There's no placating the Brexiters, no reasoning with them, no basic comprehension or adulthood. You can't debate papers behaving like the Sun or the Mail this morning. There's nothing to debate with. They view all trading relations with Europe as humiliation.

I like the fact that the more real shit gets the more people realize one of the only real attack surfaces to hit back at here is Tesla

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HOW TO DESTROY ELON MUSK

I keep hearing people say “Elon Musk is the richest man in the world.”

He’s not, and he’s not even that rich. It’s all on paper.

How much actual money does Musk have in the bank? I’m not sure, but I can guarantee one thing… it’s in the millions, NOT billions.

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A media New Year’s resolution: stop reporting things Elon Musk tweets/says as ‘news’, and definitely not as ‘demands’. We’re not his hostages

We don't defeat populists by calling out their lies. We tried that. Facts are complicated, and the audience for populism wants simplicity. It won't work.

We defeat populists by enacting bold political ideas that improve lives for the disenfranchised, and make the world seem less grotesquely unfair.

Discussing Bluesky migration in terms of liberal flight misses the simple fact that most people use social media for fun not influence and this platform, unlike X and cruddified Facebook, doesn’t feel like you’re wading through shit to reach your friends. It’s not that deep.

Hello everyone. I am now on this platform for social media. Do please repost this message so that more people can find me!

Lots and lots of new arrivals on here today.

For anyone joining from the Musk hellscape, here's a starter pack of UK political journalists, politicos, commentators and experts to get you going go.bsky.app/2CwmVfN

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A bit boring for a first bluesky skeet I know.