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Charity worker. Pro being an engaged country in Europe and supporting Ukraine. Covid cautious. Worried about climate catastrophe. Still navigating leaving Twitter/X

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Anna @annawatt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk You're talking about the increased incidence of cancer. This is due to inequality, NHS that is struggling & the ongoing pandemic of covid wh weakens the immune system, activates dormant viruses & increases risk of a whole host of diseases & conditions incl cancer
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026
Reuters got some of the IPO docs. Anthropic is a total dog of a company. Spent $12.6bn to make $4.6bn in revenue in 2025, $7.33bn of which was compute costs. Operating loss of $8bn. Losses getting worse year over year. Amazing stuff www.reuters.com/business/fin...
Summary
Companies
• Anthropic IPO could value the company at more than $2
trillion
• Anthropic lost $42 billion in 2025
• Al lab spent $7.33 billion on compute and infrastructure last year
• Operating loss widened to $8.06 billion in 2025 from $2.98 billion in 2024
• Execs, industry analysts have expressed concerns over harms of Al tech
Sept 28 (Reuters) - Anthropic is making a massive bet that Al will transform the global economy more profoundly than industrialization, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO prospectus seen by Reuters.
But the cost to get there will be staggering. Anthropic reported a net loss of $42 billion in 2025, and plans to spend $518 billion on cloud, computing and infrastructure obligations in coming year, according to the
prospectus.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Guardian reports Rayner's continued defence of migrants care workers from in Cabinet. Seems to have won that argument for care workers with No 10 + Home Office Big unknown: will anyone protect 250k non-care workers (chefs, vets, architects) from being thrown out www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Angela Rayner stands by attack on care worker visa reforms ahead of Labour conference
Housing secretary says Home Office moved goalposts with ‘disruptive’ change to permanent residence rules
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
'Which taxes do you want to raise instead?' should be the default question to anyone who calls for reductions in immigration.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
UK pet owners risk being ripped off by private equity firms as vet ownership rules change. CMA says vet firms don't need to disclose their ultimate owners. Why not? Why is ownership by PE to be obscured? Pet owners pay 16.6% more on average at large vet groups than at independent practices.
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Pet owners at risk of being ripped off by private equity firms as vet ownership rules change
Critics say changes by CMA will allow multinationals to obscure their ownership of vet practices
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
okay this is a new and in noneay worrying phenomenon: AI gets it wrong, explains its calculation, seems to *realise* it got it wrong and corrects itself, but so far down most people won't read it. great stuff
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Extraordinary, powerful and heart-wrenching. Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This is what we’re poisoning Memphis for? 😕 gizmodo.com/grok-not-onl...
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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Has there ever been a looming disaster that everyone can see coming that the world’s politicians have done less to protect us from? Every £1 not spent on protecting us from climate change will cost us £10 in five years, £100 in ten years… Yet some political parties are advocating doing nothing.
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Sir Anthony Hopkins got some very exciting news this week. It’s something the team has been working on for months. ❤️
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Anna @annawatt.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Looking for the comments on John Healey going back on the 3% defence commitment which was supposedly so important it was a resigning matter when Defence Secretary
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
New immigration stats show that the numbers of asylum seekers in hotels is down to 16k - falling 50% in a year. Small boat crossings down 23% in the year to June. Numbers waiting for initial decision down from almost 180k to 40k.
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I've done a lot of rescues over the last few years. This has to be one of the hardest. To see her this evening is very heartwarming but she is very very 50/50. Please keep everything crossed for little Fluffy. I called her that as I dream one day she might be fluffy again
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Anna @annawatt.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I've signed. Will you? Add your name to help make wildfire prevention and climate resilience a national priority, and stand with the communities affected by wildfires. campaigns.nationaltrust.org.uk/page/196457/...
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I've signed. Will you? Add your name to help make wildfire prevention and climate resilience a national priority, and stand with the communities affected by wildfires.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Absolutely nuts proposal from Westminster council. The GLA should take over licensing for Soho. It is for everyone, not just the lucky few who live there (and seem to hate it) www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Council wants pubs in London’s Soho and West End to ban standing
Sadiq Khan criticises Westminster council’s ‘anti-growth policies’ after it recommends stopping ‘vertical drinking’
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I know he has a lot on, but in the midst of a ferocious drought, fires, heat events and severe threats to food production, it would be quite edifying to hear Andy Burnham mention climate breakdown.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
There's been a real failure on the part of progressive leaders this summer to link the weather and Net Zero in the public mind. Most people get it, but the consensus is crumbling and it would be useful to reinforce it.
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British Future @britishfuture.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Today's @mrjamesob.bsky.social column in @theipaper.com cites @britishfuture.bsky.social research on how the public, esp migration sceptics, remains unaware of the massive drop in net migration – and how this is exploited by anti-immigration voices. inews.co.uk/opinion/fara...
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Farage is sounding more desperate than ever - these figures explain why
James O'Brien: Reform's favourite political weapon is losing its edge
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.
Flags on the Abingdon Road
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Rupert Lowe: 'It is a fact that by 2063, white British people will be a minority on current trends. I don't think anyone disputes that.' It is massively disputed and is not remotely a fact, coming as it does from the Matt Goodwin school of demographic analysis (i.e. it's total rubbish).
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Anna @annawatt.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social It would be great if you could look into Burnham's devolution in action- forcing a data centre into East London over local objections. At a time when London is struggling for water. Why does central government get to override these objections?
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
A very good point as usual from @jamesbowes01.bsky.social The main objective of Mahmood's proposals was always to kick out care workers (as she has more or less said). That was always an economically, politically and morally bankrupt policy. Without it, the whole package falls apart.
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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
First they murder him, then they slander him. What a vile regime!! Abbott and Paxton are almost as demented and deranged as Trump and Blanche. Combine them with Miller, Mullin and Homan and we have a dangerous group of ICE thugs committing murder on the streets. ICE are terrorists. PERIOD.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
In fact this understates the means which the EU has under the Brexit deal to respond to the UK scrapping Net Zero - if the UK breaches the standstill clause on environmental law by reducing standards below end-of-2020 levels, 'in a manner affecting trade or investment', EU can also increase tariffs
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The European Commission has fined Google a total of €890mn for breaching the bloc’s digital rule book, while threatening to impose daily fines if the search engine company does not abide by its rules. Brussels on Thursday said Google gave preferential treatment to its own services,
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EU fines Google €890mn in test of Donald Trump’s threats to protect Big Tech
EU competition chief says it is bloc’s ‘duty to defend rule of law’ while delivering ‘strong message’ to search giant
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 23/07/2026
🇬🇧 "The capital’s homicide rate has fallen to the lowest level in recorded history on a per capita basis. It’s now lower than that in Berlin, Brussels, Barcelona, Madrid, Milan, Paris – and every US state." London is not lawless. It is a myth used to sow fear about multiculturalism and diversity.
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If you’ve heard that London is dystopian and dangerous – read this. It just isn’t | Sadiq Khan
Britain’s capital has faced social media, press and political attacks designed to make residents and tourists feel unsaf
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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
My latest for @theipaper.com on Trump's slowly-crumbling lawsuit against the BBC. 📰: inews.co.uk/news/world/t...
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Trump's revenge lawsuit just hit a snag - and the BBC knows how to capitalise
A judge has given the green light to force the President's lawyers to hand over his financial records. The BBC can smell blood
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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The BBC and other broadcasters have swallowed the right's small boat invasion narrative hook, line and sinker. They have no interest in reporting a fall in crossings - especially as the weather cannot be blamed. Normal service will be resumed if numbers start rising again.
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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Andy Burnham promised care "at the heart of everything I do." Keeping Shabana Mahmood as Home Secretary leaves families wondering if that includes them. Are bi-national families seen as people — or just an immigration issue? Read more: reunitefamiliesuk.co.uk/a-promise-is...
A photo of Shabana Mahmood with the question "continuity or change"
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
It's funny how no-one ever asks where the money is coming from when you announce a cut in immigration.
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ClientEarth Europe @clienteartheur.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
We’re taking legal action against Spain to protect dolphins from unselective fishing. 🧵
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 22/07/2026
shut down the AI shut down the AI whyyyyyy can't we just shut down the AI until we're sure we can build it properly and control it and it definitely can't be evil, "oooh but China will keep experimenting" okay I don't care! let China deal with their own problems! shut down the AI we have!
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
At a time when the Ukrainian military is dismantling the logistical foundations of Russia's e-commerce and energy markets, debate about the economic impact of EU sanctions on Moscow feels at least 6 months behind the curve
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
12th July 2026 There is simply a massive BBC skew to reporting rises not falls: report what is visible, and to not reporting trends. (Fewer larger boats now) Fall gets tucked in as context - but the fall is rarely or never reported on or analysed as the new trend www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Dr Eric Farmer @himself132.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Never mind Hegseth saying that Iran was utterly defeated a few months ago. The White House issued a statement over a year ago stating that their nuclear capability had been completely obliterated.
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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Another new PM, another edition of Byline Times goes to press... Read our exclusive investigation on James Orr, head of policy at Reform & Cambridge professor in print - what's happening at the world-renowned university refusing to answer any of our questions? In shops / subscribe.bylinetimes.com 👇
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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Russia’s ability to sign up/press gang new bodies to fill uniforms continues to lag Ukraine’s ability to subtract those troops from the front. Historians will not be kind to Putin. Not so much Icarus flying too close to the sun, but more a clown shooting himself out of a canon into a brick wall.
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Michael Savage @michaelsavage.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
NEW: After the unrest in Belfast last month, a GB News presenter said there was “no riot” and no burnt homes, despite reports and pictures. Despite 400+ complaints, Ofcom has opted not to investigate. Critics say its bar for accuracy now set far too low www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
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GB News will not be investigated over ‘no riot in Belfast’ claim
Media regulator to take no action despite receiving 446 complaints about comments by Bev Turner
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Jon Featonby @jonfeatonby.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
No arrivals by small boats for the last 10 days now. As of yesterday, 12,469 people had arrived so far this year across the Channel, down over 11,000 (47%) on the same time last year. More than 10% down on 2023 as well, which was when crossings were, by comparison to other years, lower.
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GoogeliArt 🦋💙PD @googeliart.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
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Anna @annawatt.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social have you been following what the Chief Exec of Natural England.on 5 live has been saying, where she has admitted the new proposals could lead to a reduction in Dartmoor ponies. That is not the intention but farmers are more likely to keep sheep and cattle than ponies
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
"Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love." - Dr Martin Luther King Jr
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Nigel Farage called for "pure cold rage" and that's exactly what he has now got. Why it's time for our leaders to finally start acting against the forces of hatred now bringing racist pogroms to our streets bylinetimes.com/2026/06/10/t...
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Tommy Robinson, Nigel Farage and the ‘Pure Cold Rage’ Used to Trigger a Racist Pogrom in Belfast
Mainstream politicians have stood by as the global far-right campaigns for anti-migrant violence on our streets. Now we're suffering the consequences, argues Adam Bienkov
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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
That's a pogrom. She's describing a pogrom
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Shocking interview w/ DUP’s Carla Lockhart on BBC Radio 4 rnow Refuses to describe the violence in Belfast as thuggery, then attacks media for being asked about why she was standing next to masked loyalists the other day. Ends by whipping everything up some more No wonder we’re in such a mess
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Everyone on X and elsewhere who called for a violent response should be charged with incitement. Everyone involved in the pogrom should be locked up with exemplary sentences. Govt should make it clear that will be the response in future anywhere else. Enough.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This is no more about the details of immigration policy than the progroms my great great grandparents fled were about Jews committing crimes. It's straightforward racist violence and it needs the strongest possible response.
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nohostages.bsky.social @nohostages.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
English commentators need to stop analysing Northern Ireland through an English lens! When you see anti-immigrant riots in Belfast, Ballymena or Larne and immediately reach for "Britain's far-right problem", you're missing half the story. This isn't just racism. It's loyalist terrorism. 1/
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
The BBC 10 o’clock news says the right wing idea of ethnic minorities being given preferential treatment in criminal justice is likely to become a “growing fault line in our politics” WITHOUT POINTING OUT THAT IT IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE. What’s the point of the news if it doesn’t correct disinformation?
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Owen Winter @owenwntr.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Reform are very good at moving the goalposts. They said they’d win Gorton and Denton (lost by 12pts), win Wales (lost by 6pts), destroy the Tories in 2026 (PNS rose vs 2025) and win six London boroughs (won one). Each time journalists concluded those outcomes were clear from the outset
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