Lucie
@byrneluc.bsky.social
Marine Scientist. Photographer. Surfer.
Snowboarder. Mountainbiker.
Snowboarder. Mountainbiker.
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It’s quite clear by now that the answer to “why is the Trump administration doing x terrible thing?” is that they are *trying* to dismantle America and destabilize the entire world.
February 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
It’s quite clear by now that the answer to “why is the Trump administration doing x terrible thing?” is that they are *trying* to dismantle America and destabilize the entire world.
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I note Matt Goodwin cited CPS's fictitious statistics on Question Time last night, so I'll repost this explanation of why they're nonsense.
[Genuinely sad that the once-serious CPS is now in the business of inventing soundbites for far-right propagandists like Goodwin.]
[Genuinely sad that the once-serious CPS is now in the business of inventing soundbites for far-right propagandists like Goodwin.]
I thought it was worth explaining why this claim by @rcolvile.bsky.social is *not* based on "OBR statistics" and indeed directly contradicts them, as well as all other published data on migrant wages.
archive.ph/az8g6
archive.ph/az8g6
February 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I note Matt Goodwin cited CPS's fictitious statistics on Question Time last night, so I'll repost this explanation of why they're nonsense.
[Genuinely sad that the once-serious CPS is now in the business of inventing soundbites for far-right propagandists like Goodwin.]
[Genuinely sad that the once-serious CPS is now in the business of inventing soundbites for far-right propagandists like Goodwin.]
Earlier today, I read an account of Musk's approach to moving some of the Twitter servers. He's now applying the same reckless, dangerous, and impulsive approach to US nuclear weapons. I think dolphins may soon start singing "so long and thanks for all the fish" as they head for a safer planet.
There have been many signs of gross incompetence in the Musk-Trump sledgehammer approach. Now this:
"Multiple current and former employees described the situation as 'a national security crisis.'"
"Multiple current and former employees described the situation as 'a national security crisis.'"
Hundreds laid off at US nuclear weapons agency: Sources
Hundreds of staff at the agency responsible for maintaining the U.S. nuclear stockpile were fired Thursday
www.goodmorningamerica.com
February 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Earlier today, I read an account of Musk's approach to moving some of the Twitter servers. He's now applying the same reckless, dangerous, and impulsive approach to US nuclear weapons. I think dolphins may soon start singing "so long and thanks for all the fish" as they head for a safer planet.
The alt text on this is a work of art.
My favorite part was when the kid was picking his nose. Really great stuff.
February 12, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The alt text on this is a work of art.
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Here is the link for those who think this is a joke
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
February 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Here is the link for those who think this is a joke
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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In a sentence never before uttered by humans, I am delighted to share that an alligator stole my conservation instructor’s hat by jauntily walking into the water while wearing it 🐊
February 8, 2025 at 12:20 AM
In a sentence never before uttered by humans, I am delighted to share that an alligator stole my conservation instructor’s hat by jauntily walking into the water while wearing it 🐊
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The UK can secure significant growth of 1.7% - 2.2% through a policy of deep alignment with the EU on goods and services, while staying within Starmer's red lines.
This is the approach to push for: peak ambition within the constraints Labour has set.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This is the approach to push for: peak ambition within the constraints Labour has set.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Research claims EU deal will fuel growth — and Labour is listening
A report says Britain can mend some of the economic damage of Brexit without crossing the red lines set by Keir Starmer
www.thetimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The UK can secure significant growth of 1.7% - 2.2% through a policy of deep alignment with the EU on goods and services, while staying within Starmer's red lines.
This is the approach to push for: peak ambition within the constraints Labour has set.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This is the approach to push for: peak ambition within the constraints Labour has set.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
It's weird that the department that is claiming to find issues with government spending doesn't appear to have any forensic accountants. It's all teenage tech traitor tots and lawyers.
NEW: It's not just coders.
DOGE is filled with lawyers, elite attorneys with conservative credentials.
We have new names:
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
DOGE is filled with lawyers, elite attorneys with conservative credentials.
We have new names:
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
The Elite Lawyers Working for Elon Musk’s DOGE Include Former Supreme Court Clerks
Much attention has been paid to the young Silicon Valley engineers working for Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, but the group has also hired high-powered legal talent.
www.propublica.org
February 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
It's weird that the department that is claiming to find issues with government spending doesn't appear to have any forensic accountants. It's all teenage tech traitor tots and lawyers.
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Pandemics do not begin with official announcements.
They start with quiet deletions, missing reports, and assurances that there is "no cause for concern."
Pay attention.
They start with quiet deletions, missing reports, and assurances that there is "no cause for concern."
Pay attention.
February 7, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Pandemics do not begin with official announcements.
They start with quiet deletions, missing reports, and assurances that there is "no cause for concern."
Pay attention.
They start with quiet deletions, missing reports, and assurances that there is "no cause for concern."
Pay attention.
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#COVID can damage your 💔
The @bbcnewsuk.bsky.social didn’t mention this risk when they talked about children suffering an increase in heart attacks this week or regarding Diabetes. Even though children have suffered this. It keeps going unmentioned. 🧵
The @bbcnewsuk.bsky.social didn’t mention this risk when they talked about children suffering an increase in heart attacks this week or regarding Diabetes. Even though children have suffered this. It keeps going unmentioned. 🧵
'COVID-19 speeds up artery plaque growth, raising heart disease risk'
New research reveals that even mild COVID-19 can silently worsen heart health, accelerating plaque buildup and inflammation—raising the risk of future heart attacks and strokes.
www.news-medical.net/news/2025020...
New research reveals that even mild COVID-19 can silently worsen heart health, accelerating plaque buildup and inflammation—raising the risk of future heart attacks and strokes.
www.news-medical.net/news/2025020...
COVID-19 speeds up artery plaque growth, raising heart disease risk
COVID-19 accelerates the progression of atherosclerotic plaques, increasing coronary inflammation and the risk of high-risk plaques, even in non-hospitalized individuals.
www.news-medical.net
February 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#COVID can damage your 💔
The @bbcnewsuk.bsky.social didn’t mention this risk when they talked about children suffering an increase in heart attacks this week or regarding Diabetes. Even though children have suffered this. It keeps going unmentioned. 🧵
The @bbcnewsuk.bsky.social didn’t mention this risk when they talked about children suffering an increase in heart attacks this week or regarding Diabetes. Even though children have suffered this. It keeps going unmentioned. 🧵
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Nigel Farage here, lasting a grand total of three sentences between claiming he's not a racist, and saying something racist
February 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Nigel Farage here, lasting a grand total of three sentences between claiming he's not a racist, and saying something racist
There are a lot of media outlets that would do well to take note of this fine copy.
February 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
There are a lot of media outlets that would do well to take note of this fine copy.
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This is effectively what led to the 1900 Galveston Hurricane being the most deadly storm in U.S. history.
We are so back, i guess. 😩
We are so back, i guess. 😩
February 6, 2025 at 8:39 AM
This is effectively what led to the 1900 Galveston Hurricane being the most deadly storm in U.S. history.
We are so back, i guess. 😩
We are so back, i guess. 😩
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It would take whoever is producing this show a matter of seconds to check Portes is correct, and say that in the presenters' ears. This absurd, defensive both-sidesism by the hosts is an abrogation of the BBC's responsibility (again).
Emma Trimble, "1 in 12 people in London are illegal immigrants"
Professor Jonathan Portes, "Emma has taken that figure from a story in The Telegraph.. That story was a lie.. The Telegraph has corrected it, The Times has corrected it.. The Sun has corrected it.. And The Daily Mail has corrected it"
Professor Jonathan Portes, "Emma has taken that figure from a story in The Telegraph.. That story was a lie.. The Telegraph has corrected it, The Times has corrected it.. The Sun has corrected it.. And The Daily Mail has corrected it"
February 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
It would take whoever is producing this show a matter of seconds to check Portes is correct, and say that in the presenters' ears. This absurd, defensive both-sidesism by the hosts is an abrogation of the BBC's responsibility (again).
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Happy "Microsoft trying to force CoPilot subs" day in the UK for all who celebrate.
(They just pinged me my renewal notice with it carefully worded to sound like a compulsory general price increase).
1) Go to your account page
2) Hit cancel
3) Change sub back.
(They just pinged me my renewal notice with it carefully worded to sound like a compulsory general price increase).
1) Go to your account page
2) Hit cancel
3) Change sub back.
February 6, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Happy "Microsoft trying to force CoPilot subs" day in the UK for all who celebrate.
(They just pinged me my renewal notice with it carefully worded to sound like a compulsory general price increase).
1) Go to your account page
2) Hit cancel
3) Change sub back.
(They just pinged me my renewal notice with it carefully worded to sound like a compulsory general price increase).
1) Go to your account page
2) Hit cancel
3) Change sub back.
The alt-text on this is superb.
"Please. My comedy. She is very ill"
(With alt-text)
(With alt-text)
February 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM
The alt-text on this is superb.
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I can independently confirm Wired's reporting here, as I was working with @marisakabas.bsky.social to track down this engineer. Marisa heard that Nikhil Rajpal was given full access to the NOAA system with a NOAA email from sources today.
Rajpal has DC roots. His X account is private: x.com/nikrdc
Rajpal has DC roots. His X account is private: x.com/nikrdc
February 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I can independently confirm Wired's reporting here, as I was working with @marisakabas.bsky.social to track down this engineer. Marisa heard that Nikhil Rajpal was given full access to the NOAA system with a NOAA email from sources today.
Rajpal has DC roots. His X account is private: x.com/nikrdc
Rajpal has DC roots. His X account is private: x.com/nikrdc
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Top Dem on the House Intel Committee Jim Himes says in a statement that he understands that the White House “insisted” on the CIA transmitting the list in an unclassified email
New via NYT — The CIA sent the White House an unclassified email listing all employees hired by the spy agency over the last two years to comply with an executive order to shrink the federal work force. One former agency officer called the reporting of names a “counterintelligence disaster.”
February 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Top Dem on the House Intel Committee Jim Himes says in a statement that he understands that the White House “insisted” on the CIA transmitting the list in an unclassified email
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The most frustrating thing about continuing failure to skewer Farage is that his grasp of detail is non-existent. It’s why he gets petulant when exposed to even mildly decent questions. Interviewers just need to zone in on one element of the bullshit & interrogate it until his ignorance is exposed.
Farage on #r4today decrying the increase in costs & red tape since Brexit & calling for Brexit to be “done properly”.
No longer part of the customs union/single market -both of which simplified bureacracy- the costs & red tape on trade have ofc ballooned.
Why was this not put to him directly?
No longer part of the customs union/single market -both of which simplified bureacracy- the costs & red tape on trade have ofc ballooned.
Why was this not put to him directly?
February 4, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The most frustrating thing about continuing failure to skewer Farage is that his grasp of detail is non-existent. It’s why he gets petulant when exposed to even mildly decent questions. Interviewers just need to zone in on one element of the bullshit & interrogate it until his ignorance is exposed.
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Meritocrats: All appointments should be strictly on merit.
Also Meritocrats: Perhaps this white guy’s lack of experience, delusional views and sulphurous private life is what makes him the most appropriate candidate for this vitally important role.
Also Meritocrats: Perhaps this white guy’s lack of experience, delusional views and sulphurous private life is what makes him the most appropriate candidate for this vitally important role.
February 5, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Meritocrats: All appointments should be strictly on merit.
Also Meritocrats: Perhaps this white guy’s lack of experience, delusional views and sulphurous private life is what makes him the most appropriate candidate for this vitally important role.
Also Meritocrats: Perhaps this white guy’s lack of experience, delusional views and sulphurous private life is what makes him the most appropriate candidate for this vitally important role.
I still can't wrap my head around the fact that the richest person on earth isn't spending money on helping people or spending time on a tropical island. Instead, he's spending time sleeping on a cot and destroying USAID because he misses Apartheid.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How the world’s richest man laid waste to the US government
Elon Musk has achieved astonishing power in Trump’s administration – and spent the weekend wielding it
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I still can't wrap my head around the fact that the richest person on earth isn't spending money on helping people or spending time on a tropical island. Instead, he's spending time sleeping on a cot and destroying USAID because he misses Apartheid.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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For the record, the correct response to this in the UK at least is always:
"I believe that doing this would potentially represent a significant data breach and break the law. I'll need a letter from the legal department confirming it isn't, first."
"I believe that doing this would potentially represent a significant data breach and break the law. I'll need a letter from the legal department confirming it isn't, first."
Do you work in network security and would like to have a heart attack? Then boy do I have a paragraph or two for you.
February 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
For the record, the correct response to this in the UK at least is always:
"I believe that doing this would potentially represent a significant data breach and break the law. I'll need a letter from the legal department confirming it isn't, first."
"I believe that doing this would potentially represent a significant data breach and break the law. I'll need a letter from the legal department confirming it isn't, first."
Trump and Space Karen are using exactly the same playbook that Javier Milei has used in Argentina. Within 6 months of his election, over 53% of the population were living in poverty.
www.courthousenews.com/chainsaw-to-...
www.courthousenews.com/chainsaw-to-...
February 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Trump and Space Karen are using exactly the same playbook that Javier Milei has used in Argentina. Within 6 months of his election, over 53% of the population were living in poverty.
www.courthousenews.com/chainsaw-to-...
www.courthousenews.com/chainsaw-to-...