Alan Burkitt-Gray
@alanburkittgray.bsky.social
Full-time tech and telecoms journalist from 1973 to 2023. Now taking a break from daily journalism, but talking lots about the history of telecoms. Blackheath, London SE3
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It’s funny how renewable energy is now cheaper, cleaner and in many cases more reliable than fossil fuels, with many countries relying on it exclusively, and yet all of this data is just ignored.
Almost as if their neofeudal oligarchies depend on oil dominance.
Almost as if their neofeudal oligarchies depend on oil dominance.
December 9, 2025 at 9:38 AM
It’s funny how renewable energy is now cheaper, cleaner and in many cases more reliable than fossil fuels, with many countries relying on it exclusively, and yet all of this data is just ignored.
Almost as if their neofeudal oligarchies depend on oil dominance.
Almost as if their neofeudal oligarchies depend on oil dominance.
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Whenever booking a hotel in Scotland, ensure that it’s owner doesn’t support fascism
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December 9, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Whenever booking a hotel in Scotland, ensure that it’s owner doesn’t support fascism
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Don't let your children watch Question Time for eg
The counterterrorism chief says families should focus on early intervention to protect young people from extremism as referrals to Prevent rise to 10,000 in a year
Parents ‘must do more to stop children being radicalised online’
Parents ‘must do more to stop children being radicalised online’
www.thetimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Don't let your children watch Question Time for eg
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December 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Abolish Elon Musk. Long live the EU.
December 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Abolish Elon Musk. Long live the EU.
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Release the Epstein files.
December 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Release the Epstein files.
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And this week's episode of @boldpolitics.bsky.social is with @femi-oluwole.bsky.social
Loved this conversation and welcome to the party, Femi!
youtu.be/UTmCzWMalWA?...
Loved this conversation and welcome to the party, Femi!
youtu.be/UTmCzWMalWA?...
Why There’s No Such A Thing As A ‘Perfect Green’ | Femi Oluwole | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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December 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
And this week's episode of @boldpolitics.bsky.social is with @femi-oluwole.bsky.social
Loved this conversation and welcome to the party, Femi!
youtu.be/UTmCzWMalWA?...
Loved this conversation and welcome to the party, Femi!
youtu.be/UTmCzWMalWA?...
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BREAKING: A grand jury declined to indict Letitia James after being asked to look at the mortgage fraud case against her a second time, 10 days after a federal judge threw out the initial charges against her.
Grand jury declines to reindict Letitia James | CNN Politics
A grand jury declined to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James after being asked to look at the mortgage fraud case against her a second time, 10 days after a federal judge threw out the init...
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December 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
BREAKING: A grand jury declined to indict Letitia James after being asked to look at the mortgage fraud case against her a second time, 10 days after a federal judge threw out the initial charges against her.
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This new US "NSS" reads as if it was written in Moscow. Just like the "Peace Plan". Dark times.
December 5, 2025 at 6:18 AM
This new US "NSS" reads as if it was written in Moscow. Just like the "Peace Plan". Dark times.
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Your regular reminder 👇
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
EXCLUSIVE: Poll shows huge support for nationalisation of key industries and utilities
Privatisation has failed.
leftfootforward.org
December 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Your regular reminder 👇
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
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Cloudflare suffers second outage in as many months during routine maintenance
Cloudflare suffers second outage in as many months during routine maintenance
The Reg is still standing (this time) despite our best efforts
Routine Cloudflare maintenance went awry this morning, knocking over the company's dashboard and API and sending sites around the world into error screens.…
dlvr.it
December 5, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Cloudflare suffers second outage in as many months during routine maintenance
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It's very obvious that if any other prominent politician had been so racist in school that it's haunted 20+ former classmates ever since, it would be treated like a bigger deal. We should examine how and why "still being very racist four decades later" is acting as Farage's protective shield.
December 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
It's very obvious that if any other prominent politician had been so racist in school that it's haunted 20+ former classmates ever since, it would be treated like a bigger deal. We should examine how and why "still being very racist four decades later" is acting as Farage's protective shield.
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The shift to EVs is happening—fast. Manufacturers can either embrace the long-term transition or chase short-term gains by clinging to petrol and diesel.
China is choosing the long view. Many in Europe aren’t. The risk? Ending up with cars no one wants, lost market share, and shuttered factories.
China is choosing the long view. Many in Europe aren’t. The risk? Ending up with cars no one wants, lost market share, and shuttered factories.
December 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The shift to EVs is happening—fast. Manufacturers can either embrace the long-term transition or chase short-term gains by clinging to petrol and diesel.
China is choosing the long view. Many in Europe aren’t. The risk? Ending up with cars no one wants, lost market share, and shuttered factories.
China is choosing the long view. Many in Europe aren’t. The risk? Ending up with cars no one wants, lost market share, and shuttered factories.
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The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
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It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
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This would help populations of endangered species thrive, enhance habitats to support diverse wildlife and flora, allow us to create footpaths so more people can get closer to nature – and so much more.
December 3, 2025 at 8:25 AM
This would help populations of endangered species thrive, enhance habitats to support diverse wildlife and flora, allow us to create footpaths so more people can get closer to nature – and so much more.
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We kept the receipts. These comments, taken together, paint a picture of the man he is today.
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
We kept the receipts. These comments, taken together, paint a picture of the man he is today.
Guardian readers in or near London. A treat for you tonight. We have two tickets for this at the Barbican.
A year in Westminster: John Crace, Marina Hyde, and Pippa Crerar
Tue 2 Dec 2025
7:15 PM - 9:15 PM
Let me know and I'll email you the tickets in good time
A year in Westminster: John Crace, Marina Hyde, and Pippa Crerar
Tue 2 Dec 2025
7:15 PM - 9:15 PM
Let me know and I'll email you the tickets in good time
December 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Guardian readers in or near London. A treat for you tonight. We have two tickets for this at the Barbican.
A year in Westminster: John Crace, Marina Hyde, and Pippa Crerar
Tue 2 Dec 2025
7:15 PM - 9:15 PM
Let me know and I'll email you the tickets in good time
A year in Westminster: John Crace, Marina Hyde, and Pippa Crerar
Tue 2 Dec 2025
7:15 PM - 9:15 PM
Let me know and I'll email you the tickets in good time
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Senior MPs including Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick and Darren Jones are claiming tens of thousands of pounds a year in taxpayer-funded rent expenses while either calling for or implementing benefit cuts on the poorest
By me, for the Big Issue www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
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Revealed: MPs rack up huge rent expenses while pushing through cuts to benefits
MPs are allowed to rent a second home, but while they are simultaneously cutting benefits for the vulnerable, the cost feels hard to swallow.
www.bigissue.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Senior MPs including Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick and Darren Jones are claiming tens of thousands of pounds a year in taxpayer-funded rent expenses while either calling for or implementing benefit cuts on the poorest
By me, for the Big Issue www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
By me, for the Big Issue www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
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“The price of stopping a dictator always goes up. Meeting evil halfway is still a victory for evil." – Estonian PM Kaja Kalla
December 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
“The price of stopping a dictator always goes up. Meeting evil halfway is still a victory for evil." – Estonian PM Kaja Kalla
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Sadly relevant today.
December 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Sadly relevant today.
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Support @sbworkersunited.org in their fight for better wages, working conditions and their right to be represented by a union. #starbucks #boycottstarbucks
December 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Support @sbworkersunited.org in their fight for better wages, working conditions and their right to be represented by a union. #starbucks #boycottstarbucks
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Thou shalt not pretend that you’re at war with drug traffickers while pardoning drug traffickers.
Thou Shalt Not Murder Fishermen While Pardoning Drug Lords
This is evil.
www.thegodpodcast.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Thou shalt not pretend that you’re at war with drug traffickers while pardoning drug traffickers.