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it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
Oh
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
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Every year I get more woke and also have less energy to argue about politics in the real world. I care about a lot of stuff and I'll go to the odd protest and all that but if I'm at a Christmas party and someone says British rule actually benefitted Ireland a lot I'm like "wow that's fascinating".
November 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Every year I get more woke and also have less energy to argue about politics in the real world. I care about a lot of stuff and I'll go to the odd protest and all that but if I'm at a Christmas party and someone says British rule actually benefitted Ireland a lot I'm like "wow that's fascinating".
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Okay, so maybe I wasn't too mean to him ...
November 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Okay, so maybe I wasn't too mean to him ...
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There are good ideas about how to improve EU democracy but this is always a weak argument imo when most European countries have powerful prime ministers that aren’t directly elected either.
Countries with powerful directly elected Presidents (France, Poland, let alone the US) don't make me envious.
Countries with powerful directly elected Presidents (France, Poland, let alone the US) don't make me envious.
Funny that he never says that about China or Russia.
At least von der Leyen is approved by democratically elected representatives
At least von der Leyen is approved by democratically elected representatives
November 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
There are good ideas about how to improve EU democracy but this is always a weak argument imo when most European countries have powerful prime ministers that aren’t directly elected either.
Countries with powerful directly elected Presidents (France, Poland, let alone the US) don't make me envious.
Countries with powerful directly elected Presidents (France, Poland, let alone the US) don't make me envious.
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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"Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the West"
Two words: algorithms and incentives. Mostly incentives. Until we modify or eliminate incentives, all we can do is watch as the fabric of society is pulled apart, strand by strand. www.ft.com/content/5060...
Two words: algorithms and incentives. Mostly incentives. Until we modify or eliminate incentives, all we can do is watch as the fabric of society is pulled apart, strand by strand. www.ft.com/content/5060...
November 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the West"
Two words: algorithms and incentives. Mostly incentives. Until we modify or eliminate incentives, all we can do is watch as the fabric of society is pulled apart, strand by strand. www.ft.com/content/5060...
Two words: algorithms and incentives. Mostly incentives. Until we modify or eliminate incentives, all we can do is watch as the fabric of society is pulled apart, strand by strand. www.ft.com/content/5060...
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Performing desirable behaviour and "virtue signalling" is also absolutely core to human society.
It's why we tell kids that stealing is wrong, rather than just that it's illegal and punishable by law.
Living in a place where people only treat each other well when forced to by rules would be AWFUL.
It's why we tell kids that stealing is wrong, rather than just that it's illegal and punishable by law.
Living in a place where people only treat each other well when forced to by rules would be AWFUL.
Performative decency is actually *so* important for this reason.
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
November 8, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Performing desirable behaviour and "virtue signalling" is also absolutely core to human society.
It's why we tell kids that stealing is wrong, rather than just that it's illegal and punishable by law.
Living in a place where people only treat each other well when forced to by rules would be AWFUL.
It's why we tell kids that stealing is wrong, rather than just that it's illegal and punishable by law.
Living in a place where people only treat each other well when forced to by rules would be AWFUL.
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"The EU had been “engaging” with the Trump administration on adjustments to the AI act and other digital regulations as part of its wider simplification process, a senior EU official told the Financial Times."
Disgusting and something we were promised was beyond reproach
www.ft.com/content/af6c...
Disgusting and something we were promised was beyond reproach
www.ft.com/content/af6c...
EU set to water down landmark AI act after Big Tech pressure
Commission proposes pauses to provisions in digital rule book
www.ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:37 AM
"The EU had been “engaging” with the Trump administration on adjustments to the AI act and other digital regulations as part of its wider simplification process, a senior EU official told the Financial Times."
Disgusting and something we were promised was beyond reproach
www.ft.com/content/af6c...
Disgusting and something we were promised was beyond reproach
www.ft.com/content/af6c...
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biden was literally trying to ban asylum claims altogether
absolutely hallucinatory man they really memory-holed her entire campaign
November 2, 2025 at 6:41 AM
biden was literally trying to ban asylum claims altogether
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to win elections the democrats need to shift even more right than the republicans. that way they can capture moderates and conservatives. and the left should still vote for the democrats
October 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
to win elections the democrats need to shift even more right than the republicans. that way they can capture moderates and conservatives. and the left should still vote for the democrats
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As the single most important news story this year, I can't wait to see the detailed and central coverage this will get in every media outlet we have
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
As the single most important news story this year, I can't wait to see the detailed and central coverage this will get in every media outlet we have
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October 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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(not getting likes because my posts are Bad) there must have been a technical issue on bluesky's end that prevented a small number of new posts and accounts from getting indexed
hey folks, we've heard reports that some posts and accounts weren't showing up in search.
there was a technical issue on our end that prevented a small number of new posts and accounts from getting indexed.
we're backfilling the missing data now, and search results should return to normal soon.
there was a technical issue on our end that prevented a small number of new posts and accounts from getting indexed.
we're backfilling the missing data now, and search results should return to normal soon.
October 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
(not getting likes because my posts are Bad) there must have been a technical issue on bluesky's end that prevented a small number of new posts and accounts from getting indexed
Now *this* is late stage capitalism (or at least a late stage digital economy)
That people are now being paid handsomely to hate, is a huge, huge social problem. Regulation is desperately needed. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
October 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Now *this* is late stage capitalism (or at least a late stage digital economy)
In een rechtvaardige wereld hadden deze drie partijen samen een meerderheid.
Nee, je kijkt niet naar de nieuwe coalitie of de StemWijzer van Laurens: dit zijn de enige 3 partijen die binnen de grenzen van de rechtsstaat blijven.
De rechtstaat beschermt onze vrijheid, gelijkheid, democratie, mensenrechten én verdedigt ze als ze onder druk staan.
De rechtstaat beschermt onze vrijheid, gelijkheid, democratie, mensenrechten én verdedigt ze als ze onder druk staan.
October 20, 2025 at 10:29 AM
In een rechtvaardige wereld hadden deze drie partijen samen een meerderheid.
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Somehow I'm sure this will not you touch capital markets. But sure, let's "simplify" (deregulate) everything except the actual reason for slow economic growth.
www.politico.eu/article/eu-l...
www.politico.eu/article/eu-l...
EU leaders to double down on deregulation drive
Leaked document reveals top priorities for this month’s European Council summit.
www.politico.eu
October 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Somehow I'm sure this will not you touch capital markets. But sure, let's "simplify" (deregulate) everything except the actual reason for slow economic growth.
www.politico.eu/article/eu-l...
www.politico.eu/article/eu-l...
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Holy crap the @pemalevy.bsky.social interview is not to be missed. An eye-opening look at the Nazi-esque dual-state that SCOTUS is enabling
📻On this week’s show: @gregsargent.bsky.social on Stephen Miller’s plan to “sleepwalk” America into authoritarianism; @pemalevy.bsky.social on the highest court citing the "dual state;" & @jakelahut.writes.news on the rise of the Ellisons' tech-media dynasty. https://lnk.to/onthemedia/bluesky
October 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Holy crap the @pemalevy.bsky.social interview is not to be missed. An eye-opening look at the Nazi-esque dual-state that SCOTUS is enabling
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me more than four years ago
October 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
me more than four years ago
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Personally I prefer a society whose members feel some pressure to signal virtue over one where vice is continually rewarded
October 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Personally I prefer a society whose members feel some pressure to signal virtue over one where vice is continually rewarded
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It is morally wrong to want a computer to be sentient. If you owned a sentient thing, you would be a slaver. If you want sentient computers to exist, you just want to create a new kind of slavery. The ethics are as simple as that. Sorry if this offends
October 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
It is morally wrong to want a computer to be sentient. If you owned a sentient thing, you would be a slaver. If you want sentient computers to exist, you just want to create a new kind of slavery. The ethics are as simple as that. Sorry if this offends
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working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"
September 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"
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sorely tempted to have a full blown Reaganite tantrum about welfare queens about this
Joni Ernst: "Unfortunately, our farmers do need that assistance. They don't like it. They consider it welfare. They want trade, not aid. So we really need to see some of these new markets opening up around the globe ... but if there's anybody that can make a deal, it's President Trump."
October 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
sorely tempted to have a full blown Reaganite tantrum about welfare queens about this
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The thing about digital / physical ID cards is that so long as the best cybersecurity experts are creating a system that is correctly encrypted, stored, and protected, you have nothing to fear.
The question is actually whether the UK government has the funding to do this.
The question is actually whether the UK government has the funding to do this.
September 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The thing about digital / physical ID cards is that so long as the best cybersecurity experts are creating a system that is correctly encrypted, stored, and protected, you have nothing to fear.
The question is actually whether the UK government has the funding to do this.
The question is actually whether the UK government has the funding to do this.