Woz Ahmed
@wozahmed.bsky.social
CxO, NED, advisor. Curious. Deep tech (most especially semiconductors) & China. https://chilliventures.substack.com/
Usual sensible disclaimers apply.
Usual sensible disclaimers apply.
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this game is fantastic, everyone should play it
I've been thinking about this flash game I played the other day because it reduces the Congress down entirely to "pro oil" "?" or "pro environment" and as the oil oligarch, you just grease
either party's pockets to get them to pass your bills.
One of the better simulations of US politics honestly.
either party's pockets to get them to pass your bills.
One of the better simulations of US politics honestly.
Oiligarchy
Now you can be the protagonist of the petroleum era: explore and drill around the world, corrupt politicians, stop alternative energies and increase the oil addiction. Be sure to have fun before the r...
www.molleindustria.org
October 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
this game is fantastic, everyone should play it
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Elon Musk is funding Tommy Robinson's court battles, along with other online fans to keep him in Bentleys
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10...
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www.telegraph.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Elon Musk is funding Tommy Robinson's court battles, along with other online fans to keep him in Bentleys
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10...
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Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.
www.cbsnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
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you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!
and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate
and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!
and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate
and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate
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Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.
Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.
The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism
In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.
Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.
The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism
In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.
October 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.
Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.
The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism
In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.
Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.
The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism
In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.
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Tomorrow: "More grammar schools!" "Expand Right to Buy!"
Next week: "Bring back National Service!"
On and on, forever.
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Next week: "Bring back National Service!"
On and on, forever.
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Badenoch: Curb students taking 'rip-off' degrees such as English
The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut
inews.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Tomorrow: "More grammar schools!" "Expand Right to Buy!"
Next week: "Bring back National Service!"
On and on, forever.
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Next week: "Bring back National Service!"
On and on, forever.
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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Brutally on target from @rafaelbehr.bsky.social.
October 8, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Brutally on target from @rafaelbehr.bsky.social.
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"He invokes white faces. He is the one who chooses this as his metric."
Robert Jenrick defended his comment about not seeing "another white face" in a Birmingham area, saying he was only criticising the lack of integration, not focusing on skin colour
Robert Jenrick defended his comment about not seeing "another white face" in a Birmingham area, saying he was only criticising the lack of integration, not focusing on skin colour
'Jenrick's 'white faces' comment would have once been enough to get an MP sacked' | The News Agents
Robert Jenrick has defended comments made in March 2025 about the lack of white people in an area of Birmingham he visited – and Tory colleagues have rallied to back him. But do his comments make…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
"He invokes white faces. He is the one who chooses this as his metric."
Robert Jenrick defended his comment about not seeing "another white face" in a Birmingham area, saying he was only criticising the lack of integration, not focusing on skin colour
Robert Jenrick defended his comment about not seeing "another white face" in a Birmingham area, saying he was only criticising the lack of integration, not focusing on skin colour
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Very good news for the chancellor because VAT receipts were looking suspiciously low and , had it been genuine, that would have suggested tax raising capacity of UK economy was slipping
October 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Very good news for the chancellor because VAT receipts were looking suspiciously low and , had it been genuine, that would have suggested tax raising capacity of UK economy was slipping
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If James Cleverly was serious about a run for London mayor he'd quit the shadow cabinet and publicly attack Jenrick's comments. But he won't because there's another big job he'd prefer to do more
James Cleverly admits he's not ruling out bid to be Tory mayor of London in 2028 - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
October 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM
If James Cleverly was serious about a run for London mayor he'd quit the shadow cabinet and publicly attack Jenrick's comments. But he won't because there's another big job he'd prefer to do more
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One of Europe’s biggest air defense companies is warning that its top secret factories are being overflown by increasing numbers of drones.
And it wants clear rules on how to jam or bring them down.
And it wants clear rules on how to jam or bring them down.
Top EU weapons firm warns of drone threat to production lines
Thales Belgium says its factory making 70 mm rockets is being buzzed by drones.
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October 8, 2025 at 7:44 AM
One of Europe’s biggest air defense companies is warning that its top secret factories are being overflown by increasing numbers of drones.
And it wants clear rules on how to jam or bring them down.
And it wants clear rules on how to jam or bring them down.
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Blinkist fascinated me because it always seemed like an admission that the non fiction books targeted at their audience (CEOs and aspiring CEOs) only had two thousand words of an idea stretched out to 200 pages.
Abridging has always been in vogue. Now, apps like Blinkist take entire books and crunch them down to a series of what are called Blinks—which amount to around 2,000 words. “Is that what books are coming to, a handy social lubricant?” Anthony Lane asks.
Can You Read a Book in a Quarter of an Hour?
Phone apps now offer to boil down entire books into micro-synopses. What they leave out is revealing.
www.newyorker.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Blinkist fascinated me because it always seemed like an admission that the non fiction books targeted at their audience (CEOs and aspiring CEOs) only had two thousand words of an idea stretched out to 200 pages.
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It does just feel like there's something Jenrick is trying to say.
thecritic.co.uk/rob-...
thecritic.co.uk/rob-...
October 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It does just feel like there's something Jenrick is trying to say.
thecritic.co.uk/rob-...
thecritic.co.uk/rob-...
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"You go to some places like Handsworth.. parts of Dewsbury, Bradford, Leicester, where you see.. a single ethnicity.. we don't think that's healthy thing"
Kevin Hollinrake is MP for Thirsk and Malton, which according to the 2021 census is 98% white.
Kevin Hollinrake is MP for Thirsk and Malton, which according to the 2021 census is 98% white.
October 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM
"You go to some places like Handsworth.. parts of Dewsbury, Bradford, Leicester, where you see.. a single ethnicity.. we don't think that's healthy thing"
Kevin Hollinrake is MP for Thirsk and Malton, which according to the 2021 census is 98% white.
Kevin Hollinrake is MP for Thirsk and Malton, which according to the 2021 census is 98% white.
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Every Labour intervention on migration has 'trade - good, brown people coming here - bad' lurking in the background.
Wilful ignorance of how trade and migration actually work in a globalised economy.
The idea that the (short and long-term) movement of people -especially between India and the UK - has nothing to do with trade and investment is (obviously) wrong.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The idea that the (short and long-term) movement of people -especially between India and the UK - has nothing to do with trade and investment is (obviously) wrong.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
October 8, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Every Labour intervention on migration has 'trade - good, brown people coming here - bad' lurking in the background.
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Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.
Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children
Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.
southsideweekly.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.
Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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And the steel industry caught in a pincer movement between the US and the EU. Entirely predictable, and predicted.
October 8, 2025 at 8:06 AM
And the steel industry caught in a pincer movement between the US and the EU. Entirely predictable, and predicted.
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Yet another ‘you couldn’t make it up if you tried’ from the Brexit agitprop machine. The Telegraph etc told us we’d be better off outside the EU, making our own deals, relying on our bestest, the USA. The reality? We’re powerless, trapped nowhere between the EU & the USA. Reliant on China.
October 8, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Yet another ‘you couldn’t make it up if you tried’ from the Brexit agitprop machine. The Telegraph etc told us we’d be better off outside the EU, making our own deals, relying on our bestest, the USA. The reality? We’re powerless, trapped nowhere between the EU & the USA. Reliant on China.
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This feels like the usual thing of "the cure for the ills of neoliberalism is more neoliberalism" that's infected British politics.
So, the plan is to cut English, the arts, and sociology - the degrees that actually study culture - while on another part of your platform claiming to “defend” British culture.
It’s performance nationalism with a reading age of seven.
It’s performance nationalism with a reading age of seven.
October 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
This feels like the usual thing of "the cure for the ills of neoliberalism is more neoliberalism" that's infected British politics.
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Because global companies are now so important for national economies, governments probably have no choice but to negotiate with them. But this is a major change for which there is little guidance, no real global rules, and complexities that make scrutiny difficult.
October 8, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Because global companies are now so important for national economies, governments probably have no choice but to negotiate with them. But this is a major change for which there is little guidance, no real global rules, and complexities that make scrutiny difficult.
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Light & Shadow
I love the secret feature at Nine Elms London Underground station that reveals itself during a sunny day.
If you arrive at the perfect moment, the roundel logo is beautifully projected onto the floor.
So I took Dancer Andreya with me to interact with the scene.
I love the secret feature at Nine Elms London Underground station that reveals itself during a sunny day.
If you arrive at the perfect moment, the roundel logo is beautifully projected onto the floor.
So I took Dancer Andreya with me to interact with the scene.
October 6, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Light & Shadow
I love the secret feature at Nine Elms London Underground station that reveals itself during a sunny day.
If you arrive at the perfect moment, the roundel logo is beautifully projected onto the floor.
So I took Dancer Andreya with me to interact with the scene.
I love the secret feature at Nine Elms London Underground station that reveals itself during a sunny day.
If you arrive at the perfect moment, the roundel logo is beautifully projected onto the floor.
So I took Dancer Andreya with me to interact with the scene.
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The Israeli government's planned hosting of Tommy Robinson is a reprehensible betrayal of Jewish values and history.
Robinson is a racist street thug. He is no friend of British Jews.
We must never permit the far-right to exploit antisemitism to attack Muslims.
Good to discuss on i24News.
Robinson is a racist street thug. He is no friend of British Jews.
We must never permit the far-right to exploit antisemitism to attack Muslims.
Good to discuss on i24News.
October 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The Israeli government's planned hosting of Tommy Robinson is a reprehensible betrayal of Jewish values and history.
Robinson is a racist street thug. He is no friend of British Jews.
We must never permit the far-right to exploit antisemitism to attack Muslims.
Good to discuss on i24News.
Robinson is a racist street thug. He is no friend of British Jews.
We must never permit the far-right to exploit antisemitism to attack Muslims.
Good to discuss on i24News.
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"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” —FDR, 1944
October 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” —FDR, 1944