who have sought refuge right here in Europe. May you rest in peace Robert Kuzovkov. 🕊️ #StopTransnationalRepression

And here we are. How complacent are U.K. government??? We are compromised and vulnerable.

Carole Cadwalladr@carolecadwalla.bsky.social

B) The Kremlin operative who BBC names as directing arson attacks against Keir Starmer was taught his tradecraft by…drumroll…Sergei Nalobin !!! Pictured here with Boris Johnson. Also: the star of our podcast series, Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring! Wtaf 2/

The far right marches are not only causing physical damage but economic damage as well. @keirstarmer.bsky.social get UK gov off X, stop funding it, shut it down until next week, charge Yaxley under the Public order act and grow a fecking spine.

Liam Thorp@liamthorp.bsky.social

The businesses of County Road in Liverpool are still scarred by the riots of the summer of 2024 Now they are bracing for more unrest, with plans for a far-right march in the area this weekend

@ukparliament.parliament.uk @thenewworldmag.bsky.social can this law be applied to Yaxley fecking Lennon et al for that tweet launched from Moscow? The damage in Belfast is pretty similar to the damage a Shaheed drone would have caused.

Sir Basil@sirbasil.bsky.social

'Public Order Act 1986: Criminalizes the use of threatening, abusive, or insulting words or behavior that intends to, or is likely to, stir up hatred or provoke violence'

This is amazing. And also terrifying. Imagine all those drones, with face recognition cameras and a 3 ounce explosive block, attacking a town centre. That concept has been around for a while. It’s called Slaughter-Bots.

Culture Crave 🍿@culturecrave.co

‘Masters of the Universe’ drone show spotted over Los Angeles 💥 • Had 1600 drones • Guinness World Record for brightest drone show ever (via Amazon MGM)

Can someone please look into this @thenewworldmag.bsky.social

Jane@localnotail.bsky.social

Ben Habib alleges that Nigel Farage & Boris Johnson were paid £1m each by Christopher Harborne to essentially rig the election in favour of Johnson. He also claims the undeclared £5m "gift" Farage received in 2024 from Harborne was payment to take over as party leader of Reform UK + stand in Clacton

Amused today to see a post on LinkedIn about a 50s communist in a small Yorkshire village who wanted to irradiate the bourgeoisie. Very specific and makes some of the Tanky insults I get for being a liberal on this platform seem rather unimaginative…

This is a vitally important piece of analysis. It shows why talk of defence by those who ain’t studied or thought about it in detail is not just superficial, it’s dangerous. We need a proper debate across all parties. @zackpolanski.bsky.social this is the sort of stuff you need to engage with.

Paul Mason@paulmason.bsky.social

NEW! My report on the challenges facing the UK as we strengthen emergency powers in the face of Russian hybrid aggression - tough subject but better to face it now than in a crisis... www.exeter.ac.uk/v8media/rese...

I am looking at economic data, Trump’s latest rant, Hesgeth’s holy warrior shtick, seen how our most popular left and right wing politicians are reacting and have concluded…we are in deep shit here in the U.K.

Say it ain’t so. Did Matt Goebbels Goodwin lazily use AI, fail to check quotes, mia direct and lie? But he is such a nice fella and not at all a schill for the racist far right Internationale…

Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social

Chapter by chapter take down of Matt Goodwin's latest book.

I don’t get why this speech, and approach, hasn’t had more coverage. Green defence plans are impractical, Tories hollowed out the military for 20 yrs or so and Labour are moving like snails. Reform are a joke and possibly traitors. I think most Brits would agree with this speech.

James MacCleary MP@jamesmaccleary.bsky.social

Proud to speak at the Lib Dem Conference setting out our approach to defence: standing firmly with Ukraine against Putin, restoring trust with our European allies, and fixing procurement to cut waste. In a more unstable world we remain committed to NATO, international law and our nuclear deterrent.