Good morning, somehow this has only just come up on my instagram but it’s well worth 30 seconds of your time.

On the policy level - hearing from the very few people I know in that world, the corporate lobbying is as fierce as I have seen. Just an absolute firehose of cash being sprayed against regulation there.

Very good news from the east of Germany, where the far-right (AfD) has its strongest base - the AfD got soundly defeated in two mayoral elections, in places where they were trying to use the presence of people seeking asylum as a decisive issue. Many voters rejected that outlook. That's hopeful.

What the Twitter takeover did so effectively was fracture the way we get our news. If, for example, I want to get in-depth updates on Sudan I still check in with Twitter as that's where a lot of the biggest accounts are. There's no one-stop shop anymore.

The return of the hostages is beyond wonderful news. If they are all home, and no bombs fall tonight, that is all that matters for now.

Last night I heard of another friend of a friend who has been lost to a rabbit hole of online propaganda. We need to start treating this as a serious public health concern.

whole thing is even worse than the headline when you think about what 'play' means here

“I’m just as concerned for you! Don’t worry about me! It would seem we are in this together and will have to rise above it. Otherwise keep in close touch and we’ll play some more soon!!!!”"

Ok, update, this person DELETED THEIR ACCOUNT rather than acknowledge the fact that they accidentally posted an AI video and just go ‘my bad’.

A well followed account that was being used for professional stuff.

People are *fascinating*.

Vor einer Woche hatte ich mich mit meinem Vater zum allsonntäglichen Videoanruf verabredet. Nun ist er nicht mehr auf der Welt.

Wenn ihr jemanden lieb habt, sagt es ihnen. Wenn ihr jemandem dankbar seid, sagt es ihnen. Wenn ihr Zeit mit teuren Anderen verbringen könnt, tut es.

Life is short.

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“The situation has gone beyond disaster and genocide inside the city, and the world remains silent.”

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Populism was never the issue

The issue was calling far-right politics "populism" which was not only inaccurate but euphemised and legitimised them as a so-called alternative to the status (while they aim to take the worst of it and push it further)

Yes, I'll keep banging on about this

Berliners, get involved! Lovely club.

Good man. Dont back down. Don't let these thugs intimidate you.

Oh I am just so sorry. Sending you love and strength X

this is sociopathic behaviour and I think we need to treat it as such! just because something has become easy to do doesn't mean it has become less creepy, or more acceptable!

WELL THEN IT'S NOT MEANINGFUL IS IT, NICK www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

“The situation has gone beyond disaster and genocide inside the city, and the world remains silent.”

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Women still dating men even though men act like this is the ultimate proof that sexuality isn't a choice.

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...

They all look like they’ve just bumped into the demon they sold their soul to.

this man's name is written in the book of life