Reproducing this in meme format, which @nicholasdanfort.bsky.social introduced to me years ago re Turkish nationalists and the Armenian genocide

This in 4 years time but for the UK

My radical opinion is that people should not activate connected car services in the first place, and NEVER buy a car which requires connectivity or an app for its basic functions.

Hi @greenmirandahere.bsky.social- I’m a keen listener to ‘Not Another One’—great podcast. One frustration I have though is that you + Steve seem to largely cede the net zero argument to Tim and Ian. It would be good to hear you all have this out at some point. Now timely with the latest oil shock?

“They’re calling it the quickest war ever…”

This fascinating research offers cautionary advice to rewilding enthusiasts… while there is a clear place for rewilding, traditional agricultural methods may boost biodiversity more than abandonment: theconversation.com/the-black-de...

Very interesting! Thank you @beccyscottuk.bsky.social theconversation.com/the-black-de...

It’s extraordinary to me that this is the ground the Labour Party have ceded:

This is the most Turkish thing ever.

One of the weirdest things about this creepy video is the way the “O” in ‘Restore Britain’ changes to a “Q” for a split second. Just so the real fruitcakes know they have a home.

Anti-nature policies are a dead end for Labour. You don’t secure lasting growth by risking long-term harm to the ecosystems we rely on. The public knows this. There’s no need for the Government to pick a fight with voters on nature. It’s bad policy and bad politics.

@jo-the-botanist.bsky.social Hi Jo, I found this growing in one of our ditches- is the beginnings of water crowfoot?

It would be interesting to know if Reform’s decline (which seems largely to benefit “Other”) is due to far right voters looking to more extreme alternatives (Restore + Advance).

My son was pond dipping in the ditches at the weekend and found this beauty. We think it’s a great silver water beetle (hydrophilus piceus), quite rare and a contender for UK’s heaviest insect... It was a bit of a monster:

V interesting thread

I wonder if the people who spend their time hating this guy have any idea how utterly batshit they look to any normal person?

Sitting in train and observing through seats student in front of me copy pasting an essay into a “revised first class version” with chat gpt, incl tips on how to make it sound less “AI” with different “tone” options (eg “more academic” sic) Also checks IG reels every few minutes. Feeling despair.

This is exactly it. On essentially every issue, this Labour government is either too leftwing - a bunch of anti-business measures that nobody cares about, an infrastructure binge at a time when it should want downward pressure on rates, etc. etc. - or too rightwing (as set out below).

"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm" www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw... #R4Today

Ed Miliband should announce a leadership bid by calling a press conference in which he does nothing but eat a badly-overfilled burger.

Ed Miliband should announce a leadership bid by calling a press conference in which he does nothing but eat a badly-overfilled burger.

FINALLY time for chaos with Ed Miliband

There’s something obscene about this headline. As if stubbornness and vanity aren’t integral to personalist dictatorial regimes.

As of yesterday, the Wpost was the only one left of the list above with foreign correspondents of its own. These jobs have not been replaced by independent journalists or substacks because of the immense logistics, expense, and personal safety issues around them.

When I started out in journalism in the mid-2000’s, there were almost a dozen US papers with bureaus in critical areas like the Middle East. Papers like The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, LA Times, Miami Herald, and Washington Post each had correspondents who were fierce competitors and colleagues.

I recently discovered that the guy who we cast as the voice of a talking car when I directed my university student co-op play back in 2003 is now the Irish voice of Siri. So I can now actually have him as a talking voice in my car, which is some crazy foreshadowing.

Still the greatest list ever complied.

A lot going on here and all ugly, but one thing I still can't get my head around is how any British government can do business with Thiel at this point.

Don't think I've ever felt as sick reading a newspaper story as I have looking at this morning's Epstein coverage. Just the open amorality of all the powerful people involved for so long.

1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.” This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵 www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...

Hard agree.

What are the odds that NATO dies because Trump invokes Article 5 for a war he starts with Iran, and Europe won’t join in?

god yes. but also can we ban Private Equity from owning vets?

Strong “British tourist sunbathing on the Costa del Sol” vibe from this starfish.

George Woke Bush was bad enough, I absolutely refuse to deal with Enlightened Blatter www.theguardian.com/football/202...

But it wouldn’t be Bluesky without contempt for the latecomers

Might be an idea to dust it off just in case 😬

… Or splitting off dodgy assets into a ‘bad bank’.

None of my business obvs, but I’m looking forward to the day when some Americans start talking about repealing the second amendment. I get that’s it basically impossible, but if there’s an Overton window that needs shifting, it’s that one.

I agree there are hard constitutional restraints Trump needs to overcome to establish an autocracy, and that some of his current efforts are clumsy. But also, that process is organic and evolving. Authoritarian moves beget resistance, which in turn begets refinement of the authoritarian tactics +

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power

This really is an outstanding piece of political journalism.

"The aggressor is always peace-loving... he would prefer to take over our country unopposed." -Clausewitz

And so, with one faltering step, it begins - the unstoppable riot of spring

Self-proclaimed “tough-minded pragmatists” often invoke the Melian Dialogue in Thucydides to justify their policy preferences. They usually misunderstand the text. It can be a costly mistake. @seva.bsky.social explains. hegemon.substack.com/p/the-strong...

Some good points here…

Almost everyone's Trump handling tactic is public flattery and private delay / obfuscation. Why? Because it works better than any alternative that has been tried. There is though a big weakness which is that this strategy can't actually be publicly communicated.

🟢 One in six species in the UK is now at risk of extinction. In our latest issue, @stuartspray.bsky.social shows how Reform UK's plans to scrap biodiversity initiatives would risk accelerating the decline of already fragile ecosystems. subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/82/a...