Max Colbert
@mc00.bsky.social
Freelance journo/researcher.
Bylines: Guardian, Mirror, Good Law Project, DeSmog, Byline Times, Democracy for Sale, Index on Censorship, The Citizens etc.
Cited: BBC, LBC, The Times, Searchlight etc.
mcfoiareturns@proton.me
Bylines: Guardian, Mirror, Good Law Project, DeSmog, Byline Times, Democracy for Sale, Index on Censorship, The Citizens etc.
Cited: BBC, LBC, The Times, Searchlight etc.
mcfoiareturns@proton.me
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It is vital that the UK government should continue to engage with enthusiasts for AI-generated necrophilia deepfake porn in the places they congregate - and therefore it should stay on X. Me for Spiked.
I am still on X just for the AI generated necrophilia deepfake porn.
January 8, 2026 at 4:12 PM
It is vital that the UK government should continue to engage with enthusiasts for AI-generated necrophilia deepfake porn in the places they congregate - and therefore it should stay on X. Me for Spiked.
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Someone, sometime will base a movie around this pivotal pre-election meeting between Trump and Big Oil execs in May 2024.
It felt a pretty big deal at the time, but now we know just how big a deal it was.
Informs so much about the past few days
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
It felt a pretty big deal at the time, but now we know just how big a deal it was.
Informs so much about the past few days
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
January 8, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Someone, sometime will base a movie around this pivotal pre-election meeting between Trump and Big Oil execs in May 2024.
It felt a pretty big deal at the time, but now we know just how big a deal it was.
Informs so much about the past few days
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
It felt a pretty big deal at the time, but now we know just how big a deal it was.
Informs so much about the past few days
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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we need financial and tech infrastructure that isn’t owned or dependent on US corporations so badly
github mass-suspended a bunch of developers making mods for popular erotic games, without warning or explanation. even when users try their best to stay withing platforms' rules, they get fucked www.404media.co/github-ban-s...
Github Banned a Ton of Adult Game Developers and Won’t Explain Why
In the aftermath of Github banning or suspending dozens of popular accounts, the erotic game modding community wonders if they should move to platforms like GitGoon instead.
www.404media.co
January 8, 2026 at 12:12 PM
we need financial and tech infrastructure that isn’t owned or dependent on US corporations so badly
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The headline really should read "After 25 days, ICE releases US citizen." There is no claim about it.
The Department of Homeland Security released a Maryland woman who was held for 25 days despite evidence that her lawyers say proves she was born in the United States and is a citizen.
After 25 days, ICE releases Maryland woman who says she is a U.S. citizen
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was detained in December despite her legal team’s claims that she was born in the United States.
wapo.st
January 8, 2026 at 12:03 PM
The headline really should read "After 25 days, ICE releases US citizen." There is no claim about it.
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"It's not necessarily the app that's making the images... it's people using the app that's making the images. Making images of that sort is reprehensible..."
No, people are asking the app to make the images.
IT'S A FEATURE. Not a bug.
No, people are asking the app to make the images.
IT'S A FEATURE. Not a bug.
January 8, 2026 at 11:54 AM
"It's not necessarily the app that's making the images... it's people using the app that's making the images. Making images of that sort is reprehensible..."
No, people are asking the app to make the images.
IT'S A FEATURE. Not a bug.
No, people are asking the app to make the images.
IT'S A FEATURE. Not a bug.
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Tesla’s full 2025 data from Europe is in, and it is a total bloodbath
According to registration data compiled from major European markets, Tesla saw its total volume drop from roughly 326,000 units in 2024 to just over 235,000 in 2025. That is a staggering 27.8% year-over-year decline.
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According to registration data compiled from major European markets, Tesla saw its total volume drop from roughly 326,000 units in 2024 to just over 235,000 in 2025. That is a staggering 27.8% year-over-year decline.
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Tesla's full 2025 data from Europe is in, and it is a total bloodbath
The data is in for Tesla’s full year 2025 in Europe, and frankly, it’s a bloodbath across most major markets....
electrek.co
January 7, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Tesla’s full 2025 data from Europe is in, and it is a total bloodbath
According to registration data compiled from major European markets, Tesla saw its total volume drop from roughly 326,000 units in 2024 to just over 235,000 in 2025. That is a staggering 27.8% year-over-year decline.
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According to registration data compiled from major European markets, Tesla saw its total volume drop from roughly 326,000 units in 2024 to just over 235,000 in 2025. That is a staggering 27.8% year-over-year decline.
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AI models such as ChatGPT and Gemini fail to give adequate advice for 60 per cent of queries relating to women’s health in a test created by medical professionals
AI chatbots miss urgent issues in queries about women's health
AI models such as ChatGPT and Gemini fail to give adequate advice for 60 per cent of queries relating to women’s health in a test created by medical professionals
www.newscientist.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:51 AM
AI models such as ChatGPT and Gemini fail to give adequate advice for 60 per cent of queries relating to women’s health in a test created by medical professionals
Hey Siri, why was Peter Mandelson fired from his (most recent) role in government?
Mandelson accuses European leaders of ‘histrionic’ reaction to Trump’s Greenland stance
Mandelson accuses European leaders of ‘histrionic’ reaction to Trump’s Greenland stance
Article by former British ambassador to US is likely to be seen as criticism of Keir Starmer
Lord Mandelson has accused European leaders including Keir Starmer of a “histrionic” reaction to Donald Trump’s plan to take over Greenland, arguing that without “hard power and hard cash” they will continue to slide into unimportance in the “Age of Trump”.
In his first political comments since being sacked as Britain’s ambassador to Washington last year, Mandelson said Trump had achieved “more in a day than orthodox diplomacy was able to achieve in the past decade” when he captured Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Hey Siri, why was Peter Mandelson fired from his (most recent) role in government?
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Same on #Today this morning. It's false balance over and over again. Even when you have a video in front of your eyes .
Disgraceful article by BBC News. It's abundantly clear from the videos what happened. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
US immigration officer fatally shoots woman in Minneapolis
Trump says the woman was attempting to run over ICE agents. Local leaders disagree.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Same on #Today this morning. It's false balance over and over again. Even when you have a video in front of your eyes .
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Just another morning on X where its owner is pushing some kind of race war bullshit.
January 8, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Just another morning on X where its owner is pushing some kind of race war bullshit.
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oldhead advice from an oldhead.
every couple years, newcomers to the movement think "THIS is finally it, the moment when the dam breaks and the whole system is overthrown"
and when it doesn't happen they lose patience and get disillusioned and drop out of movement work
gotta build for long term
every couple years, newcomers to the movement think "THIS is finally it, the moment when the dam breaks and the whole system is overthrown"
and when it doesn't happen they lose patience and get disillusioned and drop out of movement work
gotta build for long term
January 8, 2026 at 7:32 AM
oldhead advice from an oldhead.
every couple years, newcomers to the movement think "THIS is finally it, the moment when the dam breaks and the whole system is overthrown"
and when it doesn't happen they lose patience and get disillusioned and drop out of movement work
gotta build for long term
every couple years, newcomers to the movement think "THIS is finally it, the moment when the dam breaks and the whole system is overthrown"
and when it doesn't happen they lose patience and get disillusioned and drop out of movement work
gotta build for long term
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"Nuance" meaning "cops encountered a situation regular Americans deal with every single day and responded with murderous gunfire"
Three videos taken of the scene and reviewed by CNN, however, show nuance. What took place prior to the shooting remains unclear. | Analysis
DHS says woman attempted to run over ICE officers before being shot in Minneapolis. Here’s what the videos show. | CNN
Three videos taken of the scene and reviewed by CNN show nuance. What took place prior to the shooting remains unclear.
www.cnn.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:13 AM
"Nuance" meaning "cops encountered a situation regular Americans deal with every single day and responded with murderous gunfire"
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Sofia has replied to my polite request either to add a note to the film stating that I was misled, or to remove my contribution. Her answer? Flat refusal and a threat of legal action! Not a trace of remorse or contrition.
What I find utterly chilling is that, in her day job, she's a psychiatrist.
What I find utterly chilling is that, in her day job, she's a psychiatrist.
1. This short thread is about what I see as a serious breach of journalistic ethics, in the making of Sofia Pineda Ochoa’s online documentary Greenwashed. She interviewed me for the film, but neither before, during or after was I given any idea I would be its target. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjWU...
GREENWASHED | Full Documentary [Official]
YouTube video by Dr. Sofia Pineda Ochoa
www.youtube.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Sofia has replied to my polite request either to add a note to the film stating that I was misled, or to remove my contribution. Her answer? Flat refusal and a threat of legal action! Not a trace of remorse or contrition.
What I find utterly chilling is that, in her day job, she's a psychiatrist.
What I find utterly chilling is that, in her day job, she's a psychiatrist.
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The government now faces an urgent decision on how to help millions of people living in fuel poverty in desperately cold conditions, writes Simon Francis.
It's a critical moment for millions of Brits living in in desperately cold homes
www.bigissue.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:09 AM
The government now faces an urgent decision on how to help millions of people living in fuel poverty in desperately cold conditions, writes Simon Francis.
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Every scene of regular, everyday people showing up to protest injustice after the government shows once again it will kill you for the simple act of showing up to protest injustice should inspire us to keep fighting, and remind us that regular, everyday people have more courage than politicians.
Up to 10,000 people gathered for a vigil after ICE killed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026 - short video from the vigil site. (Vertical video repost)
January 8, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Every scene of regular, everyday people showing up to protest injustice after the government shows once again it will kill you for the simple act of showing up to protest injustice should inspire us to keep fighting, and remind us that regular, everyday people have more courage than politicians.
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Local Fox9 interviews a witness in Minneapolis at the site of the murder
January 7, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Local Fox9 interviews a witness in Minneapolis at the site of the murder
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Who would NEU members vote for if there were an election tomorrow?
🟢Greens - 23%
🔴Labour - 18%
🟠Liberal Democrat 7%
🔵Conservative 4%
🟣Reform UK 6%
🔺Your Party 3%
🟢Greens - 23%
🔴Labour - 18%
🟠Liberal Democrat 7%
🔵Conservative 4%
🟣Reform UK 6%
🔺Your Party 3%
Support For Labour Has Collapsed Among Teachers, Union Poll Shows
Exclusive: Labour's support has collapsed among school and college staff, according to a poll carried out on behalf of the country's biggest educat...
www.politicshome.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Who would NEU members vote for if there were an election tomorrow?
🟢Greens - 23%
🔴Labour - 18%
🟠Liberal Democrat 7%
🔵Conservative 4%
🟣Reform UK 6%
🔺Your Party 3%
🟢Greens - 23%
🔴Labour - 18%
🟠Liberal Democrat 7%
🔵Conservative 4%
🟣Reform UK 6%
🔺Your Party 3%
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The only humans on Earth who do not already know this are tech bros, lazy journalists, and politicians
DELL EXEC: Consumers are “not buying based on AI. In fact I think AI probably confuses them more than it helps them understand a specific outcome."
@pcgamer.com #CES
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/del...
@pcgamer.com #CES
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/del...
Dell seems to be the first to realise we don't actually care about AI PCs
"What we've learned over the course of this year, from a consumer perspective, is they're not buying based on AI."
www.pcgamer.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:20 PM
The only humans on Earth who do not already know this are tech bros, lazy journalists, and politicians
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The newspaper of record of my entire childhood would literally rather die than pay its unionized workers the wages and benefits that the actual Supreme Court of the United States of America decided were owed to them.
NEW: Publishers of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announce they are shutting down the newspaper on May 3, 2026.
Hours ago, the Supreme Court of the US declined to extend a stay on a court order for the paper to pay its journalists following the end of a 3-year strike.
Hours ago, the Supreme Court of the US declined to extend a stay on a court order for the paper to pay its journalists following the end of a 3-year strike.
January 7, 2026 at 7:21 PM
The newspaper of record of my entire childhood would literally rather die than pay its unionized workers the wages and benefits that the actual Supreme Court of the United States of America decided were owed to them.
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ICE agents stopped by protesters after the shooting an observer in Minneapolis, according to witnesse. ICE deployed pepper spray and tear gas.
January 7, 2026 at 5:15 PM
ICE agents stopped by protesters after the shooting an observer in Minneapolis, according to witnesse. ICE deployed pepper spray and tear gas.
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An important part of Farage press events is keeping track of his changing positions on, well, everything. It helps to be wildly credulous. thecritic.co.uk/poli...
January 7, 2026 at 7:47 PM
An important part of Farage press events is keeping track of his changing positions on, well, everything. It helps to be wildly credulous. thecritic.co.uk/poli...
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“They just killed that lady right there. They shot her in the head, bro.”
A neighbor films the aftermath of Trump’s ICE goons murdering an innocent woman in Minneapolis.
A neighbor films the aftermath of Trump’s ICE goons murdering an innocent woman in Minneapolis.
January 7, 2026 at 7:27 PM
“They just killed that lady right there. They shot her in the head, bro.”
A neighbor films the aftermath of Trump’s ICE goons murdering an innocent woman in Minneapolis.
A neighbor films the aftermath of Trump’s ICE goons murdering an innocent woman in Minneapolis.
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no, absolutely not, you all should've been nicer to my trans homies
January 7, 2026 at 6:15 PM
no, absolutely not, you all should've been nicer to my trans homies
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“Kill someone else!”
After killing an innocent woman in Minneapolis Trump’s ICE goons are roughing up protestors and firing munitions into people’s faces.
Original video: www.instagram.com/reel/DTOAPs6...
After killing an innocent woman in Minneapolis Trump’s ICE goons are roughing up protestors and firing munitions into people’s faces.
Original video: www.instagram.com/reel/DTOAPs6...
January 7, 2026 at 7:26 PM
“Kill someone else!”
After killing an innocent woman in Minneapolis Trump’s ICE goons are roughing up protestors and firing munitions into people’s faces.
Original video: www.instagram.com/reel/DTOAPs6...
After killing an innocent woman in Minneapolis Trump’s ICE goons are roughing up protestors and firing munitions into people’s faces.
Original video: www.instagram.com/reel/DTOAPs6...