Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 4hbbc.co.ukWiddecombe suspect charged with planning acts of terror against FarageCounter terror police say the further charge comes after a "hugely intensive and complex investigation". 050
Reposted by Ed WilsonTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 8h"Adults are harmed when their data is leaked, but kids suffer more," writes Logan Kolas of the American Consumer Institute, arguing that age verification laws meant to protect children could put America "on a collision course with its newly discovered AI-augmented cybersecurity reality."buff.lyAge Verification is an AI Cybersecurity ProblemAI cybersecurity threats are exposing the privacy risks of age verification laws, which require companies to collect sensitive data, writes Logan Kolas. 0113
Reposted by Ed WilsonTim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 11hThis is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever 35102742672
Reposted by Ed WilsonMicah @rincewind.run · 10hgetting mad at the pope for not thinking the chatbot has a soul is easily the funniest thing I've read all week 453198659
Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 9h#BBCPMtechcrunch.comBMW built the same car for gas and electric. The EV is $4,400 cheaper. | TechCrunchThe new BMW 3 Series shows just how quickly EVs have caught up to fossil fuel vehicles on pricing. 151
Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 9hintercepted communications indicated Vladimir Putin had ordered Russia’s military to abandon previous constraints and intensify attacks on civilian sites... the shift coincides with a surge in jet-powered drone strikes on schools, hospitals, telecommunications infrastructure and data centers #BBCPMkyivpost.comPutin Ordered ‘No Rules’ War on Ukrainian Civilians, Zelensky SaysUkrainian intelligence reportedly intercepted communications ordering Russian forces to abandon earlier limits on aerial attacks. 023
Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 10hG7 to release 100m barrels of diesel, coordinate maintenance schedule to stabilise energy supplies #BBCPMtheguardian.comG7 to release 100m barrels from reserves to combat surging diesel prices – Europe liveMacron says G7 will ‘work in a coordinated manner to help bring down the prices of petroleum products’ 232
Reposted by Ed WilsonRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12hThe ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding. 481359563
Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 12hThe police should be blowing the dust off old laws on uniforms. #WATO 142
Reposted by Ed WilsonAlice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 13hI strongly believe schools should bring children together rather than try to impose one religious identity on them. If you agree - please add your name and call on the Education Secretary to introduce inclusive assemblies for all, and to keep dangerous Christian Nationalism OUT of our schools. 44771272
Reposted by Ed Wilsonpatrickcherry @patrickcherry.bsky.social · 13hOn this Peter Oborne column in @bylinetimes.bsky.social September issue, I can certainly 100% agree. The World Tonight and the Midnight news cut by BBC News does feel like a bereavement. Comments on Rajan, and Mishal Hussain - yes, quite right. BBC, beloved, but heading in the wrong direction. 38520
Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 13h"many activists loyal to the party’s leadership might not be at the autumn conference because it takes place a week before voting in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection... potentially leaving more scope for others to push through the motion. #WATOtheguardian.comGreens urge Zack Polanski to take stance on proposed policy declaring ‘Zionism is racism’The Green leader has not spoken publicly about the motion, which is likely to be debated at the party’s conference in October 020
Reposted by Ed WilsonEmily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you 694084994
Reposted by Ed WilsonRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 17hSomeone should note to Suella that if this idea of Englishness wins (along with all the other Hard Right ideas that come with it), then either... a) the mob she has enabled will come for her – 'not one of us'. b) the mob will celebrate her as their greatest useful idiot. What a position. 5823350
Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 18hDo those convicted of stalking or domestic violence "serve the full sentence" or would they "normally" be released after 40% or 50% of the allotted time? #4Today 250
Reposted by Ed WilsonI Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Yeah, let's give drug dealers and other scumbags a way of easily laundering their criminal swag into US dollars. I mean why would anyone with legally earned funds want to hold this rather than actual dollars? Makes perfect sense. #CryptoScam #C4News 164
Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 18hWe're all suffering the costs of your idiot, illegal war, Scott Bessent. We are not going to buy Trump some more votes. #R4Today 1153
Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 18hWho found these three (perfectly reasonable) Green members for Justin Webb to talk to? Did they have criteria other than "grab three, you have five minuutes, and at least one must be a woman"? #R4Today 091
Reposted by Ed WilsonSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 19hBraverman not being "racist against myself" on her own identity To say Sunak & Marcus Rashford can not be English without at least English grandparents= an exclusionary racialised worldview, whether the MP saying it is white or Asian, just as saying they should be barred as MPs withoit one would be 1714243
Reposted by Ed WilsonArthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 19hExcellent news. The good thing is that Palantir isn’t unique and there are many options, all of which will save the taxpayer money. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...giftarticle.ft.comAndy Burnham searches for UK alternative to PalantirPrime minister’s ‘Buy British’ push triggers hunt to find replacement for controversial US tech group awarded health service and defence contracts 11464138
Reposted by Ed WilsonThe Ghost of Corbin Trotter @corbin-trotter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The most meta musical moment I had was when an Alberstons in Carson, CA played "Lost in the Supermarket" by The Clash. 32338241
Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 19hCan Stephen Hale of the Nashville Banner knit? #tricoteur #R4Today 000
Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 19h2011 #R4Todaygov.ukGovernment bans export of lethal injection drugs to the USMeasures will be put in place to stop the export to the US of three drugs - pancuronium bromide, potassium chloride and sodium pentobarbital… 070
Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 20hMartin McCluskey, another minister I'm trying to remember (and onther bloody Oxford PPE graduate) www.gov.uk/government/p... #R4Todaygov.ukMartin McCluskey MPMartin McCluskey was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero on 22 July 2026. He was previously Minister for Energy Consumers at the Departm... 020
Reposted by Ed WilsonMandeville was cavendish_maid 📎 🇺🇦 @mandeville24.bsky.social · 20hListening to the radio this morning Trump is talking about boots on the ground (2000 troops) after the midterms. 111
Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 20hNext, we play a series of interviews with prisoners "released early" at 40% of their sentences five years ago. For comparison. #R4Today 0111
Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 20h"The Trump administration has excluded several major NATO allies, including the UK, France and the Baltic states, from an October meeting in Poland intended to discuss the alliance’s future." #R4Todaykyivpost.comTrump’s New NATO Inner Circle Excludes UK, France and Baltic AlliesThe Pentagon-led Bergen Group will meet in Poland as excluded allies question Washington’s criteria and warn against dividing NATO. 143
Reposted by Ed WilsonRich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks. 58174192199
Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 20h"I regret to learn of the President of the [USA]'s decision to initiate the procedure to withdraw from the European Commission for Democracy through Law. "The United States became a full member of the Venice Commission in April 2013... after being an Observer State since 1991." #R4Todaycoe.intAnnounced withdrawal of the United States of America from the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe – Statement by the President of the Venice CommissionStrasbourg, France 9 January 2026 23017
Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 21h"Elections are becoming easier to influence and harder to trust. And states that helped write the [human rights] convention are now asking questions about it… This is the deepest break in the European legal order since it was created." #R4Todayrozenberg.substack.comSecurity through democracyCouncil of Europe leader calls for unity at a time of rupture and war 040
Reposted by Ed WilsonMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026🎼 And the dayes gon by 🎶static.klipy.comTalking Heads Once In A Lifetime Dance Talking Heads DanceALT: Talking Heads Once In A Lifetime Dance Talking Heads Dance 1143
Reposted by Ed WilsonEccentrist Dad @slothlydad.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I know.. LinkedIn.. but still, LOLs are LOLs. 25611
Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Childline "Don't worry about making mistakes. That's why they put rubbers on the end of pencils." I'm crying. #BBCPM 170
Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026What is Claire Waxman (victims commissioner) talking about? Earlier releases have been in the news since the days after this government came into power. www.gov.uk/government/n... #BBCPM 120