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@borismingay.bsky.social
Just finished a week devouring "The Looting Machine", "Kleptopia" & "Cuckooland". The sheer risk alone that @tomburgis.bsky.social has put himself through to write these is worth any reader's time. The eyeopening and gobsmacking unveiling of global corruption makes all these books hard to put down.
April 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Just finished a week devouring "The Looting Machine", "Kleptopia" & "Cuckooland". The sheer risk alone that @tomburgis.bsky.social has put himself through to write these is worth any reader's time. The eyeopening and gobsmacking unveiling of global corruption makes all these books hard to put down.
A truly wonderful read by @pjtheeconomist.bsky.social One of my top books of the year so far.
Beautifully written and very easy to read with plenty of witty anecdotes. A real eye opener and simply-put explainer for anyone living, working, retiring or considering moving to Britain.
#booksky
Beautifully written and very easy to read with plenty of witty anecdotes. A real eye opener and simply-put explainer for anyone living, working, retiring or considering moving to Britain.
#booksky
February 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
A truly wonderful read by @pjtheeconomist.bsky.social One of my top books of the year so far.
Beautifully written and very easy to read with plenty of witty anecdotes. A real eye opener and simply-put explainer for anyone living, working, retiring or considering moving to Britain.
#booksky
Beautifully written and very easy to read with plenty of witty anecdotes. A real eye opener and simply-put explainer for anyone living, working, retiring or considering moving to Britain.
#booksky
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This piece by @quinnslobodian.com is the best analysis of DOGE out there. Quinn is spot on that what we are seeing with Trump/Musk/DOGE right now is "the convergence of three strains of politics that have never simultaneously been this proximate to power." www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
Speed Up the Breakdown | Quinn Slobodian
For the last month, the US opinion-making class has stared agog as Elon Musk and his minions have stormed the engine room of the federal government. Young
www.nybooks.com
February 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This piece by @quinnslobodian.com is the best analysis of DOGE out there. Quinn is spot on that what we are seeing with Trump/Musk/DOGE right now is "the convergence of three strains of politics that have never simultaneously been this proximate to power." www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
Crack-Up Capitalism by @quinnslobodian.com is a fascinating exposé on economic libertarianism's global impact. It uncovers how the wealthy dodge taxes via private firms and economic zones, pushing for a libertarian world where countries compete on tax rates to attract businesses and individuals.
February 16, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Crack-Up Capitalism by @quinnslobodian.com is a fascinating exposé on economic libertarianism's global impact. It uncovers how the wealthy dodge taxes via private firms and economic zones, pushing for a libertarian world where countries compete on tax rates to attract businesses and individuals.
Bill Gates calls Elon Musk’s embrace of far-right politicians abroad ‘insane shit’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Bill Gates calls Elon Musk’s embrace of far-right politicians abroad ‘insane shit’
Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist calls fellow tech titan ‘super-smart’ but guilty of ‘overreach’
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January 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Bill Gates calls Elon Musk’s embrace of far-right politicians abroad ‘insane shit’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Inspirational. Changed the way soap operas were created and helped bridge the gap between television and cinema. Created beautiful art on screen. A true visionary.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...
#TwinPeaks
#DavidLynch
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...
#TwinPeaks
#DavidLynch
David Lynch, Twin Peaks and Muholland Drive director, dies aged 78
Film-maker who specialised in surreal, noir style mysteries made a string of influential, critically acclaimed works including Wild at Heart and Eraserhead
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Inspirational. Changed the way soap operas were created and helped bridge the gap between television and cinema. Created beautiful art on screen. A true visionary.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...
#TwinPeaks
#DavidLynch
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...
#TwinPeaks
#DavidLynch
Another great night in
@valhallayork.bsky.social with @lanahorta.bsky.social!
Great atmosphere, vibe, and mead for the ages!
@valhallayork.bsky.social with @lanahorta.bsky.social!
Great atmosphere, vibe, and mead for the ages!
January 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Another great night in
@valhallayork.bsky.social with @lanahorta.bsky.social!
Great atmosphere, vibe, and mead for the ages!
@valhallayork.bsky.social with @lanahorta.bsky.social!
Great atmosphere, vibe, and mead for the ages!
This visualisation shows the breakdown of annual plastic waste by recycling method. Only 9% of plastic gets recycled globally. The recycling process is complicated and it's easy to misunderstand how the process works.
www.voronoiapp.com/sustainabili...
#Reclycing
#GreenSky
www.voronoiapp.com/sustainabili...
#Reclycing
#GreenSky
How much plastic waste actually gets recycled globally
This visualization shows the breakdown of annual plastic waste by disposal method. Only 9% of plastic gets recycled globally. Recycling is certainly the mos…
www.voronoiapp.com
January 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This visualisation shows the breakdown of annual plastic waste by recycling method. Only 9% of plastic gets recycled globally. The recycling process is complicated and it's easy to misunderstand how the process works.
www.voronoiapp.com/sustainabili...
#Reclycing
#GreenSky
www.voronoiapp.com/sustainabili...
#Reclycing
#GreenSky
Coffee drinkers reap health boost – but only if they do it in the morning
Pre-lunch brewers enjoy lower risk of death, analysis finds, but benefit vanishes among all-day drinkers
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ja...
#coffeesky
#coffee
Pre-lunch brewers enjoy lower risk of death, analysis finds, but benefit vanishes among all-day drinkers
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ja...
#coffeesky
#coffee
Coffee drinkers reap health boost – but only if they do it in the morning
Pre-lunch brewers enjoy lower risk of death, analysis finds, but benefit vanishes among all-day drinkers
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Coffee drinkers reap health boost – but only if they do it in the morning
Pre-lunch brewers enjoy lower risk of death, analysis finds, but benefit vanishes among all-day drinkers
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ja...
#coffeesky
#coffee
Pre-lunch brewers enjoy lower risk of death, analysis finds, but benefit vanishes among all-day drinkers
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ja...
#coffeesky
#coffee
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Richard Brody on why DVD owners shouldn’t throw out their collections just yet.
What We Lose When Streaming Companies Choose What We Watch
Maybe don’t throw away all your DVDs just yet.
www.newyorker.com
January 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Richard Brody on why DVD owners shouldn’t throw out their collections just yet.
Good news to start 2025 with and a goal to beat this coming year
www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/02/uk-electricity-cleanest-ever-in-2024-with-record-58-from-low-carbon-sources
#greensky
www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/02/uk-electricity-cleanest-ever-in-2024-with-record-58-from-low-carbon-sources
#greensky
UK electricity cleanest ever in 2024, with record 58% from low-carbon sources
UK has more than halved amount of electricity generated from fossil fuels but gas still had largest share at 28%
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Good news to start 2025 with and a goal to beat this coming year
www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/02/uk-electricity-cleanest-ever-in-2024-with-record-58-from-low-carbon-sources
#greensky
www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/02/uk-electricity-cleanest-ever-in-2024-with-record-58-from-low-carbon-sources
#greensky
@jessicaelgot.bsky.social is this a credible argument for #Musk being even more of a danger for world politics over the coming years than #Trump?
BBC News - Nigel Farage meets Elon Musk at Trump's retreat
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Nigel Farage meets Elon Musk at Trump's retreat
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Nigel Farage meets Elon Musk at Donald Trump's Florida retreat
Reform UK says its leader met the US billionaire for an hour on Monday, alongside its new treasurer.
www.bbc.com
December 17, 2024 at 5:46 PM
@jessicaelgot.bsky.social is this a credible argument for #Musk being even more of a danger for world politics over the coming years than #Trump?
BBC News - Nigel Farage meets Elon Musk at Trump's retreat
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Nigel Farage meets Elon Musk at Trump's retreat
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Would just like to congratulate @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social on his incredible levels of self-restraint and self-composure while listening to and replying to this audience member on Question Time. Someone even Farage couldn't fully agree with and someone Brown would probably call a "bigoted woman"
December 5, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Would just like to congratulate @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social on his incredible levels of self-restraint and self-composure while listening to and replying to this audience member on Question Time. Someone even Farage couldn't fully agree with and someone Brown would probably call a "bigoted woman"
Great article by @iansample.bsky.social.
Deepmind has been groundbreaking and revolutionary in the field of AI since day one. This is another leap forward in our application and ability to accurately predict and mitigate potential real-world catastrophes
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
Deepmind has been groundbreaking and revolutionary in the field of AI since day one. This is another leap forward in our application and ability to accurately predict and mitigate potential real-world catastrophes
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
Google DeepMind predicts weather more accurately than leading system
AI program GenCast performed better than ENS forecast at predicting day-to-day weather and paths of hurricanes and cyclones
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Great article by @iansample.bsky.social.
Deepmind has been groundbreaking and revolutionary in the field of AI since day one. This is another leap forward in our application and ability to accurately predict and mitigate potential real-world catastrophes
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
Deepmind has been groundbreaking and revolutionary in the field of AI since day one. This is another leap forward in our application and ability to accurately predict and mitigate potential real-world catastrophes
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
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“If they could, 50% of men aged 18 - 35 in UK would vote Trump” & battle will be between those equipped with “stories, myths & cunning” & others convinced all will be well once “relevant numbers align” - brilliant & terrifying from @johnharris1969.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour’s big relaunch won’t solve its biggest problem: this government doesn’t speak human | John Harris
Farage and Trump are winning because they understand the politics of emotion, while Labour is lost in numbers and statistics, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2024 at 9:15 PM
“If they could, 50% of men aged 18 - 35 in UK would vote Trump” & battle will be between those equipped with “stories, myths & cunning” & others convinced all will be well once “relevant numbers align” - brilliant & terrifying from @johnharris1969.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Humayun, the second Mughal emperor who succeeded to Babur's kingdom, had a large carpet with astrological symbols & planetary positions that he used to order his court. The carpet was called the basalt-i nishat, which translates to "carpet of mirth."
November 29, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Humayun, the second Mughal emperor who succeeded to Babur's kingdom, had a large carpet with astrological symbols & planetary positions that he used to order his court. The carpet was called the basalt-i nishat, which translates to "carpet of mirth."
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With Heidi Alexander replacing Louise Haigh as transport secretary, the cabinet is now 100% state school educated for the first time in history.
(Sir Keir Starmer's school was a selective state school when he joined, then became private two years into his time there.)
(Sir Keir Starmer's school was a selective state school when he joined, then became private two years into his time there.)
November 29, 2024 at 1:21 PM
With Heidi Alexander replacing Louise Haigh as transport secretary, the cabinet is now 100% state school educated for the first time in history.
(Sir Keir Starmer's school was a selective state school when he joined, then became private two years into his time there.)
(Sir Keir Starmer's school was a selective state school when he joined, then became private two years into his time there.)
This says a lot about how "visionary" Musk is seen now, even by those who used to adore him
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
@elonaoc.bsky.social
#elonmusk
#tesla
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
@elonaoc.bsky.social
#elonmusk
#tesla
Tesla owners turn against Musk: ‘I’m embarrassed driving this car around’
The electric car brand was once a liberal favourite – but the CEO’s embrace of Trump has led to an angry backlash
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2024 at 9:05 PM
This says a lot about how "visionary" Musk is seen now, even by those who used to adore him
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
@elonaoc.bsky.social
#elonmusk
#tesla
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
@elonaoc.bsky.social
#elonmusk
#tesla
Great call to arms by the actor Brian Cox urging the Scottish @thesnp.bsky.social government to declare Scotland as the world’s first rewilding nation and transform it's future.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#Scotland
#GreenSky
@scottishgreens.org
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#Scotland
#GreenSky
@scottishgreens.org
Support rewilding to save Scotland’s natural resources | Letter
Letter: The actor Brian Cox on how we can all play a part in urging the government to make Scotland a rewilding nation to transform its future
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Great call to arms by the actor Brian Cox urging the Scottish @thesnp.bsky.social government to declare Scotland as the world’s first rewilding nation and transform it's future.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#Scotland
#GreenSky
@scottishgreens.org
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#Scotland
#GreenSky
@scottishgreens.org
Interesting study. Apparently 3kg of focaccia is for "communal consumption". But let's be honest, we all know we'd be able to devour one each.
phys.org/news/2024-11...
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social has bread ever been found emtombed with our ancestors as a gift or ritual?
#Ancestors
#Buried
#Crypt
phys.org/news/2024-11...
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social has bread ever been found emtombed with our ancestors as a gift or ritual?
#Ancestors
#Buried
#Crypt
Focaccia: A Neolithic culinary tradition dating back 9,000 years ago
A study led by researchers from the UAB and the University La Sapienza in Rome indicates that during the Late Neolithic, between 7000 and 5000 BCE, the fully agricultural communities in the Fertile Cr...
phys.org
November 26, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Interesting study. Apparently 3kg of focaccia is for "communal consumption". But let's be honest, we all know we'd be able to devour one each.
phys.org/news/2024-11...
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social has bread ever been found emtombed with our ancestors as a gift or ritual?
#Ancestors
#Buried
#Crypt
phys.org/news/2024-11...
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social has bread ever been found emtombed with our ancestors as a gift or ritual?
#Ancestors
#Buried
#Crypt
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So here’s the update. The billionaire owner of the Guardian preparing to get rid of a core part of the news org + 100 journalists.
If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.
If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.
November 25, 2024 at 10:30 PM
So here’s the update. The billionaire owner of the Guardian preparing to get rid of a core part of the news org + 100 journalists.
If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.
If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.
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Picked up this little book of writers’ writing rituals, & I think most of em are liars — “up at dawn, 6 hours at my desk, followed by calisthenics, liquor, & reading edifying works.” But David Lynch delivers the goods.
November 24, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Picked up this little book of writers’ writing rituals, & I think most of em are liars — “up at dawn, 6 hours at my desk, followed by calisthenics, liquor, & reading edifying works.” But David Lynch delivers the goods.
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I intend to use this new, less-sullied place to:
1) Make gently humourous observations about everyday life;
2) Post charming pictures;
3) Crush my enemies utterly beneath my heel.
1) Make gently humourous observations about everyday life;
2) Post charming pictures;
3) Crush my enemies utterly beneath my heel.
November 17, 2024 at 11:10 AM
I intend to use this new, less-sullied place to:
1) Make gently humourous observations about everyday life;
2) Post charming pictures;
3) Crush my enemies utterly beneath my heel.
1) Make gently humourous observations about everyday life;
2) Post charming pictures;
3) Crush my enemies utterly beneath my heel.
Great read. Eye opening and impossible to put down. Ronen Bergman has incredible access into the structure and workings of such a secretive organisation.
www.theguardian.com/books/2018/j...
Made all the more relevant given the current polital landscape
@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social
#Books
#BookSky
www.theguardian.com/books/2018/j...
Made all the more relevant given the current polital landscape
@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social
#Books
#BookSky
Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations – review
With remarkable access to officials and reports, Ronen Bergman’s revealing book lays bare Mossad’s kill operations
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Great read. Eye opening and impossible to put down. Ronen Bergman has incredible access into the structure and workings of such a secretive organisation.
www.theguardian.com/books/2018/j...
Made all the more relevant given the current polital landscape
@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social
#Books
#BookSky
www.theguardian.com/books/2018/j...
Made all the more relevant given the current polital landscape
@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social
#Books
#BookSky