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David
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Retired Engineer, revisiting history and dog walking
@rolandmcs.bsky.social having retired you may enjoy this.

youtube.com/watch?v=VpjE...
Kohima: Britain's Greatest Battle
YouTube video by Kohima Educational Trust
youtube.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:17 PM
February 12, 2026 at 8:57 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social an interesting poll, from a company that knows what it is doing.
UK polling from IPSOS:
February 12, 2026 at 8:51 AM
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social, given the names of those in the Epstein files are now being released, I think we should be cautious about disinformation and distractions. What was the real reason behind Ratcliffe’s sudden outburst?
The former Barclays boss was named as a trustee of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate in a notarised agreement signed and dated by him in May 2015, which outlined a $250,000 compensation for the role. ft.trib.al/i9cpZyN
February 12, 2026 at 8:03 AM
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According to this, the AI lab part of XAi has $500m of annual revenues, the Twitter bit $3bn, and the whole thing burns $1bn a month
www.economist.com/business/202...
From The Economist
Elon Musk is betting his business empire on AI
The fates of xAI, SpaceX and Tesla are increasingly intertwined
www.economist.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:51 AM
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😂
February 11, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Is the UK (finally) Becoming Less London-centric?
YouTube video by TLDR News
youtube.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:22 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social this will make you smile.
Wanted: Regional Director to work for an organisation opposed to home working. The successful applicant will be expected to work from home.
February 11, 2026 at 8:02 AM
@rolandmcs.bsky.social
@mrjamesob.bsky.social

The real reason Pubs are closing.
Heineken will cut 5,000 to 6,000 jobs as the Dutch brewer faces a slump in demand for alcohol. Read more: bloom.bg/4c6Qebh

📷️: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg
February 11, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Dominic Dyer: @number10cat.bsky.social Larry the Cat will have been in Downing Street 15 years next week, he is the most stable thing about British politics these days
February 7, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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Join me from 6pm on LBC (Sat 7th February)

- Does the outrage around Mandelson show that shame is back in U.K. politics ? (Plus we will discuss THAT ST mag front page);
- How should world leaders respond to Trump’s social media racism?
- Is it hard to find belonging in our polarised society?
February 7, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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Nearly a million people watched #Newsnight last night - a Friday night at half past ten

(that’s on two platforms - BBC 2 & BBC News ; we don’t have the figures for iplayer/tiktok/youtube yet)
February 7, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Why does Badenoch have rats running around her Westminster abode?
February 5, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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Trump may not be reliable source of factual information warns AI

From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
February 5, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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Lord Mandelson in disgrace

The new Private Eye is out now.
February 4, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Sometimes I just need Private Eye ….
February 4, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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Sometimes I just need Private Eye ….
February 4, 2026 at 4:34 PM
@rolandmcs.bsky.social
@chadbourn.bsky.social
@natashadevon.bsky.social
@lbc.co.uk

This could get interesting if the Conservatives oppose.
Keir Starmer will draft a new law to strip Peter Mandelson of his right to sit in Britain’s House of Lords after new revelations about the former British ambassador to Washington’s links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Starmer will change law to kick Mandelson out of House of Lords
The British prime minister thinks it is “ridiculous” a peerage cannot be removed, his spokesperson said.
www.politico.eu
February 3, 2026 at 2:40 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@natashadevon.bsky.social
Worth a read given the French actions.
New: Together with colleagues I’ve been testing Grok.

The chatbot still produces sexualized images —

even when told the subjects don’t consent.

even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation.

even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse.

www.reuters.com/business/des...
Exclusive: Despite new curbs, Elon Musk’s Grok at times produces sexualized images - even when told subjects didn’t consent
Elon Musk’s flagship artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, continues to generate sexualized images of people even when users explicitly warn that the subjects do not consent, Reuters has found.
www.reuters.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:41 AM
BREAKING: “Enough already” - Statement just posted by Steve Rotheram Mayor of the Liverpool City Region on X
January 31, 2026 at 1:19 PM