Reposted by Paul WeatheriltJarvis Googoo @jarvisgoogoo.com · 03/10/2026Amazing editorial cartoon re artificial intelligence by @mackinnonart.bsky.social 191335458
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltGiles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Really nice post. I learned a lot 0102
Paul Weatherilt @paul-weatherilt.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Highly recommended open.spotify.com/episode/6cr2...open.spotify.comRobert Friedland on the World's Monumental Shortage of CopperOdd Lots · Episode 000
Paul Weatherilt @paul-weatherilt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026@dsquareddigest.bsky.social post the meltdown of providers in 2021, it became clear to me that accurate billing is a huge issue. I eventually stopped paying Octopus to force them to produce some accurate billing. In the end they accepted a pretty large haircut to settle.....and smart meters.... 210
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 03/09/2026PR tips for AI cult leaders who everyone hates, by @robarmstrong.bsky.social - as.ft.com/r/170f6b0f-e...as.ft.comHow AI can put out its PR dumpster fireDoomers will say it’s hopeless but here are five ideas to put out the fire 5437
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltGiles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 03/09/2026What really intrigues me about all this nuttiness is how the stolid Christianity part coheres with the "and it's utterly wicked even to contemplate slowing down tech" Thiel-ist bit giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...giftarticle.ft.comJames Orr and the gospel of the new British rightReform’s policy head is a Cambridge theologian with an enviable contact book and a belief in ‘faith, family and flag’ 1512125
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltFT Alphaville @alphaville.ft.com · 31/08/2026www.ft.com/content/c034...ft.comHappy birthday to the First Index Investment TrustWitness the FIITnes 033
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltFT Alphaville @alphaville.ft.com · 24/08/2026www.ft.com/content/38d9...ft.comBitcoin is great (for systemic theft of aid money)Finally, a killer use case 2198
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltFT Alphaville @alphaville.ft.com · 20/08/2026www.ft.com/content/bcc9...ft.com140 years of banking crises and bailoutsWe started so we finished 12615
Paul Weatherilt @paul-weatherilt.bsky.social · 18/08/2026open.spotify.com/episode/5gLF... So, so good. So hopeful. Thank you @azizabusarah.bsky.social and maozinon.bsky.social. "Do not ignore these tickets.."open.spotify.com202. Is Peace in the Middle East Closer Than We Think? (A Palestinian & An Israeli's View)The Rest Is Politics: Leading · Episode 000
Paul Weatherilt @paul-weatherilt.bsky.social · 17/08/2026open.spotify.com/episode/5zFs...open.spotify.com"The American Jewish identity has been weaponised as a cover for genocide"The Equator Podcast · Episode 000
Paul Weatherilt @paul-weatherilt.bsky.social · 14/08/2026open.spotify.com/episode/6DO7... RS @therestpolitics.bsky.social with his blinkers on again. NIMBYism a huge issue, rail, housing etc... discuss.open.spotify.comWill Climate Action Go Backwards Under Burnham?The Rest Is Politics · Episode 110
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 12/08/2026For thousands of years, a solar eclipse has been a prophetic harbinger of a spectacular, epoch-making event. Just saying. #VoteBinface #Clacton 19872911571
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan 29369612159
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltSimon Wren-Lewis @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Y'days post: How Right Wing Populism came easily to the Conservative Party mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2026/07/how-... The Tory party's antagonism to net zero is just the latest example of how it treats evidence in setting policy, an attitude that led to disaster with 2010 austerity and Brexit.mainlymacro.blogspot.comHow Right Wing Populism came easily to the Conservative PartyAll the evidence points to the alarming extent of man made climate change. This isn’t just evidence available to scientists, but the every... 1117
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 22/06/2026Congress is getting ready to remove the requirement that shell companies register their real owners. The bill "will restore America’s status as the leading offshore haven" 841809967
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/06/2026The era of trillionaires will be dire for democracy. Here is how we can fight back | Gabriel Zucmantheguardian.comThe era of trillionaires will be dire for democracy. Here is how we can fight back | Gabriel ZucmanThere is a fundamental tension between extreme wealth and the very possibility of democracy. That’s because extreme wealth is always an extreme power 23325152
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltGabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Thanks Martin Wolf for including “We need to tax billionaires” in the FT’s best books of 2026 ✊ www.ft.com/content/96e2... 116949
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltGabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 13/06/2026In bookstores across the US on August 25. If ever there was a time to act, it is now. 13646236
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltLeonardo Carella @leonardocarella.bsky.social · 28/05/2026This is 14% of Lebanon's territory. Functionally indistinguishable from what Russia has done in Donetsk, Luhansk and Crimea. 10883435
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 14/05/2026President Obama: “We pulled it off without firing a missile. We got 97% of their enriched uranium out. There’s no dispute that it worked and we didn’t have to kill a whole bunch of people or shut down the Strait of Hormuz.” 10623833212749
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltPaul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 08/05/2026This is really great from @rajakorman.bsky.social. Smart, interesting and of course at least one exceptional Dad Joke >> American healthcare costs drive global imbalances www.ft.com/content/631a...ft.comAmerican healthcare costs drive global imbalancesDark matter revealed? 043
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 30/04/2026I cannot overstate how completely insane this story is 58910426
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltFT Alphaville @alphaville.ft.com · 21/04/2026as.ft.com/r/1f8ebbe0-6...as.ft.comWill China get richer before it gets much, much smaller?Demographic dataviz 094
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltScott Santens @scottsantens.com · 15/04/2026222 votes secured in the compact, 48 more to go!theguardian.comUS edges closer to popular vote deciding winner of presidential electionsVirginia signs national popular vote bill into law, joining interstate compact with 17 other states and District of Columbia 39831
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltLondon Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 10/04/2026‘Far from acting alone, Mossad relied heavily on assorted European security agencies for intelligence on Palestinian activities.’ Andrew Cockburn on Mossad’s assassination strategy and its legacy. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukAndrew Cockburn · Beware the mattress: Mossad’s Kill ListMossad relied heavily on assorted European security agencies for intelligence on Palestinian activities. Not only did... 0115
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltAlex Steffen @alexsteffen.bsky.social · 06/04/2026I hadn't seen this before. This is pretty remarkable. Earth and Moon in one NASA photo. ht @astrokatie.com 2228505189
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Extraordinary. (Douglas Murray and Tim Montgomerie also mentioned in this article.) 19293114
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 29/03/2026If you're wondering what the Reinmetall PR team is desperately trying to walk back here, it's quotes their CEO Armin Papperger gave the Atlantic in which he poured shit on Ukrainian innovation and drone production. He comes off... not great. Full article here: www.theatlantic.com/national-sec... 1912334
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Jimmy Carr, "There's a guy called Donald Trump who used to present that. And he's now got a new show, it's called: The News" "It is f*cking terrifying" Lisa Kudrow, "I liked the apprentice so I'm going to try the new one" 95711
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 27/03/2026At Rheinmetall, the German defense company, the CEO still thinks drones aren't important www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...theatlantic.comBuilding Tanks While the Ukrainians Master DronesUkrainian drones have made artillery and armored vehicles look obsolete. Why is the world still buying them? 57519159
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltKathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 27/03/2026How incredible: “The full delivery took about 30 minutes. For hours afterward, pairs of whales held the baby above the water until it was able to swim… What struck the researchers was how many mother, sister and daughter whales united to support the new calf, even ones that weren’t related.”apnews.comScientists captured female sperm whales on video working together during a birth to protect the calfScientists have captured rare footage of a sperm whale giving birth, offering a window into the large mammals' behavior. 958131391
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 19/03/2026These people are so stupid that their obviously bullshit excuses don't exonerate them even if you accept their insane premises. Let's imagine Biden lost all the US minesweeping ships fighting house to house in Donbas. Knowing that, why did you still start a war with Iran?!? 114436
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/03/2026This is one of the best descriptions of the Ukrainian drone war, and its significance for all of us, that I have read www.newstatesman.com/internationa...newstatesman.comThe new world warWhy the battle for Iran and Ukraine is coming for us all 291045387
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 15/03/2026A flight taken by the FT over the estate (owned by Viktor Orban’s father) revealed what the roadside hides: carefully manicured gardens; pools cut into the sprawling grounds; a palm house and a chapel; and a grand main building with gleaming wings www.ft.com/content/1e44...ft.comThe riches of Viktor Orbán’s home villageHungary’s longtime leader is trailing in the polls ahead of April’s election, as the opposition alleges widespread corruption 8413176
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 11/03/2026Straight into my veins please 719023
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltVictoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Reform UK on the war - 9 March, Robert Jenrick: ‘this war needs to come to an end as soon as possible….that’s why Nigel Farage immediately ruled out suggestions that UK might deploy boots on the ground. Nor do we see why British aircraft should become involved in offensive action.’ Daily Telegraph 3831974
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Zelensky highlighting the moral and strategic poverty of the USA under Trump. In the last year Trump has ended all military aid for Ukraine, has undermined Ukrainian air defense, has tried to bully Ukraine in handing over territory, and has rolled out the red carpet for Putin. 24628232
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 26/02/2026CJEU, media law/human rights New judgment: Hungary breached EU law by refusing to renew broadcasting access of opposition radio station curia.europa.eu/site/jcms/d2... 12717
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltJoel Chan @kjoules.org · 19/02/2026Julien Chorier 🇫🇷 is the first to complete the 2026 Hong Kong 4 Trails Ultra Challenge #hk4tuc, touching the post box at Mui Wo Ferry Pier in 55 hours 12 minutes 34 seconds (Video: HK4TUC, @williamlvl_ / Instagram) 0102
Reposted by Paul Weatherilt𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Wow. 13133614816658
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltSean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Brilliant analysis of an iconic scene from CASABLANCA with too much contemporary relevance. “The Germans are but one small enclave, finding themselves within a community that’s filled with less traditional power but greater numbers and far superior zeal.” 118139
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltJim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 09/02/2026Re-upping this for the Monday crowd... I think my favourite, most revealing detail is that the guy seems to not realise he's in trouble because London Centric's reporting didn't hit anything like his view counts, so therefore it can't really matter. 12267102
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 06/02/2026“The combined tuition fees of the entire Question Time panel would not cover my cost for 1 year of uni. Is that fair?” Oli Dugmore It’s absolutely NOT fair. This outrageous scandal must end 651703569
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 18/01/2026Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff. Game on. 476143944591
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltEnd Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 16/01/2026@merkley.senate.gov is right. The Citizens United decision broke our campaign finance system. It's time to reform it so our government works by and for the people, not just the Big Money donors who sign the biggest checks. 28420148
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltJoel Chan @kjoules.org · 14/01/2026The New York Times obituary of David Webb Free to read gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/w...nytimes.comDavid Webb, Investor Who Took on Hong Kong Tycoons, Dies at 60 0104
Reposted by Paul WeatheriltDuncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Absolutely fucking tremendous from the FT.ft.comWho’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as TwitterA look inside Elon Musk’s big tent 18867288
