Adam
@admbdw.bsky.social
Social Psychology and Behaviours curious, soon to be post-grad. Trying to better understand, communicate and advocate in equal measure.
UK.
UK.
‘Gator Gulags, now then.
He proposes releasing some ICE prisoners to labor on farms where the employers will “own them” and be responsible for them.
Historians have spent decades meticulously proving the straight line between slavery and modern capitalism’s concept of the laborer—or we could just let them say it.
Historians have spent decades meticulously proving the straight line between slavery and modern capitalism’s concept of the laborer—or we could just let them say it.
The camp is to filter out workers for Trumps new Slavery policy where he sells them to businesses.
He says so in this video
Make Americans Slaves Again
He says so in this video
Make Americans Slaves Again
July 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
‘Gator Gulags, now then.
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The whole structure of our digital life is designed to make uninterrupted time feel strange, even irresponsible. The man who closes his laptop and lets himself be bored risks guilt. Shouldn’t he be reading something? Watching something? Answering someone?
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/against-no...
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/against-no...
Against Noise
On the Moral Cost of Constant Distraction
csesznekymiklos.substack.com
June 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The whole structure of our digital life is designed to make uninterrupted time feel strange, even irresponsible. The man who closes his laptop and lets himself be bored risks guilt. Shouldn’t he be reading something? Watching something? Answering someone?
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/against-no...
csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/against-no...
Vantabeige? @graham.loadingreadyrun.com
April 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Vantabeige? @graham.loadingreadyrun.com
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It is quite incredible how much of modern politics is just rehashed plots from The Thick Of It.
March 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
It is quite incredible how much of modern politics is just rehashed plots from The Thick Of It.
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How a false Net Zero claim became ‘news’
…a tweet by Reform MP and GB News presenter Richard Tice caught my eye. He was claiming that Net Zero was the cause of the Heathrow shutdown, and that the issue was a “refusal to have diesel generators”.
…a tweet by Reform MP and GB News presenter Richard Tice caught my eye. He was claiming that Net Zero was the cause of the Heathrow shutdown, and that the issue was a “refusal to have diesel generators”.
How a false Net Zero claim became ‘news’: the right-wing disinformation loop
This direct debunk and mini-lesson on how the right-wing media ecosystem can work may help you to spot and critique these types of ‘stories’ in the future
bylines.cymru
March 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
How a false Net Zero claim became ‘news’
…a tweet by Reform MP and GB News presenter Richard Tice caught my eye. He was claiming that Net Zero was the cause of the Heathrow shutdown, and that the issue was a “refusal to have diesel generators”.
…a tweet by Reform MP and GB News presenter Richard Tice caught my eye. He was claiming that Net Zero was the cause of the Heathrow shutdown, and that the issue was a “refusal to have diesel generators”.
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(flipping double birds and moonwalking out of court as the judge gavels me down for contempt)
"Gotta put it in writing, Johnny Robes! Later, suckers."
"Gotta put it in writing, Johnny Robes! Later, suckers."
Karoline Leavitt claims that a judge's verbal order doesn't matter as much as a written order.
"Well, there's actually questions about whether a verbal order carries the same weight as a legal order -- as a written order. Our lawyers are determined to ask and answer those questions in court."
"Well, there's actually questions about whether a verbal order carries the same weight as a legal order -- as a written order. Our lawyers are determined to ask and answer those questions in court."
March 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
(flipping double birds and moonwalking out of court as the judge gavels me down for contempt)
"Gotta put it in writing, Johnny Robes! Later, suckers."
"Gotta put it in writing, Johnny Robes! Later, suckers."
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Your Introduction to Mahmoud Khalil’s Deportation Case and the Legal Battle Ahead
On the fundamentals of Khalil’s case, including the core legal and ethical questions, why attorneys are already calling it "sloppy", and why this is really about Marco Rubio.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/your-intro...
On the fundamentals of Khalil’s case, including the core legal and ethical questions, why attorneys are already calling it "sloppy", and why this is really about Marco Rubio.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/your-intro...
Your Introduction to Mahmoud Khalil’s Deportation Case and the Legal Battle Ahead
This post focuses on the fundamentals of Mahmoud Khalil’s case, including the core legal and ethical questions, why attorneys are already calling it "sloppy", and why this is really about Marco Rubio.
austinkocher.substack.com
March 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Your Introduction to Mahmoud Khalil’s Deportation Case and the Legal Battle Ahead
On the fundamentals of Khalil’s case, including the core legal and ethical questions, why attorneys are already calling it "sloppy", and why this is really about Marco Rubio.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/your-intro...
On the fundamentals of Khalil’s case, including the core legal and ethical questions, why attorneys are already calling it "sloppy", and why this is really about Marco Rubio.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/your-intro...
Have….have they let Musk and Trump
play with cars on the driveway to keep them occupied whilst some grown-ups get on with Ukraine today? Optics kinda feel that way.
play with cars on the driveway to keep them occupied whilst some grown-ups get on with Ukraine today? Optics kinda feel that way.
March 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Have….have they let Musk and Trump
play with cars on the driveway to keep them occupied whilst some grown-ups get on with Ukraine today? Optics kinda feel that way.
play with cars on the driveway to keep them occupied whilst some grown-ups get on with Ukraine today? Optics kinda feel that way.
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
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CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
2
CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
3
CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
4
BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
5
HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
6
HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
7
HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
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CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
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CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
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HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
12
HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
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So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."
February 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
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TRUMP TRADE WAR UPDATE:
Colombia: Lasted 4 hours - Trump accepts what was already offered.
🇨🇴
Mexico: Lasted one weekend - Trump accepts worse than before.
🇲🇽
Canada: Lasted one weekend - Trump accepts what was already agreed.
🇨🇦
Two-step process established:
1. Try to look tough
2. Just fold
🤡
Colombia: Lasted 4 hours - Trump accepts what was already offered.
🇨🇴
Mexico: Lasted one weekend - Trump accepts worse than before.
🇲🇽
Canada: Lasted one weekend - Trump accepts what was already agreed.
🇨🇦
Two-step process established:
1. Try to look tough
2. Just fold
🤡
February 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
TRUMP TRADE WAR UPDATE:
Colombia: Lasted 4 hours - Trump accepts what was already offered.
🇨🇴
Mexico: Lasted one weekend - Trump accepts worse than before.
🇲🇽
Canada: Lasted one weekend - Trump accepts what was already agreed.
🇨🇦
Two-step process established:
1. Try to look tough
2. Just fold
🤡
Colombia: Lasted 4 hours - Trump accepts what was already offered.
🇨🇴
Mexico: Lasted one weekend - Trump accepts worse than before.
🇲🇽
Canada: Lasted one weekend - Trump accepts what was already agreed.
🇨🇦
Two-step process established:
1. Try to look tough
2. Just fold
🤡
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Trump is a One-Dimensional Negotiator
I'm going to get a little wonky and write about Donald Trump and negotiations. For those who don't know, I'm an adjunct professor at Indiana University - Robert H. McKinney School of Law and I teach negotiations. Okay, here goes.
I'm going to get a little wonky and write about Donald Trump and negotiations. For those who don't know, I'm an adjunct professor at Indiana University - Robert H. McKinney School of Law and I teach negotiations. Okay, here goes.
January 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Trump is a One-Dimensional Negotiator
I'm going to get a little wonky and write about Donald Trump and negotiations. For those who don't know, I'm an adjunct professor at Indiana University - Robert H. McKinney School of Law and I teach negotiations. Okay, here goes.
I'm going to get a little wonky and write about Donald Trump and negotiations. For those who don't know, I'm an adjunct professor at Indiana University - Robert H. McKinney School of Law and I teach negotiations. Okay, here goes.
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DEI to the Trump administration seems to be what the kulak was to the Stalin administration
January 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
DEI to the Trump administration seems to be what the kulak was to the Stalin administration
Extraordinary investigation, and fantastic as always from Dan. As he says, what is the point of regulatory and criminal standards if there is never any meaningful attempt enforce them?
This is the HQ of Avis Capital. It claims to be one of the largest companies in the UK, with £58bn in assets and 31% returns promised to investors.
Except it's all a lie.
Here's how regulatory failures are letting international fraudsters create massive fake UK companies.
Except it's all a lie.
Here's how regulatory failures are letting international fraudsters create massive fake UK companies.
January 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Extraordinary investigation, and fantastic as always from Dan. As he says, what is the point of regulatory and criminal standards if there is never any meaningful attempt enforce them?
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I'm struggling to understand the farming/IHT thing. It is clear that the IHT exemption for farmland has massively inflated the price of agricultural land over the last 20 years or so. So you have a situation where a farmer asserts property worth £5 million produces c £50K income per year.
November 19, 2024 at 8:03 PM
I'm struggling to understand the farming/IHT thing. It is clear that the IHT exemption for farmland has massively inflated the price of agricultural land over the last 20 years or so. So you have a situation where a farmer asserts property worth £5 million produces c £50K income per year.
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Lots of over-the-top coverage right now about the £1m cap on inheritance tax agricultural property relief (APR).
Quick thread:
Quick thread:
October 31, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Lots of over-the-top coverage right now about the £1m cap on inheritance tax agricultural property relief (APR).
Quick thread:
Quick thread:
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🌍 "Whether someone voted Leave or Remain in 2016 is not just a good predictor of their views on Brexit, but a reflection of different world views across a range of topics"
🚨🆕 @jydenham.bsky.social @conorgaughan.bsky.social & Tim Oliver on how English voters view the world & the UK’s place within it
🚨🆕 @jydenham.bsky.social @conorgaughan.bsky.social & Tim Oliver on how English voters view the world & the UK’s place within it
November 11, 2024 at 3:46 PM
🌍 "Whether someone voted Leave or Remain in 2016 is not just a good predictor of their views on Brexit, but a reflection of different world views across a range of topics"
🚨🆕 @jydenham.bsky.social @conorgaughan.bsky.social & Tim Oliver on how English voters view the world & the UK’s place within it
🚨🆕 @jydenham.bsky.social @conorgaughan.bsky.social & Tim Oliver on how English voters view the world & the UK’s place within it
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Hypothesis: many white Americans are unlike Europeans as they inherited an optimism bias from their ancestors: people rarely migrate otherwise. This causes eg entrepreneurship, stock market participation, less resignation to bad times. But it can also cause credulity for snake oil sellers or scams.
November 6, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Hypothesis: many white Americans are unlike Europeans as they inherited an optimism bias from their ancestors: people rarely migrate otherwise. This causes eg entrepreneurship, stock market participation, less resignation to bad times. But it can also cause credulity for snake oil sellers or scams.
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Leave had no plan for Leave.
Remain had a plan for Remain: "change nothing". (The status quo can always be implemented instantly at zero cost.)
That planning asymmetry left us in the current mess.
Had Leave been forced to plan for Leave, they'd have found doing so impossible.
Remain had a plan for Remain: "change nothing". (The status quo can always be implemented instantly at zero cost.)
That planning asymmetry left us in the current mess.
Had Leave been forced to plan for Leave, they'd have found doing so impossible.
October 18, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Leave had no plan for Leave.
Remain had a plan for Remain: "change nothing". (The status quo can always be implemented instantly at zero cost.)
That planning asymmetry left us in the current mess.
Had Leave been forced to plan for Leave, they'd have found doing so impossible.
Remain had a plan for Remain: "change nothing". (The status quo can always be implemented instantly at zero cost.)
That planning asymmetry left us in the current mess.
Had Leave been forced to plan for Leave, they'd have found doing so impossible.
Struggling to find the info but heard rumours. Did Tom Tugendhat serve in the military?
September 30, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Struggling to find the info but heard rumours. Did Tom Tugendhat serve in the military?
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Questionable voting patterns in X polls might contribute to an inaccurate impression of Donald Trump’s electoral performance, writes Przemyslaw Grabowicz, an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University College Dublin, drawing on empirical research. www.techpolicy.press/x-polls-skew...
X Polls Skew Political Realities of US Presidential Elections | TechPolicy.Press
Questionable polls on X might contribute to an inaccurate impression of Donald Trump’s electoral performance, writes Przemyslaw Grabowicz.
www.techpolicy.press
September 20, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Questionable voting patterns in X polls might contribute to an inaccurate impression of Donald Trump’s electoral performance, writes Przemyslaw Grabowicz, an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University College Dublin, drawing on empirical research. www.techpolicy.press/x-polls-skew...
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🧵Tesco v USDAW: Supreme Court unanimously allows appeal and restores injunction preventing Tesco from fire and rehire as a mechanism to remove a retained pay term given as a "permanent" benefit.
Judgment is here: www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/u...
Judgment is here: www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/u...
www.supremecourt.uk
September 12, 2024 at 8:54 AM
🧵Tesco v USDAW: Supreme Court unanimously allows appeal and restores injunction preventing Tesco from fire and rehire as a mechanism to remove a retained pay term given as a "permanent" benefit.
Judgment is here: www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/u...
Judgment is here: www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/u...
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sorry in advance for airing out this pet peeve of mine at such preposterous length defector.com/neither-elon...
Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars | Defector
Mars does not have a magnetosphere. Any discussion of humans ever settling the red planet can stop right there, but of course it never does. Do you have a low-cost plan for, uh, creating a gigantic ac...
defector.com
September 11, 2024 at 1:05 PM
sorry in advance for airing out this pet peeve of mine at such preposterous length defector.com/neither-elon...
My feed (timeline….what is the Bluesky term…?) this morning illustrating the spectrum of ‘Bus Discourse’ possible at 8am. Some significantly grimmer than others.
September 9, 2024 at 7:08 AM
My feed (timeline….what is the Bluesky term…?) this morning illustrating the spectrum of ‘Bus Discourse’ possible at 8am. Some significantly grimmer than others.