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Karam Bales

@karambales.bsky.social

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Counter Disinformation Project, Former NEU and ATL union executive
Freelance journalist & researcher @bylinetimes @whowhatwhy
Educator
Counterdisinformationproject.substack.com

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@karambales.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 6:12 AMReposted by @karambales.bsky.social

Should a headteacher really be appearing at an event which includes quite a few people who claim covid vaccines are a crime against humanity and those involved need locking up?

@mcornbeef.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 6:22 AMReposted by @karambales.bsky.social

What makes someone decide to blow up a ULEZ camera?

@karambales.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 6:12 AM

Should a headteacher really be appearing at an event which includes quite a few people who claim covid vaccines are a crime against humanity and those involved need locking up?

@localnotail.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 9:43 PMReposted by @karambales.bsky.social

Guessing the Clare Craig who submitted this Restore-favoured petition is the same Clare Craig Covid minimiser that @karambales.bsky.social + @nafeez.bsky.social mention in @bylinetimes.bsky.social Oct 2021?

Inside the Radicalised Anti-Vaxxer Network ‘Influencing’ Government Vaccine Advisory Panel

@karambales.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 7:09 PM

The ULEZ bomber

15 year sentence for 100m blast radius in a residential street, but who radicalised him?

Who rolled ULEZ into 15 Minute City conspiracy theories?
counterdisinformationproject.substack.com/p/the-ulez-b...

@karambales.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 3:57 PM

Yeah we get clusters of single issue astroturfs linked up by hub accounts and organisations, and the same names keep cropping up

@karambales.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 1:09 PM

5/ Michelle Dewberry hosts a GB News show, suggesting covid vaccines are responsible for a rise in cancer The data in question shows an over 20 year trend, and the young in question haven't had covid vaccines again and again GB News must own in part the rise in vax hesitency

@karambales.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 9:09 AM

counterdisinformationproject.substack.com/p/the-rise-o...

@karambales.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 9:08 AM

Outrage Farming Whip up a mob Public services have to respond to the mob Then blame the people the mob are after for the response to the mob Rinse and repeat

@cvcev.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 8:54 AMReposted by @karambales.bsky.social

Surprising message of the day! Eliminating infectious children from the classroom helps the individual child to recover, and it protects everyone else from infections. Well done this preschool! 👏👏👏

Burgoyne Heights Preschool.

10h.

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Good morning

Due to the ongoing flu like symptoms going through the school we cannot rule out Covid even though tests may come back negative. There is a new variant going around the UK and the symptoms include:

High Temperature

Cough

Runny Nose

Body Aches

Headache

Loss of taste and smell

We have had so many poorly children and staff with these symptoms and we don't want it spread. Please keep your child at home if they present with any of these symptoms and do not bring them back until they are better.

Staff will be checking temperatures and if they think your child has any of these symptom's they will be sending your child home to recover.
@karambales.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 7:33 PM

Worth noting this is an organisation that invites the likes of James Orr to their conferences Support for parents does need to improve but read what they are really saying is... Mothers should be staying at home to look after the children

@karambales.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 3:49 PM

4/ Toby Young also claims a whole town was "locked down" vs the reality of this situation They are using "locked down" in part because it triggers the covid conspiracy theorists

@karambales.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 12:56 PM

3/ Ben Leo of GB News seems to think that "vaccinated" is a pejorative

@karambales.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 11:27 AM

2/ Dispersal orders for mobs = lockdown of citizens so the government can facilitate an invasion

@karambales.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 10:07 AM

1/ Its incredible how broken much of the right-wing commentariat have become Starting a thread I will slowly add to Oakshott appears to have gone full Great Replacement Theory

@karambales.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 11:36 AM

What really happened n the
French school riots?

@docrussjackson explains how events have been warped to fit right-wing narratives
counterdisinformationproject.substack.com/p/what-reall...

@alkapdc.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 2:03 PMReposted by @karambales.bsky.social

NEW from me: A comprehensive list of key election denial activists in the right-wing ecosystem. These activists regularly appear in right-wing media to promote their work & boast of ties to Trump, urging him to get rid of voting machines, ban mail-in ballots, & declare a national emergency.

@atrupar.comSep 30, 2026, 7:51 PMReposted by @karambales.bsky.social

Hegseth: "Today, at my direction, I'm establishing the Office of Religious Affairs. It will report straight to the top -- a direct line to the secretary ... as Psalm 33:12 extolls us, blessed is the nation in which God is the Lord"

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@karambales.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 6:57 AM

The rise of disinformation fueled
mobs

Antivaxxers at the school gates were a sign of what was to come as disinformation online increasingly takes to the streets

Are we entering an age of US style militias?
counterdisinformationproject.substack.com/p/the-rise-o...

@bylinetimes.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 1:01 PMReposted by @karambales.bsky.social

📌 ICYMI — UN Acknowledges ‘Conflicts’ of Interest After Byline Times Exposes AI Panel’s Ties to OpenAI and Anthropic Funders — @nafeez.bsky.social

The supposedly independent panel has close ties to donors who financed the AI giants they have assessed, a Byline Times investigation has found

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