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Tony
@tonynicol3.bsky.social
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Retired Water Industry Systems Engineer, no longer torturing wood on a lathe or mounting expeditions into the garden wilderness. Soup Dragon, First Class.
Political donations are Bribes!
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13sarahmurphy.bsky.social
Russia's ambassador to the UK, Yakovenko, boasted about Brexit to another diplomat:
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
bloomberg.com Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 18h
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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patrickwbb.bsky.social
BREAKING: The doctor who performed the autopsy on Jeffrey Epstein reportedly said Jeff was killed, according to Mark Epstein, per CNN.
November 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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mcfaulmike.bsky.social
I’ve been in a room with Putin. He calls Ukrainians “Russians with accents.” His real fear isn’t NATO expansion, it’s democracy expansion. It shatters his entire argument for dictatorship at home. Because if Ukrainians embrace freedom, Russians may demand the same.
November 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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thelondoneconomic.bsky.social
So much for leave means leave - Tim Martin wants back in the EU to get around red tape caused by the Brexit he supported 🤦‍♂️
November 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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antongerashchenko.bsky.social
President of Ukraine:

Our people really, really want this war to end. We are, of course, made of steel, but even the strongest metal can give way. Don't forget that. Stand with Ukraine, stand with our people. And therefore, stand with dignity and freedom.
November 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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kerry10.bsky.social
Shocking behaviour from the METPolice yet again ffs.
Pure unadulterated VIOLENCE.

Someone tell Starmer this is what real violence looks like not peaceful protestors. Wanker!
Disgusting!.
November 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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fbpech.bsky.social
youtu.be/I8IHyI-5l4w?...

This suggested deal is outrageous and unthinkable 🤦‍♀️
Secret Russia-Ukraine Deal Exposed!
YouTube video by A Different Bias
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
🇵🇱 🇺🇦
November 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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angusmain.bsky.social
*lashes self to mast*
twigtechnology.bsky.social Michael Haslam @twigtechnology.bsky.social · 10h
Seals singing in a sea cave

#Orkney 🦭🎧
November 21, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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edzitron.com
Monday Premium: The 12.7k word Hater's Guide To NVIDIA: how it makes money, how millions of GPUs are likely sitting uninstalled, and how its entire future relies on companies raising hundreds of billions in debt.

Here's $10 off annual.
edzitronswheresyouredatghostio.outpost.pub/public/promo...
NVIDIA's Future Success Is Predicated On The Ability For Everybody To Keep Feeding It Tens Of Billions Of Dollars Every Quarter, Requiring Endless Debt, Space, and Actual AI Demand To Exist Here are some thoughts I have had: A 25MW data center takes about $1 billion, with $600 million of that being GPUs - 200 GB200 racks, to be specific. It needs about 20 acres - 100,000 square feet for the data center, roughly. NVIDIA sells about $50 billion of GPUs and associated hardware in a quarter, so let's say that $40 billion of that is just the GPUs and $10 billion is the hardware, so around 13,333 GB200 racks. I realize that NVIDIA sells far more than that (GB300 racks, singular GPUs, and so on). Deep-pocketed hyperscalers like Microsoft, Google, Meta and Amazon representing 41.32% of NVIDIA's revenue in the middle of 2025, funneling free cash flow directly into Jensen Huang's pockets... ...for now. Amazon ($15 billion), Google ($25 billion), Meta ($30 billion) and Oracle ($18 billion) have all had to raise massive amounts of debt to continue to fund AI-focused capital expenditures, with more than half of that (per Rubenstein) spent on GPUs. Otherwise, basically anybody buying GPUs at any scale has to fund doing so with either venture capital (money raised in exchange for part of the company) or debt. NVIDIA, at this point, around 8% of the value of the S&P 500 (the 500 leading (meaning they meet certain criteria of size, liquidity (cash availability) and profitability) companies on the US stock market). Its continued health - and representative value as a stock, which is not necessarily based on its actual numbers or health, but in this case kind of is? - has led the stock market to remarkable gains. It is not enough for NVIDIA to simply be a profitable company. It must continue beating the last quarter's revenue, again and again and again and again, forever. If that sounds dramatic, I assure you it is the truth. NVIDIA's continued success - and ability to continue delivering outsized beats of Wall Street's revenue estimates - depends on: The willingness of a few very large, cash-rich companies (Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and Google) to continue buying successive generations of NVIDIA GPUs. The ability of said companies to continue buying successive generations of GPUs. The ability of other, less-cash-rich companies like Oracle to continue being able to raise debt to buy massive amounts of GPUs - such as the $40 billion of GPUs that Oracle is buying for Stargate Abilene. This is becoming a problem. The ability of unprofitable, debt-ridden companies like CoreWeave, AI "neoclouds" that use the GPUs they purchase from NVIDIA as collateral for loans to buy more GPUs, to to continue raising that debt to buy more GPUs. The ability of anybody who buys these GPUs to actually install them and use them, which requires massive amounts of construction...and more power than is currently available, even to the most well-funded and conspicuous projects. In simple terms, for the debt markets to continue propping up its revenues, because there is not really enough free cash in the world to continue pumping it into NVIDIA at this rate. And after all of this, Large Language Models, the only way to make any money on any of these GPUs, must prove they can actually produce a profit. Per my article from September, I can find no compelling evidence (outside of boosters speciously claiming otherwise) that it's profitable to sell access to GPUs. Based on my calculations, there's likely little more than $61 billion of actual AI revenue in 2025 across every single AI company and hyperscaler. Note that I said "revenue." Absolutely nobody is making a profit. The NVIDIA situation is one of the most insane things I've seen in my life. The single-largest, single-most-valuable, single-most-profitable company on the stock market has got there through selling ultra-expensive hardware that takes hundreds of millio…
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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eileenforco.bsky.social
We didn’t fight against fascism, racism, and tyranny only to pretend the symbols tied to that history are less harmful now. Thankfully this has been walked back, because this was the opposite of what our country needs.

Our standards must be ever higher.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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alexhh.bsky.social
Who the f%*k is Chris Mason? Just watched his dreadful interview with Starmer. Who the hell does this weaselly third rate journalist think he is, presuming to grotesquely insult and trivialize the British PM? Starmer may have some challenges, but he shd not have to put up with this uninformed crap!
November 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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chrisgrey.bsky.social
Judging by the report, the Reform Party official in question is quite a charmer, even by the standards of that party.

“'Peter Morgan shouldn’t be anywhere near politics regardless of the level. He is dangerous,' was the firm opinion of one Reform member ...
November 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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wajali.bsky.social
Keep this story in the news.

"Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney"

www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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ence.bsky.social
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.

We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.

washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
tonynicol3.bsky.social
When the ultra rich donate to deny you your democracy.
ence.bsky.social ence morse @ence.bsky.social · 13h
The partisan divide has grown, too. The wealthiest 100 tended to give more to Republicans than to Democrats before last year. But giving to the GOP spiked in 2024, with *84%* of donations going to back Republicans or conservative PACs.
November 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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kevindatamiller.bsky.social
"You can spend about $40 per employee per year of increased ventilation costs and that will give you $7,000 of gained employee productivity per person, almost a 200 to 1 gain."
volts.wtf David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d
Today on Volts: for years, I've wanted to do a podcast on indoor air quality, and I finally found the perfect guest! Dr. Lagoudas & I discuss indoor air pollutants, the policies and technologies that can control them, and the growing need to frame indoor air quality as a basic human right.
What's the deal with indoor air quality?
From CO2 monitors to better building codes, Dr. Georgia Lagoudas outlines how to clean up the spaces where we spend 90% of our lives.
www.volts.wtf
November 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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grahambs.bsky.social
Ed Davey is writing to all Labour MPs urging them to back a bill in favour of a customs union with the EU as the best way to boost growth and raise revenue. The Lib Dems hope to demonstrate support among pro-EU MPs for the idea of a new customs union.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lib Dems to force vote on creating new customs union with EU
Ed Davey’s party believes the move is the best way to ‘turbocharge’ economy, rather than tax rises
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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clairestranstalks.bsky.social
Id been wondering why TL had been a bit quiet.

*superb* bit of evidence gathering & analysis showing the only people complaining about trans people using the loo are the bigots complaining about trans people existing.
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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brooklynmarie.bsky.social
I laughed like a donkey reading this. Don't fuck with judges
colinyeo.bsky.social Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 10h
Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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chrisgrey.bsky.social
Farage et al really mustn't be allowed to walk away from this scandal, and its wider implications:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Reform in Wales leader Nathan Gill jailed for pro-Russian bribery
Nathan Gill, 52, is sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison after admitting taking bribes while an MEP.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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janeduke.com
If you happen to be in York, and happen to walk down Stonegate, and happen to drop into Pyramid Gallery, and happen to go upstairs, you'll find this reduction linoprint, 'By the River', which depicts New Walk early on a May morning. (It's also available unframed direct from me).
A linoprint framed in an off white mount and a narrow oak frame. It depicts a shady tree lined path running alongside a river.
November 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
tonynicol3.bsky.social
Reform voters are about to discover why people are forced to migrate. Voting for a company that denies the absolutely overwhelming evidence for climate change is a very short-sighted thing to do when you live in an area prone to flooding.
mikegalsworthy.bsky.social Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 19h
Drowning in denial: one in five homes in Reform UK heartlands faces flooding in 25 years.

Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks.
Drowning in denial: one in five homes in Reform UK heartlands faces flooding in 25 years
Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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schoolsweek.bsky.social
Exclusive: The firm overseeing England’s biggest school PFI contract is planning to go into liquidation, Stoke-on-Trent City Council has revealed, with millions of pounds worth of building repairs work still outstanding

schoolsweek.co.uk/pfi-firm-in-...
School PFI firm 'to liquidate' amid row over unfinished work
The firm overseeing England’s biggest school PFI contract is reportedly going into liquidation, with millions of pounds of building repairs work outstanding
schoolsweek.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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boredoftheoldone.bsky.social
'My body, my choice' was always going to be problematic for TERFs but it's incredibly anger inducing to see them pluck at one of the founding pillars of feminism. Again.
carolinepennock.bsky.social Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 17h
No way I’m sharing Stock’s UnHerd article. But I am going to point to this bit which amply demonstrates the anti-trans=>anti-women’s rights pipeline. “Abortions should only be done for a highly restricted set of reasons. They should not be just nodded through for any reason a pregnant woman likes.”
November 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM