Mark J Thomas
@mark-thomas1999.bsky.social
Proud father. Music and synth enthusiast. Member of wokerati.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop Thames Water’s costly mega-reservoir – fix the leaks!
The reservoir could only replace a fraction of the water they lose through leaks and, studies show, it would be unlikely to provide water in droughts.
Why does Thames Water want to do this? A mega...
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May 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Other people are still at "is it a constitutional crisis yet?" and I'm at "the crisis was several exits ago, the car has crashed, we're now just seeing how many cars end up in the pileup and how high the casualty count is" or "the house is actively burning down, the question is what's left after."
March 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Other people are still at "is it a constitutional crisis yet?" and I'm at "the crisis was several exits ago, the car has crashed, we're now just seeing how many cars end up in the pileup and how high the casualty count is" or "the house is actively burning down, the question is what's left after."
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Good morning and welcome to your FT Weekend highlights thread. As ever, all gift links are free 300x and that's your lot, editor's choice is final. First up is this essay from Joseph Nye, who coined the term Soft Power, on how Trump doesn't understand it and why that's a problem on.ft.com/4hlZTcB
Trump and the end of American soft power
[FREE TO READ] Joseph Nye coined the term for the influence countries exert through attraction. Here he sets out why exclusive nationalism is likely to prove a losing strategy
on.ft.com
March 8, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Good morning and welcome to your FT Weekend highlights thread. As ever, all gift links are free 300x and that's your lot, editor's choice is final. First up is this essay from Joseph Nye, who coined the term Soft Power, on how Trump doesn't understand it and why that's a problem on.ft.com/4hlZTcB
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I reckon we're about two weeks away from 'Kemi Badenoch SHITS on Keir Starmer's face'
February 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I reckon we're about two weeks away from 'Kemi Badenoch SHITS on Keir Starmer's face'
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Air traffic controllers are required by law to retire at 56. It is a high-stress, high-intensity job that requires intense focus. The retirement rules are there to keep us all safe. This fucking guy has no clue what's he's doing.
February 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Air traffic controllers are required by law to retire at 56. It is a high-stress, high-intensity job that requires intense focus. The retirement rules are there to keep us all safe. This fucking guy has no clue what's he's doing.
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Usually political risk people write stuff about like the threat of armed group attacks or piracy or whatever but it's wild the #1 wild card factor is "we literally don't know what the most powerful empire that is the pillar of the world order is going to randomly decide to do tomorrow"
February 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Usually political risk people write stuff about like the threat of armed group attacks or piracy or whatever but it's wild the #1 wild card factor is "we literally don't know what the most powerful empire that is the pillar of the world order is going to randomly decide to do tomorrow"
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Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
February 26, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
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Terrorizing our civil servants…
February 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Terrorizing our civil servants…
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Thread - I've been thinking a lot about Walter Lippmann’s Public Opinion lately, especially in the context of Musk’s role in dismantling the federal workforce through DOGE. It’s a perfect example of what Lippmann warned about over a century ago.
February 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Thread - I've been thinking a lot about Walter Lippmann’s Public Opinion lately, especially in the context of Musk’s role in dismantling the federal workforce through DOGE. It’s a perfect example of what Lippmann warned about over a century ago.
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Dear Germany, two thoughts when it comes to your elections 🇩🇪
🇬🇧 Look what happened when the UK voted for Brexit
🇺🇸 Look what Happened when the US voted again for Trump
Populists promise the world, and deliver pretty much nothing other than more hate and division. Chose well and good luck 🙏
🇬🇧 Look what happened when the UK voted for Brexit
🇺🇸 Look what Happened when the US voted again for Trump
Populists promise the world, and deliver pretty much nothing other than more hate and division. Chose well and good luck 🙏
February 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Dear Germany, two thoughts when it comes to your elections 🇩🇪
🇬🇧 Look what happened when the UK voted for Brexit
🇺🇸 Look what Happened when the US voted again for Trump
Populists promise the world, and deliver pretty much nothing other than more hate and division. Chose well and good luck 🙏
🇬🇧 Look what happened when the UK voted for Brexit
🇺🇸 Look what Happened when the US voted again for Trump
Populists promise the world, and deliver pretty much nothing other than more hate and division. Chose well and good luck 🙏
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American F-35s in Europe, the Pentagon can now block takeoffs. French intelligence: software management in the USA
According to Gomart, if Washington attacked Greenland, no European country could take off its F-35s to defend it www.ilmessaggero.it/mondo/f_35_g...
According to Gomart, if Washington attacked Greenland, no European country could take off its F-35s to defend it www.ilmessaggero.it/mondo/f_35_g...
F-35 americani in Europa, il Pentagono ora può bloccare i decolli. L'intelligence francese: gestione software negli Usa
Gli F-35, uno degli aerei da combattimento più avanzati e cruciali per le forze armate di numerosi Paesi europei, stanno sollevando crescenti preoccupazioni per la loro dipendenza dai sistemi...
www.ilmessaggero.it
February 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
American F-35s in Europe, the Pentagon can now block takeoffs. French intelligence: software management in the USA
According to Gomart, if Washington attacked Greenland, no European country could take off its F-35s to defend it www.ilmessaggero.it/mondo/f_35_g...
According to Gomart, if Washington attacked Greenland, no European country could take off its F-35s to defend it www.ilmessaggero.it/mondo/f_35_g...
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I agree with Grok.
February 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I agree with Grok.
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Just a random reminder that trickle-down economics was invented by conservatives in the 1980s to justify massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It’s been nothing short of a disaster.
February 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Just a random reminder that trickle-down economics was invented by conservatives in the 1980s to justify massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It’s been nothing short of a disaster.
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Having failed to exclude Zelenskyy, they sought to bully him.
Having failed to bully him, they sought to bribe him.
Having failed to bribe him, they sought to discredit him.
Maybe they will get round him one way or another, but you can see how frustrated they are at him holding on.
Having failed to bully him, they sought to bribe him.
Having failed to bribe him, they sought to discredit him.
Maybe they will get round him one way or another, but you can see how frustrated they are at him holding on.
February 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Having failed to exclude Zelenskyy, they sought to bully him.
Having failed to bully him, they sought to bribe him.
Having failed to bribe him, they sought to discredit him.
Maybe they will get round him one way or another, but you can see how frustrated they are at him holding on.
Having failed to bully him, they sought to bribe him.
Having failed to bribe him, they sought to discredit him.
Maybe they will get round him one way or another, but you can see how frustrated they are at him holding on.
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Maddow: All of this absolutely historically unprecedented. No president has ever come out of the gate with numbers like this ever before. And it is across the board
February 21, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Maddow: All of this absolutely historically unprecedented. No president has ever come out of the gate with numbers like this ever before. And it is across the board
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it was bad when the worst poster on my favorite website bought that website and made it terrible but it has been worse having that person also buy my country that i live in
February 16, 2025 at 4:50 AM
it was bad when the worst poster on my favorite website bought that website and made it terrible but it has been worse having that person also buy my country that i live in
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Trump put a freeze on hiring air traffic controllers and, on Musk’s instruction, fired the FAA chief early without replacing him.
This should be the only thing Dems are saying today. They should all be out on media saying this.
This should be the only thing Dems are saying today. They should all be out on media saying this.
January 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Trump put a freeze on hiring air traffic controllers and, on Musk’s instruction, fired the FAA chief early without replacing him.
This should be the only thing Dems are saying today. They should all be out on media saying this.
This should be the only thing Dems are saying today. They should all be out on media saying this.
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THAT is a subhed for the ages.
January 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
THAT is a subhed for the ages.
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If a man can’t give a Nazi salute at a party for a racist convicted fraudster and proven sex offender, then what kind of sick world are we living in, I ask you.
January 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
If a man can’t give a Nazi salute at a party for a racist convicted fraudster and proven sex offender, then what kind of sick world are we living in, I ask you.
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Shout out to @gilesyb.bsky.social for the “Triangle of Crap” which remains a powerful tool for visualising the problems facing the Government, although the labels are probably a touch too strong.
January 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Shout out to @gilesyb.bsky.social for the “Triangle of Crap” which remains a powerful tool for visualising the problems facing the Government, although the labels are probably a touch too strong.
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Here's Gary Gibbon #C4News explaining that the Conservatives amendment which was defeated was never about winning
It was so Conservatives could campaign on doorsteps asking voters why Labour didn't support another inquiry
Conservatives politicising child abuse - disgusting
It was so Conservatives could campaign on doorsteps asking voters why Labour didn't support another inquiry
Conservatives politicising child abuse - disgusting
January 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Here's Gary Gibbon #C4News explaining that the Conservatives amendment which was defeated was never about winning
It was so Conservatives could campaign on doorsteps asking voters why Labour didn't support another inquiry
Conservatives politicising child abuse - disgusting
It was so Conservatives could campaign on doorsteps asking voters why Labour didn't support another inquiry
Conservatives politicising child abuse - disgusting
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Thought this was a myth.
It HAD to be a myth - surely but er no.... it's true
www.politico.eu/article/tory...
It HAD to be a myth - surely but er no.... it's true
www.politico.eu/article/tory...
January 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Thought this was a myth.
It HAD to be a myth - surely but er no.... it's true
www.politico.eu/article/tory...
It HAD to be a myth - surely but er no.... it's true
www.politico.eu/article/tory...
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Trump says he’s sending Don Jr to Greenland in order to promote his expansionist bullshit, but I think he knows Jr will try to snort a glacier
January 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Trump says he’s sending Don Jr to Greenland in order to promote his expansionist bullshit, but I think he knows Jr will try to snort a glacier