Tech Broligarch
@techbroligarch.bsky.social
American Ex-pat in Scotland, girl-dad, UK Denizen, medium-old guy.
Renewable energy and retrofit expert.
Moonlights as a pitch-black nightmare deep-sea creature.
I am happy to have a difference of opinion, but the deliberately obtuse will be blocked.
Renewable energy and retrofit expert.
Moonlights as a pitch-black nightmare deep-sea creature.
I am happy to have a difference of opinion, but the deliberately obtuse will be blocked.
Pinned
All of us have been following this Greenland crisis like a cat chasing a laser. Fixated on the red dot of chaos that is the overturning of 80 years of the security arrangement that made the west stable & therefore powerful. Who wants this? All roads lead to Putin.
Follow me down the rabbit hole. 1/x
Follow me down the rabbit hole. 1/x
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74% of Democrats support abolishing ICE, with 53% *strongly* supporting it, according to YouGov polling from last month.
Weak calls for "reform" are coming from *elected* Democrats like Chuck, not the average Democratic voter.
Weak calls for "reform" are coming from *elected* Democrats like Chuck, not the average Democratic voter.
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 3, 2026 at 10:36 PM
74% of Democrats support abolishing ICE, with 53% *strongly* supporting it, according to YouGov polling from last month.
Weak calls for "reform" are coming from *elected* Democrats like Chuck, not the average Democratic voter.
Weak calls for "reform" are coming from *elected* Democrats like Chuck, not the average Democratic voter.
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Zero net migration would shrink UK economy by 3.6%, says thinktank
Zero net migration would shrink UK economy by 3.6%, says thinktank
Jump of £37bn in budget deficit by 2040 would force government to increase taxes, NIESR predicts
The UK economy would be 3.6% smaller by 2040 if net migration fell to zero, forcing the government to raise taxes to combat a much bigger budget deficit, a thinktank has predicted.
The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) said falling birthrates in the UK and a sharp decrease in net migration last year had led it to consider what would happen if this trend continued to the end of the decade. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Zero net migration would shrink UK economy by 3.6%, says thinktank
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FIRED? Who gives a fuck about “fired”?!? How about “send them to jail for life”? And I mean ALL of ‘em.
February 3, 2026 at 2:31 AM
FIRED? Who gives a fuck about “fired”?!? How about “send them to jail for life”? And I mean ALL of ‘em.
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This shit hits like a sledgehammer right now. It's not even remotely an exaggeration.
February 1, 2026 at 12:30 AM
This shit hits like a sledgehammer right now. It's not even remotely an exaggeration.
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“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)
February 4, 2026 at 4:47 AM
“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)
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Imagine your sweet, little 9-year-old girl was abducted and taken to a torture mill.
This is happening in our name on our dime.
Children are being abducted, detained, deprived of medical care & given moldy or worm infested food & foul water.
#FundHealthcareOverICE
Congress: 202-224-3121
This is happening in our name on our dime.
Children are being abducted, detained, deprived of medical care & given moldy or worm infested food & foul water.
#FundHealthcareOverICE
Congress: 202-224-3121
February 4, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Imagine your sweet, little 9-year-old girl was abducted and taken to a torture mill.
This is happening in our name on our dime.
Children are being abducted, detained, deprived of medical care & given moldy or worm infested food & foul water.
#FundHealthcareOverICE
Congress: 202-224-3121
This is happening in our name on our dime.
Children are being abducted, detained, deprived of medical care & given moldy or worm infested food & foul water.
#FundHealthcareOverICE
Congress: 202-224-3121
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I have been doing investigative reporting on misconduct for years & it got harder and harder to do over time. Of course I blamed myself to an extent. But yeah, anyway, the plutocratic class & their minions destroyed the media & what remained formed up like Voltron to protect the worst of the worst.
To give u an idea of how powerful men protect each other, remember Moira Donegan's "Shitty Men in Media" list? Here are former Paris Review Editor Lorin Stein (who got fired for being named), Michael Wolff, & Epstein discussing backing Stephen Eliott to supress MeToo
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 3, 2026 at 10:48 PM
I have been doing investigative reporting on misconduct for years & it got harder and harder to do over time. Of course I blamed myself to an extent. But yeah, anyway, the plutocratic class & their minions destroyed the media & what remained formed up like Voltron to protect the worst of the worst.
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I think Hanania must just be an idiot? The climax of American Beauty is Lester realizing how bad it would be to act out his fantasies about his daughter's best friend. The movie is not about how cool it is for dads to bag high school girls. Also Kevin Spacey is a personally notorious kid toucher
![Richard Hanania
@RichardHanania • Feb 1
By obsessing over Epstein, they're attacking healthy heterosexuality. [screengrab of Mena Suvari in the tub with Kevin Spacey leaning over her from American Beauty. The caption is "The Real Target of Pedophile Hysteria Is Age Gap Relationships," the title of a blog post by Hanania]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qjzrpzlcmir3bkss4b5nh6ox/bafkreiduwzv3jqpsa7vwjwukvvonszcumubiuzkd6ujv2dq62zcwgg2ec4@jpeg)
February 3, 2026 at 4:49 PM
I think Hanania must just be an idiot? The climax of American Beauty is Lester realizing how bad it would be to act out his fantasies about his daughter's best friend. The movie is not about how cool it is for dads to bag high school girls. Also Kevin Spacey is a personally notorious kid toucher
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1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.”
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
Mandelson’s Fifth Column
The British government’s business department exists to undermine democracy.
www.monbiot.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:32 AM
1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.”
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
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If only there were indications that this would be a shitshow 🤦♂️
February 2, 2026 at 2:48 PM
If only there were indications that this would be a shitshow 🤦♂️
Anybody up for seeing a double feature of 2014's FIFA movie United Passions and Melania?
Anyone?
Anyone?
February 2, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Anybody up for seeing a double feature of 2014's FIFA movie United Passions and Melania?
Anyone?
Anyone?
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This is how Tom Homan reacts to losing a court case to free a medically fragile 5-year-old who was used as bait to lure his dad so they could be imprisoned in a measles factory. Fuck any de-escalation stories that come out.
Columbia Heights (Liam's school district) cancelled school today because of a credible bomb threat at Liam's elementary and multiple ICE vehicles parking in the high school staff parking lot at 6:15am.
February 2, 2026 at 1:11 PM
This is how Tom Homan reacts to losing a court case to free a medically fragile 5-year-old who was used as bait to lure his dad so they could be imprisoned in a measles factory. Fuck any de-escalation stories that come out.
If the 1970's were a thought:
"Why not brown? Yeah. Brown.
Maybe orange? A little bit but brown's the thing. Definitely brown."
"Why not brown? Yeah. Brown.
Maybe orange? A little bit but brown's the thing. Definitely brown."
February 2, 2026 at 3:17 PM
If the 1970's were a thought:
"Why not brown? Yeah. Brown.
Maybe orange? A little bit but brown's the thing. Definitely brown."
"Why not brown? Yeah. Brown.
Maybe orange? A little bit but brown's the thing. Definitely brown."
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It's rare to see how lobbyists operate. But the Epstein-Mandelson correspondence shows us what happens all the time: plutocrats and government ministers conspiring against the public interest. This is why all lobbying should be in the public domain, but despite Labour and Con promises, it's not. 🧵
February 2, 2026 at 8:20 AM
It's rare to see how lobbyists operate. But the Epstein-Mandelson correspondence shows us what happens all the time: plutocrats and government ministers conspiring against the public interest. This is why all lobbying should be in the public domain, but despite Labour and Con promises, it's not. 🧵
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this 72-page book, The ABCs of Media Literacy, is given to every grade nine student in Finland
media literacy is a core component of the national curriculum. everyone has the toolbox and training needed for practicing responsible citizenship
its CIVICS
(a bullshit detector)
abcsofmedia.com
media literacy is a core component of the national curriculum. everyone has the toolbox and training needed for practicing responsible citizenship
its CIVICS
(a bullshit detector)
abcsofmedia.com
September 20, 2025 at 7:49 AM
this 72-page book, The ABCs of Media Literacy, is given to every grade nine student in Finland
media literacy is a core component of the national curriculum. everyone has the toolbox and training needed for practicing responsible citizenship
its CIVICS
(a bullshit detector)
abcsofmedia.com
media literacy is a core component of the national curriculum. everyone has the toolbox and training needed for practicing responsible citizenship
its CIVICS
(a bullshit detector)
abcsofmedia.com
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Timely! 🙌🏻 Lizzy & The Triggermen sing Irving Berlin's anti-Hitler protest song 1941.
🎵 When they lay him 12 ft deep
I'll be there to laugh not weep
Satan thought up a plan
Dressed as a man & since he began
the world is Hell for you & me
What a Heaven it will be
When that man is dead & gone 🎵 💯
🎵 When they lay him 12 ft deep
I'll be there to laugh not weep
Satan thought up a plan
Dressed as a man & since he began
the world is Hell for you & me
What a Heaven it will be
When that man is dead & gone 🎵 💯
January 31, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Timely! 🙌🏻 Lizzy & The Triggermen sing Irving Berlin's anti-Hitler protest song 1941.
🎵 When they lay him 12 ft deep
I'll be there to laugh not weep
Satan thought up a plan
Dressed as a man & since he began
the world is Hell for you & me
What a Heaven it will be
When that man is dead & gone 🎵 💯
🎵 When they lay him 12 ft deep
I'll be there to laugh not weep
Satan thought up a plan
Dressed as a man & since he began
the world is Hell for you & me
What a Heaven it will be
When that man is dead & gone 🎵 💯
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Imagine if we had this kind of straightforward clarity from all politicians.
From Cameron onwards the conventional approach has been to dodge, subvert and spin your way through interviews. Hence the weirdly loaded questions.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is a breath of fresh air.
From Cameron onwards the conventional approach has been to dodge, subvert and spin your way through interviews. Hence the weirdly loaded questions.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is a breath of fresh air.
#bbclaurak asks @zackpolanski.bsky.social, doesn't opposing genocide stir up division?
February 1, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Imagine if we had this kind of straightforward clarity from all politicians.
From Cameron onwards the conventional approach has been to dodge, subvert and spin your way through interviews. Hence the weirdly loaded questions.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is a breath of fresh air.
From Cameron onwards the conventional approach has been to dodge, subvert and spin your way through interviews. Hence the weirdly loaded questions.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is a breath of fresh air.
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Doesn't seem like this should be his job
February 1, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Doesn't seem like this should be his job
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In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio?
Nazi Lies in Vance's America
snyder.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:09 AM
In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
I'm soooo looking forward to primary-ing this douche bag into the sun.
Video of his remarks where he says, verbatim, that one of his jobs as leader is to funnel more aid to Israel
75% of Democratic voters oppose sending Israel more military aid, as do 66% of independents and 60% of Americans overall according to recent polling
75% of Democratic voters oppose sending Israel more military aid, as do 66% of independents and 60% of Americans overall according to recent polling
February 2, 2026 at 2:21 AM
I'm soooo looking forward to primary-ing this douche bag into the sun.
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the Epstein files make it very clear why the MeToo backlash was so extreme and why so much of elite society preferred Donald Trump ruling us like a king to the barest hint of accountability
February 1, 2026 at 9:27 PM
the Epstein files make it very clear why the MeToo backlash was so extreme and why so much of elite society preferred Donald Trump ruling us like a king to the barest hint of accountability
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Reread again. No journalist or historian compares to Sarah in being able to analyze the complex web of power and corruption in the US and in predicting where its going next. She always seems chillingly way over the top, but unfortunately her predictions are spot on.
February 1, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Reread again. No journalist or historian compares to Sarah in being able to analyze the complex web of power and corruption in the US and in predicting where its going next. She always seems chillingly way over the top, but unfortunately her predictions are spot on.
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Ok, let’s do this🙄
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
February 1, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Ok, let’s do this🙄
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25