Kieran Lowe
@kieranran.bsky.social
Work in news and public affairs. Climate change/energy/tech, Pokémon, X-Men & LGBT+ rights. 🏳️🌈 retreating from the bad apps
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Read 'em and weep. (www.nber.org/system/files...)
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Read 'em and weep. (www.nber.org/system/files...)
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Unless someone in the Treasury reassures the markets pretty soon, there’s every chance the UK will need to raise *more* tax for less in return. Total clusterfuck in the making, this.
Having a budget fall apart more than a week before it’s actually be delivered might be a new record.
Having a budget fall apart more than a week before it’s actually be delivered might be a new record.
November 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Unless someone in the Treasury reassures the markets pretty soon, there’s every chance the UK will need to raise *more* tax for less in return. Total clusterfuck in the making, this.
Having a budget fall apart more than a week before it’s actually be delivered might be a new record.
Having a budget fall apart more than a week before it’s actually be delivered might be a new record.
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While this budget psychodrama is playing out, my LinkedIn feed is full of heat pump engineers worrying their business is doomed because of an HMT briefing yesterday, and there’s a prominent story about the imminent collapse of the SEND system.
Bad fiscal policy has real world consequences
Bad fiscal policy has real world consequences
November 14, 2025 at 8:38 AM
While this budget psychodrama is playing out, my LinkedIn feed is full of heat pump engineers worrying their business is doomed because of an HMT briefing yesterday, and there’s a prominent story about the imminent collapse of the SEND system.
Bad fiscal policy has real world consequences
Bad fiscal policy has real world consequences
ahh yes, was it jonathan ross and russell brand doing a funny voice again? 😭 unbelievable media relations here
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
ahh yes, was it jonathan ross and russell brand doing a funny voice again? 😭 unbelievable media relations here
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The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
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Global CO2 emissions have hit another record high.
The glimmer of good news it there is now a “green club” of 35 countries including Britain that are cutting emissions while growing GDP. A decade ago there were just 18. And another 19 are on the verge of joining.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/global...
The glimmer of good news it there is now a “green club” of 35 countries including Britain that are cutting emissions while growing GDP. A decade ago there were just 18. And another 19 are on the verge of joining.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/global...
November 13, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Global CO2 emissions have hit another record high.
The glimmer of good news it there is now a “green club” of 35 countries including Britain that are cutting emissions while growing GDP. A decade ago there were just 18. And another 19 are on the verge of joining.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/global...
The glimmer of good news it there is now a “green club” of 35 countries including Britain that are cutting emissions while growing GDP. A decade ago there were just 18. And another 19 are on the verge of joining.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/global...
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Everyone who went to uni after 2012 should be compensated for the change in tuition fees. Even less warning.
November 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Everyone who went to uni after 2012 should be compensated for the change in tuition fees. Even less warning.
i really believe in tackling gender inequality but few things seem quite as wrongheaded to me as the demand to transfer wealth from poorer younger generations with a far-distant retirement age, lower real wages and very little hope of property acquisition, to wealthy boomers who didn't read a letter
'Irresponsible Waspis have no right to state pension compensation. The women who missed out when the retirement age changed should have checked how much they would get and when' | ✍️ Tom McPhail
Irresponsible Waspis have no right to state pension compensation
The women who missed out when the retirement age changed should have checked how much they would get and when, says savings expert Tom McPhail
www.thetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
i really believe in tackling gender inequality but few things seem quite as wrongheaded to me as the demand to transfer wealth from poorer younger generations with a far-distant retirement age, lower real wages and very little hope of property acquisition, to wealthy boomers who didn't read a letter
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The British government predicted that the public would be "largely unconcerned" about a decision to ban Palestine Action as a terrorist group
An official community impact assessment failed to predict the protests that have so far seen over 2,000 people arrested
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
An official community impact assessment failed to predict the protests that have so far seen over 2,000 people arrested
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
Ban a Pro-Palestinian Group? The U.K. Government Thought Few Would Care
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The British government predicted that the public would be "largely unconcerned" about a decision to ban Palestine Action as a terrorist group
An official community impact assessment failed to predict the protests that have so far seen over 2,000 people arrested
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
An official community impact assessment failed to predict the protests that have so far seen over 2,000 people arrested
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
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Emily Maitlis brags about her, Deb Cohen, and Hannah Barnes getting the Tavistock GIDS service shut down.
What she doesn't talk about is how Newsnight journalists manufactured outrage and concocted "scandals" based on unethical journalism - which they were called out for, but tried to hide...
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What she doesn't talk about is how Newsnight journalists manufactured outrage and concocted "scandals" based on unethical journalism - which they were called out for, but tried to hide...
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Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Emily Maitlis brags about her, Deb Cohen, and Hannah Barnes getting the Tavistock GIDS service shut down.
What she doesn't talk about is how Newsnight journalists manufactured outrage and concocted "scandals" based on unethical journalism - which they were called out for, but tried to hide...
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What she doesn't talk about is how Newsnight journalists manufactured outrage and concocted "scandals" based on unethical journalism - which they were called out for, but tried to hide...
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Stunned onlookers were overheard asking “Did we die? Is this Hell?"
Jimmy Fallon, James Corden croon Sinatra, Bennett standards for gobsmacked guests in NYC
Jimmy Fallon, James Corden croon Sinatra, Bennett standards for gobsmacked guests in NYC
A source said, "The Eric Newman Jazz Band was playing, and before long, Fallon and Corden were up onstage trading Sinatra and Tony Bennett tunes!"
pagesix.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Stunned onlookers were overheard asking “Did we die? Is this Hell?"
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This looks like it was the first dinosaur to see the meteor coming
pachnelephalosaurus statue, public park, route 40, dinosaur, colorado, 1991
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 AM
This looks like it was the first dinosaur to see the meteor coming
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Twitter is, at this point, openly a tool for Musk to further his toxic political ideology which includes the intent to whip up violence across the UK.
Targeting politicians is part of that strategy.
The best way to neuter it is Government action against Musk. The second best is a boycott.
Targeting politicians is part of that strategy.
The best way to neuter it is Government action against Musk. The second best is a boycott.
I've just been called a "rape enabler" by the X AI tool Grok. This is a shocking allegation which has totally taken me aback & beyond anything I've ever encountered in normal political discourse. These AI tools are supposed to be there to serve us honestly with facts. Disturbing.
November 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Twitter is, at this point, openly a tool for Musk to further his toxic political ideology which includes the intent to whip up violence across the UK.
Targeting politicians is part of that strategy.
The best way to neuter it is Government action against Musk. The second best is a boycott.
Targeting politicians is part of that strategy.
The best way to neuter it is Government action against Musk. The second best is a boycott.
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The main message is, anyone who says they can predict the way the next election will go is talking nonsense.
November 4, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The main message is, anyone who says they can predict the way the next election will go is talking nonsense.
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Let’s take a look at the whole “there are too many black people on TV” thing, shall we?
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
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1/22
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
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1/22
November 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Let’s take a look at the whole “there are too many black people on TV” thing, shall we?
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
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1/22
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
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1/22
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if there was a rich person with the will, you could build the most incredible news organization that has ever existed just from the wreckage of this year alone.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
if there was a rich person with the will, you could build the most incredible news organization that has ever existed just from the wreckage of this year alone.
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You laugh, but this is how the exododus went extinct
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
You laugh, but this is how the exododus went extinct
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Because it’s cis kids.
The NHS will quite casually give cis kids whatever treatment they need, even PBs👇
No trials. No concerns about side effects. No moral panic.
The NHS will quite casually give cis kids whatever treatment they need, even PBs👇
No trials. No concerns about side effects. No moral panic.
November 2, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Because it’s cis kids.
The NHS will quite casually give cis kids whatever treatment they need, even PBs👇
No trials. No concerns about side effects. No moral panic.
The NHS will quite casually give cis kids whatever treatment they need, even PBs👇
No trials. No concerns about side effects. No moral panic.
first ever full-odds shiny alpha Pokémon 💙 💚 #pokemonlegendsza
October 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
first ever full-odds shiny alpha Pokémon 💙 💚 #pokemonlegendsza
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Anyone who thinks cutting public spending is easy should read this article. Anyone who thinks increasing public investment will automatically increase growth should read this article. @warrenoates1.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Anyone who thinks cutting public spending is easy should read this article. Anyone who thinks increasing public investment will automatically increase growth should read this article. @warrenoates1.bsky.social
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Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
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Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
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October 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
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Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
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I stopped listening to Bill Gates talk about climate change a long time ago.
You should stop too.
You should stop too.
October 29, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I stopped listening to Bill Gates talk about climate change a long time ago.
You should stop too.
You should stop too.
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there has never been a presidency that has spent more time on LGBTQ issues as this Trump administration. they are wholly obsessed with queer people. the time/effort on LGBTQ issues is coming 97% from the right.
i'm so fucking tired of the gaslighting on this. why does everyone have this backwards?
i'm so fucking tired of the gaslighting on this. why does everyone have this backwards?
Duh. Those of us on the ground last year actually speaking with middle class/working class voters and who heard from these voters every single day the same - “Trump is an asshole, but Democrats are out of touch” - could’ve saved my new political party a lot of time & money producing this “report.”👇
October 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
there has never been a presidency that has spent more time on LGBTQ issues as this Trump administration. they are wholly obsessed with queer people. the time/effort on LGBTQ issues is coming 97% from the right.
i'm so fucking tired of the gaslighting on this. why does everyone have this backwards?
i'm so fucking tired of the gaslighting on this. why does everyone have this backwards?
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If he got three office chairs for six hundred quid, that's a bargain. My single office chair cost more than those three put together.
October 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
If he got three office chairs for six hundred quid, that's a bargain. My single office chair cost more than those three put together.
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Three years ago today, Elon Musk completed his $44 billion purchase of Twitter. For @theobserveruk.bsky.social, I’ve asked: how’s that going, then?
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
Musk sank Twitter, but his $44bn purchase has fuelled his...
Three years since the world’s richest man rebranded the social media platform as X, it is awash with racism and conspiracy theories – but remains a power...
observer.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Three years ago today, Elon Musk completed his $44 billion purchase of Twitter. For @theobserveruk.bsky.social, I’ve asked: how’s that going, then?
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
observer.co.uk/news/interna...