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Courage. Conflict. Poisoned love. 🎭⚡🎶
Collide into timeless stories. Experience the unstoppable energy of the Orchestra, with conductor Alpesh Chauhan.
Hisaishi 🪄 Howl’s Moving Castle
Wagner ❤️️ Tristan und Isolde
Prokofiev ⚔️ Romeo and Juliet
Tickets are Free for Teens.
www.nyo.org.uk/performances
Collide into timeless stories. Experience the unstoppable energy of the Orchestra, with conductor Alpesh Chauhan.
Hisaishi 🪄 Howl’s Moving Castle
Wagner ❤️️ Tristan und Isolde
Prokofiev ⚔️ Romeo and Juliet
Tickets are Free for Teens.
www.nyo.org.uk/performances
February 4, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Courage. Conflict. Poisoned love. 🎭⚡🎶
Collide into timeless stories. Experience the unstoppable energy of the Orchestra, with conductor Alpesh Chauhan.
Hisaishi 🪄 Howl’s Moving Castle
Wagner ❤️️ Tristan und Isolde
Prokofiev ⚔️ Romeo and Juliet
Tickets are Free for Teens.
www.nyo.org.uk/performances
Collide into timeless stories. Experience the unstoppable energy of the Orchestra, with conductor Alpesh Chauhan.
Hisaishi 🪄 Howl’s Moving Castle
Wagner ❤️️ Tristan und Isolde
Prokofiev ⚔️ Romeo and Juliet
Tickets are Free for Teens.
www.nyo.org.uk/performances
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Not only has the Prime Minister confirmed he was aware of Mandelson's ongoing friendship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein before he was appointed Ambassador, it was actually flagged by official security vetting
BREAKING: “Can the PM tell us did the official security vetting he received mention Mandelson’s ongoing relationship with the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein?”
“Yes it did” Keir Starmer
PM confirms he was aware of Mandelson's ongoing friendship with Epstein before he was appointed Ambassador
“Yes it did” Keir Starmer
PM confirms he was aware of Mandelson's ongoing friendship with Epstein before he was appointed Ambassador
February 4, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Not only has the Prime Minister confirmed he was aware of Mandelson's ongoing friendship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein before he was appointed Ambassador, it was actually flagged by official security vetting
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Everything connected to Mandelson must now be under suspicion? Thiel and Palantir links must be reexamined. McSweeney must be investigated for his involvement with both Mandelson and Thiel.
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 12:45 PM
Everything connected to Mandelson must now be under suspicion? Thiel and Palantir links must be reexamined. McSweeney must be investigated for his involvement with both Mandelson and Thiel.
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People behaving ethically because they are afraid they will be punished if they don't is Good, Actually
February 3, 2026 at 1:27 PM
People behaving ethically because they are afraid they will be punished if they don't is Good, Actually
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Christopher Nolan has cast a Genovian as Penelope and a Bostonian as Odysseus. And they will be speaking English, a language that did not exist in antiquity. This whole production is pure chaos.
Forgive me, Jesus, because I genuinely deeply enjoy how perpetually unhappy and desolate these losers are.
February 3, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Christopher Nolan has cast a Genovian as Penelope and a Bostonian as Odysseus. And they will be speaking English, a language that did not exist in antiquity. This whole production is pure chaos.
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What gets written out of the story is that this is a success of student organising. Aspiring jazz musicians caring deeply about fairness and equal access in their chosen art form? And organising to prevent someone abusing their institutional power to air grievances? Say it ain't so.
February 2, 2026 at 12:38 PM
What gets written out of the story is that this is a success of student organising. Aspiring jazz musicians caring deeply about fairness and equal access in their chosen art form? And organising to prevent someone abusing their institutional power to air grievances? Say it ain't so.
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Good god. We've spent a decade with the British media - including the BBC - claiming that the 'gender critical' movement wanted to 'protect women and girls'.
And it turns out Jeffrey Epstein was funding part of it.
And it turns out Jeffrey Epstein was funding part of it.
I'm not being facetious. Epstein was apparently giving talking points to the people pushing anti trans rhetoric in the UK.
February 2, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Good god. We've spent a decade with the British media - including the BBC - claiming that the 'gender critical' movement wanted to 'protect women and girls'.
And it turns out Jeffrey Epstein was funding part of it.
And it turns out Jeffrey Epstein was funding part of it.
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It's been nearly 10 years, can we pls have clarity on what "Proper Brexit" means, especially if it really is just "everything we had before but we don't pay for it or extend the same rights to other members of the union".
January 31, 2026 at 7:57 AM
It's been nearly 10 years, can we pls have clarity on what "Proper Brexit" means, especially if it really is just "everything we had before but we don't pay for it or extend the same rights to other members of the union".
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I was expecting the last word to be Burial. Same thing, I suppose.
Daily Express: NOW YOU MUST GIVE BRITAIN A PROPER BREXIT #TomorrowsPapersToday
January 30, 2026 at 9:42 PM
I was expecting the last word to be Burial. Same thing, I suppose.
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You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
January 31, 2026 at 6:57 AM
You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
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This is the large domino, with the small domino being some random quack in the UK in 1998 trying to undermine the existing MMR vaccine so his business partner can swoop in with his own. Instead he lost his work credentials and now kids are dying needlessly all over the world, so great job everyone.
Austria loses its WHO status as measles-free, too, together with Armenia, Azerbaijan Uzbekistan and Spain. This comes as no surprise, considering the rise in numbers in recent years and the decline in MMR vaccine coverage
#VaccineHesitancy #PublicHealthImpact #AllChildrenNeedProtection
#VaccineHesitancy #PublicHealthImpact #AllChildrenNeedProtection
UK loses WHO status as measles-free after rise in deaths and fall in jab uptake
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
January 28, 2026 at 8:58 PM
This is the large domino, with the small domino being some random quack in the UK in 1998 trying to undermine the existing MMR vaccine so his business partner can swoop in with his own. Instead he lost his work credentials and now kids are dying needlessly all over the world, so great job everyone.
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My 7yo daughter’s best friends’ family fled the country a few weeks ago. Today she came home with a drawing of her and another friend blowing whistles at ICE agents.
“We’re blowing the whistles and so ICE will go away and our friends can come back,” she said.
I started sobbing uncontrollably.
“We’re blowing the whistles and so ICE will go away and our friends can come back,” she said.
I started sobbing uncontrollably.
January 30, 2026 at 5:30 AM
My 7yo daughter’s best friends’ family fled the country a few weeks ago. Today she came home with a drawing of her and another friend blowing whistles at ICE agents.
“We’re blowing the whistles and so ICE will go away and our friends can come back,” she said.
I started sobbing uncontrollably.
“We’re blowing the whistles and so ICE will go away and our friends can come back,” she said.
I started sobbing uncontrollably.
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It’s good to see the pernicious narrative that young men are the problem challenged
🚨🚨 NEW BLOGPOST 🚨🚨
The right wing should be worried about young men. Unlike Europe and the US, British young men are swinging wildly behind progressive parties. Some thoughts on why, and why most of the right are ignoring it.
open.substack.com/pub/joxleywr...
The right wing should be worried about young men. Unlike Europe and the US, British young men are swinging wildly behind progressive parties. Some thoughts on why, and why most of the right are ignoring it.
open.substack.com/pub/joxleywr...
The Revolt of the Young Men?
Britain's second wokest cohort might surprise you
open.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:59 AM
It’s good to see the pernicious narrative that young men are the problem challenged
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One thousand times this. There’s a tidal wave of online extremism on the horizon in most countries and, much as kids need protection online, it’s not them.
On almost everything – fraud, polarisation, radicalisation, misinformation – evidence suggests that over 60s are in much more urgent need of online protection and education than teenagers.
But that issue gets zero political attention, and is a total non-starter. Nothing good will come of it.
But that issue gets zero political attention, and is a total non-starter. Nothing good will come of it.
This was a minor story on London news this morning - but suspect is a real cautionary (and alarming) tale of an older man getting radicalised online.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 29, 2026 at 1:11 PM
One thousand times this. There’s a tidal wave of online extremism on the horizon in most countries and, much as kids need protection online, it’s not them.
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This is Minneapolis.
Collective trauma, and neighbors helping neighbors.
This is our 24/7 every day lives right now, not just a 10 second news clip.
Collective trauma, and neighbors helping neighbors.
This is our 24/7 every day lives right now, not just a 10 second news clip.
January 28, 2026 at 3:15 PM
This is Minneapolis.
Collective trauma, and neighbors helping neighbors.
This is our 24/7 every day lives right now, not just a 10 second news clip.
Collective trauma, and neighbors helping neighbors.
This is our 24/7 every day lives right now, not just a 10 second news clip.
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A 77% increase in immigration raids, 83% increase in arrests, coupled with undermining modern slavery protections and a call to remove basic ECHR rights from migrants.
If you think what is happening with ICE in the US can't happen here I have a bridge to sell you. 1/
www.gov.uk/government/n...
If you think what is happening with ICE in the US can't happen here I have a bridge to sell you. 1/
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Illegal working raids reach highest level in UK history
Enforcement raids skyrocket by 77% since the government came to power leading to an 83% increase in arrests.
www.gov.uk
January 28, 2026 at 9:45 AM
A 77% increase in immigration raids, 83% increase in arrests, coupled with undermining modern slavery protections and a call to remove basic ECHR rights from migrants.
If you think what is happening with ICE in the US can't happen here I have a bridge to sell you. 1/
www.gov.uk/government/n...
If you think what is happening with ICE in the US can't happen here I have a bridge to sell you. 1/
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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I hope there is at least one MP with the courage to ask the government to justify the frankly bizarre contracts being awarded to Palantir by HMG in health, justice and defence.
The NAO and Parliament need to get involved.
The NAO and Parliament need to get involved.
SCOOP: Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
WIRED obtained Slack conversations + an updated internal Palantir wiki defending the company's work for ICE to outraged workers.
More here:
www.wired.com/story/palant...
WIRED obtained Slack conversations + an updated internal Palantir wiki defending the company's work for ICE to outraged workers.
More here:
www.wired.com/story/palant...
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:35 PM
I hope there is at least one MP with the courage to ask the government to justify the frankly bizarre contracts being awarded to Palantir by HMG in health, justice and defence.
The NAO and Parliament need to get involved.
The NAO and Parliament need to get involved.
Somewhere, someone has already crafted a zero-day called Durin's Bane.
![Herman Yau, the Sunnyvale-based CEO of a facial-recognition smart door-lock startup, has taken the opposite approach. His company Durin (opens in new tab) (named for the riddle on the Doors of Durin in — you guessed it — Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings”), hopes to make smart doors affordable for non-mansion-havers, too. “We [want] to enable a new entry price point for security markets,” he said. Durin’s “door manager” costs $129 and is designed to retrofit to existing locks. “It’s much less friction to upgrade a lock than a door,” he said.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hakzua5btcgcfjye2yujlhos/bafkreicbysfygenmray5tx5kajfqjfdoufc5mr2acah5ib5732vor67wuy@jpeg)
January 26, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Somewhere, someone has already crafted a zero-day called Durin's Bane.
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When they tell you are, believe them.
Reform Councillor slammed after tweeting 'I stand with ICE' after fatal shooting of nurse Alex Pretti
Joseph Boam, 22, tweeted a graphic of the US Department of Homeland Security with the words 'I Stand With Ice' on Sunday afternoon.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/ice-...
Joseph Boam, 22, tweeted a graphic of the US Department of Homeland Security with the words 'I Stand With Ice' on Sunday afternoon.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/ice-...
Reform Councillor slammed after tweeting 'I stand with ICE' after fatal shooting of nurse Alex Pretti | LBC
A Reform councillor has sparked fury after showing support for ICE following the brutal shooting of nurse Alex Pretti.
www.lbc.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 7:27 PM
When they tell you are, believe them.
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Civilised people agree to disagree about state sanctioned warrantless execution.
Sorry to import this to bluesky but it was brought to my attention. Rosie Duffield, my MP, is truly morally bankrupt
January 26, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Civilised people agree to disagree about state sanctioned warrantless execution.
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Protests happen, but most of what is happening in Minneapolis isn’t protesting.
More accurate terms:
- observers
- witnesses
- volunteers
- neighbors
- residents
- people
More accurate terms:
- observers
- witnesses
- volunteers
- neighbors
- residents
- people
One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!
January 25, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Protests happen, but most of what is happening in Minneapolis isn’t protesting.
More accurate terms:
- observers
- witnesses
- volunteers
- neighbors
- residents
- people
More accurate terms:
- observers
- witnesses
- volunteers
- neighbors
- residents
- people
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Starmer needs to ditch McSweeney and craft a narrative for his government that appeals to Labour’s actual potential coalition - liberal, educated, urban, Remain-coded - as opposed to chasing working class voters with Diet Reform stylings.
Entirely unsurprising that Burnham has been blocked but probably increases the chances of a post-May challenge. Rayner has used this weekend to position herself well if she wants it.
January 25, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Starmer needs to ditch McSweeney and craft a narrative for his government that appeals to Labour’s actual potential coalition - liberal, educated, urban, Remain-coded - as opposed to chasing working class voters with Diet Reform stylings.