How did I not realise that Lord Glasman was behind the daring new Blue Labour strategy of 'the stocks'?

Latest from the make-it-up-as-you-go-along-presidency. And to think that serious journalists in serious publications write shit about him re-writing the world order. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

As the corporates pile in here, I do hope the Bluesky algo won't lose sight of how much smaller networks matter

"The Authoritarian Stack. How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next" www.authoritarian-stack.info

Pope Leo:

The perfect photo to challenge narratives of progress.

photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty

NEW: A critical memo by an ex-BBC adviser has hit the beeb this week. But some question the way it has come out & how Boris Johnson has reacted - as well as the role of figures from his time in power. Johnson states this is "complete & utter bollocks". www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

As billionaire Venture Capitalists and tech bros try to make the case for "natural aristocracy" let's remind ourselves of the salutary lesson of Australia's 'Bunyip Aristocracy'. Me for @noosphere.app www.noosphere.app/us-tech-bill...

Quite the delta 😆 Good to know the same old shit predictions are being made about AI as were being made back in the early days of the internet

Are they finally catching on to his eternal grifting and gaslighting?

It's like 21% of Britons don't realise it's the 21st Century. 12 - 13 % of LibDems and Greens support - like, what?

And these people speak of wasting public money... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.

Great playlist from Lorraine Kelly on #BBCDID

Important, timely, analysis by @lgilbert.co debunking the commonly used line that "migrants are a burden". Shows that migrants are overwhelmingly bet fiscal contributors. Basically, you target migration, you crash the country.

On this day in 1940 the Tacoma Narrows Bridge spectacularly collapsed. We were taught at school it was an example of mechanical resonance, like many things we were taught it was more complicated than that, the moderate winds produced aeroelastic flutter that was self-exciting and unbounded.

A meltdown inside of Heritage Foundation over whether antisemitism should be a formal core element of the MAGA message or not. The antisemites are now the majority faction.

@coldwarsteve.bsky.social looks like he's already making your montages

“The government needs to decide which way to jump. Will it change the law to favour the content creators, or AI?” says the head of IP disputes at one law firm

The New World has picked up our story about Reform's Doncaster mayoral candidate appearing to claim non-white people can't be English www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...

Who would have imagined www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Yes, this 👇

Inside the Bureau, agents feel deeply betrayed by their leaders who lack any professional qualifications or investigative skills who continue spend their life as grifters, abusing the perks of power and betraying secrets when they think it will boost their podcast subscription base.

That thing when I get cold called on my doorstep by a company trying to sell me something it already provides

A friend messages me to say "good morning, the meningitis is good" #autocomplete

On this day in 1999 Australia rejected the proposal to become a republic via @blondemoney.bsky.social

We need a new generation of leaders who are the voices of democracy, freedom, social justice, & the rule of law. A new generation that renews the “we” in “we the people.” Instead of fretting over Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Party should embrace him as part of its future.

Best one today

I have a feeling that engaging with a post about Mamdani is going to be like engaging with a post about cats

It can only be a matter of months before the Netflix series

Dedicated to my 416 American followers: you, my friends, are doing the lord’s work by merely living in your country right now, so I’ve waded through the cesspit of X so you don’t have to to collect the finest meltdowns. Spoiler Alert: The Fannywobbles are exquisite. Enjoy. 🐻

On this day in 1956 British and French paratroopers landed in Egypt to regain control of the Suez Canal and remove Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, who had just nationalised the canal, which prior to that had been owned primarily by British and French shareholders. via @blondemoney.bsky.social

This person took this when they called the race

On Today this morning, Nick Robinson suggested several times that 'tech' should be used on every incident which, in retrospect, could indicate actual attacks in the near future. So Minority Report. It's tiny nudges and pushes that increase the acceptability of something excessive.

Do read down the thread.

In its reporting of Yaxley-Lennon's not guilty verdict, not once has BBC News mentioned who paid for his defence.

Among the many reasons I love Spain, this is one of them www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Conflict zones can remain unsafe for many people who fled even after the conflict ends. Safety isn't suddenly created by a new government, especially one with the concerns related to it the new Syrian one has. For some people Syria may never be safe to return to. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Nigel Farage finally met a force he couldn’t shout down - the bond market. You can’t outdrink a spreadsheet, and you can’t gaslight a Bloomberg terminal. Round one: he lost.

Cars the U.K are up to 55% larger today than they were in the 1970s and there are twice the number of motors on our roads as there were 30 years ago, but anti-Low Traffic Neighbourhood and anti-cycle lane campaigners keep claiming they 'cause congestion'. Okay.

Notable in today's YouGov that the centre/left bloc - Lab/Green/LD/SNP are on 54%. With Reform/Tories on 43%. That's the biggest differential in a long time. I think useful to track blocs given instability between parties at the moment.

On this day in 1979 a group of Iranian college students overran the US embassy in Tehran and took 90 hostages. via @blondemoney.bsky.social

Absolutely fascinating essay, still, sadly, relevant

Update: videos of Palantir C-suite Lisa Gordon have been taken down from The Information's social media accounts following our reporting on Gordon's remarks about Palantir's "political shift" being what she called "concerning." Response from The Information's EIC Jessica Lessin has been added.

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“Goodwin’s mood – and his politics – started to turn in around 2016, the year in which the UK voted to leave the EU and the US voted for Trump. This was also the approximate time Goodwin is believed to have tried and failed to secure politics professorships at London universities.”