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Retired Brit in the Loire Valley.
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L'Oreal announces deal to spend the GDP of Uruguay on more compute after be paid the GDP of Tanzania by Nvidia to buy said chips
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 3:48 AM
L'Oreal announces deal to spend the GDP of Uruguay on more compute after be paid the GDP of Tanzania by Nvidia to buy said chips
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BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
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There has never been a clearer example of the fact that we do not have a legislature in the United States right now. Trump tells them to vote no, so they all vote no. Then Trump changes his mind and they all change their votes. That is autocracy. Vote them out!
November 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
There has never been a clearer example of the fact that we do not have a legislature in the United States right now. Trump tells them to vote no, so they all vote no. Then Trump changes his mind and they all change their votes. That is autocracy. Vote them out!
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The absolute state of this…
Someone needs to tell Starmer that no matter how much his government kicks the poor, the weak and the vulnerable the fascists aren’t going to love him
But the rest of us who would have supported a Labour government are never going to forgive him
Someone needs to tell Starmer that no matter how much his government kicks the poor, the weak and the vulnerable the fascists aren’t going to love him
But the rest of us who would have supported a Labour government are never going to forgive him
Lots of Labour MPs asking Mahmood tonight to rule out child detention. She won’t rule it out. That’s because forced removals of families will mean children in detention for periods.
Home Office ruling out deportation of lone minors but the changes will certainly mean more detention of children.
Home Office ruling out deportation of lone minors but the changes will certainly mean more detention of children.
November 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The absolute state of this…
Someone needs to tell Starmer that no matter how much his government kicks the poor, the weak and the vulnerable the fascists aren’t going to love him
But the rest of us who would have supported a Labour government are never going to forgive him
Someone needs to tell Starmer that no matter how much his government kicks the poor, the weak and the vulnerable the fascists aren’t going to love him
But the rest of us who would have supported a Labour government are never going to forgive him
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The DOJ ordered US Marshals to the house of the pardon attorney who refused to sign off on a pardon to give Mel Gibson back his guns. Big law firms told her they supported her but did not want to be seen representing her.
This is the use of government-sponsored fear to silence dissent.
This is the use of government-sponsored fear to silence dissent.
November 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The DOJ ordered US Marshals to the house of the pardon attorney who refused to sign off on a pardon to give Mel Gibson back his guns. Big law firms told her they supported her but did not want to be seen representing her.
This is the use of government-sponsored fear to silence dissent.
This is the use of government-sponsored fear to silence dissent.
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Art by Jason Chatfield
November 17, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Art by Jason Chatfield
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Happy Sunday everyone
November 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Happy Sunday everyone
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I've been following media coverage of immigration in detail over the last six weeks. There hasn't been a day during that period that the British people weren't told that asylum seekers are a drain on society or a danger to women and children
November 16, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I've been following media coverage of immigration in detail over the last six weeks. There hasn't been a day during that period that the British people weren't told that asylum seekers are a drain on society or a danger to women and children
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So many social media patriots! Delighting in the hope that the president of a foreign nation might destroy a British institution that is envied around the world! 🇬🇧
November 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
So many social media patriots! Delighting in the hope that the president of a foreign nation might destroy a British institution that is envied around the world! 🇬🇧
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Presumably the Daily Telegraph and GB News will go big on this story?*
Deeply embarrassing: Michael Prescott himself doctored a Trump quote in his anti-BBC report against...doctoring a Trump quote.
*waits until end of time
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
Deeply embarrassing: Michael Prescott himself doctored a Trump quote in his anti-BBC report against...doctoring a Trump quote.
*waits until end of time
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Presumably the Daily Telegraph and GB News will go big on this story?*
Deeply embarrassing: Michael Prescott himself doctored a Trump quote in his anti-BBC report against...doctoring a Trump quote.
*waits until end of time
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
Deeply embarrassing: Michael Prescott himself doctored a Trump quote in his anti-BBC report against...doctoring a Trump quote.
*waits until end of time
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
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Unsurprisingly, there's a bunch of other potential presidential crimes revealed in the Epstein emails, like mortgage fraud, regular old timey fraud, and a bunch of other financial crimes.
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Unsurprisingly, there's a bunch of other potential presidential crimes revealed in the Epstein emails, like mortgage fraud, regular old timey fraud, and a bunch of other financial crimes.
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Well. Makes perfect sense. Move along. Nothing to see here. What were we thinking?
November 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Well. Makes perfect sense. Move along. Nothing to see here. What were we thinking?
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Drivers stop at crosswalks in Poland now because they passed presumed liability, and they ran a public awareness campaign to promote it. The driver is presumed to be at fault if they hit a pedestrian in a crosswalk.
The zebra stripes in Poland have magical power that the ones in America don’t. Even on a fast divided highway, a pedestrian in the shadows, well back from the curb, can stop traffic.
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Drivers stop at crosswalks in Poland now because they passed presumed liability, and they ran a public awareness campaign to promote it. The driver is presumed to be at fault if they hit a pedestrian in a crosswalk.
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WTAF?
Italy probes claim that tourists paid to go to Bosnia to kill trapped civilians www.bbc.com/news/article...
Italy probes claim that tourists paid to go to Bosnia to kill trapped civilians www.bbc.com/news/article...
Italy probes claim that tourists paid to go to Bosnia to kill besieged civilians
Italians and others are alleged to have paid large sums to fire at Bosnians risking their lives in besieged Sarajevo.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
WTAF?
Italy probes claim that tourists paid to go to Bosnia to kill trapped civilians www.bbc.com/news/article...
Italy probes claim that tourists paid to go to Bosnia to kill trapped civilians www.bbc.com/news/article...
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It’s already started - the BBC allows Newsmax boss to opine about bias, suggest some of the Jan 6 mob were merely innocent tourists visiting Congress, without pushback
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
It’s already started - the BBC allows Newsmax boss to opine about bias, suggest some of the Jan 6 mob were merely innocent tourists visiting Congress, without pushback
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If I had a national institution I wanted to undermine, Hanover Communications are who I’d go to.
They’ve been undermining the NHS for years, successfully lobbying for firms to get NHS ££, including US giant United Health, & providing staff to pro-private politicians.
It’s just what they do.
They’ve been undermining the NHS for years, successfully lobbying for firms to get NHS ££, including US giant United Health, & providing staff to pro-private politicians.
It’s just what they do.
1/ Michael Prescott of Hanover Communications, whose leaked memo alleging left-wing bias led to the BBC meltdown.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
November 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
If I had a national institution I wanted to undermine, Hanover Communications are who I’d go to.
They’ve been undermining the NHS for years, successfully lobbying for firms to get NHS ££, including US giant United Health, & providing staff to pro-private politicians.
It’s just what they do.
They’ve been undermining the NHS for years, successfully lobbying for firms to get NHS ££, including US giant United Health, & providing staff to pro-private politicians.
It’s just what they do.
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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That Labour didn't immediately fire Robbie Gibb will be a question they will ponder for decades in opposition, whike watching Reform and the Tories completely dismantle the organisation.
#r4today
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This kind of influence by a political appointee of the Johnson government, with a strong partisan record and reputation, appeared a Faustian pact imposed on the BBC by the government of the day. Its striking that this attempt continued after a change of government
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
‘Make no mistake – this was a coup’: the extraordinary downfall of the BBC’s top bosses
The whirlwind that started when Deborah Turness came under attack at a board meeting is part of a wider political story, some say
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
That Labour didn't immediately fire Robbie Gibb will be a question they will ponder for decades in opposition, whike watching Reform and the Tories completely dismantle the organisation.
#r4today
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#r4today
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COP30 boss: "Rich countries have lost enthusiasm for tackling climate crisis" and praises China.
Chinese renewables are great, but you have to be disconnected from reality to miss the wrenching change EU in particular has signed up to & China's CO2 trajectory.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Chinese renewables are great, but you have to be disconnected from reality to miss the wrenching change EU in particular has signed up to & China's CO2 trajectory.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
COP30 boss: "Rich countries have lost enthusiasm for tackling climate crisis" and praises China.
Chinese renewables are great, but you have to be disconnected from reality to miss the wrenching change EU in particular has signed up to & China's CO2 trajectory.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Chinese renewables are great, but you have to be disconnected from reality to miss the wrenching change EU in particular has signed up to & China's CO2 trajectory.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I agree with @arusbridger.bsky.social about BBC governance. Although v hesitant about another rearrangement, the single corporate-style board is massively flawed, not least because there needs to be some distance for the governors/board members from editorial decisions
Michael Prescott and Sir Robbie Gibb both bailed out of journalism years ago, and enjoy lucrative careers in corporate PR. And now they are the arbiters of BBC editorial standards. Go figure www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump
It is the BBC’s entire governance structure–rather than individual stories–that should cause most concern
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:46 AM
I agree with @arusbridger.bsky.social about BBC governance. Although v hesitant about another rearrangement, the single corporate-style board is massively flawed, not least because there needs to be some distance for the governors/board members from editorial decisions
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This tiny ant is capable of widespread destruction.
Native to Latin America, it has traveled the world, colonizing countries, disrupting ecosystems, and costing billions of dollars in damage.
www.cnn.com/interactive/...
Native to Latin America, it has traveled the world, colonizing countries, disrupting ecosystems, and costing billions of dollars in damage.
www.cnn.com/interactive/...
A deadly fire ant has reached European shores. The insect invasion could wreak havoc
The red imported fire ant is one of the world’s most destructive invasive species. Can its spread be stopped?
www.cnn.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This tiny ant is capable of widespread destruction.
Native to Latin America, it has traveled the world, colonizing countries, disrupting ecosystems, and costing billions of dollars in damage.
www.cnn.com/interactive/...
Native to Latin America, it has traveled the world, colonizing countries, disrupting ecosystems, and costing billions of dollars in damage.
www.cnn.com/interactive/...