Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 1h"Trump has called Zelenskyy a dictator while saying Putin is his friend. No prizes for guessing which of the two is on display in a gold-framed photograph at the White House" www.ft.com/content/1724...ft.comWhy Trump is going for Zelenskyy’s jugularNo matter how much America’s allies urge the president to back Ukraine, he cannot forgive its leader for showing up his dealmaking impotence 15718
Reposted by Jim PickardM 💓🇺🇸🗽🌊🌈✨🧘♀️ @liveadivinelife.bsky.social · 2hThis is the kind of stuff naysayers of AI have a problem with. And They know there’s more chaos to come. So AI promoters & pushers can stop saying we’re just old, afraid of change, or ignorant. 1166
Reposted by Jim PickardChris Rand @chrisrand.com · 4hThere are so many things we haven’t even considered yet that could be destroyed by enemies of the state, AI, or enemies of the state with AI. I’m sure the next decade will be characterised by taking things back offline and putting them under manual control. 1011231
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 4hFT exclusive: Chancellor John Healey has rejected calls by senior Labour figures to raise capital gains tax to the same level as income tax, amid warnings that such an increase would hit Britain’s attractiveness to investors. www.ft.com/content/d633...ft.comHealey rejects calls to equalise capital gains and income tax ratesUK proposal had been backed by senior Labour figures, triggering nervousness among entrepreneurs and investors 7124
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 4hThe boss of a French supermarket chain targeted by cyber attacks that forced its fridges to overheat has described the incident as an “unprecedented” and “extremely serious” attack on the country’s food security www.ft.com/content/6908...ft.comCyber attack on French supermarket fridges raises alarm over food securitySome stores reported fridge temperatures as high as 80°C, melting equipment and destroying food 2113452
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 5hthey’re putting it out at more cinemas in a fortnight I think 020
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 5hI went to a showing of this brilliant documentary last night about the existential threat of AI and I would urge everyone else to www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma...theguardian.comChasing Utopia review – renegade Google exec Mo Gawdat searches for ethical AI in alarming insider warningDelivering much information about the scale of what’s coming, documentary also follows Gawdat’s campaign to get the programs with empathy 23512
Reposted by Jim PickardMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 09/10/2026"Are my migraines hormonal, or am I thinking too hard about how Peter Thiel has more money than all nurses on Earth combined?" buff.ly/oLdL54Cbuff.lyIs It Perimenopause or the Fascist Death Knell of Late-Stage Capitalism?“Is my hair thinning, or am I ripping it out because a thirty-four-time convicted, sexually abusive steak salesman with a Hannibal Lecter fetish is five poin... 131255401
Reposted by Jim PickardStephen Moore @stevem10.bsky.social · 6hMorning. bsky.app/profile/stev... 0101
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 20hno one can calibrate how successful the interference was but of course there was interference, people 1319515
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 20hministers struggled to explain what Burnham even meant by interference 100
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 21hI'm gobsmacked by ministers' failure to defend Burnham's claim about Russian interference in Brexit (and Tories' claim that he has no proof of it) when there were well-documented troll farms, funded by Russia, spewing out aggressive pro-Brexit attacks on social media at the time 27695195
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 22hLabour ministers are facing an industry backlash against plans to cut hundreds of millions of pounds from the government’s Boiler Upgrade Scheme in England and Wales, which provides grants of up to £9,000 to help households switch to heat pumps www.ft.com/content/e67a... 86714
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Everyone continues to underestimate the Houthis’ military power...suddenly these guys in flip-flops can double or triple your winter heating bills.” www.ft.com/content/bd2c...ft.comHouthis show military reach with deadly missile strikes on RiyadhYemen’s Iran-backed militants have evolved from insurgency into potent armed force 75217
Reposted by Jim PickardGerard @groverxv.bsky.social · 12/10/2026“Does the effort to remove the democratically elected leader of Germany in the 1941-45 period count for nothing?”static.klipy.comGrandpa Abe's Confused Exit in The SimpsonsALT: Grandpa Abe's Confused Exit in The Simpsons 4571
Reposted by Jim PickardHenry Foy @henryjfoy.ft.com · 11/10/2026💥 The Trump administration has threatened European capitals that it could stop paid-for weapons shipments to Ukraine if Kyiv does not halt its deep strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, officials told @christopherjm.ft.com and me @financialtimes.com as.ft.com/r/bc5bd7e2-3...as.ft.comUS threatens to block arms for Ukraine over attacks on Russian refineriesOfficials lobby European capitals and Kyiv following Trump’s diesel deal with Putin 38217117
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 12/10/2026the caption that tells you everything you need to know 26895387
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 11/10/2026sure but the Russians only needed fo moved the dial by a couple of points 2170
Reposted by Jim PickardOB1 Rebel @ob1rebel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Voters in the EU - be wary of falling for Russian propaganda. Spread the news to those who don't read about what's going on or read or watch propaganda only. 1249
Reposted by Jim PickardHolger Binding @hermgamma.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Gift link: giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...giftarticle.ft.comRussia ‘interfered’ in 2016 Brexit vote, says Andy BurnhamUK prime minister calls for European voters to be better informed about efforts to disrupt democratic process 24314
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 11/10/2026some of us worked this out a decade ago but it’s refreshing to see a prime minister say it out loud 25986206
Reposted by Jim PickardJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The 2016 Brexit vote was targeted by Russian “state-sponsored interference”, Andy Burnham has said, as he warned voters in France and Germany about Kremlin-backed attempts to influence their countries’ politics. www.ft.com/content/4fcb...ft.comRussia ‘interfered’ in 2016 Brexit vote, says Andy BurnhamUK prime minister calls for European voters to be better informed about efforts to disrupt democratic process 28481181
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The 2016 Brexit vote was targeted by Russian “state-sponsored interference”, Andy Burnham has said, as he warned voters in France and Germany about Kremlin-backed attempts to influence their countries’ politics. www.ft.com/content/4fcb...ft.comRussia ‘interfered’ in 2016 Brexit vote, says Andy BurnhamUK prime minister calls for European voters to be better informed about efforts to disrupt democratic process 28481181
Reposted by Jim PickardRob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Turns out these guys are real 66150584103
Reposted by Jim Pickarddepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 10/10/2026four years ago I posted this image of paleontologist Jan Smit looking at rocks and his son-in-law replied with something even better 58151482912
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Western intelligence agencies have warned Europe’s defence bosses that Russia is stepping up efforts to assassinate them, prompting companies to increase personal security around their top executives www.ft.com/content/5da2...ft.comRussia steps up bid to kill European defence chiefs, spy agencies warnCompanies increase personal security for top executives as Kremlin orders expansion of sabotage and ‘hybrid’ operations 37029
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 11/10/2026John Healey is *not* cutting the mansion tax threshold to £1.5mn despite speculation last month - will remain at £2mn when it kicks in in 2028 www.ft.com/content/b1ff...ft.comJohn Healey rules out cutting ‘mansion tax’ threshold to £1.5mn in UK BudgetMooted reduction had provoked backlash by Labour MPs concerned about impact on voters in London 4378
Reposted by Jim PickardKaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 10/10/2026This is not the time to ease pressure on Russia, and Europe won’t. On Monday, EU Foreign Ministers intend to approve the biggest set of sanctions listings targeting Russia’s war machine since the start of the war. 44728181
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Donald Trump wants regime change in Ukraine but not in Russia, go figure www.thetimes.com/world/russia...thetimes.comTime for Zelensky to go, Trump tells Ukraine in diesel rowAndy Burnham pledges ‘solidarity’ with Kyiv after US president strikes Putin oil deal 2724959
Reposted by Jim Pickardderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10/10/2026good lord how can anyone be this whiny; are you not ashamed 43081611122
Reposted by Jim PickardJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 10/10/2026just when you thought it couldn’t get worse 43566187
Reposted by Jim PickardPeter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Look at the graph of US support for Ukraine, and how it disappeared when Trump entered his second term. The Russia hoax was never a hoax 44613277
Reposted by Jim PickardEd Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 09/10/2026Wow. Donald Trump is giving money to Putin’s war machine so he can keep killing innocent Ukrainians and attacking democracies across Europe. The UK must lead a coalition of the willing that stands up and says no. 741009278
Reposted by Jim PickardLizzy Price @lizzyjprice.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Absolutely spot on. Let’s instead pause on these words by @iandunt.bsky.social in respect of London in the context of today’s byelection. “They hate it because it is beautiful, & it works, & that success provides a comprehensive refutation of their worldview.” 213111
Reposted by Jim PickardPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026🔴NEW: Ben Delo has given Reform £44MILLION Delo’s money comes from his now-closed crypto exchange BitMEX In 2019, a BitMEX investor asked about the status of his investment Delo responded by sending this meme, according to court documents. There’s more, a lot more (new investigation🧵) 16549341
Reposted by Jim PickardCallum May @callummay.co.uk · 09/10/2026Anonymous sources are bad, says an anonymous source. 623858
Reposted by Jim PickardMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 09/10/2026oh my god I was going to joke "he's actually centre-left" and turns out he IS 26945194
Reposted by Jim PickardChairman Moët @chairmanmoet.bsky.social · 09/10/2026What a fortnight in British politics. Also love the idea that someone mounting a coup to overthrow the third biggest party's leader goes completely unnoticed until it's an exclusive splash in the FT 2305
Reposted by Jim PickardJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 09/10/2026FT exclusive: the coup against Sir Ed Davey has begun... www.ft.com/content/523f...ft.comLib Dem MP launches attempt to topple leader Ed DaveyResignation of Treasury spokesperson Charlie Maynard comes amid frustration about centre-left party’s sagging poll ratings 3411845
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Robert Jenrick: "doing a deal with the Tory party is like being handcuffed to a zombie" 9213
Reposted by Jim PickardSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Charlie Maynard has resigned from the LibDem frontbench Treasury team to seek a leadership change. He has been the MP for Witney since 2024: a strong critic of Brexit with hawkish fiscal views on government debt bsky.app/profile/pick... 104114