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The Internet is entirely down. Well, not entirely. One small village holds out.
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The Internet is entirely down. Well, not entirely. One small village holds out.
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Stephen Miller
White House Deputy Chief of Staff
White House Deputy Chief of Staff
This reads far better in the original German, where of course the discussion would have been about Jews, Poles, gypsies, gays, Communists and Social Democrats. Still, Miller's model for all his rhetoric and action plans is unambiguous.
October 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Stephen Miller
White House Deputy Chief of Staff
White House Deputy Chief of Staff
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Reform likely to raise Kent council tax after cost-cutting drive falters on.ft.com/4pTvJ62
Reform likely to raise Kent council tax after cost-cutting drive falters
Nigel Farage’s party promised to revive local authority finances by slashing wasteful spending
on.ft.com
October 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Reform likely to raise Kent council tax after cost-cutting drive falters on.ft.com/4pTvJ62
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Yeah. Lovely Economist piece from a few years ago noting this. With some superb quotes.
www.economist.com/britain/2020...
www.economist.com/britain/2020...
June 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Yeah. Lovely Economist piece from a few years ago noting this. With some superb quotes.
www.economist.com/britain/2020...
www.economist.com/britain/2020...
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June 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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A manhunt was underway in northern Arkansas after a former police chief convicted of first-degree murder and rape slipped out of a high-security prison on Sunday, dressed in a fake law enforcement uniform. Officials described him as "extremely dangerous."
Manhunt Underway for Former Police Chief Imprisoned for Murder and Rape
www.nytimes.com
May 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A manhunt was underway in northern Arkansas after a former police chief convicted of first-degree murder and rape slipped out of a high-security prison on Sunday, dressed in a fake law enforcement uniform. Officials described him as "extremely dangerous."
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BBC have interviewed this woman as a business spokesperson, she rants about Brexit aspirations being stolen, they forgot to mention she is a Reform spokesperson and was a Brexit party MEP
May 20, 2025 at 7:43 AM
BBC have interviewed this woman as a business spokesperson, she rants about Brexit aspirations being stolen, they forgot to mention she is a Reform spokesperson and was a Brexit party MEP
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I recently quit Audible as part of quitting Amazon, and am now extra glad I did.
I shared my notes on how I did it and where I’ve gone to…
www.stephenparks.org/digital-deto...
I shared my notes on how I did it and where I’ve gone to…
www.stephenparks.org/digital-deto...
Digital detox: Leaving Audible
Finding a new way to listen to audiobooks without supporting tech companies with poor ethics.
www.stephenparks.org
May 14, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I recently quit Audible as part of quitting Amazon, and am now extra glad I did.
I shared my notes on how I did it and where I’ve gone to…
www.stephenparks.org/digital-deto...
I shared my notes on how I did it and where I’ve gone to…
www.stephenparks.org/digital-deto...
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"Trump's presidency is his piggy bank"
From Dominic Lawson @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
From Dominic Lawson @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Trump’s presidency is his family’s piggybank
The US leader’s graft is astonishing, but he learnt from the best: Putin
www.thetimes.com
May 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
"Trump's presidency is his piggy bank"
From Dominic Lawson @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
From Dominic Lawson @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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Jeff Bezos to sell up to $4.75bn in Amazon stock
https://www.ft.com/content/bc4465d2-59ae-41fd-8b1a-8c39a9091cd4
https://www.ft.com/content/bc4465d2-59ae-41fd-8b1a-8c39a9091cd4
Jeff Bezos to sell up to $4.75bn in Amazon stock
Latest share sale disclosed after e-commerce giant warns of impact from Donald Trump’s global trade war
www.ft.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Jeff Bezos to sell up to $4.75bn in Amazon stock
https://www.ft.com/content/bc4465d2-59ae-41fd-8b1a-8c39a9091cd4
https://www.ft.com/content/bc4465d2-59ae-41fd-8b1a-8c39a9091cd4
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What a ridiculous honour to just make this list, given both the origin of the award and the calibre of journalism it’s recognised over the years… 🙏
@privateeyenews.bsky.social #PaulFootAward
@privateeyenews.bsky.social #PaulFootAward
From the carer’s allowance scandal to an investigation into British universities’ harsh measures against pro-Palestinian protests on campus... The shortlist for the 2025 Paul Foot Award for Investigative Journalism has been announced!
Shortlist: www.private-eye.co.uk/paul-foot-aw...
Shortlist: www.private-eye.co.uk/paul-foot-aw...
May 2, 2025 at 11:43 AM
What a ridiculous honour to just make this list, given both the origin of the award and the calibre of journalism it’s recognised over the years… 🙏
@privateeyenews.bsky.social #PaulFootAward
@privateeyenews.bsky.social #PaulFootAward
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The German office for the protection of the Constitution has, after a long period of monitoring, declared the AfD a “confirmed far-right party” — a landmark decision, meaning they’ve been declared a party that acts against the German Constitution and democratic order: www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
Verfassungsschutz stuft gesamte AfD als »gesichert rechtsextremistisch« ein
Monatelang arbeitete das Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz an einer Neubewertung der AfD. Nun steht fest: Die Behörde hält die gesamte Partei für rechtsextrem.
www.spiegel.de
May 2, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The German office for the protection of the Constitution has, after a long period of monitoring, declared the AfD a “confirmed far-right party” — a landmark decision, meaning they’ve been declared a party that acts against the German Constitution and democratic order: www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
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Not a single international cargo ship at the Port of Seattle. The port is dead. The last ship from China will dock at a West coast port on the 29th, and the last Chinese ship will dock on the East coast around May 10th. After that, there will be no more shipments arriving from China. We’re screwed.
April 27, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Not a single international cargo ship at the Port of Seattle. The port is dead. The last ship from China will dock at a West coast port on the 29th, and the last Chinese ship will dock on the East coast around May 10th. After that, there will be no more shipments arriving from China. We’re screwed.
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To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if he is genuinely unaware of the fact that Russia doesn't fully control the "annexed regions". It's not Witkoff's fault, though, all his briefs are in Russian, and that is a hard language to master
Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy leading talks with Moscow, has reportedly told Trump that the fastest way to broker a ceasefire in Ukraine is to “support a strategy” wherein Kyiv cedes “ownership” of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions (none of which Moscow full controls).
Trump envoy's embrace of Russian demands worries Republicans, U.S. allies
Less than 48 hours after dining with a negotiator sent by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Washington last week, Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy leading talks with Moscow, sat down with Presi...
www.yahoo.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if he is genuinely unaware of the fact that Russia doesn't fully control the "annexed regions". It's not Witkoff's fault, though, all his briefs are in Russian, and that is a hard language to master
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Janan Ganesh is bang on here. The desperate search for a method to Trump's madness in economic policy is a total waste of time. It's all finger-in-the-air bullshit, all of it.
on.ft.com/3G6TpS8
on.ft.com/3G6TpS8
The hopeless search for Trump’s cunning plan
[FREE TO READ] Attempts to read grand strategy into the US president’s doings have run their course
on.ft.com
April 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Janan Ganesh is bang on here. The desperate search for a method to Trump's madness in economic policy is a total waste of time. It's all finger-in-the-air bullshit, all of it.
on.ft.com/3G6TpS8
on.ft.com/3G6TpS8
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Trump's ability to frighten the living daylights out of you and simultaneously put you to sleep is undimmed.
April 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Trump's ability to frighten the living daylights out of you and simultaneously put you to sleep is undimmed.
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Head for Disneyland and landup in shackles. Seems Trump nativists locking up tourists as well as would-be migrants.
www.ft.com/content/2197...
www.ft.com/content/2197...
‘I still have nightmares’: the tourists shackled and jailed for weeks at US borders
Visitors suffer hostile treatment since Donald Trump’s return to the White House
www.ft.com
March 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Head for Disneyland and landup in shackles. Seems Trump nativists locking up tourists as well as would-be migrants.
www.ft.com/content/2197...
www.ft.com/content/2197...
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If any of my followers are travelling to America in the near future, allow me to give you 2 pieces of advice -
1) Make sure your visa is in order
2) Sew a dozen eggs into the lining of your coat in case you have to bribe an ICE official
1) Make sure your visa is in order
2) Sew a dozen eggs into the lining of your coat in case you have to bribe an ICE official
March 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
If any of my followers are travelling to America in the near future, allow me to give you 2 pieces of advice -
1) Make sure your visa is in order
2) Sew a dozen eggs into the lining of your coat in case you have to bribe an ICE official
1) Make sure your visa is in order
2) Sew a dozen eggs into the lining of your coat in case you have to bribe an ICE official
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One weeps - weeps - at the idea of Lee Anderson being exposed to inappropriate language.
March 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
One weeps - weeps - at the idea of Lee Anderson being exposed to inappropriate language.
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The Wirecard fugitive, Russian intelligence and a Bulgarian spy ring -- what a London espionage trial tells us about the new life of Jan Marsalek. With Martha Muir, Daria Mosolova & @samgadjones.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/d91d...
www.ft.com/content/d91d...
The Wirecard fugitive, Russian intelligence and a Bulgarian spy ring
A London espionage trial has provided rare insight into the activities of Jan Marsalek, the former payments executive, and how Moscow is outsourcing its spying
www.ft.com
March 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The Wirecard fugitive, Russian intelligence and a Bulgarian spy ring -- what a London espionage trial tells us about the new life of Jan Marsalek. With Martha Muir, Daria Mosolova & @samgadjones.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/d91d...
www.ft.com/content/d91d...
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Great, troubling scoop. The point of a public service broadcaster is that it’s NOT personalised, IMV.
SCOOP: BBC News to create a new department using AI to help give the public more personalised content.
In a note to staff seen by the Guardian, Deborah Turness, CEO of BBC News, says the corporation has been “defying gravity” in reaching audiences amid seismic changes in the way news is consumed.
In a note to staff seen by the Guardian, Deborah Turness, CEO of BBC News, says the corporation has been “defying gravity” in reaching audiences amid seismic changes in the way news is consumed.
BBC News to create AI department to offer more personalised content
Boss says BBC News’s reach is ‘defying gravity’ and it must use AI to ‘support and accelerate our growth’
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Great, troubling scoop. The point of a public service broadcaster is that it’s NOT personalised, IMV.
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Lord Cameron of Greensill is becoming an adviser to Jeb Bush’s private equity firm
Story from @annasophiegross.bsky.social, @cynthiao.bsky.social & @antoinegara.bsky.social
on.ft.com/3QMvJVh
Story from @annasophiegross.bsky.social, @cynthiao.bsky.social & @antoinegara.bsky.social
on.ft.com/3QMvJVh
David Cameron joins Jeb Bush’s private equity firm
[FREE TO READ] Former UK prime minister takes up part-time, paid advisory role at ex-Florida governor’s Finback Investment Partners
on.ft.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Lord Cameron of Greensill is becoming an adviser to Jeb Bush’s private equity firm
Story from @annasophiegross.bsky.social, @cynthiao.bsky.social & @antoinegara.bsky.social
on.ft.com/3QMvJVh
Story from @annasophiegross.bsky.social, @cynthiao.bsky.social & @antoinegara.bsky.social
on.ft.com/3QMvJVh
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words I never imagined writing in my lifetime.....
General Sir Richard Shirreff, the former Nato deputy supreme allied commander in Europe, has told Times Radio:
"I think we have to assume, after the events of the last 10 days, that we cannot in any way count on America as an ally"
General Sir Richard Shirreff, the former Nato deputy supreme allied commander in Europe, has told Times Radio:
"I think we have to assume, after the events of the last 10 days, that we cannot in any way count on America as an ally"
March 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
words I never imagined writing in my lifetime.....
General Sir Richard Shirreff, the former Nato deputy supreme allied commander in Europe, has told Times Radio:
"I think we have to assume, after the events of the last 10 days, that we cannot in any way count on America as an ally"
General Sir Richard Shirreff, the former Nato deputy supreme allied commander in Europe, has told Times Radio:
"I think we have to assume, after the events of the last 10 days, that we cannot in any way count on America as an ally"
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It would probably be a pointless gesture but the King should invite Zelensky for a very public meeting on his way back home.
February 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
It would probably be a pointless gesture but the King should invite Zelensky for a very public meeting on his way back home.