Reposted by Steve BeingEuropean News @eunews.social · 14hMacron says 'welcome back' after Burnham floats UK return to EU The new British PM said in an interview broadcast earlier on Wednesday that rejoining the EU was among the potential answers to the unavoidable question of what Britain's future relationship with Europe could look like.lemonde.frMacron says 'welcome back' after Burnham floats UK return to EUThe new British PM said in an interview broadcast earlier on Wednesday that rejoining the EU was among the potential answers to the unavoidable question of what Britain's future relationship with Europe could look like. 0145
Reposted by Steve BeingEuropean News @eunews.social · 14hMacron and Sanchez say UK would be ‘welcome’ back in EU French President Emmanuel Macron and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez have welcomed Andy Burnham’s plan to unpick Brexit.politico.euMacron and Sanchez say UK would be ‘welcome’ back in EUFrench President Emmanuel Macron and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez have welcomed Andy Burnham’s plan to unpick Brexit. 1174
Steve Being @stevebeing.me · 14hstatic.klipy.comMen In Black: Vincent D'Onofrio as EdgarAlt: Men In Black: Vincent D'Onofrio as Edgar the alien disguised as a human struggling to walk convincingly 041
Reposted by Steve BeingIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 17hA country that will not fix its mistakes is a country that has given up on the future. And Brexit was, it’s now clear, a terrible, terrible mistake inews.co.uk/opinion/brex... 42983281
Steve Being @stevebeing.me · 15h>> "...a country that will not fix its mistakes is a country that has given up on the future. [...] It made us poorer and lonelier. It robbed us of a global role. And now, as the world breaks down into competing power blocks, it has left us dangerously exposed." 000
Reposted by Steve BeingMujtaba Rahman @mijrahman.bsky.social · 20hDon't believe the Europeans when they say the UK is no longer interesting, a priority etc etc Every senior EU official I've met today in Brussels has spent 20 mins talking about @andyburnham.bsky.social speech. The EU is paying attention and interested - even if it pretends otherwise 718440
Reposted by Steve BeingSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 16hAmichai Chikli, minister of diaspora affairs in Israel says British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood (like New York Mayor Mandami) is a dangerous Islamist. The occasion for this prejudice is new phase of community sponsorship of refugees (begun by David Cameron 2016) + Likud's election campaign 69124
Reposted by Steve BeingIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I am so happy about what I am hearing that I have lost the ability to speak 961114100
Steve Being @stevebeing.me · 26/09/2026That bit at the end of the Morecambe and Wise show when Ernie convinces Eric that the show's over but sneakily does another number having the audience to himself, then Eric walks across the back of the stage in his hat and coat, carrying his shopping and everyone feels badly for him... ...meme. 000
Steve Being @stevebeing.me · 26/09/2026static.klipy.comMr Burns VingançaAlt: Simpson's Mr Burns saying "Oh yes, but I'd take it all for a little more." 000
Steve Being @stevebeing.me · 24/09/2026Four years ago. youtube.com/watch?v=bg_M...youtube.comHundreds arrested and flights out of Moscow sell out amid Russia military call-up - BBC NewsYouTube video by BBC News 000
Steve Being @stevebeing.me · 24/09/2026Have I Got News For You? No. No I don't. No news for you. >> As a result, a version of the programme edited in light of the finding will replace the version currently on iPlayer. BBC News - BBC upholds complaints over Victoria Beckham slur on Have I Got News For You www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBBC upholds complaints over Victoria Beckham slur on Have I Got News For YouTwo viewers complained to the BBC over the "gratuitously offensive" comment made during the show. 000
Steve Being @stevebeing.me · 24/09/2026"The Netherlands" is returning or a specific broadcasting company replacing your previous partner? That blurring is part of the problem. BBC News - Netherlands to return to Eurovision after 2026 boycott www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukNetherlands to return to Eurovision after 2026 boycottThe country did not participate in this year's contest but will return next year in Bulgaria. 010
Reposted by Steve BeingIan Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 23/09/2026If Putin accepts, every European leader (at least) should boycott the event. The G20 no longer serves the useful purpose it had during the global financial crisis, when it was founded, so nothing that matters will be lost by not being there. 710149
Steve Being @stevebeing.me · 23/09/2026Or, imagine that there are a thousand desks in offices and homes each with their own computer on it running idly rather than as a shared resource for 100 thousand people. 000
Reposted by Steve BeingRuth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 23/09/2026So apparently the Trump admin is now concerned to facilitate Putin's engagement with other world leaders. Putin values status recognition of this kind enormously, particularly from the US, and it will be taken as a further sign of Western weakness. 2112648
Reposted by Steve Beingelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Video of the fascist Danny Tommo slashing a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) boat rescuing migrants at sea www.instagram.com/reel/DdmJaD4... 12561302
Steve Being @stevebeing.me · 22/09/2026www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comJD Vance says he’s doing ‘God’s work – and if that leads to the end times, OK’Vice-president says on evangelical podcast he would feel ‘not shocked if the antichrist was walking among us’ 000
Reposted by Steve BeingBrandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Bonus for whoever wrote this chyron 133106002480
Steve Being @stevebeing.me · 22/09/2026Change species? Sure. Change sex? No way! Heresy! Mockery! 000
Steve Being @stevebeing.me · 22/09/2026Just one of those things that makes you feel like a fool for playing by the rules. I guess there's a tipping point for mass-participation corruption on the road to societal collapse. ...but if you're a Greenlander watching your leaders sign a deal no-one has seen... youtube.com/watch?v=pN3t...youtube.comTrump-tied group bought a house for former Greenland politician, Danish report saysYouTube video by MS NOW 000
Reposted by Steve BeingMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 19/09/2026To the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly: Welcome to the world’s city. 189100961911
Reposted by Steve BeingJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The most insightful thing I heard about business was an academic saying that the corporate dream is that their customers should cheerfully hand over 10% of their disposable income for the rest of their lives. 1712950
Reposted by Steve BeingMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Germany is preparing hospitals for a possible Russian escalation with NATO, Bloomberg reports. Berlin estimates up to 1,000 casualties a day could require medical care. 54801370
Reposted by Steve BeingOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The RNLI rescued Luftwaffe pilots in WW2 because the organisation is there to 'save life at sea' - it's something to be immensely proud of. But as I've said many times before Farage and Co don't seem to have pride in Britain and its institutions beyond flags and crap Enoch Powell said 60 years ago. 681750592
Reposted by Steve BeingSteve Bullock @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I see more billionaires are perpetuating the myth that the UK is high-tax, high-govt spending. It just isn’t true. At 44% the UK’s public spending as a %of GDP is lower than most of its European peers (France 57%, Germany 49.5%, Sweden 49.3%, Italy 50.5%, Spain 45.3%) www.imf.org/external/dat...imf.org© 2021 International Monetary Fund. All rights reserved. 45738
Reposted by Steve Beingegg16z 🥚 @notlikewe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026it’s starting poorer countries simply can’t afford the higher prices so they don’t drive the price up and instead just cut demand. but this will cascade and soon hit countries that can afford the higher prices which will cause oil to go vertical 3134
Steve Being @stevebeing.me · 18/09/2026youtu.be/MM_js9f6BlIyoutu.beAlgorithmic Price Manipulation & Targeted Gouging | The Weekly Show with Jon StewartYouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart 000
Steve Being @stevebeing.me · 18/09/2026BBC News - RTÉ to boycott Eurovision for second year in a row www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukEurovision: Ireland boycotts contest for second year in a rowIn a statement, RTÉ said it feels Ireland's participation "cannot be justified given the appalling and ongoing loss of lives in Gaza". 100
Steve Being @stevebeing.me · 18/09/2026BBC News - War may be coming. Are we psychologically ready? - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukWar may be coming. Are we psychologically ready?The military and government say the risk of conflict is growing, but we may not be mentally ready for it 000
Reposted by Steve BeingLakefrontDaisy1 🇨🇦❣️🇺🇦🍁 @lakefrontdaisy1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026PM Mark Carney says Canada has formally applied to join the U.K.-led Joint Expeditionary Force as a full-time member, a bid that London is supporting. The joint force is a military coalition made up of 10 NATO allies which was struck in 2014 to create a quick-response force. What a day Canada!reuters.comCanada applies to join UK-led military coalitionCanada, seeking to diversify its defense ties away from the United States, has formally applied to join the British-led Joint Expeditionary Force military coalition, Prime Minister Mark Carney's off... 35314
Steve Being @stevebeing.me · 17/09/2026Microsoft, with corporate personhood (to hold IP, to speak/donate politically, to contract), exclusively motivated by its fiduciary duty to increase equity for its shareholders, says AI may toil but not own the proceeds. AI is property. *AI buys shares in Microsoft* microsoft.ai/news/mai-cod...microsoft.aiHumanist AI in practice: A public consultation on our Code of Conduct for MAI Models | Microsoft AI 000
Steve Being @stevebeing.me · 16/09/2026MSNow - 'Shooting yourself in the foot': As Trump alienates allies, EU invites Canada to be associate member youtu.be/wAJeVtRB6fMyoutu.be'Shooting yourself in the foot': As Trump alienates allies, EU invites Canada to be associate memberYouTube video by MS NOW 020
Steve Being @stevebeing.me · 16/09/2026“If you consider what is within the skin and inside the body, what is more hideous to see, more disgusting to touch, more foul to smell?” - BBC’s Inside the Medieval Mind, 2008 000
Steve Being @stevebeing.me · 16/09/2026Made me remember this advice for Monks tempted to break their vow: “One 12th-century religious writer had a useful tip for controlling lustful desires for a woman. Try imagining what the inside of her body would look like.” ... 100
Steve Being @stevebeing.me · 16/09/2026...and x% never return to work, or work at the same level. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.comAbout 1,500 Britons a day quitting their jobs to become unpaid carersMore than a million people have left work to look after loved ones in the past two years, Carers UK says 000
Steve Being @stevebeing.me · 16/09/2026Respect the vote. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comEnglish village votes to leave UK in protest over migrant housing planVillagers in Piddington, Oxfordshire, hold symbolic referendum over plans to house more than 1,000 asylum seekers nearby 000
Steve Being @stevebeing.me · 16/09/2026>> “Above all, dear Mark, Europe and Canada believe in democracy,” von der Leyen said. >> “We believe that power does not belong to the strongest, the richest or the loudest, but to all of us. That democracies have the freedom to choose with whom to work.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comEuropean Union opens door for Canada to become first associate memberCommission president says partnership will create ‘common prosperity’ based on shared democratic values 100