Usagi
@usagi3939.bsky.social
Trainee business analyst (final written exam complete, one interview to go); researcher. There'll be a lot of chat about EVs and national/international security.
I mix cocktails better than I cook dinner.
I mix cocktails better than I cook dinner.
Crikey, I'm glad I took a tissue with me for the work Remembrance Day service, that's all I can say.
November 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Crikey, I'm glad I took a tissue with me for the work Remembrance Day service, that's all I can say.
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Think I've said this before but each new breakout innovation, fad or necessary commodity (ahem, COVID PPE) should now come with a health warning for potential fraud.
The NCA and affiliated partners are rolling out amber and red alerts on a fairly regular basis these days.
The NCA and affiliated partners are rolling out amber and red alerts on a fairly regular basis these days.
November 11, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Think I've said this before but each new breakout innovation, fad or necessary commodity (ahem, COVID PPE) should now come with a health warning for potential fraud.
The NCA and affiliated partners are rolling out amber and red alerts on a fairly regular basis these days.
The NCA and affiliated partners are rolling out amber and red alerts on a fairly regular basis these days.
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It's the same old routine, though. Find consumers desperate enough to waive their normal due diligence considerations around provenance - particularly if the end of the chain can be a mate recommending a salon with an unwitting (though that part is dubious, given current cash-only precedents) seller
November 11, 2025 at 6:59 AM
It's the same old routine, though. Find consumers desperate enough to waive their normal due diligence considerations around provenance - particularly if the end of the chain can be a mate recommending a salon with an unwitting (though that part is dubious, given current cash-only precedents) seller
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Given it's a) a lot safer for national and international OCGs to move into counterfeit weightloss drugs than conventional county lines/illegal drugs running, and b) the sheer scale of demand in the UK due to marketing pressures on vulnerable people that can't meet NHS thresholds for prescriptions.
November 11, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Given it's a) a lot safer for national and international OCGs to move into counterfeit weightloss drugs than conventional county lines/illegal drugs running, and b) the sheer scale of demand in the UK due to marketing pressures on vulnerable people that can't meet NHS thresholds for prescriptions.
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Definitely only a matter of time with this crime typology. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Crime gangs in UK start making own branded weight-loss drugs
Medicines watchdog says criminals are designing packaging and branding to look like legitimate product
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Definitely only a matter of time with this crime typology. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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I'd like to hope that any coordinated response to China's HSA threats across universities will be spearheaded by NPSA's Trusted Research campaign. Makes sense to work with what already exists.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
MPs preparing to examine Chinese state influence at British universities
Committee’s inquiry into review of UK-China relations to be broadened after Sheffield Hallam University disclosures
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
I'd like to hope that any coordinated response to China's HSA threats across universities will be spearheaded by NPSA's Trusted Research campaign. Makes sense to work with what already exists.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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birds trying to fight or fuck the mirror, forever
Man. When AI live video chat arrives, pretty soon... it's going to break some brains
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
birds trying to fight or fuck the mirror, forever
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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Less serious point, though I suspect true: if the BBC did fall apart, the Mail, Telegraph, Express and others would be absolutely miserable within about a month.
November 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Less serious point, though I suspect true: if the BBC did fall apart, the Mail, Telegraph, Express and others would be absolutely miserable within about a month.
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I always wonder what people like Allison will do when in 5 years time the BBC just continues to exist
November 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I always wonder what people like Allison will do when in 5 years time the BBC just continues to exist
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The Telegraph had to correct its multiple lies about "illegal immigrants" in London at least three separate times.
It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The Telegraph had to correct its multiple lies about "illegal immigrants" in London at least three separate times.
I'd like to hope that any coordinated response to China's HSA threats across universities will be spearheaded by NPSA's Trusted Research campaign. Makes sense to work with what already exists.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
MPs preparing to examine Chinese state influence at British universities
Committee’s inquiry into review of UK-China relations to be broadened after Sheffield Hallam University disclosures
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
I'd like to hope that any coordinated response to China's HSA threats across universities will be spearheaded by NPSA's Trusted Research campaign. Makes sense to work with what already exists.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Definitely only a matter of time with this crime typology. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Crime gangs in UK start making own branded weight-loss drugs
Medicines watchdog says criminals are designing packaging and branding to look like legitimate product
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Definitely only a matter of time with this crime typology. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Gary Lineker absolutely called it.
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Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Gary Lineker absolutely called it.
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It may well be too late to do anything about this. We had a chance to build European independence in the 1990s and 2000s but we blew it.
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM
It may well be too late to do anything about this. We had a chance to build European independence in the 1990s and 2000s but we blew it.
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And now the US is hurtling towards autocracy too. Should we be worried about US and Chinese imports? Yes, especially if they are anywhere near critical defence infrastructure!
bsky.app/profile/davi...
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And again... should we worry that any product coming from China could become a national security threat? What about US products? Or from anywhere else? There is a big difference between sensible risk management and outright paranoia. www.ft.com/content/07ec...
UK investigates whether buses made in China can be turned off from afar
Investigation comes after Norway found Yutong vehicles could be ‘stopped or rendered inoperable’ by Chinese company
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
And now the US is hurtling towards autocracy too. Should we be worried about US and Chinese imports? Yes, especially if they are anywhere near critical defence infrastructure!
bsky.app/profile/davi...
bsky.app/profile/davi...
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Open science provides fraud deterrence, and facilitates fraud detection.
When I first learned about open science around 20 years ago (then called "open notebook science"), I never thought about research fraud. Now it is a critically-important issue.
When I first learned about open science around 20 years ago (then called "open notebook science"), I never thought about research fraud. Now it is a critically-important issue.
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Open science provides fraud deterrence, and facilitates fraud detection.
When I first learned about open science around 20 years ago (then called "open notebook science"), I never thought about research fraud. Now it is a critically-important issue.
When I first learned about open science around 20 years ago (then called "open notebook science"), I never thought about research fraud. Now it is a critically-important issue.
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Is this the real Chinese charm offensive? 🐒🐵
China’s rare golden monkeys debut at European zoos, a possible successor to ‘panda diplomacy’
China’s rare golden monkeys debut at European zoos, a possible successor to ‘panda diplomacy’
China's rare golden monkeys debut at European zoos, a possible successor to 'panda diplomacy'
China's endangered golden snub-nosed monkeys have joined pandas as diplomatic envoys to Europe. These rare monkeys, native to central China, are now on a 10-year loan to zoos in France and Belgium.
apnews.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Is this the real Chinese charm offensive? 🐒🐵
China’s rare golden monkeys debut at European zoos, a possible successor to ‘panda diplomacy’
China’s rare golden monkeys debut at European zoos, a possible successor to ‘panda diplomacy’
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What has happened to the world
October 28, 2025 at 8:57 AM
What has happened to the world
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If anyone was looking for solid evidence that a crash is imminent, here it is:
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 6:57 AM
If anyone was looking for solid evidence that a crash is imminent, here it is:
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Charles Moore tells Emma Barnett on Today that the problem with the BBC is that "you" keep defending yourselves rather than admitting "you" are wrong and biased. That speaks volumes: especially that Charles has forgotten that presenters/reporters are not commentators. At least not on the BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Charles Moore tells Emma Barnett on Today that the problem with the BBC is that "you" keep defending yourselves rather than admitting "you" are wrong and biased. That speaks volumes: especially that Charles has forgotten that presenters/reporters are not commentators. At least not on the BBC.
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But I fear that would stray too much into commentary on fiscal responsibility and policy, away from hot salient topics like immigrant rapists.
November 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
But I fear that would stray too much into commentary on fiscal responsibility and policy, away from hot salient topics like immigrant rapists.
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Maybe Reform could provide commentary on additional funding to the NCA and associated law enforcement while they're at it.
November 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Maybe Reform could provide commentary on additional funding to the NCA and associated law enforcement while they're at it.
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It's not as though the NCA has been banging the drum about organised crime and cash-only crime typologies for a few years. Turns out all they needed to get noticed was a political party desperation for vulnerable people's votes.
November 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
It's not as though the NCA has been banging the drum about organised crime and cash-only crime typologies for a few years. Turns out all they needed to get noticed was a political party desperation for vulnerable people's votes.
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Also, I guess it's better late than never that they notice SOC and associated crime typologies, even if it only began in the context of human trafficking/modern slavery and immigration.
November 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Also, I guess it's better late than never that they notice SOC and associated crime typologies, even if it only began in the context of human trafficking/modern slavery and immigration.