Matt "Winter is here"
@mattrobb.bsky.social
Politics, Education, Strategy, LFC and FF
No conspiracists, anti-vax, QAnon etc please.
No conspiracists, anti-vax, QAnon etc please.
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Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
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If you listen to other interviews, you will find that he is not exclusively criticising members of his own party. He is also mentioning Democrats in addition to Republicans. This represents only a fraction of his overall statements.
November 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
If you listen to other interviews, you will find that he is not exclusively criticising members of his own party. He is also mentioning Democrats in addition to Republicans. This represents only a fraction of his overall statements.
He's right. Corruption in the US is at epidemic levels
December 1, 2025 at 7:18 AM
He's right. Corruption in the US is at epidemic levels
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The VW brand is slashing production capacity in Germany by 40 per cent, shutting production lines for 734,000 vehicles.
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December 1, 2025 at 6:09 AM
The VW brand is slashing production capacity in Germany by 40 per cent, shutting production lines for 734,000 vehicles.
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Excellent post, well worth reading in full
Don't Panic: Britain is not broken. The UK can do better, but we shouldn't be too gloomy about things. If you look at the stats, there's a lot to be happy with (including how happy we are): adamcorlett.com/2025/11/30/d...
Don’t Panic: Britain is not broken – adamcorlett.com
adamcorlett.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Excellent post, well worth reading in full
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‘I have been defeated’: hundreds of Palestinians face eviction from East Jerusalem
‘I have been defeated’: hundreds of Palestinians face eviction from East Jerusalem
Residents in Batn al-Hawa have all but given up hope and blame the Gaza war which, they say, has created ‘an atmosphere of hate’ towards them
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:30 AM
‘I have been defeated’: hundreds of Palestinians face eviction from East Jerusalem
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So take this in. Straight from the NATO meeting after Russia’s attack Britain’s primary military town, Salisbury, Boris Johnson flew unofficially to party in Umbria with a former KGB officer working for the Kremlin.
Can anyone tell me how this has been forgotten?
It is Profumo on stilts
Can anyone tell me how this has been forgotten?
It is Profumo on stilts
November 30, 2025 at 4:45 AM
So take this in. Straight from the NATO meeting after Russia’s attack Britain’s primary military town, Salisbury, Boris Johnson flew unofficially to party in Umbria with a former KGB officer working for the Kremlin.
Can anyone tell me how this has been forgotten?
It is Profumo on stilts
Can anyone tell me how this has been forgotten?
It is Profumo on stilts
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2018: “Other passengers at the airport said that the then foreign secretary looked like “he had slept in his clothes”, struggling to walk in a straight line and telling other passengers he had had a heavy night.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Boris Johnson admits to private meeting with ex-KGB agent
Meeting with Alexander Lebedev in 2018 when Johnson was foreign secretary occurred during ‘weekend-long party’ in Italy
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:59 AM
2018: “Other passengers at the airport said that the then foreign secretary looked like “he had slept in his clothes”, struggling to walk in a straight line and telling other passengers he had had a heavy night.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Q: "A new WaPo report says that Secretary Hegseth called for everyone aboard the first suspected drug boat that was targeted to be killed when two people survived…with a follow-on strike."
Sen. Tim Kaine: "If that reporting is true it…rises to the level of a war crime."
Sen. Tim Kaine: "If that reporting is true it…rises to the level of a war crime."
November 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Q: "A new WaPo report says that Secretary Hegseth called for everyone aboard the first suspected drug boat that was targeted to be killed when two people survived…with a follow-on strike."
Sen. Tim Kaine: "If that reporting is true it…rises to the level of a war crime."
Sen. Tim Kaine: "If that reporting is true it…rises to the level of a war crime."
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Welker: "Will you deport people with pending asylum claims?"
Kristi Noem: "We will if they should be, absolutely."
Kristi Noem: "We will if they should be, absolutely."
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Welker: "Will you deport people with pending asylum claims?"
Kristi Noem: "We will if they should be, absolutely."
Kristi Noem: "We will if they should be, absolutely."
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Moldova says Russian drones entered its airspace again, posing aviation threat
www.reuters.com/world/moldov...
www.reuters.com/world/moldov...
Moldova says Russian drones entered its airspace again, posing aviation threat
Moldovan authorities said on Saturday that Russian drones had entered the country's airspace, posing a threat to aviation, in the third such incident in nine days.
www.reuters.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Moldova says Russian drones entered its airspace again, posing aviation threat
www.reuters.com/world/moldov...
www.reuters.com/world/moldov...
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This would be a clear war crime even against combatants in a declared war. Even at the platoon level, something even Hegseth could understand.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:28 PM
This would be a clear war crime even against combatants in a declared war. Even at the platoon level, something even Hegseth could understand.
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Populist Right: 'We're not racist, we just want immigrants to integrate & contribute.'
Immigrant gains BA, MA, works for charities, marries a 'Brit', becomes Brexit-supporting, lockdown-sceptic Tory MP, then Deputy Speaker of HoC.
Populist Right: 'People born abroad shouldn't be allowed to do this.'
Immigrant gains BA, MA, works for charities, marries a 'Brit', becomes Brexit-supporting, lockdown-sceptic Tory MP, then Deputy Speaker of HoC.
Populist Right: 'People born abroad shouldn't be allowed to do this.'
November 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Populist Right: 'We're not racist, we just want immigrants to integrate & contribute.'
Immigrant gains BA, MA, works for charities, marries a 'Brit', becomes Brexit-supporting, lockdown-sceptic Tory MP, then Deputy Speaker of HoC.
Populist Right: 'People born abroad shouldn't be allowed to do this.'
Immigrant gains BA, MA, works for charities, marries a 'Brit', becomes Brexit-supporting, lockdown-sceptic Tory MP, then Deputy Speaker of HoC.
Populist Right: 'People born abroad shouldn't be allowed to do this.'
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Another outcome for which the Kremlin worked, lest we forget. Described in "Road to Unfreedom."
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Another outcome for which the Kremlin worked, lest we forget. Described in "Road to Unfreedom."
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Tucker Carlson is a rightwing conspiracy theorist and Putin apologist who was sacked by FOX.... yes FOX
BUT The Spectator is happy to pay him to talk down our capital city... despite it thriving and crime falling.
Whose side are you on Mr Gove?
BUT The Spectator is happy to pay him to talk down our capital city... despite it thriving and crime falling.
Whose side are you on Mr Gove?
November 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Tucker Carlson is a rightwing conspiracy theorist and Putin apologist who was sacked by FOX.... yes FOX
BUT The Spectator is happy to pay him to talk down our capital city... despite it thriving and crime falling.
Whose side are you on Mr Gove?
BUT The Spectator is happy to pay him to talk down our capital city... despite it thriving and crime falling.
Whose side are you on Mr Gove?
Another set of replies essentially saying about an 88-year old woman, "fuck you, you're rich"
The mansion tax really did bring out the very worst in some people
The mansion tax really did bring out the very worst in some people
November 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Another set of replies essentially saying about an 88-year old woman, "fuck you, you're rich"
The mansion tax really did bring out the very worst in some people
The mansion tax really did bring out the very worst in some people
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This paragraph is both a glorious piece of journalism and a frustrating summary of the grifters who hoodwink the masses.
November 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This paragraph is both a glorious piece of journalism and a frustrating summary of the grifters who hoodwink the masses.
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🔴Alf Dubs Accuses Shabana Mahmood of ‘Letting the Country Down’ With Plans to Outdo Reform on Asylum
The veteran Labour peer and campaigner for child refugees tells Byline Times the Home Secretary’s plans are “bitterly disappointing coming from a Labour Government”
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
The veteran Labour peer and campaigner for child refugees tells Byline Times the Home Secretary’s plans are “bitterly disappointing coming from a Labour Government”
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
Alf Dubs Accuses Shabana Mahmood of 'Letting the Country Down' With Plans to Outdo Reform on Asylum
The veteran Labour peer and lifelong campaigner for child refugees, Alf Dubs, tells Byline Times that the Home Secretary's plans are "bitterly disappointing coming from a Labour Government"
bylinetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🔴Alf Dubs Accuses Shabana Mahmood of ‘Letting the Country Down’ With Plans to Outdo Reform on Asylum
The veteran Labour peer and campaigner for child refugees tells Byline Times the Home Secretary’s plans are “bitterly disappointing coming from a Labour Government”
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
The veteran Labour peer and campaigner for child refugees tells Byline Times the Home Secretary’s plans are “bitterly disappointing coming from a Labour Government”
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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In other shocking news, adjascent apples in same barrel also appear brownish.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
PS I know it shouldn't surprise me, but OF COURSE he lives in France.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
PS I know it shouldn't surprise me, but OF COURSE he lives in France.
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 AM
In other shocking news, adjascent apples in same barrel also appear brownish.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
PS I know it shouldn't surprise me, but OF COURSE he lives in France.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
PS I know it shouldn't surprise me, but OF COURSE he lives in France.
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The U.S. military strikes on Caribbean “drug boats” under the Trump regime amount to extrajudicial killings with no public evidence — no due process, no verified proof these people were trafficking drugs, just bombs and bodies. At least 80+ dead so far.
November 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The U.S. military strikes on Caribbean “drug boats” under the Trump regime amount to extrajudicial killings with no public evidence — no due process, no verified proof these people were trafficking drugs, just bombs and bodies. At least 80+ dead so far.
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One of the world’s greatest news organisations has been brought to the brink of meltdown by… what, exactly? Three hours of MPs questions revealed nothing to write home about, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.
A firestorm has ripped through the BBC—but no one will say why
Called before MPs, none of the characters who supposedly see so much wrong with the corporation would make a case for institutional bias
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
One of the world’s greatest news organisations has been brought to the brink of meltdown by… what, exactly? Three hours of MPs questions revealed nothing to write home about, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.
Interesting thread
Lots of people clearly just don't care about people who are wealthier than them
Which is fine, but it does beg the question: why should wealthier people care about you?
Lots of people clearly just don't care about people who are wealthier than them
Which is fine, but it does beg the question: why should wealthier people care about you?
the next couple of days are going to see a hell of a lot of "the rich declare themselves poor"
November 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Interesting thread
Lots of people clearly just don't care about people who are wealthier than them
Which is fine, but it does beg the question: why should wealthier people care about you?
Lots of people clearly just don't care about people who are wealthier than them
Which is fine, but it does beg the question: why should wealthier people care about you?
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The black hole in Durham County Council’s budget has grown by £11.1mn in the past two months under the control of Reform UK.
Its cabinet has been forced to approve a £10mn list of cuts.
Its cabinet has been forced to approve a £10mn list of cuts.
Reform cabinet backs £10mn cuts to start filling Durham’s growing black hole
Reform is now learning that running a big council is not as easy as it probably thought
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The black hole in Durham County Council’s budget has grown by £11.1mn in the past two months under the control of Reform UK.
Its cabinet has been forced to approve a £10mn list of cuts.
Its cabinet has been forced to approve a £10mn list of cuts.