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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 5h

sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from criminal negligence

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 6h

A YouGov overview of perceptions of the Conservative Party and leader Kemi Badenoch - 14% intend to vote Conservative among 28% considering party - 32% favourable about Badenoch (47% unfavourable) - 20% see Conservatives as ready to govern (59% do not) yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

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How do Britons see the Conservatives and Kemi Badenoch, ahead of the party’s 2026 conference?

Although attitudes to Kemi Badenoch have improved over the last year, the Conservative party’s image remains poor

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 16h

It appears that the National Guard shot and killed, Tyrin Johnson, an unarmed 20-year-old man (in the back). But since he was Black, the homicide is excused under Tennessee law. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Autopsy shows National Guard fatally shot Memphis man in the back

The report conflicts with the authorities’ initial account, which said Tyrin Johnson had been shot in the chest.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 9h

Reform MP Sarah Pochin sees a question of "two tier justice" in imprisoning a man who made + set off a pipe-bomb in the street for political ends Pochin must iimagine there are bomb-making terrorists we let off for other causes (ie you can explode pipe bombs for climate/Palestine with impunity)

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 21h

Sidcup man gets 15 years for home-made bomb blowing up Ulez camera - luckily failimg to injure or kill anybody with damage in a 100 yard radius news.met.police.uk/news/man-jai...

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Man jailed for 15 years over ULEZ camera explosion

Kevin Rees, aged 63, was sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday, 2 October.

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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 9h

Good summary of the law on power of attorney and what it means in the context of the coverage around Ranulph Fiennes

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Alex Hern @hern.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Has she made any mistakes? “Everybody makes mistakes,” she says. Like what? “You’re putting me on the spot. Nothing comes to mind.” www.ft.com/content/267c...

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Kemi Badenoch: ‘I refuse to play by Westminster rules’

The Conservative leader on wading into culture wars, why the Tories have been too ‘complacent’ about business — and ruling out a rightwing coalition with Reform

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 20h

Great way to demonstrate the club isn't state owned and is a totally independent business, honest.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 19h

lol what can you even say

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 01/10/2026

AHAHAHAHAHAHA

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Congratulations to Elon Musk, who successfully made it to Mars by 2026.

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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 11h

lol

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 10h

A rich text. Robert Jenrick, who this time last year Kemi was defending and wanted to run the justice system, depicted frequently as an unperson. The multiracial crowd celebrating Kemi, the monoracial one on the boats (are Albanians, Iranians, Iraqis and Syrians black now?)

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Makes sense. Then Tories/Reform either have to back it in an election or be quizzed on what they'll cut to pay for it.

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21h

The Conservative party Shadow Culture Secretary to speak at conference tomorrow about how to "defend press freedom", whilst her own party bans journalists whose coverage they don't like

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 21h

Trump fell asleep - for a full four minutes - on camera - during tonight’s White House media session. The monkeys around him had to keep jabbering to fill the embarrassing silence.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Local Ukip branch continues to be a strange combination of industrious (they have leafleted our block in every election) and lazy (they “leaflet” it by dropping a pile of leaflets in the vestibule of the ground floor of the block).

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 22h

Brits... Aren't you grateful that we've got our #NHS? 😄👍❤️

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.

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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Not so free speech ... "Reform-run Derbyshire County Council doesn’t like the questions, so it’s decided not to answer them. The party has stopped engaging with local democracy reporter Eddie Bisknell ..." www.facebook.com/permalink.ph... via Reform Are Not Your Friends

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In light of last night’s Legal 500 scandal, it seems apposite to remind you all of my own lofty achievements.

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 02/10/2026

Barring a couple of massive COVID lockdown-driven swings, Spain just booked its strongest month of job creation in over 20 years.

Chart of Spain registered employment MoM change since 2006

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Andrew Robertson @andrewrobertson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Burning down your school because it doesn’t have enough chairs is a bit of an overreaction.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation. Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked

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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban

The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 02/10/2026

seems to be a really big week for "things I don't understand clearly going quite badly"

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 02/10/2026

It's not PR, even if it can be argued it's a 'fairer' system – or one likelier to keep extreme parties out. But conveniently, it does generally help Labour at the expense of smaller parties. So it coyld be quite difficult to build much of a coalition around it.

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 30/09/2026

this is interesting as a curiosity, but like... making a system that can kinda self-drive in a not particularly safe or useful way was already an extremely solved problem www.404media.co/these-tech-w...

404media.co

These Tech Workers Made ChatGPT Drive a Toyota Corolla

The team used frontier LLMs with no prior training data navigate a simple parking lot course.

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is the dumbest damn timeline

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026

it didn't even occur to me that the government might try to execute someone a second time if they torture the person but fail to kill them during a first botched attempt. truly grotesque and a moral stain upon all involved.

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

No wonder Tom voted for Brexit, he thinks Britain is 3,500 miles west of Europe.

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Too Big to Fail @toobigtofail.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I continue to think that Hegseth and the entire Trump Administration's central problem is that they face every single problem like they're Charles Bronson in Death Wish. Everybody but me is weak and ineffectual and only my machismo and divine wrath can save the day. Boxer Rebellion shit.

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Andrew Robertson @andrewrobertson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I really wish Sky News and others wouldn’t go around asking if early release prisoners are happy. Of course they are, focus on why it’s happening which is mainly longer sentences and Tory’s not building prisons.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Manchester City cheated Premier League rules, the Commission found. Did it also cheat HMRC? We've examined the decision and leaked Mancini documents. We think City likely failed to pay £12m in tax. There should be a criminal investigation. Thread:

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Andrew Robertson @andrewrobertson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The 737 Max that used to just fall out of the sky back in 2019 & 2020.

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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ah, there's the rub

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 01/10/2026

As the famous Al Capone saying goes, "you eventually get the mafia by focussing on their failure to make the monthly NICs payments to HMRC Cumbernauld".

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Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Lib Dem polling, 2024-2026:

a much memed image of a guy calmly eating his dinner in a chippy while it all kicks off behind him

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Trump preys on the public’s willingness to believe a good conspiracy theory. At what point do people see through the act? In the meantime, he is destroying our democracy. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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‘Page one of repressive playbook’: critics warn of Trump’s conspiratorial attacks

President’s outlandish and extensive conspiracy theories endanger US freedoms, health and science, experts say

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

No civilised country has the death penalty.

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Innocent🕷Abroad @jjgass.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Government legal advice should not be secret. If there are facts in the memo that are classified, redact them. But it’s repugnant to democracy & rule of law that we aren’t allowed to see the government’s reasoning for why intentional killing of people on boats suspected of carrying drugs is legal.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Such an ahistorical, geographically illiterate, and all-around dimwitted take from Harwood. He's one of those entitled people who are so imbued with self-confidence that they rattle crap off, and their followers just accept it to be true.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026

Steve Hilton’s strategy tonight—political stupidity. He spent the debate insulting Democrats in a state dominated by Democratic voters. Does he not understand that if he wants to win, he actually needs some of us to vote for him? You can’t insult your way to 50% + 1

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Population rose 228k mid-2024 to mid-2025 when net migration 223k So population has fallen since. Net migration 171k in Jan-Dec 2025 (so population steady/maybe marginal dip 50k). Net mig < 100k in 2026. Uk population shrink significantly if net migration dips <100k May fluctuate at 125k-200k

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