Savantfoxt

Savantfoxt

@savantfoxt.bsky.social

Re-posting useful information and opposing fascism. Fox of the Forest in the city of caves. Civil servant by day, world musicologist and archivist by night.

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Alex Andreou
@sturdyalex.bsky.social

This went on for the rest of the full hour, at which point the BBC apologised for having to go to the weather and urged viewers to follow continuing live coverage on iPlayer. Forty-one minutes of unfiltered, unchallenged propaganda by a far right party with 8 MPs, now third in the polls. Discuss.

Alex Andreou@sturdyalex.bsky.social

BBC News just interrupted its coverage to go, live, to Nigel Farage - a man with no contitutional standing in our setup - responding to the budget - a document which nobody has seen yet. WHY

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Geo X Axis
@gxaxis.bsky.social

UK urged to impose ‘full sanctions and political isolation’ of Israel over situation in West Bank A ruling Labour Party lawmaker on Saturday urged the British government to act on the situation in the occupied West Bank, saying "full sanctions and (the) political isolation of Israel” must be led…

geoxaxis.comUK urged to impose ‘full sanctions and political isolation’ of Israel over situation in West BankA ruling Labour Party lawmaker on Saturday urged the British government to act on the situation in the occupied West Bank, saying "full sanctions and (the) political isolation of Israel” must be led by the UK. - “As Netanyahu starts the process of turning the West Bank into a second Gaza our government has to act," John McDonnell, Labour MP for Hayes & Harlington, wrote on US social media platform X.

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Collateral Damage
@coldamage.bsky.social

Ethnic cleansing out in the open. The only people who can save Palestinians now are us. Are we up for the task? #EndZionism #SanctionIsrael #BoycottIsrael #WestBank

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The Halfway Post
@halfwaypost.bsky.social

BREAKING: Donald Trump is reportedly pissed because his lawyers just explained to him how pardoning all his staffers means they can no longer plead the 5th to protect him when Democrats subpoena them next year.

Savantfoxt
@savantfoxt.bsky.social

The police do a difficult and dangerous job protecting the public from criminals. But as soon as people protest against anything, the public are treated like criminals and the police become unaccountably violent, and these police actions only ever inflame tensions, turning protests into riots.

BladeoftheSun@bladeofthes.bsky.social

French riot thugs batter an unarmed woman. Macron needs to resign. The level of Police violence in France is criminally high.

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Scott Horton
@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

Best Twitter riposte of the day. Virtually everything Elon says about Ukraine is false, or, as a White House staffer says today to the Economist, "it's as if he spoke to Putin first." And that, literally, is what he does.

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Nathan Newman
@nathansnewman.bsky.social

This is literally the end of the rule of law. If a President can pardon people committing crimes on his behalf - and the Supreme Court says he himself can't be prosecuted for crimes committed as part of his job - then the government becomes a lawless entity able to violate our rights without limit.

The Washington Sun@washingtonsun.com

New: White House attorneys are evaluating whether to issue mass pardons to junior staffers. https://www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/white-house-weighing-mass-pardons-for-junior-staff

washingtonsun.comWhite House Is Weighing Mass Pardons for Junior StaffConservative groups influential with the Trump administration have pressed for the preemptive acts of clemency.

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Jules or Τζουλς 🕊️🍉
@katsikajules.bsky.social

Buried on page 30 of Sir David Bellend's report into antisemitism in schools in the UK it explicitly says there hasn't been a rise in antisemitism, only in anti-Israel sentiment The conflation of antisemitism with anti-Israel sentiment is intentional, and frankly sickening.

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Issa Amro
@issa-amro.bsky.social

HEBRON IS UNDER SIEGE. FAMILIES ARE LOSING THEIR HOMES. Since yesterday, 250 families have been displaced in Hebron, including my own sister, Hayat, and her seven children. Homes and shops are being demolished by the Israeli military.

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flyingrodent
@flyingrodent.bsky.social

Now obviously this is an extremely intense form of McCarthyism, but let’s not lose sight of the fact that these people are primarily just horrible, very right wing psychos.

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flyingrodent
@flyingrodent.bsky.social

Again, it’s important to understand that the transgender terror did not arise organically from the public. It was imposed from above, by the world’s most hateful and poisonous media class.

Leicester Gazette@leicestergazette.leicester.news

Two University of Leicester students speak out over ‘absurd’ and ‘Orwellian’ decision by the BBC and ITV Studios to edit out pride pins worn on University Challenge

leicester.newsBBC edits out pride pins on University Challenge in ‘Orwellian’ move* * * This story was published by **The Leicester Gazette** : a local, independent newspaper about Leicestershire. 1,000 people have already joined our community. Just use those buttons below to download our app and **sign up for free**. * * * Astrophysics student Samuel Carlier and History student Emmeline Hague-Wright were shocked to find that their LGBTQ+ pride pins had been edited out of their University Challenge appearance earlier this year. The episode, initially scheduled for BBC Two on 24 August, was delayed twice before airing on 7 September 2026. The pins showed the progressive LGBTQ+ pride flag, the bisexual pride flag and a rainbow feather. Speaking to the Leicester Gazette, Sam said: “Living in a liberal democracy and having the state broadcaster tell you ‘we’re editing how you look’, seems very Orwellian.” Sam described the choice to remove the pins before broadcast as “weird” and “absurd”. He said: “[Censoring] that seemed weird. If I had worn a rainbow shirt, would they have censored that? If the idea is to keep things impartial, where is that line in the sand?” A side by-side image of Sam wearing the pin and with it having been digitally removed. Photograph: supplied Sam contacted the BBC to try to understand why his pins had been edited out. He told the Gazette: “The BBC people said they’d ring me, and I chased them, they just said go to the complaints website and file a complaint there, that’s what I did.” Since then, Sam hasn’t had a response from the BBC as to why his pins were removed. After the episode had aired, Sam noted that his shirt ‘melted’ into itself occasionally, as a result of the editing. Photograph: supplied ## Students believe the decision was made following online transphobia Emmeline was also shocked when she found out that the feather pin she wore was due to be removed from the episode she was in. It was understood by Emmeline that there was online transphobia in response to previous episode of University Challenge, and she had been contacted by the BBC, anticipating support from the broadcaster. When the BBC contacted her, instead of an offer of support, she was told her pin was going to be removed. “At first it was mostly confusion,” she said. “I heard that they had received a lot of nastiness online from people and I thought they were going to call me to say ‘we have support services if needed,’ and that wasn't what I got at all.” Instead, Emmeline was notified that the episodes were going to be delayed. “It was out of left field, I was confused for a while,” she said. “This entire delay has been because of a feather and two badges on a teammate that were basically impossible [for viewers] to see.” Emmeline had expressed her frustrations with the repeated delays from the BBC, spanning from mid-July to early-September. She said: “We were announced on the website and then delayed again, and then announced on the website a second time, and delayed even further. Speaking about the removal, she said: “It takes a lot of time” she said. “Making it [the edit] look good would be even more expensive and time-consuming. It seems like drastically a lot of effort.” ## Join the conversation Our app is more than just a way to keep up – it's a gateway to award-winning journalism and the local community. __Want to support our work?__ Click here for membership__.__ ## Wider criticism on LGBTQ+ support The pins Sam wore during the episode. Photograph: supplied According to leading LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall UK, two in five LGBTQ+ students will hide their identities at university for fear of discrimination. Stonewall has reported that more than 36 per cent of trans students have received hostile conduct from university staff due to their gender identity. Reflecting on the digital removal of the pins, Sam spoke about how disheartening the choice was. He said: “There was maybe like a span of eight years where someone could be uncontroversially out in the open queer – now that’s gone again.” he said. The BBC has also been widely criticised for ‘an attack on the LGBTQ+ community’ by pulling its involvement with the popular show, RuPaul's Drag Race. The broadcaster pulled its involvement in September following “significant financial pressures” as the reason for axing their involvement. The criticism follows another recent controversial edit by the BBC. On its hit show, Strictly Come Dancing, a decision was made to edit out ‘Protect the Dolls’ from contestant Bethany Antonia’s T-shirt. It’s a slogan which has become widely used to support the rights of trans women. The BBC defended their decision, saying the changes were made to meet editorial guidelines. It comes as the LGBTQ+ community has faced challenges amid an increasingly less tolerant political climate. ## What the BBC had to say When we asked them about editing out the pins worn by Leicester’s University Challenge team, a BBC spokesperson said: “In line with our editorial guidelines, we advise that no badges, flags, and emblems or symbols are worn or visible during filming, along with clothing with obvious branding or slogans. If such items are not removed for any reason then a decision is made between the programme makers and the BBC regarding any edits to the programme.” The BBC said the delays to the episode were unrelated to the decision to edit out the pins. A spokesperson for ITV Studios said: “University Challenge is an entertainment quiz show and is made in accordance with the BBC Editorial Guidelines requirements for impartiality.” The University of Leicester refused to comment on the matter. * * * **Before you go…** We’ve recently surpassed 1,000 subscribers, which is amazing considering we’re a small team on a shoestring budget. Now, we’re ready for the next stage of the Leicester Gazette. **Download our new app and get all of our journalism anytime, anywhere.** The app connects with **Bluesky** , **Mastodon** and **Threads** , giving you access to a network of around 60 million people. It’s a safer, more meaningful alternative to mainstream social media – owned by the community. * * *

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flyingrodent
@flyingrodent.bsky.social

Replying to @flyingrodent.bsky.social

I mean, this is not complex: the death drive is right at the core of fascism, and fascism requires a constant sprint towards more cruelty, destruction and insanity. Any second it is at rest, it is dying. So it must keep getting worse and more extreme www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

theguardian.comAs a divided Israel prepares to go to the polls, can Netanyahu pull off his greatest political trick yet?The prime minister has defined and dominated his country’s politics for three decades and is putting his rivals on the defensive before Tuesday’s general election

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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚
@fbpech.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... The social contract was broken in U.K🇬🇧 in 2010 with austerity. The majority of ppl were not disgusted enough to fight against austerity - because it didn’t affect them. We have to all be ok- otherwise society will collapse. And this is exactly what’s happening.

theguardian.comThe Guardian view on Europe’s protests: the social contract has broken – and young people want solutions | EditorialEditorial: An electoral supercycle over the next year may redefine the continent’s future. But what’s happening on the streets is shaping it, too
Savantfoxt
@savantfoxt.bsky.social

A legacy of ashes, the building most synonymous with the power of the 3rd Reich becomes a burnt out shell.

Eichzörnchen (bums fall era)@eichzoernchen.bsky.social

www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesel...

tagesschau.deRepräsentationsbau der Nazis: Großbrand im Kehlsteinhaus am ObersalzbergEs diente den Nazis als Repräsentationsort hoch in den Bergen. Nun ist im Kehlsteinhaus am Obersalzberg bei Berchtesgaden ein Feuer ausgebrochen. Die Polizei vermutet Brandstiftung und nahm einen Verd...

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Lenticulus
@lenticulus.bsky.social

“the 60th ICE detainee to die since the start of President Trump's second term” “DHS did not offer any evidence of Andrade-Covarrubias ever being convicted of a crime, despite calling him a “criminal alien” in the news release about his death.” www.scrippsnews.com/investigatio...

scrippsnews.comICE detainee found dead in private lockup was a legal permanent residentA 56-year-old lawful permanent US resident died in ICE custody at a for-profit Texas detention center. His family says he was denied care for diabetes and high blood pressure.

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Michael Hobbes
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social

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Another one. The premise: Young people are cutting off their parents for minor mistakes and misunderstandings. The lead anecdote: A woman severs ties with her family for refusing to get vaccinated before her wedding — to a man who *lost his mother and brother to COVID*

Savantfoxt
@savantfoxt.bsky.social

Even the rabid far-right in the UK are abandoning Trump as they eventually had to. But don't be fooled by their fake contrition, they still want to enact the same policies here as Trump has in the US, they just got fed up with the clinical insanity that comes with it as it makes them look bad.

Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social

Slamming into reverse so fast you can hear the gears crunch

Savantfoxt
@savantfoxt.bsky.social

They haven't put up their Xmas tree yet either, and the Daily Mail will put the blame for that on woke tofu-eating Muslim transgender unemployed immigrants from North London working at the BBC. And people outside the UK will think I'm joking.

flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social

It feels like screaming at traitors season comes earlier every year

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Anjali Dayal
@anjalikdayal.bsky.social

there’s a ton of important detail in this first interview of Ilhan Omar since the homeland security raid on her house, including something she says almost in passing—she and her family have to move now, because her address was made public, and they receive too many death threats to stay there now

google.comFULL INTERVIEW: Rep. Ilhan Omar sits down with Chris Hayes after raid on her houseEnjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Russ Jones
@russincheshire.bsky.social

Britons should use money we haven't got to buy food the country doesn't grow, store it in homes that don't exist, in spare rooms that got taxed away, so we can survive when reservoirs nobody built run dry because of a climate the govt won't protect. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.comEvery Briton should stockpile water and food supplies, government advisesBe Ready campaign aims to prepare UK for impact of climate crisis, technological dependency and threats by hostile state
Savantfoxt
@savantfoxt.bsky.social

74,498 killed in Gaza, is the same number as people who live in Harrogate, Wellingborough or Sutton. Imagine the entire population of one of those towns and it's buildings being destroyed, wiped off the map. That's what Israel has doing in Gaza, and they're still doing it despite a ceasefire.

patinate.bsky.social@patinate.bsky.social

The total recorded death toll since October 7, 2023, is now 74,498 killed, with 175,616 injured. Since October 11, 2025, the first full day of the so-called ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 1,538 Palestinians in Gaza and wounded 5,498, while 841 bodies have been recovered.

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Al Jazeera Investigates
@ajiunit.com

"They can start cutting people's faces up. They can stab someone. They can shoot someone." EXCLUSIVE: Our hidden cameras capture the leader of Turning Point UK organising a fake rally for a foreign government and helping arrange a murder-for-hire with loyalist paramilitaries.

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Prof Bill McGuire
@profbillmcguire.bsky.social

Up here in the English Peak District it is pretty wet, hence the reservoirs But this is what Ladybower looks like now - nearly two-thirds of the way through Autumn This bodes very badly for summer 2027 Standpipes in the street would be no surprise at all www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.ukLost village at Ladybower Reservoir appears as drought continuesLatest figures from Severn Trent shows Ladybower Reservoir is at 32% capacity.

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Chris Adams
@mrchrisadams.net

Airships as an alternative to Starlink, for remote access to the internet? Oh hell yeah. It's only a trial, but it was month-long trial, with 9000+ mile trip to send an airship to act like a floating cell tower over Japan, dodging typhoons and recharging via solar. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...

arstechnica.comStratospheric airship flew from US to Japan to test sky cell tower conceptTests showed Sceye’s high-flying platform can deliver connectivity in disasters.

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Anonymous
@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Russia and Israel have both cultivated influence over Trump and beyond, and neither should be shielded from accountability. Countering one while protecting or ignoring the other is a fool's game.