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it is hard to find better examples of the danger of not throwing fascists in jail when you have the chance than Netanyahu and Trump
June 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
it is hard to find better examples of the danger of not throwing fascists in jail when you have the chance than Netanyahu and Trump
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This week's cover story: Putin's endgame
With a fractured West and a pliable US president, he sees no reason to abandon his goal of conquering Ukraine.
🌎 Katie Stallard
With a fractured West and a pliable US president, he sees no reason to abandon his goal of conquering Ukraine.
🌎 Katie Stallard
Putin's endgame
Gifted with a fractured Western alliance, a pliable US president and an iron grip on Russia, Vladimir Putin sees no reason to abandon his goal of conquering Ukraine.
www.newstatesman.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
This week's cover story: Putin's endgame
With a fractured West and a pliable US president, he sees no reason to abandon his goal of conquering Ukraine.
🌎 Katie Stallard
With a fractured West and a pliable US president, he sees no reason to abandon his goal of conquering Ukraine.
🌎 Katie Stallard
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Serious question: Can somebody explain to me why the Signal boys loathe Europe so much? Exasperation with longstanding European refusal to spend more on defence really is not enough to explain this degree of hostility. What’s so bad about Europe? Too snobby? An obstacle to their libertarian dreams?
March 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Serious question: Can somebody explain to me why the Signal boys loathe Europe so much? Exasperation with longstanding European refusal to spend more on defence really is not enough to explain this degree of hostility. What’s so bad about Europe? Too snobby? An obstacle to their libertarian dreams?
The 1994 Budapest agreement states that in event of Russia invading Ukraine, the US and UK were to help. So much for that treaty. Russia broke it with his annexation of Ukraine in 2014 and again three years ago.
March 2, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The 1994 Budapest agreement states that in event of Russia invading Ukraine, the US and UK were to help. So much for that treaty. Russia broke it with his annexation of Ukraine in 2014 and again three years ago.
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They are who we think they are
February 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
They are who we think they are
Just had a WTF? moment with the BBC News 24 channel (7.15pm Wednesday). They paused the sequence of news to show President Trump about to sign some new anti-immigrant law. We were shown big wooden doors with a line of soldiers (?) either side which then swung open to reveal the great man striding
January 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Just had a WTF? moment with the BBC News 24 channel (7.15pm Wednesday). They paused the sequence of news to show President Trump about to sign some new anti-immigrant law. We were shown big wooden doors with a line of soldiers (?) either side which then swung open to reveal the great man striding
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Looks like somebody has ADS: Acosta Derangement Syndrome.
January 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Looks like somebody has ADS: Acosta Derangement Syndrome.
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New
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
January 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
New
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
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It's been a terrible week. A terrible, terrible week. The worst people on earth are full of energy and vigour, the best are defined by anxiety and self-doubt. Here are three simple rules to surviving the next four years, because by God we'll need them iandunt.substack.com/p/a-little-b...
A little bit of hope after a terrible week
A survival guide to the next four years.
iandunt.substack.com
January 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It's been a terrible week. A terrible, terrible week. The worst people on earth are full of energy and vigour, the best are defined by anxiety and self-doubt. Here are three simple rules to surviving the next four years, because by God we'll need them iandunt.substack.com/p/a-little-b...
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Yup - if Trump invades Greenland we all get the day off to stockpile food as technically we’ll be at war with the USA (Greenland is part of Denmark which is now in NATO so we’re obliged to defend them)…
I shit you not 🙃
I shit you not 🙃
January 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Yup - if Trump invades Greenland we all get the day off to stockpile food as technically we’ll be at war with the USA (Greenland is part of Denmark which is now in NATO so we’re obliged to defend them)…
I shit you not 🙃
I shit you not 🙃
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🔴After Trump’s Return, Britain Is Next in the Firing Line of Putin’s War On Democracy
Here are the real reasons behind Elon Musk’s relentless attacks on Keir Starmer and the UK Government
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/a...
Here are the real reasons behind Elon Musk’s relentless attacks on Keir Starmer and the UK Government
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/a...
After Trump’s Return, Britain Is Next in the Firing Line of Putin’s War On Democracy
The real reasons lying behind Elon Musk’s relentless attacks on Keir Starmer and the UK Government
bylinetimes.com
January 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🔴After Trump’s Return, Britain Is Next in the Firing Line of Putin’s War On Democracy
Here are the real reasons behind Elon Musk’s relentless attacks on Keir Starmer and the UK Government
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/a...
Here are the real reasons behind Elon Musk’s relentless attacks on Keir Starmer and the UK Government
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/a...
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“Brexit-optimist economist Julian Jessop, a fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs, admitted that Brexit has made it harder or “impossible” for small businesses to adjust.”
Finally.
Finally.
The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on
As January marks five years on from Britain leaving the EU, Alicja Hagopian and Kate Devlin explore its impact
www.independent.co.uk
January 5, 2025 at 7:39 AM
“Brexit-optimist economist Julian Jessop, a fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs, admitted that Brexit has made it harder or “impossible” for small businesses to adjust.”
Finally.
Finally.
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This is kind of cool. If you have a long thread, you type everything into one box and it divides it up into individual posts and posts it for you. bluesky-thread-composer.pages.dev
Bluesky Thread Composer - Split and Post Threads Easily
Free tool to compose, split, and post threads directly to Bluesky. Preview your threads, secure local storage, and no data collection.
bluesky-thread-composer.pages.dev
December 10, 2024 at 6:27 PM
This is kind of cool. If you have a long thread, you type everything into one box and it divides it up into individual posts and posts it for you. bluesky-thread-composer.pages.dev
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A wee reminder: Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria are wildly different countries, social and political conditions.. Comparative thinking has merits but not lumping them together into a single narrative..
December 8, 2024 at 4:27 PM
A wee reminder: Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria are wildly different countries, social and political conditions.. Comparative thinking has merits but not lumping them together into a single narrative..
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If you are looking for reliable news - here is a starter pack of
#BBCNews journos and freelancers who make excellent
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#BBCNews journos and freelancers who make excellent
#BBC content in London and globally, worth checking out
go.bsky.app/8gWbLmD
For Nations and Regions:
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For ex-BBC colleagues:
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November 19, 2024 at 11:24 AM
If you are looking for reliable news - here is a starter pack of
#BBCNews journos and freelancers who make excellent
#BBC content in London and globally, worth checking out
go.bsky.app/8gWbLmD
For Nations and Regions:
go.bsky.app/KKH2HFp
For ex-BBC colleagues:
go.bsky.app/R4AXuoc
#BBCNews journos and freelancers who make excellent
#BBC content in London and globally, worth checking out
go.bsky.app/8gWbLmD
For Nations and Regions:
go.bsky.app/KKH2HFp
For ex-BBC colleagues:
go.bsky.app/R4AXuoc
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Estimates of the total nr of deaths in the Syrian Civil War are well over half a million people. By Sep '21 UN had documented the verifiable deaths of at least 350,209 "identified individuals" in the conflict between March 2011 and March 2021, but cautioned the figure was "certainly an undercount"
December 8, 2024 at 9:53 AM
Estimates of the total nr of deaths in the Syrian Civil War are well over half a million people. By Sep '21 UN had documented the verifiable deaths of at least 350,209 "identified individuals" in the conflict between March 2011 and March 2021, but cautioned the figure was "certainly an undercount"
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Revive poises the question: is Scotland ready to question landowners about their responsibilities to wildlife and local communities? | @charliemac2204.bsky.social
Revive asks the big land question: does Scotland need to look like this?
Revive poises the question: is Scotland ready to question landowners about their responsibilities to wildlife and local communities?
bylines.scot
November 14, 2024 at 8:05 AM
Revive poises the question: is Scotland ready to question landowners about their responsibilities to wildlife and local communities? | @charliemac2204.bsky.social
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I learned some stuff about Bluesky I did not know by reading this.
Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.
Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.
Here’s some cool stuff you can do with Bluesky
It’s not just an Alf pics repository.
www.theverge.com
November 17, 2024 at 8:55 AM
I learned some stuff about Bluesky I did not know by reading this.
Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.
Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.
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I updated the data in my article about the history of child mortality.
Without any large exceptions, every second child died — in Ancient Rome, in hunter-gatherer societies, in the pre-Columbian Americas, in Medieval Japan, in Imperial China, or the Renaissance.
ourworldindata.org/child-mortal...
Without any large exceptions, every second child died — in Ancient Rome, in hunter-gatherer societies, in the pre-Columbian Americas, in Medieval Japan, in Imperial China, or the Renaissance.
ourworldindata.org/child-mortal...
November 17, 2024 at 10:02 AM
I updated the data in my article about the history of child mortality.
Without any large exceptions, every second child died — in Ancient Rome, in hunter-gatherer societies, in the pre-Columbian Americas, in Medieval Japan, in Imperial China, or the Renaissance.
ourworldindata.org/child-mortal...
Without any large exceptions, every second child died — in Ancient Rome, in hunter-gatherer societies, in the pre-Columbian Americas, in Medieval Japan, in Imperial China, or the Renaissance.
ourworldindata.org/child-mortal...
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I see Robert Kennedy's campaign to make America healthy again by ridding it of the poison of fast food is off to a good start...
Also, how cold must that food be and why do they have cutlery on their trays?
Also, how cold must that food be and why do they have cutlery on their trays?
November 17, 2024 at 9:14 AM
I see Robert Kennedy's campaign to make America healthy again by ridding it of the poison of fast food is off to a good start...
Also, how cold must that food be and why do they have cutlery on their trays?
Also, how cold must that food be and why do they have cutlery on their trays?
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I don't think echo chambers are inherently bad.
I like to bake. I don't seek out social groups for people who like to knit because... Not my thing. At the same time I do not shelter myself from the knitters unless they are running around stabbing people in the eye with knitting needles.
I like to bake. I don't seek out social groups for people who like to knit because... Not my thing. At the same time I do not shelter myself from the knitters unless they are running around stabbing people in the eye with knitting needles.
November 16, 2024 at 3:36 PM
I don't think echo chambers are inherently bad.
I like to bake. I don't seek out social groups for people who like to knit because... Not my thing. At the same time I do not shelter myself from the knitters unless they are running around stabbing people in the eye with knitting needles.
I like to bake. I don't seek out social groups for people who like to knit because... Not my thing. At the same time I do not shelter myself from the knitters unless they are running around stabbing people in the eye with knitting needles.
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I think we all underestimate the effect mere exposure to information has on us, and it’s part of why I reject the idea that “echo chambers are bad” as a sort of meta-propaganda.
Quite the contrary: if information changes us, then careful tending of our info-environment is an imperative.
4/4
Quite the contrary: if information changes us, then careful tending of our info-environment is an imperative.
4/4
November 16, 2024 at 2:38 PM
I think we all underestimate the effect mere exposure to information has on us, and it’s part of why I reject the idea that “echo chambers are bad” as a sort of meta-propaganda.
Quite the contrary: if information changes us, then careful tending of our info-environment is an imperative.
4/4
Quite the contrary: if information changes us, then careful tending of our info-environment is an imperative.
4/4