Reposted by Robin MulvihillChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 23/04/20251/ Donald Trump has abandoned legally mandated US and international efforts to hold Russia accountable for its war crimes in Ukraine, in an apparent undisclosed favour to Vladimir Putin. ⬇️ 20713222
Reposted by Robin MulvihillCNN @cnn.com · 22/04/2025Bill Owens, the executive producer for CBS News’ flagship “60 Minutes” program, announced he will resign from the top job on Tuesday, saying he no longer has control over the show. Read more: cnn.it/4jKGOTk 109891300
Reposted by Robin MulvihillGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 22/04/2025When I took the history reporter job, I told my editor I would never "both sides" the Civil War, Confederates or slavery. I never did. But here, ChatGPT (pic 1) has turned my work (pics 2,3) into whitewashed pablum and put MY FUCKING NAME on it. I am livid, I am shaking. I don't know what to do. 9450621280
Reposted by Robin MulvihillMax Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 22/04/2025"A survey of more than 500 political scientists finds that the vast majority think the United States is moving swiftly from liberal democracy toward some form of authoritarianism." www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...npr.orgHundreds of scholars say U.S. is swiftly heading toward authoritarianismMost — but not all — political scientists are deeply troubled by the president's attempts to expand executive power, according to a national survey. 1472181735
Reposted by Robin MulvihillBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Okay Markwayne. 1058130772582
Reposted by Robin MulvihillSarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 22/04/2025This is a travesty. 016654
Reposted by Robin MulvihillBrian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 22/04/2025I do wish it was better understood by now—especially by folks in the media—that these "warnings" from large AI corporations in fact function as "advertisements" www.axios.com/2025/04/22/a...axios.comExclusive: Anthropic warns fully AI employees are a year awayManaging those AI identities will require companies to completely reassess their cybersecurity strategies. 642176534
Reposted by Robin MulvihillWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 22/04/2025One of the key observations from The Politics of Competence by @profjanegreen.bsky.social and me is that when politicians and parties start losing a reputation for competence they lose it across all issues. 314842
Reposted by Robin MulvihillClarissa Sr, American Grandma (AG) @clarissasr.bsky.social · 22/04/2025👀 👀 👀 👀 💯⚖️🇺🇸💪🏼📣 youtube.com/watch?v=NZil...youtube.comSheldon Whitehouse on Trump’s Flying Monkeys, Cosplaying Billionaires, & his Festival of CorruptionYouTube video by The Lincoln Project 222
Reposted by Robin MulvihillAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Congress literally created an Alien Terrorist Removal Court for the expeditious removal of aliens who are designated as terrorists, under a preponderance of evidence standard. I think problem isn’t the time it would take, but the fact that the government would have to produce actual evidence 21358961412
Reposted by Robin MulvihillNiall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Credit where it's due, Bxl negotiators have managed to lock the UK into our defence standards, and remove fishing as an issue *entirely*. That's the major European objectives sorted. Europe can afford a shallow reset deal. The political risk is gone. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...independent.co.ukStarmer close to post-Brexit defence deal with EU after concession on fishing rightsBritish firms will be able to access an EU defence fund after negotiators prepared to make concessions on fishing 4349
Reposted by Robin MulvihillCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22/04/2025“.. In recent weeks she has spoken to leaders from Iceland, New Zealand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Canada, India and the United Arab Emirates who were looking for ‘strong, reliable partners.’” @politico.com www.politico.eu/article/urus... 813653864
Reposted by Robin MulvihillKatja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Not mild: The Dutch military intelligence service today warned that Russia's grayzone tactics are getting more aggressive - and are getting close to tipping over into something even bigger. It also calls on Europe to urgently ready itself for such an escalation. www.defensie.nl/downloads/pu...defensie.nlOpenbaar jaarverslag 2024, Militaire Inlichtingen- en VeiligheidsdienstNederland wordt steeds vaker geconfronteerd met hybride aanvallen die onze samenleving proberen te ontwrichten en verzwakken. Met name de Russische brutaliteit ziet de Militaire Inlichtingen- en Veili... 814674
Reposted by Robin MulvihillBusiness Insider @businessinsider.com · 22/04/2025Carnegie Mellon staffed a fake company with AI agents. It was a total disaster.businessinsider.comYour next assignment at work: babysitting AICarnegie Mellon staffed a fake company with AI agents. It was a total disaster. 097
Reposted by Robin MulvihillJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 22/04/2025The BBC is getting less flexible even as it needs to do just the opposite to stay relevant (and to keep talent). Simultaneously, climate is getting more politicised just as it *must* do the opposite for action to happen in time. Two interlinked problems going in the wrong direction. 35817
Reposted by Robin MulvihillLuke McGee @lukemcgee.bsky.social · 22/04/2025The Kremlin’s 30-hour truce was designed to shift blame to Ukraine. Did Trump buy it? edition.cnn.com/2025/04/21/e...edition.cnn.comThe Kremlin’s 30-hour truce was designed to shift blame to Ukraine. Did Trump buy it? | CNNIt was unexpected, barely implemented and not even extended. But the Kremlin’s hopelessly short-lived Easter truce was aimed directly at US President Donald Trump and at shifting blame for his disastr... 33613
Reposted by Robin MulvihillWarren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 22/04/2025The first 750 free breakfast clubs are running in schools today. They mean no child needs to start the school day hungry, while offering a supportive start to the day and chances to socialise with other children before learning begins. Parents can also benefit from them... 1/2gov.ukFree breakfast clubs roll out as costs for families cut by £8,000Thousands of children to attend free breakfast clubs across the country today, as government delivers its manifesto commitment and promise to working families 813147
Robin Mulvihill @mulvihill.bsky.social · 21/04/2025I’m still trying to make sense of it from Friday. Not even the loosest of allegories fit. 000
Reposted by Robin MulvihillMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Joni Ernst and Thom Tillis — 2 GOP senators who knew how bad Hegseth was but voted for him anyway out of personal ambition — should lose their re-election bids over this if they run in 2026.npr.orgExclusive: The White House is looking to replace Pete Hegseth as defense secretaryThe White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly. 1413324703
Reposted by Robin MulvihillThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 21/04/2025Donald Trump made nearly $240M off of inauguration donations from billionaires & corporations—and we have no idea where the money is going.newrepublic.comTrump Broke His Own Inauguration Fundraising Record—by a Long ShotAnd we have no idea where the money is going. 1591248480
Reposted by Robin MulvihillAuschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 21/04/202521 April 1900 | Pole Michał Mazurkiewicz was born in Lwów. An accountant. In #Auschwitz from 18 May 1942. No. 35717 He perished in the camp on 20 July 1942. 848396
Reposted by Robin MulvihillChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Holy moly! This isn’t wink-wink nudge nudge flirting with trutherism, it’s the whole thing. It was probably inevitable we ended up here. 1755108762103
Reposted by Robin MulvihillPaul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 21/04/2025“Not the Hungarian” is a crude and arguably discriminatory heuristic but by God it’s a reliable one. 4246
Reposted by Robin MulvihillAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Per source convos this afternoon, and I really hate to break it to you, I don’t think this trump wh “search” for another defense secretary is going anywhere….., 3768598
Robin Mulvihill @mulvihill.bsky.social · 21/04/2025When the inevitable and avoidable fiasco occurs on his watch, due to his utter unfitness for the position, it’s key that every single person who wants something better makes it known that he was approved by spineless GOP senators. 020
Robin Mulvihill @mulvihill.bsky.social · 21/04/2025How was this ever going to end anything other than terribly and quickly. 000
Reposted by Robin MulvihillJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Are we are in the final chapter for Three Gin Pete? www.wsj.com/politics/nat...wsj.comHegseth Faces Heat After New Signal Chat Emerges and Claim of Pentagon ‘Chaos’A former top Hegseth adviser suggested Sunday night that Trump should consider replacing the embattled Defense chief. 6670287
Reposted by Robin MulvihillMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 21/04/2025"the coddling of the american conservative" would be such a good book 362454317
Reposted by Robin MulvihillChris Giles @chrisgiles.ft.com · 21/04/2025It’s time to retire the phrase, “when America sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold” on.ft.com/3RoUozD The US, not others, will feel most pain from its economic mistakeson.ft.comThe US, not others, will feel most pain from its economic mistakes[FREE TO READ] America is not the powerhouse it once was 611532
Reposted by Robin MulvihillJulia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Thank you to Larry David for this artful, effective public rebuke of Bill Maher. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf (Gift Article)When a private meeting goes unexpectedly. 0849166
Reposted by Robin MulvihillJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 21/04/2025media.tenor.comSuspect Guilty GIFAlt: Suspect Guilty GIF 25810
Reposted by Robin MulvihillGeneral Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 21/04/2025"good news Mr Vice-President, you're no longer going to be remembered as the guy who fucked couches" 1735249
Reposted by Robin MulvihillLarry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 21/04/2025If you know, you know 483127992939
Reposted by Robin MulvihillHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Yall wanna hear something extremely embarrassing? Before Trump’s election, a bunch of academics who lumbered rightward after being criticized by the left (Pinker, Dawkins, Krauss) wrote essays for a book that is coming out in July about the threats to academia from the left. YALL, THE TITLE!! 39493091417
Reposted by Robin MulvihillAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20/04/2025Remember the 6 men who forcibly removed Dr. Teresa Borrenphol from the Coeur d'Alene town hall? They’ve been arrested and charged! www.kivitv.com/news/six-men... 17324382010472
Reposted by Robin MulvihillFrédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Egregious French tourist Théophile Gautier is dismayed to arrive in Granada in 1840 and find people are wearing Paris fashions, not moorish garb. One of the earliest rants about mass-tourism making everywhere the same. Just 5 years after the first train ran in mainland Europe. 4286
Robin Mulvihill @mulvihill.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Get some glass bridges in there. More the better - will impress the neighbours. 020