Chris Shaw
@chrisdshaw.bsky.social
Recovering Louisiana logger. Norn Iron. Economics. Politics. Tech. Househead forever, at least until I die.
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I'm not sure I could ever forgive this government if it allows the BBC World Service to die
And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:28 PM
I'm not sure I could ever forgive this government if it allows the BBC World Service to die
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My brother Garry has dementia and is currently lost somewhere in the Chester area. If anyone should spot him please call the police on 999. We'd appreciate reposts. @shitchester.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
My brother Garry has dementia and is currently lost somewhere in the Chester area. If anyone should spot him please call the police on 999. We'd appreciate reposts. @shitchester.bsky.social
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Meta is putting a "Name Tag" feature in Ray-Bans - facial recognition through the glasses' camera. You look at someone, AI tells you who they are.
In an internal document, the company wrote that the timing is good because civil society groups are busy with politics and won't cause problems.
In an internal document, the company wrote that the timing is good because civil society groups are busy with politics and won't cause problems.
February 14, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Meta is putting a "Name Tag" feature in Ray-Bans - facial recognition through the glasses' camera. You look at someone, AI tells you who they are.
In an internal document, the company wrote that the timing is good because civil society groups are busy with politics and won't cause problems.
In an internal document, the company wrote that the timing is good because civil society groups are busy with politics and won't cause problems.
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Not sure if Man United owner Jim Ratcliffe will see this being as he literally migrated to Monaco to avoid paying tax in the UK, but we wanted to put this up outside the stadium anyway….
📍 Old Trafford, Matt Busby Way
📍 Old Trafford, Matt Busby Way
February 13, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Not sure if Man United owner Jim Ratcliffe will see this being as he literally migrated to Monaco to avoid paying tax in the UK, but we wanted to put this up outside the stadium anyway….
📍 Old Trafford, Matt Busby Way
📍 Old Trafford, Matt Busby Way
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- Today is my Birthday!
I have autism and I officially
turn 29 years old. I would like
to receive lots of birthday wishes
from people around the world!
please Share/Like! to help
make my birthday
wish come true! ❤️
I have autism and I officially
turn 29 years old. I would like
to receive lots of birthday wishes
from people around the world!
please Share/Like! to help
make my birthday
wish come true! ❤️
February 10, 2026 at 8:07 PM
- Today is my Birthday!
I have autism and I officially
turn 29 years old. I would like
to receive lots of birthday wishes
from people around the world!
please Share/Like! to help
make my birthday
wish come true! ❤️
I have autism and I officially
turn 29 years old. I would like
to receive lots of birthday wishes
from people around the world!
please Share/Like! to help
make my birthday
wish come true! ❤️
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happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
Let’s clarify this.
Steven Bannon takes Epstein‘s money to fund far right activities in Europe which Nigel Farage attends & benefits from but the UK media have decided that this isn’t worth mentioning or investigating.
Steven Bannon takes Epstein‘s money to fund far right activities in Europe which Nigel Farage attends & benefits from but the UK media have decided that this isn’t worth mentioning or investigating.
February 3, 2026 at 7:16 AM
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President Trump is threatening to sue Trevor Noah over a joke at last night's Grammy Awards, saying that Noah's crack claiming he visited Jeffrey Epstein's island was "false and defamatory."
Trump threatens to sue Trevor Noah over joke about Epstein's island
President Donald Trump called the joke, which Noah made at last night's Grammy Awards, "false and defamatory," again insisting he has never visited Jeffrey Epstein's island.
www.nbcnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:11 PM
President Trump is threatening to sue Trevor Noah over a joke at last night's Grammy Awards, saying that Noah's crack claiming he visited Jeffrey Epstein's island was "false and defamatory."
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I won’t stop reporting the truth. The First Amendment is the bedrock of our democracy, and I’ll continue to fight to protect it 🤝🏾🇺🇸
January 31, 2026 at 4:40 AM
I won’t stop reporting the truth. The First Amendment is the bedrock of our democracy, and I’ll continue to fight to protect it 🤝🏾🇺🇸
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Matt Goodwin and the end of England
How one man's career explains our public life.
open.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:56 PM
As the Department of Homeland Security has made clear, ICE will be in attendance at World Cup matches in the summer. How can nations possibly take part, if they can’t guarantee their fans’ safety?
January 29, 2026 at 5:41 AM
As the Department of Homeland Security has made clear, ICE will be in attendance at World Cup matches in the summer. How can nations possibly take part, if they can’t guarantee their fans’ safety?
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REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”
January 28, 2026 at 1:47 AM
REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”
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1/ Others have pointed this out, but there are massive hidden costs in terms of effort and contingency planning to all the Trump threats that never materialize because he never meant them, TACO'd, got talked out of it, or got distracted.
I wanted to talk about why by explaining risk mitigation.
I wanted to talk about why by explaining risk mitigation.
January 24, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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In October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi.
He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael.
At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk.
Wael died on Friday at age 30.
ICE caused his death.
They didn’t get to say goodbye.
He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael.
At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk.
Wael died on Friday at age 30.
ICE caused his death.
They didn’t get to say goodbye.
Disabled son of ICE detainee dies after 30 days of hospitalization
It had been months since Wael Tarabishi seen his father. The family is calling on ICE to release Maher Tarabishi so he may attend his son's funeral.
www.wfaa.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:01 AM
In October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi.
He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael.
At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk.
Wael died on Friday at age 30.
ICE caused his death.
They didn’t get to say goodbye.
He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael.
At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk.
Wael died on Friday at age 30.
ICE caused his death.
They didn’t get to say goodbye.
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Video shows Israeli settlers, along with Israeli soldiers, assaulting Bedouin Palestinians in the northern Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank.
January 20, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Video shows Israeli settlers, along with Israeli soldiers, assaulting Bedouin Palestinians in the northern Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank.
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Bari Weiss, apparently, is pursuing the “de-Baathification of CBS.”
The New Yorker is out with a profile of Bari Weiss. There's a notable quote attributed to "sources close to Weiss and Ellison" saying "readily realizes and admits that she was not as knowledgeable as she should have been about the timing of the marketing and promo process at '60 Minutes.'"
Inside Bari Weiss’s Hostile Takeover of CBS News
The network’s new editor-in-chief has championed a press free from élite bias, while aligning herself with a billionaire class more willing than ever to indulge Donald Trump.
www.newyorker.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Bari Weiss, apparently, is pursuing the “de-Baathification of CBS.”
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⚡Urgent request for vehicles from the front!
- 114th Brigade, UAV Company - 153rd Brigade, Short-Range Air Defense Battery
Less known than other brigades, forgotten by many. But same courage and bravery, standing for all of us.
🎯: $20 800
🅿🅿: [email protected]
Pls RT
- 114th Brigade, UAV Company - 153rd Brigade, Short-Range Air Defense Battery
Less known than other brigades, forgotten by many. But same courage and bravery, standing for all of us.
🎯: $20 800
🅿🅿: [email protected]
Pls RT
January 18, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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No, Justin Webb, Donald Trump does not now have the Nobel Peace Prize, he has the medal! Unbelievable bullshit far-right acquiescence from #bbcnews. Enough to scare me off @6music.bsky.social in case I catch “all the latest”
January 16, 2026 at 7:38 AM
No, Justin Webb, Donald Trump does not now have the Nobel Peace Prize, he has the medal! Unbelievable bullshit far-right acquiescence from #bbcnews. Enough to scare me off @6music.bsky.social in case I catch “all the latest”
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Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
Good Lord! They're ramping it up to provoke a conflict that will give them the excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act.
‘Hundreds’ more agents head to Minnesota, homeland security secretary says ft.trib.al/hGvVoVY
‘Hundreds’ more agents head to Minnesota, homeland security secretary says
Increased federal enforcement in state follows widespread protests after ICE officer killed woman in her car
ft.trib.al
January 11, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Good Lord! They're ramping it up to provoke a conflict that will give them the excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act.
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If I was advising the EU—and I 100% should be—my advice is that you prepare three sets of sanction packages:
1. Deliberate targeting of personal/corporate assets of Trump, Musk, Andressen, Sacks, etc like they’re Russian oligarchs by doing stuff like seizing Gigafactory Berlin. This gets used first.
1. Deliberate targeting of personal/corporate assets of Trump, Musk, Andressen, Sacks, etc like they’re Russian oligarchs by doing stuff like seizing Gigafactory Berlin. This gets used first.
January 11, 2026 at 5:51 PM
If I was advising the EU—and I 100% should be—my advice is that you prepare three sets of sanction packages:
1. Deliberate targeting of personal/corporate assets of Trump, Musk, Andressen, Sacks, etc like they’re Russian oligarchs by doing stuff like seizing Gigafactory Berlin. This gets used first.
1. Deliberate targeting of personal/corporate assets of Trump, Musk, Andressen, Sacks, etc like they’re Russian oligarchs by doing stuff like seizing Gigafactory Berlin. This gets used first.