Tim Albert
@timalbert.bsky.social
Idealist. Resisting obsolesence. Former scribbler and actual small word enthusiast (insert hyphen at will).
Books include: WInning the publications game; Mostly we had it good; Two Summers: Nixon and Trump by Greyhound Bus.
www.timalbert.co.uk
Books include: WInning the publications game; Mostly we had it good; Two Summers: Nixon and Trump by Greyhound Bus.
www.timalbert.co.uk
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I'm old enough to remember when CBS News and journalists like Edward R. Murrow held power to account, instead of capitulating to it.
January 7, 2026 at 5:01 PM
I'm old enough to remember when CBS News and journalists like Edward R. Murrow held power to account, instead of capitulating to it.
Excellent: 'The real challenge is not whether machines will want to live, but how humans choose to design, deploy and govern systems whose power comes entirely from us.'
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
AI consciousness is a red herring in the safety debate | Letters
Letters: We should take AI risks seriously, but doing so requires conceptual clarity, says Prof Virginia Dignum. Plus letters from John Robinson and Eric Skidmore
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Excellent: 'The real challenge is not whether machines will want to live, but how humans choose to design, deploy and govern systems whose power comes entirely from us.'
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
'The Britain of yesteryear may have offered some of its people order and “fun”, but it was also a country of deep racism, petty violence, bitter industrial strife, riots, appalling police brutality in plain sight, awful attitudes to disability and more.' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In 2026, remember this: Britain is much better than it was in so many ways. Don’t swallow the right’s lies | John Harris
Populists rewrite the history of this nation because they were complicit in much of its ugliness. The progressive fightback must start now, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:32 PM
'The Britain of yesteryear may have offered some of its people order and “fun”, but it was also a country of deep racism, petty violence, bitter industrial strife, riots, appalling police brutality in plain sight, awful attitudes to disability and more.' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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this is a fascinating statistic. i would assume this is to a great degree simply the obvious fact that green energy is by definition a growth sector. fossil fuels is not, notwithstanding the big run up in production in FF in the last 20 years.
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
Banks Notch Higher Fees From Green Bonds Than Fossil Fuel Debt
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business.
bloom.bg
January 2, 2026 at 4:05 PM
this is a fascinating statistic. i would assume this is to a great degree simply the obvious fact that green energy is by definition a growth sector. fossil fuels is not, notwithstanding the big run up in production in FF in the last 20 years.
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This is the first time Macron has retaliated so angrily against the provocations of his alleged "friend" Donald Trump. The policy of appeasement and flattery is breaking down.
December 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This is the first time Macron has retaliated so angrily against the provocations of his alleged "friend" Donald Trump. The policy of appeasement and flattery is breaking down.
Government censor.
If you don't see why UK needs a *robust*, politically *independent*, securely funded #BBC, this shows you.
Really American: ‘FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr announced that they will be hiring a "bias monitor" at #CBS "who would report directly to the President." State run TV is officially here.’
Really American: ‘FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr announced that they will be hiring a "bias monitor" at #CBS "who would report directly to the President." State run TV is officially here.’
video.twimg.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Government censor.
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This photo, file 468, from the Epstein files that includes Donald Trump has apparently now been removed from the DOJ release.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
December 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This photo, file 468, from the Epstein files that includes Donald Trump has apparently now been removed from the DOJ release.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
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I’ve been in US for so long now that I really was struck when I arrived yesterday by the general niceness, politeness and normality of people here! On my BA flight it was so disarming to hear the pilot and crew repeatedly apologizing for every tiny inconvenience, and speaking in unassuming tone.
I’m in UK right now; full of nice people from different backgrounds, exchanging pleasantries, doing Christmas shopping, eating out, attending carol
services, chatting about the weather, and generally going about their business in friendly manner. Far from the hellhole MAGA would have you believe!
services, chatting about the weather, and generally going about their business in friendly manner. Far from the hellhole MAGA would have you believe!
meanwhile, the Twitterati are calling for a ban on all travel from Europe
December 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I’ve been in US for so long now that I really was struck when I arrived yesterday by the general niceness, politeness and normality of people here! On my BA flight it was so disarming to hear the pilot and crew repeatedly apologizing for every tiny inconvenience, and speaking in unassuming tone.
Alleluia
Christmas Special: Adoration of the MAGA
The new Private Eye is out now
The new Private Eye is out now
December 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Alleluia
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Is runaway welfare spending to blame for the Chancellor's fiscal challenges?
We dig into the numbers⤵️
We dig into the numbers⤵️
December 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Is runaway welfare spending to blame for the Chancellor's fiscal challenges?
We dig into the numbers⤵️
We dig into the numbers⤵️
Maybe AI has a role.
December 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Maybe AI has a role.
So they're not feckless, they're underpaid! Who knew?
Such important context for the scrapping of the two child limit:
70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
November 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM
So they're not feckless, they're underpaid! Who knew?
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Wake up to 400 emails on how I can hide my money from the Chancellor and, as ever, it's good to see the generous, warm-hearted, UK press in action.
November 27, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Wake up to 400 emails on how I can hide my money from the Chancellor and, as ever, it's good to see the generous, warm-hearted, UK press in action.
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According to a new study from a respected US think tank, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Britain’s decision to leave the EU has meant that its GDP is between 6 per cent and 8 per cent smaller than it would have been.
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Unclear where this war profiteering plan came from or why it emerged right now, but clear that it is in every way disastrous
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Unclear where this war profiteering plan came from or why it emerged right now, but clear that it is in every way disastrous
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‘She called for “courage” to introduce a new system at the public broadcaster that separated it from government.’
November 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
‘She called for “courage” to introduce a new system at the public broadcaster that separated it from government.’
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Hearst is cutting 26 roles at Dallas Morning News, a paper it acquired less than two months ago. Union The Dallas News Guild says the entire copy desk, including sports, is being eliminated www.dmagazine.com/micropost/he...
Hearst to lay off 26 at Dallas Morning News
Not quite two months after closing a deal that put the Dallas Morning News under Hearst's ownership, the newspaper’s union tells us 26 people will be laid
www.dmagazine.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Hearst is cutting 26 roles at Dallas Morning News, a paper it acquired less than two months ago. Union The Dallas News Guild says the entire copy desk, including sports, is being eliminated www.dmagazine.com/micropost/he...
JFC this is the world's most ignorant man.
November 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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We will wrap up the evening with the final event:
The UK-EU ‘reset': Six months on
@anandmenon.bsky.social @calummillerld.bsky.social @jillongovt.bsky.social
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/six-mo...
The UK-EU ‘reset': Six months on
@anandmenon.bsky.social @calummillerld.bsky.social @jillongovt.bsky.social
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/six-mo...
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
We will wrap up the evening with the final event:
The UK-EU ‘reset': Six months on
@anandmenon.bsky.social @calummillerld.bsky.social @jillongovt.bsky.social
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/six-mo...
The UK-EU ‘reset': Six months on
@anandmenon.bsky.social @calummillerld.bsky.social @jillongovt.bsky.social
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/six-mo...
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Going to leave you with a Home Office chart from their most recent asylum stats so you can decide whether the UK is a magnet for asylum seekers with a uniquely generous asylum system www.gov.uk/government/s...
November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Going to leave you with a Home Office chart from their most recent asylum stats so you can decide whether the UK is a magnet for asylum seekers with a uniquely generous asylum system www.gov.uk/government/s...
Amen to that.
#CollectiveCourage: For the first time in 12 yrs, the U.S. bishops issued a Special Message addressing their concern for the evolving situation impacting immigrants in the U.S. Religious communities can play a key role in protecting our neighbors & building a stronger democracy, watch their message:
Special Pastoral Message on Immigration by the Bishops of the United States
YouTube video by United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Amen to that.
Sue!
The Daily Mail attacking the BBC on the grounds of editorial standards is worse than the pot calling the kettle black. The Daily Mail is a witch's cauldron of distortion, misrepresentation and outright fabrication.
November 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Sue!
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The Daily Mail attacking the BBC on the grounds of editorial standards is worse than the pot calling the kettle black. The Daily Mail is a witch's cauldron of distortion, misrepresentation and outright fabrication.
November 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The Daily Mail attacking the BBC on the grounds of editorial standards is worse than the pot calling the kettle black. The Daily Mail is a witch's cauldron of distortion, misrepresentation and outright fabrication.