DMHardc
@dmhardcc.bsky.social
Interested in everything. Gen X, further left than you think, exhausted. 🇯🇲🇬🇧
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Mandelson?
Now do Palantir. And Brexit.
Now do Palantir. And Brexit.
February 4, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Mandelson?
Now do Palantir. And Brexit.
Now do Palantir. And Brexit.
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That‘s the spirit.
February 5, 2026 at 10:46 AM
That‘s the spirit.
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Just thinking of all the activists who warned us about every single second of the current reality for absolutely years in advance.
February 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Just thinking of all the activists who warned us about every single second of the current reality for absolutely years in advance.
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Eric Huntley, who has died aged 96, was the co-founder with his wife, Jessica, of the radical publishing house Bogle L’Ouverture, set up in London in 1968 to showcase black writing talent.
Eric Huntley obituary
Activist and co-founder of Bogle-L’Ouverture, one of the most important black publishing houses in Britain
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Eric Huntley, who has died aged 96, was the co-founder with his wife, Jessica, of the radical publishing house Bogle L’Ouverture, set up in London in 1968 to showcase black writing talent.
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Get Palantir out of the NHS
https://notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-target/stop-palantir-in-the-nhs/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=PalantirNHS&utm_medium=social_media
https://notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-target/stop-palantir-in-the-nhs/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=PalantirNHS&utm_medium=social_media
Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org
February 5, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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My latest book “SUSPENSION” - a murder/mystery thriller set in Bristol will be available in paperback, hardback and ebook from 27/02/26.
March 2020. The pandemic is about to send the world into a state of suspension - and a murderer is poised to stalk the abandoned streets of Bristol…
March 2020. The pandemic is about to send the world into a state of suspension - and a murderer is poised to stalk the abandoned streets of Bristol…
February 5, 2026 at 4:41 PM
My latest book “SUSPENSION” - a murder/mystery thriller set in Bristol will be available in paperback, hardback and ebook from 27/02/26.
March 2020. The pandemic is about to send the world into a state of suspension - and a murderer is poised to stalk the abandoned streets of Bristol…
March 2020. The pandemic is about to send the world into a state of suspension - and a murderer is poised to stalk the abandoned streets of Bristol…
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Cheering when someone drops a glass in a pub.
Can someone tell me - aside from tea, dogs and queueing - what "core British values" are?
Keir Starmer attacks the racism of Reform and Matt Goodwin but then adds that "Britain has also been let down by a mindset on the left of politics that is too slow to defend core British values"
February 5, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Cheering when someone drops a glass in a pub.
Buy this, if there are any left. As the man says, sometimes the only way to reach across the aisle is with a jab, jab, cross.
I wrote a pamphlet called Hope Must Be Held In A Clenched Fist. It’s limited to 1000 copies. It’s about hope and fear, the emboldening of the far right and the need for direct action. Buy it here www.nikesh-shukla.com/store
February 5, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Buy this, if there are any left. As the man says, sometimes the only way to reach across the aisle is with a jab, jab, cross.
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Seriously: reading, talking, reading about what was said & talking about what was read. It’s the only way any critical faculties were ever built in my brain.✊
February 4, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Seriously: reading, talking, reading about what was said & talking about what was read. It’s the only way any critical faculties were ever built in my brain.✊
I cannot recommend listening to this man highly enough. This is what human beings are. Why the F are we allowing the world to be run by the very very worst of us
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 11:01 PM
I cannot recommend listening to this man highly enough. This is what human beings are. Why the F are we allowing the world to be run by the very very worst of us
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If Mandelson is being investigated for his Epstein connections, he must also be investigated for his Thiel connections, because they ran a joint fund when Mandelson fixed Starmer's visit to Palantir
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...
'Peter Mandelson's Fixing of Keir Starmer’s Visit to Spytech Firm Palantir Raises Serious Questions'
Palantir was represented by a lobbying firm founded by Mandelson, Iain Overton and Max Colbert report
bylinetimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:41 PM
If Mandelson is being investigated for his Epstein connections, he must also be investigated for his Thiel connections, because they ran a joint fund when Mandelson fixed Starmer's visit to Palantir
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...
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We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
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It’s the Greens vs a group of people endorsed by Epstein.
Remember that.
Remember that.
We have 400 volunteers on the streets of Gorton and Denton today.
Labour are out of it. It's Greens vs Reform.
Lower bills, tax the rich, protect the NHS. We will win.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclus...
Labour are out of it. It's Greens vs Reform.
Lower bills, tax the rich, protect the NHS. We will win.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclus...
Exclusive: Zack Polanski Accuses Nigel Farage Of 'Running Scared' Of Head-To-Head Debate
The Reform leader said "if you pick a fight which a chimney sweep you get covered in soot".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 1:49 PM
It’s the Greens vs a group of people endorsed by Epstein.
Remember that.
Remember that.
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whoever figures out a way to bundle independent journalism subscriptions will be a hero
i know that this is an unpopular take, but everyone starting their own newsletter as a revenue stream is not a sustainable model for writing and reporting or for people who love and want to pay for media.
A lot of people cannot just start a paid newsletter or become freelancers to sustain their careers. The sports, metro, and international desks did work that requires *team* resources, like legal checks, documents, access to archives, and long-term beat experience.
February 4, 2026 at 8:05 PM
whoever figures out a way to bundle independent journalism subscriptions will be a hero
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Ah, Anthropic, the company that pirated four of my books and which should have been sued into bankruptcy.
Anthropic’s Super Bowl ad which criticizes AI chatbots that run ads (aka ChatGPT) just dropped. They aren’t pulling any punches and I love the song choice.
February 4, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Ah, Anthropic, the company that pirated four of my books and which should have been sued into bankruptcy.
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Former speechwriter for Bush the Younger and Senior Editor at The Atlantic:
February 4, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Former speechwriter for Bush the Younger and Senior Editor at The Atlantic:
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always bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
February 4, 2026 at 3:04 PM
always bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post
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If you buy Susan Stranks Big Ideas Book for thoughts on how to radically decentre the nuclear family & reimagine networks of care, or ideas on abolishing the carceral system, you’ll be disappointed.
However, if you’re seeking heaps of things to make from leaves, wool & paper plates then jackpot baby
However, if you’re seeking heaps of things to make from leaves, wool & paper plates then jackpot baby
February 4, 2026 at 12:48 PM
If you buy Susan Stranks Big Ideas Book for thoughts on how to radically decentre the nuclear family & reimagine networks of care, or ideas on abolishing the carceral system, you’ll be disappointed.
However, if you’re seeking heaps of things to make from leaves, wool & paper plates then jackpot baby
However, if you’re seeking heaps of things to make from leaves, wool & paper plates then jackpot baby
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Unlike Canada, Europe is actually taking steps to secure its digital autonomy.
This one stood out: “The Austrian military said it has also switched to LibreOffice, a software package with word processor, spreadsheet and presentation programs that mirrors Microsoft 365’s Word, Excel and PowerPoint.”
This one stood out: “The Austrian military said it has also switched to LibreOffice, a software package with word processor, spreadsheet and presentation programs that mirrors Microsoft 365’s Word, Excel and PowerPoint.”
France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the U.S.
Around Europe, governments and institutions are seeking to reduce their use of digital services from U.S. Big Tech companies and turning to domestic or free alternatives.
www.thestar.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Unlike Canada, Europe is actually taking steps to secure its digital autonomy.
This one stood out: “The Austrian military said it has also switched to LibreOffice, a software package with word processor, spreadsheet and presentation programs that mirrors Microsoft 365’s Word, Excel and PowerPoint.”
This one stood out: “The Austrian military said it has also switched to LibreOffice, a software package with word processor, spreadsheet and presentation programs that mirrors Microsoft 365’s Word, Excel and PowerPoint.”
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Streeting is very keen for you to be aware that he has absolutely zero political intuition or insight, does not understand the inner workings of his own party, is easily hoodwinked by people smarter than himself, has never read a newspaper, would probably chase an imaginary stick you mimed throwing.
Wes Streeting saying on Today that Mandelson is ‘not the man we thought he was’ but the trouble is, he is exactly the man we thought, just on a much worse scale than almost anyone thought. And there is an alternative world where none of this is this govt’s problem, because they never gave him a job
February 4, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Streeting is very keen for you to be aware that he has absolutely zero political intuition or insight, does not understand the inner workings of his own party, is easily hoodwinked by people smarter than himself, has never read a newspaper, would probably chase an imaginary stick you mimed throwing.
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is that honesty about his alleged racism, his relationship with Russian asset Nathan Gill, or where his crypto money is coming from, Laura, is that the honesty you mean
Laura Kuenssberg "On occasion, he is quite unlike other politicians, with flashes of honesty you wouldn't hear from others".
BBC News - Inside Reform: Laura Kuenssberg follows Farage's party as it experiences the glare of scrutiny - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Inside Reform: Laura Kuenssberg follows Farage's party as it experiences the glare of scrutiny - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Inside Reform: Laura Kuenssberg follows Farage's party as it experiences the glare of scrutiny
The BBC has spent time interviewing senior figures and witnessing Reform's work at the largest council it runs.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 9:22 AM
is that honesty about his alleged racism, his relationship with Russian asset Nathan Gill, or where his crypto money is coming from, Laura, is that the honesty you mean
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Is this bit news, or did everyone always know McSweeney was Peter’s boy, taking his instructions? Did they know it when they were repeating drivel they were sent by Morgan in the secret wrecking campaign of 2018? Did they know this when they were talking up Sir Keir’s leadership campaign, or in 2024
February 4, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Is this bit news, or did everyone always know McSweeney was Peter’s boy, taking his instructions? Did they know it when they were repeating drivel they were sent by Morgan in the secret wrecking campaign of 2018? Did they know this when they were talking up Sir Keir’s leadership campaign, or in 2024
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Hot Take 2: if this is Mandelson's position, there is no reason for him not to issue a statement to this effect. If he has not issued a statement to this effect, the BBC's "understanding" of his actual position may be inaccurate. Stop letting people play this game.
February 4, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Hot Take 2: if this is Mandelson's position, there is no reason for him not to issue a statement to this effect. If he has not issued a statement to this effect, the BBC's "understanding" of his actual position may be inaccurate. Stop letting people play this game.
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Bloomberg never allowed us to run this kind of flannel (in my time there) and the result was that I discovered the incredible power of saying: "... and that denial is on the record? Oh, it's not. Ok, well come back to us when it is."
February 4, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Bloomberg never allowed us to run this kind of flannel (in my time there) and the result was that I discovered the incredible power of saying: "... and that denial is on the record? Oh, it's not. Ok, well come back to us when it is."
This occurred to me the first time I travelled to work in a first class carriage (a GWR special offer). I got off the train at Paddington and I felt like nothing had actually happened to me, I’d just sat down in a comfortable chair and read my book while looking out of the window. Zero stress.
If you talk with the most down-to-earth, level-headed multi-millionaires, you see it taking form: So much invisible friction has been removed from their lives in ways great & small that they don't even see, so with best intentions they feel like they can still relate to common folks, but they can't.
If you have a billion dollars or more, you are evil. You don't start out as evil, so it's not like only evil people ever get a billion dollars; it's just that being a billionaire forced you to make a choice, be evil or change how you do things and stop being a billionaire. Billionaires choose evil.
February 4, 2026 at 1:23 PM
This occurred to me the first time I travelled to work in a first class carriage (a GWR special offer). I got off the train at Paddington and I felt like nothing had actually happened to me, I’d just sat down in a comfortable chair and read my book while looking out of the window. Zero stress.