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Donald Trump’s new cancel culture Journalists, political opponents and Fed officials are being targeted in assault on First Amendment rights

I spoke to the @financialtimes.com about press freedom under Trump.

(TL;DR: Bleak)

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War photographer Paul Conroy dies aged 61 as tributes paid Jamie Doran played the photographer, who has died aged 61, in the 2018 movie A Private War.

War photographer Paul Conroy dies aged 61 as tributes paid

Paul Conroy: 'The Funniest, Most Beautiful Man To Be In Hell With' John Sweeney remembers his friend and colleague, the celebrated war photographer, Paul Conroy

🔴Paul Conroy: ‘The Funniest, Most Beautiful Man To Be In Hell With’

John Sweeney @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social remembers his friend and colleague, the celebrated war photographer, Paul Conroy

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Paul Conroy’s Last Photo Essay: Cuba’s Moment of Reckoning Veteran war photographer and correspondent Paul Conroy died of natural causes a day after returning from Cuba with this report of another city under siege. He never stopped bearing witness

Really saddened to hear of the death of the legendary Paul Conroy at just 61 - one of the bravest, best and kindest of people and an astonishingly good photographer to boot.

Here is his last work for Byline Times.

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Trump Wins $60 On Kalshi Betting He’ll Bomb Iran

Trump Wins $60 On Kalshi Betting He’ll Bomb Iran https://theonion.com/trump-wins-60-on-kalshi-betting-hell-bomb-iran/

Great to see politicians active in newer social networks and microblogging platforms.

For a moment I thought I was reading a tabloid.

#headline #journalism #fbroadsheet #financialtimes

The Radio Times is never wrong.

I am always interviewing people, even when not working. So today I found out from the helpful men at the tip that someone accidentally throws their keys into a skip *at least* once a week

Threads post from Channel 4: @channel4 Because we did not win the BAFTA for best TV channel ever we have decided to try and claim ITV as ours.

Not for the first time, it looks like Channel 4 just handed the keys to their socials to an evil genius:

DECLARATION In proceeding this day to the signature of the Convention respecting the cession of the Danish West-Indian Islands to the United States of America, the undersigned Secretary of State of the United States of America, duly authorized by his Government, has the honor to declare that the Government of the United States of America will not object to the Danish Government extending their political and economic interests to the whole of Greenland. ROBERT LANSING New YorK, August 4, 1916. [Page 701]

Just for the record, and it’s insane that the mad king made me look this up, there is documentation of the US giving up all claim to Greenland to Denmark when we bought the Virgin Islands from them in 1916.

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For all those who want to point out that it’s just a parody account…

The folks on X aren’t taking it as parody. They’re taking it as authentic.

And that’s exactly what the Crewkerne account wants. It isn’t going to be prosecuted for inciting CW.

Prosecutions will be for those who cite them.

‘Mutual free movement’ for UK and EU citizens supported by 84% of Brits, in stunning new poll Omnisis poll suggests opposition to free movement was based on lack of awareness and the UK government failing to enforce the rules

It's worth noting that multiple opinion polls and surveys over the past 5 years show that there is a very strong majority in the UK in support of mutual Freedom of Movement with the EU.

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I love the idea that governments have to stay on Twitter because that's where "their audience" is.

Like if you only announced your cabinet reshuffles on Bluesky Harry bloody Cole wouldn't make an account to read about it.

Well done to the US for heroically deterring Russia and China from considering regime change abroad by doing it themselves and suffering absolutely no consequences whatsoever up to and including having their allies fall short of actually criticizing them for it.

Antislavery and the Original ‘Scramble for Africa’, 1807-1879 Keynote Lecture for 140 Years Beyond the Berlin Conference, Africa Centre and SOAS Friday 12 December and Saturday 13 December 2025   Alan Lester Most British imperial historians have tended t…

In 1887, British forces kidnapped & exiled the King of Opobo in today’s Nigeria. British Palm oil traders had persuaded the government that the tariffs he imposed restricted their profits. It was a milestone in the Scramble for Africa and indirect rule by Britain.

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Trump now owns Venezuela The US president has a growing appetite for military adventure

Marvellous column by @edwardluce.bsky.social on Trump’s new world order: “no obvious rules, does not respect allies, celebrates the jungle and is almost always about money”:

A few weeks ago, Russian propagandists bragged how Venezuela is protected by Russia and the United States cannot do anything.

Now, all Russia does is express concerns and condemnations.

Let me remind you that in October 2025, the Russian State Duma ratified a strategic partnership agreement with #Venezuela.
The document was signed on May 7, 2025, following negotiations between the presidents of Russia and Venezuela, Vladimir Putin and Nicolás Maduro, in Moscow.

Lol. Bondi deleted that post crediting the Trump admin for ending overdose deaths after @tedlieu.bsky.social pointed out that the chart's data ended during the Biden admin, showing the decrease was under Biden.

Attorney General Pamela Bondi @ @AGPamBondi 0 ••• Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been indicted in the Southern District of New York. Nicolas Maduro has been charged with Narco-Terrorism Conspiracy, Cocaine Importation Conspiracy, Possession of Machineguns and Destructive Devices, and Conspiracy to Possess Machineguns and Destructive Devices against the United States. They will soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts. On behalf of the entire U.S. DOJ, I would like to thank President Trump for having the courage to demand accountability on behalf of the American People, and a huge thank you to our brave military who conducted the incredible and highly successful mission to capture these two alleged international narco traffickers. Last edited 5:25 AM • Jan 3, 2026 • 13M Views

So a lot of the charges against Maduro are either cocaine importation, which Trump pardoned Hernandez for, or owning machine guns, which is a constitutionally protected right in the US

“Audacious” is a weird way to say “wildly illegal under both domestic and international law”

Watching Bari Weiss Murder Investigative Journalism at CBS Notes from someone who's withstood White House demands to stop an explosive story—and who once even had a 60 Minutes piece spiked

As it happens, I have experience with high-level government demands to stop an explosive, accurate story from running, and I also have experience with 60 Minutes spiking a story I was involved in, so I have thoughts about the travesty at CBS. If you want some journalism anecdotes, here are a lot:

Following the controversy over the edited Trump speech, the BBC has been lambasted for its negative and biased portrayal of the leader of a prominent right-wing government…

An Evening with Private Eye 2025, out now on YouTube.

EU Erasmus scheme to reopen to UK students for first time since Brexit Deal agreed for £570m to rejoin exchange programme in 2027, fulfilling Labour election manifesto pledge * Europe live – latest updates Young people across the UK will be able to study or gain work experience through the EU’s Erasmus scheme for the first time since Brexit, after the government announced an agreement to rejoin at a cost of £570m. The scheme officially known as Erasmus+ will be reopened to those involved in education, training, culture and sport from 2027, after discussions in London and Brussels to fulfil a Labour election manifesto pledge. Continue reading...

EU Erasmus scheme to reopen to UK students for first time since Brexit

What happens when a law firm acts for a business widely suspected of fraud — run by a convicted fraudster, owned by unknown parties, and unable to answer fraud allegations?

And threatens whistleblowers, regulators and even the police who try to stop it?

Nothing.

Old fishing nets from France become vital protection against Russian drones in Ukraine Fishers from the Brittany coast are sending horse-hair nets to catch weapons and shield civilians and soldiers

This is brilliant reuse for a product that normally can't be reused!

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#ukraine #recycling #fishing

Hard agree - I interviewed Alan Cumming and director Jono McLeod about My Old School a few years ago, it's such a brilliant, gentle dissection of an extraordinary lie and it's consequences

Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man

BBC Radio 4 - Today in Parliament, 17/10/2025 Susan Hulme looks back on 80 years of Today in Parliament.

From last night a special edition of Today in Parliament with Susan Hulme marking 80 years of the programme. A late evening summary of parliamentary proceedings was first broadcast on the Home Service on Tuesday 9 October 1945
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