Head Like A Hat
@prettyhatmachine.bsky.social
Likes: 228.6mm nails, collective bargaining, and the abolition of Oligarchy.
Dysgu Cymraeg.
Pro Science. Anti Authoritarianism.
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Butlerian Odonian; Syndicalist negotiating around Electoralism.
Dysgu Cymraeg.
Pro Science. Anti Authoritarianism.
All comments before noon poorly proofread. Worse later.
Butlerian Odonian; Syndicalist negotiating around Electoralism.
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Your enemy is not immigrants.
Your enemy is not refugees.
It isn’t people living on welfare.
Your enemies are the oligarchs; whose wage theft and greed has made this world the mess it is.
Until the Billionaires, and the politicians they own, have been defeated; none of us are safe.
Your enemy is not refugees.
It isn’t people living on welfare.
Your enemies are the oligarchs; whose wage theft and greed has made this world the mess it is.
Until the Billionaires, and the politicians they own, have been defeated; none of us are safe.
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The same executives that just fired 3,200 workers in Lexington a week before Thanksgiving collected $14.4 Million in bonus pay last year.
talkbusiness.net/2024/12/tyso...
talkbusiness.net/2024/12/tyso...
November 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The same executives that just fired 3,200 workers in Lexington a week before Thanksgiving collected $14.4 Million in bonus pay last year.
talkbusiness.net/2024/12/tyso...
talkbusiness.net/2024/12/tyso...
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I’m officially no longer a young columnist. Watch out for my new era in the British commentariat with pieces including, “why house prices are very reasonable, actually” and “keep your hands off my pension.”
November 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I’m officially no longer a young columnist. Watch out for my new era in the British commentariat with pieces including, “why house prices are very reasonable, actually” and “keep your hands off my pension.”
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Section 230 was enacted to let online platforms decide for themselves about what kind of speech to allow on their platform, and to offer protections when they enforced those policies, EFF’s @aaronmackey.bsky.social told @gamedeveloper.bsky.social. www.gamedeveloper.com/business/ar...
How Section 230 affects cases against Roblox, Discord
Liability protections for online communications programs can make civil suits difficult.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Section 230 was enacted to let online platforms decide for themselves about what kind of speech to allow on their platform, and to offer protections when they enforced those policies, EFF’s @aaronmackey.bsky.social told @gamedeveloper.bsky.social. www.gamedeveloper.com/business/ar...
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Iceland has designated the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) a national security concern and an existential threat.
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Iceland deems possible Atlantic current collapse a security risk
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country's climate minister told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) a national security concern and an existential threat.
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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In today’s ‘First Draft,’ @petertwinklage.bsky.social writes on Trump’s unlawfully appointed interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan losing bigly in court, Republicans balking at the White House’s healthcare proposal, and the DOD taking aim at Senator Mark Kelly.
Read: zeteo.com/p/trump-lawl...
Read: zeteo.com/p/trump-lawl...
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
In today’s ‘First Draft,’ @petertwinklage.bsky.social writes on Trump’s unlawfully appointed interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan losing bigly in court, Republicans balking at the White House’s healthcare proposal, and the DOD taking aim at Senator Mark Kelly.
Read: zeteo.com/p/trump-lawl...
Read: zeteo.com/p/trump-lawl...
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Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. Military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formally known as the Boy Scouts
n.pr
November 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts
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This is genuinely disquieting stuff but it explains so much about the positioning of the current Labour Party.
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
Morgan McSweeney, 'The Fraud' and The Takeover of the Labour Party
Investigative journalist Paul Holden joins Olly Haynes to talk about his new book, 'The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney, and the Crisis of British Democracy'
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This is genuinely disquieting stuff but it explains so much about the positioning of the current Labour Party.
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
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Given that the BBC endlessly gives platforms to lobbyists from the dark money junktanks without revealing their interests, shouldn't we be seeing such apologies every day?
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Exclusive: The BBC has issued an apology after one of its presenters failed to challenge a climate-sceptic lobbyist who runs a group that has received funding from fossil-fuel interests
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
BBC Apologises for Failing to Challenge 'Dark Money' Climate-Denial Lobbyist
EXCLUSIVE: BBC faces fresh allegations of bias after corporation admits interview with ‘Net Zero Watch’ lobbying chief Andrew Montford 'fell below usual standards'
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Given that the BBC endlessly gives platforms to lobbyists from the dark money junktanks without revealing their interests, shouldn't we be seeing such apologies every day?
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
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So let me get this straight.
Rather than fix the court system, something that both New Labour & the Tories claim to love...
They're going to remove one of the most ancient privileges you have, something this country is famous for. Trial by jury.
They're also taking away your right to appeal
Rather than fix the court system, something that both New Labour & the Tories claim to love...
They're going to remove one of the most ancient privileges you have, something this country is famous for. Trial by jury.
They're also taking away your right to appeal
EXCLUSIVE: Jury trials to be scrapped in most cases to tackle court backlog - in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Jury trials to be scrapped in most cases to tackle court backlog
David Lammy, the justice secretary, is proposing that judges hear cases alone for crimes that could result in a sentence of up to five years
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
So let me get this straight.
Rather than fix the court system, something that both New Labour & the Tories claim to love...
They're going to remove one of the most ancient privileges you have, something this country is famous for. Trial by jury.
They're also taking away your right to appeal
Rather than fix the court system, something that both New Labour & the Tories claim to love...
They're going to remove one of the most ancient privileges you have, something this country is famous for. Trial by jury.
They're also taking away your right to appeal
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Loneliness doesn’t affect everyone equally. Depressingly, it often hits those already facing disadvantage the hardest.
What's behind the rising tide of loneliness? It's complicated...
www.bigissue.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Loneliness doesn’t affect everyone equally. Depressingly, it often hits those already facing disadvantage the hardest.
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Nothing seems to trigger Middle Class Centrist gobshites more than challenging the lie that the BBC has ever been a bastion of independent journalism.
November 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Nothing seems to trigger Middle Class Centrist gobshites more than challenging the lie that the BBC has ever been a bastion of independent journalism.
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Last week the Government announced changes to settlement, turning the lives of millions of people upside down. Here's what we know so far 👉 www.praxis.org.uk/news/explain...
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Explainer: statement and consultation on “earned settlement” — Praxis
On Thursday 20th November, the government published a statement and a consultation on their planned changes to settlement in the UK (also known as indefinite leave to remain or ILR). In sh...
www.praxis.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Last week the Government announced changes to settlement, turning the lives of millions of people upside down. Here's what we know so far 👉 www.praxis.org.uk/news/explain...
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"The carbon pollution from expanding oil production to fill a massive new pipeline will overwhelm any potential reductions involved. We should be pivoting to clean renewable energy, not doubling down on dirty fossil fuels." - @climatekeith.bsky.social
#Cdnpoli #ABpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
#Cdnpoli #ABpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Ottawa, Alberta agree to broad outlines of energy deal, including path to pipeline | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have agreed to the broad outlines of a memorandum of understanding that would give Alberta special exemptions from federal environmental l...
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
"The carbon pollution from expanding oil production to fill a massive new pipeline will overwhelm any potential reductions involved. We should be pivoting to clean renewable energy, not doubling down on dirty fossil fuels." - @climatekeith.bsky.social
#Cdnpoli #ABpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
#Cdnpoli #ABpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Just pathetically in Heathrow’s pocket, Govt backs the airport’s own climate-wrecking expansion plan, the one that requires moving (!) the M25.
Aviation bosses and frequent flyers causing everyone else’s daily lives tons of miserable disruption. Ridiculous!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Aviation bosses and frequent flyers causing everyone else’s daily lives tons of miserable disruption. Ridiculous!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Heathrow's plan for longer third runway chosen by government
Under the selected plan, the runway would be up to 3.5km long and require a new road tunnel under the airport.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Just pathetically in Heathrow’s pocket, Govt backs the airport’s own climate-wrecking expansion plan, the one that requires moving (!) the M25.
Aviation bosses and frequent flyers causing everyone else’s daily lives tons of miserable disruption. Ridiculous!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Aviation bosses and frequent flyers causing everyone else’s daily lives tons of miserable disruption. Ridiculous!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
So what’s the betting these strangely appointed judges have a nice peerage awaiting them in @houseoflords.parliament.uk ?
Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’
Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’
Unusual last-minute change means panel of three will now hear case rather than Mr Justice Chamberlain
Concerns have been raised after the judge who was expected to hear a legal challenge to the ban on Palestine Action was removed from the case at the last minute without explanation.
Mr Justice Chamberlain had granted permission for the judicial review and said that he would preside over the trial but it has emerged that a panel of three different judges will instead hear the case, which is due to start on Wednesday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
So what’s the betting these strangely appointed judges have a nice peerage awaiting them in @houseoflords.parliament.uk ?
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BREAKING: Judiciary refuses to explain last minute removal of judge in Palestine Action legal challenge, leading to accusations of a “stitch-up”
Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’
Unusual last-minute change means panel of three will now hear case rather than Mr Justice Chamberlain
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
BREAKING: Judiciary refuses to explain last minute removal of judge in Palestine Action legal challenge, leading to accusations of a “stitch-up”
Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Israel increasing violence in Palestine despite Trump’s ‘peace’ deal
Israel increasing violence in Palestine despite Trump’s ‘peace’ deal
Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu appears to have free rein to do as he pleases, as UN Security Council backs Gaza plan
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Israel increasing violence in Palestine despite Trump’s ‘peace’ deal
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Rachel Reeves has removed Audi, BMW, Mercedes from the motability scheme because disabled people aren’t allowed nice things ignoring the better resale values and the fact cars like the Audi A1 and BMW 1-series are hardly limos www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/con...
UK's Motability scheme no longer includes premium brands such as Audi, BMW and Mercedes | Autocar
Announcement comes just weeks after chancellor Rachel Reeves vowed to axe luxury models from the programme
www.autocar.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Rachel Reeves has removed Audi, BMW, Mercedes from the motability scheme because disabled people aren’t allowed nice things ignoring the better resale values and the fact cars like the Audi A1 and BMW 1-series are hardly limos www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/con...
Nothing seems to trigger Middle Class Centrist gobshites more than challenging the lie that the BBC has ever been a bastion of independent journalism.
November 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Nothing seems to trigger Middle Class Centrist gobshites more than challenging the lie that the BBC has ever been a bastion of independent journalism.
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The two-child limit breachs the UK’s obligations under international law, including every child’s right to social security, to food, and to an adequate standard of living.
It needs to be scrapped now.
It needs to be scrapped now.
A child poverty strategy with the 2-child limit in place would *not* be a credible child poverty strategy. *All* of the growth in child poverty since the 2011/12 low point is for children in scope of this policy.
November 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The two-child limit breachs the UK’s obligations under international law, including every child’s right to social security, to food, and to an adequate standard of living.
It needs to be scrapped now.
It needs to be scrapped now.
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God I'm so sick of how "Activist" is used to un-person trans people.
November 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
God I'm so sick of how "Activist" is used to un-person trans people.
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Former digital czar Vestager urges the EU to stand firm on its digital rules as US pushes for softer enforcement in exchange for tariff relief. 'Defending rules vital for single market and European consumers'.
EU must ‘stand by the promises made’ on digital rules, Vestager says
Former digital czar Vestager urges the EU to stand firm on its digital rules as US pushes for softer enforcement in exchange for tariff relief. 'Defending rules vital for single market and European consumers'.
l.euronews.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Former digital czar Vestager urges the EU to stand firm on its digital rules as US pushes for softer enforcement in exchange for tariff relief. 'Defending rules vital for single market and European consumers'.
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There it is. Our national broadcaster living in fear of the most openly corrupt US president in American history. This is where the British patriots on the right have got us.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
There it is. Our national broadcaster living in fear of the most openly corrupt US president in American history. This is where the British patriots on the right have got us.
Farage insisting that timeframes matter for cases like Nathan Gill.
He needs to be asked by journalists what timeframes he finds acceptable; and whenever he breaks those rules himself told to shut up and move on.
He needs to be asked by journalists what timeframes he finds acceptable; and whenever he breaks those rules himself told to shut up and move on.
The former leader of Reform in Wales pled GUILTY to accepting bribes from Russia.
As hard as Farage may try, he cannot duck the scrutiny...
We need a full investigation into Russian interference in our politics - the people of Wales deserve full transparency.
As hard as Farage may try, he cannot duck the scrutiny...
We need a full investigation into Russian interference in our politics - the people of Wales deserve full transparency.
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Farage insisting that timeframes matter for cases like Nathan Gill.
He needs to be asked by journalists what timeframes he finds acceptable; and whenever he breaks those rules himself told to shut up and move on.
He needs to be asked by journalists what timeframes he finds acceptable; and whenever he breaks those rules himself told to shut up and move on.