Richard
@richardm2.bsky.social
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President Macron:
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...
French President Macron Speaks at German Unity Day Ceremony | WION LIVE
YouTube video by WION
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October 4, 2025 at 3:59 AM
President Macron:
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
May 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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“They’re not really using AI, they’re not really driving efficiency. What they’re doing is smashing everything,” the former official said.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Pentagon’s ‘SWAT team of nerds’ resigns en masse
Employees of a defense tech unit say they were sidelined by DOGE. “Either we die quickly or we die slowly,” says the director.
www.politico.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
“They’re not really using AI, they’re not really driving efficiency. What they’re doing is smashing everything,” the former official said.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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A helpful guide to the current state of US trade policy:
April 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A helpful guide to the current state of US trade policy:
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would love to see a volume/time graph on these for the past week
April 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
would love to see a volume/time graph on these for the past week
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Good night, Bluesky
April 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Good night, Bluesky
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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Blimey. One of Nigel Farage's biggest donors, and the owner of 55 Tufton Street, is helping the Russian military effort www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/w...
March 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Blimey. One of Nigel Farage's biggest donors, and the owner of 55 Tufton Street, is helping the Russian military effort www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/w...
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🧵 I want to follow up this earlier thread by examining why the USA finds itself in the state it does at the moment; the process of disordered discourse capturing state institutions and how it inevitably results in a slide towards authoritarianism, a process we're seeing unfold before our very eyes.
What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.
March 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
🧵 I want to follow up this earlier thread by examining why the USA finds itself in the state it does at the moment; the process of disordered discourse capturing state institutions and how it inevitably results in a slide towards authoritarianism, a process we're seeing unfold before our very eyes.
Shocking, disgraceful performance for TV from Trump and Vance. An obviously planned attack on a man who's maintaining the front line in the fight for democracy and world stability.
Well beyond appeasement, the Trump Administration is acting in the interests of Russia.
US voters must stand up.
Well beyond appeasement, the Trump Administration is acting in the interests of Russia.
US voters must stand up.
February 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Shocking, disgraceful performance for TV from Trump and Vance. An obviously planned attack on a man who's maintaining the front line in the fight for democracy and world stability.
Well beyond appeasement, the Trump Administration is acting in the interests of Russia.
US voters must stand up.
Well beyond appeasement, the Trump Administration is acting in the interests of Russia.
US voters must stand up.
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Q: how to 6x DOGE savings ($2.5b)?
A: Cut subsidies to Tesla ($15b)
A: Cut subsidies to Tesla ($15b)
February 26, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Q: how to 6x DOGE savings ($2.5b)?
A: Cut subsidies to Tesla ($15b)
A: Cut subsidies to Tesla ($15b)
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It looks like Steve Bannon just did a Nazi salute at the end of his CPAC speech.
February 21, 2025 at 2:38 AM
It looks like Steve Bannon just did a Nazi salute at the end of his CPAC speech.
Well done to @vicderbyshire.bsky.social - Sebastian Gorka is just the dickhead face of a shameful capitulation.
February 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Well done to @vicderbyshire.bsky.social - Sebastian Gorka is just the dickhead face of a shameful capitulation.
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Interesting.
Head-to-head matches on who would be best PM.
Head-to-head matches on who would be best PM.
February 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Interesting.
Head-to-head matches on who would be best PM.
Head-to-head matches on who would be best PM.
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If Biden wants access to classified materials he'll have to book a tee time at Mar-a-Lago like everyone else.
February 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
If Biden wants access to classified materials he'll have to book a tee time at Mar-a-Lago like everyone else.
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Yes, the US in on this chart. Can you find it?
February 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Yes, the US in on this chart. Can you find it?
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A Letter from WIRED's Editor @katie-drummond.bsky.social:
Ever since Elon Musk backed Trump’s presidential bid last year, we've been tracking his growing influence in politics. We’ve talked to people within federal agencies and experts in cybersecurity, AI, and medicine about his potential impact.
Ever since Elon Musk backed Trump’s presidential bid last year, we've been tracking his growing influence in politics. We’ve talked to people within federal agencies and experts in cybersecurity, AI, and medicine about his potential impact.
February 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
A Letter from WIRED's Editor @katie-drummond.bsky.social:
Ever since Elon Musk backed Trump’s presidential bid last year, we've been tracking his growing influence in politics. We’ve talked to people within federal agencies and experts in cybersecurity, AI, and medicine about his potential impact.
Ever since Elon Musk backed Trump’s presidential bid last year, we've been tracking his growing influence in politics. We’ve talked to people within federal agencies and experts in cybersecurity, AI, and medicine about his potential impact.
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Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Of course it’s a coup
Miss the obvious, lose your republic
open.substack.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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The most frustrating thing about continuing failure to skewer Farage is that his grasp of detail is non-existent. It’s why he gets petulant when exposed to even mildly decent questions. Interviewers just need to zone in on one element of the bullshit & interrogate it until his ignorance is exposed.
Farage on #r4today decrying the increase in costs & red tape since Brexit & calling for Brexit to be “done properly”.
No longer part of the customs union/single market -both of which simplified bureacracy- the costs & red tape on trade have ofc ballooned.
Why was this not put to him directly?
No longer part of the customs union/single market -both of which simplified bureacracy- the costs & red tape on trade have ofc ballooned.
Why was this not put to him directly?
February 4, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The most frustrating thing about continuing failure to skewer Farage is that his grasp of detail is non-existent. It’s why he gets petulant when exposed to even mildly decent questions. Interviewers just need to zone in on one element of the bullshit & interrogate it until his ignorance is exposed.
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Just because it is in plain sight does not mean it is not what it is: A hostile takeover of the U.S. government by an unelected and unfettered power monger. Believe what you see, do not see what you believe.
February 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Just because it is in plain sight does not mean it is not what it is: A hostile takeover of the U.S. government by an unelected and unfettered power monger. Believe what you see, do not see what you believe.
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10,000 of 3,000,000 millionaires left the country last year - 0.33%. These people would rather leave than pay tax - good riddance I say. Let’s not change our approach to appease rich freeloaders.
Reeves to water down tax raid on non-doms amid exodus of millionaires
The chancellor is to amend some of the changes to tax rules for non-domiciled individuals announced in October’s Budget
www.independent.co.uk
January 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
10,000 of 3,000,000 millionaires left the country last year - 0.33%. These people would rather leave than pay tax - good riddance I say. Let’s not change our approach to appease rich freeloaders.
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Sometime in the last 24-48 hours, my Instagram account automatically followed these four accounts. I never chose to follow them.
January 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Sometime in the last 24-48 hours, my Instagram account automatically followed these four accounts. I never chose to follow them.
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Searching #liberal or #democrat on Instagram now returns "We've hidden these results", #Republican has no such problem. Seems bad.
January 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Searching #liberal or #democrat on Instagram now returns "We've hidden these results", #Republican has no such problem. Seems bad.
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So here's a curious thing, Jacob Rees-Mogg posted this teaser for his discussion on Rachel Reeves in China, with an image he attributed to Grek (I assume he
meant Grok) & it has given her an exaggerated hook nose. I'd love to know how what it was in the wording or algorithm which accounts for that
meant Grok) & it has given her an exaggerated hook nose. I'd love to know how what it was in the wording or algorithm which accounts for that
January 14, 2025 at 10:03 AM
So here's a curious thing, Jacob Rees-Mogg posted this teaser for his discussion on Rachel Reeves in China, with an image he attributed to Grek (I assume he
meant Grok) & it has given her an exaggerated hook nose. I'd love to know how what it was in the wording or algorithm which accounts for that
meant Grok) & it has given her an exaggerated hook nose. I'd love to know how what it was in the wording or algorithm which accounts for that