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Steve McDowell @cowsmellcj.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

That's all highly commendible Mr Mayor, but there are as many law beakers in the boardrooms as there are hoodlums on the streets and what are you doing about that?

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Steve McDowell @cowsmellcj.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

"...in the winter of 2022 I find myself doubting whether the US will still be a functioning democracy by the end of the decade." Sadly, what seemed like a pessimistic projection 2.1/2 years ago is now reality, making Martin Wolf's analysis more relevant and more urgent. Read it as soon as you can.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 02/05/2025

Instead of opposing rightwing extremism, has Germany considered enabling it at every turn, taking every job it offers, and slavishly praising it over and over in the hopes that you'll be the first ally in its life it doesn't eventually betray and discard?

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Steve McDowell @cowsmellcj.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Fed up with Kuenssberg, Mason, Farage and Tice on your box? Let the BBC know by completing the last question in its survey. And encourage your friends to do the same.

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Steve McDowell @cowsmellcj.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

The BBC invites views about its independence from government, but does not ask about other political influences (e.g the bias of its own presenters and executives and the time given to minor parties). You can rectify this by adding a comment at the end of the survey. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

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Our BBC, Our Future - Audiences asked to help shape BBC’s future

From 27 March BBC account holders across the UK will start to receive an online questionnaire to help identify what they want from the BBC now, and what they want from it in the future

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Steve McDowell @cowsmellcj.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I was in awe of AI, then came to understand that controlling it is as vital as reversing climate change, maintaining biodiversity and avoiding war. As @carolecadwalla.bsky.social (TED talk) says, AI is currently run by careless men without sufficient checks. www.panmacmillan.com/authors/madh...

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Code Dependent by Madhumita Murgia

Find out more about Code Dependent by Madhumita Murgia

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Steve McDowell @cowsmellcj.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Do I need to be told what my beer tastes like? It's not a bottle of wine that I might leave on a supermarket shelf, it's a pint that I bought at the bar. If it tastes rank, I'll take it back. If it tastes good, I'll order another one. This is not marketing, it's preaching to the converted.

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Steve McDowell @cowsmellcj.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Story in The i paper: "Taxpayer-funded cars taken from 11,000 benefits claimants for abusing the system". But the statistics show that is only 2% of claimants. Do editors not understand stats, or do they have a problem reporting that "2% of claimants are taking the piss"?

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PIK_climate @pik-potsdam.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

The ocean is the final victim of multiple planetary crises, suffering from nutrient pollution, excess heat, rising CO₂, explains PIKs Johan Rockström. "This has to be turned around. The ocean will ultimately determine whether we secure a livable future for humanity." www.weforum.org/videos/earth...

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Earth has crossed 6 of 9 dangerous planetary boundaries, says this leading climate scientist

The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape glob...

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 01/03/2025

I can't stop laughing at this man I'm sorry. This is the kind of shit the biggest loser in the world would say to their girlfriend about buying her flowers on Valentine's Day once, and he's doing so in an argument that started because he called her a bitch

Tweet: "Have you said thank you once?" -@VP JD Vance - pic of jd Vance looking oddly symmetrical. Why are his pants so tight?

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Steve McDowell @cowsmellcj.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

www.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk/titles/ian-d... Centrism by @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social is fascinating. Far from being an anodyne anticlimax to their books on Conspiracy Theory and Facism, Centrism is thoroughly engaging. All 3 books deserve our attention now.

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Centrism

AN ORIGIN STORY BOOK 'Provides clarity, scholarship, wit and essential insight into why our world is the way it is' Adam Rutherford 'I wish I could make ...

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 07/02/2025

🚨NEW 🚨 On 22 January, GB News presenter Josh Howie repeated a homophobic slur linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. This is offensive, wrong and unlawful. Join us in writing a complaint to Ofcom to force them to take action 👇 t.co/3b5UH9zuOR

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Steve McDowell @cowsmellcj.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

When witches were persecuted, everyone feared the witch finder as much as the witch. Power exercised without responsibility results in a climate of total fear. The USA will live in fear unless those responsible for the checks and balances in the constitution resist today's witch finders.

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Steve McDowell @cowsmellcj.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

The numbers are difficult to comprehend. Even if 90% of the statistics were wrong , the international community has allowed a heinous crime to be committed. The numbers bring shame on all of us. The stories underlyiing the shame are horrific. Yet somehow, we are not horrified. What have we become?

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Steve McDowell @cowsmellcj.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

The alarm caused by Meta's capitulation to politcal pressure is partly offset by seing the breadth of the world-wide network of fact checkers signing this letter. The capacity exists to maintain truth and tolerance if only we can find the collective will to insist on it.

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Steve McDowell @cowsmellcj.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Where a social media platform does not uphold your organisation's ethical and social values, do not use it. If your organisation values truth and tolerance, make sure it uses a platform which moderates content for compliance with those values.

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Steve McDowell @cowsmellcj.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1v... Following briefings by UN and humanitarian workers, 14 countries expressed grave concern about repeated contraventions of international law by Israel. The response from the USA urged everyone to criticise Hamas and went on to quote 'facts' provided by Israel.

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The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question - Security Council, 9830th meeting

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

If you're worried about big money in British politics, do take Democracy for Sale's 'Safeguarding Democracy' survey which is all about these issues. Only takes 3 mins. Thanks! democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard

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Democracy For Sale - Safeguard Democracy

A survey to make a people-powered plan to safeguard Britain's democracy from leading investigative journalists who write about lobbying and dark money

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Steve McDowell @cowsmellcj.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Cognitive biases make us susceptible to narratives presenting the world as less random, less complex and more manageable. Awareness of this tendency keeps us in touch with reality. @iandunt.bsky.social @dorianlynskey.bsky.social explain brilliantly. www.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk/titles/ian-d....

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Conspiracy Theory

AN ORIGIN STORY BOOK 'Provides clarity, scholarship, wit and essential insight into why our world is the way it is' Adam Rutherford 'I wish I could make ...

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Steve McDowell @cowsmellcj.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Excellent book by @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social We should consider if current populists have some of the characteristics of past fascists. Even if they don't have the full set, it would unwise to ignore the lessons of history. www.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk/titles/ian-d...

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Fascism

AN ORIGIN STORY BOOK 'Provides clarity, scholarship, wit and essential insight into why our world is the way it is' Adam Rutherford 'I wish I could make ...

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Steve McDowell @cowsmellcj.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Watch this UN security council and decide for yourself which countries are responsible for a genocide, which are facilitating a genocide and which are trying to stop it. Will you buy products from those countries obstructing peace? webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1y...

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The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question - Security Council, 9790th meeting

The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question

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