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1/. Two hundred years ago, a slab of Purbeck stone was set deep into a hillside overlooking LondonCalled the Free Speech Stone, it is a place where people have gathered

1/. 18 years ago as the bombs rained down on #Iraq as Operation Shock & Awe began, Eric Levy was in Baghdad in a power stationHe'd gone to #Iraq with

1/. Twenty-seven years after #SouthAfrica’s miraculous first democratic elections, it’s easy to forget just how close the county came to civil warI was working for the ANC from 1992-4There were

1/. Tonight I happened upon the grave of William Friese-Greene, “inventor of cinematography”Born William Greene, he added his wife's nameIn 1889, Friese-Greene patented his 'chronophotographic’ camera, which could take ten

1/. Let’s not forget, that #DominicCummings - who employed ‘eugenicist’, Andrew Sabisky - was central to the #HerdImmnityScandal which is central to the #PalantirPlanIt puts genomics at the heart of

1/. QUESTION: Would you buy grapes that were individually wrapped in plastic?#EarthDay #EarthDay2021 #ClimateAction #plasticpollution #ClimateLeadersSummit 2/. You’d probably be outraged, like my friend Diane was! #EarthDay

If you’re fond of donkeys & like a bit of Georgian polyphonic singing accompanied by a panduri, check out @MandiliTrio The trio was originally a four piece group, but a

1/. Horrific!@lindsaylohan interviewed by David Letterman in 2013. 2/. INTERVIEWER: Everyone’s talking about itBRITTNEY] shy smile] What?INTERVIEWER: Your breasts#BrittneySpears getting asked about getting breast implants, aged 16, on Ger

In this chilling 2013 interview, @BorisJohnson admits he’s not really bumbling“I’m hard as nails” he saysHe also tells us “a terrible truth about politics & human nature”That you can “make

1/. This diagram shows how the US & UK govts appear to have a joint/parallel #COVID19 strategy, giving military-backed data-mining company, #Palantir, access to heath data on a mass scalePalantir,

URGENT CALL: Do you know the extent & terms under which #Palantir are involved in your country's COVID response? Could you find out?Palantir run the digital platforms for the NHS

"Once an autocrat gets into office, it is very hard to get them out. They will disregard term limits, they will purge the agencies that enforce accountability, they will rewrite