Ian
@ianpatterson.com
We live in a funny world: just making the most of it, one day at a time. Tweeter. Liberaler. Quiddler. Un buveur d’encre. A recovering frog after slowly cooking in Musks cauldron for too long.
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Ian
@ianpatterson.com
· Nov 17
Mt current wish list for @bsky.app new features - when they can find the time:
- draft posts, that work cross device. Let me save tweets and come back to them
- bookmarks
- ability to mute reposts selectively ie per account. Some people post a lot of RTs, but I dont want to mute them entirely
- draft posts, that work cross device. Let me save tweets and come back to them
- bookmarks
- ability to mute reposts selectively ie per account. Some people post a lot of RTs, but I dont want to mute them entirely
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⚡️ Merz asks Zelensky to reduce outflow of young Ukrainian men to Germany.
Following a phone call with Zelensky, Merz said that young Ukrainian men should remain to "serve in their own country."
Following a phone call with Zelensky, Merz said that young Ukrainian men should remain to "serve in their own country."
Merz asks Zelensky to reduce outflow of young Ukrainian men to Germany
Following a phone call with Zelensky, Merz said that young Ukrainian men should remain to "serve in their own country."
kyivindependent.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM
⚡️ Merz asks Zelensky to reduce outflow of young Ukrainian men to Germany.
Following a phone call with Zelensky, Merz said that young Ukrainian men should remain to "serve in their own country."
Following a phone call with Zelensky, Merz said that young Ukrainian men should remain to "serve in their own country."
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Yay, the even worse option of lots of small taxes upsetting noisy lobby groups.
November 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Yay, the even worse option of lots of small taxes upsetting noisy lobby groups.
One of the ‘criminals’ exposed by the Epstein emails looks like being the New York Times - criminal in the sense that, for journalists, it knew about materialism stuff, with evidence, that it didn’t report on. Suspect there’s a lot more to come like this
bsky.app/profile/chri...
bsky.app/profile/chri...
Fall 2017: Then-NYT reporter literally warning Epstein that someone is "digging around again."
![From:
Thomas Jr., Landon
Sent:
9/27/2017 2:47:47 PM
To:
Subject:
Got another call from Connelly..
Importance:
High
Jeffrey Epstein [jeevacation@gmail.com]
He is digging around again -- not clear if its another book/or expanded paperback version. Was asking me all sorts of questions about why you hired Ken Starr. I told him I had no idea - I think he is doing some Trump-related digging too.
Anyway, for what its worth...
Landon Thomas, Jr.
Financial Reporter
New York Times
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/t/landon_ir thomas/index.h
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November 14, 2025 at 7:44 AM
One of the ‘criminals’ exposed by the Epstein emails looks like being the New York Times - criminal in the sense that, for journalists, it knew about materialism stuff, with evidence, that it didn’t report on. Suspect there’s a lot more to come like this
bsky.app/profile/chri...
bsky.app/profile/chri...
Listening to the Tories castigating the BBC over the Prescot ‘review’ (one guys personal views that was produced with a deliberately narrow remit - -ves only.). That is not a mandate or a comprehensive verdict, despite what Tories claim. #bbcr4today
November 14, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Listening to the Tories castigating the BBC over the Prescot ‘review’ (one guys personal views that was produced with a deliberately narrow remit - -ves only.). That is not a mandate or a comprehensive verdict, despite what Tories claim. #bbcr4today
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Can this actually be true. I so hope it is but....
Has the New Yorker been duped by a 30-year-old British comedy?
A new documentary from the magazine examines the British broadcasting ban on Sinn Féin leaders’ voices. But one figure looks oddly familiar
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Can this actually be true. I so hope it is but....
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Website banned by Reform UK named news organisation of the year
www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2025/news/we...
www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2025/news/we...
Nottinghamshire Live named regional news organisation of the year - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage
All the winners from last night's Media Freedom Awards
www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Website banned by Reform UK named news organisation of the year
www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2025/news/we...
www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2025/news/we...
Dear #bbcr4today - get some AI gear into your studio that shows a big red keyboard alert if the sound of typing is audible in the broadcast. It happens way too often. Seems to be someone in the studio, not guests, usually .
November 14, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Dear #bbcr4today - get some AI gear into your studio that shows a big red keyboard alert if the sound of typing is audible in the broadcast. It happens way too often. Seems to be someone in the studio, not guests, usually .
Sky at mo is running reports from a team its had in Libya in Benghazi with one of the warlords who's trying to get international recognition , whose security forces are shown trying to stop mediterranean migrant boats, each of which might earn the gang in Libya behind it around $100k. ...
November 14, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Sky at mo is running reports from a team its had in Libya in Benghazi with one of the warlords who's trying to get international recognition , whose security forces are shown trying to stop mediterranean migrant boats, each of which might earn the gang in Libya behind it around $100k. ...
Listening to landlords #bbcr4today its almost like for them the whole point of being a landlord is changing under the new govt Act: instead of tenants being short term keepers of the landlords asset, theyre becoming a long term asset in their own right - and a long term commitment. Gosh. About time.
November 14, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Listening to landlords #bbcr4today its almost like for them the whole point of being a landlord is changing under the new govt Act: instead of tenants being short term keepers of the landlords asset, theyre becoming a long term asset in their own right - and a long term commitment. Gosh. About time.
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We now take the next giant leap towards autocracy by being unable to trust any economic data from the government due to Trump’s corruption.
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 AM
We now take the next giant leap towards autocracy by being unable to trust any economic data from the government due to Trump’s corruption.
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This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
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To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
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Sony is making a Horizon MMO — here’s all the details
Sony is making a Horizon MMO — here’s all the details
The new game is called Horizon Steel Frontiers.
buff.ly
November 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Sony is making a Horizon MMO — here’s all the details
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MORE: The emails released by Congress reveal Epstein's vast connections -- and how he used them to track and influence Trump's orbit during his first term.
Epstein's contacst included:
-Larry Summers
-Peter Thiel
-Ken Starr
-Tom Barrack
-Tom Pritzker
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Epstein's contacst included:
-Larry Summers
-Peter Thiel
-Ken Starr
-Tom Barrack
-Tom Pritzker
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
MORE: The emails released by Congress reveal Epstein's vast connections -- and how he used them to track and influence Trump's orbit during his first term.
Epstein's contacst included:
-Larry Summers
-Peter Thiel
-Ken Starr
-Tom Barrack
-Tom Pritzker
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Epstein's contacst included:
-Larry Summers
-Peter Thiel
-Ken Starr
-Tom Barrack
-Tom Pritzker
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Epstein mocked Trump for “leaving his nose print on the glass” while watching young women, wrote that Trump knew about illicit activity tied to Mar-a-Lago, and visited “many times,” and noted Trump’s planned visit to his neighbor Howard Lutnick’s house.
November 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Epstein mocked Trump for “leaving his nose print on the glass” while watching young women, wrote that Trump knew about illicit activity tied to Mar-a-Lago, and visited “many times,” and noted Trump’s planned visit to his neighbor Howard Lutnick’s house.
Parents are tapping into an array of new debit card features aimed at families and kids.
Financial apps for kids often have a core set of features around allowances and chores but vary in specific functions to appeal to different consumers.
Financial apps for kids often have a core set of features around allowances and chores but vary in specific functions to appeal to different consumers.
Financial apps for kids are changing how families handle allowance
Parents can assign chores, monitor driving, encourage saving and more — all from their phones.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Given the amount of projection republicans have been doing to try to portray the Dems as paedos, just how long will it be before the Republican ‘pizza restaurant’ equivalent is found in the Epstein files. Or is that Epstein Island? I guess it had a posh pizza stove
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bsky.app/profile/benj...
So, uh, the Jed Rubenfeld referenced here was disciplined by Yale Law for sexually harassing students. He's married to Amy Chua who among other things took to the pages of the NYT to defend Kavanaugh when he was under fire for sexually harassment. Ken Starr, well we know. This is just incredible.
Ken Starr signed an email to Jeffery Epstein with "hugs"
November 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Given the amount of projection republicans have been doing to try to portray the Dems as paedos, just how long will it be before the Republican ‘pizza restaurant’ equivalent is found in the Epstein files. Or is that Epstein Island? I guess it had a posh pizza stove
bsky.app/profile/benj...
bsky.app/profile/benj...
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So, uh, the Jed Rubenfeld referenced here was disciplined by Yale Law for sexually harassing students. He's married to Amy Chua who among other things took to the pages of the NYT to defend Kavanaugh when he was under fire for sexually harassment. Ken Starr, well we know. This is just incredible.
Ken Starr signed an email to Jeffery Epstein with "hugs"
November 13, 2025 at 1:03 AM
So, uh, the Jed Rubenfeld referenced here was disciplined by Yale Law for sexually harassing students. He's married to Amy Chua who among other things took to the pages of the NYT to defend Kavanaugh when he was under fire for sexually harassment. Ken Starr, well we know. This is just incredible.
So the Clapham gays are excited by the impending opening of an M&S - amazing how much noise it’s all making 😂
(*and it’s opens on 20th apparently)
It’s almost like Clapham is a food desert 😏
(*and it’s opens on 20th apparently)
It’s almost like Clapham is a food desert 😏
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
So the Clapham gays are excited by the impending opening of an M&S - amazing how much noise it’s all making 😂
(*and it’s opens on 20th apparently)
It’s almost like Clapham is a food desert 😏
(*and it’s opens on 20th apparently)
It’s almost like Clapham is a food desert 😏
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They hate scrutiny
Reform UK in Kent looks set to drastically cut the number of committees scrutinising its work, @bylinetimes.bsky.social can reveal, amid claims it can’t raise the numbers to do the work, following a wave of suspensions of its own own councillors.
Reform UK in Kent looks set to drastically cut the number of committees scrutinising its work, @bylinetimes.bsky.social can reveal, amid claims it can’t raise the numbers to do the work, following a wave of suspensions of its own own councillors.
Reform Council in Chaos as It Prepares to Slash Scrutiny Committees Following Wave of Councillor Suspensions
EXCLUSIVE: Reform's flagship Kent administration is planning to shut down multiple council committees as it struggles to fill posts after suspending nine of its own councillors
bylinetimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
They hate scrutiny
Reform UK in Kent looks set to drastically cut the number of committees scrutinising its work, @bylinetimes.bsky.social can reveal, amid claims it can’t raise the numbers to do the work, following a wave of suspensions of its own own councillors.
Reform UK in Kent looks set to drastically cut the number of committees scrutinising its work, @bylinetimes.bsky.social can reveal, amid claims it can’t raise the numbers to do the work, following a wave of suspensions of its own own councillors.
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For MAGA Republicans, the Epstein scandal is all about Bill Clinton and powerful Democrats. They are unaware that the singular figure at the center of the scandal, Epstein's "best friend" and the man who introduced him to Melania (who used to work for Epstein), is Donald Trump. Cognitive dissonance.
Will the Trump-Epstein connection ever break through to MAGA?
There is some evidence that at 30-40% "incongruent information", people turn against their candidates.
But below that, doubling-down is strong. Cognitive dissonance is hard for people to handle.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
There is some evidence that at 30-40% "incongruent information", people turn against their candidates.
But below that, doubling-down is strong. Cognitive dissonance is hard for people to handle.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
November 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
For MAGA Republicans, the Epstein scandal is all about Bill Clinton and powerful Democrats. They are unaware that the singular figure at the center of the scandal, Epstein's "best friend" and the man who introduced him to Melania (who used to work for Epstein), is Donald Trump. Cognitive dissonance.
US coffee might be about to get a whole lot worse: import price of unroasted green beans is up 72% in a year. For consumer, coffee is up 19%. Ouch. Trumps tariffs doing their stuff on top of already rising global prices.
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
US coffee might be about to get a whole lot worse: import price of unroasted green beans is up 72% in a year. For consumer, coffee is up 19%. Ouch. Trumps tariffs doing their stuff on top of already rising global prices.
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NEW: Reform UK has been accused of embracing racism after it picked a former academic who argued that UK-born people from minority ethnic backgrounds are not necessarily British as the head of its new student organisation.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK accused of embracing racism over its pick for head of student organisation
Matthew Goodwin argued people from minority ethnic backgrounds born and raised in UK were not always British
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:11 AM
NEW: Reform UK has been accused of embracing racism after it picked a former academic who argued that UK-born people from minority ethnic backgrounds are not necessarily British as the head of its new student organisation.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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All the above is an unexaggerated statement of fact. If anything, I understated it. If this were fiction, many would reject it as too unrealistic, too absurd to believe.
November 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
All the above is an unexaggerated statement of fact. If anything, I understated it. If this were fiction, many would reject it as too unrealistic, too absurd to believe.