You don’t “challenge power & wealth” by celebrating Clegg/Cameron’s demolition of public services, before turning to performative leftism when it’s convenient. You do it with Labour actually taxing wealth, boosting workers rights & rescuing the NHS those workers rely on. Lots done, lots more to do

President Trump’s upheaval of the federal government has led to an exodus of more than 10,000 lawyers since the beginning of 2025, a striking loss of legal talent that shows how rapidly Trump has eroded the image of the government as the gold standard for lawyers seeking public service roles.

The economy is in freefall and the war is a quagmire but the president is laser-focused on making Americans' lives better: - White House ballroom - UFC cage match on the lawn - big triumphal arch - painting the reflecting pool - painting statues gold - his face on a $250 bill - lining his pockets

It’s such obvious bollocks. But it gets reported widely because hardly anybody knows any better any more.

As someone who has less than zero interest in football I really can’t understand why so many people watch and celebrate it so enthusiastically.

hmmm they had actual stars for 1976. shocking. we’re living in the dollar tree casino future

Fight.

Pretty much every regulation was created because something really bad happened and someone got hurt or killed. Deregulation advantages billionaires and huge corporations, and almost always hurts real Americans.

One quite striking thing having actually read it: it's clear Trump doesn't understand how the US constitution set up the government to work, at least in theory. Congress is the boss: it makes the laws. And the executive…executes them. The clue is in the name. Congress is the president's boss.

Tbf Qatar showed us quite how little fans care about corruption or human rights – let alone the reputation laundering around football. Suspect stadiums will end up being full again this time, and FIFA will bank that lesson. But if they're not it'll be fans' self-interest not principle.

Trump gets his revenge on Nancy Mace for signing the discharge petition to release the Epstein files by endorsing her opponent.

Reminder that the Trump regime is still blowing up suspected “drug boats” — killing 197 people since September. But no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're taking Trump's word for it. This is murder. We must not lose sight of this lawlessness.

“Still or sparkling?’ The correct answer is neither. You both know that you want the perfectly adequate, perfectly free tap water.” - excellent (and correct) column this:

I cannot think of any more ludicrous appointment than Nandy to FCO

I mean ... it's pretty much multiple scandals per day, often overshadowed by unnecessary wars and reality TV spectacles.

I genuinely feel sick. A company reached out to me on IG, linking me to an AI version of myself. You can even ask "me" questions. They are also advertising it using an AI photo of me. They told me if I like it, they will give me free access... to my own fucking content that they stole. /1

The man on Bovino's left (as we look at the photo) is Martin Sellner He is the Austrian co-founder of the white nationalist Generation Identity group. He was banned from the UK in 2018 on security grounds, and remains banned In 2019 it emerged he'd conversed with the Christchurch mosque shooter

Should we have a whip round? Drop a few million quid in his current account. Secretly. And then ask him politely to do his fucking job? Or shall we wait for the donors & disgraced Tories in his ‘top team’ to do it instead?

good example of how interviewers can humiliate MAGA guys not by arguing with them but just getting them to straightforwardly describe their beliefs

lol.

Really good to see Labour proactively pushing this. If - as Farage says - he was "hacked by Russia" then it needs to be investigated. If it wasn't then why has Reform claimed this? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Wait until you hear how much energy is bound up in a commercial shipment of fertiliser

In yet ANOTHER decision by a judge trying to unstick Alex Jones' abuse of the legal process to prevent us from paying the Sandy Hook families, Texas judge Maya Gamble said Alex Jones has conducted "outrageous discovery abuse, tampering with evidence, and continuous, callous disrespect" for the law.

The Pentagon is recruiting hundreds of junior troops to attend Trump’s embarrassing UFC event on the White House lawn, WaPo reports. Attendees must pay their own travel costs, wear dress uniforms, and meet current fitness standards, including height-to-waist requirements.

Trump bought stock in the UFC’s parent company while promoting fights set to take place at the White House on his birthday, HuffPost has learned

The yanks have totally lost the plot over this issue. Of course gerrymandering voting districts can't be consistent with democracy, whether it's done on a partisan basis or a racial one, no matter what SCOTUS thinks. And in the US, particularly in the south, race and partisanship are inseparable.

This is the largest oil supply shock in history in mb/d The enemy gets a vote. Iran is now delivering pain to Trump via multiple paths (1) Gulf Kings (2) Financial meltdown (3) AI tech oligarchs (4) Fuel, fertilizer, food disruptions Read our Polycrisis Dispatch: buttondown.com/polycrisisdi...

Not that ‘responsible’ disclosure shit again 🙄 No vendor uses that term unless they want to call someone irresponsible. Even if someone drops 0day, patch & move on. Going after a researcher is a great way to turn 1 bad relationship into many terrible relationships.

this is what Twitter is for now, this is what you legitimize by posting there

right now the entire r/teslamotors subreddit is just pics of the "cybercab" in a bunch of cities across america, as if tesla's ability to flatbed human-driven prototypes to different places somehow made up for the fact that it's actual "robotaxi" fleet is 42 cars in austin bsky.app/profile/lora...

this may strike some as overly harsh, but I believe that if you write a book called "the future of truth" things should go not well for you

"Trump’s $250 note is crass, vulgar, out of touch, a likely violation of US laws and something that pulls the focus off America as a nation and onto Donald Trump himself. "Perhaps, for just that reason, it is the perfect encapsulation of America at this moment in its history."

Forget Wordle. Play small caged mammal on the run. www.ft.com/content/dad4...

A dog whistle so loud you can hear it from space. Even if it was a mosque... there is nothing wrong with that. At least its being used for something close to its original purpose

You won't be laughing when Stephen's trying to get a horse into his flat.

Robert Venables KC is currently being prosecuted for tax evasion at Southwark Crown Court. I've posted the prosecution's opening note here. buff.ly/kKLjJVI If anyone has access to the Defendant's opening note or other documents, do please send & I'll update the post.

Kind of remarkable how much even experienced analysts and journalists still fall for "my supersecret sources say" bullshit

Jimmy ‘The Dwarf Clown’ Armstrong — 1958 📷 by Bruce Davidson

With EU leaders discussing China today, worth remembering the numbers: €554bn - US imports from the EU, perfectly fair, and against which trade defence measures are outrageous €560bn - EU imports from China, a level which is destroying the economy and must be reduced

The CEO contradicting a key detail of his company’s regulatory filing just before it launches the world’s largest-ever IPO? Surely securities regulators will step in and…oh haha never mind. www.ft.com/content/7df0...

Okay I've been stewing about this for the last day, but as one of BSky's resident Luddites, I need to say: this isn't an AI Special as the BBC are presenting it, it's a *pro*-AI Special. There isn't even a hint of a sceptical voice in there. Where are the unions? Where are the creative industries?

Labour: See, official numbers say net migration is going down. Voters: It's going up, we don't believe you. Or, yeah, but it's only because of an increase in the number of Brits leaving the UK. Or, but there are still migrants coming by boat.

Prompted by this, I asked several LLMs to summarise Tony Blair's article in one word: Claude: adrift ChatGPT: centrism Co-Pilot: warning Gemini: self-delusion (!) Le Chat: risk Perplexity: warning (All using the default free options.)

So that’s two of the “Raise the Colours” organisers now charged with violent crimes & a fifth of the 2024 race rioters with domestic abuse. Makes you wonder whether “innocent patriotism” & “protecting women & girls” are just covers for thuggish racism & misogyny?

Russia’s war of aggression has crossed yet another line. A Russian drone incursion struck a densely populated area in Romania, injuring civilians. On EU territory. We stand in full solidarity with Romania and its people.

Maybe this should replace pianos at railway stations? youtu.be/x_DA3dgRSrw?...

Genuinely think the composition of the BBC Question Time panel for its AI special is the most unbalanced in the history of the programme. Every single panellist is a pro-AI. If there was an attempt at balance, it was a *spectacular* failure. (Also there's a weird stunt)

"Good news, boss: the dodgy money stories aren't cutting through!"

A lot of this on my feed, but you actually can’t just do it - would not clear the Lords in time to implement. (Could change to AV though, as would not have to do a boundary review.)