Paolo Steen
@thesteen.bsky.social
Policy researcher and web designer in UK and NL. Biased towards sanity and integrity.
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The more I watch this from Hannah Spencer, two things happen:
1. The more I like it and her.
2. The more it makes me want to get out and do what she says by volunteering.
... I'm surprisingly moved by 2, as I can physically feel it breaking through the armour of scepticism I've built around myself.
1. The more I like it and her.
2. The more it makes me want to get out and do what she says by volunteering.
... I'm surprisingly moved by 2, as I can physically feel it breaking through the armour of scepticism I've built around myself.
January 30, 2026 at 1:38 PM
The more I watch this from Hannah Spencer, two things happen:
1. The more I like it and her.
2. The more it makes me want to get out and do what she says by volunteering.
... I'm surprisingly moved by 2, as I can physically feel it breaking through the armour of scepticism I've built around myself.
1. The more I like it and her.
2. The more it makes me want to get out and do what she says by volunteering.
... I'm surprisingly moved by 2, as I can physically feel it breaking through the armour of scepticism I've built around myself.
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A reminder that China has the largest wind power generation facilties in the World.
Trump lies (or is confused, or both): "China does most of everything they're doing with coal. They make the windmills, but they don't have a lot of wind farms. Somebody ought to look at that."
January 29, 2026 at 7:28 PM
A reminder that China has the largest wind power generation facilties in the World.
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Need some EU style naming rules for polling, where if your sample size is under, say, 600, you have to just call it a 'sparkling vibe'.
The actual number of respondents giving a voting intention here was *51 people*. So you can treat this as something like:
Reform 24% - 50%
Labour 21% - 47%
Green 12% - 34%
Reform 24% - 50%
Labour 21% - 47%
Green 12% - 34%
Sample size of 143, one month from the election, with no Labour or Green candidates selected
January 29, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Need some EU style naming rules for polling, where if your sample size is under, say, 600, you have to just call it a 'sparkling vibe'.
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January 29, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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What happens when a company whose tools track and deport migrants abroad is entrusted with our most sensitive public health data at home?
✊ Sign our petition calling for a full Parliament debate on Palantir’s use in UK services: www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...
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Sign the Petition
Hold a Parliamentary Debate on Palantir’s Role in UK Defence, Security & Public Services
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January 27, 2026 at 2:58 PM
What happens when a company whose tools track and deport migrants abroad is entrusted with our most sensitive public health data at home?
✊ Sign our petition calling for a full Parliament debate on Palantir’s use in UK services: www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...
✊ Sign our petition calling for a full Parliament debate on Palantir’s use in UK services: www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...
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1. ICE is using Palantir apps to collect biometric data on protestors. I'm working closely with @markey.senate.gov to stop this.
Wyden, Merkley and Markey Demand ICE Stop Using Mobile Facial Recognition App | U.S. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon
www.wyden.senate.gov
January 27, 2026 at 9:28 PM
1. ICE is using Palantir apps to collect biometric data on protestors. I'm working closely with @markey.senate.gov to stop this.
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France announced today it’s phasing out Teams, Zoom, etc. to be replaced with a French/European solution called Visio. The data is hosted on Outscale. Transcripts and subtitles are also handled by French providers. The target is set on 2027 for government agencies.
January 26, 2026 at 3:31 PM
France announced today it’s phasing out Teams, Zoom, etc. to be replaced with a French/European solution called Visio. The data is hosted on Outscale. Transcripts and subtitles are also handled by French providers. The target is set on 2027 for government agencies.
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It’s long been obvious that the current Labour Party are lousy at basic politics: picking arguments they didn’t need to have, pathologically prone to u
Turns. Doesn’t this just prove it. Whatever you think of Burnham, this just makes Starmer look incredibly weak.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Turns. Doesn’t this just prove it. Whatever you think of Burnham, this just makes Starmer look incredibly weak.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Andy Burnham blocked from byelection race by Labour ruling committee
Decision likely to set off ferocious row between Keir Starmer loyalists and allies of Greater Manchester mayor
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:35 PM
It’s long been obvious that the current Labour Party are lousy at basic politics: picking arguments they didn’t need to have, pathologically prone to u
Turns. Doesn’t this just prove it. Whatever you think of Burnham, this just makes Starmer look incredibly weak.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Turns. Doesn’t this just prove it. Whatever you think of Burnham, this just makes Starmer look incredibly weak.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Board of Peace - Season 1
January 24, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Board of Peace - Season 1
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So it was Badenoch *personally* who stabbed Britain in the back during the Greenland crisis! Simply unbelievable. Ought to be a resignation matter.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
How Badenoch’s meeting with Mike Johnson led to Trump’s Chagos deal rant
A brief encounter set off a chain of events that culminated in a public rebuff to the US president from Keir Starmer
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:58 AM
So it was Badenoch *personally* who stabbed Britain in the back during the Greenland crisis! Simply unbelievable. Ought to be a resignation matter.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Oh man Rutte absolutely pulled one over on Donnie, looking forward to hearing what BS he offered up.
Dollar HOD on this and stocks ripping.
Dollar HOD on this and stocks ripping.
January 21, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Oh man Rutte absolutely pulled one over on Donnie, looking forward to hearing what BS he offered up.
Dollar HOD on this and stocks ripping.
Dollar HOD on this and stocks ripping.
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Lab to DK is a group twice as large as Lab to Ref (and losses to DK are often easiest to win back)
Lab to Grn/LD is a group three times as large as Lab to Ref (and on multiple metrics this group looks more open to returning to Labour)
Lab to Grn/LD is a group three times as large as Lab to Ref (and on multiple metrics this group looks more open to returning to Labour)
🧵/ How would Britain vote at the start of 2026: Our new study of 17,000 Britons breaks down current voting intention by factors such as age, socio-economic classification, past vote, and more...
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yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
January 21, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Lab to DK is a group twice as large as Lab to Ref (and losses to DK are often easiest to win back)
Lab to Grn/LD is a group three times as large as Lab to Ref (and on multiple metrics this group looks more open to returning to Labour)
Lab to Grn/LD is a group three times as large as Lab to Ref (and on multiple metrics this group looks more open to returning to Labour)
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America, come take your deranged grandpa home, he's embarrassing you.
January 21, 2026 at 2:22 PM
America, come take your deranged grandpa home, he's embarrassing you.
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French judge explains how Trump sent people from the US Embassy to try to intimidate her during Marine Le Pen's trial for embezzlement — and details how he has used similar fascistic tactics to intimidate other judges around the world who rule against his alt-right friends.
January 20, 2026 at 5:54 PM
French judge explains how Trump sent people from the US Embassy to try to intimidate her during Marine Le Pen's trial for embezzlement — and details how he has used similar fascistic tactics to intimidate other judges around the world who rule against his alt-right friends.
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The RSPB has stopped tweeting.
RSPB and RNLI among charities to quietly stop using Twitter
www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/major-c...
www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/major-c...
Major charities leave X after AI images controversy
www.civilsociety.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 10:17 AM
The RSPB has stopped tweeting.
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We were warned and warned and WARNED.
An extra 60,000 HGV drivers needed by UK...
Some of us warning here years ago of this too..Brexit (reducing EU cabotage & driver accompanied haulage) fucks UK even more while alleviating issue across EU. Will mean lower UK standards to meet demand of driver unaccompanied haulage to/from EU
Some of us warning here years ago of this too..Brexit (reducing EU cabotage & driver accompanied haulage) fucks UK even more while alleviating issue across EU. Will mean lower UK standards to meet demand of driver unaccompanied haulage to/from EU
January 20, 2026 at 10:10 AM
We were warned and warned and WARNED.
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Trump chewing the carpets again... Farage lickspittling behind him... Tories forgetting they started the process, and everyone forgetting the Chagos islands belong to the Chagos islanders www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...
Trump says UK handing over Chagos Islands sovereignty is act of 'great stupidity'
The US president says the UK
www.bbc.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Trump chewing the carpets again... Farage lickspittling behind him... Tories forgetting they started the process, and everyone forgetting the Chagos islands belong to the Chagos islanders www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...
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Nigel's diary.
Sunday: not well enough to face softball questions from Tory Laura, in case she asked about King Trump and Greenland.
Monday: well enough to fly to Davos and mingle with potential Reform party funders from the oil industry.
Sunday: not well enough to face softball questions from Tory Laura, in case she asked about King Trump and Greenland.
Monday: well enough to fly to Davos and mingle with potential Reform party funders from the oil industry.
January 19, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Nigel's diary.
Sunday: not well enough to face softball questions from Tory Laura, in case she asked about King Trump and Greenland.
Monday: well enough to fly to Davos and mingle with potential Reform party funders from the oil industry.
Sunday: not well enough to face softball questions from Tory Laura, in case she asked about King Trump and Greenland.
Monday: well enough to fly to Davos and mingle with potential Reform party funders from the oil industry.
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So, if you ever wondered why people who understand surveillance are salty about video cameras on doorbells...
It's only a matter of time before they get co-opted into mass surveillance. And if the regime you live under changes that's you spying on your neighbours.
It's only a matter of time before they get co-opted into mass surveillance. And if the regime you live under changes that's you spying on your neighbours.
January 19, 2026 at 9:12 AM
So, if you ever wondered why people who understand surveillance are salty about video cameras on doorbells...
It's only a matter of time before they get co-opted into mass surveillance. And if the regime you live under changes that's you spying on your neighbours.
It's only a matter of time before they get co-opted into mass surveillance. And if the regime you live under changes that's you spying on your neighbours.
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So there it is, in his own words.
Trump writes to the prime minister of Norway informing him that as a consequence of not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, “I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace”.
A dangerous man-child.
Trump writes to the prime minister of Norway informing him that as a consequence of not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, “I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace”.
A dangerous man-child.
January 19, 2026 at 10:53 AM
So there it is, in his own words.
Trump writes to the prime minister of Norway informing him that as a consequence of not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, “I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace”.
A dangerous man-child.
Trump writes to the prime minister of Norway informing him that as a consequence of not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, “I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace”.
A dangerous man-child.
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How it started/how it's going
January 18, 2026 at 3:08 PM
How it started/how it's going
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It’s a real shame that Nigel Farage is too unwell to do interviews the morning after Donald Trump threatens us with sanctions.
Here he is with “the bravest man he ever met”. He campaigned to make Trump President, and has spent the last year enjoying all the chaos he has caused.
Here he is with “the bravest man he ever met”. He campaigned to make Trump President, and has spent the last year enjoying all the chaos he has caused.
January 18, 2026 at 10:51 AM
It’s a real shame that Nigel Farage is too unwell to do interviews the morning after Donald Trump threatens us with sanctions.
Here he is with “the bravest man he ever met”. He campaigned to make Trump President, and has spent the last year enjoying all the chaos he has caused.
Here he is with “the bravest man he ever met”. He campaigned to make Trump President, and has spent the last year enjoying all the chaos he has caused.
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Totally bizarre that the older cohort - which is more shielded than any other from the vagaries of the economy - are the most negative about it. Presumably, it's mainly down to social media.
January 18, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Totally bizarre that the older cohort - which is more shielded than any other from the vagaries of the economy - are the most negative about it. Presumably, it's mainly down to social media.