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On X I used data to show London does not have the highest crime rate in the world.
10 mins later a right winger linked to my book.
10 mins after that I got 40 1-star reviews from unverified accounts (previously 4.9 star avg). Fair play to Amazon - they removed them all.
But that's how it works.
10 mins later a right winger linked to my book.
10 mins after that I got 40 1-star reviews from unverified accounts (previously 4.9 star avg). Fair play to Amazon - they removed them all.
But that's how it works.
September 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
On X I used data to show London does not have the highest crime rate in the world.
10 mins later a right winger linked to my book.
10 mins after that I got 40 1-star reviews from unverified accounts (previously 4.9 star avg). Fair play to Amazon - they removed them all.
But that's how it works.
10 mins later a right winger linked to my book.
10 mins after that I got 40 1-star reviews from unverified accounts (previously 4.9 star avg). Fair play to Amazon - they removed them all.
But that's how it works.
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This why first-past-the-post is such a terrible system for electing a government.
Full tortuous analogy in my latest Guardian article: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Full tortuous analogy in my latest Guardian article: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
June 27, 2025 at 8:44 AM
This why first-past-the-post is such a terrible system for electing a government.
Full tortuous analogy in my latest Guardian article: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Full tortuous analogy in my latest Guardian article: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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this is how the american economy is going to work for AT LEAST two entire years
a man in a white shirt is making a funny face with his mouth open and his arms outstretched .
Alt: guy jokingly pretending to kill himself
media.tenor.com
April 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
this is how the american economy is going to work for AT LEAST two entire years
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In America, even with a valid study visa, you can be picked up off the street at random and detained by homeland security (if you’re a Muslim that co-writes something that the government doesn’t agree with).
Land of the free? Whoever told you that is your enemy.
This is Soviet level shit.
Land of the free? Whoever told you that is your enemy.
This is Soviet level shit.
March 27, 2025 at 9:22 AM
In America, even with a valid study visa, you can be picked up off the street at random and detained by homeland security (if you’re a Muslim that co-writes something that the government doesn’t agree with).
Land of the free? Whoever told you that is your enemy.
This is Soviet level shit.
Land of the free? Whoever told you that is your enemy.
This is Soviet level shit.
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Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
The Financial Times columnist Gillian Tett on Trump's poisoning of the economy.
open.spotify.com/episode/1RPk...
youtu.be/3PXVrLH4zSU?...
The Financial Times columnist Gillian Tett on Trump's poisoning of the economy.
open.spotify.com/episode/1RPk...
youtu.be/3PXVrLH4zSU?...
Is Trump ‘Detoxing’ the Economy or Poisoning It? | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
youtu.be
March 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
The Financial Times columnist Gillian Tett on Trump's poisoning of the economy.
open.spotify.com/episode/1RPk...
youtu.be/3PXVrLH4zSU?...
The Financial Times columnist Gillian Tett on Trump's poisoning of the economy.
open.spotify.com/episode/1RPk...
youtu.be/3PXVrLH4zSU?...
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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.
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The process of capture unfolds in 5 stages:
Barrier Weakening (Gatekeeper failure)
Legitimisation & Normalisation
Adoption by Elite Actors
Restructuring of Institutions
Entrenchment & Epistemic Closure
Barrier Weakening (Gatekeeper failure)
Legitimisation & Normalisation
Adoption by Elite Actors
Restructuring of Institutions
Entrenchment & Epistemic Closure
March 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The process of capture unfolds in 5 stages:
Barrier Weakening (Gatekeeper failure)
Legitimisation & Normalisation
Adoption by Elite Actors
Restructuring of Institutions
Entrenchment & Epistemic Closure
Barrier Weakening (Gatekeeper failure)
Legitimisation & Normalisation
Adoption by Elite Actors
Restructuring of Institutions
Entrenchment & Epistemic Closure
A cup of tea with King Charles is a greater honour than a State Visit.
March 3, 2025 at 12:22 AM
A cup of tea with King Charles is a greater honour than a State Visit.
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In London metro
March 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
In London metro
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So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."
February 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
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Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
February 23, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
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How the roots of the ‘PayPal mafia’ extend to apartheid South Africa
How the roots of the ‘PayPal mafia’ extend to apartheid South Africa
Elon Musk grew up with the privileges of a stratified racial order and Peter Thiel lived in a city that venerated Hitler
When Elon Musk’s arm shot out in a stiff arm salute at Donald Trump’s inaugural celebrations, startled viewers mostly drew the…
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
How the roots of the ‘PayPal mafia’ extend to apartheid South Africa
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Incredible from Bishop Budde: "We don't have to go to the highest extremes of contempt when we are in a position of disagreement. I think if we could get that back as a country, we would go a long way in being able to work together to address the many problems that we face." ~AA @maddow.msnbc.com
January 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Incredible from Bishop Budde: "We don't have to go to the highest extremes of contempt when we are in a position of disagreement. I think if we could get that back as a country, we would go a long way in being able to work together to address the many problems that we face." ~AA @maddow.msnbc.com
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Really convincing argument on why Elon Musk is the saviour of the UK:
youtube.com/shorts/el9dt...
youtube.com/shorts/el9dt...
Really convincing argument on why Elon Musk is the savior of the UK.
YouTube video by Rosie Holt
youtube.com
January 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Really convincing argument on why Elon Musk is the saviour of the UK:
youtube.com/shorts/el9dt...
youtube.com/shorts/el9dt...
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Woah!! This is nuts. Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring has gone straight to number 2 news show on Apple podcasts 🙏🙏🙏
Would love to hear what you think of it so far…
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
Would love to hear what you think of it so far…
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
December 31, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Woah!! This is nuts. Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring has gone straight to number 2 news show on Apple podcasts 🙏🙏🙏
Would love to hear what you think of it so far…
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
Would love to hear what you think of it so far…
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
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We wrap up the year and discuss what’s ahead for Ukraine and Russia in this episode of Silicon Curtain.
@anderspuck.bsky.social - Anders Puck Nielsen - Putin’s War not Sustainable in 2025 Without Full Mobilisation of Russia’s Resources.
youtu.be/Irhkr6YZ6cE
youtu.be/Irhkr6YZ6cE
Anders Puck Nielsen - Putin’s War not Sustainable in 2025 Without Full Mobilisation of Resources.
YouTube video by Silicon Curtain
youtu.be
December 30, 2024 at 9:06 PM
We wrap up the year and discuss what’s ahead for Ukraine and Russia in this episode of Silicon Curtain.
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They think they are funny, but they are just showing everyone they are evil.
December 25, 2024 at 11:36 PM
They think they are funny, but they are just showing everyone they are evil.
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"analysis of Thames Water’s accounts shows that there has never been a year since privatisation when shareholders contributed more cash than they took out."
Was there ever ‘shareholder support’ for Thames Water?
New writer Stanley Root’s analysis of Thames Water’s accounts shows that there has never been a year since privatisation when shareholders contributed more cash than they took out
westenglandbylines.co.uk
December 10, 2024 at 9:59 AM
"analysis of Thames Water’s accounts shows that there has never been a year since privatisation when shareholders contributed more cash than they took out."
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The culture wars, the race wars, the gender wars...all smoke screens for the war they don't want you to fight.
The class wars.
The class wars.
December 6, 2024 at 2:11 PM
The culture wars, the race wars, the gender wars...all smoke screens for the war they don't want you to fight.
The class wars.
The class wars.
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Amos Goldberg, Professor of Genocide Studies at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem "Yes, it is genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. Jewish history will henceforth be stained"
Is there anyone more qualified and unbiased?
Is there anyone more qualified and unbiased?
December 4, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Amos Goldberg, Professor of Genocide Studies at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem "Yes, it is genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. Jewish history will henceforth be stained"
Is there anyone more qualified and unbiased?
Is there anyone more qualified and unbiased?
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In 1970 the richest 1% had about 4x the wealth of the average person, and the richest 0.01% had about 30x.
Now the richest 1% have 12x the wealth of the average person, and the richest 0.01% have 1000x.
This is the problem.
Now the richest 1% have 12x the wealth of the average person, and the richest 0.01% have 1000x.
This is the problem.
November 25, 2024 at 10:00 PM
In 1970 the richest 1% had about 4x the wealth of the average person, and the richest 0.01% had about 30x.
Now the richest 1% have 12x the wealth of the average person, and the richest 0.01% have 1000x.
This is the problem.
Now the richest 1% have 12x the wealth of the average person, and the richest 0.01% have 1000x.
This is the problem.