Anyone can become a fascist. It's not about race, gender, or the color of one's skin. The work colleague sitting next you right now, you get on with them just fine, and yet they can become a fascist very easily.

There'd be little point anyway in trying to talk to the US team while at Davos. They'll have other things on their minds too. Best to wait and see what the Americans says at Davos.

Can you guess which country has the most customers of Ozempic. That's right. 😄

Pretty sure it's not Clacton.

This. It's not like it's the first time they are dealing with Trump, they know what he's like. Trump may have Stephen Miller pulling more strings this time, but even if Miller wanted an invasion of Greenland, Trump has to weight the consequences.

"𝑰 𝒏𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆" Trump threatening Norway over #Greenland.

Good to hear the Sex Pistols' Glen Matlock is still a true punk rocker. #r4today

I wonder if Netflix has won over Trump. Netflix (#$NFLX) is said to be prepared to match its rival with an all cash offer. Warner Bros (#$WBD) board also favor the Netflix offer. 🤞for Netflix.

Thor would not gift Mjolnir to Trump. Thor would go for the head.

Trump and Miller are not "exaggerating". They mean it. If Greenalnd isn't sold (or leased) to the US, they will annex it. #bbcWATo

As part his 'negotiating' over Greenland, don't be surprised if Trump orders Musk to shutdown Starlink for Ukraine, and orders Google out of Ukraine. #bbcWATo

Stephen Miller's betting that Europe won't go to war with America and will have no choice but to sell Greenland. #bbcWATO

If true, America's access to Five Eyes alliance would be over too.

Jonny Dymond, sigh... 🤦‍♀️ They are import taxes paid by US consumers. #bbcWATO

"We have to find another way through" And if we can't find a diplomatic way through, then Europe has to be prepared to battle it out in Greenland. Can't let a bully win. #bbcWATO

Only 47% of Americans actually disagree with America's aims to acquire Greenland. A shocking 36% are undecided. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

The best defence is an offence. Europe needs to take a stand and state that it will go to war with America if necessary over Greenland. Why would this work? Because Americans would be utterly horrified that their country would go to war with their allies. And Trump knows it would backfire.

Fatal shootings by police 2024-25: America: 1,280 Britain: 2 #BritainIsNotBroken

Dear America, Reminder that 𝒚𝒐𝒖 pay the tariffs. If you import from Europe, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 pay the tariff. Greenland would be a big and expensive import.

MAGA base is split. Vast majority of Americans (conservative & liberal) would be horrified by possibility of an actual physical war between America and Europe. Even a trade war will cost American consumers more than it hurts Eurozone economy. #Greenland

If politicians ditch the CSAM platform, X, the the media class would too. Media only on X for the politics.

What's this? The Guardian has published some letters from readers in SUPPORT of the Prime Minister! Are they finally realising the constant attacks are hurting both them and the country?

Best defence against hackers holding you ransom is indeed to be your authentic self, and not worry or care about what others will think. There will never be perfect security because the weakness in any technical solution will always be some human element. #r4today

"Papers, please!" #USpolitics

Trump would have a golden mermaid with big boobies (which would also double as kinetic energy anti-missile interceptors) as the figurehead.

Idea... Britain awards Trump a Jim'll Fix-It badge to stave off any further tariffs.

A win against Trump for Denmark's wind power developer and operator, Orsted (#$DNNGY).

Broken Britain? No storm troopers in Britain shooting mothers in the face. #bbcPM

Richard Pryor using shoe polish to black face Gene Wilder 😄 Benoit Blanc's rant against religion 👏 When you realize how easily nuclear war could be initiated 😱 The twists! 😳 #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

Introducing the new ReTory party. #UKpolitics

For this to work, Trump would need to invoke Insurrection Act mid/late September. So, over the next 6-7 months he will need ICE to agitate sufficiently to trigger a reaction that escalates into large scale protests, and even rioting. The trap is being set. Will the bait be taken? #USpolitics

Trump wants Big Tech to subsidise energy; data centers are driving up the cost for regular consumers. Trump thinks Big Tech are making enough profits that they should shoulder some of the cost to tackle affordability. Microsoft (#$MSFT) is onboard. Should be an interesting chapter for Trump 2.0.

Short listed for an Oscar. The voice of the little girl is the actual telephone recording. The actors in the film are hearing it for the first time during the filming of the scene. #Cinema

8.4GW of offshore wind capacity secured by Labour government. That's power for 12 million homes. Labour government leading the way on #renewables. Yes it does add a little to our energy bills, but it'll be worth it in the long run. warrenoates1.substack.com/p/record-bre...

More contracts awarded for the Golden Dome of America. Also, they rally wanted that SHIELD acronym to work. 😄 #USpolitics

Conservative party did break it (Cameron with his idiotic referendum), but the root cause was Farage's anti-EU movement. And now Jenrick has defected from the Conservatives to join the root cause party.

Machado could have just praised Trump in public without giving him her Nobel. Of course she is hoping for his support. He won't give it though. #r4today

Trump won't settle for a hand me down.

There are ETFs that already cover it.

Then don't break European laws.

The only reason the government is on the CSAM platform is because when it was Twitter, that was where the media class hung out. Now that the media class are also on Bluesky (and some exclusively on Bluesky), the government really has no reason to be on X. #UKpolitics

The good... GP: "Where do you want the prescription sent?" Me: "Huh?" (Expecting a piece of paper) GP: "Which pharmacist?" Me: "You can do that???" GP: "Yeah, it's digital now." It's been a while since I last had a prescription to collect! 😄 #NHS 1/2

Some people will be like, "Wow, that's so cool and impressive". But think about the potential for criminals to emotionally scam and deceive people, especially elderly people. Anyone saying we should be relaxed on regulating #AI is just selfish.

Strategically, Democrats should hope Trump does actually do this. The more he tightens his grip, the more it damages the Republicans. #USpolitics

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck... #USpolitics

There's always a tweet. 😄 #UKpolitics

Robert and Steph don't understand how IDAM works. They're equating it with carry "papers". That is not an applicable analogy. #UKpolitics @itvpeston.bsky.social @stephmcgovern.bsky.social

US coast guard in Scottish waters. Photo credit: Highland Historian on Facebook

Director of Police Foundation is confusing data science with LLMs (use of ChatGPT). The police should not be using ChatGPT, at all. #r4today #AI