Ed Wilson
@eddwilson.bsky.social
Lefty liberal by temperament, exasperated by experience.
Not strictly qualified for most arguments, but I do read a lot.
Stockport, UK
Not strictly qualified for most arguments, but I do read a lot.
Stockport, UK
Reposted by Ed Wilson
They absolutely didn't think this through, part XXVI
US oil giant ExxonMobil tells Donald Trump Venezuela is ‘uninvestable’ - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @financialtimes.com
US oil giant ExxonMobil tells Donald Trump Venezuela is ‘uninvestable’ - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @financialtimes.com
US oil giant ExxonMobil tells Donald Trump Venezuela is ‘uninvestable’
Chief executive Darren Woods pushes back against president’s call to rush back into troubled country
giftarticle.ft.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:32 AM
They absolutely didn't think this through, part XXVI
US oil giant ExxonMobil tells Donald Trump Venezuela is ‘uninvestable’ - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @financialtimes.com
US oil giant ExxonMobil tells Donald Trump Venezuela is ‘uninvestable’ - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @financialtimes.com
'Ofcom does have the powers to temporarily take down X and I think that is a power that should be used given the seriousness of the issue'
Munira Wilson from the Liberal Democrats tells #BBCBreakfast
Munira Wilson from the Liberal Democrats tells #BBCBreakfast
January 10, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Trump says he doesn’t want Russia as a neighbour. Could someone remind him about the Bering Strait?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 10, 2026 at 9:06 AM
America really does have a five‑alarm fire in the White House: a president who openly says the only authority that can stop him is “my own morality. My own mind,” while standing on a record of criminal convictions, financial scams, and armed resource grabs abroad
January 10, 2026 at 9:06 AM
January 10, 2026 at 9:02 AM
January 10, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Reposted by Ed Wilson
David Rennie, Geopolitics Editor, the Economist: Trump wants a place in history as a president who expanded US territory.
See also Trump's inaugural address:
"The United States will once again consider itself a growing nation — one that increases our wealth, expands our territory..."
#R4Today
See also Trump's inaugural address:
"The United States will once again consider itself a growing nation — one that increases our wealth, expands our territory..."
#R4Today
January 7, 2026 at 6:52 AM
David Rennie, Geopolitics Editor, the Economist: Trump wants a place in history as a president who expanded US territory.
See also Trump's inaugural address:
"The United States will once again consider itself a growing nation — one that increases our wealth, expands our territory..."
#R4Today
See also Trump's inaugural address:
"The United States will once again consider itself a growing nation — one that increases our wealth, expands our territory..."
#R4Today
Bowie spans all of culture.
Plaque commemorating night David Bowie slept at Stockport station unveiled - from Avanti West Coast media centre
newsdesk.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/news/plaque-...
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Plaque commemorating night David Bowie slept at Stockport station unveiled - from Avanti West Coast media centre
newsdesk.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/news/plaque-...
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January 10, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Bowie spans all of culture.
Plaque commemorating night David Bowie slept at Stockport station unveiled - from Avanti West Coast media centre
newsdesk.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/news/plaque-...
#R4Today
Plaque commemorating night David Bowie slept at Stockport station unveiled - from Avanti West Coast media centre
newsdesk.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/news/plaque-...
#R4Today
X is literally making child porn as a service so there really shouldn't be a question to whether or not MPs leave. Bellingcat has.
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked WhatsApp messages show Labour MPs urging govt to leave X, arguing that it should "show direction to others in the UK"
The MPs said X owner Elon Musk is "fascist" and that the platform's AI tool, Grok, had put "children in harm's way"
The MPs said X owner Elon Musk is "fascist" and that the platform's AI tool, Grok, had put "children in harm's way"
January 10, 2026 at 8:33 AM
This is absolutely insane - and absolutely terrifying.
'Accept our hate-speech and CSAM generator into the heart of your discourse or we will try and bankrupt you'.
'Accept our hate-speech and CSAM generator into the heart of your discourse or we will try and bankrupt you'.
January 10, 2026 at 8:32 AM
very disappointing.
There is a code of conduct for Royal Society fellows - it's not a value judgement to say that Musk has contravened it!
see relevant bits of code and the Royal Society stated values below.
There is a code of conduct for Royal Society fellows - it's not a value judgement to say that Musk has contravened it!
see relevant bits of code and the Royal Society stated values below.
January 10, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Indonesia blocks Musk’s Grok chatbot due to risk of pornographic content
Indonesia blocks Musk’s Grok chatbot due to risk of pornographic content
Move comes after governments and regulators from Europe to Asia have condemned the AI tool and some have opened inquiries into sexualised content
Indonesia temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot on Saturday due to the risk of AI-generated pornographic content, becoming the first country to deny access to the AI tool.
The move comes after governments, researchers and regulators from Europe to Asia have condemned and some have opened inquiries into sexualised content on the app. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:13 AM
In light of the Royal Society's continued inaction on Elon Musk, it seems appropriate to share this again.
I wrote it last March when I resigned my position as associate editor at a Royal Society Journal.
Things haven't got better since then.
I wrote it last March when I resigned my position as associate editor at a Royal Society Journal.
Things haven't got better since then.
Why I’m resigning my editorship at a Royal Society journal
It’s time to take a stand, small as it may be, and to distance myself from the Royal Society
kityates.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Plans to ban "nudify" websites? That's the whack-a-mole method Chi Onwurah was deriding - wait for something else we hadn't though of to pop up and spend a year legislating to ban it.
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January 10, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Plans to ban "nudify" websites? That's the whack-a-mole method Chi Onwurah was deriding - wait for something else we hadn't though of to pop up and spend a year legislating to ban it.
#R4Today
#R4Today
Can't even cover up their child porn creation properly - No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature
X’s sexual deepfake machine is still running, despite Grok saying otherwise.
www.theverge.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Who are the "many, many regulators" working on "the internet", Amol Rajan.
(By "the internet", you presumably mean the web and things built on it.)
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(By "the internet", you presumably mean the web and things built on it.)
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January 10, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Who are the "many, many regulators" working on "the internet", Amol Rajan.
(By "the internet", you presumably mean the web and things built on it.)
#R4Today
(By "the internet", you presumably mean the web and things built on it.)
#R4Today
Reposted by Ed Wilson
So, he’s going to take the E. Jean Carrrol approach to geopolitics.
Gotcha.
Gotcha.
January 10, 2026 at 7:51 AM
So, he’s going to take the E. Jean Carrrol approach to geopolitics.
Gotcha.
Gotcha.
Just a thought...
The government should tell us that they are in control of immigration, and promise to control it better for the benefit of the country, which would mean more of it, but better planning and less idiotic cruelty.
#R4Today
The government should tell us that they are in control of immigration, and promise to control it better for the benefit of the country, which would mean more of it, but better planning and less idiotic cruelty.
#R4Today
The immigration doom loop in full swing.
Chasing the xenophobes is a doomed strategy both economically *and* politically.
(1/3)
archive.ph/pyVLg
Chasing the xenophobes is a doomed strategy both economically *and* politically.
(1/3)
archive.ph/pyVLg
January 10, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Just a thought...
The government should tell us that they are in control of immigration, and promise to control it better for the benefit of the country, which would mean more of it, but better planning and less idiotic cruelty.
#R4Today
The government should tell us that they are in control of immigration, and promise to control it better for the benefit of the country, which would mean more of it, but better planning and less idiotic cruelty.
#R4Today
'ExxonMobil has warned that Venezuela remains “uninvestable” without “significant changes” in a rebuke to Donald Trump’s call for oil companies to pour billions of dollars into revitalising its oil industry.'
www.ft.com/content/4c21...
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www.ft.com/content/4c21...
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January 10, 2026 at 7:35 AM
'ExxonMobil has warned that Venezuela remains “uninvestable” without “significant changes” in a rebuke to Donald Trump’s call for oil companies to pour billions of dollars into revitalising its oil industry.'
www.ft.com/content/4c21...
#R4Today
www.ft.com/content/4c21...
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On this morning's Trump Idiocy News...
The usual stuff, but now poor David Willis tells us that iron and uranium are rare earth minerals. Could the BBC PLEASE issue a short briefing note about rare earths, critical metals etc, to stop their people embarrassing themselves.
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The usual stuff, but now poor David Willis tells us that iron and uranium are rare earth minerals. Could the BBC PLEASE issue a short briefing note about rare earths, critical metals etc, to stop their people embarrassing themselves.
#R4Today
January 10, 2026 at 7:09 AM
On this morning's Trump Idiocy News...
The usual stuff, but now poor David Willis tells us that iron and uranium are rare earth minerals. Could the BBC PLEASE issue a short briefing note about rare earths, critical metals etc, to stop their people embarrassing themselves.
#R4Today
The usual stuff, but now poor David Willis tells us that iron and uranium are rare earth minerals. Could the BBC PLEASE issue a short briefing note about rare earths, critical metals etc, to stop their people embarrassing themselves.
#R4Today
For some reason I've been thinking about family businesses (farms or otherwise) and inheritance tax.
If people get themselves organised, the only people who'll pay any tax will be those whose parents die early.
How can Starmer and Reeves think this mess was worth it?
#R4Today
If people get themselves organised, the only people who'll pay any tax will be those whose parents die early.
How can Starmer and Reeves think this mess was worth it?
#R4Today
January 10, 2026 at 7:05 AM
For some reason I've been thinking about family businesses (farms or otherwise) and inheritance tax.
If people get themselves organised, the only people who'll pay any tax will be those whose parents die early.
How can Starmer and Reeves think this mess was worth it?
#R4Today
If people get themselves organised, the only people who'll pay any tax will be those whose parents die early.
How can Starmer and Reeves think this mess was worth it?
#R4Today
Reposted by Ed Wilson
Great piece by my Cato colleague. “Since July, immigration agents have shot at least six people behind the wheel of a vehicle. The same playbook is used each time: the agent says they “feared for their life” as a vehicle was “weaponized” against them. Juries should decide, but we tie their hands.
Opinion | Renee Good wasn’t the first person shot in her car by ICE. The justification followed a familiar script.
Mike Fox: The officer who shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis might never have to defend his actions before a judge or jury.
www.ms.now
January 10, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Great piece by my Cato colleague. “Since July, immigration agents have shot at least six people behind the wheel of a vehicle. The same playbook is used each time: the agent says they “feared for their life” as a vehicle was “weaponized” against them. Juries should decide, but we tie their hands.
Maybe Trump should listen to this. It's only nine minutes.
"Does Venezuela really have the biggest oil reserves in the world?"
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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"Does Venezuela really have the biggest oil reserves in the world?"
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#R4Today
More or Less - Does Venezuela really have the biggest oil reserves in the world? - BBC Sounds
We investigate if there are actually 300 billion barrels of oil in Venezuela's reserves
www.bbc.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 6:07 AM
Maybe Trump should listen to this. It's only nine minutes.
"Does Venezuela really have the biggest oil reserves in the world?"
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#R4Today
"Does Venezuela really have the biggest oil reserves in the world?"
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#R4Today
Reposted by Ed Wilson
The immigration doom loop in full swing.
Chasing the xenophobes is a doomed strategy both economically *and* politically.
(1/3)
archive.ph/pyVLg
Chasing the xenophobes is a doomed strategy both economically *and* politically.
(1/3)
archive.ph/pyVLg
January 10, 2026 at 3:52 AM
The immigration doom loop in full swing.
Chasing the xenophobes is a doomed strategy both economically *and* politically.
(1/3)
archive.ph/pyVLg
Chasing the xenophobes is a doomed strategy both economically *and* politically.
(1/3)
archive.ph/pyVLg