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Being a british citizen with an american wife is really... fun... because there's always at least one, but usually two, absolutely horrific governments making life worse for us and the people we care about...
I think this used to be the case for sure, not so much now now.
His overt political activities since COVID burned a lot of the people who used to believe in what he was selling when he was an eccentric billionaire doing sustainable energy and showing up all the haters.
His overt political activities since COVID burned a lot of the people who used to believe in what he was selling when he was an eccentric billionaire doing sustainable energy and showing up all the haters.
Elon’s power is that he offers a positive vision of the future. This attracts employees, funding, support. There’s a massive techno positive hole and he fills it.
November 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I think this used to be the case for sure, not so much now now.
His overt political activities since COVID burned a lot of the people who used to believe in what he was selling when he was an eccentric billionaire doing sustainable energy and showing up all the haters.
His overt political activities since COVID burned a lot of the people who used to believe in what he was selling when he was an eccentric billionaire doing sustainable energy and showing up all the haters.
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I'm long done persuading anyone because honestly at this point if you got your empathy surgically removed there's nothing to discuss
November 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I'm long done persuading anyone because honestly at this point if you got your empathy surgically removed there's nothing to discuss
Since Cameron resigned, every PM we've had since has had broadly the same approach, the same policies, and the same results.
but maybe next time, it'll be different.
but maybe next time, it'll be different.
November 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Since Cameron resigned, every PM we've had since has had broadly the same approach, the same policies, and the same results.
but maybe next time, it'll be different.
but maybe next time, it'll be different.
@coloradotravis.bsky.social dumbasses unite.
lately i've been thinking about how LLMs must feel really amazing to use if you're a dumbass, but incredibly frustrating if you're just basically competent in life.
Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
November 15, 2025 at 9:52 AM
@coloradotravis.bsky.social dumbasses unite.
What they lack in practical skills, they make up for with lecherousness.
the guys looking the hardest for a crisis of masculinity are always looking in the wrongest places
True comedy is watching Dave Portnay trying to use a hammer
November 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
What they lack in practical skills, they make up for with lecherousness.
The best/worst writers are really good at turning what could be a job, or even career ending event, into a springboard to raise their profile, perceived value, and become a public figure themselves.
It's a real talent.
It's a real talent.
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The best/worst writers are really good at turning what could be a job, or even career ending event, into a springboard to raise their profile, perceived value, and become a public figure themselves.
It's a real talent.
It's a real talent.
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"This could take down Democrats, too."
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"This could take down Democrats, too."
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
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When I last checked, all of the places of worship belonging to non-Christian religions offered help with no questions asked. A couple of Catholic Christian churches also helped, but the rest either flat out refused, or asked if she was a member and much she'd previously donated. 2/3
November 13, 2025 at 6:48 AM
When I last checked, all of the places of worship belonging to non-Christian religions offered help with no questions asked. A couple of Catholic Christian churches also helped, but the rest either flat out refused, or asked if she was a member and much she'd previously donated. 2/3
Probably not the only person thinking this but 'rich people doing it for fun and personal satisfaction' feels kinda political to me.
“There were no political or religious motivations. They were rich people who went there for fun and personal satisfaction. We are talking about people who love guns who perhaps go to shooting ranges or on safari in Africa.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Probably not the only person thinking this but 'rich people doing it for fun and personal satisfaction' feels kinda political to me.
I have a choice of 500 different energy drinks and vape juice flavors, 'options' for all sorts of private healthcare.
But absolutely 0 chance of retirement, or getting out of the very expensive rental market trap.
So I guess it cancels itself out and isn't so bad.
But absolutely 0 chance of retirement, or getting out of the very expensive rental market trap.
So I guess it cancels itself out and isn't so bad.
Almost universal across the west. Voters have never had it so good. But they feel more was promised. And isn't just the cost but the difficulties of life, and the sense of a class that doesn't face these.
Difficult to sort in low-growth times. www.ft.com/content/7913...
Difficult to sort in low-growth times. www.ft.com/content/7913...
November 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I have a choice of 500 different energy drinks and vape juice flavors, 'options' for all sorts of private healthcare.
But absolutely 0 chance of retirement, or getting out of the very expensive rental market trap.
So I guess it cancels itself out and isn't so bad.
But absolutely 0 chance of retirement, or getting out of the very expensive rental market trap.
So I guess it cancels itself out and isn't so bad.
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this also drives me insane, this idea that it is the most normal thing in the world for a young (white) man to have a nazi curious phase. it isn’t!
October 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
this also drives me insane, this idea that it is the most normal thing in the world for a young (white) man to have a nazi curious phase. it isn’t!
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Political parties must shift immediately and dramatically to the left to avoid alienating these frustrated and abandoned young women. Am I doing this right?
Our recent poll found that women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average. Nearly 80 percent of Gen Z women want abortion to be legal and seven in 10 want gender-affirming care to be accessible for trans adults.
Gen Z women are the most liberal group in the country
On issues like abortion and gender-affirming care, women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average.
19thnews.org
October 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Political parties must shift immediately and dramatically to the left to avoid alienating these frustrated and abandoned young women. Am I doing this right?
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Italy 👏🏻 is 👏🏻 a 👏🏻 myth 👏🏻
April 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Italy 👏🏻 is 👏🏻 a 👏🏻 myth 👏🏻
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Abolish the Home Office
My American partner works in a specialist role for a multinational, one of three globally.
Her visa is in renewal. Her father died this week. She can't go back until the Home Office "computer says yes". Her route to ILR has now been restarted to begin at zero of ten years, after years here already.
Her visa is in renewal. Her father died this week. She can't go back until the Home Office "computer says yes". Her route to ILR has now been restarted to begin at zero of ten years, after years here already.
October 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Abolish the Home Office
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Important 🧵 on the reality of Christofascist influence in the UK . It's far more than you think. And they spread it by adopting 'respectable' prejudices like transphobia as wedge issues.
Trans people have been shouting about this for years and being ignored.
Trans people have been shouting about this for years and being ignored.
The @newsagents.bsky.social framed the ADF’s growing presence in the UK as a surprising new export from the US, when they've been infiltrating the UK for YEARS!
It's willful blindness/ hypocricy by journalists who have amplified the transphobic narratives that opened the door to these groups!
It's willful blindness/ hypocricy by journalists who have amplified the transphobic narratives that opened the door to these groups!
"The ADF has chosen Nigel Farage to focus on, building up this ally who has the potential to be a JD Vance-like figure in the future."
Can the Christian group that influenced the overturning of Roe v. Wade bring its extreme views to the UK?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/is-n...
Can the Christian group that influenced the overturning of Roe v. Wade bring its extreme views to the UK?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/is-n...
October 16, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Important 🧵 on the reality of Christofascist influence in the UK . It's far more than you think. And they spread it by adopting 'respectable' prejudices like transphobia as wedge issues.
Trans people have been shouting about this for years and being ignored.
Trans people have been shouting about this for years and being ignored.
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can we just circle back to the part when the British establishment wholeheartedly embraced the Cass report and the rest of the world looked at it and collectively said "ew, what?"
October 14, 2025 at 9:59 AM
can we just circle back to the part when the British establishment wholeheartedly embraced the Cass report and the rest of the world looked at it and collectively said "ew, what?"
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Like for many people once you admit Charlie was obviously racist and deeply misogynist then suddenly a lot of other people who are around you and may even be deeply loved by you suddenly meet that definition as well
October 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Like for many people once you admit Charlie was obviously racist and deeply misogynist then suddenly a lot of other people who are around you and may even be deeply loved by you suddenly meet that definition as well
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I’m at the bank.
•Lady wants to make a withdrawal, no card, only knows last four digits of her account number.
•Man wants to make a withdrawal. No card, has an expired ID.
•Woman is going to Portugal tomorrow and demands Portuguese money
•Lady wants to make a withdrawal, no card, only knows last four digits of her account number.
•Man wants to make a withdrawal. No card, has an expired ID.
•Woman is going to Portugal tomorrow and demands Portuguese money
October 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I’m at the bank.
•Lady wants to make a withdrawal, no card, only knows last four digits of her account number.
•Man wants to make a withdrawal. No card, has an expired ID.
•Woman is going to Portugal tomorrow and demands Portuguese money
•Lady wants to make a withdrawal, no card, only knows last four digits of her account number.
•Man wants to make a withdrawal. No card, has an expired ID.
•Woman is going to Portugal tomorrow and demands Portuguese money
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One of my sadder memories from the U.S. was attending a union meeting and finally realising that many of my fellow stewards didn't see me or others like me as human like them. and that there were no words I could use to change that.
It was very weird.
It was very weird.
Also I don't think we should have any discussions *about* immigration before we come to an agreement that we are human beings. Not economic units, not enemy combatants - people.
Until then it's all moot
Until then it's all moot
October 9, 2025 at 3:19 AM
One of my sadder memories from the U.S. was attending a union meeting and finally realising that many of my fellow stewards didn't see me or others like me as human like them. and that there were no words I could use to change that.
It was very weird.
It was very weird.
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Also I don't think we should have any discussions *about* immigration before we come to an agreement that we are human beings. Not economic units, not enemy combatants - people.
Until then it's all moot
Until then it's all moot
October 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Also I don't think we should have any discussions *about* immigration before we come to an agreement that we are human beings. Not economic units, not enemy combatants - people.
Until then it's all moot
Until then it's all moot
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The state we're in
UK full-time employee median wage, £30,816.
4.5m jobs pay less than the real Living Wage.
1.17m workers on zero-hour contracts.
34% of Universal Credit claimants are in work.
16m Britons live in poverty.
Can't build economy on poverty.
Must increase worker share of GDP.
UK full-time employee median wage, £30,816.
4.5m jobs pay less than the real Living Wage.
1.17m workers on zero-hour contracts.
34% of Universal Credit claimants are in work.
16m Britons live in poverty.
Can't build economy on poverty.
Must increase worker share of GDP.
The government must ensure fair distribution of income
'The average real wage of workers has hardly moved from the 2008 level whilst bosses never had it so good.'
leftfootforward.org
October 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The state we're in
UK full-time employee median wage, £30,816.
4.5m jobs pay less than the real Living Wage.
1.17m workers on zero-hour contracts.
34% of Universal Credit claimants are in work.
16m Britons live in poverty.
Can't build economy on poverty.
Must increase worker share of GDP.
UK full-time employee median wage, £30,816.
4.5m jobs pay less than the real Living Wage.
1.17m workers on zero-hour contracts.
34% of Universal Credit claimants are in work.
16m Britons live in poverty.
Can't build economy on poverty.
Must increase worker share of GDP.
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i think the key to understanding a lot of establishment discourse is that basically only the left and liberals are capable of being viewed as subjects capable of judgement which is why GOP rule is essentially treated as a force of nature
The media trots out the "deplorable" comment from a decade ago to castigate the left. Once a week now Trump implies that the military should destroy democrats, and it is just how things are.
Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."
October 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM
i think the key to understanding a lot of establishment discourse is that basically only the left and liberals are capable of being viewed as subjects capable of judgement which is why GOP rule is essentially treated as a force of nature
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My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
October 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov