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I am hearing from multiple sources that the EU Commission is announcing its first DSA fine tomorrow against X on ad transparency, blue check & dark pattern, and researcher access to data.
The fine is in the "100s of millions of Euros."
Elon about to get big mad.
I am hearing from multiple sources that the EU Commission is announcing its first DSA fine tomorrow against X on ad transparency, blue check & dark pattern, and researcher access to data.
The fine is in the "100s of millions of Euros."
Elon about to get big mad.
December 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Alan Sked has alleged Farage used various n-word slurs in 1997, aged 33, not 13 or 17. It would be useful to get a categorical denial or a more equivocal one to be clear about what Farage in 2025 is saying & denying about his use of racial insults as so-called "banter" & when that had ended
December 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Alan Sked has alleged Farage used various n-word slurs in 1997, aged 33, not 13 or 17. It would be useful to get a categorical denial or a more equivocal one to be clear about what Farage in 2025 is saying & denying about his use of racial insults as so-called "banter" & when that had ended
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Not for the first time, I’m being told that attacking Farage for his boyhood racism is futile. The opposite is the case, as you can see from how rattled he is by it.
And no, it’s not about persuading Farage fans anything, it’s about mobilising the non-voters and encouraging tactical voting.
And no, it’s not about persuading Farage fans anything, it’s about mobilising the non-voters and encouraging tactical voting.
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Not for the first time, I’m being told that attacking Farage for his boyhood racism is futile. The opposite is the case, as you can see from how rattled he is by it.
And no, it’s not about persuading Farage fans anything, it’s about mobilising the non-voters and encouraging tactical voting.
And no, it’s not about persuading Farage fans anything, it’s about mobilising the non-voters and encouraging tactical voting.
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It's almost like every single reputable expert who has been saying this exact thing for years was right.
Home Office recognised this fact 15 years ago. Successive governments, globally, continue to ignore it, and continue to push harmful "tougher" policies. 1/
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Home Office recognised this fact 15 years ago. Successive governments, globally, continue to ignore it, and continue to push harmful "tougher" policies. 1/
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Hardline migration policies are fuelling people smuggling, report finds
As leaders try to break smugglers’ business model, research suggests strategy so far has had opposite effect
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM
It's almost like every single reputable expert who has been saying this exact thing for years was right.
Home Office recognised this fact 15 years ago. Successive governments, globally, continue to ignore it, and continue to push harmful "tougher" policies. 1/
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Home Office recognised this fact 15 years ago. Successive governments, globally, continue to ignore it, and continue to push harmful "tougher" policies. 1/
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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There is a way for Truss to be allowed back into society, but she’s just not capable of it:
* complete silence for several years
* contrition upon reemergence
* A heartfelt apology to the British people
Narcissism will keep getting in the way.
* complete silence for several years
* contrition upon reemergence
* A heartfelt apology to the British people
Narcissism will keep getting in the way.
December 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
There is a way for Truss to be allowed back into society, but she’s just not capable of it:
* complete silence for several years
* contrition upon reemergence
* A heartfelt apology to the British people
Narcissism will keep getting in the way.
* complete silence for several years
* contrition upon reemergence
* A heartfelt apology to the British people
Narcissism will keep getting in the way.
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Today's absurd sci-fi headline that's somehow our reality: Fact-checkers barred from immigrating to the U.S.
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Today's absurd sci-fi headline that's somehow our reality: Fact-checkers barred from immigrating to the U.S.
Serious question- Google isn’t helpful-
How many British women died in the struggle for universal suffrage?
How many British women died in the struggle for universal suffrage?
December 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Serious question- Google isn’t helpful-
How many British women died in the struggle for universal suffrage?
How many British women died in the struggle for universal suffrage?
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Also, before anyone gets het up about churches in politics: This is EXACTLY the kind of politics a church can and should engage in. It’s about the POLICY, not the candidates. They’re not allowed to cheerlead/condemn people or parties, but they sure are allowed to endorse or condemn policies.
Dedham Priest pissing off all the right people by removing Jesus from the church's nativity scene and putting up an ICE WAS HERE sign in His place.
www.boston25news.com/news/local/i...
www.boston25news.com/news/local/i...
‘ICE was here’: Dedham church sparks outrage over nativity scene with political message
A Dedham church is causing controversy over another political statement in their Nativity scene this holiday season.
www.boston25news.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Also, before anyone gets het up about churches in politics: This is EXACTLY the kind of politics a church can and should engage in. It’s about the POLICY, not the candidates. They’re not allowed to cheerlead/condemn people or parties, but they sure are allowed to endorse or condemn policies.
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One of the four elements of malignant narcissism is sadism.
December 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
One of the four elements of malignant narcissism is sadism.
Rather enjoying watching Americans watching the Orange Brezhnev’s mental and physical decline in real time
Go on, someone leak the MRI scans
Go on, someone leak the MRI scans
December 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Rather enjoying watching Americans watching the Orange Brezhnev’s mental and physical decline in real time
Go on, someone leak the MRI scans
Go on, someone leak the MRI scans
Be responsible this Christmas
December 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Be responsible this Christmas
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Today the news will be about the government's proposals for juries.
Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.
Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
December 2, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Today the news will be about the government's proposals for juries.
Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.
Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.
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I think Zack Polanski was right to make this point, it highlights the gross inequality between the super rich and the rest of us.
December 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I think Zack Polanski was right to make this point, it highlights the gross inequality between the super rich and the rest of us.
Watching Strange Things S5E4 and two blokes are at close quarters, both equipped with rifles, and they come to blows.
As both are American, neither has a bayonet to get the job done.
Total nonsense- any squaddie from the Welsh Mixed Vegetables would do this better
As both are American, neither has a bayonet to get the job done.
Total nonsense- any squaddie from the Welsh Mixed Vegetables would do this better
December 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Watching Strange Things S5E4 and two blokes are at close quarters, both equipped with rifles, and they come to blows.
As both are American, neither has a bayonet to get the job done.
Total nonsense- any squaddie from the Welsh Mixed Vegetables would do this better
As both are American, neither has a bayonet to get the job done.
Total nonsense- any squaddie from the Welsh Mixed Vegetables would do this better
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"We didn't join UKSF for this sort of behaviour, you know, toddlers to get shot in their beds or random killing."
Inside the Afghanistan inquiry: four UKSF insiders warn of implausible kill ratios, flawed reports and potential abuse
aoav.org.uk/2025/inside-...
Inside the Afghanistan inquiry: four UKSF insiders warn of implausible kill ratios, flawed reports and potential abuse
aoav.org.uk/2025/inside-...
Inside the Afghanistan inquiry: four UKSF insiders warn of implausible kill ratios, flawed reports and potential abuse - AOAV
Testimony from four UK Special Forces witnesses to the Afghanistan Inquiry reveals a pattern of detainee deaths, implausible battlefield accounts and ignored internal warnings that together suggest sy...
aoav.org.uk
December 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
"We didn't join UKSF for this sort of behaviour, you know, toddlers to get shot in their beds or random killing."
Inside the Afghanistan inquiry: four UKSF insiders warn of implausible kill ratios, flawed reports and potential abuse
aoav.org.uk/2025/inside-...
Inside the Afghanistan inquiry: four UKSF insiders warn of implausible kill ratios, flawed reports and potential abuse
aoav.org.uk/2025/inside-...
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#GVerse The man who shoot those two West Virginia National Guard in DC was working with the CIA. He was vetted by #Shit4Brain's administration. #Shitface is lying about everything.
November 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
#GVerse The man who shoot those two West Virginia National Guard in DC was working with the CIA. He was vetted by #Shit4Brain's administration. #Shitface is lying about everything.
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In case you’re wondering why Pete Hegseth is freaking out about a congressional video reminding the military not to participate in illegal orders:
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
In case you’re wondering why Pete Hegseth is freaking out about a congressional video reminding the military not to participate in illegal orders:
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So take this in. Straight from the NATO meeting after Russia’s attack Britain’s primary military town, Salisbury, Boris Johnson flew unofficially to party in Umbria with a former KGB officer working for the Kremlin.
Can anyone tell me how this has been forgotten?
It is Profumo on stilts
Can anyone tell me how this has been forgotten?
It is Profumo on stilts
November 30, 2025 at 4:45 AM
So take this in. Straight from the NATO meeting after Russia’s attack Britain’s primary military town, Salisbury, Boris Johnson flew unofficially to party in Umbria with a former KGB officer working for the Kremlin.
Can anyone tell me how this has been forgotten?
It is Profumo on stilts
Can anyone tell me how this has been forgotten?
It is Profumo on stilts
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Sought and found asylum in the UK
R.I.P. Tom Stoppard, playwright most famous for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Sir Tom Stoppard, playwright famed for his wit and depth, dies at 88
Winning an Oscar for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love, he captivated the hearts of audiences for more than six decades.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Sought and found asylum in the UK
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If you actually have to do work, AI often just makes more work because you have to spend so much time making sure it didn't lie to you again.
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
If you actually have to do work, AI often just makes more work because you have to spend so much time making sure it didn't lie to you again.
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Not coincidentally this is a pretty good list of Most Important Companies to Unionize.
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Not coincidentally this is a pretty good list of Most Important Companies to Unionize.
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Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
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From what work I did with intelligence people, it goes like this; they work hard to turn an influencer. Then they ask about people that this person knows might be sympathetic. Then they turn those people.
UKIP/the Brexit Party/Reform will be riddled.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
UKIP/the Brexit Party/Reform will be riddled.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:32 AM
From what work I did with intelligence people, it goes like this; they work hard to turn an influencer. Then they ask about people that this person knows might be sympathetic. Then they turn those people.
UKIP/the Brexit Party/Reform will be riddled.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
UKIP/the Brexit Party/Reform will be riddled.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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I cannot even begin to express my rage at this lie
reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony
reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony
NEW: The F.D.A. announced in an internal memo that 10 children died "because of" the Covid shot. Other experts want to see proof.
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to Covid Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I cannot even begin to express my rage at this lie
reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony
reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony