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helenebismarck.bsky.social
I don‘t mean to be harsh, but I really think that a fundamental problem of UK Governance is that the entire debate surrounding it is focused on what is *politically feasible* in the short term and not on which issues/ threats need to be addressed, and fast.
Your logic relies on a vanishing world.
February 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Depressing but likely
newseye.bsky.social News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Feb 23
Brilliant but devastating editorial in the Financial Times.

“In the past 10 days, he [Trump] has all but incinerated 80 years of postwar American leadership. If you are not at the table, you are on the menu. America has turned.”
America has turned on its triends Trump's abandonment of his country's allies is real and will endure Winston Churchill is credited with saying that America does the right thing after exhausting the alternatives. Donald Trump has turned that aphorism on its head. In the past 10 days, he has all but incinerated 80 years of postwar American leadership. Those who thought America was a friend or ally, notably Ukraine and Nato, are dropping once safe assumptions to cope with a world in which America is an unabashed predator. Countries that were treated by Washington as adversaries, notably Vladimir Putin's Russia, are suddenly America's friend. There were hinge moments in history when the US displayed its character as global leader, such as Dwight Eisen-hower's repudiation of Anglo-French imperialism in the 1956 Suez crisis, or Ronald Reagan's 1987 exhortation to the Soviet Union to tear down the Berlin Wall. They defined the world's idea of America. Trump's assertion this week that Ukraine "should have never started" the war is the dark version of those. His account of Russia being provoked to invade Ukraine came straight from Putin's talking points. So too was JD Vance's Valentine's Day speech in Munich in which the US vice-president identified liberal democracy as Europe's real threat from within. These moments will live in infamy. What do they tell us about what is com-ing? First, there should be no doubt that Trump's contempt for allies and admiration for strongmen is real and will endure. During his first term, Trump's instincts were curbed by the more traditional Republicans around him. Trump 2.0 is the real article. It is entirely possible that figures like Marco Rubio, his secretary of state, or Mike Waltz, his national security adviser, still believe in the US-led alliance that each once championed. Their private thoughts are irrelevant. Each displayed fealty to Trump's predatory vision of America at talks with Russian counterparts in Saudi Arabia this week. Uk…
February 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
February 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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joshtpm.bsky.social
Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they *done* yet but the level of …
February 2, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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nytpitchbot.bsky.social
Behind the chaos, a brilliant and savvy plan to end democracy in America.
February 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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newseye.bsky.social
This.
A quote from the writer AR Moxon from 2017. He wrote: "Historians have a word for Germans who joined the Nazi party, not because they hated Jews, but out of a hope for restored patriotism, or a sense of economic anxiety, or a hope to preserve their religious values, or dislike of their opponents, or raw political opportunism, or convenience, or ignorance, or greed. That word is "Nazi." Nobody cares about their motives anymore. They joined what they joined. They lent their support and their moral approval. And, in so doing, they bound themselves to everything that came after. Who cares any more what particular knot they used in the binding?" A.R. Moxon
January 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
Making a ridiculous post about tariffs on Truth Social was his secret plan to end the war in 24 hours? What a ridiculous clown show. Idiocracy.
January 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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youranoncentral.bsky.social
Canada and the European Commission need to suspend X operations and investigate whether or not these allegations can be corroborated, if yes, lawsuits, sanctions, and an Interpol red and silver notice are necessary against X Corp, Elon Musk, and his collaborators.
youranoncentral.bsky.social Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · Jan 22
Elon Musk's and X's Role in 2024 Election Interference, a letter from an alleged X whistleblower.

"What started as US election interference has now spread to other countries. We're currently doing the same thing in Germany and other European nations."

theconcernedbird.substack.com/p/elon-musks...
I'm writing this with a heavy heart and no small amount of fear. As a former X (formerly Twitter) employee on an H1B visa, I can't reveal my identity without risking everything, but I can't stay silent any longer about what I saw and was made to do. When Elon Musk took over, everything changed. What started as a social media company became something much darker. I was part of a team that was directly ordered to manipulate Twitter's systems to influence the 2024 US presidential election. It wasn't subtle, and it wasn't ethical. We completely changed how the algorithm worked, pushing pro-Trump and right-wing posts to the top of people's feeds. To make it look balanced, we also boosted some left-wing critics of Democrats, but it was all carefully calculated. These changes didn't just affect Americans - they impacted users worldwide. One of the most disturbing things we did was create thousands of fake accounts using advanced AI systems called Grok and Eliza. These accounts looked completely real and pushed political messages that spread like wildfire. Havn't you noticed they all disappeared? Like magic. We also knowingly allowed foreign governments to manipulate the platform. State-backed groups from Israel, Iran, and Russia were running their own influence campaigns, and because their goals aligned with ours, we looked the other way. Even when they clearly broke the rules, we didn't stop them. Perhaps the most unethical part was how we manufactured news stories. One team would write completely fake articles, while another team would artificially boost their engagement metrics to make them go viral. We specifically targeted certain groups of people, knowing exactly how to manipulate their views and emotions. The moderation team became a tool for our agenda. We systematically silenced anyone who got in our way, enforcing the rules when it suited us and ignoring them when it didn't. Elon Musk himself was deeply involved in these decisions, often joking about being "Black Hat MAGA." What started as US election interference has now spread to other countries. We're currently doing the same thing in Germany and other European nations. The damage we've done is immeasurable, and I don't know if it can ever be fixed. People don't know what's real anymore, and that's exactly what we wanted. The pilot program for the Eliza AI Agent, was election interference. Eliza was release officially in October of 2024, but we had access to it before then thanks to Marc Andreessen. I'm terrified to be writing this, but I had to speak up. I just hope that someone with the power to do something about this sees this letter. You'll know what i’m saying is the truth by Elon's actions to the news someone spoke out. For more evidence look at the docs of Eliza AI Agent software. We left bread crumbs. Yours sincerely, A former employee who can't sleep at night.
January 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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andrewcopson.bsky.social
More wonderful discoveries from Pompeii. Look at the colour of those walls! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Pompeii: Spectacular new discoveries unearthed include private spa
A huge private bathhouse is found after lying hidden for 2,000 years under volcanic rock and ash.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 17, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
We don’t have to choose this fate. But I fear we will.
User "Annie Wu" says "this tweet is my Roman Empire," along with a screenshot of tweet from @PerthshireMags that reads, "climate change will manifest as a series of disasters as viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it."
January 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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michelleroy78.bsky.social
The cashier said "Strip down, facing me." How was I to know she meant my debit card? Plus, I can't go back to 7-Eleven anymore.
January 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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stephenkb.bsky.social
“To be clear, “burn it all down” is an unconscionable motto. In most cases, a crisis is just a crisis, not a prologue to reform.” - terrific and, I think, correct column by Janan Ganesh:
Things have to get worse to get better
Voters can’t be sold on change until their nation is in acute trouble
www.ft.com
January 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
By coincidence I'm currently editing Trump out of book 3. He got 16 mentions ... just about the only contemporary person to make it in. Not sure what was going on there
December 12, 2024 at 6:17 PM
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ericlagadec.bsky.social
Cette image est extraordinaire. Le volcan Etna est en éruption. Il fait nuit, les étoiles apparaissent, ainsi qu'un pilier de lumière rouge, dû à l’interaction entre la lumière du magma et des cristaux de glace dans des nuages au-dessus!

©Giancarlo Tinè
December 1, 2024 at 9:41 AM
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rlspang.bsky.social
“Ideas outlast reality” (or, if you prefer: contradiction between base and superstructure) is, along with contingency, possibly the most important insight one gets from studying history.

It takes people a long time to understand the world they live in.
pkrugman.bsky.social Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · Nov 30
But coal as an idea — big, tough men (approaching Trump with tears in their eyes) has outlasted coal as a reality. West Virginia thinks it's a coal state, when in reality it's mostly a health care state (supported by Medicare and Medicaid, which the people it votes for want to cut) 4/
November 30, 2024 at 1:16 PM
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November 30, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Wonderful!
lisaschipper.bsky.social Prof Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · Nov 24
I am still confused about who buys this and how the design could ever get approved.
A Christmas scene of wooden figures standing around a baby Jesus. The figures all have candles sticking out of their abdomens, unfortunately placed so that they look like they all have candle erections.
November 24, 2024 at 5:57 PM
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bengtssonz.bsky.social
Magisk essä om en äldre Oxford-antikhistorikers perspektiv på antiken och samtiden, som är rätt far out jämfört med perspektiven man är van vid.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
November 23, 2024 at 10:32 AM