Bloody hell. From secretly-funded lobby groups masquerading as ‘think tanks’ (who continue to dominate our discourse despite Liz Truss demonstrating the dangers) to a secretly-funded political party. Should have seen that coming.

Holy shit we might have a cure for sickle cell anemia

Moved out of France to pay less tax, so he can affect French politics and be sainted. Sounds like a lame plot?The Billionaire Funding France’s Far Right www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/p...

I raised a Series B last year for Bluesky to build the open social web. I want to thank our investors who share our vision, our users who light up the network (2.4B posts and counting), and the developers bringing the Atmosphere to life. Can’t wait to show you all what comes next!

WELP fortune.com/2026/03/18/h...

Men really do not know or understand how ubiquitous sexual assault and violence is but also how its effects can endure. I don’t know about other people but it never really went away. That little prickle on the back of your neck in certain spaces/circumstances. The fear. The anxiety.

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Why aren’t we shouting about this? It’s a massive story!

They thought their firm focused on humane design. Then they learned of the private detention center contract.

These are the things that have historically led to revolutions. Not sustainable.

Hello?

How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills \ Anthropic “We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.” www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...

UK grifters #23

Here comes spring

DSIT Women in Tech taskforce call for evidence on "the impact of emerging technologies on women’s participation, progression and leadership in tech" - www.gov.uk/government/c...

When a federal judge (finally) put ICE officers under oath, they admitted that they are given daily detention quotas and rely heavily on a Palantir-supplied AI tool to select targets, without warrants and without enough evidence to obtain one. They simply go into neighborhoods and round people up.

Folks, 2026 Primaries are coming up fast. Please #Vote💙 Your #Vote is your Voice...Use it... #Iran #Epstein #EpsteinFiles

Six years ago today, Louisville police murdered Breonna Taylor while serving a no-knock warrant based on false information. They shot her six times while she slept in her home. Breonna was only 26. She was an EMT, an aspiring nurse, and beloved by all who knew her.

This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon. Part of a lawsuit by @acls1919.bsky.social, @modernlanguage.bsky.social + @historians.org

Completely undeterred by facts. Pretty impressive, really. We’ve known we bombed the school for over a week. The military confirmed it today, and they’re still arguing

Sophie @hurwitz.bsky.social on war tax resistors today in @us.theguardian.com! "It’s not a new form of dissent—one of the first protests in the United States was, after all, a protest of unfair taxation—but it’s gaining steam, as Americans reject how their tax dollars are being spent under Trump."

Counting the days to #NTEN #26NTC Detroit! If you'll be there, say hello or join @courtneycribb.bsky.social & M Celine Takatsuno at our #NoDataSurprises workshop! We promise Data Madlibs, Worst Case (Data) Scenarios, and more! Can't wait to meet you! #nonprofits #NPTech #TechForGood #DataForGood

Hey A-MEND Social Innovation Symposium at 1 Stable st. CSM innovation management people. Just spent an hour trying to find where this event is and now giving up. It’s not too much to put a detailed address on Eventbrite and a poster in a door. Impossible to find and going home now.

Every thing I order for delivery by post comes with five pre-order messages and suddenly a 10 minute window where you need to be there with cake & a cuppa, or they can’t find you, or take it somewhere that does not resemble you neighbourhood, & post you a ransom photo of it by someone else’s door.

Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach the earth None of them through the Strait of Hormuz billmckibben.substack.com/p/sunlight-t...

“A report by peers has urged ministers to develop a licensing regime for the use of creative works in AI products and abandon proposals to let tech firms use the work of novelists, artists, writers and journalists without permission“ www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

ESG bonuses removed from paychecks of Apple executives. Pretence of concerns about the environment, sustainability, ethics, good governance dumped by companies, to appease Trump. We are light years away from Quaker capitalism. Public backlash overdue. Don't buy their products.

@channel4news.bsky.social you are so brilliant to expose the water discharge crimes that have been endemic very the years since privatisation. Bloody well done with Dirty Business. Watch it here on Channel 4: www.channel4.com/programmes/d...

NEW: Researchers at Google and @iverify.bsky.social discovered a set of iPhone-hacking techniques that has the characteristics of hacking tools made for the US gov't. Apple patched the 23 vulnerabilities in its latest version of iOS. @agreenberg.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/coruna...

Farage emulating ‘his hero Trump’ in deriding byelection results, says new Green MP www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Hmmm. In Epstein's sweetheart deal he got immunity for co-conspirators. Why when DOJ and FBI says there were NO co-conspirators?

I went to the Lewis Walpole Library in 2015 to do the research for my undergraduate dissertation. I can say with no exaggeration that I owe my research career to date to that experience. It's a truly magical place in a beautiful setting 🗃️

Despite the Israeli government’s steps to prevent NGOs from responding to humanitarian catastrophe in #Palestine, Doctors Without Borders remains committed to providing assistance for as long as possible.

Yeah I noticed this too. Thanks for posting. It’s really important!

Here’s a thought for James Comer. There IS a First Lady who has had a relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. And it’s not Hillary Clinton. It might be worthwhile for Comer to subpoena the First Lady who actually knows Epstein. You know, just to see what she knows.

Also Panama papers…

We seem to be nearing the heart of the story, and a lot will depend on the nerve of the journalists--NPR, the NYT, etc--to stay on this story relentlessly. Will they give it the same kind of coverage they gave Biden's age--i.e., full bore, around the clock, 50 opeds? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

⁨Minnesota voter: "Farmers are really hurting right now with the tariffs, the price of corn, the price of beans. They are losing money with every acre that they're planting.⁩" Trump's answer? Increase the tariffs.

We are advertising a two-year lectureship in Modern British History at University of Cambridge, please spread the word! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

Come meet a sleeping cat in Bristol whilst the light festival is on. #airgiants #bristollightfestival

Reform UK for sale. It had to return over £200,000 in donations from 18 ineligible overseas donors. It received £9m from a person in Thailand. Its former Wales leader received 10.5 yrs prison sentence for accepting bribes to promote pro-Russian narratives. Elon Musk promised $100m.

Relevant to today's conversation about AI's inherent sexism, here's an email from cognitive psychologist and early AI theorist Roger Schank, arguing to Epstein that women can't be truly intelligent, because they care too much about what other people think.

I love BBC’s Small Prophets so much! www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Send in the Clowns are just divine. A massive mix up of musicals plus their own take on one. Beautiful voices, great drag, etc incisive politics and the funniest sing along night out. Nice one Wardrobe Theatre.

JD Vance personally invited Pope Leo to the U.S. 250th celebration on the 4th of July. Today the Vatican announced Leo will be spending the day with migrants instead.

This one hits hard.

#donaldtrump #jeffreyepstein #epsteinlist #epsteinfiles #epsteincoverup #trumpfiles

One other thought on this: the renters' rights act is horribly timed for Labour. Long term it will help renters a lot. But between now and May it will cause *lots* of last-chance no fault evictions from bad landlords, doing it while they still can. Just in time for the local elections.

“If Britain can arrest the former Prince Andrew and Norway can charge a former prime minister, how is it that the United States has barely taken action?” What Trafficked Girls Think of Jeffrey Epstein and His Pals www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/o...