Dr Duncan Robertson
@duncanrobertson.bsky.social
Policy & Strategy Analytics academic at Loughborough University; Member, Independent SAGE; Fellow, St Catherine's College, Oxford.
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tag yourself i’m I AM MANOEUVRING WITH DIFFICULTY
January 29, 2026 at 6:41 PM
tag yourself i’m I AM MANOEUVRING WITH DIFFICULTY
There's a video of the song now.
It's very powerful.
It's very powerful.
Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 10:05 PM
There's a video of the song now.
It's very powerful.
It's very powerful.
Wear sunscreen.
youtu.be/sTJ7AzBIJoI?...
youtu.be/sTJ7AzBIJoI?...
January 29, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Wear sunscreen.
youtu.be/sTJ7AzBIJoI?...
youtu.be/sTJ7AzBIJoI?...
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Nigel Farage wants all police officers to routinely carry guns.
The shooting of innocent civilians by masked government agents in Minneapolis is the worst of Trump’s America.
We cannot let it become Farage’s Britain.
The shooting of innocent civilians by masked government agents in Minneapolis is the worst of Trump’s America.
We cannot let it become Farage’s Britain.
January 29, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Nigel Farage wants all police officers to routinely carry guns.
The shooting of innocent civilians by masked government agents in Minneapolis is the worst of Trump’s America.
We cannot let it become Farage’s Britain.
The shooting of innocent civilians by masked government agents in Minneapolis is the worst of Trump’s America.
We cannot let it become Farage’s Britain.
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Number of homicides over the past 20 years. Source: ONS Office of National Statistics:
January 29, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Number of homicides over the past 20 years. Source: ONS Office of National Statistics:
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This was a minor story on London news this morning - but suspect is a real cautionary (and alarming) tale of an older man getting radicalised online.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sidcup man convicted aover explosive attack on Ulez camera
Kevin Rees's homemade bomb caused damage to vehicles and property including a child's bedroom.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 8:00 AM
This was a minor story on London news this morning - but suspect is a real cautionary (and alarming) tale of an older man getting radicalised online.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The U.S. Embassy in Denmark removed 44 Danish flags honoring Danish soldiers killed in Afghanistan outside the building, drawing outrage from the country’s veterans amid heightened tensions between Copenhagen and Washington.
https://wapo.st/4rfbSOz
https://wapo.st/4rfbSOz
Removal of flags for fallen Danish soldiers at U.S. Embassy sparks backlash
There was no malicious intent in removing the flags, said a State Department spokesperson, who added that the flags had been replaced.
wapo.st
January 28, 2026 at 10:40 PM
The U.S. Embassy in Denmark removed 44 Danish flags honoring Danish soldiers killed in Afghanistan outside the building, drawing outrage from the country’s veterans amid heightened tensions between Copenhagen and Washington.
https://wapo.st/4rfbSOz
https://wapo.st/4rfbSOz
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This is extra important. Don’t believe me? We were able to track the detailed movements of US military and intelligence personnel in Germany to suspected NSA facilities, their homes, brothels, etc using data collected by mobile ad data likely from dumb apps www.wired.com/story/phone-...
January 29, 2026 at 4:03 AM
This is extra important. Don’t believe me? We were able to track the detailed movements of US military and intelligence personnel in Germany to suspected NSA facilities, their homes, brothels, etc using data collected by mobile ad data likely from dumb apps www.wired.com/story/phone-...
I wonder what they are planning for the UK.
Exclusive: The Trump administration has held covert meetings with fringe separatists from the oil-rich Canadian province as a rift deepens between Washington and Ottawa. ft.trib.al/zYlleOJ
January 29, 2026 at 6:13 AM
I wonder what they are planning for the UK.
And yet we upload everything to AI.
Google agrees to pay $68M to settle lawsuit alleging its Assistant secretly recorded private conversations and used them for targeted ads
(via Reuters)
(via Reuters)
January 28, 2026 at 9:50 PM
And yet we upload everything to AI.
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For some reason, I'm getting ads from the US tourist board or whatever it's called.
The promises sound rather hollow right now.
The promises sound rather hollow right now.
January 28, 2026 at 9:35 PM
For some reason, I'm getting ads from the US tourist board or whatever it's called.
The promises sound rather hollow right now.
The promises sound rather hollow right now.
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This isn't mine, and I can't definitively find the original source. But I love this little bit of wisdom:
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
For all the fearmongering about capital flight from New York City, there’s an exodus few want to talk about: working people.
Sky-high rents and outrageous child care costs are already pushing families out of the city they keep running.
That’s what we have to change.
That’s what we have to change.
January 28, 2026 at 7:59 PM
This isn't mine, and I can't definitively find the original source. But I love this little bit of wisdom:
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
Does this mean I have to back up my OneDrive.
holy f*ck
*MICROSOFT: 45% OF COMMERCIAL RPO DRIVEN BY OPENAI COMMITMENTS
*MICROSOFT: 45% OF COMMERCIAL RPO DRIVEN BY OPENAI COMMITMENTS
*MICROSOFT 2Q REV. $81.27B, EST. $80.31B
*MICROSOFT 2Q INTELLIGENT CLOUD REV. $32.91B, EST. $32.39B
*MICROSOFT 2Q AZURE & OTHER CLOUD REV EX-FX +38%, EST. +38%
*MICROSOFT 2Q INTELLIGENT CLOUD REV. $32.91B, EST. $32.39B
*MICROSOFT 2Q AZURE & OTHER CLOUD REV EX-FX +38%, EST. +38%
January 28, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Does this mean I have to back up my OneDrive.
Can't quite see X/Grok buying this.
Universal basic income needed to cushion blow from AI job losses says UK minister ft.trib.al/QGLmPtm
Universal basic income needed to cushion blow from AI job losses says UK minister
Lord Jason Stockwood had previously suggested that tech companies could pay a windfall levy to fund the payments
ft.trib.al
January 28, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Can't quite see X/Grok buying this.
I wonder why.
www.ft.com/content/78d5... via @FT
www.ft.com/content/78d5... via @FT
Tesla suffers first annual drop in revenue in 2025
Donald Trump’s EV policies and consumer backlash against CEO Elon Musk’s political activities hit car sales
www.ft.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:15 PM
I wonder why.
www.ft.com/content/78d5... via @FT
www.ft.com/content/78d5... via @FT
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Fuming 😡
Teacher: "you can usually tell the girls that want to do physics, they look a bit tomboy-ish"
#WomenInSTEM #ASPIRES3 @iop.org
Teacher: "you can usually tell the girls that want to do physics, they look a bit tomboy-ish"
#WomenInSTEM #ASPIRES3 @iop.org
January 28, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Fuming 😡
Teacher: "you can usually tell the girls that want to do physics, they look a bit tomboy-ish"
#WomenInSTEM #ASPIRES3 @iop.org
Teacher: "you can usually tell the girls that want to do physics, they look a bit tomboy-ish"
#WomenInSTEM #ASPIRES3 @iop.org
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Anyone who saw “The Producers” knows that you can wring cash out of intentional flop. Jeff Bezos pumped money into Melania not to sell tickets but to bribe and flatter Trump.
January 28, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Anyone who saw “The Producers” knows that you can wring cash out of intentional flop. Jeff Bezos pumped money into Melania not to sell tickets but to bribe and flatter Trump.
The government claims that AI is 'one-to-one learning support'. It's not. Unless you think that AI is human. Or that kids are robots.
How does AI help you do that?
What exactly are these ‘AI tutors’ that can provide ‘one-to-one’ teaching, and where the evidence they’re in anyway effective?
What exactly are these ‘AI tutors’ that can provide ‘one-to-one’ teaching, and where the evidence they’re in anyway effective?
We want to make sure tutoring isn't the preserve of a lucky few, but accessible to every child who needs it.
AI can help us do that.
Safe, personalised, one-to-one learning support to help every child achieve and thrive.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
AI can help us do that.
Safe, personalised, one-to-one learning support to help every child achieve and thrive.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
January 28, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The government claims that AI is 'one-to-one learning support'. It's not. Unless you think that AI is human. Or that kids are robots.
The Boss bossin'
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 6:50 PM
The Boss bossin'
I thought protest music had been a bit silent.
New song from Bruce Springsteen -> the streets of Minneapolis.
He is holding 0 punches and is very unafraid to be on the side of good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKSoxG1K7w
He is holding 0 punches and is very unafraid to be on the side of good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKSoxG1K7w
January 28, 2026 at 6:46 PM
I thought protest music had been a bit silent.
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NEW
Why Rwanda is bringing a legal challenge against the United Kingdom
The claim is that the United Kingdom failed to terminate the agreement in time
By me - paywall removed:
emptycity.substack.com/p/why-rwanda...
Includes a possible defence for the government to the claim
Why Rwanda is bringing a legal challenge against the United Kingdom
The claim is that the United Kingdom failed to terminate the agreement in time
By me - paywall removed:
emptycity.substack.com/p/why-rwanda...
Includes a possible defence for the government to the claim
Why Rwanda is bringing a legal challenge against the United Kingdom
The claim is that the United Kingdom failed to terminate the agreement in time
emptycity.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:58 PM
NEW
Why Rwanda is bringing a legal challenge against the United Kingdom
The claim is that the United Kingdom failed to terminate the agreement in time
By me - paywall removed:
emptycity.substack.com/p/why-rwanda...
Includes a possible defence for the government to the claim
Why Rwanda is bringing a legal challenge against the United Kingdom
The claim is that the United Kingdom failed to terminate the agreement in time
By me - paywall removed:
emptycity.substack.com/p/why-rwanda...
Includes a possible defence for the government to the claim