I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 14hEnd billionaires before billionaires end all of us. 13610 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 15hTucker: "it's kind of an attractive horse, I get it" 540 0
Reposted by I Am IncorrigibleMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17h"Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over men; rather, she is to remain quiet." 1 Timothy 2:11–12 81758211311 1
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 20hResolution Foundation has modelled the cost to the exchequer of the recent collapse in net migration to the UK. We'll have to find an add £6bn by FY 2030/1 just to stand still. Never believe the fucking racists. 2144 0
Reposted by I Am IncorrigibleFull Fact @fullfact.org · 21hA compilation video claiming to show clips of President Zelenskyy belly dancing has been shared online again and includes AI deepfakes.fullfact.orgCompilation video of Zelenskyy belly dancing includes AI deepfakes – Full FactAlthough one of the clips comes from Mr Zelenskyy’s career as a comic actor, the other two videos aren’t of him. 32112 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 23hI genuinely feel sorry for Matt. So sad. @mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk 1100 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026This would be perfect (which is why it probably will never happen) #TVLicense www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...independent.co.ukWhat is a ‘YouTube tax’ and how would it work?The Independent revealed on Thursday that the government is set to unveil plans to extend the licence fee 220 0
Reposted by I Am IncorrigibleBen Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 16/10/2026British value of ‘tolerance’ apparently too much for a Labour MP 517930 0
Reposted by I Am IncorrigibleFull Fact @fullfact.org · 16/10/2026A dramatic video of an aeroplane being hit by a missile and exploding has been widely shared online with claims it shows a recent attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. But the video isn’t real. It was made with AI. fullfact.org/conflict/ai-... 03224 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026What is the point of Ofcom? @ofcom.bsky.social #r4today bsky.app/profile/stop... 0104 0
Reposted by I Am IncorrigibleSian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 15/10/2026I have already heard from trans constituents who are avoiding essential NHS screening and treatment for fear of being treated without respect and dignity. Ministers told me: “the revised guidance will support the privacy, dignity and safety of all patients” How exactly does this do that? 36696222 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Jenrick: "I speak to Sarah Pochin all the time. We are colleagues and friends" Well, of course you are, vile racists do tend to stick together. #r4today bsky.app/profile/imin... 081 0
Reposted by I Am IncorrigibleJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 15/10/2026The enshittification of the polling industry: this is a a perfect illustration of how utterly useless/uninformative (and positively misleading) polls like this are. What a waste of money/time/effort that could be spent on actual analysis. 74611 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Jenrick: "Every political party has bad apples" Lol #r4today 171 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026The racist Robert Jenrick (👆) is on #r4today saying that "there is no place in Reform for racism". So, that's nice. 1121 0
Reposted by I Am IncorrigibleOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Poll reveals that 50% of young Britons would never fight for UK under any circumstances. Cue meltdown on talk radio stations and X. Well at least that's down on the 60% who said the exact same in an Oxford Union debate in 1933. Because... guess what kids... people don't want to fight in wars. 701120217 0
Reposted by I Am IncorrigibleZeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 15/10/2026Electric vehicle adoption is accelerating worldwide – but not in the United States: 99128 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Sources: Wachovia (under 2%): www.counterpunch.org/2011/05/27/t... BofA (SEC 8-K): www.sec.gov/Archives/edg... BofA (buyback, Reuters): wmbdradio.com/2026/10/13/b... BofA (willfully, AP): www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/13/b...counterpunch.org 000 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Sources: TD (92%): eastandpartners.com/news/td-bank... #r4today HSBC profit (AFP): www.solardaily.com/reports/HSBC... HSBC 9% (AP): www.foxnews.com/us/hsbc-to-p... #r4t HSBC (underlying): moneyweek.com/87326/hsbc-t...eastandpartners.comTD Bank Fined $3bn After Money Laundering Guilty Plea - East & Partners(10 October 2024 – United States) TD Bank has agreed to pay $3 billion in penalties after pleading guilty to violating US anti-money laundering federal laws. According to […] 100 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Sources: HSBC (Senate): globalwitness.org/en/archive/s... Standard Chartered: www.businessinsurance.com/london-stand... #r4today NatWest (FCA): fca.org.uk/news/press-r... NatWest (cash): securitymattersmagazine.com/natwest-fine... TD (DOJ): www.justice.gov/criminal/cas...globalwitness.orgGlobal WitnessWe expose how the industries fuelling the climate crisis profit from destruction, and stand with the people fighting back 100 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Wells Fargo: gcp.bankingdive.com/news/prosecu... Wells Fargo (sentence): www.bankingdive.com/news/wells-f... #r4tod Goldman (DOJ): www.usdoj.gov/criminal-fra... Goldman (dismissed): www.malaymail.com/news/malaysi... HSBC: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... HSBC($7bn): www.spokesman.com/stories/2012...gcp.bankingdive.com 100 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Sources: Tax (CEO): www.cbc.ca/1.2647651 Tax (UBS): talkingbiznews.com/media-moves/... Tax (seven bankers): www.accountingtoday.com/news/credit-... #r4today Madoff (DPA): www.sec.gov/Archives/edg... Madoff (10% of income): cdapress.com/news/2014/ja...cbc.caSwiss Bank fined $2.6B for helping Americans evade taxes | CBC NewsCredit Suisse AG's guilty plea and $2.6 billion payment in a high-profile case brought by the Justice Department are being held out as a warning to foreign banks believed to be helping U.S. taxpayers ... 100 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Sources: FX (FBI): www.fbi.gov/news/stories... FX (cartel): www.abajournal.com/news/article... #r4today FX (desk heads acquitted): www.aol.com/london-forex... Tax (Credit Suisse): www.npr.org/sections/the...fbi.govFive Major Banks Agree to Plead Guilty to Felony Charges | Federal Bureau of InvestigationPress conference announcing the guilty pleas of and criminal fines against five global financial institutions involved in market manipulation. 110 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Sources: Libor (conviction quashed): www.pbs.org/newshour/amp... #r4today Libor (5.5 years): www.expressandstar.com/uk-news/2025... Libor (Deutsche): expert-evidence.com/r-v-tom-haye... #r4todaypbs.orgUK Supreme Court quashes 2 bank traders' convictions after deciding their trials were unfairBritain’s Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed the convictions of two financial market traders accused of manipulating benchmark interest rates in one of the biggest scandals to come out of the global f... 100 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Sources: Crisis (Holder) www.mpamag.com/news/attorne... Crisis (walk-back): www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli... #r4today Crisis (Reuters, no top exec jailed): dev.abi.org/node/382823 Libor (no senior execs prosecuted): www.swissinfo.ch/eng/libor-tr...mpamag.com 100 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Is there any other industry where this much criminality, proven in court or admitted in settlements, keeps happening on the watch of the people in charge, and nobody at the top faces a real threat of prison? Why do our govts allow it? Why do we? #r4today 100 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026The fines *sound* huge to many people. To the bank they are a few weeks of profit at most, provisioned for and paid without a second thought. That is not punishment. It is a licence for criminality. Prosecute the people responsible, or the scandals were be ever end. #r4today 100 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Look at who does get prosecuted: traders, junior staff, the odd department head (who gets probation). In none of these cases was a C-suite executive convicted. A bank cannot be jailed, so shareholders foot the bill, and the multimillionaires who ran it walk away unscathed. #r4today 100 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Bank of America, this week: $1.21bn fine, & the US Treasury says it admits willfully breaking the law. Next day: BoA announced $6.9bn quarterly profit, *after* the charge. It buys back roughly $6bn of its own shares a quarter. The fine is just 20% of one quarter's buyback. #r4today 100 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Look at the money. HSBC, 2012: $1.9bn fine, about 9% of a year's pre-tax profit of $20.6bn, and underlying profit rose 18%. Wachovia's $160m: under 2% of Wells Fargo's profit. JPMorgan over Madoff: about 10% of its 2012 net income. It sounds like big numbers. But these are tiny bites. #r4today 100 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026And it goes on. TD Bank, 2024: it left 92% of its transactions unmonitored, and paid $3bn+ in penalties, with the first US bank guilty plea for conspiracy to launder money. No executives were prosecuted or jailed. Same script, different logos. #r4today 100 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Britain's one big attempt: The SFO charged Barclays over its 2008 Qatar rescue deal. A judge dismissed the charges against the bank after its lawyers argued the whole board had to be implicated. The ex-CEO's case was dismissed for insufficient evidence; three others were acquitted. #r4today 100 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026NatWest, UK, 2021, money laundering: £365m deposited by a customer, ~£264m of it in cash. Staff reported suspicions & no appropriate action followed. Convicted, & fined £264.8m. The judge said the bank, though not complicit, was "functionally vital". The executives walked away scot free. #r4today 100 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Standard Chartered, UK-based. 2012: $667m fine and a deferred prosecution agreement over facilitating illegal payments for customers in Iran and elsewhere. 2019: they were fined again, a further $1.1bn, including a £102m UK FCA penalty. A repeat offender, but still trading. #r4today 100 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026HSBC, 2012: At least $881m of drug cartel money laundered through it, and about $7bn in cash from HSBC Mexico in two years. A Senate chair called its culture "pervasively polluted". Result: $1.9bn fine, and a deferred prosecution deal, no executives were indicted or jailed. #r4today 100 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Goldman Sachs and 1MDB: Prosecutors said $1bn+ in bribes won Goldman business worth about $600m in fees. Goldman admitted conspiring to violate US anti-bribery law, paid $2.9bn under a deferred prosecution deal, & the charge was dismissed in 2024. Two ex-bankers were prosecuted. #r4today 100 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Wells Fargo: Up to 3.5 million fake accounts. In 2020 it paid $3bn to resolve criminal and civil probes. The ex-CEO paid $17.5m and took a lifetime banking ban, with NO criminal charge. The head of its community bank, the only executive charged, got probation and a $100,000 fine. #r4today 100 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Madoff: Prosecutors charged JPMorgan with "willfully" failing to report its suspicions about Madoff. Result: a deferred prosecution deal, & $1.7bn fine, in 2014. With civil penalties, over $2bn: about 10% of its 2012 net income. No individual executives were accused of wrongdoing. #r4today 100 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Tax evasion: UBS: deferred prosecution deal in 2009, $780m, after helping hide about $20bn from US tax authorities. Credit Suisse: guilty plea in 2014, $2.6bn, with records destroyed. Seven bankers were charged. The CEO said senior executives did not know, and none were prosecuted. #r4today 100 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Currency rigging: In 2015 Citicorp, JPMorgan, Barclays and RBS pleaded guilty to felony price-fixing; their traders called themselves "the cartel". UBS pleaded guilty too. Five banks, $5.6bn in fines. Three desk heads were tried and acquitted. Nobody in the C-suite was charged. #r4today 100 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Libor: Banks rigged the benchmark rate behind trillions in loans. UBS got a non-prosecution deal in 2012, then pleaded guilty in 2015 for breaking it. Deutsche paid about $3.5bn. A trader served 5½ years before his conviction was quashed. No senior executive was prosecuted. #r4today 100 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026The 2008 crisis. JPMorgan paid $13bn, Bank of America $16.65bn, Citi $7bn, all civil settlements. In 2013 the US Attorney General said banks' size makes them hard to prosecute. Reuters notes that no top executive at a major US bank went to prison over the crisis. #r4today 100 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Banks do not commit crimes. People do. So why, when crimes are exposed, do prosecutors do a deal with the bank and let the people who ran it walk away or, worse, carry on running the business? Fines, deferred prosecution deals, no trials, no jail. Do they think we are stupid? #r4today 163 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026What does this even mean? Provoked? Does Farage think the National Front were provoked? Were the KKK provoked? Was Hitler provoked? It's a ridiculous allegation. They're racist. It's as simple as that. #r4today 5316 0
I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Tick tock tick tock tick tock... #AI #Bubble #r4today bsky.app/profile/pick... 010 0