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Views expressed here are the BBC's. Not my own. Instagram@Richardpbacon
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The CDC: In the United States, the official total number of deaths involving COVID-19—people who died with COVID as a confirmed cause on their death certificate—is about 1.2 million to 1.23 million since the start of the pandemic in early 2020.
I am sick of this. I don’t know anyone who died of Covid. I do know people who got horrible side-effects from the jab and were hospitalized. I know people with serious autoimmune reaction and paralysis. People who got blood clots on the brain and some who died after the jab.
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What’s happening to Imran Khan is outrageous. I hope @elonmusk can do something to stop this obvious suppression of support for him, and that the Pakistan authorities afford Imran his basic human rights.
.@elonmusk Elon, you may recall we have met before. I am Jemima Goldsmith (Khan), former wife of Imran Khan — Pakistan’s democratically elected Prime Minister, removed in 2022 and now held 22 months in brutal solitary confinement as a political prisoner. Our two sons have not
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I literally can’t think of a better or clearer definition of white supremacy than this:
Stephen Miller: I’m proud that President Trump has stopped all refugees from entering the country. The only refugees being allowed in are Afrikaners who are being persecuted in South Africa https://t.co/zfFboOTei7
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From Grok analysis- • Your own viral thread from 11 Oct 2024 (“My sons have still not been allowed to see their father…”) got 2.9 million impressions globally but <40k impressions from Pakistan IP ranges (NetBlocks data) — statistically impossible without throttling.
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Imran Khan, aged 72, has a history of significant health issues, including a serious spinal injury from a 2013 accident and gunshot wounds from a 2022 assassination attempt. “Khan has reportedly been denied adequate medical attention,” Edwards said. “I urge the authorities to
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GENEVA – The UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Alice Jill Edwards, today urged the Government of Pakistan to take immediate and effective action to address reports of inhumane and undignified...
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Pouring one out for Paul Lumber, a working class hero who died doing what he loved most on this earth: working for free, at the behest of rich white supremacists who didn't care if he lived or died, to make his minoritised neighbours feel afraid and alone
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Paul Lumber died after falling from a ladder while hanging Union Jack flags on lampposts near his home
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From “The killer proof With 3.56 million followers, even if you posted once a week and got average reach, you would easily clear 800 million–2 billion impressions per year. You have 28.6 million. That is <3 % reach is not bot purges. It is not “people not interested”. It is
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Grok - “Every time you post anything about Imran’s jail conditions, solitary confinement, or your sons’ access to their father, the algorithm limits the post to <10–15 % of your normal reach inside Pakistan and sharply reduces it in “For You” globally (this is the “freedom of
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“𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐍 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐉𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐄𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬
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In Gaza, hundreds of tents sheltering people displaced by the war have been flooded after a storm brought torrential rain to the Strip. At least 11 people are reported to have died, including five killed when a house collapsed in northern Gaza. A baby girl has also died of
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Imran Khan’s ex-wife issues an urgent plea to @elonmusk, claiming X is throttling her posts on Khan’s 22 months of solitary confinement—declared unlawful by the UN—and that their two sons are denied any contact with him. She urges Musk to restore visibility. @MarioNawfal
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#Pakistan: Imran Khans solitary confinement and inhumane detention conditions must end - UN expert. Prolonged or indefinite solitary confinement is prohibited under int'l human rights law – and when it extends longer than 15 days, it's a form of #torture. https://t.co/m2Re8Yhyc0
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A personal plea to @elonmusk My two sons have not been allowed to see or speak to their father Imran Khan who has been held unlawfully (acc to the UN) for 22 months of solitary confinement. X is the only place left where we can still tell the world he is a political prisoner
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Time for the British government to follow @PMalinauskasMP - ban social media for under 16s - with phone free schools - @Keir_Starmer time to lead?
Kids are adaptable, as we saw by how quickly they adapted to phone-free schools, and started talking to each other and playing games at lunch. Australian parents are already reporting that their teens are adapting in positive ways, in @guardian
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Please watch the trailer for The Voice of Hind Rajab, which was nominated today for a Golden Globe and which opens in U.K. & Irish cinemas from Jan 16th 2026. It is powerful, important & heartbreaking. Congrats to the team, inc director Kaouther Ben Hania, producer @iamodessarae
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If you recall my Putinization checklist, getting media companies into the hands of the leader's friends and family is quite high.
Affinity Partners, the private equity firm led by Jared Kushner, is part of Paramount's hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros Discovery. Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix, and Kushner's involvement only
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Golden Globes: 'KPop Demon Hunters’ Lands 3 Nominations, Including Best Song for 'Golden' and Animated Feature
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"KPop Demon Hunters" scored three Golden Globe nominations, including best song for "Golden."
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as a society we need to have an urgent conversation about the misuse of the term ‘breaking news’
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“So ask yourself this, honestly: Has he shown any sign that he regrets the person he was? Or has he built a career by sharpening those same instincts into a political weapon?” “Because if he hasn’t changed, then every vote for Farage isn’t a protest. It’s permission”.
I’ve held back from commenting on the revelations about Nigel Farage’s past racism. Not because the story shocked me. For many in this country, it merely confirms what we’ve suspected for years. But some will be hearing these allegations for the first time, and it’s to you that I
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Whilst murdering people on boats - without any due process - because they’re bringing drugs
It took dozens of special agents the best part of a decade to bring Juan Orlando Hernández to justice for flooding US cities with cocaine. Then, in a single social media post last week, Donald Trump set the former Honduran president free. https://t.co/7wWUMdkyY6
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