Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialCalvin Bailey MBE MP @calvinbailey.bsky.social · 09/10/2026My statement on the Green Party's 'Zionism' motion 👇 1016324
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 16hIt's actually not complicated. You end homelessness with safe, dignified housing people can afford. 557195
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialEric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating. 18166941950
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is a bad IHT cut. For the same money we could increase the nil rate band to £900k/person, or alternatively cut the rate from 40% to 17.5%. Either would be simpler, fairer, and not distort the housing market. 314322
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026No, competitive tendering and transparency in the award of public contracts would do. 19657149
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Funny how these errors always seem to head in the same direction. A bit like Richard Tice's tax mistakes. 29764213
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialQuantian @quantian.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This paper makes school closures look pretty good! It finds they are the second most effective NPI overall, behind only masking, and argues that cost doesn’t justify it. But to get to that $26mm number they need to use an absurdly high number for education value and still only end up at 2x VSL. 412112
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialStephanie Lamy @stephlamy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Macron n'aime pas le slogan "Macron BZ ta prof, pas les nôtres" ... Internet, do your thing. 05627
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialbryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare... 102143404722
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialAlexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The Oct 7 attack by Hamas was a horrific act against Israelis that made everything worse for Palestinians, the Israeli government committed war crimes, Hezbollah is a fascistic organisation that exploits its community, the IRGC feeds off endless war at home and abroad All these things are true 1332446
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialTim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever 41120543123
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialArthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Excellent news. The good thing is that Palantir isn’t unique and there are many options, all of which will save the taxpayer money. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...giftarticle.ft.comAndy Burnham searches for UK alternative to PalantirPrime minister’s ‘Buy British’ push triggers hunt to find replacement for controversial US tech group awarded health service and defence contracts 12482143
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialWarren Terra @warrenterra.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Okay, seriously, what the fuck is this? 3066181
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialPatrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I have never understood why knowing that Rs will almost certainly fail to do their duty somehow eliminates the responsibility of Ds to do theirs to the extent they can. 27312
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Each week you think: Braverman will never outdo this. She'll never say something madder than what just came out her mouth. And each week, she proves you wrong. Just the maddest fool on earth. 88784157
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialAFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 28/09/2026Swiss voters roundly reject a proposal to tighten their country's neutrality. Voters dismissed an initiative championed by the hard-right and dubbed "pro-Russian" by opponents. The vote exposed deep disagreement over what neutrality entails u.afp.com/S9MQ 0246
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We? Bitch YOU do the messaging for Democrats, and it’s always “be more like Republicans.” 411239167
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialironeconomist.bsky.social @ironeconomist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The correct solution is to take one step back and ask, why do I need my fiscal rules to depend on the future? Why don’t I commit to varying the tax position to meet a simple rule that debt should be going down now at full employment and rapid nominal growth. 171
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 23/09/2026am having to force myself to live in a state of at least partial denial because I find the currenty situation so deeply nauseating that constant knowledge of it would probably have a significant impact on my day-to-day 1154161
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialMike Masnick @masnick.com · 22/09/2026I'm sorry, but this pin is amazing and I desperately want one. Or maybe 10. To hand out to people. 1754541
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialRoger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The US will soon have the world's only triumphal arch whose features were driven by litigation strategy. 4753492
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialThomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I want the name of every consultant who convinces a Democrat to run an ad ceding ground to trans hatred, and I want them blacklisted by the party and noted so I can never give a cent to anyone who hires them ever again. 422373584
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Bracketing whether it's even true (probably not), giving the money back to one of Putin's stooges isn't the right option anyway. Give it to Ukraine. 915625
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialMatt Hodges @matthodges.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Very quick and dirty Jev test for hiring bias. One resume for a Wall Street job; asked whether the applicant should get a first-round interview. 76 evaluations, changing only the first name. 19 of each: White-associated men/women, Black-associated men/women. console.typesafe.ai/playground?s... 19474116
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 19/09/2026This feels like something we should be asking right wing politicians about, but I appreciate the media is busy demanding every leader on the left individually parse and disavow each chant overheard at a uni protest. 418743
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukPeter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHSA decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds... 18534441859
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialGianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026These newscasters should be so fucking embarrassed 712810285
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialGrudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The dumbest asshole in the country and the President need to be two different people moving forward 18195041815
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialSE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I feel about this roughly the same way I would feel about all the pharmaceutical companies getting together to say they wanted to waive anti-trust laws so they could form a cartel to ban medical research: these people are the enemies of humanity. 51029131
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I am so tired of nasty, insular, smug gits playing PR stunts to prevent people finding safety. I say grant them independence and then see how they react to facing immigration restrictions when they want to do a big shop or work. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukPiddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plansPiddington residents vote over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby. 65666135
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com · 03/11/2023i'm pretty sure i need a shower to wash off the stupid after reading this 482
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026seeing all these artists sacrifice money for what they believe in is really quite moving. 383999292
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialUna Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The Irish musician Aaron Rowe has said he is withdrawing as a support act on Ed Sheeran’s tour. 10497161989
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialNanoraptor @nanoraptor.danamania.com · 15/09/2026Showing a co-worker what it means when an AI hallucinates imagery and cannot be relied upon for *any* information. Played NCIS ENHANCE ENHANCE ENHANCE from a pixellated construction site photo. 1826975
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialCaræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 13/09/2026for two months, I've been flying drones over Flock cameras to situation them in space and geography; I even got my commercial drone license in order to do it. I'd like to share this project with you all: it's called Records Of Enemy Surveillance: recordsofenemysurveillance.com 8634001216
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Interesting and accessible counterpoint to the latest concern hype about AI by @leninology.bsky.social (And it has a good explanation of the functioning and limits of LLMs, for those curious.)patreon.comKill all humans | Richard SeymourIt seems a strange publicity gambit, to say our product could wipe out humanity. In the lingo of our evolving tech empire, though, this is e 24418
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialMatthew Somerville @dracos.co.uk · 12/09/2026I’ve been running @theyworkforyou.com for over 20 years; if you want to point your ill-managed swarm at trying to compile a local democracy version, I probably have some thoughts on a slightly easier way of going about it than hacking ruby packaging 1133
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialjeffery --dangerously-skip-permissions @jefferyharrell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Short read: "Dude, spoilers!" mathandai.org No but really, I think this is excellent. We've invented a wish-granting genie. This is a good time to start choosing our words very carefully whenever it's in earshot.mathandai.orgDeclaration — Math and AIRead the declaration and add your name. 0142
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialpmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 10/09/2026By Bashir Sultani 563038373
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialNadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026If you want to criticise someone for using their Jewishness to argue a political point then fine But that’s not what Miliband did, and that’s not what is happening here - this is an ad hominem attack on Miliband’s heritage because of a political disagreement 434522
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialJames Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026For the past two years I've been tracking every bill proposed in state legislatures across the country to figure out what Republican plans for the future are. The answer, based on these 1,182 bills, is that they want to repeal the 20th Century heartlandsignal.com/2026/09/09/b...heartlandsignal.comProof from the states: the right wing attempt to repeal the 20th century – Heartland SignalRepublicans are in Dallas this week making the case that the other side is the extreme one. We read the legislation they introduced in all 50 states and built a searchable record of what we found: 1,1... 492034794
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialMarcus Houlden @mhoulden.uk · 08/09/2026The RNLI saves lives at sea, regardless of who they are. Sometimes the crew doesn't come back. To me that sounds a lot more patriotic than getting ballied up and chanting inane slogans at people trying to go on holiday. rnli.org/about-us/our...rnli.orgWhy does the RNLI launch to small boats in the English Channel?RNLI lifeboat crews have always launched to the rescue without judgement or preference. Men, women and children in danger in the Channel are no exception. 613429
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialDavid Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Largest Republican donor (by far): we should have a race war against non-whites. Corporate Media: Democrats really need to answer some hard questions about this Twitch streamer almost no one has ever heard of. 211123312
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialQuantian @quantian.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Dancing very very VERY close to saying “OpenAI stole our almost-complete proof of Navier-Stokes from internal access to our ChatGPT sessions because they were desperate to scoop Anthropic” which is absolutely 100% a believable thing OpenAI would do right now cims.nyu.edu/~tristanb/st... 381557449
Reposted by @storkk.bsky.socialChris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Truly wild to have lived through moral panics about teenagers wearing hoodies and Muslim women wearing the head dress to now experience 'but is a large group of organised far right activists in balaclavas really that scary' 9259921593
