Well, at least there's evidence of criminal activity. Now we just need someone brave enough to prosecute on the understanding that the supreme court immunity doesn't cover this.

Frustrated with the election pundits talking as if votes only 'swing' from one party to another. I did some analysis of the results, and my modelling (based on votes only, not polls) suggests that the largest movement since 2024 local elections (by a long way) is from 'Did Not Vote' -> Reform

Anything with a Blackadder gif gets a repost. But also,wtf? The lord waited 200 years for a ballroom?

May 16, 2026

I'd love to hear one of the big AI tech CEOs explaining, honestly, their justification. Show me the numbers. Thousands of these are going up, and they're getting bigger and bigger. Why? What are they used for?

The Religious Right is desperate these days to pretend that "Christian Nationalism" is (1) a recently-invented term and (2) a pejorative invented by their enemies, but neither of those claims is remotely true. Here's a short thread, but I'm sure other historians will have examples too.

At least the crimes are well documented, because laws still matter... Don't they?

Trump didn't write that. Who did? Chatgpt?

A fascinating read, and important to boot. Republicans believe themselves to be engaging in revolution right now, so Democrats need to see it too.

I’m just imagining Trump’s response. “Ah yes, Thucydides. Great man, very strong, people are talking more and more about him. His people are very big fans of mine, voted for me by huge numbers. Even in 2020, though that election was rigged. Everyone knows it. That’s why we need a ballroom.”

Powerful. This man's energy is what's needed.

A must read.

Wrote up a quick intro to #Hondurasgate and what it means for the Network State and tech fascism. These audio leaks provide important spoken evidence on the Network State plot and particularly Próspera, its most advanced location, in Honduras. www.shanley.com/blog/hondura...

Definitely a dangerous precedent. Where the hell are we heading? If we're doing this now under a supposed establishment, traditional government, how will this be used by a more radical government bent on imposing it's will on a non compliant population?

This is absolutely outrageous. SCOTUS reinstated Texas gerrymander 15 weeks before primary because they claimed it was too close to election to block it but now allowing Alabama to gerrymander one week before primary after trial court found map was intentionally discriminatory against Black voters

I read archaeology at university, sadly seems a dying subject these days, but I'm always worried when I see humanities degree scrapped for whatever reason, or anyone suggesting even at GCSE or A level that history is a dying subject. Today I believe history is more important than ever.

Forget my last re-post. Turns out there's someone else Nigel Farage should look at before giving a speech claiming to be a defender of the Jewish people. I knew he was a rotten little man but these comments slipped past me at the time. Just odious. How can any Jewish person trust him?

Quick, someone warn Nigel Farage before he looks silly giving a speech on anti-semitism.

I really hope all Americans are fully awake now to the very real, and sadly all too predictable, danger lurking just around their corner.

I voted against PR in the referendum. Subsequently, like other important referenda and votes, I've since learned a lot of my reasons were actually based on lies and misrepresentations. If the vote were held again today I'd vote for it.

It is maddeningly frustrating to see anti Semitism being reframed as a solely left wing problem. Good piece below.

If the Global Right are coordinating like this to take down non-right governments in Latin America I wonder what they're doing to support the right wing parties in Europe.

Wind and solar have now beaten fossil fuels in Great Britain for a record 15 months in a row Just a decade ago, fossil fuels were generating four times more than wind + solar Now that's flipped: Since the Iran war, wind and solar generated twice as much as fossil fuels

It's comforting to see him keeping his head up and fighting the good fight. America needs more Jacks.

My latest ramblings. My wife said it's too depressing, but I like to think there's optimism in understanding where we're going wrong and what we can do to fix it

Certainly seems like something we should be demanding of our government, loudly

The media forensically dissects the pasts of people who challenge the status quo, such as Polanski and Corbyn. Fair enough, up to a point: we should know about our representatives. But it's far less inquisitive about those who defend power, however great their misdeeds, such as Nigel Farage.🧵

And he will happily take the USA into a civil war to stay in power, and kill his enemies. It's pretty dangerous out there.

Hmmm... 🤔

In December, SCOTUS stayed a district court ruling blocking TX from using its new maps because the lower court ruled "on the eve of an election." That district court ruling was issued 15 weeks before the TX primaries. Callais was issued *17 days* before the LA primaries.

Nigel Farage wants to take the country out of the European Convention on Human Rights The ECHR protects us all - It grants our right to protest, our right to privacy, our right to fair trials and so much more. Whatever you do on May 7 JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM

Paul Pressler is one of the most influential figures you may have never heard of. The onetime judge remade the Southern Baptist Convention, and helped forge the marriage between the GOP and white evangelical voters. As he did so he also committed decades of alleged abuses. A long look at his legacy:

This👇🏽 deserves to be posted 100 times but I’d be labeled spam.

Good ideas.

Oh look, France has a plan to phase out fossil fuels. Gosh, that seems like a good idea right now. thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

In the 24 hours since the Supreme Court's majority ruled to demolish the Voting Rights Act's remaining protections, Louisiana and Tennessee have already signaled that they'll redraw their congressional maps with the clear effect of shutting Black voters out.

The democrats need to be ready in 2027 & 2031 to do what the republicans have done, and have these court cases ready to make it all the way to the supreme court. After they've impeached those on the supreme court who have abandoned their oaths.

1/ Must read @ariberman.bsky.social on the Supreme Court's destruction of the Voting Rights Act and its continuing project to roll back the Civil Rights era: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

What's worse? Only 4 planes available for the King's fly past, or Trump claiming his mother (born 1912) had a crush on Charles (born 1948)? Are inappropriate age gaps a thing in the Trump household?

🧵Monsanto (now Bayer) controls 60% of global corn and soybean seed markets. Farmers sign contracts barring them from saving seeds buying new ones every season, along with the matching herbicide. You don't farm your land anymore. You lease it from a corporation.

UK government paying Palantir millions of pounds a year to ensure they always have all the data they need to make no decisions whatsoever.

If you were horrified watching elected leaders run & scramble because of gun violence, just imagine how my daughter Jaime felt in school running from an active shooter before she was killed. Now, become a part of the solution & only vote for people determined to address gun violence in America.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Apparently there has been riot and violence in leafy Epsom where a completely made up story about a gang rape perpetrated by migrants took hold. 1/8

NEW: Palantir’s revolving door. A new investigation by @thenerve.news has found Palantir has recruited more than 30 senior officials from UK govt, a strategy transparency experts say poses an ‘acute risk’ of corruption. 1/ Link ⬇️

A mystery moneyman's donations could carry Nigel Farage to power. He lives in Thailand and is “intensely private”. I’ve spent months investigating who he is, what he wants and his crypto fortune. Here, for the first time, is the story of Chris Harborne theguardian.com/politics/202...

Solar panels don’t damage the countryside you just don’t like the way they look. Skylarks. Linnets. Yellowhammers. www.ecoportal.net/en/solar-pan...

Denmark's coal-to-wind transition is one of the most dramatic energy transformations of the past three decades. In 1990, coal provided 90% of Danish electricity. Today it is under 3%. Wind now covers roughly 60% of electricity generation. The last coal plant is scheduled to close by 2028.