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And when those new coercive powers are introduced, then what follows will prompt another round of more coercive powers for the state, and then another, and then another.
The UK is trapped in an illiberal spiral.
The UK is trapped in an illiberal spiral.
October 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
And when those new coercive powers are introduced, then what follows will prompt another round of more coercive powers for the state, and then another, and then another.
The UK is trapped in an illiberal spiral.
The UK is trapped in an illiberal spiral.
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I just spent a week in Portland. The city was busy with tourists and locals enjoying late summer. A prosperous downtown. Factually, there is no observable evidence of a city needing military intervention. A reminder that this is not normal. Please pay attention.
President Trump said Saturday he will send troops to Portland, "authorizing Full Force, if necessary" to handle "domestic terrorists" as he expands his controversial deployments to more U.S. cities.
Trump says he'll send troops to Portland, Ore., to handle 'domestic terrorists'
President Trump said Saturday he will send troops to Portland, "authorizing Full Force, if necessary" to handle "domestic terrorists" as he expands his controversial deployments to more U.S. cities.
n.pr
September 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I just spent a week in Portland. The city was busy with tourists and locals enjoying late summer. A prosperous downtown. Factually, there is no observable evidence of a city needing military intervention. A reminder that this is not normal. Please pay attention.
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Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
September 23, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
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UK medicine regulator confirms there is no evidence paracetamol causes autism in children www.gov.uk/government/n...
MHRA confirms taking paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe and there is no evidence it causes autism in children
Paracetamol should be taken as directed in the patient information leaflet
www.gov.uk
September 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
UK medicine regulator confirms there is no evidence paracetamol causes autism in children www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Members of my family were tortured and killed in the Holocaust because countries like Britain said it wasn't their problem. Everyone said never again. And here we are. It's sickening beyond belief.
August 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Members of my family were tortured and killed in the Holocaust because countries like Britain said it wasn't their problem. Everyone said never again. And here we are. It's sickening beyond belief.
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PSA: go apply the urgent security update to your Apple devices. Don’t wait. Do it right now
Update Now: iOS 18.6.2 and macOS Sequoia 15.6.1 Fix Actively Exploited Vulnerability
Apple today released new iOS 18.6.2, iPadOS 18.6.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.6.1 updates, and the software addresses a security vulnerability that is...
www.macrumors.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
PSA: go apply the urgent security update to your Apple devices. Don’t wait. Do it right now
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Proportion of civil servants from low SEB by seniority. It is v striking to me...
1 - how flat the lines are. Almost no change over time?
2 - how perfectly stacked they are. Consistently smaller proportion of low SEB civil servants at each grade.
(stats are from people survey so not perfect)
1 - how flat the lines are. Almost no change over time?
2 - how perfectly stacked they are. Consistently smaller proportion of low SEB civil servants at each grade.
(stats are from people survey so not perfect)
August 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Proportion of civil servants from low SEB by seniority. It is v striking to me...
1 - how flat the lines are. Almost no change over time?
2 - how perfectly stacked they are. Consistently smaller proportion of low SEB civil servants at each grade.
(stats are from people survey so not perfect)
1 - how flat the lines are. Almost no change over time?
2 - how perfectly stacked they are. Consistently smaller proportion of low SEB civil servants at each grade.
(stats are from people survey so not perfect)
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Somebody on LinkedIn said what we're all thinking.
August 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Somebody on LinkedIn said what we're all thinking.
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OK so feeling slightly apprehensive about this, which I suppose is kind of the point. This is an attempt at a progressive view on masculinity and on men getting laid. God help me. iandunt.substack.com/p/how-to-be-...
How to be a man
The right story narrative about male attractiveness is grounded in Social Darwinism and free market economics. Can progressives tell a better story?
iandunt.substack.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM
OK so feeling slightly apprehensive about this, which I suppose is kind of the point. This is an attempt at a progressive view on masculinity and on men getting laid. God help me. iandunt.substack.com/p/how-to-be-...
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When the left riots* the question is "what's wrong with the left?"
When the right riots* the question is "what's wrong with the country?"
*What constitutes a "riot" can also be wildly different. We're moral panicking over sings at left wing protests as right wing thugs fight cops.
When the right riots* the question is "what's wrong with the country?"
*What constitutes a "riot" can also be wildly different. We're moral panicking over sings at left wing protests as right wing thugs fight cops.
July 27, 2025 at 9:21 AM
When the left riots* the question is "what's wrong with the left?"
When the right riots* the question is "what's wrong with the country?"
*What constitutes a "riot" can also be wildly different. We're moral panicking over sings at left wing protests as right wing thugs fight cops.
When the right riots* the question is "what's wrong with the country?"
*What constitutes a "riot" can also be wildly different. We're moral panicking over sings at left wing protests as right wing thugs fight cops.
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There's a theme being repeatedly expressed on this platform: "why can't you just protest about Gaza without mentioning Palestine Action?"
I can't believe anyone is so stupid that they cannot understand why we might challenge PA'S proscription. It can only be wilful, which means an instant block.
I can't believe anyone is so stupid that they cannot understand why we might challenge PA'S proscription. It can only be wilful, which means an instant block.
July 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
There's a theme being repeatedly expressed on this platform: "why can't you just protest about Gaza without mentioning Palestine Action?"
I can't believe anyone is so stupid that they cannot understand why we might challenge PA'S proscription. It can only be wilful, which means an instant block.
I can't believe anyone is so stupid that they cannot understand why we might challenge PA'S proscription. It can only be wilful, which means an instant block.
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The first planned migration of an entire country due to climate change is happening! Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, is at risk of being submerged under rising sea level, so it has signed an agreement with Australia to allow 280 Tuvaluans to settle in Australia as permanent residents each year.
The First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway
The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu could be submerged in 25 years due to rising sea levels, so a plan is being implemented to relocate its population to Australia.
www.wired.com
July 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The first planned migration of an entire country due to climate change is happening! Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, is at risk of being submerged under rising sea level, so it has signed an agreement with Australia to allow 280 Tuvaluans to settle in Australia as permanent residents each year.
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#C4News broadcast distressing footage of starving children in Gaza because Israel has blocked food aid into Gaza, despite there being 3 months supply of food to feed all of Gaza on the other side of the border
July 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
#C4News broadcast distressing footage of starving children in Gaza because Israel has blocked food aid into Gaza, despite there being 3 months supply of food to feed all of Gaza on the other side of the border
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This October, the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine is projected to hit a once-in-a-generation milestone: 1 trillion web pages archived.
We’ll be commemorating this historic achievement on October 22 with a global celebration ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/07/01/w...
Want to take part? 🧵 #Wayback1T
We’ll be commemorating this historic achievement on October 22 with a global celebration ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/07/01/w...
Want to take part? 🧵 #Wayback1T
July 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This October, the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine is projected to hit a once-in-a-generation milestone: 1 trillion web pages archived.
We’ll be commemorating this historic achievement on October 22 with a global celebration ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/07/01/w...
Want to take part? 🧵 #Wayback1T
We’ll be commemorating this historic achievement on October 22 with a global celebration ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/07/01/w...
Want to take part? 🧵 #Wayback1T
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I was a medic at the Santa Ana protests in OC today.
I watched police fire tear gas, flash bangs, & rubber bullets into crowds of men, women, & children.
Other medics and I were clearly marked with red crosses, and the police were targeting us.
One of the most fucked up things I’ve ever seen.
I watched police fire tear gas, flash bangs, & rubber bullets into crowds of men, women, & children.
Other medics and I were clearly marked with red crosses, and the police were targeting us.
One of the most fucked up things I’ve ever seen.
June 10, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I was a medic at the Santa Ana protests in OC today.
I watched police fire tear gas, flash bangs, & rubber bullets into crowds of men, women, & children.
Other medics and I were clearly marked with red crosses, and the police were targeting us.
One of the most fucked up things I’ve ever seen.
I watched police fire tear gas, flash bangs, & rubber bullets into crowds of men, women, & children.
Other medics and I were clearly marked with red crosses, and the police were targeting us.
One of the most fucked up things I’ve ever seen.
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NEW: My piece for the Observer on how I was so deep into my investigation into Cambridge Analytica that I failed to realise that Hannah - my ex's daughter - was facing a human version of it: a stalker who was harvesting her data and weaponising it against her.
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Stalked: how a relentless campaign of online abuse came to derail one woman’s life
A new BBC podcast recounts the ordeal endured by Hannah Mossman Moore, whose phone was bombarded by fake accounts and her personal data weaponised against her
www.theguardian.com
March 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
NEW: My piece for the Observer on how I was so deep into my investigation into Cambridge Analytica that I failed to realise that Hannah - my ex's daughter - was facing a human version of it: a stalker who was harvesting her data and weaponising it against her.
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Me: I can’t believe UK voters chose to torch their economy with Brexit. That can never be topped.
American voters:
American voters:
a man is covering his eyes with his hands in front of a group of men .
ALT: a man is covering his eyes with his hands in front of a group of men .
media.tenor.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Me: I can’t believe UK voters chose to torch their economy with Brexit. That can never be topped.
American voters:
American voters:
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This has been the worst winter for rough sleeping in Liverpool - it has also been one of the coldest for many years
These two factors have created a humanitarian emergency. This week I spoke to some of those trying to escape from this danger and those fighting to keep them alive
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These two factors have created a humanitarian emergency. This week I spoke to some of those trying to escape from this danger and those fighting to keep them alive
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January 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
This has been the worst winter for rough sleeping in Liverpool - it has also been one of the coldest for many years
These two factors have created a humanitarian emergency. This week I spoke to some of those trying to escape from this danger and those fighting to keep them alive
A 🧵
These two factors have created a humanitarian emergency. This week I spoke to some of those trying to escape from this danger and those fighting to keep them alive
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Who made this 🤣
January 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Who made this 🤣
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"Twelfth Night Till Candlemas"
The story of a 40 year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
And about goblins and Christmas; the perils of ChatGPT; and the real value of librarians and so on
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
The story of a 40 year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
And about goblins and Christmas; the perils of ChatGPT; and the real value of librarians and so on
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
December 20, 2024 at 10:30 AM
"Twelfth Night Till Candlemas"
The story of a 40 year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
And about goblins and Christmas; the perils of ChatGPT; and the real value of librarians and so on
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
The story of a 40 year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
And about goblins and Christmas; the perils of ChatGPT; and the real value of librarians and so on
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
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Every time I read about banning books, I think of this:
Reading a book with a gay character will not make you gay any more than reading a book about Einstein will make you a genius.
If you're afraid that books might change someone's thinking, you're not afraid of books — you're afraid of thinking.
Reading a book with a gay character will not make you gay any more than reading a book about Einstein will make you a genius.
If you're afraid that books might change someone's thinking, you're not afraid of books — you're afraid of thinking.
December 3, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Every time I read about banning books, I think of this:
Reading a book with a gay character will not make you gay any more than reading a book about Einstein will make you a genius.
If you're afraid that books might change someone's thinking, you're not afraid of books — you're afraid of thinking.
Reading a book with a gay character will not make you gay any more than reading a book about Einstein will make you a genius.
If you're afraid that books might change someone's thinking, you're not afraid of books — you're afraid of thinking.