Reposted by Carolin LotterJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 29/09/2026as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind 1002200778
Reposted by Carolin LotterArthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Moronic BBC presenter saying “parties have an obligation to work with AFD“ whilst apparently unaware that 1, most ppl voted against AFD, 2, “obligation” works in both directions: AFD policies make them unacceptable to all mainstream parties, so they can’t get coalition partners.  618532
Reposted by Carolin LotterUrsula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 19/07/2026Champions! Congratulations, Spain! Today, Europe celebrates with you 🇪🇸🇪🇺 340236
Reposted by Carolin LotterMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 17/07/2026The dinosaurs in Crystal Palace Park wowed Victorian Londoners and remained a beloved part of childhood in the city for generations. Delighted that these figures have been restored to their former glory and are no longer on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 318939
Reposted by Carolin LotterRobert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 07/07/2026Calling a by-election over the sovereign right of every MP to take secret gifts from a convicted criminal. What a time to be alive. 8739581164
Reposted by Carolin Lotter🦇 Michael (Spooky) Bell 🎃 @mbellcoop.bsky.social · 03/06/2026As ever @stephenkb.bsky.social gets to the actual issue, past the noise. Well worth reading www.ft.com/content/aa94...ft.comWhat Henry Nowak’s murder does — and does not — tell us about policingKemi Badenoch says his killing needs to be seen as a ‘Stephen Lawrence moment’ but the failures in both cases differ 32810
Reposted by Carolin LotterRobert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 16/05/2026The government isn't forcing churches and community centres and town halls across the country to fly the Ukrainian flag. People are doing it themselves because we see a battle and we know which side we are on. There are lots of ways in which Reform is wildly out of touch with Britain. 621211239
Reposted by Carolin LotterHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 22/04/2026Priceless post from the official White House social media 229100472730
Reposted by Carolin LotterLed By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 27/10/2025Farage: epic grifter 25386734717
Reposted by Carolin LotterChris Giles @chrisgiles.ft.com · 15/10/2025There is no need for a moral panic about the UK's welfare system. Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts Spending is controlled, not spiralling Worklessness is near record lows My column www.ft.com/content/ee67... 26772446
Reposted by Carolin LotterRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 15/09/2025The ever-impressive @iandunt.bsky.social speaks for many of us.* * It looks like things might be starting to change at the top of the Govt since this was filmed. 19438144
Reposted by Carolin LotterThe Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 08/09/2025Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book, including the letter with Trump’s signature that he has said doesn’t exist. Read more: 🔗 on.wsj.com/4nGGdnJ 1051892651
Carolin Lotter @carolotter.bsky.social · 23/06/2025@mrjamesob.bsky.social this may explain some of Trump’s thinking. 020
Reposted by Carolin LotterMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Top trolling from the Polish Foreign Minister. It’s a pile-on. 21685110
Reposted by Carolin LotterRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Starmer's language was deplorable. It was grotesquely offensive, accusing people who have brought their gifts to this country of doing "incalculable" "damage"; & politically foolish, in endorsing Farage's claims of an establishment conspiracy. But bad analogies with Powell miss the key problem. 🧵 38905364
Reposted by Carolin LotterManu Ekanayake @manueky.bsky.social · 28/04/2025A sad loss to the world of food and hospitality. This obit gives a good flavour of the man's great taste(s) and sense of humour. Richard Vines RIP www.standard.co.uk/going-out/re...standard.co.ukRichard Vines, celebrated restaurant critic, dies aged 71Unusually for a critic, a role that naturally inspires enemies, Vines maintained friendly relationships with chefs and writers across the globe 021
Reposted by Carolin LotterAlice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Considering imposing tariffs on the baby every time she refuses to nap 4825
Reposted by Carolin LotterSimon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 05/04/2025What do they put into the water in Whitehall that leads all governments to succumb to Brexity cod-Churchillian delusions about the special relationship and prostrate themselves before Washington? Besides, any deal the UK did agree would be calculated to split the West and so pure mischief by Trump 1426269
Reposted by Carolin Lotterian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 03/04/2025unprecedented protests this morning on heard and macdonald islands, as the population rises up against trump imposition of 10% across the board tariffs. 601905481
Reposted by Carolin LotterDan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 03/04/2025“With tariffs, Trump can exercise a kind of corruption that the country hasn’t experienced in some 150 years—a kind of control that is ultimately incompatible with both democracy and prosperity.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comTrump’s tariffs give him a new way to dole out reward and punishmentThe president's latest power grab will devastate America's economy—and its democracy. 310141
Reposted by Carolin LotterChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back. 9052799713787
Reposted by Carolin LotterFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 02/04/2025Denmark’s Maersk buys Panama Canal railway www.ft.com/content/cb460c62-b587-49…ft.comDenmark’s Maersk buys Panama Canal railwayDeal loosens US control of train link at a time when Trump is seeking to ‘take back’ trade waterway 47850227
Reposted by Carolin LotterChris Kendall @ottocr.at · 01/04/2025I see Zelenskyy has learned his lesson 14310
Reposted by Carolin LotterThe Onion @theonion.com · 26/03/2025Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know 3474550910022
Reposted by Carolin LotterYaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Hold on, so Steve Witkoff was participating in the Signal group discussing war plans against Houthis while being physically in Moscow, perhaps even in the Kremlin? He met Putin late on March 13. Obviously the odds of Russia not compromising any device he would bring there are pretty slim. 21571932235
Reposted by Carolin LotterHenry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 24/03/2025To stop receiving military operational planning updates from the White House, reply UNSUBSCRIBE 843259795
Reposted by Carolin LotterChristopher Dornan @chrisdornan.bsky.social · 24/03/2025One of the Five Eyes may not be as reliable as they were previously. 0326
Reposted by Carolin LotterBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Figured I’d hop on here today for the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress. 48587272212613
Reposted by Carolin LotterZoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social · 20/03/2025For anyone who missed this very important news, Jennie the guide dog crossed the floor of the House of Commons yesterday to be stroked by Labour MPs She was then summoned by the Lib Dem Chief Whip for a very stern word 151119295
Reposted by Carolin LotterBrian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social · 28/02/2025A reminder to the British press: Donald Trump just says stuff. Reporting what he says as though it’s fact will inevitably make you look like an idiot. There’s not going to be a US/UK trade deal imminently and Trump really doesn’t care about the UK, even if he likes being flattered. 551095275
Reposted by Carolin LotterGabrielius Landsbergis @glandsbergis.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Once again I am leaving the Munich Security Conference in a low mood. Amongst all the noise, the US signalled their plans for Europe, so things are becoming clearer. But things are clearly not good. This is what we now know, and what we have to do about it:🧵1/17 19159752276
Reposted by Carolin LotterGaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 04/02/2025What’s happening in the US is starting to feel more like a hacking than an election, with Trump basically cast as the idiot who clicked on the phishing email that let the ransomware guys in. Struck by how crucial tech not politics reporters are to us understanding it 482278653
Reposted by Carolin LotterAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 03/02/2025I suspect USAID is first because it's "foreign aid" and fewer Americans will object. But once the precedent is established, expect unilateral dismantling of domestic institutions too 19955931614
Reposted by Carolin LotterJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Like other economists I'm being asked to comment on Trump tariffs. We should do so - it's our job. But first we should make the point stated eloquently here by @alanbeattie.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/c26b... 171145426
Reposted by Carolin LotterJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 02/02/2025This is what happens when you ask me to help sanewash the Trump tariffs. 518154753403
Reposted by Carolin LotterRonald Steenblik @ronsteenblik.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Sent by a friend from Zutphen. 1013328
Reposted by Carolin LotterAdam Posen @adamposen.bsky.social · 28/01/2025The Trump economy: inflation versus isolationism “It seems that promoting manufacturing and beating up US trade partners are goals that, for Trump, are a higher priority than the purchasing power of the working class.” www.ft.com/content/b3d3... via @financialtimes.comft.comThe Trump economy: inflation versus isolationismEconomists warn the wallets of the US working class could be hit by the new administration’s priorities 0207
Reposted by Carolin LotterKaren Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 27/01/2025As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/ 21161242339
Reposted by Carolin LotterAmanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Release a bunch of violent criminals. Then pull security from their most hated targets. This isn't subtle. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/01/...amp.cnn.comTrump has pulled Fauci’s security detail, source says | CNN PoliticsPresident Donald Trump has terminated Dr. Anthony Fauci’s security detail that was being provided and paid for by the National Institutes of Health, a source familiar with the situation tells CNN. It ... 18339130
Reposted by Carolin LotterJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 23/01/2025The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high. 1207453439713