Steve Walker
@steve-walker.bsky.social
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities".
Voltaire, 1765, Questions sur les miracles
Voltaire, 1765, Questions sur les miracles
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Pep Guardiola: Renee Good and Alex Pretti killings are indefensible
Pep Guardiola: Renee Good and Alex Pretti killings are indefensible
Pep Guardiola: Renee Good and Alex Pretti killings are indefensible
www.independent.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Pep Guardiola: Renee Good and Alex Pretti killings are indefensible
Unfortunately, the lesson isn't to avoid bubbles but to get out of them before the supply of suckered dries up.
February 3, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Unfortunately, the lesson isn't to avoid bubbles but to get out of them before the supply of suckered dries up.
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The Beard Liberation Front warned Keir Starmer against bringing back Peter Mandelson 5 years ago
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Beard Liberation Front warns Starmer against bringing back Peter Mandelson’s moustache
Beard Liberation Front 10th May 2021 Beard Liberation Front warns Starmer against bringing back Peter Mandelson’s moustache The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has wa…
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February 3, 2026 at 10:55 PM
The Beard Liberation Front warned Keir Starmer against bringing back Peter Mandelson 5 years ago
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A 2021 FBI intake report records a witness reporting involvement with Epstein and the Sinaloa Cartel, the witness reported that Donald Trump knowingly allowed and financed child rape parties at a Trump golf course using course funds. #OpDeathEaters #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinCoverUp
February 3, 2026 at 6:55 PM
A 2021 FBI intake report records a witness reporting involvement with Epstein and the Sinaloa Cartel, the witness reported that Donald Trump knowingly allowed and financed child rape parties at a Trump golf course using course funds. #OpDeathEaters #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinCoverUp
Including experimenting on schoolkids.
But no measurable criteria for success.
The true believers will just tell us we don't "get it".
But no measurable criteria for success.
The true believers will just tell us we don't "get it".
UK names Barnsley as first Tech Town to see whether AI can fix... well, anything
UK names Barnsley as first Tech Town to see whether AI can fix... well, anything
South Yorkshire becomes ground zero for nationwide experiment with £500K seed funding
AI-pocalypse Barnsley, a town in South Yorkshire, England, best known for coal mining and glassmaking, is being thrust into the limelight as the country's first "Tech Town" – shoehorning AI into everything from local businesses to public services.…
dlvr.it
February 3, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Including experimenting on schoolkids.
But no measurable criteria for success.
The true believers will just tell us we don't "get it".
But no measurable criteria for success.
The true believers will just tell us we don't "get it".
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This is the warehouse of books that Anthropic kept to be scanned and used to feed their AI and then FUCKING PULPED. Monsters.
February 2, 2026 at 11:20 AM
This is the warehouse of books that Anthropic kept to be scanned and used to feed their AI and then FUCKING PULPED. Monsters.
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This new report shows the havoc AI is already wreaking in the creative sector.
Evidence from 10,000 British creatives shows:
- 58% of photographers have lost work to AI
- 32% of illustrators have lost commissions to AI
- 86% of authors say AI has reduced their earnings
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Evidence from 10,000 British creatives shows:
- 58% of photographers have lost work to AI
- 32% of illustrators have lost commissions to AI
- 86% of authors say AI has reduced their earnings
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February 2, 2026 at 12:09 PM
This new report shows the havoc AI is already wreaking in the creative sector.
Evidence from 10,000 British creatives shows:
- 58% of photographers have lost work to AI
- 32% of illustrators have lost commissions to AI
- 86% of authors say AI has reduced their earnings
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Evidence from 10,000 British creatives shows:
- 58% of photographers have lost work to AI
- 32% of illustrators have lost commissions to AI
- 86% of authors say AI has reduced their earnings
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Why isn't this a major news story?
February 2, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Why isn't this a major news story?
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A lobbying firm run by a former Scottish Labour leader is under fire for advertising access to top UK Government officials for tens of thousands of pounds 💸
Lobbying firm run by ex-Scottish Labour leader in ‘cash-for-access’ row
www.thenational.scot
January 30, 2026 at 2:39 PM
A lobbying firm run by a former Scottish Labour leader is under fire for advertising access to top UK Government officials for tens of thousands of pounds 💸
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The right way to get into the Epstein files.
February 1, 2026 at 3:44 PM
The right way to get into the Epstein files.
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Dinner with Peter Mandelson
open.substack.com/pub/suzannem...
open.substack.com/pub/suzannem...
Dinner with Peter Mandelson
(A piece from last September...you might like to see)
open.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Dinner with Peter Mandelson
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open.substack.com/pub/suzannem...
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NEW: EXCLUSIVE: Epstein files tipster tells me about her friend who was trafficked from Trump's modeling agency to Epstein. She sat for a formal interview with the FBI, but her 302 is MISSING from the release of the files. I'll show you what I have in 20 minutes: www.youtube.com/live/xiSmcNV...
LIVE: Epstein Files Tipster IDENTIFIES MISSING DOCS!!!
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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February 1, 2026 at 7:38 PM
NEW: EXCLUSIVE: Epstein files tipster tells me about her friend who was trafficked from Trump's modeling agency to Epstein. She sat for a formal interview with the FBI, but her 302 is MISSING from the release of the files. I'll show you what I have in 20 minutes: www.youtube.com/live/xiSmcNV...
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Really striking going through Epstein disclosures just how often British defamation lawyers are referred to: Schillings; Paul Tweed; oblique suggestions to sue to silence
Why? Because our libel laws let rich and powerful buy silence
Why I signed this last week pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/an...
Why? Because our libel laws let rich and powerful buy silence
Why I signed this last week pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/an...
Editors unite to demand Parliament takes action on SLAPPs
Editors from national newspapers including The Guardian and The Times demand action on SLAPPs in next King's Speech.
pressgazette.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Really striking going through Epstein disclosures just how often British defamation lawyers are referred to: Schillings; Paul Tweed; oblique suggestions to sue to silence
Why? Because our libel laws let rich and powerful buy silence
Why I signed this last week pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/an...
Why? Because our libel laws let rich and powerful buy silence
Why I signed this last week pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/an...
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Extraordinary: Mandelson told Epstein that JP Morgan should "threaten" then cabinet colleague and chancellor Alistair Darling over tax on bankers' bonuses. In plain language: "Minister conspired with US bank against own government".
More brilliant FT reporting
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
More brilliant FT reporting
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
Mandelson told Epstein JPMorgan should ‘threaten’ UK government over banker tax
Then business secretary advised sex offender on how Jamie Dimon should lobby chancellor
www.ft.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Extraordinary: Mandelson told Epstein that JP Morgan should "threaten" then cabinet colleague and chancellor Alistair Darling over tax on bankers' bonuses. In plain language: "Minister conspired with US bank against own government".
More brilliant FT reporting
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
More brilliant FT reporting
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
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French tech giant Capgemini to sell US subsidiary working for ICE
French tech giant Capgemini to sell US subsidiary working for ICE
The firm's move comes amid global scrutiny of the methods used by the US immigration enforcement agency.
www.bbc.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:44 PM
French tech giant Capgemini to sell US subsidiary working for ICE
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As a side note, it’s funny to see so many of these emails with thirsty academics repeatedly enact Marx’s bit in the 1844 Manuscripts about the power of money. “Oh Mr Epstein, your house in New York is enormous and, unrelatedly, your questions at dinner were so intelligent, so insightful, so deep.”
![That which is for me through the medium of money - that for which I can pay (i.e., which money can buy) - that am I myself, the possessor of the money. The extent of the power of money is the extent of my power. Money's properties are my - the possessor's - properties and essential powers. Thus, what I am and am capable of is by no means determined by my individuality. I am ugly, but I can buy for myself the most beautiful of women.
Therefore I am not ugly, for the effect of ugliness - its deterrent power - is nullified by money. I, according to my individual characteristics, am lame, but money furnishes me with twenty-four feet.
Therefore I am not lame. I am bad, dishonest, unscrupulous, stupid; but money is honoured, and hence its possessor. Money is the supreme good, therefore its possessor is good. Money, besides, saves me the trouble of being dishonest: I am therefore presumed honest. I am brainless, but money is the real brain of all things and how then should its possessor be brainless? Besides, he can buy clever people for himself, and is he who has [In the manuscript: is. - Ed.] power over the clever not more clever than the clever? Do not I, who thanks to money am capable of all that the human heart longs for, possess all human capacities? Does not my money, therefore, transform all my incapacities into their contrary?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:myqic77tkmdhmaufgkvj43hr/bafkreidpuxbx764xh7vobavcnvs3v2lo5fnfi6dukfrmk3ygxmseznkyxi@jpeg)
January 31, 2026 at 4:05 PM
As a side note, it’s funny to see so many of these emails with thirsty academics repeatedly enact Marx’s bit in the 1844 Manuscripts about the power of money. “Oh Mr Epstein, your house in New York is enormous and, unrelatedly, your questions at dinner were so intelligent, so insightful, so deep.”
As should the UK.
The biggest single cybersecurity risk is the reliance on US tech providers.
The biggest single cybersecurity risk is the reliance on US tech providers.
ICYMI: Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU‑native
Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU‑native
Just because you're paranoid about digital sovereignty doesn't mean they're not after you
Opinion I'm an eighth-generation American, and let me tell you, I wouldn't trust my data, secrets, or services to a US company these days for love or money. Under our current government, we're simply not trustworthy.…
dlvr.it
January 31, 2026 at 8:03 PM
As should the UK.
The biggest single cybersecurity risk is the reliance on US tech providers.
The biggest single cybersecurity risk is the reliance on US tech providers.
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The more I watch this from Hannah Spencer, two things happen:
1. The more I like it and her.
2. The more it makes me want to get out and do what she says by volunteering.
... I'm surprisingly moved by 2, as I can physically feel it breaking through the armour of scepticism I've built around myself.
1. The more I like it and her.
2. The more it makes me want to get out and do what she says by volunteering.
... I'm surprisingly moved by 2, as I can physically feel it breaking through the armour of scepticism I've built around myself.
January 30, 2026 at 1:38 PM
The more I watch this from Hannah Spencer, two things happen:
1. The more I like it and her.
2. The more it makes me want to get out and do what she says by volunteering.
... I'm surprisingly moved by 2, as I can physically feel it breaking through the armour of scepticism I've built around myself.
1. The more I like it and her.
2. The more it makes me want to get out and do what she says by volunteering.
... I'm surprisingly moved by 2, as I can physically feel it breaking through the armour of scepticism I've built around myself.
Coltrane miners paying the ultimate price for our phones and AI
January 30, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Coltrane miners paying the ultimate price for our phones and AI
That's NHS and British military 'service provider' #Palantir, in case anyone's forgotten.
404 Media has published the full user guide for ELITE, the tool Palantir made for ICE to bring up addresses for deportation targets. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Scoop here by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
Scoop here by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
January 30, 2026 at 9:50 PM
That's NHS and British military 'service provider' #Palantir, in case anyone's forgotten.
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The situation at Alligator Alcatraz was not an isolated incident; it serves as a blueprint for conditions occurring across the United States within ICE detention facilities. #3E #GoodvsEvil #ICEout #AbolishICE #OpDeathEaters
January 30, 2026 at 12:05 AM
The situation at Alligator Alcatraz was not an isolated incident; it serves as a blueprint for conditions occurring across the United States within ICE detention facilities. #3E #GoodvsEvil #ICEout #AbolishICE #OpDeathEaters
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📌 ICYMI — Revealed: Reform UK Crypto Partner’s Ties to Pro-Trump Big Tech and Kemi Badenoch
Nigel Farage's cryptocurrency partner is tied to Trump-supporting tech firms…
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/01/26/revealed-reform-uk-crypto-partners-ties-to-pro-trump-big-tech-and-kemi-badenoch/
Nigel Farage's cryptocurrency partner is tied to Trump-supporting tech firms…
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/01/26/revealed-reform-uk-crypto-partners-ties-to-pro-trump-big-tech-and-kemi-badenoch/
Revealed: Reform UK Crypto Partner's Ties to Pro-Trump Big Tech and Kemi Badenoch
Nigel Farage's cryptocurrency partner is tied to Trump-supporting tech firms and senior Conservative figures, reports Nafeez Ahmed
bylinetimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:30 PM
📌 ICYMI — Revealed: Reform UK Crypto Partner’s Ties to Pro-Trump Big Tech and Kemi Badenoch
Nigel Farage's cryptocurrency partner is tied to Trump-supporting tech firms…
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/01/26/revealed-reform-uk-crypto-partners-ties-to-pro-trump-big-tech-and-kemi-badenoch/
Nigel Farage's cryptocurrency partner is tied to Trump-supporting tech firms…
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/01/26/revealed-reform-uk-crypto-partners-ties-to-pro-trump-big-tech-and-kemi-badenoch/
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As the Government reveals the "AI Skills Hub", we find out the taxpayers of the UK have paid £4.1 million... for a bookmarks site. Nice work for those who can get it.
mahadk.com/posts/ai-ski...
mahadk.com/posts/ai-ski...
The UK paid £4.1 million for a bookmarks site
Or, as they like to call it, the 'AI Skills Hub'. Which was built by PwC because of course it was
mahadk.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:51 AM
As the Government reveals the "AI Skills Hub", we find out the taxpayers of the UK have paid £4.1 million... for a bookmarks site. Nice work for those who can get it.
mahadk.com/posts/ai-ski...
mahadk.com/posts/ai-ski...