Alec Hudson
@alehud42.bsky.social
United, 49ers, F1, road cycling, random other shit
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Reform are so dangerous and this headline doesn’t do it justice. I also think a piece like this should start with the politician‘s core views just to emphasise the urgency.
![the real fight is actually with the progressive left. The flag-waving is, yes, a deliberate hostile response to what Reform sees as “dangerous and transgressive ideas”. These fall under “the panoply we call ‘woke’”, he explains, “a word that trivialises quite a substantial set of ideas that are not to be treated flippantly. Everything from BLM [Black Lives Matter], to trans, to the Palestinian agenda, to DEI [diversity, equity and inclusion] in the workforce, to all the ideas that are undermining traditional associations of family, community and nation. Those ideas are hostile to the inherited understandings of how we belong, and how we relate to each other in society.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5ygvvtokrezoev7nol4wgxjc/bafkreihqr2gwyz5fbwdghaov6gqscud2utw4oexvxlxtm6hlfyt24ubbkq@jpeg)
November 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Reform are so dangerous and this headline doesn’t do it justice. I also think a piece like this should start with the politician‘s core views just to emphasise the urgency.
I'd red flag this, the spray at 14/15/16 is too much
November 22, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I'd red flag this, the spray at 14/15/16 is too much
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FYI: turning off "Smart features" also turns off spell check and the promotions and social tabs. And more.
In effect, a lot of traditional tools in gmail are switched off if you don't let them upload your contracts, love notes, and sad messages to your friends into their plagiarism machine.
In effect, a lot of traditional tools in gmail are switched off if you don't let them upload your contracts, love notes, and sad messages to your friends into their plagiarism machine.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
FYI: turning off "Smart features" also turns off spell check and the promotions and social tabs. And more.
In effect, a lot of traditional tools in gmail are switched off if you don't let them upload your contracts, love notes, and sad messages to your friends into their plagiarism machine.
In effect, a lot of traditional tools in gmail are switched off if you don't let them upload your contracts, love notes, and sad messages to your friends into their plagiarism machine.
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I would put it like this. Minority communities and the majority of the majority community have integrated v.well. However, a significant minority of the majority community and a significant majority of the political class are stubbornly refusing to integrate, and that is where the real problem lies.
Fundamentally, the UK is a massive success story on integration and most of the anxiety around it from the right should be treated as in insincere concern trolling it actually is.
Remember integration? That thing voters "really, really" care about? Where's that in the latest plans?
My column:
My column:
November 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I would put it like this. Minority communities and the majority of the majority community have integrated v.well. However, a significant minority of the majority community and a significant majority of the political class are stubbornly refusing to integrate, and that is where the real problem lies.
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afaict the Starmer government has no idea that now that they're in government they can use power to do popular things that make people's lives better
or they have actually insane ideas about what will make people's lives better
either way, very bad, even from a mod-pragmatic perspective
or they have actually insane ideas about what will make people's lives better
either way, very bad, even from a mod-pragmatic perspective
November 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
afaict the Starmer government has no idea that now that they're in government they can use power to do popular things that make people's lives better
or they have actually insane ideas about what will make people's lives better
either way, very bad, even from a mod-pragmatic perspective
or they have actually insane ideas about what will make people's lives better
either way, very bad, even from a mod-pragmatic perspective
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expedition 33 is going to win every single category at the geoff keighley game awards, but dont let that fool you, its not actually that bad
November 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
expedition 33 is going to win every single category at the geoff keighley game awards, but dont let that fool you, its not actually that bad
Adjusting the minimum plays for entirely biased reasons
November 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Adjusting the minimum plays for entirely biased reasons
So funny how it's clear that any offense with a pulse could score 30+ on us right now and the Cards have 10.
November 16, 2025 at 11:44 PM
So funny how it's clear that any offense with a pulse could score 30+ on us right now and the Cards have 10.
Ah, so we're not making another stop then
Gifford is playing Mike with Curtis Robinson (and Bethune and Warner) out.
November 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Ah, so we're not making another stop then
One more TD and we can wrap this up
November 16, 2025 at 10:59 PM
One more TD and we can wrap this up
Wild given that we've punted twice
The 49ers take a 25-10 lead into halftime. It was their highest-scoring first half since they scored 28 points on Dec. 11, 2022, vs. Tampa Bay in a 35-7 victory.
November 16, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Wild given that we've punted twice
Chuck the ball downfield
November 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Chuck the ball downfield
Obvious run-obvious run-pass-punt, garbage
November 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Obvious run-obvious run-pass-punt, garbage
The 9ers can't afford to punt or turn the ball over a single time the rest of the year.
November 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The 9ers can't afford to punt or turn the ball over a single time the rest of the year.
I've missed Brock so much
November 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I've missed Brock so much
OU are probably going to have to force a turnover on every drive to beat Bama at this rate
November 15, 2025 at 9:53 PM
OU are probably going to have to force a turnover on every drive to beat Bama at this rate
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every few years it's revealed that the NYT was sitting on information about some horrific thing that public knowledge of would have changed the country's course and for some reason a ton of people still give them money. you can play those games on other sites
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
every few years it's revealed that the NYT was sitting on information about some horrific thing that public knowledge of would have changed the country's course and for some reason a ton of people still give them money. you can play those games on other sites
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This is one of the things I hate most about modern capitalism. The idea of making money has been fully peeled away from delivering any kind of goods or services that people would want to pay money for.
What a thrill to be part of @talkingpointsmemo.com's series about the past 25 years of digital media! I wrote about why private equity goons destroyed Deadspin and why it matters.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This is one of the things I hate most about modern capitalism. The idea of making money has been fully peeled away from delivering any kind of goods or services that people would want to pay money for.
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spending the first year in power appeasing the racists in an attempt to win over reform voters who will never vote for him then going "somehow, racism has returned" the second he finally sees people are abandoning him for the greens
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
PM attacks ‘toxic division of Reform’ and gives strongest signal yet that two-child benefit cap will be lifted
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UK politics live – latest updates
Decades-old racism is returning to British politics, and “it makes people feel very scared” Keir Starmer has said, warning that divisive hard-right politics was “tearing our country apart”.
Speaking to GP and TV personality Amir Khan, the prime minister accused Nigel Farage’s Reform UK of overseeing a return of the racist and divisive politics “that frankly I thought we had dealt with decades ago”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
spending the first year in power appeasing the racists in an attempt to win over reform voters who will never vote for him then going "somehow, racism has returned" the second he finally sees people are abandoning him for the greens
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No single US news source is consumed by more than 25% of Americans, whereas 60% of Brits regularly watch/read/listen to the BBC.
A single shared source of truth makes it harder for partisan echo chambers to form, or for divisive narratives to dominate. It’s good for social cohesion and compromise.
A single shared source of truth makes it harder for partisan echo chambers to form, or for divisive narratives to dominate. It’s good for social cohesion and compromise.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
No single US news source is consumed by more than 25% of Americans, whereas 60% of Brits regularly watch/read/listen to the BBC.
A single shared source of truth makes it harder for partisan echo chambers to form, or for divisive narratives to dominate. It’s good for social cohesion and compromise.
A single shared source of truth makes it harder for partisan echo chambers to form, or for divisive narratives to dominate. It’s good for social cohesion and compromise.
I hate the 9ers defense and it's nobody's fault.
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I hate the 9ers defense and it's nobody's fault.
Jake Brendel has dirt on Kyle.
Christian McCaffrey: 10 touches, 27 yards. #49ers
November 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Jake Brendel has dirt on Kyle.
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Be clear, the American far right are coming for British democracy.
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Be clear, the American far right are coming for British democracy.