BabelBrunning

BabelBrunning

@ribblebabel.bsky.social

Antifascist, Librarian, European, Environmentalist, & as Woke as a Wokey thing. Dr of an argumentative persuasion who knows how to use an Oxford comma, rather than the useful, life-saving kind. Trying not to be so sweary but it's fking difficult. 🇺🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸🇪🇺🌈🏳️‍⚧️🖤💚🏴‍☠️

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No outrage over white rapists, just far fewer black/brown ones No protests against migrant crossings rising under Tories, anger as crossings fall under Labour Support Brexit 'take back control', no problem foreign billionaires owning most UK public utilities Ever wonder why? meme via Angel Stroyan

The energy transition choice: instead of making the people "carry the burden of change while others take the rewards", we make the transition work for the people by keeping bills "as low as possible, strengthening our energy security and giving communities a greater say over their future." 1/2

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How odd that so many Reform UK policies are just like those of the Nazis in the 1930s as they vied for popularity, before revealing their true vicious, brutal, genocidal selves ... meme via Lily Rose

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Double check every Reform UK claim - they're mostly blatanmt lies! "The far right has pulled off a spectacular trick, they've convinced ordinary people to base their entire worldview on impossible numbers. We hear it all the time ..." via Stop Brexit & Restore Hope www.facebook.com/stopbrexitma...

Woo! A great riposte to the stormy weather out there - my herb and spice order from @seasonedpioneers.bsky.social has arrived. Seriously, the absolutely tastiest herbs and spices (and peppercorns etc) you can buy, and guaranteed Gluten Free too! The lemon pepper, especially, is the bomb.❤️🍋🌶️🫚🍲❤️

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"Great turn out at the Town Hall tonight. Racism and division has no place in our Council. The vile comments from our so called leaders will not be tolerated in our" via Alison Eastwood in Kirklees

Lauding Trump or Putin as "humanitarian" is just fking unbelievable. THIS is how much the US administration is Putin's bitch, yet failing, spectacularly, to pull the wool over anyone's eyes. | UK Govt rejects Witkoff’s description of Putin as a ‘humanitarian’ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

theguardian.comDowning Street rejects Witkoff’s description of Putin as a ‘humanitarian’No 10 says Russian president ‘has killed thousands of people, both innocent Ukrainians and his own people’

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$25 billion! 💥💥💥 This is one of the biggest fines in history — and it cuts to the core of the crooked Brexit ref! The case is about Facebook harvesting data from millions of users and selling it to Cambridge Analytica to generate targeted ads. Cambridge Analytica worked for the Leave camp and Trump.

cbsnews.comMeta ordered to pay $25 billion to New Mexico for misleading consumers about data privacyA jury found that the social media company had deceived consumers for years about its data privacy policies.

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Elon Musk boosted the lie that James Talarico stayed at a mental hospital. Meta suspended No Kings’ Instagram account during nationwide actions. Staff at the Ellison-owned CBS News were reportedly told to tie Abdul El-Sayed to the Muslim Brotherhood and 9/11. Democracy dies in billionaire hands.

"Plaintiffs were unlawfully terminated not for any cause or any legitimate reason, but only to satisfy the president’s personal vendetta." Absolutely. Trump and Patel must be held to account. Let this be the tip of the iceberg: hold them all to account for their lies, asset-stripping, and treason.

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Remember 'protect women and girls' Nigel Farage being full of praise for Trump's ICE-style unaccountable vigilante policing, which he wants to import to the UK - while Reform UK Councillors have been talking of putting all migrants (if not all black & brown people) in 'concentration camps' ...

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Except Peter Thiel. That he can't even say "Yes" to the question "Should humanity survive?" just says it all.

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Runaway AI poses a threat to us all. How humanity stays in control should be a priority for everyone Projection location: Slough, UK Narrated by @gavinesler.bsky.social

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So, Farage has reported ITV to the police following the work their undercover journalists did which confirmed that Reform is indeed a seething mass of racism, misogyny and bigotry. Meanwhile, here’s some commentary from Private Eye and their handy guide to undercover journalists.

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"After the ITV documentary can we get a petition going to arrest Farage and his cronies? If you or i had said 1% of what those racist toewrags said we would be behind bars" via Mike Barlow

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New Zealand’s High Court has ruled that the ban on new puberty blocker prescriptions for trans young people was unlawful and discriminatory. The decision could give fresh momentum to calls to reverse restrictions in the UK! 🤞

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Meta gave $1M to Trump's inauguration fund — and Mark Zuckerberg himsef has helped bankroll Trump's ballroom. Now Trump's DOJ has halted a years-long criminal investigation into allegedly enabling and profiting from illegal drug sales on its platforms. Funny how that works, huh?

commondreams.org'What Meta's Money Is Buying': DOJ Halts Probe of Facebook Owner That Has Given Trump Millions | Common DreamsBillionaire Mark Zuckerberg's company was facing a criminal investigation for allegedly enabling and profiting from the

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UK ‘wealth exodus’ was manufactured by the press. The press complaints body IPSO must investigate or step aside. The story started with one study which now admits it has no evidence. Media owned by corporations and the super rich lapped it up, served their economic interest, ideological purpose.

taxjustice.netThe ‘wealth exodus’ was manufactured by the press. The press complaints body IPSO must investigate or step aside. - Tax Justice NetworkTL;DR Since 2024 about 30 news articles a day have been published around the world about an exodus of millionaires and billionaires fleeing taxes. ……………………….. The UK, we’re told, has had the worst of ...

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"This hatred, it’s like a cancer. It spreads because people will always say, ‘Oh, it’s just the illegals.’ It’s not. “From what I experienced, it was anyone who was remotely different, different creed, different colour, different sexuality.” www.theargus.co.uk/news/2665180...

theargus.co.ukActor describes 'abysmal racism and homophobia' he faced in ChichesterAn assault on a cast member of a play in Chichester was "just the tip of the iceberg" of the "racism, xenophobia and homophobia" the cast faced in the town, an actor has claimed.