Mike Blakeney
@mikeblakeney.bsky.social
Public affairs. Politics. Labour. Have opinions, unfortunately.
@jay.bsky.team @bsky.app I love the app and send this from a position of supporting your work.
Please don’t describe these kinds of trends as “hot”.
Please don’t describe these kinds of trends as “hot”.
May 22, 2025 at 6:34 AM
@jay.bsky.team @bsky.app I love the app and send this from a position of supporting your work.
Please don’t describe these kinds of trends as “hot”.
Please don’t describe these kinds of trends as “hot”.
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From the guy suing advertisers for not wanting their brand associated with his platform.
February 25, 2025 at 9:32 AM
From the guy suing advertisers for not wanting their brand associated with his platform.
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The whole thing with USAID and NED has really demonstrated to me how many people are detached from reality, and how they create elaborate fantasies about organisations and individuals they don't like based on each others' delusional thinking.
February 13, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The whole thing with USAID and NED has really demonstrated to me how many people are detached from reality, and how they create elaborate fantasies about organisations and individuals they don't like based on each others' delusional thinking.
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We reported over the weekend on a network of fake companies that tried to steal a Ukrainian gold mine. Some of the trails lead to the KGB and apocalypse cults, and that's way beyond our little think tank.
Here's a list for any journalists/OSINT people wanting to pick it up:
Here's a list for any journalists/OSINT people wanting to pick it up:
February 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
We reported over the weekend on a network of fake companies that tried to steal a Ukrainian gold mine. Some of the trails lead to the KGB and apocalypse cults, and that's way beyond our little think tank.
Here's a list for any journalists/OSINT people wanting to pick it up:
Here's a list for any journalists/OSINT people wanting to pick it up:
Someone should tell him that none of these countries do much refining, so good luck making planes with rocks
🇨🇦⚠️🇺🇸 Canadian PM Trudeau told executives gathered at an economic summit that he believes Trump’s desire to annex the northern nation “is a real thing” due to its abundance of critical minerals, - Bloomberg
February 8, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Someone should tell him that none of these countries do much refining, so good luck making planes with rocks
Can we stop giving this stupid Doomsday Clock credibility.
During the Cuban Missile Crisis - when the only thing that stopped nuclear war was one dude on a boat vetoing two colleagues* - the clock was 7 minutes to midnight.
Yet today it's somehow far closer at 89 seconds to midnight?
During the Cuban Missile Crisis - when the only thing that stopped nuclear war was one dude on a boat vetoing two colleagues* - the clock was 7 minutes to midnight.
Yet today it's somehow far closer at 89 seconds to midnight?
January 29, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Can we stop giving this stupid Doomsday Clock credibility.
During the Cuban Missile Crisis - when the only thing that stopped nuclear war was one dude on a boat vetoing two colleagues* - the clock was 7 minutes to midnight.
Yet today it's somehow far closer at 89 seconds to midnight?
During the Cuban Missile Crisis - when the only thing that stopped nuclear war was one dude on a boat vetoing two colleagues* - the clock was 7 minutes to midnight.
Yet today it's somehow far closer at 89 seconds to midnight?
Middle Eastern and Asian nations are subsidising airlines and airports to the end of the earth pursuing global hub status.
Britain had a global hub airport by accident and is losing it through inaction.
Heathrow expansion is no brainer. In fact it's the bare minimum.
Britain had a global hub airport by accident and is losing it through inaction.
Heathrow expansion is no brainer. In fact it's the bare minimum.
January 29, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Middle Eastern and Asian nations are subsidising airlines and airports to the end of the earth pursuing global hub status.
Britain had a global hub airport by accident and is losing it through inaction.
Heathrow expansion is no brainer. In fact it's the bare minimum.
Britain had a global hub airport by accident and is losing it through inaction.
Heathrow expansion is no brainer. In fact it's the bare minimum.
So Microsoft added a Copilot button to my task bar against my will, and although that button remains on my taskbar, they now they have disabled it and replaced it with a hyperlink to Copilot that only opens in Edge.
Are they actually this dumb
Are they actually this dumb
January 16, 2025 at 8:35 AM
So Microsoft added a Copilot button to my task bar against my will, and although that button remains on my taskbar, they now they have disabled it and replaced it with a hyperlink to Copilot that only opens in Edge.
Are they actually this dumb
Are they actually this dumb
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UK bond rates falling pretty fast today as
- inflation lower than expected (+expected interest rate cuts)
- US rates also falling
Useful corrective to some of the breathless "market believes X" reporting over past week
- inflation lower than expected (+expected interest rate cuts)
- US rates also falling
Useful corrective to some of the breathless "market believes X" reporting over past week
January 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
UK bond rates falling pretty fast today as
- inflation lower than expected (+expected interest rate cuts)
- US rates also falling
Useful corrective to some of the breathless "market believes X" reporting over past week
- inflation lower than expected (+expected interest rate cuts)
- US rates also falling
Useful corrective to some of the breathless "market believes X" reporting over past week
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YouGov update
Views of Elon Musk
19% Favourable
64% unfavourable
Views of X platform
16% Favourable
61% unfavourable
Was Musk buying Twitter
Good 10%
Bad 47%
Neither 17%
Views of Elon Musk
19% Favourable
64% unfavourable
Views of X platform
16% Favourable
61% unfavourable
Was Musk buying Twitter
Good 10%
Bad 47%
Neither 17%
January 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
YouGov update
Views of Elon Musk
19% Favourable
64% unfavourable
Views of X platform
16% Favourable
61% unfavourable
Was Musk buying Twitter
Good 10%
Bad 47%
Neither 17%
Views of Elon Musk
19% Favourable
64% unfavourable
Views of X platform
16% Favourable
61% unfavourable
Was Musk buying Twitter
Good 10%
Bad 47%
Neither 17%
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A lot of rich parents are very upset at the government for charging VAT on private school fees. Maybe they should instead ask why private schools have put up fees so far above inflation over the past 15 years. www.ft.com/content/852b...
December 30, 2024 at 10:17 AM
A lot of rich parents are very upset at the government for charging VAT on private school fees. Maybe they should instead ask why private schools have put up fees so far above inflation over the past 15 years. www.ft.com/content/852b...
I do not follow Andrew Tate on Twitter. I do not interact with him. I do not read his Tweets.
Why am I receiving this push notification?!
Why am I receiving this push notification?!
December 27, 2024 at 10:50 AM
I do not follow Andrew Tate on Twitter. I do not interact with him. I do not read his Tweets.
Why am I receiving this push notification?!
Why am I receiving this push notification?!
Russian Government in a few days: “this was an air to air missile fires by Ukrainian F-15s.”
✈️🇦🇿 Azerbaijani government sources have exclusively confirmed to Euronews on Thursday that a Russian surface-to-air missile caused the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Aktau on Wednesday.
❗️The missile was fired at Flight 8432 during a drone air activity above Grozny.
❗️The missile was fired at Flight 8432 during a drone air activity above Grozny.
December 26, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Russian Government in a few days: “this was an air to air missile fires by Ukrainian F-15s.”
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And we all thought the mini budget was unforgivable...
December 25, 2024 at 12:29 PM
And we all thought the mini budget was unforgivable...
Thanks @octopus.energy, he loves it!
December 4, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Thanks @octopus.energy, he loves it!
And presumably.. resign?
🇰🇷🚫 South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol said he will lift martial law at a cabinet meeting, - Yonhap
December 3, 2024 at 7:59 PM
And presumably.. resign?
Fifty. Million. Pounds.
Rwanda asylum scheme spent £50m on flights that never took off, data reveals
Rwanda asylum scheme spent £50m on flights that never took off, data reveals
Home Secretary says £700m scheme did not result in a single deportation or stop any boats crossing the Channel
A failed Conservative plan to send people seeking asylum to Rwanda spent £50m on flights that never took off, new figures disclose.
The Home…
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Fifty. Million. Pounds.
“I’m not sexist, the problem is menopausal women.” Says the man who definitely isn’t sexist.
Gregg Wallace says complaints came from ‘middle-class women of a certain age’
Gregg Wallace says complaints came from ‘middle-class women of a certain age’
Wallace stepped back from role on MasterChef last week while allegations of sexual misconduct are investigated
The MasterChef host Gregg Wallace has said accusations about him making sexual comments towards staff and guests have come from “middle-class…
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2024 at 12:48 PM
“I’m not sexist, the problem is menopausal women.” Says the man who definitely isn’t sexist.
This word should definitely still be in use
Word of the day is ‘quiddler’ (19th century): one who pays great attention to trivial matters as a way of avoiding the important ones.
November 21, 2024 at 12:34 PM
This word should definitely still be in use