1,000+ journalists, hundreds of millions in losses, and a non-endorsement that shed a tenth of the subscriber base. How not to run a newspaper. www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...

We've made our choice

Labour MP Simon Opher: "Once again the poor decision making of those around the Prime Minister is dominating the news agenda.... We promised to put trust back into politics after years of Tory sleaze – not perpetuate it".

Starmer finding that place in a Venn Diagram where he manages to annoy allies without defeating enemies

Goodwin saying he does not accept that Shabana Mahmood can be English. "Britishness is a nationality, Englishness is an ethnicity" (Sept 2025)

Is AI already making us more productive? It's easy to scoff, but the world is rubbish so for my @financialtimes.com column this week I went searching for glimmers of hope in the data. 1st 300 clicks free to read: as.ft.com/r/55317e0a-f...

It's not the most pressing issue facing the Labour Party right now but how is the man on the left three years older than the man on the right

I am attending the Bluesky econ/pol/fin/sci drinks on Wed 11 Feb 645pm at a North London pub. DM me for the venue if you haven't already and are prepared to be counted.

this is vicious and correct www.economist.com/britain/2026...

I see some people have the hots for a former soldier, a special forces former soldier too. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

look, I understand that some of you don't like that I plug my movie 'The Whip' often, but the fact to the matter is, you can watch it *for free* but also we get a cut of the ad revenue, and it funds our next movie

tbh, no, not really. If someone looks and moves on, there's zero point in paying £££ to spy on them.

Get paid for posting?!

Man, imagine having a prime minister with a spine

The UK Security Vetting has been broken for a decade. The 2023 National Audit Office made that clear. After 14 years of Tory austerity, the level of hollowing out of the UK state is much, much greater than people realise. www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/u...

yeonmi park speaking at the pseudo-university for chuds is just meme central

There are people disabling quote posts but quote posting others? Do unto others as you would have done unto yourself.😀

His tenure currently stands at just under 12 Liz Trusses

More disappointing news about the owner of the UK's NHS and MoD contractor.

What is the point of Keir Starmer staying as prime minister?

Um?

A child 10 ICE custody For a month 🤬

I know the govt is in meltdown again… but meanwhile I wrote about how their immigration policies create a subclass of migrant workers exposed to abuse in an increasingly “Dubai-style” rightless immigration model & I explain what to do about it

"The Danish economist and climate crisis denier sought a meeting with Epstein in the hope of securing funding." Interesting story by @drilledmedia.bsky.social #dkgreen #dkpol #klimahandling

WaPo laid off one of the journalists who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the January 6th attack on the Capitol.

My time with The Washington Post is up. I was laid off with hundreds of folks I am so honored to call my colleagues. I covered it all at The Post (really), so now I'm looking for my next adventure. ➡️ kbellware [at] gmail dot com Website update coming soon @postguild.bsky.social forever

Laying off @joemenn.bsky.social is the newsroom management equivalent of stapling your dick to the wall. Truly insane move, and one of many.

It is striking that Tories are voicing so much outrage over Mandelson's relationship with Epstein whilst simultaneously their position is that UK should prioritise a close relationship stuffed with people similarly compromised

the new york times declaring racist grifter nick shirley a "gen z everyman" should be enough for you to cancel your wordle subscription

I have yet to receive a reply to this from anyone in the Green Party - my image and quote appear under the title "Everyone Agrees, Labour Are Done!". As the excerpt from the same article quoted here I reproduce below makes clear, I do not "agree". This clearly misrepresents my views.

Shameful

Shocking stuff from Essex Live - an entire story about ducks and not a single person saying “it’s quackers”. Broken Britain in a nutshell.

never forget: obama once wore a tan suit

Bezos should really have laid himself off (ie divested) as it is his politics and stupidity that is making WaPo lose so much money.

It's understandable that the Washington Post is laying off a third of its staff, since owner Jeff Bezos is hurting for money. While his underlings announced the WaPo cuts, he was probably going through his couch cushions looking for quarters.

the mainstream media regurgitates the lies of the regime as if we havent watched donald trump lie about politics since at least 2009 when he said obama was from kenya. it fucking drives me up a wall.

Only 10 cases of Guinea worm disease were recorded *globally* last year. It may become the second human disease we eradicate, after smallpox.

Yes, it’s *exactly* the same failings of character that got him fired from government the first two times. Comprehensively, too: his desire to schmooze the ultra-rich, his willingness to use his office to do that, and his indignant belief that it’s okay for him to do that.

This is preying on my mind a bit. Jeffrey Epstein was not primarily a British scandal! So far we've removed a Prince from the Royal family, fired our US ambassador who was one of the most important political figures of the last few decades and banned the CEO of Barclays from the financial industry..

Science-heads who are journalism-curious! This is one of the best internships imaginable. Many of its holders have gone on to great careers at The Economist. Please help spread the word. www.economist.com/science-and-...

William Hague posting about the evils of X on X.😬 Seems oblivious to Bluesky and Mastodon which are both addressing his points about the independence of social media customers' data from the platform. archive.ph/rdVXM

sorry to be sentimental but this is the most amazing heartwarming story

It’s just impossible to comprehend the Reform phenomenon, least of all its electoral prospects, without addressing the racism which is both part of its appeal to some & a reason for horror & repulsion for most. If you got your news mainly from the BBC I don’t see how you’d understand anything really

Hot Take 2: if this is Mandelson's position, there is no reason for him not to issue a statement to this effect. If he has not issued a statement to this effect, the BBC's "understanding" of his actual position may be inaccurate. Stop letting people play this game.

V interesting. And well done Anthropic for being upfront on the trade-offs here. www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...

Reform's Paul Chamberlain has almost got it. Obvs Musk did not find any 'craziness'. The craziness was DOGE itself.

There is a third way. Instead of sitting and scrolling, or squatting and doing push ups, come to the Bluesky econ/pol/fin/sci drinks at a North London pub next Wed 11 Feb 645pm. DM me for the venue.