Liam Rezende
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Whatever Times columnists might tell you, it was never about sports. It’s about elimination.
NEW: HHS launches anti-transgender campaign featuring Riley Gaines. It seeks to ban gender affirming care and require the federal health agencies to eliminate recognition of trans people.
womenshealth.gov/protecting-w...
womenshealth.gov/protecting-w...
February 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Whatever Times columnists might tell you, it was never about sports. It’s about elimination.
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Europe can’t rely on the strength of the transatlantic relationship to help contain Russia’s threat – it must lead from the front and be the true force of support that Ukraine needs. Not just for Ukraine’s sake, but for a free and sovereign Europe.
On Ukraine, Europe must step into the void | Virgin
www.virgin.com
February 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Europe can’t rely on the strength of the transatlantic relationship to help contain Russia’s threat – it must lead from the front and be the true force of support that Ukraine needs. Not just for Ukraine’s sake, but for a free and sovereign Europe.
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The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other
February 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other
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when writing about the rise of British populism it’s worth bearing in mind that voters still prefer Starmer to Farage…
….and even prefer Ed Davey to Farage
….and even prefer Ed Davey to Farage
February 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
when writing about the rise of British populism it’s worth bearing in mind that voters still prefer Starmer to Farage…
….and even prefer Ed Davey to Farage
….and even prefer Ed Davey to Farage
Breaking News: Water is wet
Far-right populists much more likely than the left to spread fake news – study
Far-right populists much more likely than the left to spread fake news – study
Amplifying misinformation is now part of radical right strategy, says Dutch study of tweets by MPs in 26 countries
Far-right populists are significantly more likely to spread fake news on social media than politicians from mainstream or far-left parties,…
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Breaking News: Water is wet
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Donald Trump has ordered the Department of Justice to halt the enforcement of a US anti-corruption law that bars Americans from bribing foreign government officials to win business
www.ft.com/content/f880...
www.ft.com/content/f880...
Donald Trump to halt enforcement of law banning bribery of foreign officials
President says move will ‘mean a lot more business for America’
www.ft.com
February 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Donald Trump has ordered the Department of Justice to halt the enforcement of a US anti-corruption law that bars Americans from bribing foreign government officials to win business
www.ft.com/content/f880...
www.ft.com/content/f880...
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Promoting green growth does not make you an ‘eco-nutter’. It’s the only way forward: Heading off the environmental crisis and growing the economy are not at odds. They are two sides of a coin – as our politicians should realise If you care about the world we are handing on to future gener...
Promoting green growth does not make you an ‘eco-nutter’. It’s the only way forward
Promoting green growth does not make you an ‘eco-nutter’. It’s the only way forward: Heading off the environmental crisis and growing the economy are not at odds. They are two sides of a coin – as our politicians should realise If you care about the world we are handing on to future gener...
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Promoting green growth does not make you an ‘eco-nutter’. It’s the only way forward: Heading off the environmental crisis and growing the economy are not at odds. They are two sides of a coin – as our politicians should realise If you care about the world we are handing on to future gener...
Didn’t The Observer get sold?! Can someone please let me know when we will stop seeing trash pieces from the likes of Sonia Sodha across Guardian platforms?
February 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Didn’t The Observer get sold?! Can someone please let me know when we will stop seeing trash pieces from the likes of Sonia Sodha across Guardian platforms?
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observer editor: so what are you writing about this week?
sonia sodha: i’m going to write about how it’s all the trans’s fault!
observer editor: sorry, what’s the trans’s fault?
sonia sodha: [already typing] i’ll work that out as I go!
sonia sodha: i’m going to write about how it’s all the trans’s fault!
observer editor: sorry, what’s the trans’s fault?
sonia sodha: [already typing] i’ll work that out as I go!
February 9, 2025 at 10:24 AM
observer editor: so what are you writing about this week?
sonia sodha: i’m going to write about how it’s all the trans’s fault!
observer editor: sorry, what’s the trans’s fault?
sonia sodha: [already typing] i’ll work that out as I go!
sonia sodha: i’m going to write about how it’s all the trans’s fault!
observer editor: sorry, what’s the trans’s fault?
sonia sodha: [already typing] i’ll work that out as I go!
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This is officially one of the most idiotic things Labour could do. Playing to Reform emboldens Reform. You can't out anti-immigration them. Labour has both the majority and time to implement policies which actually benefit people, and put the case for immigration.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Group of Labour MPs urge No 10 to be tougher on migration to fend off threat from Reform
Exclusive: Pressure group of MPs from constituencies where Reform came second at last election call for Labour to ‘shout louder’ about action on immigration
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This is officially one of the most idiotic things Labour could do. Playing to Reform emboldens Reform. You can't out anti-immigration them. Labour has both the majority and time to implement policies which actually benefit people, and put the case for immigration.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The @Telegraph, @thetimes, @MailOnline & @TheSun publish corrections to their scaremongering on undocumented migrants in London.
Imagine between them the reach & power of these papers.
The fact is they are using that power to instil Trumpist hate & we are ill-equipped to resist.
Imagine between them the reach & power of these papers.
The fact is they are using that power to instil Trumpist hate & we are ill-equipped to resist.
February 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The @Telegraph, @thetimes, @MailOnline & @TheSun publish corrections to their scaremongering on undocumented migrants in London.
Imagine between them the reach & power of these papers.
The fact is they are using that power to instil Trumpist hate & we are ill-equipped to resist.
Imagine between them the reach & power of these papers.
The fact is they are using that power to instil Trumpist hate & we are ill-equipped to resist.
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Today's newsletter: it is, in fact, very bad that the leader of the opposition doesn't appear to do the reading and instead goes on a strange combination of 'her personal experience', 'her instinctive prejudices' and 'potentially things that crossed her Twitter feed that day':
Kemi Badenoch’s post-Southport argument is worrying
Tory seems to put prior convictions ahead of specific facts at a time of potential UK counter-terrorism strategy overhaul
www.ft.com
January 27, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Today's newsletter: it is, in fact, very bad that the leader of the opposition doesn't appear to do the reading and instead goes on a strange combination of 'her personal experience', 'her instinctive prejudices' and 'potentially things that crossed her Twitter feed that day':
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Also: the naked contempt these companies have for their customers is truly repulsive. This is the time that the tech media should be up in arms and screaming at Meta! We are at the point where measurably harmful things are happening and there's still this bland, "well that happened" reporting
Meta to get rid of factcheckers and recommend more political content
Meta to get rid of factcheckers and recommend more political content
Mark Zuckerberg says company will ‘dramatically reduce censorship’ across Facebook, Instagram and Threads
Meta is to get rid of factcheckers, “dramatically reduce the amount of censorship” and recommend more political content on its platforms, including…
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Also: the naked contempt these companies have for their customers is truly repulsive. This is the time that the tech media should be up in arms and screaming at Meta! We are at the point where measurably harmful things are happening and there's still this bland, "well that happened" reporting
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How Zuckerberg has bent the knee to Trump/Musk:
• $1M for inauguration
• Dined at Mar-a-Lago & gave Trump Meta AR glasses
• Promoted GOP operative Joel Kaplan
• Put Dana White on Meta's board
• Got rid of fact-checkers on FB, Insta, and Threads
www.wired.com/story/meta-d...
• $1M for inauguration
• Dined at Mar-a-Lago & gave Trump Meta AR glasses
• Promoted GOP operative Joel Kaplan
• Put Dana White on Meta's board
• Got rid of fact-checkers on FB, Insta, and Threads
www.wired.com/story/meta-d...
Meta Ditches Fact-Checkers Ahead of Trump's Second Term
In an apparent overture to the incoming Trump administration, Meta announced sweeping changes to its content moderation, including no more fact-checkers and a move to Texas.
www.wired.com
January 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
How Zuckerberg has bent the knee to Trump/Musk:
• $1M for inauguration
• Dined at Mar-a-Lago & gave Trump Meta AR glasses
• Promoted GOP operative Joel Kaplan
• Put Dana White on Meta's board
• Got rid of fact-checkers on FB, Insta, and Threads
www.wired.com/story/meta-d...
• $1M for inauguration
• Dined at Mar-a-Lago & gave Trump Meta AR glasses
• Promoted GOP operative Joel Kaplan
• Put Dana White on Meta's board
• Got rid of fact-checkers on FB, Insta, and Threads
www.wired.com/story/meta-d...
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Ominous Russell Brand vibes here: wellness grifting and bothsidesism as the gateway to conspiracy theories
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Steven Bartlett sharing harmful health misinformation on Diary of CEO podcast
Disproven health claims are accepted with little challenge by host on number one podcast, BBC investigation finds.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 13, 2024 at 8:16 AM
Ominous Russell Brand vibes here: wellness grifting and bothsidesism as the gateway to conspiracy theories
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This is a profound piece which should be required reading for all climate activists trying to foster international cooperation on climate.
The debt-politics-climate doom loop was sadly in full display at #COP29
theconversation.com/a-doom-loop-...
The debt-politics-climate doom loop was sadly in full display at #COP29
theconversation.com/a-doom-loop-...
A ‘doom loop’ of climate change and geopolitical instability is beginning
Climate change is driving inflation and instability, which harms climate action. But it’s not too late to escape the doom loop.
theconversation.com
December 10, 2024 at 10:36 PM
This is a profound piece which should be required reading for all climate activists trying to foster international cooperation on climate.
The debt-politics-climate doom loop was sadly in full display at #COP29
theconversation.com/a-doom-loop-...
The debt-politics-climate doom loop was sadly in full display at #COP29
theconversation.com/a-doom-loop-...
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people who can have conversations while jogging: why are you personally attacking me
December 10, 2024 at 3:40 PM
people who can have conversations while jogging: why are you personally attacking me
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How AI monitoring is cutting stillbirths and neonatal deaths in a clinic in Malawi
How AI monitoring is cutting stillbirths and neonatal deaths in a clinic in Malawi
The only hospital in the country using foetal safety software has seen baby fatalities drop by 82% in three years
When Ellen Kaphamtengo felt a sharp pain in her lower abdomen, she thought she might be in labour. It was the ninth month of her first…
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2024 at 7:20 AM
How AI monitoring is cutting stillbirths and neonatal deaths in a clinic in Malawi
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A remarkable stat: Heidi Alexander’s appointment as Transport Secretary means the cabinet is now 100% state-educated for the first time in history.
November 29, 2024 at 1:52 PM
A remarkable stat: Heidi Alexander’s appointment as Transport Secretary means the cabinet is now 100% state-educated for the first time in history.
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We want Bluesky to be a great home for journalists, publishers, and creators. Unlike other platforms, we don't de-promote your links. Post all the links you want — Bluesky is a lobby to the open web.
Traffic from Bluesky's @bsky.app to @theguardian.com is already 2x that of Threads
In its first week on the platform & with 300k followers, Bluesky traffic from @theguardian.com posts is already higher than it was from TwX in any week in 2024, where the account had 10.8m followers, but🧵
In its first week on the platform & with 300k followers, Bluesky traffic from @theguardian.com posts is already higher than it was from TwX in any week in 2024, where the account had 10.8m followers, but🧵
November 27, 2024 at 3:08 PM
We want Bluesky to be a great home for journalists, publishers, and creators. Unlike other platforms, we don't de-promote your links. Post all the links you want — Bluesky is a lobby to the open web.
seeing more and more satirical posts on BlueSky about Kendrick Lamar and Drake - has c.2021 Black Twitter finally arrived? 🥹
November 27, 2024 at 8:35 PM
seeing more and more satirical posts on BlueSky about Kendrick Lamar and Drake - has c.2021 Black Twitter finally arrived? 🥹
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I. JUST. WANT. THE. RECIPE. I. DON'T. WANT. FOUR. PAGES. OF. STORY. ABOUT. HOW. THIS. WAS. YOUR. AUNT. LINDA'S. FAVORITE. DISH. ON. WINTER. ESCAPES. TO. THE. MOUNTAINS.
November 27, 2024 at 4:08 PM
I. JUST. WANT. THE. RECIPE. I. DON'T. WANT. FOUR. PAGES. OF. STORY. ABOUT. HOW. THIS. WAS. YOUR. AUNT. LINDA'S. FAVORITE. DISH. ON. WINTER. ESCAPES. TO. THE. MOUNTAINS.
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Blue Sky team, you're building something special and great here. Keep at it. Stick with it. And please don't sell it to an evil billionaire who's going to come around waving a lot of money to gobble it up.
Sincerely, a Happy Blue Sky user.
Sincerely, a Happy Blue Sky user.
November 27, 2024 at 5:45 AM
Blue Sky team, you're building something special and great here. Keep at it. Stick with it. And please don't sell it to an evil billionaire who's going to come around waving a lot of money to gobble it up.
Sincerely, a Happy Blue Sky user.
Sincerely, a Happy Blue Sky user.
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Social media is in desperate need of innovation. Meta is only letting you have a slice of control over what you see because Bluesky is here building for you.
We wrote on Saturday about how Meta is going all-out to meet the threat of Bluesky: wapo.st/3OrYxBj
Today they took another step— finally allowing users to set their default feeds to a chronological “following” feed.
Today they took another step— finally allowing users to set their default feeds to a chronological “following” feed.
November 26, 2024 at 2:54 AM
Social media is in desperate need of innovation. Meta is only letting you have a slice of control over what you see because Bluesky is here building for you.