Nigel Farage's Reform UK handed almost £15m by offshore millionaires www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

First poll in Makerfield: Survation for The Times, sample 369 “likely to vote” www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Here's a free version of the same article gcaptain.com/drowning/

Some thoughtful person provided a link to a non-paywalled version of this article: gcaptain.com/drowning/

What's the best non-fiction book you've read in recent years and why?

Here’s a thought — Maybe these people don’t deserve to be handsomely rewarded? (From NPR)

Apparently everyone knew what they were voting for..

Because yeah, he couldn’t have done that.

Trump (or Trump Jr) seemingly mistakenly invested $1M-5M in Kura Sushi (sushi restaurant chain) instead of Fujikura that is related to AI industry. Previously, all their investments were related to AI. This is now one of the trending stories in Japanese media.

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Flotilla activists complain of abuse, torture and rape. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/b... Russian hijacker’s are after our accounts

Firefighters continue to cool a chemical storage tank with water to prevent it from breaching or exploding. Some 40,000 residents near the Orange County plant in Garden Grove, CA have been evacuated to shelters. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/23/u...

Well, yeah… apnews.com/article/trum...

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... No words 😶

Companies are using AI systems for recruitment, arguing that it’s a way of removing bias from the system. But it brings with it a whole load of other problems, some of them just as bad ✏️ @rostaylor.bsky.social

"Three new Ebola cases declared in Uganda" Uganda is a neighbouring nation to Congo has often been at risk - there is the potential of Uganda become a gateway of infection to East Africa. Previous containment efforts have worked however the risk remains. news.sky.com/story/three-...

More genius… www.theguardian.com/science/vide...

3️⃣ DAYS TO GO. 🦸‍♀️More signatures are coming in - today's running total is 1123!!! Can we reach 1250 or even 1500?! If you haven't signed yet - now's the time. 🖇️✍️👇 forms.gle/V1XCBMTb4B6A... Amazing to see the community come together 😍

Stop saying "mistakenly". He was maliciously deported to an El Salvadorian torture prison to serve as a talking point for the Trump administration's immigration policy dreams. Get it right.

I just talked to a Congolese doctor who is treating Ebola patients in Bunia, the epicenter of the outbreak. Story to come, but he's very worried that the international response doesn't look anything like it used to.

The French Foreign Minister announces: Starting today, Minister Ben Gvir is not allowed to enter France. He joins his Italian counterpart and calls on the European Union to impose sanctions on the Israeli Minister of National Security www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...

SpaceX rocket bursts into flames during Indian Ocean landing – video

Going back to Musk launching unguided missiles after seeing NASA pull Artemis 2 off flawlessly really puts everything into perspective.

We all literally, LITERALLY just watched NASA fly four absolute all-stars the farthest any human has ever been from Earth and back flawlessly, and yet we're still continuously forced to pretend Musk's bullshit catastrophe factory is the future of human space exploration

Another of those wonderful Brexit freedoms is the scrapping of “health and safety laws which removed powers to ban products thought to pose a health hazard”, the so called “red tape”… Enjoy the Asbestos in your Kids toys Brexiteers, its what you voted for! #Brexit #Reform #Farage #Conservatives

Hawaiian earthquake, volcano being monitored.

Oh. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I went through Dover as a foot passenger on a quiet weekday last month and I posted at the time that this was all heading for disaster and chaos. There you go. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

I wonder how those targeted by ICE, including violently, using Palantir technology feel about the company's alignment with "public safety". And honestly, the British business secretary should devote far less time to delivering Palantir's sales pitch. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Farage shouldn’t be able to control the media in this way, promoting himself when he wants to and running away when’s he’s in the shit. Stop letting him call the shots. Empty chair him. End the interview if he lies/wont answer. Refuse to be his propagandists. www.independent.co.uk/voices/nigel...

🔴 Wes Streeting has said that Palantir is “absolutely critical to the future of the NHS.” But Palantir’s £330m NHS platform is “slow an clunky” and eight to ten times slower at analysing data than the current NHS tool in use Massive scoop on Democracy for Sale: open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

The center-left needs to understand that they need an actual anti-fascism strategy because not having one means you're willing to act as kindling for fascism, which may be the plan.

NEW: The Crypto Connection. @thenerve.news brings you…Part 1 of The Harbourne Receipts. A forensic examination of the cryptobillionaire’s donations & Farage’s crypto announcements. And guess what? There’s a pattern. Starting with the now infamous £5m gift. www.thenerve.news/p/investigat... 1/

When I described our staff as scum, what I really meant was I respect their skills, loyalty and, above all, their dispensability www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

When I described our staff as less talented means to the end of enriching myself beyond anything they could dream of, what I meant was

Except the majority didn't vote for it, which makes it even more depressing. Defeating Reform is actually dead easy, if people bother to turn out to vote. A minority of the electorate support Reform, but they bother to vote. Those who don't are complicit in enabling this nonsense.

"I said it's quite bold of Nigel Farage to avoid all media interviews during an important by-election. What did I say Roy?" "You said the cowardly little shit's in hiding because of his dodgy financial dealings"

🔥 Now just under 81,000

There’s something serious here! When I was reading poverty research I came across a study that suggested one common cause of debt is dating someone with a higher income and feeling under pressure to keep up with their spending habits.

To all who say, Kent deserves their #Reform Council as they voted for it: The last local (KCC) elections on May 1, 2025 saw a total turnout of 33%. Of those, 37% voted RefUK. So Reform were elected by only 12.21% of eligible voters. That's what happens when democrats stay at home.

What we need to hear from the Government: this is powerful technology that we have seen used for harm as well as good. We do not believe that the company's values can be trusted in a public environment. We will do all we can to support other suppliers, preferably British.

On top of Anthony's points here, we do not want to give a company clearly aligned with Trump's goals any leverage over critical UK state functions.

Nigel Farage really is a one trick pony. His divisive and inflammatory comments about immigration is all he has. Is it any wonder he won’t want you to know that net migration has fallen by 82% since its peak under the conservatives. LETS MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC KNOW THE REAL FACTS

I genuinely do not see a reason not to outlaw the distribution and hosting of AI video generation

How About Socialism For All......

"I'm really angry that this scifi writer whose work was stolen to train a probability machine that depletes water tables and raises electricity prices and is accelerating the transfer of wealth and capital toward men who actively hate other humans doesn't like 'AI," what a lack of vision they have"

The Proximal Origin of the MV Hondius Andes virus outbreak. virological.org/t/potential-...

The comparison I heard was data centers using the same amount of water as golf courses, and for that I was all, my brother in Christ, let me tell you what I think we should do with golf courses