Paul Evans
@pauliewaulie.bsky.social
Representative Democracy ultra. History, economics, film/TV policy, workplace & unions.
Posts often conversational gambits. Views mine only. NFFC & Mayo GAA.
https://paul-evans.org & https://pauliewaulie.substack.com
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Posts often conversational gambits. Views mine only. NFFC & Mayo GAA.
https://paul-evans.org & https://pauliewaulie.substack.com
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Paul Evans
@pauliewaulie.bsky.social
· Jan 1
Because we have stopped paying directly for news, we have made it possible for dark money to disenfranchise us.
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😂😂😂 🏴
November 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
😂😂😂 🏴
The divisions on Trans Rights are a Very Online thing aren’t they? Most people I know offline are on either side of a disagreement that has a big “let’s not be a dick about it either” caveat.
November 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The divisions on Trans Rights are a Very Online thing aren’t they? Most people I know offline are on either side of a disagreement that has a big “let’s not be a dick about it either” caveat.
Such a turd.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Such a turd.
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Toby Young, self-appointed king of free speech, is speaking in Hungary tomorrow about UK “censorship”.
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
Toby Young to Address Orbán-Backed Group on UK ‘Censorship’
Conservative peer and right-wing commentator Toby Young is due to deliver a talk tomorrow (25 November) at the in-house think tank of Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán. Young is being interviewed by Mat...
www.desmog.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Toby Young, self-appointed king of free speech, is speaking in Hungary tomorrow about UK “censorship”.
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
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A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
The fact that an original edition of a comic book can be worth £7m tells me that there are quite a lot of complete wankers in the world.
November 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The fact that an original edition of a comic book can be worth £7m tells me that there are quite a lot of complete wankers in the world.
We can have a laissez-faire approach to the Information economy, or we can have a liberal democracy.
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
We can have a laissez-faire approach to the Information economy, or we can have a liberal democracy.
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Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
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Lucy White advocates a ban on "non-natives" from office, citing Rishi Sunak and Priti Patel.
So she is referring to UK-born ethnic minority citizens. (Her argument would apply equally to Shabana Mahmood, Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman and others)
Lucy White continues to be a GB News regular
So she is referring to UK-born ethnic minority citizens. (Her argument would apply equally to Shabana Mahmood, Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman and others)
Lucy White continues to be a GB News regular
November 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Lucy White advocates a ban on "non-natives" from office, citing Rishi Sunak and Priti Patel.
So she is referring to UK-born ethnic minority citizens. (Her argument would apply equally to Shabana Mahmood, Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman and others)
Lucy White continues to be a GB News regular
So she is referring to UK-born ethnic minority citizens. (Her argument would apply equally to Shabana Mahmood, Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman and others)
Lucy White continues to be a GB News regular
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🔴 What Labour and the BBC have in common…
Their mutual naivety towards the feral right-wing media is causing them to make huge strategic mistakes.
📝 New post 👇🏻
Their mutual naivety towards the feral right-wing media is causing them to make huge strategic mistakes.
📝 New post 👇🏻
What Labour and the BBC have in common
They still don’t get it...
writesbright.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
🔴 What Labour and the BBC have in common…
Their mutual naivety towards the feral right-wing media is causing them to make huge strategic mistakes.
📝 New post 👇🏻
Their mutual naivety towards the feral right-wing media is causing them to make huge strategic mistakes.
📝 New post 👇🏻
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Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
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In the past decade, billionaires have been more empowered than ever before to spend money to influence American elections.
Here are the billionaires who make up the top 20 political spenders:
Here are the billionaires who make up the top 20 political spenders:
The top 20 billionaires influencing American politics
The group has spent nearly $5 billion on elections since 2015.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In the past decade, billionaires have been more empowered than ever before to spend money to influence American elections.
Here are the billionaires who make up the top 20 political spenders:
Here are the billionaires who make up the top 20 political spenders:
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Yes. Some on the left think it's still 1983 (increase demand, create jobs). Others across the political spectrum think it's still 1997 (economic growth will take care of itself with a few policy tweaks). Few realize the depth of our problems.
November 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Yes. Some on the left think it's still 1983 (increase demand, create jobs). Others across the political spectrum think it's still 1997 (economic growth will take care of itself with a few policy tweaks). Few realize the depth of our problems.
The 'delay repay' thing that the train companies 'offer'. They have deliberately made it clunky and laborious for two reasons:
1) They are absolute wankers
2) They are in no way frightened of their customers and give zero fucks what they think about them.
Governments could fix point two.
1) They are absolute wankers
2) They are in no way frightened of their customers and give zero fucks what they think about them.
Governments could fix point two.
November 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The 'delay repay' thing that the train companies 'offer'. They have deliberately made it clunky and laborious for two reasons:
1) They are absolute wankers
2) They are in no way frightened of their customers and give zero fucks what they think about them.
Governments could fix point two.
1) They are absolute wankers
2) They are in no way frightened of their customers and give zero fucks what they think about them.
Governments could fix point two.
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BREAKING: The former leader of Reform in Wales, Nathan Gill, has been sentenced to ten and half years in prison for taking bribes to pump out Russian propaganda.
Gill was paid thousands to make pro-Russia speeches and TV interviews.
Gill was paid thousands to make pro-Russia speeches and TV interviews.
November 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
BREAKING: The former leader of Reform in Wales, Nathan Gill, has been sentenced to ten and half years in prison for taking bribes to pump out Russian propaganda.
Gill was paid thousands to make pro-Russia speeches and TV interviews.
Gill was paid thousands to make pro-Russia speeches and TV interviews.
Quick gulp of coffee and a look at how the first day of the Ashes are goi..... FUCKING HELL!
November 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Quick gulp of coffee and a look at how the first day of the Ashes are goi..... FUCKING HELL!
Media framing makes a difference.
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/me...
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/me...
Media coverage of Small Boat Crossings triggers immediate shift in UK immigration views, study finds - University of Birmingham
New research reveals how highly visible episodes of small boat crossings can influence public opinion about immigration in real time.
www.birmingham.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Media framing makes a difference.
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/me...
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/me...
Anti-migrant narratives targeting the UK increased by 90% in 2024. The first half of 2025 matched all of 2024.
www.isdglobal.org/digital_disp...
www.isdglobal.org/digital_disp...
“Total remigration”: Anti-migrant narratives targeting the UK
A year after the worst far-right riots in recent British history, data shows that anti-migrant language are rife online.
www.isdglobal.org
November 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Anti-migrant narratives targeting the UK increased by 90% in 2024. The first half of 2025 matched all of 2024.
www.isdglobal.org/digital_disp...
www.isdglobal.org/digital_disp...
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🚨🚨This is no "peace" plan, it is a recipe for further suffering and #Russian imperialist expansion in the #west. It is difficult to appreciate just how much damage the #trump administration has done to #Ukraine and its war efforts. It is disgusting beyond words. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Ukraine banned from Nato, Russia readmitted to the G8 and territory ceded: what’s in Trump’s draft plan
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he expects to discuss the plan – which was reportedly drafted by Russian and US officials – with Trump
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 AM
🚨🚨This is no "peace" plan, it is a recipe for further suffering and #Russian imperialist expansion in the #west. It is difficult to appreciate just how much damage the #trump administration has done to #Ukraine and its war efforts. It is disgusting beyond words. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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The Covid enquiry's finding that Johnson's government was "toxic and chaotic" should prompt the question: what conditions must be in place for there to be good government, because the evidence before & since suggests it wasn't merely an individual failing? This question, though, won't be asked.
November 21, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The Covid enquiry's finding that Johnson's government was "toxic and chaotic" should prompt the question: what conditions must be in place for there to be good government, because the evidence before & since suggests it wasn't merely an individual failing? This question, though, won't be asked.
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It wasn't "appalling journalism". It was people doing what they were paid to do. If you want journalists to serve the public interest they must be paid by the public and not by billionaire cranks.
Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It wasn't "appalling journalism". It was people doing what they were paid to do. If you want journalists to serve the public interest they must be paid by the public and not by billionaire cranks.
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The reality of Trumpism being pro-worker.
November 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The reality of Trumpism being pro-worker.
Inside the cooling towers at Radcliffe on Soar.
youtu.be/9UeWkVfEHDQ?...
youtu.be/9UeWkVfEHDQ?...
1st Musical Performance in Ratcliffe-on-Soar Cooling Tower: ‘Cooling Cathedral’ by Elizabeth Kelly
YouTube video by University of Nottingham
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November 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Inside the cooling towers at Radcliffe on Soar.
youtu.be/9UeWkVfEHDQ?...
youtu.be/9UeWkVfEHDQ?...
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French authorities are taking X to court because Grok is now doing straight up holocaust denial. Gas chambers intended for disinfection, cyanide residue tiny, ‘story’ persists because of taboo against critical examination. (Full translation in alt text)
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
French authorities are taking X to court because Grok is now doing straight up holocaust denial. Gas chambers intended for disinfection, cyanide residue tiny, ‘story’ persists because of taboo against critical examination. (Full translation in alt text)
The reaction to this will be interesting now that most libertarians have lost their license to talk about ‘authoritarianism’ as though it’s a bad thing.
November 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The reaction to this will be interesting now that most libertarians have lost their license to talk about ‘authoritarianism’ as though it’s a bad thing.