Phillip Rees
@phillip-rees.bsky.social
Dedicated to limitarianism, the promotion of the narcissistic collapse of oligarchs and the application of Magnitsky legislation to get us out of this unholy mess.
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Phillip Rees
@phillip-rees.bsky.social
· Mar 24
Catastrophic dehumanization: the psychological dynamics of severe conflict
YouTube video by Oxford Martin School
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In 2012 Thomas Homer-Dixon gave a lecture at the Oxford Martin School. The title of the lecture was Catastrophic Dehumanization: The Psychological Dynamics Of Severe Conflict.
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Warren Buffett says he is ‘going quiet’ on.ft.com/4qXynbK
Warren Buffett says he is ‘going quiet’
World’s most famous investor warns against corporate greed as he prepares to hand over the reins of Berkshire Hathaway
on.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Warren Buffett says he is ‘going quiet’ on.ft.com/4qXynbK
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I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
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The BBC's depressing lack of inherent institutional strength
The BBC needs to be a robust, independent institution
By me
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/the-bbcs-d...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2025/11/the-...
The BBC needs to be a robust, independent institution
By me
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/the-bbcs-d...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2025/11/the-...
The BBC's depressing lack of of inherent institutional strength
The BBC needs to be a robust, independent institution
emptycity.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The BBC's depressing lack of inherent institutional strength
The BBC needs to be a robust, independent institution
By me
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/the-bbcs-d...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2025/11/the-...
The BBC needs to be a robust, independent institution
By me
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/the-bbcs-d...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2025/11/the-...
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It’s time for Speaker Johnson to cut the ridiculous excuses and do his job. Adelita Grijalva won an election more than 6 weeks ago, and she still hasn’t been sworn in to represent more than 800,000 Arizonans. Read her op-ed:
I was elected 6 weeks ago. Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear me in.
Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear me into office, an unprecedented and starkly undemocratic position that sets a very dangerous precedent.
www.usatoday.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It’s time for Speaker Johnson to cut the ridiculous excuses and do his job. Adelita Grijalva won an election more than 6 weeks ago, and she still hasn’t been sworn in to represent more than 800,000 Arizonans. Read her op-ed:
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Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
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Seeing so many posts about who “Starmer and Nandy” will appoint as director general. Easy mistake but the government does not appoint the director general! The BBC board, whose members are appointed for rolling terms by the culture secretary, appoints the director general.
November 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Seeing so many posts about who “Starmer and Nandy” will appoint as director general. Easy mistake but the government does not appoint the director general! The BBC board, whose members are appointed for rolling terms by the culture secretary, appoints the director general.
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That lady should be a writer
November 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
That lady should be a writer
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Hear me out Blake’s 7 but Muppets, Vila the only human
November 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Hear me out Blake’s 7 but Muppets, Vila the only human
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
November 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
"Sudo, ... "
A sandwich, Shroff said, cannot be a weapon hurled with force anywhere near enough to justify federal charges, and a bulletproof vest, she said, “is definitely going to keep you safe from a sandwich thrown at you.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury chews over fate of 'sandwich guy,' who became a D.C. hero after chucking a sub at a federal officer
Defense attorney Sabrina Shroff told the jury that "a footlong from Subway could not and certainly did not inflict bodily harm."
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"Sudo, ... "
A film you've seen more than seven times with a gif
November 6, 2025 at 6:43 AM
A film you've seen more than seven times with a gif
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Parse the duchy, and he’s left outside.
Encore.
Encore.
“THE KING has been pleased by Warrant under His Royal Sign Manual dated 30 October 2025 to direct His Secretary of State to cause the Duke of York to be removed from the Roll of the Peerage with immediate effect.” thegazette.co.uk/notice/4992105
Warrants Under the Royal Sign Manual
thegazette.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Parse the duchy, and he’s left outside.
Encore.
Encore.
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"Microsoft’s VP for energy, Google’s chief investment officer, OpenAI’s Altman, Amazon’s VP for global data centres, & Nvidia’s senior director of corporate sustainability have all publicly supported the idea of their companies relying on natural gas as an energy source for AI data centres"
The sheer scale of Labour's deals with Trump-donating Big Tech firms has been seriously under-reported.
Not only are they being allowed to build climate-wrecking data centres, they've also been given permission to embed their tech within Whitehall, the NHS, and defence 👇👇
📝 @rtakver.bsky.social
Not only are they being allowed to build climate-wrecking data centres, they've also been given permission to embed their tech within Whitehall, the NHS, and defence 👇👇
📝 @rtakver.bsky.social
Labour’s Big Tech Love Affair Could Blow Up Its Climate Promises
When U.S. President Donald Trump landed for what he called the “exquisite honour” of an unprecedented second state visit to the UK this September, he brought along a retinue of his favourite Silicon V...
www.desmog.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"Microsoft’s VP for energy, Google’s chief investment officer, OpenAI’s Altman, Amazon’s VP for global data centres, & Nvidia’s senior director of corporate sustainability have all publicly supported the idea of their companies relying on natural gas as an energy source for AI data centres"
Elon missed a trick here. When he got Grokipedia to copy content from Wikipedia he should have told it to do so recursively so that all the related articles could have been included. The Grokipedia article has no connections. The Wikipedia article is one node in a highly linked network of knowledge.
When Grokipedia says that its content is adapted from Wikipedia what it means by "adapted" is "copied".
November 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Elon missed a trick here. When he got Grokipedia to copy content from Wikipedia he should have told it to do so recursively so that all the related articles could have been included. The Grokipedia article has no connections. The Wikipedia article is one node in a highly linked network of knowledge.
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Speaker of the House & his son monitor each other's porn usage (not kidding) which poses a very real cyber threat to national security.
Faith-based content filers mean very real diminished digital security for those who use them.
stuff.davidaugust.com/securing-fai...
#infosec #cybersecurity
Faith-based content filers mean very real diminished digital security for those who use them.
stuff.davidaugust.com/securing-fai...
#infosec #cybersecurity
Securing Faith, Sacrificing Safety
Digital Risks of Faith-Based Content Filters
Centralized filtering systems often collect user data to function, raising real privacy and security issues as they are often not properly secured or anon...
stuff.davidaugust.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Speaker of the House & his son monitor each other's porn usage (not kidding) which poses a very real cyber threat to national security.
Faith-based content filers mean very real diminished digital security for those who use them.
stuff.davidaugust.com/securing-fai...
#infosec #cybersecurity
Faith-based content filers mean very real diminished digital security for those who use them.
stuff.davidaugust.com/securing-fai...
#infosec #cybersecurity
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Another big endorsement for Andrew Cuomo. And it only cost $959 million in tax breaks.
November 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Another big endorsement for Andrew Cuomo. And it only cost $959 million in tax breaks.
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There's always money in conflict.
Palantir revenue hits another record as defense work booms.
Palantir Revenue Hits Another Record as Defense Work Booms
The company said its sales were $1.18 billion in the third quarter for a year-over-year growth rate of 63%.
on.wsj.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
There's always money in conflict.
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Don’t forget, if you happen to be in Paris any time until mid December, I hope you’ll check out our unique EXHIBITION at Paris City Hall on bold climate action through better city-building! It was great fun and a big honour to collaborate with Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social & her great team on this.
NEW: “Canadian urbanist @brenttoderian.bsky.social teamed up with the city of Paris and, in particular, its mayor, @annehidalgo.bsky.social on a new exhibition that shines a light on cities and global climate action.”
Thanks very much @momentummag.bsky.social for the great questions! #Paris
Thanks very much @momentummag.bsky.social for the great questions! #Paris
November 3, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Don’t forget, if you happen to be in Paris any time until mid December, I hope you’ll check out our unique EXHIBITION at Paris City Hall on bold climate action through better city-building! It was great fun and a big honour to collaborate with Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social & her great team on this.
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What he said Part 2: 💯 🎯
November 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
What he said Part 2: 💯 🎯
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November 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM