Mark Sheridan #FBPE
@marksheridan.bsky.social
Ex-Brit, now proudly Swiss and lived here since 1970 with a sojourn in California in the 80s. Follows UK and US politics, the former now with hope, the latter with horror.
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Wow. This speech by Claude Malhuret (who I admit I know nothing about) actually makes my skin prickle. Not exactly fun, but it does make me think: We can do this. And I hope Canada, Australia and more will join us thebulletin.org/2025/03/for-...
For this French senator, Trump is a traitor—and Europe is now alone
In one month, Trump has done more harm to the Atlantic alliance than in four years of his last presidency. Europeans now see him as a traitor.
thebulletin.org
March 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Wow. This speech by Claude Malhuret (who I admit I know nothing about) actually makes my skin prickle. Not exactly fun, but it does make me think: We can do this. And I hope Canada, Australia and more will join us thebulletin.org/2025/03/for-...
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The Trump plan for Ukraine is like the Trump plan for Gaza, Greenland or Panama: ownership, exploitation and extraction. America is no longer our ally, it is turning into an exploitative imperial power.
archive.is/P30En
archive.is/P30En
February 18, 2025 at 6:39 AM
The Trump plan for Ukraine is like the Trump plan for Gaza, Greenland or Panama: ownership, exploitation and extraction. America is no longer our ally, it is turning into an exploitative imperial power.
archive.is/P30En
archive.is/P30En
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Given the overheated hype on AI this BBC item should give food for thought. For those old enough to remember GIGO in the early days of IT there may be echoes here.
Given the overheated hype on AI this BBC item should give food for thought. For those old enough to remember GIGO in the early days of IT there may be echoes here.
AI chatbots unable to accurately summarise news, BBC finds
The BBC's head of news and current affairs says the developers of the tools are "playing with fire."
www.bbc.com
February 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Given the overheated hype on AI this BBC item should give food for thought. For those old enough to remember GIGO in the early days of IT there may be echoes here.
Given the overheated hype on AI this BBC item should give food for thought. For those old enough to remember GIGO in the early days of IT there may be echoes here.
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Like with every single negotiation he does, Donold is going to lose and then declare victory and then his fans will all call him a genius even though he’s a lying moron.
February 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Like with every single negotiation he does, Donold is going to lose and then declare victory and then his fans will all call him a genius even though he’s a lying moron.
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Found the Papua New Guinea Courier again. So, So happy :)
Thank you!
The Adrian Mole of Oligarchs open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
Thank you!
The Adrian Mole of Oligarchs open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
The Adrian Mole of Oligarchs
Found in the Papua New Guinea Courier, Jan 9 - 2025
open.substack.com
January 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Found the Papua New Guinea Courier again. So, So happy :)
Thank you!
The Adrian Mole of Oligarchs open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
Thank you!
The Adrian Mole of Oligarchs open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
When you see the Vasa in place, you realize why it sank, or more literally fell over. I always wondered how many other nations would have left it on the bottom!
December 28, 2024 at 9:04 PM
When you see the Vasa in place, you realize why it sank, or more literally fell over. I always wondered how many other nations would have left it on the bottom!
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An alternative Christmas message 😉
December 24, 2024 at 12:17 PM
An alternative Christmas message 😉
Happy Christmas!
The view this morning from my terrace.
The view this morning from my terrace.
December 25, 2024 at 10:07 AM
Happy Christmas!
The view this morning from my terrace.
The view this morning from my terrace.
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Earlier this week, Bret Stephens, a house conservative at the New York Times wrote a particularly terrible piece titled “Done With Never Trump.” @therickwilson.bsky.social wrote a reply to Bret. Never Trump means Never Trump. If you agree, please share it widely.
bit.ly/4fq8ytB
bit.ly/4fq8ytB
Forever Never Trump
My Response To Bret Stephens
therickwilson.substack.com
December 19, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Earlier this week, Bret Stephens, a house conservative at the New York Times wrote a particularly terrible piece titled “Done With Never Trump.” @therickwilson.bsky.social wrote a reply to Bret. Never Trump means Never Trump. If you agree, please share it widely.
bit.ly/4fq8ytB
bit.ly/4fq8ytB
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MS: It's Labour that wasted £710m by scrapping Rwanda.
KB: No, stop it. You couldn't send anyone there in 3 years.
MS: We were on the brink.
KB: Course you were.
MS: The planes were booked. There were migrants waiting in France for a Labour gov't.
Utterly ludicrous, gaslighting popinjay. ~AA
KB: No, stop it. You couldn't send anyone there in 3 years.
MS: We were on the brink.
KB: Course you were.
MS: The planes were booked. There were migrants waiting in France for a Labour gov't.
Utterly ludicrous, gaslighting popinjay. ~AA
December 3, 2024 at 9:42 AM
MS: It's Labour that wasted £710m by scrapping Rwanda.
KB: No, stop it. You couldn't send anyone there in 3 years.
MS: We were on the brink.
KB: Course you were.
MS: The planes were booked. There were migrants waiting in France for a Labour gov't.
Utterly ludicrous, gaslighting popinjay. ~AA
KB: No, stop it. You couldn't send anyone there in 3 years.
MS: We were on the brink.
KB: Course you were.
MS: The planes were booked. There were migrants waiting in France for a Labour gov't.
Utterly ludicrous, gaslighting popinjay. ~AA
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New by Carole Cadwalledr The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. It will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else next
‘I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great Timothy D Snyder’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great Timothy D Snyder’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 1:11 PM
New by Carole Cadwalledr The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. It will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else next
‘I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great Timothy D Snyder’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great Timothy D Snyder’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Lots of new people on here this morning. I'll do a quick intro.
I write about social affairs, health, housing, education and the like for a whole load of print and digital newspapers and I'm on the rolling panel for @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social.
Here are some pieces from the last year:
I write about social affairs, health, housing, education and the like for a whole load of print and digital newspapers and I'm on the rolling panel for @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social.
Here are some pieces from the last year:
I’m about to be made homeless at 74 - my pension won't cover rent somewhere else
The number of older people without secure housing is rising sharply, up by more than 50 per cent in just four years, finds Hannah Fearn
inews.co.uk
November 15, 2024 at 10:39 AM
Lots of new people on here this morning. I'll do a quick intro.
I write about social affairs, health, housing, education and the like for a whole load of print and digital newspapers and I'm on the rolling panel for @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social.
Here are some pieces from the last year:
I write about social affairs, health, housing, education and the like for a whole load of print and digital newspapers and I'm on the rolling panel for @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social.
Here are some pieces from the last year:
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List of UK politicians/political figures who have declared support for Trump:
• Boris Johnson
• Liz Truss
• Suella Braverman
• Andrea Jenkyns
• Jacob Rees-Mogg
• Nigel Farage
• Lord Frost
• John Hayes
• Robert Jenrick
• Sammy Wilson
• Ian Paisley
• Jake Berry
• Kwasi Kwarteng
• Tim Montgomerie
• Boris Johnson
• Liz Truss
• Suella Braverman
• Andrea Jenkyns
• Jacob Rees-Mogg
• Nigel Farage
• Lord Frost
• John Hayes
• Robert Jenrick
• Sammy Wilson
• Ian Paisley
• Jake Berry
• Kwasi Kwarteng
• Tim Montgomerie
October 21, 2024 at 8:36 AM
List of UK politicians/political figures who have declared support for Trump:
• Boris Johnson
• Liz Truss
• Suella Braverman
• Andrea Jenkyns
• Jacob Rees-Mogg
• Nigel Farage
• Lord Frost
• John Hayes
• Robert Jenrick
• Sammy Wilson
• Ian Paisley
• Jake Berry
• Kwasi Kwarteng
• Tim Montgomerie
• Boris Johnson
• Liz Truss
• Suella Braverman
• Andrea Jenkyns
• Jacob Rees-Mogg
• Nigel Farage
• Lord Frost
• John Hayes
• Robert Jenrick
• Sammy Wilson
• Ian Paisley
• Jake Berry
• Kwasi Kwarteng
• Tim Montgomerie
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I think this essay by Ezra Klein is the most persuasive account I've ever read of Donald Trump's appeal to some key voters, his personality and the risks he now presents.
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/22/o...
Opinion | What’s Wrong With Donald Trump?
I think there’s an answer. But it’s not age — or, at least, it’s not just age.
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2024 at 11:25 AM
I think this essay by Ezra Klein is the most persuasive account I've ever read of Donald Trump's appeal to some key voters, his personality and the risks he now presents.
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/22/o...
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The British media need to stop treating Trump and his campaign like this is all normal. It's bad enough that American democracy is powerless to stop him. What his presidency would mean to the world needs to be forcefully spelled out. These are extraordinary times and the ordinary rules do not apply.
October 20, 2024 at 10:58 AM
The British media need to stop treating Trump and his campaign like this is all normal. It's bad enough that American democracy is powerless to stop him. What his presidency would mean to the world needs to be forcefully spelled out. These are extraordinary times and the ordinary rules do not apply.
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Terrific piece here by @willdunn.bsky.social on the new book about Musk’s takeover of Twitter. In awe of the last paragraph especially. A merciless shanking
"Meetings with some of the company’s biggest advertisers were attended by Musk’s mother and a music producer who uses the name BloodPop" www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
How Elon Musk killed Twitter
His vainglorious $44bn takeover backfired on investors, employees, users – and the world’s richest man himself.
www.newstatesman.com
September 18, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Terrific piece here by @willdunn.bsky.social on the new book about Musk’s takeover of Twitter. In awe of the last paragraph especially. A merciless shanking
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Have neglected here for a while but planning to be on Bluesky a lot more.
Musk is a threat to democracy and anything he owns should be approached as such. Including the other place.
Musk is a threat to democracy and anything he owns should be approached as such. Including the other place.
August 11, 2024 at 11:53 AM
Have neglected here for a while but planning to be on Bluesky a lot more.
Musk is a threat to democracy and anything he owns should be approached as such. Including the other place.
Musk is a threat to democracy and anything he owns should be approached as such. Including the other place.
My first post! (As opposed to reply) as on observer from the middle of Europe I am shocked by the latest Starmer policy shift on the 28bn. I understand the « don’t scare the horses » approach to policy, but doesn’t this risk many more voters moving to the greens? Which probably only helps tories.
February 9, 2024 at 10:24 AM
My first post! (As opposed to reply) as on observer from the middle of Europe I am shocked by the latest Starmer policy shift on the 28bn. I understand the « don’t scare the horses » approach to policy, but doesn’t this risk many more voters moving to the greens? Which probably only helps tories.