Paul
@paul00.bsky.social
🎵Watch out now, take care, beware of greedy leaders, they take you where you should not go...🎵
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Prediction: Labour will try to do this in two weeks time, when it is least effective, after coming under attack for their own continued use of the site, which they fail to justify.
Labour can extend this beyond X and start going after Reform politicians making money from the site. "Will Farage give back the money he made from this sex offender site?" Etc...
Has there ever been any poll showing the public this united? yougov.co.uk/technology/a...
January 13, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Prediction: Labour will try to do this in two weeks time, when it is least effective, after coming under attack for their own continued use of the site, which they fail to justify.
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More than 40 civil society groups including @tuc.org.uk @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social and @pscupdates.bsky.social have joined forces to condemn new police powers to restrict protest.
This amplifies the concerns I've expressed to Home Office ministers.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
This amplifies the concerns I've expressed to Home Office ministers.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Civil society groups condemn ‘dangerous’ plans for more anti-protest powers
Dozens including TUC join force to oppose ‘wide-ranging’ move to increase police powers in England and Wales
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:35 PM
More than 40 civil society groups including @tuc.org.uk @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social and @pscupdates.bsky.social have joined forces to condemn new police powers to restrict protest.
This amplifies the concerns I've expressed to Home Office ministers.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
This amplifies the concerns I've expressed to Home Office ministers.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity.
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
January 12, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity.
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
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This is on Starmer, on Lammy, on Mahmood. Heba's impending death, it seems, is a matter of policy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Let’s be clear: if the Palestine Action hunger strikers die, the government will bear moral responsibility | George Monbiot
The three remaining hunger strikers have been convicted of nothing. Yet with astonishing cruelty, ministers refuse to listen to their reasonable demands, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:24 PM
This is on Starmer, on Lammy, on Mahmood. Heba's impending death, it seems, is a matter of policy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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From the CWS ARCHIVE. February 2022.
January 12, 2026 at 5:39 PM
From the CWS ARCHIVE. February 2022.
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Once again I am struck by how one of the most powerful transformations associated with the tech boom and "social media" isn't really technical at all but rather a sort of pervasive learned helplessness among governments across the anglophone world if a computer is somehow involved...
Malaysia and Indonesia become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, after authorities said it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual images.
Malaysia, Indonesia become first to block Musk’s Grok over AI deepfakes
Malaysia and Indonesia have blocked access to Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok due to its misuse in generating explicit images.
bit.ly
January 12, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Once again I am struck by how one of the most powerful transformations associated with the tech boom and "social media" isn't really technical at all but rather a sort of pervasive learned helplessness among governments across the anglophone world if a computer is somehow involved...
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Important and scary read by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social about ineptitude of UK leadership and incestuous relationships w evil people broligarchy.substack.com/p/peter-thie...
Peter Thiel's New Model Army
The Palantirisation of the UK military is a national security disaster
broligarchy.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Important and scary read by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social about ineptitude of UK leadership and incestuous relationships w evil people broligarchy.substack.com/p/peter-thie...
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Extremely unusual that the Bluesky team is working late on a Sunday night to verify Canadian political parties and elected officials who are rumored to be mulling over a coordinated X ban with Australia and the UK.
When there's smoke, there's fire.
When there's smoke, there's fire.
January 12, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Extremely unusual that the Bluesky team is working late on a Sunday night to verify Canadian political parties and elected officials who are rumored to be mulling over a coordinated X ban with Australia and the UK.
When there's smoke, there's fire.
When there's smoke, there's fire.
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This is also the type of commentator for whom the number one priority isn't a horror occuring, but the idea that someone, somewhere, might a touch too hyperbolic in how they charecterize it.
"Why your gaping knife wound isn't actually like getting shot, by Dude in the New York Times" ad infinitum.
"Why your gaping knife wound isn't actually like getting shot, by Dude in the New York Times" ad infinitum.
There is no attitude for which legacy journalists are more often rewarded by their bosses than "Everybody needs to calm down." It is a preening announcement that you are the adult in the room, immune from emotion or overreaction or "hysteria." And it is the worst imaginable priority for this era. >
January 11, 2026 at 6:09 PM
This is also the type of commentator for whom the number one priority isn't a horror occuring, but the idea that someone, somewhere, might a touch too hyperbolic in how they charecterize it.
"Why your gaping knife wound isn't actually like getting shot, by Dude in the New York Times" ad infinitum.
"Why your gaping knife wound isn't actually like getting shot, by Dude in the New York Times" ad infinitum.
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Auchincloss: "When you have a badge & gun and you are interacting with a citizen who has committed no crime, the onus of responsibility is on you to exercise good judgment. Nobody watching that video will buy the argument that he had no other resort other than to shoot her in the face 3 times."
January 11, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Auchincloss: "When you have a badge & gun and you are interacting with a citizen who has committed no crime, the onus of responsibility is on you to exercise good judgment. Nobody watching that video will buy the argument that he had no other resort other than to shoot her in the face 3 times."
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I had no idea the material conditions in Iran had degraded so badly. As the speaker, Prof Fatemeh Shams explains later, these are explosive, borderline revolutionary conditions, much more serious than previous rounds of mass protest
January 11, 2026 at 3:05 AM
I had no idea the material conditions in Iran had degraded so badly. As the speaker, Prof Fatemeh Shams explains later, these are explosive, borderline revolutionary conditions, much more serious than previous rounds of mass protest
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Smew at Broadwood Loch, Cumbernauld, Scotland. 10th January 2026.
#smew #mergellusalbellus #Duck #broadwoodloch #birding #BirdingScotland #birdsseenin2026 #birdphotography
#smew #mergellusalbellus #Duck #broadwoodloch #birding #BirdingScotland #birdsseenin2026 #birdphotography
January 11, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Smew at Broadwood Loch, Cumbernauld, Scotland. 10th January 2026.
#smew #mergellusalbellus #Duck #broadwoodloch #birding #BirdingScotland #birdsseenin2026 #birdphotography
#smew #mergellusalbellus #Duck #broadwoodloch #birding #BirdingScotland #birdsseenin2026 #birdphotography
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This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
January 11, 2026 at 4:55 AM
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
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Common Sense, published 250 years ago today.
January 10, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Common Sense, published 250 years ago today.
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Genesis, 1969
Lithograph by UK artist Barbara Hepworth, born on this day in 1903 #WomensArt
Lithograph by UK artist Barbara Hepworth, born on this day in 1903 #WomensArt
January 10, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Genesis, 1969
Lithograph by UK artist Barbara Hepworth, born on this day in 1903 #WomensArt
Lithograph by UK artist Barbara Hepworth, born on this day in 1903 #WomensArt
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UK Deputy PM David Lammy: JD Vance agrees that sexualised AI images on X are ‘unacceptable’.
Why does the UK govt need US approval to know what is wrong?
Is the UK a sovereign state or not?
Must take action against platforms profiting from exploitation and abuse.
Why does the UK govt need US approval to know what is wrong?
Is the UK a sovereign state or not?
Must take action against platforms profiting from exploitation and abuse.
David Lammy: JD Vance agrees that sexualised AI images on X are ‘unacceptable’
Exclusive: US vice-president ‘sympathetic’ to concerns over Grok-generated pornography, says deputy PM
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:12 PM
UK Deputy PM David Lammy: JD Vance agrees that sexualised AI images on X are ‘unacceptable’.
Why does the UK govt need US approval to know what is wrong?
Is the UK a sovereign state or not?
Must take action against platforms profiting from exploitation and abuse.
Why does the UK govt need US approval to know what is wrong?
Is the UK a sovereign state or not?
Must take action against platforms profiting from exploitation and abuse.
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“IT WAS MURDER”
Several hundred people have formed a human banner at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach today (Sat Jan 10, 2026)
👏👏
(📸 Erik Castro)
Several hundred people have formed a human banner at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach today (Sat Jan 10, 2026)
👏👏
(📸 Erik Castro)
January 10, 2026 at 8:57 PM
“IT WAS MURDER”
Several hundred people have formed a human banner at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach today (Sat Jan 10, 2026)
👏👏
(📸 Erik Castro)
Several hundred people have formed a human banner at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach today (Sat Jan 10, 2026)
👏👏
(📸 Erik Castro)
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Heba Muraisi is on day 69 of her hunger strike.
Kamran Ahmed is on day 62 of his hunger strike.
They are at risk of dying at any moment. This is a political choice by Keir Starmer’s Labour government.
Immediate bail for remand prisoners NOW.
Kamran Ahmed is on day 62 of his hunger strike.
They are at risk of dying at any moment. This is a political choice by Keir Starmer’s Labour government.
Immediate bail for remand prisoners NOW.
January 10, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Heba Muraisi is on day 69 of her hunger strike.
Kamran Ahmed is on day 62 of his hunger strike.
They are at risk of dying at any moment. This is a political choice by Keir Starmer’s Labour government.
Immediate bail for remand prisoners NOW.
Kamran Ahmed is on day 62 of his hunger strike.
They are at risk of dying at any moment. This is a political choice by Keir Starmer’s Labour government.
Immediate bail for remand prisoners NOW.
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Pecksniff returns with his laser eye on...
- Starmer, whose appeasement is no sanctuary in Trump’s terrifying new world
- Badenoch, who admits only that Trump's action "raises serious questions about the rules-based order"
& 'Lady Haw-Haw' Truss
- Starmer, whose appeasement is no sanctuary in Trump’s terrifying new world
- Badenoch, who admits only that Trump's action "raises serious questions about the rules-based order"
& 'Lady Haw-Haw' Truss
Pecksniff: Starmer’s appeasement is no sanctuary in Trump’s terrifying new world
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Pecksniff returns with his laser eye on...
- Starmer, whose appeasement is no sanctuary in Trump’s terrifying new world
- Badenoch, who admits only that Trump's action "raises serious questions about the rules-based order"
& 'Lady Haw-Haw' Truss
- Starmer, whose appeasement is no sanctuary in Trump’s terrifying new world
- Badenoch, who admits only that Trump's action "raises serious questions about the rules-based order"
& 'Lady Haw-Haw' Truss
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The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
January 10, 2026 at 9:15 AM
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
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"We feel like cattle prodded into colluding with system that prizes exam performance above all else, for sake of school results & international league tables?"
Yes. Policy @greenparty.org.uk - abolish Sats, abolish Oftsed, make education for life not just exams
www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...
Yes. Policy @greenparty.org.uk - abolish Sats, abolish Oftsed, make education for life not just exams
www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...
What to do about school refusal — from a mother who knows
Persistent absence from school is on the rise. The parenting expert Tanith Carey offers her advice
www.thetimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:44 AM
"We feel like cattle prodded into colluding with system that prizes exam performance above all else, for sake of school results & international league tables?"
Yes. Policy @greenparty.org.uk - abolish Sats, abolish Oftsed, make education for life not just exams
www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...
Yes. Policy @greenparty.org.uk - abolish Sats, abolish Oftsed, make education for life not just exams
www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...
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Oh my god she uploaded a slow motion video and it's amazing. He's just like me fr running as best he can and still going backwards over and over!
January 9, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Oh my god she uploaded a slow motion video and it's amazing. He's just like me fr running as best he can and still going backwards over and over!
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English documentary photographer Janette Beckman, #TracyChapman, New York, 1988 #womensart
January 10, 2026 at 7:42 AM
English documentary photographer Janette Beckman, #TracyChapman, New York, 1988 #womensart
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Indonesia temporarily blocks access to Grok over sexualised images reut.rs/4jvw0JI
Indonesia temporarily blocks access to Grok over sexualised images
Indonesia temporarily blocked Elon Musk's Grok chatbot on Saturday due to the risk of AI-generated pornographic content, becoming the first country to deny access to the AI tool.
reut.rs
January 10, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Indonesia temporarily blocks access to Grok over sexualised images reut.rs/4jvw0JI