“If this is the level of shamelessness [Farage’s] media supporters are willing to stoop to when he is a mere fourth party opposition politician, just imagine the levels they will descend to should he ever get a real whiff of power” It just *must* not happen. www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-farage...

AUKUS, Palantir, Google, Microsoft, Oracle... Starmer continues to tie the future of the UK to an increasingly hostile US administration. The last budget should have been the moment to take Defence seriously but instead we are stuck with Starmer's belief in a non-existent middle way.

LOL... Pentagon released a new AI military chatbot and it immediately pointed out that Pete Hegseth is a war criminal. abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...

Nigel #Farage Accepts Another £135,000 From Gold Bullion Firm for Just 12 Hours Work. The Reform UK leader has pocketed £415,500 so far this year to act as the company’s “Brand Ambassador” Via @bylinetimes.bsky.social

'There’s An #AI Bubble. For Real. Here’s what the numbers—and a little bit of history—tell us.' #tech www.persuasion.community/p/theres-an-...

"The Brexit gambit demands a bold and full-throated argument made over a long period of time." A good piece on Starmer's greatest weakness, an unwillingness or inability to litigate his own case for ID cards, Chagos, assisted dying, winter fuel and much else.

So Nigel Farage, who claims to be standing up for ordinary working people, has taken hundreds of thousands of pounds so far this year for a handful of hours as a "brand ambassador" for a gold bullion company, while facilitating a £9m donation from a crypto millionaire bylinetimes.com/2025/12/11/n...

“For every inch yielded, there’s going to be another inch demanded. Where does it stop?”

This is what you don't hear every time this junktank appears on the BBC. *Why not?* Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com

🔴 REVEALED 🔴 The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. 📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇

Sweet Jesus Starmer’s here to make the headlines about immigration again. The actual worst politician I’ve ever seen 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ Today - are foreigners really human? Should they REALLY enjoy human rights protections like the rest of us? #r4today

How the BBC upholds fossil fuel industry narratives, 09/12/2025: an article about a battery storage project featuring one (1) person objecting to the scheme. The opinion is presented as indicative of popular opposition. No other viewpoint is offered.

Let's open door number 10 of the Scarred For Life advent calendar... and reveal the dark, scary glory of the best Oz film: RETURN TO OZ!

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it. 'X' is designed to radicalise people. The algorithm promotes Elon Musk's agenda. Write to your fav accounts/contacts & ask them to leave 'X' Twitter. JUST DO IT #BoycottX Thread 2/4🧵

Beautiful, wild old oaks. But as usual in Ireland, unless something changes they're destined to die off. Just look at the ground layer: nothing but molinia grass. Instead of paying farmers to look after these precious habitats, the state pays them to graze sheep, ensuring nothing else survives.

lol www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8UvLHp5/

Time to move.

LIVE: UN Environment Program’s global environmental assessment youtube.com/live/LqYiW3l...

"Incidentally, in the 1960s and 1970s, when net migration was running at minus 50,000 a year, more than 85% of Britons still thought immigration was too high." Last week's New World column ocncerned immigration to the UK.

'A 'code red' for #AI: Sam Altman issued a 'code red' for #OpenAI. Meanwhile, political fault lines are widening in the GOP in Washington, and the public is protesting its unfettered expansion' via @bcmerchant.bsky.social #tech #SamAltman

The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

Having the sum of human creative output called “ai training data” is frying me

Jesus. What an embarrasing man.

‘The dinosaurs didn’t know what was coming, but we do’: Marina Silva on what needs to follow Cop30

The new Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025, passed yesterday, authorises police, Border Force and other authorities to grope around inside the mouths of asylum seekers, even children. (They may protest that they "wouldn't do that" to kids, but it's specifically authorised by law now.)

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'Won’t somebody please think of Britain’s poor £2m homeowners? Oh, wait – everyone already is. Contrast the furious reaction to Rachel Reeves’s ‘mansion tax’ to the response offered to those living with real housing injustice: indifference'

“Leavitt told reporters at the White House press briefing that Hegseth authorized Adm. Frank Bradley to carry out the second strike, which reportedly killed two people who were hanging onto the burning vessel after an initial strike.” Wow. 12/1/25 thehill.com/homenews/562...

Reminder that "firing on the shipwrecked" is literally THE example used in the DoD War Manual of "a clearly illegal order"

imo if you want to get back in power your slogan should be "If you elect us we will prosecute everyone in government who has violated the law"

'Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions. The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts' via @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

David Davis said there wouldn't be a single downside to Brexit. Yorkshire Bylines recorded >2,000 of them from 2021-2024.

A+ headline work from the AP apnews.com/article/dona...

“Drugs coming out of a country allow you to mass murder civilians but not arrest a president” is the closest thing to a Trump Doctrine as there is.

One sign that your brain is super good is when your doctors keep giving you cognitive tests

'Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends. #DavidSacks, the #Trump administration’s #AI and crypto czar, has helped formulate policies that aid his Silicon Valley friends and many of his own #tech investments.' via @nytimes.com

Jesus. Christ. 'Hospital massacre caps a long series of attacks on healthcare in war-torn #Sudan. Almost 500 patients, their relatives and others were killed at al-Fashir's last functioning hospital during the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces' recent takeover of the Sudanese city' @reuters.com

'All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches. From Vietnam to the Balkans, Donald Trump’s family has launched a global dealmaking blitz since his re-election' #Trump #Corruption

Look we've all had a rough year. We deserve this.

Venezuela denounces ‘colonialist threat’ as Trump orders airspace closed www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

The president is mentally unwell and just says things. He is going to arrest Biden for perjury! He is going to invade Nigeria! He is going to abolish income tax! The press just ignores this because it isn't serious. But it robs the public of a chance to see how broken everything is.

team ai hater includes Bong Joon Ho, Guillermo del Toro, Vince Gilligan, the Pope, and me

In 24 hours this has now raised £150,000. Thank you to the thousands of people who have donated. Let's make small donations normal again! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere

Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season. When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.

WHAT KIND OF SICK FUCK JOKES THAT INSTEAD OF PARDONING TURKEYS, HE'LL DEPORT THEM TO A SALVADORAN SLAVE-LABOR GULAG? THE DONNY CONVICT KIND. HE ACTUALLY SAID THAT. FUCK ALL THE WAY OFF, YOU GHOUL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO MY EXTREMELY ANGRY POST ABOUT IT. LINK IS HERE. bit.ly/4rC8ApQ

'Rachel Reeves has many problems. She’s realising that her #Brexit bind may be the biggest of all. 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?' #Brexshit #BrexitShambles via @rafaelbehr.bsky.social

Commentary | How the EU can act fast on Russia’s frozen assets - www.reuters.com/commentary/b... #Ukraine

Only someone this wealthy would so flippantly suggest you uproot your life, sell your house, pull your kids out of school, quit your job, request a transfer — all to save 50 basis points on CPI. 🤡

Sacrificing healthcare, education, civil rights, the environment, democracy, and a host of other things to save a few bucks is so hard-wired into the conservative imagination that they can’t comprehend why most people wouldn’t want that

Despicable open.substack.com/pub/steady/p... Great read from Dan Rather: "...The very existence of a free press is a threat to this president’s modus operandi, which is to govern by lying. Why would he want people around him who ask for facts and truthful answers?..." #BlueCrew #MisogynistInChief