Michael @michaelg7x.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Great article by Mark Urban: open.substack.com/pub/markurba...open.substack.comThe Myth ExplodedWhat Trump's words did to the 'special relationship' 000
Reposted by MichaelTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 03/01/2026The United States has now given Russia, China, and anyone else who wants to give it a try an even clearer road map for invading countries that displease them. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...theatlantic.comMaybe Russia and China Should Sit This One OutVladimir Putin and Xi Jinping are just shocked—shocked!—by the American attack on Venezuela. 1161495474
Reposted by MichaelMarc Polymeropoulos @mpolymer1.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Day 3 of the dysfunctional shit show, our Russia-Ukraine follies. Rubio reportedly calling everyone and essentially saying the Witcoff/Vance plan is a piece of Russian shit…well, that’s very good at least. Entire episode is ludicrous, and almost amusing, if stakes were not so high. 58918
Reposted by MichaelIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...news.sky.comElon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows howElon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how 23163133527
Michael @michaelg7x.bsky.social · 26/10/2025I love this: >In the UK, there is a non-virtual contingency plan, or at least there was. If the internet shuts down, the people who know how it works will meet up in a pub outside London and decide what to do, says [Steven Murdoch, a CompSci prof at UCL]. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comCould the internet go offline? Inside the fragile system holding the modern world togetherBehind every meme and message is creaking, decades-old infrastructure. Internet experts can think of scenarios that could bring it all crashing down … 020
Reposted by MichaelOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Brexit is Farage and his fellow Brexiters' shitstorm to own. He/they can't be allowed to just pivot from heckle to heckle and bad idea to worse - while blaming everyone else - without consequences. So the suggestion that Labour are going to amplify that truth is to be welcomed. 992119514
Michael @michaelg7x.bsky.social · 21/09/2025Spot on www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comPete Songi on the UK recognising Palestine as an independent state – cartoonKeir Starmer has announced that the UK has joined Canada and Australia in recognising Palestine 010
Reposted by MichaelMatthew Green @matthewdgreen.bsky.social · 12/09/2025I’d been looking for this old sci-fi humor story about a guy who colonizes a planet, then the nations of Earth send spies to keep tabs on him, at which point they have to send more spies to keep tabs on them. Found it: it’s “Citizen in Space” by Robert Sheckley. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/jukk3... 1314
Reposted by MichaelAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Gift link from a follower if anyone wants to read it: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...nytimes.comHow a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart 58970328
Reposted by MichaelRiver_Tam @rivertam.bsky.social · 29/08/2025This story is batshit and makes it pretty clear without outright saying it that Tesla deliberately lied to hide data showing its autopilot drove a car into a couple of people www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...washingtonpost.comTesla said it didn’t have key data in a fatal crash. Then a hacker found it.The key evidence was presented last month to a jury, which found the company partially liable for the 2019 crash in Key Largo, Florida. 317960
Reposted by MichaelMatthew Green @matthewdgreen.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Phone numbers are one of our last two multi-platform identifiers. 50 years from now we’ll still have them but nobody will remember what a phone call was. 3445
Reposted by MichaelSuMo📞Congress 202-224-3121📞CSPAN 202-748-8000 @sumoh7.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Federal mRNA funding cut is 'most dangerous public health decision' ever, expert says PBS NewsHour 8/6/2025 www.youtube.com/watch?v=faiU... Support YOUR local #PBS-affiliate entity via pbs.org enter zipcode. At AdoptAStation.org see impact of funding cuts - by state, for each public media entity.youtube.comFederal mRNA funding cut is 'most dangerous public health decision' ever, expert saysYouTube video by PBS NewsHour 04427
Reposted by MichaelRex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 06/08/2025“In April, the Pentagon initiated a 30-day review to see if it could simultaneously meet the needs of the US Navy and the Australian demand. Four months later, the review is still not public, but the answer is already clear: the US cannot do both.” #AUKUS #auspolnationalsecurityjournal.orgThe AUKUS Submarine Deal is DeadThe promise to give Australia nuclear submarines is collapsing. A severe industrial crisis in both the U.S. and UK means the AUKUS security deal's central pillar is no longer viable. 1710654
Reposted by MichaelThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 03/08/2025A contractor for the Alabama agency tasked with child welfare was arrested and charged Friday after she allegedly left a 3-year-old boy in a hot car for five hours, resulting in his death, prosecutors said.wapo.stContractor charged after Alabama toddler in state custody died in hot carA contractor for the Alabama agency tasked with child welfare was charged after allegedly leaving a toddler in a hot car for five hours, resulting in his death. 31635091267
Reposted by MichaelNina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 03/08/2025Important thread from the founder of Bellingcat about just how thin the arguments and fleeting the morals of the self-appointed anti imperialist crowd are. 514841
Reposted by MichaelProf Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 29/07/2025this is a really good article and makes very important points very clearly 27733
Reposted by MichaelMartin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 29/07/2025My latest, exploring with numbers how the millennial household budget is basically incomprehensible to retired boomers.open.substack.comWASPInomics and the magic avocado treeWhy boomers struggle to make sense of the millennial world. 39432161
Reposted by MichaelRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Trump making deals and giving preferential treatment to sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell while she helps cover up his crimes. 1081755629
Reposted by MichaelMarc Polymeropoulos @mpolymer1.bsky.social · 28/07/2025One cannot defend the indefensible. The war must end. Israel is hemorrhaging international support, and I fear there will be generational damage. As a long time friend of Israel, it is not only appropriate but also imperative that one speaks out. That is what true friends do. 4319
Reposted by MichaelEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 01/08/2025The Potemkin President doesn't like numbers making him look bad. 1842589
Michael @michaelg7x.bsky.social · 31/07/2025The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...theguardian.comThe mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in GazaIsrael controls the flow of food into Gaza. It has calculated how many calories Palestinians need to stay alive. Its data shows only a fraction has been allowed in 010
Michael @michaelg7x.bsky.social · 29/07/2025www.neowin.net/news/microso... Why use Microsoft and take the risk?neowin.netMicrosoft bans LibreOffice developer's account without warning, rejects appealA LibreOffice developer has shared his experience of having his Microsoft account banned, and how the company has been uncooperative in helping him recover it. 000
Michael @michaelg7x.bsky.social · 23/07/2025www.theguardian.com/world/live/2... Good God, how can the Israeli government do this?theguardian.comMass starvation spreading across Gaza, aid agencies warn, as pressure on Israel grows – Middle East crisis liveMore than 100 aid agencies, including Doctors Without Borders, Save the Children and Oxfam, say ‘our colleagues and those we serve are wasting away’ 000
Michael @michaelg7x.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Man arrested for holding up Private Eye cartoon at Gaza protest www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social, JD Vance is right. How did you let that happen?theguardian.comIan Hislop calls arrest of man holding Private Eye cartoon at Gaza protest ‘mind-boggling’Jon Farley arrested under Terrorism Act at Leeds demonstration for holding sign making joke about Palestine Action ban 000
Reposted by MichaelMatthew Green @matthewdgreen.bsky.social · 13/07/2025I’ve been running cryptography questions into ChatGPT o3 after a friend told me it was practically grad-student-level intelligent. The good news for now is that, well, it’s grad-student-level intelligent. 😮💨 7688
Michael @michaelg7x.bsky.social · 03/07/2025www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Brutal.theguardian.comElla Baron on Labour pushing through its welfare reform bill – cartoonThe government avoided the embarrassment of a defeat in the Commons but more than 40 Labour MPs still voted against the cut in disability benefits 000
Michael @michaelg7x.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Absolutely incredible @markurban.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...theguardian.comPentagon pizza monitor predicted ‘busy night’ ahead of Israel’s attack on IranLow gay bar traffic and spike in pizza deliveries before strikes boost theory on Pentagon activity during invasions 000
Reposted by Michaelemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 30/04/2025This, lesser noticed from the ABC interview, is batshit insane, but also necessary to maintain coherence among Trump's other batshit claimed beliefs about Ukraine. 26684150
Reposted by MichaelAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Nigel Farage still insisting that he has "never ever, ever suggested anything other than the NHS should be free". Here's what he's said in the past behind closed doors 1371316875
Reposted by MichaelOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 29/04/2025(The quote above is from Adam’s book, Private Eye: The First 50 Years, and the images I’m using are from an old post by the satirical magazine on a social media platform where decency now fears to tread.) Anyway... Private Eye knew their case was solid, so responded: 122429
Reposted by MichaelMatthew Green @matthewdgreen.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Apparently an Israeli company has forked Signal client and added features to retain messages for compliance. As someone else just said to me: what could go wrong? www.404media.co/mike-waltz-a...404media.coMike Waltz Accidentally Reveals Obscure App the Government Is Using to Archive Signal MessagesA photograph of Trump administration official Mike Waltz's phone shows him using an unofficial version of Signal designed to archive messages during a cabinet meeting. 1124179
Reposted by MichaelSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 25/04/2025BREAKING: The constitutional crisis has arrived. We knew it was coming, just not when. 1557205218273
Reposted by MichaelThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 24/04/2025Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had the consumer messaging app Signal set up on a computer in his office at the Pentagon so that he could send and receive instant messages in a space where personal cellphones are not permitted, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.nytimes.comHegseth Set Up Signal on a Computer in His Pentagon OfficeThe app facilitated communications in a building where cell service is poor and personal phones are not allowed in some areas. 1145122924052
Reposted by MichaelNPR @npr.org · 24/04/2025Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.npr.orgColleague of Harvard scientist held by ICE warns that foreign scientists are scaredHarvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S. 868223658345
Reposted by MichaelPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Canada, Lewis Powell and China are all showing that standing up to Trump leads him to fold like a cheap chair--while praising him, "building bridges" and trying to be agreeable gets you nothing but humiliation and degradation. Europe has not learned this yet. 941696
Reposted by MichaelPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 23/04/2025There are times when a decent person would quit rather than preside over a sick farce. This is one of those times. 10346581019
Reposted by MichaelThe Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 22/04/2025Breaking: Tesla’s net income sank 71% in the first quarter, hurt by competitive pressure and a reputational hit from Elon Musk’s polarizing role in the Trump administrationwsj.comTesla Profit Sinks, Hurt by Political BacklashThe auto maker’s net income fell 71% in the first quarter. 2281923490
Reposted by MichaelDavid Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Staple this to RFK Jr’s forehead. 379377428064
Reposted by MichaelMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/04/2025JUST IN: Deputy Assistant to the President and "Counterterrorism Czar" Sebastian Gorka says anyone advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be viewed as "aiding and abetting a terrorist" and be federally charged. (h/t Philip Germain) 6682213688423
