Paul Pod
@paulpod.bsky.social
Designer. Ex GOV, NHS, startups. Lives in Wales, London @paulpod on most things
🏴 website: Neuromantics.net
📨 signal: paulpod.404
🏴 website: Neuromantics.net
📨 signal: paulpod.404
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That’s a formidable line up. The intellects of Dories and Anderson, the integrity of Jenrick, the compassion of Braverman and the honesty of Zahawi. These guys are going places.
January 26, 2026 at 2:58 PM
That’s a formidable line up. The intellects of Dories and Anderson, the integrity of Jenrick, the compassion of Braverman and the honesty of Zahawi. These guys are going places.
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The correct answer to this is "Yes, and everyone else too."
Should artists get a basic income like they do in Ireland?
Could the government pay salaries to musicians and artists - no strings attached like they do in Ireland?
www.bbc.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:49 PM
The correct answer to this is "Yes, and everyone else too."
Man, his team fucking *hate him*
January 26, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Man, his team fucking *hate him*
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Whether it's Donald Trump's DHS Secretary saying that protesters deserve to be shot or a low-level Biden staffer asking Facebook to correct COVID misinformation, but sides have a checkered relationship with the First Amendment.
January 26, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Whether it's Donald Trump's DHS Secretary saying that protesters deserve to be shot or a low-level Biden staffer asking Facebook to correct COVID misinformation, but sides have a checkered relationship with the First Amendment.
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OpenAI exec James Dyett calling out the cowardice
January 25, 2026 at 7:11 PM
OpenAI exec James Dyett calling out the cowardice
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I see we've reached the "Coca Cola considering water a competitor" stage of things in the valley - honestly this looks like about as garden variety an example of silly adherence to an overdrawn mission as you'll see
Documents from lawsuit claiming Meta & Google purposely marketed addictive & dangerous products to children reveal corporate strategies for pushing into a schools to force young kids into their ecosystems.
Below slide from internal Google pitch deck.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
Below slide from internal Google pitch deck.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
January 25, 2026 at 6:14 PM
I see we've reached the "Coca Cola considering water a competitor" stage of things in the valley - honestly this looks like about as garden variety an example of silly adherence to an overdrawn mission as you'll see
Really enjoying this Hybrid session / mix but once again my brain cannot compute this is 23 years ago. Twenty Three.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfLn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfLn...
Hybrid.Maida.Vale.Live.Session.On.One.World.2003.07.25
YouTube video by OldSkool DJ Sets
www.youtube.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Really enjoying this Hybrid session / mix but once again my brain cannot compute this is 23 years ago. Twenty Three.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfLn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfLn...
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After some consideration, the synthesis I have settled on is Starmer is bad and cynical for shamelessly pulling strings to block a rival, Burnham is bad and cynical for being ready to risk a Reform mayor in Greater Manchester for his own ambition, and it is time at last for chaos with Ed Miliband.
January 25, 2026 at 2:15 PM
After some consideration, the synthesis I have settled on is Starmer is bad and cynical for shamelessly pulling strings to block a rival, Burnham is bad and cynical for being ready to risk a Reform mayor in Greater Manchester for his own ambition, and it is time at last for chaos with Ed Miliband.
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If you understand that the lads have fought tooth and nail to get back the jobs, clout and status that are rightfully theirs as superior people, and that they do not intend to ever allow the scum pig-people to interfere with the natural order of things, then you will not go far wrong.
January 25, 2026 at 12:30 PM
If you understand that the lads have fought tooth and nail to get back the jobs, clout and status that are rightfully theirs as superior people, and that they do not intend to ever allow the scum pig-people to interfere with the natural order of things, then you will not go far wrong.
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Blocking Andy Burnham from fighting the Gorton by-election is another gift to Reform from a Labour leadership whose entire strategy has so far played directly into their hands
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/morgan-mcs...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/morgan-mcs...
Morgan McSweeney’s 0% Strategy
The plot to block Andy Burnham's return to Westminster tells you everything you need to know about how Keir Starmer's Government got itself into this mess
www.adambienkov.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Blocking Andy Burnham from fighting the Gorton by-election is another gift to Reform from a Labour leadership whose entire strategy has so far played directly into their hands
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/morgan-mcs...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/morgan-mcs...
Oh right. May it is then
January 25, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Oh right. May it is then
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Watch him. Starboard.
January 25, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Watch him. Starboard.
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Also calling the Burnham stuff a "plot" seems to overlook that replacing the leadership is now just sensible, pragmatic behaviour. They pursued bad policy and are now unpopular. They squandered a mandate and alienated voters. It serves the interests of party and country while Labour has a majority.
January 25, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Also calling the Burnham stuff a "plot" seems to overlook that replacing the leadership is now just sensible, pragmatic behaviour. They pursued bad policy and are now unpopular. They squandered a mandate and alienated voters. It serves the interests of party and country while Labour has a majority.
I did wonder how California and Texas become allies as "the western forces" but this would work
The concealed carry subreddit is enraged.
January 25, 2026 at 9:35 AM
I did wonder how California and Texas become allies as "the western forces" but this would work
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Absolutely cracking work here from Jim's team. I defend the BBC a lot, but when a small team is doing really solid work like this while BBC London is doing puff pieces about the Wicked films, it really does make you wonder what's gone wrong with the big news outlets.
This is one of the strangest and most screwed-up stories I’ve worked on. www.londoncentric.media/p/tiktok-lon...
Who's secretly filming fake TikToks inside Londoners' homes?
We tracked down the viral video account invading people's houses to spread false claims about immigrants.
www.londoncentric.media
January 24, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Absolutely cracking work here from Jim's team. I defend the BBC a lot, but when a small team is doing really solid work like this while BBC London is doing puff pieces about the Wicked films, it really does make you wonder what's gone wrong with the big news outlets.
I just think we are so overdue a Northerner leading Labour it is ridiculous
January 24, 2026 at 10:35 AM
I just think we are so overdue a Northerner leading Labour it is ridiculous
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Colombian artist Doris Salcedo, installation, Istanbul Biennial, 2003, over 1600 chairs, urban art project #WomensArt
January 24, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Colombian artist Doris Salcedo, installation, Istanbul Biennial, 2003, over 1600 chairs, urban art project #WomensArt
Fully cooked
Lmao the bubble is fit to burst, boys
This is a hysterical and insane choice, I hope they follow through!
This is a hysterical and insane choice, I hope they follow through!
January 23, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Fully cooked
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That would be since... 2016? I wonder what happened then?
January 23, 2026 at 8:35 AM
That would be since... 2016? I wonder what happened then?
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Now that the White House is using AI to edit photos of their political opponents to create fascist propaganda I’m wondering if anyone could have seen this use of AI coming. Okay I’m hearing lots of people did and they were forced to watch corporations smother the masses with the technology anyways
January 22, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Now that the White House is using AI to edit photos of their political opponents to create fascist propaganda I’m wondering if anyone could have seen this use of AI coming. Okay I’m hearing lots of people did and they were forced to watch corporations smother the masses with the technology anyways
Quite good little film that
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 22, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Quite good little film that
Time for Star Fleet Hotties
January 22, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Time for Star Fleet Hotties
they refuse to print the real polls?
January 22, 2026 at 6:00 PM
they refuse to print the real polls?
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Sucks to have your bathroom policed, doesn’t it?
Okay well maybe ICE fascists should start shitting & pissing in their pants then?
January 22, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Sucks to have your bathroom policed, doesn’t it?