Palantir's 22-point manifesto—the "ramblings of a supervillain", includes protecting powerful figures from public scrutiny, promoting AI/robotic weapons & compulsory military service, promoting divisive nationalism, & constant monitoring of digitally ID'ed people. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

They just took out dedicated bike lanes in the nearest major city to me, against the wishes of the businesses, in the name of "restoring retail traffic." Even though the businesses TOLD the city council sales were better with the bike lanes.

Sir, another graduation ceremony in which the students booed AI has dropped. "College graduates were pissed after their school used AI to announce graduates’ names and missed hundreds of names" (via @/FearedBuck on Twitter)

I see so many BBC articles like this. They almost never lead on people being supportive of solar projects. It is the noisy, angry homeowner opponents who get wall-to-wall uncritical coverage.

Unmanned submarine mapping West Antarctica’s Dotson Ice Shelf reported strange under-ice structures, then went silent after traveling underwater roughly ten miles towards the ice shelf’s center. www.earth.com/news/ran-rob...

Christ this is grim from @writesbright.bsky.social . It's so depressing seeing this problem looming on the horizon and being so powerless to stop it. 'The next Cambridge Analytica scandal. British politics isn’t prepared.' #tech #socialmedia #AI #AISlop

One of the interesting tangential aspects of Trump's visit to China is that he can't control the media output. Some of the photos are UNREAL. Had to check this carefully suspecting it was altered or AI gen, but I have found it on three known press outlets with credit to a global photo agency. 😱

Am happy to do a straight swap of every single prick on that march with a refugee.

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was booed throughout this commencement speech at the University of Arizona for his praise of AI. This comes just a week after another commencement speaker who mentioned AI was booed at a school in Florida. Read more: www.404media.co/ucf-ai-comme...

As a guy with half a trillion dollars, I have lots of options: 1. Enjoy a 100% stress-free life doing whatever I please in unfathomable luxury all over the world with people of my choosing 2. Have 87 meltdowns a day on a website

If he doesn’t want refugees coming to Britain, he should stop supporting Israel bombing and displacing Palestinians, Yemeni, Syrian, Iraqi, Lebanese and Iranians. Claps like a seal at the prospect of the murder of millions of brown people, but don’t think they should come to Europe. Fucking idiot!

Immigration make Britain brilliant

Shows like LANDMAN are oil and gas dependency propaganda, and should always be seen as such.

I have been lectured to my entire life that the greatest sin in politics is to look down on these cosmically ignorant fuckwits, or to hold them accountable for their decisions. We're just supposed to flatter their Illusions and dutifully repair all the shit they destroy.

Sneaking a giant screen into the flagshagger march is one of the funniest things @ledbydonkeys.org have ever done. "STAY HYDRATED" 😂🤣😂

Satellite imagery shows that at least 46 towns and villages in southern Lebanon have been heavily damaged or, in some cases, entirely flattened by the Israeli Defence Forces. Bellingcat’s interactive map reveals the scale of the destruction: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/05...

I just contributed with @theactionnetwork.bsky.social: Rapid Response Fund. Contribute here: actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...

🇺🇸🇨🇳 During Trump's visit to China, Xi Jinping was given a higher chair to make him appear larger and more imposing than the US president.

Who is Tommy Robinson? Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, 43, who’s gone under the pseudonym “Tommy Robinson” since becoming de facto leader of the EDL in 2009, has spent years spreading division, targeting Muslim communities, and presenting himself as a victim. @hopenothate.org.uk sets out the facts.

NEW: After I tracked down a passenger from the MV Hondius traveling through several countries after leaving the ship after the hantavirus outbreak began, I discovered New York hadn't been alerted to the Manhattan resident as a possible contact case. theintercept.com/2026/05/15/c...

When the US of America was attacked, Canada was there for the US, and so were many other NATO allies.

"SpaceX has proposed one of the most aggressive corporate governance regimes in US history, intending to guarantee Elon Musk cannot be fired." As @madisoncondon.bsky.social remarked to me, Musk is transforming US corporate governance. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

can we be done with this shit

🌍 #Iran's digital isolation is now entering its 77th day as the internet blackout passes 1824 hours. The measure presents an emerging mental health risk to the public, who are largely cut off from online platforms, communications, and normal interaction with the outside world.

Why exactly would a Thailand-based economic migrant secretly give Nigel Farage £5 million as a 'reward' for delivering Brexit? I won't get to ask either of them this question but every single journalist & broadcaster granted access could...

The UK government is so deep on generative AI it’s using chatbots to write laws. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. @willdunn.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to discuss why the UK has gone so hard on AI and the many risks created by its AI dependence. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/328_...

JD Vance: "There's a lot of fraud in the federal government. It's unbelievable how much you've been fleeced by your own government."

This really is quite something. In the 15 years @carbonbrief.org have tracked UK media, 2025 was first ever year where more newspaper editorials opposed #climate action than supported it. Meanwhile, the *actual* climate crisis deepens by the month. Go figure.

Oh what a tangled web they weave... Farage now admits he bought the Clacton house, having told everyone last year that his partner Laure Ferrari bought the house.

crucial context: Peter Mandelson was sacked from the first New Labour government for having a £373,000 *loan* (not a gift) from a Labour colleague (Geoffrey Robinson) to buy a house

Oh man, this is such an unfortunate series of coincidences for the Don't Call Them Racist Because That's Very Rude Party.

virgnia foxx is one of those low key members who has been abjectly horrible her entire time in office. a total degenerate.

"Make fascism great again".Thanks to gullible and ignorant voters Europe could be facing the return of the far right into power. We have one year to prepare for this scenario and do everything not to make it happen.

So much for the US military campaign that Trump and Hegseth claim has decimated the Iranian military…. NYT: Iran still fields about 70 percent of its mobile launchers across the country and has retained roughly 70 percent of its prewar missile stockpile. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/u...

They meant decimate by its original meaning of 1 in 10

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH

Trump's second childhood is marked by violence, anger, invasions and polyurethane doo-dads from Taiwan coated with gold paint and glued to the wall. It's a common enough thing... among the criminally insane. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Trump is posting absolutely deranged shit on social media this morning ahead of departing for China today. Get a load of this stuff.

Andy Burnham has crossed the Trent

Thought this was a model response from @celiarichardson.bsky.social to a pretty harsh article in the Spectator about the National Trust

I'm making myself feel a bit better about everything by believing this piece from @writesbright.bsky.social ! 'Ignore the Hype. The Election Results Show #Reform Is in Reverse The surge isn’t happening.' #Farage

'Sacrifice your job for the glorious #AI future. How #tech CEOs use the threat of job loss to distract from how AI is really used against workers' Via @parismarx.com

What so many have experienced personally has been confirmed by a new study: AI has been a disaster for working artists.

'Farage’s foreign web: Full dossier. From Moscow to Mar-a-Lago.' #Farage via @writesbright.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...

This is the University of Central Florida. So many people really have no idea how much kids hate this shit.

I’m the one on the right (geographically). H/T @georgeeaton.bsky.social for looking interested.

This story needs way more attention. Farage and his acolytes have repeatedly claimed his home was "firebombed", to justify the £5m secret donation given to the Reform leader by crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne But the police report of the incident is a burglary. There's no record of arson

Starting to think he doesn’t have the cards