thykehyde.bsky.social

thykehyde.bsky.social

@thykehyde.bsky.social

Resident of beautiful Fife. Animal lover, avid knitter/crocheter and occasional painter. Independence for Scotland can't wait. No DMs thanks - I don't read them.

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First Orban, now Vučić. Both fundamentally undone by rank corruption of their regimes. Which is so often the reality of the authoritarian right in power. Really worth paying heed to in Western Europe right now

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Wow. Vučić has conceded Serbian election. Massive moment for the entire Balkans

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🔴 REVEALED: Palantir led closed-door review of how MoD buys software The review was presented to defence minister Luke Pollard by Palantir UK boss Louis Mosley in Feb and has mostly been implemented None of this was made public New investigation🧵 democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-p...

democracyforsale.substack.comRevealed: Palantir led secret review of how the MoD spends billionsThe Ministry of Defence asked the controversial US tech firm how to fix its procurement rules. Its answer? Fewer obstacles for companies like Palantir

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The students knew they would be marked with an unexcused absence for walking out. Still, about 430 did. "We don't care, because we've got to support our people," "We've got to support our people who belong here." The hundreds of students, who left their campuses from 7 Santa Fe schools.

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Ukrainian forces struck the Tolyattikauchuk petrochemical plant in Russia's Samara region overnight. The facility produces synthetic rubber and other chemicals used across Russia's industrial base, including materials linked to military equipment and missile production. #Russia

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The BBC saying the quiet bit out loud.. "The peak oil revenues were, in their view, frittered away in pre-election tax cuts, which ended up being spent on 1980s garden conservatories." £1tn (a million times a million) used to boost property prices, in the SE England. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.ukThe 'trillion pound' oil fund the government believes Britain could have builtFor the first time, the Treasury calculates how much the UK could have raised by investing North Sea proceeds.

Talk of wiping the standing charge from gas bills? What about us, the people who invested in solar and wind pumps - are we to be further penalised? #Green #Power #Gas #Electricity

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Also: NO TRAITORS NO PATHOLOGICAL LIARS NO CONVICTED FELONS NO ADJUDICATED RAPISTS NO PEDOPHILES NO RUSSIAN ASSETS NO ORANGE ATROCITIES NO EPSTEIN/MUSK BUDDIES NO PUTIN PUPPETS NO MAKEUP-WEARING MAN-BABIES NO BLOWHARDS WITH ZERO SELF-AWARENESS BRONZED BRAGGARTS and NO ARROGANT A-HOLES

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🚨 EXCLUSIVE: No Kings organizer Ezra Levin SOUNDS ALARM after Meta suspended the movement’s Instagram during nationwide protests. LEVIN: “We might be seeing something similar from Meta in our country right now.” “We're not gonna stop organizing against this regime.”

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Burnham can stuff more Devo where the sun doesn't shine, never forget the Broon & his vow of a near federal Scotland, none of which ever came close to passing. Scotland needs to take back her independence to become a normal independent country once again. #ScottishIndependenceNow #NeverTrustAYoon

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Republican politicians are *obsessed* with schoolchildren coming home a different gender because of pro-trans teachers, WHICH NEVER HAPPENS. But they are completely indifferent to schoolchildren not coming home *at all* because of guns, WHICH HAPPENS ALL THE TIME!

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UK ‘an outlier in Europe’ for letting Farage and other politicians present TV shows. GB News, owned by hedge fund manager, is the propaganda arm of Reform/Farage. Politicians must be scrutinized, and not allowed to present news or current affairs programmes.

theguardian.comUK ‘an outlier in Europe’ for letting Farage and other politicians present TV showsAnalysis of countries’ broadcasting rules confirms Ofcom code is highly unusual, amid concerns about impartiality