Geoff Tucker
@geoffreytucker1.bsky.social
Thoughts guided by provable facts.
I don't give money to random people as I cannot tell if you are a scammer. I give to bona fide charities
I never knowingly eat animals, their secretions or ova.
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I don't give money to random people as I cannot tell if you are a scammer. I give to bona fide charities
I never knowingly eat animals, their secretions or ova.
Solent Area Prog profile is @solentareaprog.bsky.social
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🔭 The Galactic Plane: Radio Versus Visible
Image Credit: Radio: S. Mantovanini & the GLEAM team; Visible: Axel Mellinger (milkywaysky.com)
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25111...
Image Credit: Radio: S. Mantovanini & the GLEAM team; Visible: Axel Mellinger (milkywaysky.com)
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25111...
November 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔭 The Galactic Plane: Radio Versus Visible
Image Credit: Radio: S. Mantovanini & the GLEAM team; Visible: Axel Mellinger (milkywaysky.com)
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25111...
Image Credit: Radio: S. Mantovanini & the GLEAM team; Visible: Axel Mellinger (milkywaysky.com)
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25111...
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Someone tag the Labour party: ““This was a cynical strategic manoeuvre to avoid losing voters to the far right, but it seems, based on polling, that all they have done is prime their own voters to join the far right rather than stay with the Social Democrats.””
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Centre-left tipped to lose Copenhagen for first time in electoral history
Political rivals say PM’s divisive politics have encouraged voters to ditch the Social Democrats for the far right
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Someone tag the Labour party: ““This was a cynical strategic manoeuvre to avoid losing voters to the far right, but it seems, based on polling, that all they have done is prime their own voters to join the far right rather than stay with the Social Democrats.””
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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"It is terrible that Shabana Mahmood faces overt racism for being a high profile Asian woman" = good argument
"The key to ending overt racism against Asians in Britain is that we must Stop the Boats" = a very bad argument indeed, on so many levels
"The key to ending overt racism against Asians in Britain is that we must Stop the Boats" = a very bad argument indeed, on so many levels
November 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"It is terrible that Shabana Mahmood faces overt racism for being a high profile Asian woman" = good argument
"The key to ending overt racism against Asians in Britain is that we must Stop the Boats" = a very bad argument indeed, on so many levels
"The key to ending overt racism against Asians in Britain is that we must Stop the Boats" = a very bad argument indeed, on so many levels
So Trump says he'll finally release the Epstein files. It took his team this long to remove every single incriminating reference I guess 🤔
November 17, 2025 at 11:19 PM
So Trump says he'll finally release the Epstein files. It took his team this long to remove every single incriminating reference I guess 🤔
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I know it’s hard. But you can’t possibly go to an academic conference that imposes restrictions on freedom of speech like this.
Abstracts submitted to LPSC 2026 are required to comply with White House (non-legally binding) executive orders forbidding mention of topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
At least USRA/LPI isn't hiding it.
But is this what our community wants? Or deserves? I don't think so.
At least USRA/LPI isn't hiding it.
But is this what our community wants? Or deserves? I don't think so.
November 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I know it’s hard. But you can’t possibly go to an academic conference that imposes restrictions on freedom of speech like this.
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Labour MP Simon Opher - "We should stop the boats because it's dangerous, and we should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel.
"Measures that create bureaucracy and insecurity do not offer clarity or strengthen control – they cost money, waste time and weaken the system."
"Measures that create bureaucracy and insecurity do not offer clarity or strengthen control – they cost money, waste time and weaken the system."
November 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Labour MP Simon Opher - "We should stop the boats because it's dangerous, and we should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel.
"Measures that create bureaucracy and insecurity do not offer clarity or strengthen control – they cost money, waste time and weaken the system."
"Measures that create bureaucracy and insecurity do not offer clarity or strengthen control – they cost money, waste time and weaken the system."
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Great thread thanks. Am I being too simplistic at saying we sometimes confuse what voters find most noticeable versus what they care about?
November 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Great thread thanks. Am I being too simplistic at saying we sometimes confuse what voters find most noticeable versus what they care about?
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The bloody neighbours have gone out and left John Cage’s 4’33 on full blast again.
November 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The bloody neighbours have gone out and left John Cage’s 4’33 on full blast again.
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“The promise of a world-changing technology that isn’t here…companies are stealing every scrap of data they can find, throwing computer power at it, draining our aquifers of water, our national grids of electricity and all we have is some software that you can’t trust not to make things up.”
NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
“The promise of a world-changing technology that isn’t here…companies are stealing every scrap of data they can find, throwing computer power at it, draining our aquifers of water, our national grids of electricity and all we have is some software that you can’t trust not to make things up.”
You know that things are VERY wrong when Yaxley Hyphen starts praising Labour policy
November 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
You know that things are VERY wrong when Yaxley Hyphen starts praising Labour policy
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That last line is FIRE 🔥
Christiane Amanpour, "Antisemitism is a major problem. How do you navigate that?"
Zack Polanski, "I think it is a powerful message to have a Jewish leader and a Muslim deputy leader"
"Antisemitism and Islamophobia are two sides of the same coin"
"And the best response to hatred is solidarity"
Zack Polanski, "I think it is a powerful message to have a Jewish leader and a Muslim deputy leader"
"Antisemitism and Islamophobia are two sides of the same coin"
"And the best response to hatred is solidarity"
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 AM
That last line is FIRE 🔥
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The Leonids peak early Nov 17, and this year brings dark skies. With only a slim waning crescent, you’ll have a clear view as meteors zip by at 44 miles per second, often leaving glowing green trails. Expect up to 15 per hour—perfect for late-night stargazing tonight!
November 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The Leonids peak early Nov 17, and this year brings dark skies. With only a slim waning crescent, you’ll have a clear view as meteors zip by at 44 miles per second, often leaving glowing green trails. Expect up to 15 per hour—perfect for late-night stargazing tonight!
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In light of this I think we can reject the excuse that KS referencing the rivers of blood speech was an accident. It was foreplay.
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
In light of this I think we can reject the excuse that KS referencing the rivers of blood speech was an accident. It was foreplay.
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This is the logical consequence of Labour’s appeasement of the far right - this is an arms race Labour should never seek to win
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
This is the logical consequence of Labour’s appeasement of the far right - this is an arms race Labour should never seek to win
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The only way this 20 year thing works is if it actually deters. If it doesn’t, it just stores up more and more problems, more and more costs - lawyers, bureaucrats etc - in an ever-accumulating mass.
And there’s no real reason to believe it will deter. Deterrence generally is overrated.
And there’s no real reason to believe it will deter. Deterrence generally is overrated.
November 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The only way this 20 year thing works is if it actually deters. If it doesn’t, it just stores up more and more problems, more and more costs - lawyers, bureaucrats etc - in an ever-accumulating mass.
And there’s no real reason to believe it will deter. Deterrence generally is overrated.
And there’s no real reason to believe it will deter. Deterrence generally is overrated.
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The Daily Mail has been relentlessly attacking the BBC over the editing of Trump quotes in a documentary and look:
It completely fabricated a quote from a BBC presenter. Robinson should sue them for, ooh, at least $2 billion dollars as it’s worse than what they accused the BBC of.
It completely fabricated a quote from a BBC presenter. Robinson should sue them for, ooh, at least $2 billion dollars as it’s worse than what they accused the BBC of.
November 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The Daily Mail has been relentlessly attacking the BBC over the editing of Trump quotes in a documentary and look:
It completely fabricated a quote from a BBC presenter. Robinson should sue them for, ooh, at least $2 billion dollars as it’s worse than what they accused the BBC of.
It completely fabricated a quote from a BBC presenter. Robinson should sue them for, ooh, at least $2 billion dollars as it’s worse than what they accused the BBC of.
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🗳️ According to YouGov polling from this week, 60% of Britons support net zero, while only 25% oppose it.
💸 This government could boost its abysmal polling with policies which slash bills and cut emissions.
📢 Tell Labour this is what you want: VoteClimate.uk/register
💸 This government could boost its abysmal polling with policies which slash bills and cut emissions.
📢 Tell Labour this is what you want: VoteClimate.uk/register
November 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
🗳️ According to YouGov polling from this week, 60% of Britons support net zero, while only 25% oppose it.
💸 This government could boost its abysmal polling with policies which slash bills and cut emissions.
📢 Tell Labour this is what you want: VoteClimate.uk/register
💸 This government could boost its abysmal polling with policies which slash bills and cut emissions.
📢 Tell Labour this is what you want: VoteClimate.uk/register
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Temerko, a Soviet-born oligarch and a major Conservative donor, told Belton that he and Johnson spent time… plotting the overthrow May. According to Temerko, Johnson had finally been persuaded to back Brexit in 2016 by a group of “eastern European businessmen”.
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
Landmark Ruling in Strasbourg as MPs Challenge UK Government over Failure to Investigate Russian Interference in Brexit
'Nothing less than the future of democracy is at stake' says Caroline Lucas as a cross-party coalition and The Citizens win an unprecedented hearing over electoral safety and national security
bylinetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Temerko, a Soviet-born oligarch and a major Conservative donor, told Belton that he and Johnson spent time… plotting the overthrow May. According to Temerko, Johnson had finally been persuaded to back Brexit in 2016 by a group of “eastern European businessmen”.
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
Can there now be any doubt that the U.S. is now acting as a Nazi state?
How will Faragé be spinning this?
My guess is that he will completely avoid commenting on his presidential hero's tactics.
How will Faragé be spinning this?
My guess is that he will completely avoid commenting on his presidential hero's tactics.
Question for The Times.
Given undocumented immigrants are being given hysterectomies and then deported by ICE when they complain would you still call Donald Trump a "feminist hero"? www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
Given undocumented immigrants are being given hysterectomies and then deported by ICE when they complain would you still call Donald Trump a "feminist hero"? www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Can there now be any doubt that the U.S. is now acting as a Nazi state?
How will Faragé be spinning this?
My guess is that he will completely avoid commenting on his presidential hero's tactics.
How will Faragé be spinning this?
My guess is that he will completely avoid commenting on his presidential hero's tactics.
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Received this press release from the ONS
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Received this press release from the ONS
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The Times has taken up the story: www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Without decent data, the country is flying blind
Once a world leader in reliable statistics, the ONS is in chaos — making public policy impossible
www.thetimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The Times has taken up the story: www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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The fact that OpenAI even tried to frame their defence in this absurd manner betrays how morally bankrupt they are. But perhaps also how desperate.
We didn't plagiarize, you made us plagiarize by asking questions to which we stole the answers.
"Because its output is generated by users of the chatbot via their prompts, OpenAI said, they were the ones who should be held legally liable for it – an argument rejected by the court."
"Because its output is generated by users of the chatbot via their prompts, OpenAI said, they were the ones who should be held legally liable for it – an argument rejected by the court."
ChatGPT violated copyright law by ‘learning’ from song lyrics, German court rules
OpenAI ordered to pay undisclosed damages for training its language models on artists’ work without permission
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The fact that OpenAI even tried to frame their defence in this absurd manner betrays how morally bankrupt they are. But perhaps also how desperate.
The subject REALLY needs bigger exposure and discussion.
Unsurprisingly the gutter press didn't latch on to the Hacked series on ITV in the same way they did the P.O. Horizon scandal, even though it revealed much deeper corruption.
No excuse that the BBC haven't gone to town on it in the same way.
Unsurprisingly the gutter press didn't latch on to the Hacked series on ITV in the same way they did the P.O. Horizon scandal, even though it revealed much deeper corruption.
No excuse that the BBC haven't gone to town on it in the same way.
Join former Hacked Off Board Director & now Chair of the @pressjustice.bsky.social , @stephenstroud.bsky.social , at this screening of our two documentary films on Sunday, "Power Without Responsibility" & "The Press and the People"
November 14, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The subject REALLY needs bigger exposure and discussion.
Unsurprisingly the gutter press didn't latch on to the Hacked series on ITV in the same way they did the P.O. Horizon scandal, even though it revealed much deeper corruption.
No excuse that the BBC haven't gone to town on it in the same way.
Unsurprisingly the gutter press didn't latch on to the Hacked series on ITV in the same way they did the P.O. Horizon scandal, even though it revealed much deeper corruption.
No excuse that the BBC haven't gone to town on it in the same way.