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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

i broadly agree with the thesis, but not the way that WBF argued it

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Declassified journalists banned from Labour conference – again. A Trumpian policy started by Keir Starmer. Burnham can't make a fresh start without getting rid of the previous advisers. Democracy means accepting scrutiny, even when it is uncomfortable.

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Declassified journalists banned from Labour conference - again

Labour MPs have condemned the ‘Trump-like’ decision, saying party is ‘bang out of order’

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Around 40% of the world's dirty money, proceeds of corruption and crime, is laundered through the UK, its Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories. Successive govts promise new laws and enforcement but they make little impact. Why do govts continue to fail? Watch the Minister's reply.

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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Wey hey!! Two cheers. Hurrah! I’m almost, but not, quite, mildly excited that something might not be ruled out in a few years time. Way to go, Andy. Bold, bravely ambivalent, solidly ambiguous, resolutely vague leadership, at last. 🙄🙄🙄 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Andy Burnham does not rule out Brexit reversal being in next Labour manifesto

PM says immediate focus is on rebuilding bridges with EU as he prepares for first meeting with Ursula von der Leyen

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 16/09/2026

ELECTRIFICATION: Really striking chart showing that three-quarters of final energy demand can now be electrified "economically" (ie at lower lifetime cost) – and 90% electrification is technically possible From the latest @ember-energy.org slidedeck by @kingsmillbond.bsky.social and colleagues

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Richard J @preachypreach.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

quite something this paragraph.

After meeting with delegates from the two sides in South Florida, Kushner and Witkoff emerged with a peace plan that would have required Ukraine to accept nearly all of Russia’s demands: ceding territory, promising never to join NATO, and drastically shrinking its army. Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s press secretary, hailed the proposal as “a good plan for both Russia and Ukraine.” But, when the plan became public, it collapsed under a wave of outrage. Even Rubio reportedly derided it as “Russia’s wish list.”
Some observers suspect that Russia has effectively offered the Americans business deals in exchange for a favorable peace agreement. “This is the generally held view,” the former U.S. official in the region told me. A classified report produced by a European intelligence agency states that Trump and people around him have discussed several potential contracts in Russia. The report is not dated, but the European official who gave it to me said that the details were first discussed sometime after Trump invited Putin to Anchorage, in August, 2025. Twice that year, Kirill Dmitriev, the head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, was allowed to enter the U.S., where he talked about investment opportunities. “The privatization of American foreign policy is quite far along,” the official who gave me the report said. (A spokesman for Kushner denied that U.S. officials would profit from the deals under discussion.)
The document lists ten potential ventures, which it says appear to “have been originally designed by the Kremlin’s political and business elites.” They include reopening the Nord Stream 2 pipeline under American control, resuming ExxonMobil’s operations in Sakhalin, and drilling for oil in the Sea of Okhotsk. According to the report, there was discussion of unfreezing Russian assets that are held under American sanctions. The document mentions people who might participate, including Trump, Witkoff, and Kushner. It also names Richard Grenell, the former Presidential en…

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Jack Bailey @jack-bailey.co.uk · 14/09/2026

Picked up a copy of "Hyperpolitics" on a whim after seeing it promoted all over the place and I can only conclude that Verso have an amazing marketing department because there's not much substance here and the evidence base is weak.

A copy of the book "Hyperpolitics" by Anton Jäger on a pub table next to a pint of lager.

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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Trump announced 17 MONTHS AGO that everyone was going to get $5,000 checks because of DOGE cuts. You got $0.

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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

150+ organisations are raising the alarm on the horrifying escalation in racist violence and intimidation. We must come together to demand the government takes serious action.

Racial violence is escalating. 150+ organisations have RAISED the alarm and demand the government acts.

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Chris Hutchings #ChoirsForClimate @hutchingsmusic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If someone looking to become chief economist of the IMF *hadn't* made any critical remarks about the Trump admin's economic policies, they shouldn't be allowed to become chief economist of the IMF.

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This, by www.warringfictions.net is a must-read. On why Keir Starmer's brand of centrism bombed and how Burnham, by remaining in the liberal bloc but also staying within the ‘zone of sensibleness’ and foregrounding economic fairness, might avoid the same fate.

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What went wrong? (Part 2)

The Dead Centre

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Quantian @quantian.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Dancing very very VERY close to saying “OpenAI stole our almost-complete proof of Navier-Stokes from internal access to our ChatGPT sessions because they were desperate to scoop Anthropic” which is absolutely 100% a believable thing OpenAI would do right now cims.nyu.edu/~tristanb/st...

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Contractual obligation post I have a book coming out about why your dog is such a weirdo. It has words and pictures. People seem keen. You can read an excerpt and order the ebook. The hardback is coming on 14 Sept. Done. Have a nice weekend russelljonesauthor.com/wolf-excerpt...

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The Wolf That Chews Rocks — excerpt

An excerpt from The Wolf That Chews Rocks by Russell Jones.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"We just don't have British resident donors, British entities, that would support us. That's the grim reality" "There are a lot of people in your position who, for completely understandable reasons, can't declare ... the reality is we can easily get away with it ... [Le Carre]" - James Orr 10m40s

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Just copy & share everywhere please. Absolutely thumping.

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Mr Pecksniff's Diary @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Pecksniff’s little birds have been singing… * Burnham’s honeymoon hits water, Brexit and disgruntled voters * A prominent Green warns decades of work are at risk * Cleverly points Reform towards Braverman and Jenrick Not forgetting Farage Fest, licencing, lost councillors & "drama queens"...

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Pecksniff: ‘No confidence in any party’ as Burnham bottles water and sticks to red lines

In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

“This (Just 20 of 6,600 Defra staff working on climate adaptation amid drought and wildfires, 12 August) is a shocking revelation from a government that has repeatedly assured us it understands the risk of the breakdown of nature and climate. Clearly not.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Afternoon. [Note the date]

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Nathan Sanders and Bruce Schneier say we must distinguish AI's technological problems from its capitalism problems. Developers are solving the first, they argue, while leaving the second to market incentives. Structural reforms will be necessary to steer industry toward the public interest.

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Separating AI’s Technological Problems From its Capitalism Problems

Nathan E. Sanders and Bruce Schneier say integrating a technology as disruptive as AI responsibly requires deep structural reforms.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/08/2026

Q: Were you prepared for pushback you received, especially from Republicans, framing you as too extreme for Wisconsin? HONG: What's extreme is Rep. Tiffany has voted against interests of Wisconsinites over & over. What's extreme is that he's an election denier & continues to protect pedophiles

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Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

🤔 NEW EPISODE 🤔 Welcome to Veto Britain, where any small group can prevent anything (rail links, infrastructure, standing up in pubs) if they’re loud enough. Why do we put up with it? 🤔 Listen – linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...

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Nettlecake @nettlecake.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Yeah, it’s size of stake that’s the issue here. The question is really “are you betting 50k on a coin toss”, not the differential between 50k and a million

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Samantha Meows @stiggylou.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

And people keep banging on about how things are paid for. How are we going to pay for reduced immigration? Reduction of tax intake and spending, lack of skilled workers eg doctors, nurses, carers. And all the other skilled workers. We can’t survive without our immigrant friends and colleagues

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Don-Key @don-key1959.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

PMQs is barely worth watching, or indeed listening, to these days as there's so much bile and venom spat from, it's fair to say, both sides of the House. Take a look back at when PMQs was most definitely worth tuning in to.. #UKpolitics youtu.be/oRICpv9uUww?...

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William Hague vs John Prescott PMQs - 2006

YouTube video by New Labour

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

When two artists paint the same view: Rue de la Chausée à Argenteuil, painted on the same day in 1872 by Claude Monet & Alfred Sisley, friends and founding figures of French Impressionism, who set up their easels side by side en plein air. Private Collection | Musée d’Orsay

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I just saw a meme that said “get in losers, we’re reclaiming the emdash”. People. PEOPLE. Where are your STANDARDS? It CLEARLY should be “get in, losers — we’re reclaiming the em dash.”

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Earle Boxer @earleboxer.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

American primeval by David Horsey.

Cartoon by David Horsey showing the wealth gap in the U.S. A giant CEO is tapping cigar ashes on a tiny Anerican worker.

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Mr Pecksniff's Diary @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

My oh my, what a week dear Readers. Chatter down at the Muckrakers has tackled Burnham, Farage, Coogan, & Westminster - all with the usual wit & insight, glass in hand. We see Reform suffer another local setback. Is politics finally moving beyond the No.10 "hard man" culture?

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Pecksniff: Power to the people, says Burnham: can it be done?

In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life

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Simon Wren-Lewis @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

New post: How Right Wing Populism came easily to the Conservative Party mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2026/07/how-... If support for Reform continues to decline, and the Conservatives overtake it in the polls, right wing populism in the UK will simply have changed the banner under which it marches.

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How Right Wing Populism came easily to the Conservative Party

All the evidence points to the alarming extent of man made climate change. This isn’t just evidence available to scientists, but the every...

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

“But there would be no Minecraft without maths. And gamers would be waiting much longer for GTA without the world-leading mathematical sciences that are vital to bringing it to life.”

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There will be no more games like Minecraft without maths

Cuts to UK higher education courses are a danger to our tech industries

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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

He could strangle a teenager on camera and they would say he “defied a long-held tradition of presidents not doing that”

NYT: Trump’s Moneymaking Run: Unrivaled in Presidential History
The president’s move to open new business ventures, rather than eliminate potential conflicts, defies a long-held tradition.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Few people understand the scope of the powers UK governments have granted themselves, to criminalise us as terrorists for expressing an opinion. Fewer still understand how illiberal the Court of Appeal judgement is. But @davidallengreen.bsky.social does.🧵 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

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What the Palestine Action appeal decision tells us about terrorism law

An already broad law is now matched with broad ministerial powers

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Tyron @tyron.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Quite a lot of Keir Starmer’s leadership has brought to mind this passage from Blair’s memoirs, and it feels like it goes quite some way on explaining why Starmer didn’t really convince or appeal to anybody by the end.

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Cancer Research UK @cancerresearchuk.org · 18/06/2026

Amazing news! Cervical cancer deaths in younger women have plummeted in England following the rollout of the HPV vaccine, according to new research, published today in The Lancet. Read more: cruk.ink/4ozraO5

Pink graphic with black and white text which reads: “For the first time ever, no women in their early 20s have died from cervical cancer in a five year period in England.”

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Chris Bogle @chrisbogle.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

As a nation, I find we treat our young people appallingly. That includes imposing a curfew on social media (for many its a social lifeline) while not imposing regulation on the extremely damaging content it serves up. Young people punished. Tech giants off the hook - again.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

It continues to be perverse that those with the least power to murder millions are at most risk of the barbarism of the death penalty, while those with power to murder millions are entirely immune not only from that penalty, but even any discontinuance of reward. www.the-reframe.com/the-cost-of-...

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The Cost of Doing Business

A modest proposal: Abolish the death penalty for humans. Institute it for corporations.

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a rare photo of sean connery signed by roger moore @steamedhamms.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

bbc sport should have best coverage of every major sport, a powerful bbc arts should be beaming best theatre to the nation, bbc music should be running a weekly music show in prime time with a broad range of acts selected by the music stations, bbc news should be as good as bbc world service

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The Humble Bumblebee @cmrlj.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

69% is quite underselling this given the number of don't knows. I mean, just strongly support is more than somewhat and strongly oppose combined, and in addition to that 49% of everybody (including don't knows) somewhat support. Excluding don't knows, 79% strongly/somewhat support this. Let's do it!

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I have never seen such a bunch of reactionaries in my life as the US media establishment. Someone with 0 followers & a sickle in the bio told you to go die so now all leftism is evil. some asshole on an ebike ran into your kid so now bike lanes must be destroyed. Its like watching children do meth

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chelseachemist1.bsky.social @chelseachemist1.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Meanwhile CCHQ are huffing Badenoch’s personal ratings and will presumably be trying to run a presidential campaign in 2029 as below (have fun with that). Indeed, if you don’t laugh about it you’ll cry no matter how objectively bad for our society it is

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Other anagrams Nadine Dorries Inane Disorder Elizabeth Truss Haziest Bluster Rishi Sunak Runs His Kia Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson Xenophobe Slanderer Fends Off Jail I may have had too much time on my hands when I was writing politics books

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Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com · 03/05/2026

‘I’m fighting two wars. One against the Russians. And one inside myself.’ Ukraine is reshaping warfare through its use of drones. Yet human operators remain at the controls. For @ftweekend.com, I profiled one Ukrainian FPV drone pilot to examine the personal costs. www.ft.com/content/95f5...

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

It's 2030. The House is frozen at 217 seats that are over D +15 and 217 seats that are locked at over R +15. There is a single competitive seat in Iowa. Both parties spend $20 billion on it.

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MoJoJuju @xoey1.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

This should be on the front page of the Info Wars web site..🧐

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