Read the Dekleptocracy substack: "When a phantom foundation with no address, no registration and a founder who might not exist, wires $100 million to the president's crypto company, America has a problem" dekleptocracy.substack.com/p/trumps-she...

So I guess the lack of rapture means that a whole load of the MAGA christo-fascist crowd are waking up today and posting things like: “I was clearly misled, so now I’m reevaluating my entire belief system to see if I’ve been misled on other things, and seeking better sources of information” Right?

Sadiq Khan's team on Trump's comments about London crime The homicide rate in the US is seven times that of London

I love watching production limes…

What do the political scientists call it when simply talking about political violence and extremism is self-censored for fear of political reprisal? Asking for a country

Once again, Wired is the place to go for the story. I’m a digital subscriber and it’s great (I’m even trying to figure out how to upgrade to print + digital, but I think Wired journalists need to write a nice clear explanation of their messy subs system 😜)

Twop tip: Buying both your homes from annual bonuses creamed off ordinary people's pensions despite tanking them can really help keep your monthly costs below 50% of your salary

What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Oh @theguardian.com don’t go the way of the NYT. This headline is so bad and irresponsible. It’s not ‘contentious’ it is a lie. And don’t simply repeat the lie as the first part of the headline. Should be: “Trump makes false claims about paracetamol, amplifying health disinformation again”

Useful reminder from Peter Kellner on the problems we refuse to acknowledge are getting better, and the politics of hopelessness that this breeds open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...

With Kimmel suspended, Trump seems to be trying his hand as a stand in

Watching a French TV series about famous dishes from around the world. In this edition they learn about Haggis... from an English chef. 😬

I’m a customer, and a fan. Best bit is that the downloads are DRM free so I can use any audio player app, rather than be tied in to one with crappy UX

Yes, never accept the premise from the far right and begin debating the practicality. Reject the immorality, the dehumanisation, the very essence of what they claim to stand for (while highlighting what it is they really want to achieve, which is different)

One of those “Doh! Why didn’t we think of it earlier?” moments

Why Won’t America’s Business Leaders Stand Up to Donald Trump? www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...

Fingers crossed behind his back, Putin tells other countries not to rush to arm themselves, to take it easy

Jimmy Kimmel and other late-night comedians have certainly said things about me that I found offensive, even outrageous. It never crossed my mind to call up the networks and say, "Hey, get rid of this guy." Because that's not how America works. play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr...

The key bit is in English. Enjoy!

How far the Washington Post has fallen since techbro Bezos made it his plaything

The story this tells about the UK (and most western democracies (or former democracies ;) ) in one chart. The difference between issues occupying people's heads via their media intake vs those they actually encounter...

One for public sector digital folk, senior delivery/project management people, etc... a booming agency I advise, who work with the public sector, are seeking a head of delivery. Leeds based, hybrid. Lovely people working on especially interesting things. numiko.com/about/jobs/h...

"Fascists fear laughter more than reporting, because ridicule punctures the myth of their strength. A headline can be spun. A fact can be buried. But a punchline reduces the strongman to a clown: once the people laugh, they can’t fear him the same way again." Super guide for effective boycotting!

I've always tried to separate the art from the artist, but it has become increasingly difficult in recent years.

Too often people go to restaurants to taste and eat food.

One for public sector digital folk, senior delivery/project management people, etc... a booming agency I advise, who work with the public sector, are seeking a head of delivery. Leeds based, hybrid. Lovely people working on especially interesting things. numiko.com/about/jobs/h...

Chef’s kiss! #colbert #fascism

📣I am very pleased to announce my book "VIP Lane" which covers 5 years of investigation uncovering the previous governments PPE procurement scandal + much more is now on sale. 👀 Buy a copy here: viplanebook.com 🚨Now the subject of a major ITV documentary hitting the screen next week. 🧵

It feels like the PDB might be skimping on some of the details

The founding fathers believed in the separation of Kirk and State

Watching someone take a group photo on the beach with a drone. They tried all sorts of angles, but settled on head height a few metres away from tbe group - in the same place someone would have been with a normal camera. There’s a technology lesson in here somewhere

A lovely late summer evening. Cheers!

Even posting this makes me a wee bit nervous

If you say that anti-fascists are your enemy, you’re making very clear what you are

Welcome to the United Kingdom! 🇬🇧 Never before in U.S. History has a President been acknowledged by another country in this unique way! 🇺🇸 At Windsor Castle, in London & all across the land, people are United! ✊ They all want to see the #EPSTEIN_PedoFiles, ASAP! 👀

Appalled to see this image of Donald Trump and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein projected onto Windsor Castle. Please... for the love of all that is good, do not share it on all your social media channels... because it simply wouldn't be done to remind the world of the association

Interesting, because the world isn’t supposed to be using Russian oil.

Ok, Britain. From across the channel I've got everything crossed that you show Trump, and the world, a truly British reaction to fascism. 🖕

Who can blame it?

[me, a journalist who spends all day every day on a social media app where the discovery algorithm is personally controlled by its owner, captain birdseye] you know, a lot of people are talking about fish fingers, we should probably cover that

My colleague @thejohnsimpson.bsky.social has done a terrific deep dive into the financial links between US tech billionaires and Tommy Robinson Well worth a read observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Is “a state visit with his wife Melania” a euphemism? And why does King Charles get to decide when it happens? Surely Melania gets a say?

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Read the term "pacifiers for adults" describing vapes and yeah. I'll adopt that terminology.

Sky News says police are "overwhelmed by the numbers". Met coped perfectly well with 2x as many at the pro-Gaza rally, 5x as many at the anti-Brexit march, and 15x as many at London Pride. They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.

Funny, I could have sworn that during the enormous (and entirely peaceful) protest marches against Brexit, the Met said it was not their police to release attendance numbers

I’ve got a bit of whiplash from following the commentary in this FT analysis piece

This is a helpful explainer about the groyper stuff.