Simon Clark
@simoninlondon.bsky.social
Anglo-American in London busy with a bit of climate investing, challenging online disinformation and helping with dialogue to end conflicts.
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📢 AI companies claim they are only enhancing our lives. Yet, CCDH's new research shows that ChatGPT is betraying vulnerable teenagers.
AI companies must stop generating harmful content. Agree? Take action today 👇
https://act.counterhate.com/page/152823/petition/1?ea.tracking.id=bs_organic
AI companies must stop generating harmful content. Agree? Take action today 👇
https://act.counterhate.com/page/152823/petition/1?ea.tracking.id=bs_organic
AI platforms must stop generating harmful content
From election misinformation to conspiracies and eating disorders, AI tools are generating harmful content. It’s time for governments and regulators to demand AI companies stop deceiving us.
act.counterhate.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
📢 AI companies claim they are only enhancing our lives. Yet, CCDH's new research shows that ChatGPT is betraying vulnerable teenagers.
AI companies must stop generating harmful content. Agree? Take action today 👇
https://act.counterhate.com/page/152823/petition/1?ea.tracking.id=bs_organic
AI companies must stop generating harmful content. Agree? Take action today 👇
https://act.counterhate.com/page/152823/petition/1?ea.tracking.id=bs_organic
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6/Expect more attacks on the EU's legitimacy and more uncertainty in the transatlantic relationship. It is all there in the US National Security Strategy.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
www.whitehouse.gov
December 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
6/Expect more attacks on the EU's legitimacy and more uncertainty in the transatlantic relationship. It is all there in the US National Security Strategy.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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1/US stepping up attacks on the EU. This has left many in Europe scratching their heads but it is part of the neo-royalist agenda. The EU stands for the rules based order and stands in the way of a new order based not on rules but clique interests.
www.politico.eu/article/top-...
www.politico.eu/article/top-...
Top US official says EU regulation ‘undermines’ NATO ties
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said Europe’s policy agenda was hurting its credibility in Washington.
www.politico.eu
December 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
1/US stepping up attacks on the EU. This has left many in Europe scratching their heads but it is part of the neo-royalist agenda. The EU stands for the rules based order and stands in the way of a new order based not on rules but clique interests.
www.politico.eu/article/top-...
www.politico.eu/article/top-...
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An enjoyable essay. engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-c...
December 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
An enjoyable essay. engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-c...
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the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
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i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
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1/Quick thoughts of implications of US National Security Strategy for Europe -- weaponized interdependence meets nationalist international. The US will use its tools (economic, technology, and financial dominance) to press for far right agenda.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
www.whitehouse.gov
December 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
1/Quick thoughts of implications of US National Security Strategy for Europe -- weaponized interdependence meets nationalist international. The US will use its tools (economic, technology, and financial dominance) to press for far right agenda.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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trump admin approach to national security sounds like the kind of thing Charles Lindbergh would have written in 1939
Trump's national security strategy is out and some of the Europe sections are shocking. "...the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
trump admin approach to national security sounds like the kind of thing Charles Lindbergh would have written in 1939
Reading www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u.... A few points:
1. "Cultivating American
industrial strength must become the highest priority of national economic policy." I wonder if Bessent agrees?
2. "we want a people who are proud, happy and optimistic...
1. "Cultivating American
industrial strength must become the highest priority of national economic policy." I wonder if Bessent agrees?
2. "we want a people who are proud, happy and optimistic...
www.whitehouse.gov
December 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Reading www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u.... A few points:
1. "Cultivating American
industrial strength must become the highest priority of national economic policy." I wonder if Bessent agrees?
2. "we want a people who are proud, happy and optimistic...
1. "Cultivating American
industrial strength must become the highest priority of national economic policy." I wonder if Bessent agrees?
2. "we want a people who are proud, happy and optimistic...
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Make this make sense. The President launches lethal strikes on transporters of cocaine, but then pardons Juan Orlando Hernández, a convicted cocaine kingpin.
In mafia terms, it’s like going after the bagman while inviting the mob boss to dinner.
PS: Ban the presidential pardon.
In mafia terms, it’s like going after the bagman while inviting the mob boss to dinner.
PS: Ban the presidential pardon.
December 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Make this make sense. The President launches lethal strikes on transporters of cocaine, but then pardons Juan Orlando Hernández, a convicted cocaine kingpin.
In mafia terms, it’s like going after the bagman while inviting the mob boss to dinner.
PS: Ban the presidential pardon.
In mafia terms, it’s like going after the bagman while inviting the mob boss to dinner.
PS: Ban the presidential pardon.
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First this administration engages in all sorts of misdirection about the second strike on the boat.
Now they’ve just decided to try and pin it on an admiral to save Pete Hegseth’s job.
It’s repulsive to see tough-guy Hegseth scamper for cover. He should resign.
Now they’ve just decided to try and pin it on an admiral to save Pete Hegseth’s job.
It’s repulsive to see tough-guy Hegseth scamper for cover. He should resign.
December 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
First this administration engages in all sorts of misdirection about the second strike on the boat.
Now they’ve just decided to try and pin it on an admiral to save Pete Hegseth’s job.
It’s repulsive to see tough-guy Hegseth scamper for cover. He should resign.
Now they’ve just decided to try and pin it on an admiral to save Pete Hegseth’s job.
It’s repulsive to see tough-guy Hegseth scamper for cover. He should resign.
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What matters is the direction of travel, the political will to confront the old order, and the willingness to let independent institutions do their work. Ukraine is meeting those expectations in full view of its allies and doing so under wartime pressure no candidate state has ever faced.
11/13
11/13
November 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
What matters is the direction of travel, the political will to confront the old order, and the willingness to let independent institutions do their work. Ukraine is meeting those expectations in full view of its allies and doing so under wartime pressure no candidate state has ever faced.
11/13
11/13
www.gmfus.org/news/yermaks...
@gmfus.bsky.social Josh Rudoph makes the case that Yermak's resignation strengthens Ukraine at this delicate moment
@gmfus.bsky.social Josh Rudoph makes the case that Yermak's resignation strengthens Ukraine at this delicate moment
Yermak’s Departure Strengthens Ukraine’s Hand
www.gmfus.org
November 29, 2025 at 8:13 AM
www.gmfus.org/news/yermaks...
@gmfus.bsky.social Josh Rudoph makes the case that Yermak's resignation strengthens Ukraine at this delicate moment
@gmfus.bsky.social Josh Rudoph makes the case that Yermak's resignation strengthens Ukraine at this delicate moment
I am finding much to admire in Doctorow's #enshittification, but remain baffled by his opposition to enforcing content standards. All vendors are liable to private actions for tort bar platforms shielded by #Section230; platforms break their own promises and then hide their failures.
November 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I am finding much to admire in Doctorow's #enshittification, but remain baffled by his opposition to enforcing content standards. All vendors are liable to private actions for tort bar platforms shielded by #Section230; platforms break their own promises and then hide their failures.
Reading Cory Doctorow's latest: #enshittification. Takes until page 138 to get to his first policy fight but it's a good one: repeal Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA) which makes breaking digital locks a crime.
November 24, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Reading Cory Doctorow's latest: #enshittification. Takes until page 138 to get to his first policy fight but it's a good one: repeal Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA) which makes breaking digital locks a crime.
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Sex trafficking on Meta platforms was both difficult to report and widely tolerated. Instagram’s former head of safety testified that when she joined Meta in 2020 she was shocked to learn the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the “trafficking of humans for sex.”
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Sex trafficking on Meta platforms was both difficult to report and widely tolerated. Instagram’s former head of safety testified that when she joined Meta in 2020 she was shocked to learn the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the “trafficking of humans for sex.”
Truly excellent thread on the importance of having a plan, and the courage to see it through. @ruthcadbury.bsky.social is making the same point that @stephenkb.bsky.social has been hammering for a while
This week is Road Safety Week & a chance to talk about Barbara Castle!
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
November 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Truly excellent thread on the importance of having a plan, and the courage to see it through. @ruthcadbury.bsky.social is making the same point that @stephenkb.bsky.social has been hammering for a while
@raskin.house.gov has something to say
A foreign country bribed the president with a bar of gold.
Where are my Originalists at?
Where are my Originalists at?
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
November 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
@raskin.house.gov has something to say
Vital distinction
This last part in particular is so poorly understood. Part of winning an election is “appealing to your lot”, part is “not upsetting or terrifying the other lot”.
Starmer is disliked by ~75% of the electorate. Newsflash: that includes quite a lot of Labour voters- and, crucially, those who may have voted for other parties or stayed at home but were comfortable with Labour winning.
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Vital distinction
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The American people’s revulsion at Trump’s upwards wealth distinction, naked corruption, and authoritarianism show that it’s a winning issue.
Epstein provides a horrific look inside the moral rot that underpins it.
Epstein provides a horrific look inside the moral rot that underpins it.
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The American people’s revulsion at Trump’s upwards wealth distinction, naked corruption, and authoritarianism show that it’s a winning issue.
Epstein provides a horrific look inside the moral rot that underpins it.
Epstein provides a horrific look inside the moral rot that underpins it.
A useful thread with well deserved 👏🏼 for @mattduss.bsky.social work on fighting kleptocracy
🧵Corruption, kleptocracy, and oligarchy should be the unifying theme of progressive policy — and, for that matter, center-left and liberal policy — and that’s been true for a very very long time.
Toward a Neo-Progressive Foreign Policy
In foreign policy, progressives are adrift, caught between dated paradigms that have not yet come to terms with the current geopolitical moment.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A useful thread with well deserved 👏🏼 for @mattduss.bsky.social work on fighting kleptocracy
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New post from @ldfreedman.bsky.social
Will Russians continue to support the war?
Will 2026 be a crunch year?
Will the Ukranians be able to counter-attack?
Answering your questions part 2
Covers all of this...
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/w...
Will Russians continue to support the war?
Will 2026 be a crunch year?
Will the Ukranians be able to counter-attack?
Answering your questions part 2
Covers all of this...
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/w...
November 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM
New post from @ldfreedman.bsky.social
Will Russians continue to support the war?
Will 2026 be a crunch year?
Will the Ukranians be able to counter-attack?
Answering your questions part 2
Covers all of this...
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/w...
Will Russians continue to support the war?
Will 2026 be a crunch year?
Will the Ukranians be able to counter-attack?
Answering your questions part 2
Covers all of this...
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/w...
Useful summary in Goodbye Globalization by @elisabethbraw.bsky.social
"Post-Cold War globalization had been an honourable undertaking, and it had benefited countless people, but it had run its course. It hadn't taken the climate into account. It had overestimated democracy's power to convert...
"Post-Cold War globalization had been an honourable undertaking, and it had benefited countless people, but it had run its course. It hadn't taken the climate into account. It had overestimated democracy's power to convert...
November 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Useful summary in Goodbye Globalization by @elisabethbraw.bsky.social
"Post-Cold War globalization had been an honourable undertaking, and it had benefited countless people, but it had run its course. It hadn't taken the climate into account. It had overestimated democracy's power to convert...
"Post-Cold War globalization had been an honourable undertaking, and it had benefited countless people, but it had run its course. It hadn't taken the climate into account. It had overestimated democracy's power to convert...