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Prof Elden, on Lateur’s Down to Earth:
There is “a conviction, shared by some powerful people, that the ecological threat is real and that the only way for them to survive is to abandon any pretense at sharing a common future with the rest of the world”
There is “a conviction, shared by some powerful people, that the ecological threat is real and that the only way for them to survive is to abandon any pretense at sharing a common future with the rest of the world”
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Mainstream conversations about artificial intelligence tend to center around the technology’s economic and large-scale impacts. Yet it’s at the individual level where we’re seeing AI’s most potent effects, and they may not be what you think.
In this episode, Nate is joined by @norabateson.bsky.social and Zak Stein to explore the multifaceted ways that AI is designed to exploit our deepest social vulnerabilities, and the risks this poses to human relationships, cognition, and society.
www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/real...
www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/real...
November 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Mainstream conversations about artificial intelligence tend to center around the technology’s economic and large-scale impacts. Yet it’s at the individual level where we’re seeing AI’s most potent effects, and they may not be what you think.
Reform councillor group chat:
👉 stockpile weapons to attack “lefties” and “migrants”
👉 “mass Islam genocide”
👉 stockpile weapons to attack “lefties” and “migrants”
👉 “mass Islam genocide”
Lancashire County Councillor suspended for being member of a WhatsApp group where people expressed very extreme views.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK councillor suspended over WhatsApp group featuring extremist posts
Tom Pickup confirms he was member of group in which one participant allegedly called for ‘mass Islam genocide’
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Reform councillor group chat:
👉 stockpile weapons to attack “lefties” and “migrants”
👉 “mass Islam genocide”
👉 stockpile weapons to attack “lefties” and “migrants”
👉 “mass Islam genocide”
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We hear that Putin and Trump (or their emissaries) have been secretly consulting about a settlement to the war. Given the inherent traps of allowing an aggressor to decide the outcome of his war, I try here to give a sense of how negotiations might actually work.
snyder.substack.com/p/how-to-neg...
snyder.substack.com/p/how-to-neg...
How to Negotiate with Russia
Account for history, law, and above all Ukraine
snyder.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We hear that Putin and Trump (or their emissaries) have been secretly consulting about a settlement to the war. Given the inherent traps of allowing an aggressor to decide the outcome of his war, I try here to give a sense of how negotiations might actually work.
snyder.substack.com/p/how-to-neg...
snyder.substack.com/p/how-to-neg...
💣 💥😬
FT reader comments:
"frothy"?
That's like calling mount Everest "hilly".
“The spillover will be catastrophic; the sinking of American stocks will lead to the collapse of other markets...”
“Not least because so many pensioners income and wealth is tied up in the stock market”
FT reader comments:
"frothy"?
That's like calling mount Everest "hilly".
“The spillover will be catastrophic; the sinking of American stocks will lead to the collapse of other markets...”
“Not least because so many pensioners income and wealth is tied up in the stock market”
November 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
💣 💥😬
FT reader comments:
"frothy"?
That's like calling mount Everest "hilly".
“The spillover will be catastrophic; the sinking of American stocks will lead to the collapse of other markets...”
“Not least because so many pensioners income and wealth is tied up in the stock market”
FT reader comments:
"frothy"?
That's like calling mount Everest "hilly".
“The spillover will be catastrophic; the sinking of American stocks will lead to the collapse of other markets...”
“Not least because so many pensioners income and wealth is tied up in the stock market”
pandering to populism +
pragmatic progressive policies
vs
populism on steroids +
whatever the fuck U.S. is now
That is the choice.
pragmatic progressive policies
vs
populism on steroids +
whatever the fuck U.S. is now
That is the choice.
As well as just being factually wrong - Tommy Robinson and the far right are quite literally cheering Shabana Mahmood on right now - I'm also reminded of Dan's former role as a pro-migration lobbyist.
Whatever pays best I guess
Whatever pays best I guess
November 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
pandering to populism +
pragmatic progressive policies
vs
populism on steroids +
whatever the fuck U.S. is now
That is the choice.
pragmatic progressive policies
vs
populism on steroids +
whatever the fuck U.S. is now
That is the choice.
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Weaponising Migration 2.0: From Wagner’s Libya Footprint to Jan Marsalek’s Private-Army Plan
As Starmer's Labour Government falls into the 'boat people' trap set by Farage, a look back at Russia's strategy of creating refugee crises
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
As Starmer's Labour Government falls into the 'boat people' trap set by Farage, a look back at Russia's strategy of creating refugee crises
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
Weaponising Migration 2.0: From Wagner’s Libya Footprint to Jan Marsalek’s Private-Army Plan
As Starmer's Labour Government falls into the 'boat people' trap set by Farage, a look back at Russia's strategy of creating refugee crises and helping far right parties in Europe to exploit them
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Weaponising Migration 2.0: From Wagner’s Libya Footprint to Jan Marsalek’s Private-Army Plan
As Starmer's Labour Government falls into the 'boat people' trap set by Farage, a look back at Russia's strategy of creating refugee crises
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
As Starmer's Labour Government falls into the 'boat people' trap set by Farage, a look back at Russia's strategy of creating refugee crises
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
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Inside SPIEF: Jeffrey Epstein, Russian Influence Networks and the Kremlinomics of Elite Capture
The Russian doctrine of hybrid warfare includes economic weapons. Epstein’s emails suggest the St Petersburg International Economic Forum was a key front
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
The Russian doctrine of hybrid warfare includes economic weapons. Epstein’s emails suggest the St Petersburg International Economic Forum was a key front
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
Inside SPIEF: Jeffrey Epstein, Russian Influence Networks and the Kremlinomics of Elite Capture
The Russian doctrine of hybrid warfare encompasses a range of economic weapons. The release of Epstein’s emails suggests the St Petersburg International Economic Forum was a key front
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Inside SPIEF: Jeffrey Epstein, Russian Influence Networks and the Kremlinomics of Elite Capture
The Russian doctrine of hybrid warfare includes economic weapons. Epstein’s emails suggest the St Petersburg International Economic Forum was a key front
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
The Russian doctrine of hybrid warfare includes economic weapons. Epstein’s emails suggest the St Petersburg International Economic Forum was a key front
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
Dear Ed,
Things appear to be going from bad to worse (please see below).
Yours,
A Worried Public 😟🇬🇧
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
Things appear to be going from bad to worse (please see below).
Yours,
A Worried Public 😟🇬🇧
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
GB News investor and Spectator owner Paul Marshall is in the running to buy the Telegraph now that the RedBird takeover plan has collapsed, the Guardian reports.
Hard to see this being anything other than a disaster for public discourse in Britain if that goes ahead.
Hard to see this being anything other than a disaster for public discourse in Britain if that goes ahead.
November 15, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Dear Ed,
Things appear to be going from bad to worse (please see below).
Yours,
A Worried Public 😟🇬🇧
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
Things appear to be going from bad to worse (please see below).
Yours,
A Worried Public 😟🇬🇧
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
oh, another AUTISTICS-BASHING opportunity now they found & analysed Hitler’s DNA
anyone ever considered he may also have been a psychopath?
#AutismAndPsychopathyAreNotTheSame
_____
(“Estimates of the prevalence of psychopathy in the general adult population range from approximately 1% to 4.5%” 👇)
anyone ever considered he may also have been a psychopath?
#AutismAndPsychopathyAreNotTheSame
_____
(“Estimates of the prevalence of psychopathy in the general adult population range from approximately 1% to 4.5%” 👇)
November 15, 2025 at 10:16 PM
oh, another AUTISTICS-BASHING opportunity now they found & analysed Hitler’s DNA
anyone ever considered he may also have been a psychopath?
#AutismAndPsychopathyAreNotTheSame
_____
(“Estimates of the prevalence of psychopathy in the general adult population range from approximately 1% to 4.5%” 👇)
anyone ever considered he may also have been a psychopath?
#AutismAndPsychopathyAreNotTheSame
_____
(“Estimates of the prevalence of psychopathy in the general adult population range from approximately 1% to 4.5%” 👇)
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This is Keir Starmer’s moment to stand up for Britain and call on Trump to drop his ludicrous lawsuit against the BBC.
The Prime Minister has spent months cosying up to Trump. If he can’t stop him from attacking one of our most precious institutions, what was it all for?
The Prime Minister has spent months cosying up to Trump. If he can’t stop him from attacking one of our most precious institutions, what was it all for?
November 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
This is Keir Starmer’s moment to stand up for Britain and call on Trump to drop his ludicrous lawsuit against the BBC.
The Prime Minister has spent months cosying up to Trump. If he can’t stop him from attacking one of our most precious institutions, what was it all for?
The Prime Minister has spent months cosying up to Trump. If he can’t stop him from attacking one of our most precious institutions, what was it all for?
Russia is at the centre of all of it. Unless the Epstein files bring down the whole house of cards, Russia wins the west.
🚨| BREAKING: Epstein Itemized for Trump Biographer Some New Areas of Trump Corruption—Giving a Road Map to Investigators
1. Who funded Mar-a-Lago mortgage(s) (Epstein implies he and Russians did)
2. Hawaiian Tropic contests (implied sexual misconduct)
3. Trump Shuttle
4. Legality of His Inheritance
1. Who funded Mar-a-Lago mortgage(s) (Epstein implies he and Russians did)
2. Hawaiian Tropic contests (implied sexual misconduct)
3. Trump Shuttle
4. Legality of His Inheritance
November 15, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Russia is at the centre of all of it. Unless the Epstein files bring down the whole house of cards, Russia wins the west.
“Our systems are now so fast, complex and interconnected that a future collapse will likely be global, swift and irreversible”
(Luke Kemp, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, Cambridge Uni)
(Luke Kemp, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, Cambridge Uni)
November 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“Our systems are now so fast, complex and interconnected that a future collapse will likely be global, swift and irreversible”
(Luke Kemp, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, Cambridge Uni)
(Luke Kemp, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, Cambridge Uni)
The British backlash to Musk’s defenceless-hobbit rant continues, quite brilliantly in Private Eye 😄
November 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The British backlash to Musk’s defenceless-hobbit rant continues, quite brilliantly in Private Eye 😄
🔴Reform Councillor Accused of Flouting Transparency Rules After Refusing to Declare His Company
Councillor in flagship Reform council failed to register his firm, or respond to questions about it from his constituent, prompting a formal complaint
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/13/r...
Councillor in flagship Reform council failed to register his firm, or respond to questions about it from his constituent, prompting a formal complaint
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/13/r...
Reform Councillor Accused of Flouting Transparency Rules After Refusing to Declare His Company
Councillor in flagship Reform council failed to name his firm on his register of interests, or respond to questions about it from his constituent, prompting a formal complaint
bylinetimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Russia’s goal: weaken the west to optimise its position as it braces for global economic, ecological, and climate crises
Impact on west: disinformation landscape, outrage & division, political chaos, and societal paralysis
Epstein files will reveal just one mechanism within Russia’s hybrid warfare
Impact on west: disinformation landscape, outrage & division, political chaos, and societal paralysis
Epstein files will reveal just one mechanism within Russia’s hybrid warfare
If you put Dave Troy & Peter Jukes’s research together, along with the files you get:
Epstein was part of a larger influence ecosystem that Russia cultivated to weaken Western cohesion, by exploiting elite networks, funding channels, and ideological movements, especially in tech and the far right.
Epstein was part of a larger influence ecosystem that Russia cultivated to weaken Western cohesion, by exploiting elite networks, funding channels, and ideological movements, especially in tech and the far right.
November 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Russia’s goal: weaken the west to optimise its position as it braces for global economic, ecological, and climate crises
Impact on west: disinformation landscape, outrage & division, political chaos, and societal paralysis
Epstein files will reveal just one mechanism within Russia’s hybrid warfare
Impact on west: disinformation landscape, outrage & division, political chaos, and societal paralysis
Epstein files will reveal just one mechanism within Russia’s hybrid warfare
If you put Dave Troy & Peter Jukes’s research together, along with the files you get:
Epstein was part of a larger influence ecosystem that Russia cultivated to weaken Western cohesion, by exploiting elite networks, funding channels, and ideological movements, especially in tech and the far right.
Epstein was part of a larger influence ecosystem that Russia cultivated to weaken Western cohesion, by exploiting elite networks, funding channels, and ideological movements, especially in tech and the far right.
November 12, 2025 at 11:54 PM
If you put Dave Troy & Peter Jukes’s research together, along with the files you get:
Epstein was part of a larger influence ecosystem that Russia cultivated to weaken Western cohesion, by exploiting elite networks, funding channels, and ideological movements, especially in tech and the far right.
Epstein was part of a larger influence ecosystem that Russia cultivated to weaken Western cohesion, by exploiting elite networks, funding channels, and ideological movements, especially in tech and the far right.
EXCLUSIVE: My @bylinetimes.bsky.social investigation reveals: 'memo' which sparked President Donald Trump to threaten a $1bn lawsuit against BBC was written by lobbyist at firm paid by pro-Trump tech giants and Trump donors bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
“the BBC needs a governance structure that can defend the autonomy of a vital pillar of UK democracy — just when those pillars in the UK, as elsewhere, are coming under strain”
(Financial Times)
(Financial Times)
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
“the BBC needs a governance structure that can defend the autonomy of a vital pillar of UK democracy — just when those pillars in the UK, as elsewhere, are coming under strain”
(Financial Times)
(Financial Times)
the biosphere is being destroyed by the noosphere
the noosphere is increasingly full of shit (X, ChatGPT)
#HomoInsapiens
the noosphere is increasingly full of shit (X, ChatGPT)
#HomoInsapiens
Oh, I love this. A new species of sea anemone was discovered recently that parks itself on top of a hermit crab shell like a hat. It seems to feed partly off the crab's faeces, but it also excretes a hard shell that extends the crab's home. In return, it's carried around the seafloor like a king.
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
the biosphere is being destroyed by the noosphere
the noosphere is increasingly full of shit (X, ChatGPT)
#HomoInsapiens
the noosphere is increasingly full of shit (X, ChatGPT)
#HomoInsapiens
Dear US citizens,
The new GB’News’ show we have gifted you is a pile of shit (apologies).
If you want to know what is going on here & how we feel about it, follow the @s below.
Yours,
the UK public 🇬🇧
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
@adambienkov.bsky.social
@josiah.writes.news
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
The new GB’News’ show we have gifted you is a pile of shit (apologies).
If you want to know what is going on here & how we feel about it, follow the @s below.
Yours,
the UK public 🇬🇧
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
@adambienkov.bsky.social
@josiah.writes.news
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
My story on GB News in this month's print edition of @bylinetimes.bsky.social is now online:
GB News’ new show broadcast live from the US features non-stop praise for Donald Trump – with the channel’s co-owner begging ‘MAGA’ politicians to save the UK
GB News’ new show broadcast live from the US features non-stop praise for Donald Trump – with the channel’s co-owner begging ‘MAGA’ politicians to save the UK
GB News Calls For Trump's America to 'Save Britain’
GB News’ new show broadcast live from the US features non-stop praise for Donald Trump – with the channel’s co-owner begging ‘MAGA’ politicians to save the UK, reports Josiah Mortimer
substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Dear US citizens,
The new GB’News’ show we have gifted you is a pile of shit (apologies).
If you want to know what is going on here & how we feel about it, follow the @s below.
Yours,
the UK public 🇬🇧
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
@adambienkov.bsky.social
@josiah.writes.news
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
The new GB’News’ show we have gifted you is a pile of shit (apologies).
If you want to know what is going on here & how we feel about it, follow the @s below.
Yours,
the UK public 🇬🇧
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
@adambienkov.bsky.social
@josiah.writes.news
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
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"To ensure the BBC’s independence, impartiality and trust, Robbie Gibb should have no role in appointing the new director general"
Good call by @eddavey.libdems.org.uk:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Good call by @eddavey.libdems.org.uk:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The first step towards saving our precious BBC: remove Robbie Gibb from the board | Ed Davey
The BBC belongs to all of us, and it is under attack as never before. The government must defend it from its enemies, within and without, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"To ensure the BBC’s independence, impartiality and trust, Robbie Gibb should have no role in appointing the new director general"
Good call by @eddavey.libdems.org.uk:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Good call by @eddavey.libdems.org.uk:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
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Yep. Keep capitulating to this monster. Don't worry, he'll change for you. You can change him. He's only 80, a convicted felon, and an adjudicated rapist with 67 sex-crime allegations on him. Just keep rolling over. If you roll over enough maybe we can have the whole fucking world in flames by 2028.
Trump threatens legal action against BBC as chairman apologises for 'error of judgement' on speech edit
The BBC says it will respond
www.bbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Yep. Keep capitulating to this monster. Don't worry, he'll change for you. You can change him. He's only 80, a convicted felon, and an adjudicated rapist with 67 sex-crime allegations on him. Just keep rolling over. If you roll over enough maybe we can have the whole fucking world in flames by 2028.
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The rebellion was led by the politically-appointed members of the board. observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...
The Observer view: political interference at the BBC | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The rebellion was led by the politically-appointed members of the board. observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...