And while we’re talking about the Russia anti-trans connection... 😯 x.com/caseyexplosion…

“When you agree with Vladimir Putin”… …When Mumsnet transphobes try and excuse siding with a fascist, war-mongering megalomaniac, because he aligns with your obsessive hatred of trans people…😳😳😳 A thread… 🧵

“Strange times when Vlad is making more sense than our own leader” Mumsnet transphobes struggle desperately with the cognitive dissonance that finds them in agreement with Putin… I guess that’s where obsessively consuming anti-trans ideology leads you! 🤷🏼‍♀️

“Throughout Europe, Putin’s influence machine has worked hard to undermine women’s and LGBTIQ rights – sowing disinformation, funding anti-gender campaigns, & supporting far-right political parties which have adopted an “anti gender-ideology” mantle”… bylinetimes.com/2022/03/02/mil…

#THREAD I've spent 28 years researching & teaching about propaganda, capitalism, & news media. I'm telling you that if "Christian" billionaire GB "News" owner, Paul Marshall, is allowed to buy the #Spectator, it will be a catastrophe for Britain, the environment, & democracy.

For a century, from Lords Rotheremere & Beaverbrook to Murdoch & Musk, grotesquely wealthy Media Barons have been allowed to flood public discourse with #misinformation & #propaganda, shaping public opinion & subverting democracy in ways that invariably benefit only themselves.

The relentlessly divisive culture war content, political ideology, & personnel platformed by GB News, Spiked, UnHerd, the Telegraph, Spectator, TalkTV & Reform UK is often indistinguishable. If Marshall adds The Spectator to his propaganda portfolio, democracy dies a little more.

If we had a functional news media, the links Paul Marshall has forged with UK & US climate science deniers, far-right activists, conspiracy cranks, free-market think-tanks & other influencers like Jordan Peterson & George Farmer, would have been exposed. x.com/docrussjackson…

If Keir Starmer's NEW New Labour REALLY cared about delivering the "change" required to positively transform & begin to unify Britain & protect our democracy & environemnt from Oligarchs, they'd START by breaking up the concentration of media ownership. x.com/docrussjackson…

This #THREAD exposes more of the Global network of & links between the irresponsible, self-interested, grotesquely wealthy & extremely powerful Oligarchs & other individuals & organisations trashing our lives, our countries, our democracies, & our planet: x.com/docrussjackson…

Finally, a few potential solutions. First, arguably the best protection against divisive self-interested Oligarchs is a population of well-informed, media literate, critical thinkers, aware of their cognitive biases, & able to recognise #propaganda: x.com/docrussjackson…

Fourth, many on the right argue that there is a 'free speech crisis'. I disagree - there have ALWAYS been discussions about sensible limits to speech, & ALL decent people are aware of the dangers of lies, misinformation, & bigoted incitements to violence. x.com/docrussjackson…

Unbelievably misogynist headline in The Telegraph. It’s not revenge, it’s justice and none of those men were taking ‘orders’.

🧵This is what, according to the FBI indictment, Kiryenko, the First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Office” and reportedly “Putin’s domestic policy curator” aimed to achieve with paid for US disinformation “Creating of a nuclear psychosis” justice.gov/opa/media/1366…

Sade to Release First New Song in Years as Part of Transgender Awareness Compilation “Young Lion” is dedicated to Sade’s son Izaak, who is a transgender man. 🏳️‍⚧️💕 #tomorrowspaperstoday variety.com/2024/music/new…

This is his 82nd post today.

"the FBI also revealed another bombshell: A Russian operation to manipulate German, French, Italian and U.K. politicians, businesspeople, journalists and other influencers." politico.eu/article/fbi-do…

💥 NEW: A disabled children’s charity handed over 43% of its grants to rightwing think-tanks and pressure groups based at Tufton Street and beyond over the last five years. 🧵 🔎Read our latest investigation with Max Colbert @mc00.bsky.social here ⬇️ goodlaw.social/mfk4

Remember the ‘gender critical’ transphobes who wrote multiple articles for Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik - pushing anti-trans propaganda to create division with LGBT and feminism? 🤔 They’re radicalised bigoted fools acting as Putin’s puppets! 🙄😣

Can you help us identify all the people in this photograph? It was published by Sex Matters and shows leaders of different SEEN networks. We want to know who these people are. sex-matters.org/posts/updates/… Cc fredy moreno