Very sobering piece by John Naughton on what it would mean to sever our reliance on US digital tech (in short … one hell of a shock). Bluesky is American too … observer.co.uk/news/columni...

🔄 In fairness to Laila Cunningham, it must be confusing having to simultaneously attack the Tories record while welcoming them into your party every other day...

Not for the first time, it looks like Channel 4 just handed the keys to their socials to an evil genius:

Fancy a brief escape into the wild world of an Irish Atlantic rainforest mini waterfall? Both we and nature need a lot more of this, and rewilding is how we make it happen. 🌍

Things no one ever did: Quit the Conservative Party over the Chagos Islands. Also, I need a T-shirt emblazoned with 'Time to put c*nty before party'

Worth a listen, it covers what's going on in the US Military re Greenland and the US constitution.

Found this website this morning, useful as a starting point if you’re trying to boycott American goods and services, which we absolutely all should! https://www.goeuropean.org

Anger's my meat. I sup upon myself, And so shall starve with feeding. #ShakespeareSunday

1. The tariffs are paid by US consumers 2. Greenland isn't for sale 3. Go f**k yourself

More: Officers and reconnaissance troops with the Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces) and other European military personnel arrive in Greenland aboard a Boeing 737 with the Polish charter airline Enter Air.

Starmer's wording of 'completely wrong', seems weak, it is also, somehow, very British.

Europe is bigger and has more population than the US. Stop appeasing him. Build high tech and arms industries domestically. Make the US an irrelevance. news.sky.com/story/trump-...

Im just going to say this: until Americans can fix their Nazi problem (unimpressive so far), we treble the rent or shut every single US base under European control- including Diego Garcia. And thats not dependent on him lifting the new tariffs or Greenland . Play chicken, lose your bases.

Proposed title for a book on Danish foreign policy over the ages "From King Cnut to King C...."

First statement from Macron: “Tariff threats are unacceptable and have no place in this context. Should they materialise, Europeans will respond in a united and coordinated manner. We will ensure that European sovereignty is upheld. In this spirit, I will speak with our European partners.”

As the famous saying goes….”The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” Likewise, the best time to start weaning ourselves off dependence on the US……..

The photo the BBC are using on their live blog to illustrate the French response is so very good.

There are going to be limits to what you can make other countries do by threatening to tax your own citizen's purchases of their products. I believe handing over entire territories falls well beyond those limits. 🤷‍♂️

A new wave of online lists is mapping out European alternatives to everyday apps and platforms, encouraging users to switch from US tech platforms and instead support local innovation, reclaiming control of their digital lives. cybernews.com/tech/europea...

I’ve been stalwart backer of transatlantic alliance all my life. I understand why Europeans have so far trod softly/tried to keep Trump onside. But, there comes a time when you have to face reality. The US is no longer our ally. Its defense guarantee is worthless. Time to kick ass back🧵

Is she talking about Iran or Minneapolis?

🚨BREAKING: Parliament is going to debate the petition Calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy on 9 February. This is why it’s so important👇 youtu.be/Cnl8MNhwEY0?...

Do not be surprised if in the first days of an incoming populist radical government there is an entire raft of statutory instruments and other measures prepared and ready to go, exploiting every gap in our constitutional arrangements.

I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports. And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.” Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.

Husband in "dress down Friday" mode!! Check the website for more podcasts.

Congress needs to take the Insurrection Act out of the lawbooks and repeal it. Take the tool away from the madman.

Reminder that in the UK an incoming radical, populist government would have immediate access to immense, unchecked executive power. And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.

I have never felt more pro-European.

You can be as racist as you like but my god you'd better be a loyal racist

She is a right bargain today

Offered with Sniggering

2026 will be one of the most mission-dense and strategically important years in our history. Together with our Member States and partners, we are strengthening Europe’s role in space for science, security, sustainability, and exploration. 🌍✨ 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueBf...

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Macclesfield defender Sam Heathcote is a teacher and was back in school on Monday, just two days after beating Crystal Palace in the FA Cup's greatest upset 😲 He quite rightly received a hero's reception 👏

No flag No insurance No problem! part 2 Shadow tanker AQUA TITAN is entering Baltic Sea, arriving empty from Sika, India to pick up a new load of petro chems in Russia to the tune of $46 million. Sporting 4 flags in one year! Yesterdays star, U-turning ARCUSAT seem to be heading for Murmansk.

Reform should call itself Retory: Nadhim Zahawi Ben Bradley Malcolm Offord Jonathan Gullis Chris Green Lia Nici Kruger Dorries David Jones Sir Jake Berry Graham Simpson Marco Longhi Ross Thomson Andrea Jenkyns Aidan Burley Alan Amos Lee Anderson Ann Widdecombe Maria Caulfield And counting

Wait are we at last preventing tech alliances and takeovers because they are an unreasonable concentration of power?! BECAUSE I HAVE SOME CANDIDATES.

Does anyone know a decent EU based, open source substitute for Outlook?

Vote Reform, get the Conservatives. (They are all defecting)

Duran Duran. I was always on their side, but never more than this. ‘But I won't cry for yesterday, there's an ordinary world, Somehow I have to find And, as I try to make my way to the ordinary world, I will learn to survive’.

Former Trump envoy Keith Kellogg: “Zelenskyy is a tough son of a bitch. He's stubborn. He has his opinion. He's unafraid to say that. He knows how to use media. “We in the United States have not seen a leader like him since Abraham Lincoln.”

Hey! Look who’s joined BSky. The excellent bsky.app/profile/turl... who did all that fantastic work on the suspicious funding of the Brexit Party (& loads of other interesting stuff on Farage & his 🇺🇸 Right and 🇷🇺 links) on @bylinetimes.bsky.social Welcome him & give him a follow

It may not seem like it, but right now is a great time to think about the different world we want.

In light of the Royal Society's continued inaction on Elon Musk, it seems appropriate to share this again. I wrote it last March when I resigned my position as associate editor at a Royal Society Journal. Things haven't got better since then.

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