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Could Grokipedia also be used to poison future LLM training data with far-right lies ? Inequality and consequent wealth concentration is a major threat - especially as some of the richest seem to be nuts. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
White nationalist talking points and racial pseudoscience: welcome to Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
World’s richest person wanted to ‘purge’ propaganda from Wikipedia, so he created a compendium of racist disinformation
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Could Grokipedia also be used to poison future LLM training data with far-right lies ? Inequality and consequent wealth concentration is a major threat - especially as some of the richest seem to be nuts. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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If the Telegraph can do this, why can’t #BBC journalists challenge all politicians who bemoan our lack of growth on the elephant in the room: the damage of #Brexit+what can be done to repair it? @omrgriffiths @Nshallice @dianamartinbbc @JonathanAspinw1 @JohntNeal @jonathancmunro
November 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
If the Telegraph can do this, why can’t #BBC journalists challenge all politicians who bemoan our lack of growth on the elephant in the room: the damage of #Brexit+what can be done to repair it? @omrgriffiths @Nshallice @dianamartinbbc @JonathanAspinw1 @JohntNeal @jonathancmunro
"The US is siding with Putin and selling out both Ukraine’s sovereignty and the security of Europe" to make some business deals. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The week Europe realised it stands alone against Russian expansionism
Washington’s Putin-appeasing plan for peace in Ukraine has failed, but many heard death knell sounded for European reliance on US protection
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"The US is siding with Putin and selling out both Ukraine’s sovereignty and the security of Europe" to make some business deals. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:33 AM
"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
At last. Russia has been waging hybrid war against the West for years - including helping far-right parties in Europe and Trump - and will continue to escalate until Europe pushes back. www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Europe thinks the unthinkable: Retaliating against Russia
Countries are looking at joint offensive cyber operations and surprise military drills as Moscow steps up its campaign to destabilize NATO allies.
www.politico.eu
November 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
At last. Russia has been waging hybrid war against the West for years - including helping far-right parties in Europe and Trump - and will continue to escalate until Europe pushes back. www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Trump selling out European democracies to a Russian dictatorship with a GDP the size of Italy, for a few business deals. Europe can succeed with it's own strategy until sanity returns to the USA. Good a European intelligence agency is doing it's job. www.wsj.com/world/russia...
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Trump selling out European democracies to a Russian dictatorship with a GDP the size of Italy, for a few business deals. Europe can succeed with it's own strategy until sanity returns to the USA. Good a European intelligence agency is doing it's job. www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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All Labour, Green and independent councillors at Oxford City Council have just called for public ownership of Thames Water
This government can't stop the rising tide of public opinion, even from their own councillors.
📣 Public ownership of Thames Water NOW.
This government can't stop the rising tide of public opinion, even from their own councillors.
📣 Public ownership of Thames Water NOW.
Council calls to nationalise Thames Water amid 'disgusting' sewage spills
Oxford City Council has called for Thames Water to be brought back into public ownership, amid complaints about "disgusting" sewage spills.
www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 11:31 AM
All Labour, Green and independent councillors at Oxford City Council have just called for public ownership of Thames Water
This government can't stop the rising tide of public opinion, even from their own councillors.
📣 Public ownership of Thames Water NOW.
This government can't stop the rising tide of public opinion, even from their own councillors.
📣 Public ownership of Thames Water NOW.
The few who still like Brexit will vote Reform anyway. To fix the UK economy and European defence, replace Starmer with Burnham, release the unredacted Russia report, and hold a 2nd referendum on Johnson's actual Brexit settlement not the fantasies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rachel Reeves has many problems. She’s realising that her Brexit bind may be the biggest of all | Rafael Behr
Brutal economic realities are prompting a shift in Labour’s tone on Europe. But will it dare tell the whole truth about Britain’s predicament, asks Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
The few who still like Brexit will vote Reform anyway. To fix the UK economy and European defence, replace Starmer with Burnham, release the unredacted Russia report, and hold a 2nd referendum on Johnson's actual Brexit settlement not the fantasies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
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When I hear Farage talking about rounding up and deporting hundreds of thousands of human beings, and threatening those with leave to remain or settled status, I cannot help but think of the schoolboy sidling up to me and telling me that “Hitler was right”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui
Now that my former classmate has finally spoken about the allegations of his behaviour at school, I feel compelled to address his points directly, says Peter Ettedgui, a film director and producer
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
When I hear Farage talking about rounding up and deporting hundreds of thousands of human beings, and threatening those with leave to remain or settled status, I cannot help but think of the schoolboy sidling up to me and telling me that “Hitler was right”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
