"I am a book of snow, a spacious hand, an open meadow, a circle that waits, I belong to the earth and its winter." ~ Pablo Neruda

The British conundrum: Nigel Farage's Brexit move is singlehandedly responsible for the impoverishment of Britain, making every Briton poorer. And those who have been most harmed by him now enthusiastically back Farage and his Reform Party.

John Major, "Populism is no longer a fringe problem of a few outlandish politicians. It is now mainstream and professional" "We should recognise the threat it poses to democracy" "Democracy has a lot to lose" "Established political parties need to defeat populism, not copy it"

Must have missed this Nigel Farage gets roasted in congressional committee. Brilliant! God bless America. youtu.be/8pAYUYwWMWY?... www.instagram.com/reel/DOJ2BB7...

This is spectacular. Some great AiRT... youtu.be/G1oLlIxf1EQ

🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances. A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it: A 6–8% hit to GDP That's £180bn-£240bn a year It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything. Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.

In case you missed it ... Brexiters swore we'd stay in the Single Market and that the EU would let us cherry pick whatever we wanted. If people had known they were lying before the ref, Brexit would have been rejected. #RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺

This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’. It’s Russian.

I'm trying to work out what happened to BBC Newsnight. This clip says more than that. 1999 - David Bowie articulates an uncanny prescience of the internet's effect on culture and society. Positive and negative. Multiple losses. youtu.be/FiK7s_0tGsg?...

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Just finished Flesh by David Szalay. Different style to most modern novels, reminds me ever so slightly of Hemingway or F Scot Fitzgerald. Either on style or depressive narrative or both. My fave book this year... #booksky www.penguin.co.uk/books/420940...

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Amazon cut more than 1,800 engineers in record layoffs, despite saying it needs to innovate faster www.cnbc.com/2025/11/21/a...

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the greenest moment of the lawn when you walked in #Photography Natacha Dauphin @natachadauphin.bsky.social

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Are we members of special interest groups first and humans second? If our special interest group has been wronged (in this generation or previous), does that give us permission to do the same to other groups now?

Currently reading Flesh by David Szalay. It's the first time I get why the Booker prize winner, won. Sparsely captivating, A novel in-between chapters. #booksky #currentlyreading www.penguin.co.uk/books/420940...

I've thought for a while there are editorial issues at the BBC, sometimes left bias & sometimes right? That's odd. Maybe they are too busy letting everyone have a say and not busy enough challenging what they say. I want the truth! #bbc #ukpolitics

I see the @newsagents.bsky.social are all over this piece from the NY Times. I've thought for a while there are editorial issues at the BBC, sometimes left bias & sometimes right? Maybe they are too busy letting everyone have a say and not busy enough at challenging what they say. I want the truth!

brilliant summary of the destructive individual #farage, and the deep harm he has done the UK

The dark lords of populism feed on fear. You can't fight fear with logic. The only effective weapon is hope. We've seen how effective that is in New York and the Netherlands recently. Kier Starmer & @kemibadenochmp.bsky.social - forget legal arguments & identity politics. Give us some hope FFS.

Thank you, New York City. Together we made history. Now let’s get to work. transition2025.com

I see Rory Stewart is a miffed with Newsnight as I am. Last Newsnight featured an ex-Tory MP now deform defector I. I don't think I've seen a lib dem aired on the show since they did a TikTok meme of Ed Davy saying "Farage" a few times in a hr long conference so each. #Newsnight

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If an MRI scan revealed your innermost thoughts, would you share the results? Looks like the Cursor crew wouldn’t either... #AI #Startup

I keep being amused by some devs claiming that multi-region support for a service should be easy to add. Then turns out they're unaware of what active-active arch is. Multi-region support is not all that complex from afar, but it gets complicated with the details.

I love, love, LOVE Emma Thompson. Fuck generative AI.

Is this nuts or not? I’m a firm believer that AI won’t replace jobs, it’ll recategorize them. The question is… are we adapting fast enough?

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If the American constitution is so great, why has it had to have so many amendments?

This brilliant piece in the FT shows how damaging populist governments are. Right and left wing populists loose 10% & 15% GDP respv. over 15 yrs. My Right wing populist relative replied seriously: "See Reform is better by 5% of GDP" All hope is lost - give up and brace for deformed disaster.

Populists place the narrative of ‘people vs elites’ at the center of their political agenda and then claim to be the sole representative of ‘the people.’” … those who are against them are “enemies of the people”. Populists may not be dictators. But they certainly can be.

Reform and Greens to legalise drugs....

I’m from Ukraine. I left my home. I left my street. I left my childhood behind. But I didn’t leave my courage. I didn’t leave my words. And I will never leave my love for Ukraine.

1) Ex-Leader of Reform in Wales has pleaded guilty to Russian bribery. 2) Farage has been slagging us off in the states comparing us to N.Korea & linked with the anti-abortion religious nutters. 3) Reform councils are falling apart. AND THEY ARE STILL LEADING IN THE POLLS WTAF! - I give up...

♦️America’s federal court system is about to run out of money. ♦️Donald Trump dismisses “No Kings” protests as “very small, very ineffective”. ♦️The National Nuclear Security Administration will furlough around 1,400 staff. Keep up with US politics

Oh dear oh dear... "European governments have rallied behind Volodymyr Zelenskyy and are rushing to secure a deal on the use of Russia’s frozen assets after the Ukrainian leader was pressured by Donald Trump to accept Vladimir Putin’s demands to end the war." www.ft.com/content/d26d...

Oh Dear... Donald Trump urged Volodymyr Zelenskyy to accept Russia’s terms for ending its war in a volatile White House meeting on Friday, warning that Vladimir Putin had said he would “destroy” Ukraine if it did not agree. www.ft.com/content/7960...

For anyone who is trying to Blame Starmer's legal representation of asylum seekers for Boris' Boats...

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Is this currently correct for Reform councillors? 7 resigned 4 defected 6 sacked 5 suspensions/expulsions 4 are under criminal investigation 5 did not even show up to an election 1 done for getting money from Russia The ones that are left are ex tories

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No one likes a hidden camera.

I see the Putin Alaska summit didn't actually go that well - Putin spouting historical gibberish from the 17th century and Trump almost walking out. Now US is talking about giving Ukrainian Tomahawk missiles. Better late than never... «Успіх — у шляху» www.ft.com/content/7af3...

The far right promises purposeless power for the powerless. Those with no skin in the game (either nothing to loose or retired their money from the table), get a taste or power through vandalising our institutions and democracy. They are insulated from the downside and anaesthetised with hate opium.