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Fascinating that the cause of collapse of both major parties has not just been basically identical (cost of living and service failings creating unpopularity, chasing radical right tail on immigration fuelling in-bloc schism), but that doubling down has persisted long after failure became clear.
November 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Fascinating that the cause of collapse of both major parties has not just been basically identical (cost of living and service failings creating unpopularity, chasing radical right tail on immigration fuelling in-bloc schism), but that doubling down has persisted long after failure became clear.
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really enjoyed this conversation with @lkatfield.bsky.social about the "brain trust and influencer arm" of Trump II, the broad constellation of extremely online weirdos that includes catholic integralists, postliberals, national conservatives, and of course the esoteric hard right
Neon Liberalism #52: Join Samantha and guest Laura Field as they discuss how ideas have driven history, from John Maynard Keynes to Abraham Lincoln to Project 2025. How did highly online right-wing weirdos become "the brain trust and influencer arm" of the Republican Party?
Neon Liberalism #52: The Furious Minds of the MAGA Right
Join Samantha and guest Laura Field, author of the new book Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right, as they discuss how ideas have driven history, from John Maynard Keynes to Abraham Lincoln ...
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
really enjoyed this conversation with @lkatfield.bsky.social about the "brain trust and influencer arm" of Trump II, the broad constellation of extremely online weirdos that includes catholic integralists, postliberals, national conservatives, and of course the esoteric hard right
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I'm sorry to break every wonk's heart, but parties do not win elections on the basis of their policy platforms. It's a little more complex, but basically boils down to voters trusting them to pursue the *objectives* that matter to them.
It's the outputs - and trust - that count, not the inputs.
It's the outputs - and trust - that count, not the inputs.
November 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I'm sorry to break every wonk's heart, but parties do not win elections on the basis of their policy platforms. It's a little more complex, but basically boils down to voters trusting them to pursue the *objectives* that matter to them.
It's the outputs - and trust - that count, not the inputs.
It's the outputs - and trust - that count, not the inputs.
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Our plan would cut energy bills, save our high street and put £270 back in your pocket.
November 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Our plan would cut energy bills, save our high street and put £270 back in your pocket.
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Donald Trump destroyed public service broadcasting in the US - it's little surprise Nigel Farage wants to do the same thing here.
Trump’s America, don’t let it become Farage’s Britain.
Trump’s America, don’t let it become Farage’s Britain.
November 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Donald Trump destroyed public service broadcasting in the US - it's little surprise Nigel Farage wants to do the same thing here.
Trump’s America, don’t let it become Farage’s Britain.
Trump’s America, don’t let it become Farage’s Britain.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again: whilst it's pretty clear that planned economies don't work, it's also clear that capitalism can't be trusted to the hands of capitalists, and that the only solution is to trust the democratic socialists, social democrats and social liberals.
Whether it's Labour implementing the Beveridge Report and Keynesian economics or Zohran doing Actually Existing Abundance, all great progress in the free world comes from socialists being elected and following liberal ideas.
Genuinely hilarious that the only way we’re going to get actual functional YIMBY housing policy in our large cities is through Red Plenty Socialists and not the Abundance guys lol
November 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I've said it before and I'll say it again: whilst it's pretty clear that planned economies don't work, it's also clear that capitalism can't be trusted to the hands of capitalists, and that the only solution is to trust the democratic socialists, social democrats and social liberals.
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It's going to fucking fall down before they fix it, isn't it? Somebody is going to have to be seriously injured or dead.
Hopefully one of the buggers who keeps kicking this can down the road, not some poor cleaner or cook.
Hopefully one of the buggers who keeps kicking this can down the road, not some poor cleaner or cook.
EXCL:
Final decision on restoring the Palace of Westminster will be delayed until 2030s
MPs were expected to vote by the end of 2025 on a way forward for fixing the crumbling parliament, but that now won't happen
Story w/@danbloom1.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/fina...
Final decision on restoring the Palace of Westminster will be delayed until 2030s
MPs were expected to vote by the end of 2025 on a way forward for fixing the crumbling parliament, but that now won't happen
Story w/@danbloom1.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/fina...
Final decision on fate of crumbling UK parliament delayed to 2030s
It’s a fire-hazard that’s prone to tumbling masonry — but fear of a public backlash is again delaying repairs to the world famous building.
www.politico.eu
November 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
It's going to fucking fall down before they fix it, isn't it? Somebody is going to have to be seriously injured or dead.
Hopefully one of the buggers who keeps kicking this can down the road, not some poor cleaner or cook.
Hopefully one of the buggers who keeps kicking this can down the road, not some poor cleaner or cook.
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Extreme @thespaceshipper.com areas here.
Fascinating video on 1930’s scifi and space combat.
youtu.be/agWW7S9emvQ...
Fascinating video on 1930’s scifi and space combat.
youtu.be/agWW7S9emvQ...
How The 1930s Imagined Space Combat
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Extreme @thespaceshipper.com areas here.
Fascinating video on 1930’s scifi and space combat.
youtu.be/agWW7S9emvQ...
Fascinating video on 1930’s scifi and space combat.
youtu.be/agWW7S9emvQ...
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THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
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I am not very keen on this headline.
And I also think that at times like these, it is important to be serious, without being alarmist. But this article is very much worth reading. Things are serious.
And I also think that at times like these, it is important to be serious, without being alarmist. But this article is very much worth reading. Things are serious.
Britain’s flag-wavers are being left behind as Germany prepares for war with Russia
Britain’s flag-wavers are being left behind as Germany prepares for war with Russia
Britain’s flag-wavers are being left behind as Germany prepares for war with Russia
www.independent.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I am not very keen on this headline.
And I also think that at times like these, it is important to be serious, without being alarmist. But this article is very much worth reading. Things are serious.
And I also think that at times like these, it is important to be serious, without being alarmist. But this article is very much worth reading. Things are serious.
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I am remembering a BBC correspondent who quit the BBC after transphobes changed his copy after he filed it, and without his permission.
The BBC, quite consciously, sets out to demean and belittle trans people. This is both morally contemptible and in breach of its Charter obligations. We've made it super easy for you to write to the BBC and tell it to stop.
Please use - and share with your networks.
goodlaw.social/2j5q
Please use - and share with your networks.
goodlaw.social/2j5q
The BBC must stop attacking trans people | Good Law Project
The right wing accusations of ‘pro-trans’ bias are back to front. It’s time for the BBC to live up to its duty to be impartial on trans issues.
goodlaw.social
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I am remembering a BBC correspondent who quit the BBC after transphobes changed his copy after he filed it, and without his permission.
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10% of white people think you have to be white to be English - but 84% of white people disagree with that. Two-thirds of ethnic minorities think Englishness is a civic, not ethnic identity, though 1/4 of minority groups join 1/10 of the majority group in seeing it as ethnically defined (YouGov)
November 14, 2025 at 12:40 AM
10% of white people think you have to be white to be English - but 84% of white people disagree with that. Two-thirds of ethnic minorities think Englishness is a civic, not ethnic identity, though 1/4 of minority groups join 1/10 of the majority group in seeing it as ethnically defined (YouGov)
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I know both these words very well and somehow never made this connection till now. TIL
To explain: "Kabbalah" is a term referring to a wide array of mystic practices and texts in Judaism, but antisemites have LONG used it as an example of Judaic secretiveness and evil
Ergo describing some evil secret group as a "cabal"
Anyway, now you know
Ergo describing some evil secret group as a "cabal"
Anyway, now you know
November 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I know both these words very well and somehow never made this connection till now. TIL
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Grappenmakers die met drones maatschappelijke onrust veroorzaken, helpt Rusland onbedoeld een handje met psychologische oorlogsvoering, zegt HCSS defensie expert Patrick Bolder in Telegraaf. „De Russen lachen in hun vuistje.”
www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/g...
www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/g...
Grappenmakers met drones ’gratis hulp’ voor Russen: ’Ze nemen Poetin feitelijk werk uit handen’
Grappenmakers die met mysterieuze drones maatschappelijke onrust veroorzaken, helpen de Russen onbedoeld een handje met psychologische oorlogsvoering. Dat zegt defensiedeskundige Patrick Bolder na alweer een dronemelding, ditmaal in Zeeland.
www.telegraaf.nl
November 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Grappenmakers die met drones maatschappelijke onrust veroorzaken, helpt Rusland onbedoeld een handje met psychologische oorlogsvoering, zegt HCSS defensie expert Patrick Bolder in Telegraaf. „De Russen lachen in hun vuistje.”
www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/g...
www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/g...
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The BBC belongs to Britain, but Trump wants to tear it down.
We can’t allow the Trumpification of our politics or our media.
We can’t allow the Trumpification of our politics or our media.
November 14, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The BBC belongs to Britain, but Trump wants to tear it down.
We can’t allow the Trumpification of our politics or our media.
We can’t allow the Trumpification of our politics or our media.
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Peers will mount fresh offensive to halt assisted dying bill
Peers will mount fresh offensive to halt assisted dying bill
More than half of the 942 amendments have been tabled by seven lords in move which could filibuster legislation
Peers will mount a new offensive to halt the assisted dying bill on Friday, tabling almost 1,000 new amendments to the legislation in an effort to run down the clock.
More than half of the 942 amendments have been tabled by just seven members of the House of Lords, all of them vocal opponents of assisted dying (AD). A source close to the bill said it was possible it could get effectively filibustered if peers pushed all the amendments to a vote. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Peers will mount fresh offensive to halt assisted dying bill
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A particular bugbear is right-wingers complaining about the number of economically inactive people while also arguing for childcare subsidies to be adapted so more mothers (and they always mean mothers) can stay at home.
November 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
A particular bugbear is right-wingers complaining about the number of economically inactive people while also arguing for childcare subsidies to be adapted so more mothers (and they always mean mothers) can stay at home.
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When the median homebuyer is nearing retirement, you don’t have a housing market. You have a crisis.
The median age of all U.S. homebuyers is now 59 years old.
Just 15 years ago, it was 39 years old.
Just 15 years ago, it was 39 years old.
November 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
When the median homebuyer is nearing retirement, you don’t have a housing market. You have a crisis.
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For a small country, Wales has a surprising number of very, very cool dinosaurs.
Pendraig milnerae (Pendraig = “chief dragon” in Welsh) was discovered in 1952, not far from where I live, but only named in 2021 after being re-discovered in storage by Angela Milner and Susannah Maidment.
#SciArt
Pendraig milnerae (Pendraig = “chief dragon” in Welsh) was discovered in 1952, not far from where I live, but only named in 2021 after being re-discovered in storage by Angela Milner and Susannah Maidment.
#SciArt
November 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
For a small country, Wales has a surprising number of very, very cool dinosaurs.
Pendraig milnerae (Pendraig = “chief dragon” in Welsh) was discovered in 1952, not far from where I live, but only named in 2021 after being re-discovered in storage by Angela Milner and Susannah Maidment.
#SciArt
Pendraig milnerae (Pendraig = “chief dragon” in Welsh) was discovered in 1952, not far from where I live, but only named in 2021 after being re-discovered in storage by Angela Milner and Susannah Maidment.
#SciArt
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Trump wants to destroy the BBC and Farage is egging him on.
To all those who love the BBC, now is the time to speak up.
To all those who love the BBC, now is the time to speak up.
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Trump wants to destroy the BBC and Farage is egging him on.
To all those who love the BBC, now is the time to speak up.
To all those who love the BBC, now is the time to speak up.
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Today is the beginning of Trans Awareness Week.
It’s an opportunity for us to celebrate trans people, acknowledge the challenges they face, and reflect on how we as a society can work together to improve trans people’s lives.
It’s an opportunity for us to celebrate trans people, acknowledge the challenges they face, and reflect on how we as a society can work together to improve trans people’s lives.
November 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Today is the beginning of Trans Awareness Week.
It’s an opportunity for us to celebrate trans people, acknowledge the challenges they face, and reflect on how we as a society can work together to improve trans people’s lives.
It’s an opportunity for us to celebrate trans people, acknowledge the challenges they face, and reflect on how we as a society can work together to improve trans people’s lives.
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This guy about to be the most popular man on bsky
Man who took Hamilton bus on joy ride 'did a great job' driving, left no dings, say police | CBC News
He made several stops along the way, allowing passengers to get on and off, police say. He was then arrested.
www.cbc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 1:57 AM
This guy about to be the most popular man on bsky
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Northrop Grumman was happy to point out that E-2D beat out the E-7 Wedgetail in Japan, in part due to it being extremely good at combining the air-to-sea and air-to-air mission sets. An interesting detail is that despite the rotating disc, it does in fact provide full 360' continuous coverage.
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Northrop Grumman was happy to point out that E-2D beat out the E-7 Wedgetail in Japan, in part due to it being extremely good at combining the air-to-sea and air-to-air mission sets. An interesting detail is that despite the rotating disc, it does in fact provide full 360' continuous coverage.