Penny Creed
@pencreed.bsky.social
Event Content and Project Director. Londoner.
Love the arts, football, food and Portugal.
Love the arts, football, food and Portugal.
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UK bank bosses plan to set up Visa and Mastercard alternative over Trump fears
UK bank bosses plan to set up Visa and Mastercard alternative over Trump fears
Exclusive: First meeting to be held over domestic payments system aimed at reducing reliance on US networks
UK bank bosses will hold their first meeting to establish a national alternative to Visa and Mastercard, amid growing fears over Donald Trump’s ability to turn off US-owned payment systems.
The meeting, chaired by Barclays’ UK chief executive, Vim Maru, will take place this Thursday and bring together a group of City funders that will front the costs of a new payments company to keep the UK economy running if problems were to occur. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:24 PM
UK bank bosses plan to set up Visa and Mastercard alternative over Trump fears
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Breaking News: Robert Duvall, who as an actor transformed himself into a business-focused Mafia lawyer in "The Godfather," a surfing-obsessed Vietnam commander in "Apocalypse Now" and scores of other film, stage and television characters, died on Monday. He was 95. nyti.ms/4azCjbb
February 16, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Breaking News: Robert Duvall, who as an actor transformed himself into a business-focused Mafia lawyer in "The Godfather," a surfing-obsessed Vietnam commander in "Apocalypse Now" and scores of other film, stage and television characters, died on Monday. He was 95. nyti.ms/4azCjbb
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What's happening at this rarified level of society is what Arendt says happened under pressure from the Nazis:
The inversion of good & evil, virtue & vice, crime & duty, as the arbiters of normalcy in "respectable society" acquiesced to the regime's demand to smother every instinct of humanity.
The inversion of good & evil, virtue & vice, crime & duty, as the arbiters of normalcy in "respectable society" acquiesced to the regime's demand to smother every instinct of humanity.
Donald Trump has exposed an ugly truth about American companies: they’re no longer even pretending to be good citizens.
Read more: bloom.bg/4aFgwyT
📷️: Shawn Thew/Bloomberg
Read more: bloom.bg/4aFgwyT
📷️: Shawn Thew/Bloomberg
February 16, 2026 at 5:43 PM
What's happening at this rarified level of society is what Arendt says happened under pressure from the Nazis:
The inversion of good & evil, virtue & vice, crime & duty, as the arbiters of normalcy in "respectable society" acquiesced to the regime's demand to smother every instinct of humanity.
The inversion of good & evil, virtue & vice, crime & duty, as the arbiters of normalcy in "respectable society" acquiesced to the regime's demand to smother every instinct of humanity.
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@mrjamesob.bsky.social The Government must start pointing out, with evidence, what Russia has done to us already.
...It's Brexit again isn't it!
🐘🐘🐘
...It's Brexit again isn't it!
🐘🐘🐘
February 16, 2026 at 11:31 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social The Government must start pointing out, with evidence, what Russia has done to us already.
...It's Brexit again isn't it!
🐘🐘🐘
...It's Brexit again isn't it!
🐘🐘🐘
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Great. This will go down well with Labour's core voters, who are famously eager to see more foreigners starve or succumb to disease.
Cuts to overseas aid by the UK are set to go further and faster than those made by the Trump administration in the US, as Sir Keir Starmer’s government wrestles with funding pressures
www.ft.com/content/ad52...
www.ft.com/content/ad52...
UK overseas aid cuts to outstrip those of Trump administration
Spending will drop 27% this year from 2024 levels to help fund higher defence budget
www.ft.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Great. This will go down well with Labour's core voters, who are famously eager to see more foreigners starve or succumb to disease.
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And it is for threads like this that you too should be following @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social
There will be people who are understandably desperate to hear this, but it's important to be clear-eyed about Rubio himself and what the Trump administration is doing. 🧵
February 16, 2026 at 9:03 AM
And it is for threads like this that you too should be following @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social
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"Maybe climate change is a good way of dealing with overpopulation ... potentially a good thing for the species." - Jeffrey Epstein
"From: "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com>
To: Joscha Bach
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2016
re taboo , maybe climate change is a good way of dealing with overpopulation. the earths forest fire. potentailly a
good thing for the species".. 1/2
To: Joscha Bach
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2016
re taboo , maybe climate change is a good way of dealing with overpopulation. the earths forest fire. potentailly a
good thing for the species".. 1/2
February 16, 2026 at 8:36 AM
"Maybe climate change is a good way of dealing with overpopulation ... potentially a good thing for the species." - Jeffrey Epstein
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No need to listen to a billionaire who moved to Monaco to save paying £4bn in tax.
Caricature by @bjennings90.bsky.social.
Caricature by @bjennings90.bsky.social.
February 16, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No need to listen to a billionaire who moved to Monaco to save paying £4bn in tax.
Caricature by @bjennings90.bsky.social.
Caricature by @bjennings90.bsky.social.
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Sweden curling set up a sting operation to catch Canada cheating i’m fucking losing it
February 16, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Sweden curling set up a sting operation to catch Canada cheating i’m fucking losing it
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My new favorite account
February 16, 2026 at 4:11 AM
My new favorite account
This is obvious. Despite the cost of stamps going up up up. I used to get my @privateeyenews.bsky.social on time every issue, now about 25% are late. Plus all my letters come in bundles not as and when.
Royal Mail staff tell BBC letters sit undelivered as firm prioritises parcels
Royal Mail staff tell BBC letters sit undelivered as firm prioritises parcels
Staff and customers tell the BBC prioritising parcels can mean missed NHS appointments and late payment fines.
www.bbc.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:51 AM
This is obvious. Despite the cost of stamps going up up up. I used to get my @privateeyenews.bsky.social on time every issue, now about 25% are late. Plus all my letters come in bundles not as and when.
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
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This
This is what oconghaile and purchase and all flagellators/self flagellators seem to miss.
This is what oconghaile and purchase and all flagellators/self flagellators seem to miss.
Because once a current government admits that (previous) UK governments made huge mistakes, they are no longer bound to the "Brexit MUST stand" mantra, and that would allow a sensible discussion to reconsider the current Brexit, which cannot be annulled but could be undone.
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February 15, 2026 at 6:35 PM
This
This is what oconghaile and purchase and all flagellators/self flagellators seem to miss.
This is what oconghaile and purchase and all flagellators/self flagellators seem to miss.
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It’s factions like these that destroy the Labour party. I’ll never forgive the Union leaders supporting #Brexit despite they had no clue of what a single market was. Here they show up again.
Trade union leaders, over 25 Labour MPs and members' groups have launched a new call to end the factional culture coming from the top of the Labour Party and to restore Labour democracy and members’ rights.
🌹Add your name to the call here: tinyurl.com/RestoreLabou...
🌹Add your name to the call here: tinyurl.com/RestoreLabou...
February 15, 2026 at 7:31 PM
It’s factions like these that destroy the Labour party. I’ll never forgive the Union leaders supporting #Brexit despite they had no clue of what a single market was. Here they show up again.
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A hot summer’s day in the French countryside, captured by Paul Signac using his new pointillist style of brushwork (Comblat-le-Château. La Vallée, 1887) www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/...
February 16, 2026 at 7:00 AM
A hot summer’s day in the French countryside, captured by Paul Signac using his new pointillist style of brushwork (Comblat-le-Château. La Vallée, 1887) www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/...
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Forget the successive govs hype about investment in more ambulances - many trusts are not able to replace an ageing fleet within their own target times and are seeing greater downtime as existing ambulances need repairs/maintenance www.hsj.co.uk/quality-and-...
Delays repairing ageing ambulances hitting response times
Some ambulance trusts report that up to two-fifths of their ambulances are unavailable, with ageing vehicles sidelined for repairs and replacements.
www.hsj.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Forget the successive govs hype about investment in more ambulances - many trusts are not able to replace an ageing fleet within their own target times and are seeing greater downtime as existing ambulances need repairs/maintenance www.hsj.co.uk/quality-and-...
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It is absolute and utter neglect to let this come this close to the wire just as the US has let most of its overseas broadcasting shutter.
And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:32 PM
It is absolute and utter neglect to let this come this close to the wire just as the US has let most of its overseas broadcasting shutter.
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I think it's wrong to describe the World Service as "soft power". It's actually "info power". And these days that's a very hard form of power indeed.
And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:05 PM
I think it's wrong to describe the World Service as "soft power". It's actually "info power". And these days that's a very hard form of power indeed.
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I like the government pivot to reminding voters that Farage is an avowed enemy of NATO & Europe & an ardent admirer of Vladimir Putin, who routinely orders the murders of critics & opponents. It is politically effective & morally essential.
February 15, 2026 at 12:47 PM
I like the government pivot to reminding voters that Farage is an avowed enemy of NATO & Europe & an ardent admirer of Vladimir Putin, who routinely orders the murders of critics & opponents. It is politically effective & morally essential.
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"Wait a second... these leopards want to eat *MY* face"
Lowe is asked this here: by an X user who appears to be a sincere supporter of his mass remigration agenda, who wants to know if those campaigning to expel all Jews are able to join the party
x.com/TheGriftRepo...
x.com/TheGriftRepo...
February 15, 2026 at 10:21 AM
"Wait a second... these leopards want to eat *MY* face"
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A reminder that if you live in England or Wales & were born between 1970-1990 – or even before 1970 – you can help protect your community by getting the MMR vaccine free from your NHS GP now. I did last year. www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
February 15, 2026 at 8:30 AM
A reminder that if you live in England or Wales & were born between 1970-1990 – or even before 1970 – you can help protect your community by getting the MMR vaccine free from your NHS GP now. I did last year. www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
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Gotta love Olympic tradition- the passage of the torch, the ceremonial lighting of the flame, the series of articles about condoms running out from journalists seething that super fit people are fucking
February 15, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Gotta love Olympic tradition- the passage of the torch, the ceremonial lighting of the flame, the series of articles about condoms running out from journalists seething that super fit people are fucking
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How many times, in how many contexts, in how many ways am I going to have to say that this is what "AI" does— what it fundamentally *is*— before it sinks in? That all Bullshit engines do is statistically correlate training data & inputs via their weights to produce outputs you are likely to accept…
February 15, 2026 at 3:57 AM
How many times, in how many contexts, in how many ways am I going to have to say that this is what "AI" does— what it fundamentally *is*— before it sinks in? That all Bullshit engines do is statistically correlate training data & inputs via their weights to produce outputs you are likely to accept…
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Meta is putting a "Name Tag" feature in Ray-Bans - facial recognition through the glasses' camera. You look at someone, AI tells you who they are.
In an internal document, the company wrote that the timing is good because civil society groups are busy with politics and won't cause problems.
In an internal document, the company wrote that the timing is good because civil society groups are busy with politics and won't cause problems.
February 14, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Meta is putting a "Name Tag" feature in Ray-Bans - facial recognition through the glasses' camera. You look at someone, AI tells you who they are.
In an internal document, the company wrote that the timing is good because civil society groups are busy with politics and won't cause problems.
In an internal document, the company wrote that the timing is good because civil society groups are busy with politics and won't cause problems.