Peter Howitt
@peterhowitt.bsky.social
AI optimist (Iain M Banks / James Lovelock variety). Full time lawyer, part-time poet and fumbling philosopher - "That is not what I meant, at all.”
https://compossible.blog/
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Elon Musk – Part 2: The Limits of Free Speech & The Paradox of Tolerance
We look at the dark wizard’s takeover of the public forum and his techno-Stalinist tendencies
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For those who missed it: Elon Musk – Part 2: The Limits of Free Speech & The Paradox of Tolerance
In which we look at the dark wizard’s takeover of the public forum and his techno-Stalinist tendencies
In which we look at the dark wizard’s takeover of the public forum and his techno-Stalinist tendencies
Unsung British Heroes (Vol 2) - Robbie Gibb. Frontman and genocide facilitator for Netanyahu and his allies. Former advisor to GB News. BBC board member - empowered by an international far right alliance to systematical destroy it.
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders
Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Unsung British Heroes (Vol 2) - Robbie Gibb. Frontman and genocide facilitator for Netanyahu and his allies. Former advisor to GB News. BBC board member - empowered by an international far right alliance to systematical destroy it.
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Starmer should have cleared the Tories - including Gibb out of the BBC on day one. He didn’t because he hasn’t a clue. Brain dead.
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Starmer should have cleared the Tories - including Gibb out of the BBC on day one. He didn’t because he hasn’t a clue. Brain dead.
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"Zealously Pro Palestinian party"
Genocide is bad actually.
Genocide is bad actually.
What happens if the Greens overtake Labour in the polls? All bets are off | Gaby Hinsliff
What happens if the Greens overtake Labour in the polls? All bets are off | Gaby Hinsliff
They may lack Labour’s party machine, but Zack Polanski’s burgeoning popularity could have seismic consequences for British politics, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"Zealously Pro Palestinian party"
Genocide is bad actually.
Genocide is bad actually.
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"Over 11,000 Palestinians from Gaza, mostly women and children, have disappeared since October 7. Their relatives don’t know if they’re dead or alive, trapped under rubble or detained in Israeli prisons — but they’re desperate to find answers." www.972mag.com/search-gaza-...
The search for Gaza's missing
Over 11,000 Palestinians have disappeared since Oct. 7. Relatives don’t know if they’re dead or alive, under rubble or in prison.
www.972mag.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:32 AM
"Over 11,000 Palestinians from Gaza, mostly women and children, have disappeared since October 7. Their relatives don’t know if they’re dead or alive, trapped under rubble or detained in Israeli prisons — but they’re desperate to find answers." www.972mag.com/search-gaza-...
The drug-addled pseud strikes again: "Grok is the only AI that is laser focused on the truth"
Grok has generated praise for Adolf Hitler, support for Putin and has referred to itself as "MechaHitler". A direct consequence of algorithmic bias and Musk's fragile febrile grasp of facts & truth
Grok has generated praise for Adolf Hitler, support for Putin and has referred to itself as "MechaHitler". A direct consequence of algorithmic bias and Musk's fragile febrile grasp of facts & truth
November 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The drug-addled pseud strikes again: "Grok is the only AI that is laser focused on the truth"
Grok has generated praise for Adolf Hitler, support for Putin and has referred to itself as "MechaHitler". A direct consequence of algorithmic bias and Musk's fragile febrile grasp of facts & truth
Grok has generated praise for Adolf Hitler, support for Putin and has referred to itself as "MechaHitler". A direct consequence of algorithmic bias and Musk's fragile febrile grasp of facts & truth
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Perhaps the BBC could offer Trump one of his beloved deals: they'll apologise for broadcasting sections of his speech, if he apologises for trying to overthrow an election, lying about the result, pressuring election officials, urging a crowd to "fight like hell" & pardoning those who did just that.
November 11, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Perhaps the BBC could offer Trump one of his beloved deals: they'll apologise for broadcasting sections of his speech, if he apologises for trying to overthrow an election, lying about the result, pressuring election officials, urging a crowd to "fight like hell" & pardoning those who did just that.
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Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
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“A sustained campaign of anti-migrant rhetoric is fuelling a growing cesspool of racism, including against international and ethnic minority nursing staff, without whom our health and care system would simply cease to function.”
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
“A sustained campaign of anti-migrant rhetoric is fuelling a growing cesspool of racism, including against international and ethnic minority nursing staff, without whom our health and care system would simply cease to function.”
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Why a lot of people are getting hacked with government spyware
Why a lot of people are getting hacked with government spyware | TechCrunch
Government surveillance vendors want us to believe their spyware products are only used in limited and targeted operations against terrorists and serious criminals. That claim is increasingly difficul...
techcrunch.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Why a lot of people are getting hacked with government spyware
MAGA goes MEGA- the Heritage Foundation continues pushing its tentacles into Europe - "in policies on abortion, gender theory, defense and China, adding that parts of Project 2025 such as a section he wrote on defunding public broadcasters, are “very transferable” to Europe.
The Heritage Foundation goes from MAGA to MEGA — Make Europe Great Again
On the agenda: pro-natalism, freedom of expression, opposing trans rights and fighting Chinese influence.
www.politico.eu
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
MAGA goes MEGA- the Heritage Foundation continues pushing its tentacles into Europe - "in policies on abortion, gender theory, defense and China, adding that parts of Project 2025 such as a section he wrote on defunding public broadcasters, are “very transferable” to Europe.
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Ah why not? Here's another Barn Owl picture I have taken. This beauty was flying right towards me.
#birds #birdphotography #photography #wildlifephotography #wildlife
#birds #birdphotography #photography #wildlifephotography #wildlife
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Ah why not? Here's another Barn Owl picture I have taken. This beauty was flying right towards me.
#birds #birdphotography #photography #wildlifephotography #wildlife
#birds #birdphotography #photography #wildlifephotography #wildlife
For those who missed it: Elon Musk – Part 2: The Limits of Free Speech & The Paradox of Tolerance
In which we look at the dark wizard’s takeover of the public forum and his techno-Stalinist tendencies
In which we look at the dark wizard’s takeover of the public forum and his techno-Stalinist tendencies
Elon Musk – Part 2: The Limits of Free Speech & The Paradox of Tolerance
We look at the dark wizard’s takeover of the public forum and his techno-Stalinist tendencies
compossible.blog
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
For those who missed it: Elon Musk – Part 2: The Limits of Free Speech & The Paradox of Tolerance
In which we look at the dark wizard’s takeover of the public forum and his techno-Stalinist tendencies
In which we look at the dark wizard’s takeover of the public forum and his techno-Stalinist tendencies
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The wholesale pardoning of criminals is a giant flip off to the rule of law — including election deniers. Elect a felon, expect a crime.
The only way to get out ahead of this is to anticipate what his Trump’s criminal mind is planning next…
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
The only way to get out ahead of this is to anticipate what his Trump’s criminal mind is planning next…
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
The Trump Administration’s Campaign to Undermine the Next Election
The executive branch is interfering in U.S. elections in unprecedented ways.
www.brennancenter.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The wholesale pardoning of criminals is a giant flip off to the rule of law — including election deniers. Elect a felon, expect a crime.
The only way to get out ahead of this is to anticipate what his Trump’s criminal mind is planning next…
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
The only way to get out ahead of this is to anticipate what his Trump’s criminal mind is planning next…
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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Reminder: we are in this together. Whether you accept it or not, they’ll eventually remind you.
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Reminder: we are in this together. Whether you accept it or not, they’ll eventually remind you.
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Journalist Paul Holden unearths the real story of how Keir Starmer was catapulted to power.
Spoiler alert: It involves lies, corruption, law-breaking, covert smear operations, and lobby money.
Watch Holden give an overview of his revelations about Starmer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-0l...
Spoiler alert: It involves lies, corruption, law-breaking, covert smear operations, and lobby money.
Watch Holden give an overview of his revelations about Starmer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-0l...
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Journalist Paul Holden unearths the real story of how Keir Starmer was catapulted to power.
Spoiler alert: It involves lies, corruption, law-breaking, covert smear operations, and lobby money.
Watch Holden give an overview of his revelations about Starmer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-0l...
Spoiler alert: It involves lies, corruption, law-breaking, covert smear operations, and lobby money.
Watch Holden give an overview of his revelations about Starmer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-0l...
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Please help spread the word about the National Emergency Briefing on the climate & nature crisis to politicians, influential people, and the public. Only when we confront this head-on can we rise to the challenge.
www.nebriefing.org?source=twitt...
www.nebriefing.org?source=twitt...
National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature
An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from eight leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions. Westminster...
www.nebriefing.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Please help spread the word about the National Emergency Briefing on the climate & nature crisis to politicians, influential people, and the public. Only when we confront this head-on can we rise to the challenge.
www.nebriefing.org?source=twitt...
www.nebriefing.org?source=twitt...
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‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will ICJ climate ruling have on #COP30?
- Decision by international court of justice hailed as a gamechanger for climate justice and accountability
Story by @ninalakhani.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Decision by international court of justice hailed as a gamechanger for climate justice and accountability
Story by @ninalakhani.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will ICJ climate ruling have on Cop30?
Decision by international court of justice hailed as a gamechanger for climate justice and accountability
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:42 AM
‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will ICJ climate ruling have on #COP30?
- Decision by international court of justice hailed as a gamechanger for climate justice and accountability
Story by @ninalakhani.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Decision by international court of justice hailed as a gamechanger for climate justice and accountability
Story by @ninalakhani.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: the billion-pound PPE contractor with a Tory MP on site. Lord Agnew...
November 10, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Revealed: the billion-pound PPE contractor with a Tory MP on site. Lord Agnew...
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☕💡Independent investigations into corruption, espionage, and power abuses take time, resources, and risk. If you value my reporting on Russian influence and Orbán’s reach in Central Europe, you can support my work directly:
Szabolcs Panyi is doing investigative journalism & holding power to account - Buymeacoffee
Szia! 👋I’m a Budapest-based investigative journalist dedicated to uncovering corruption, abuse of power, and Russian and Chinese espionage and influence operations in Central Europe. I also work
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November 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
☕💡Independent investigations into corruption, espionage, and power abuses take time, resources, and risk. If you value my reporting on Russian influence and Orbán’s reach in Central Europe, you can support my work directly:
🧵 Wilfred Owen:
"Happy are men who yet before they are killed
Can let their veins run cold.
Whom no compassion fleers
Or makes their feet
Sore on the alleys cobbled with their brothers.
The front line withers.
But they are troops who fade, not flowers,
For poets’ tearful fooling:
"Happy are men who yet before they are killed
Can let their veins run cold.
Whom no compassion fleers
Or makes their feet
Sore on the alleys cobbled with their brothers.
The front line withers.
But they are troops who fade, not flowers,
For poets’ tearful fooling:
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
🧵 Wilfred Owen:
"Happy are men who yet before they are killed
Can let their veins run cold.
Whom no compassion fleers
Or makes their feet
Sore on the alleys cobbled with their brothers.
The front line withers.
But they are troops who fade, not flowers,
For poets’ tearful fooling:
"Happy are men who yet before they are killed
Can let their veins run cold.
Whom no compassion fleers
Or makes their feet
Sore on the alleys cobbled with their brothers.
The front line withers.
But they are troops who fade, not flowers,
For poets’ tearful fooling:
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In America the revolving door is very clear across several arms of Government
And Peter Theil has a finger in most of these pies.
But this is now spreading to Europe.
Including the U.K.
And Peter Theil has a finger in most of these pies.
But this is now spreading to Europe.
Including the U.K.
November 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
In America the revolving door is very clear across several arms of Government
And Peter Theil has a finger in most of these pies.
But this is now spreading to Europe.
Including the U.K.
And Peter Theil has a finger in most of these pies.
But this is now spreading to Europe.
Including the U.K.
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This week's column is on Billionaire Brain: the condition which seems to prevent extremely rich people from perceiving the utterly bleeding obvious.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
This week's column is on Billionaire Brain: the condition which seems to prevent extremely rich people from perceiving the utterly bleeding obvious.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
🧵Heartbreaking 💔 story about the suicide of 23 year old Zane Shamblin (graduate of Texas A&M University). His family are suing OpenAI, alleging that ChatGPT acted as a "suicide coach" and that they had prioritised engagement over safety
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🧵Heartbreaking 💔 story about the suicide of 23 year old Zane Shamblin (graduate of Texas A&M University). His family are suing OpenAI, alleging that ChatGPT acted as a "suicide coach" and that they had prioritised engagement over safety
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...