This investigation by @skynewsrss.bsky.social, using an LLM to show how X's algorithm pushes right-wing posts on its users, is an excellent piece of data journalism. Particularly impressed by how they've visualised the data to make it easier to understand news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

X, Grok, Musk cannot be trusted to provide reliable, accurate information. British government and MPs should not be on the platform.

A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK... 78% are murdered by a partner/ex Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety In fact, they voted against them...

Betting firm threatens to end its entire High St presence if it has to pay any more tax bit.ly/4qhaL1j yet another in the too rich and too important to pay tax series

Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com

Who benefits from the abolition of stamp duty land tax? The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.

Under UK law, a company can make £200m+ in sales and still hide its profit & loss by calling itself “small”. That’s how PPE Medpro kept its finances secret. A short thread on one of Britain’s daftest loopholes, the 1970s EU compromise that created it — and how to fix it.

In other news, Kemi Badenoch's party has taken at least £7 million in donations from funders and directors of climate change denial lobby groups bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...

Tice on tv again for some reason. Claims crime is out of control in London. Reporter points out serious violent crime and murder are down. Tice’s answer is that nobody reports crime anymore. I’m fairly sure murder and serious violent crime are reported quite well.

What you hear a lot from sympathetic politicians and commentators is that these protestors have valid grievances and need to be listened to. Tell me, what is to be gained from listening to thugs who chase someone around while calling him a paedophile?

This also isn’t true. Raskin literally said: “there’s no free speech crisis in Britain”

Nigel Farage has, inevitably, said that this ruling means “Illegal migrants have more rights than the British people under Starmer”. The court’s short summary makes it explicit in two separate places that didn’t even enter into its reasoning, which centred on criteria for injunction.

CEO-to-worker pay gap surges to 632 to 1 at US’s lowest-paying large firms. Starbucks CEO collected $95.8m, 6,666 times as much as the company’s $14,674 median pay. Workers rely on food banks and charity for survival whilst company engaged in union busting.

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I know residents in Hertford are concerned about the fire-damaged barge on the River Lea. I’ve also heard reports of a possible oil leak into the river and understand the worry this is causing. 1/3

Thousands more victims of domestic abuse, sexual violence, ‘honour’-based abuse and stalking will have access to specialist support services thanks to a boost of nearly £20 million announced by the Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips today. www.gov.uk/government/n...

My dad was 15 when he joined the Royal Navy. I never asked him what it was like during the war, and he never talked about it, but I still have his medals and photos. Remembering the millions who died fighting fascism.

Reform on LK now starting as they mean to go on. Give a soundbite, make up a figure and then attack and abuse. Politics of division directly from the Trump playbook.

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Nigel Farage defends allowing US chlorinated chicken into UK as part of trade deal www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Our next #cycling event is on Sunday 27th April at 10am starting and finishing at The Terrace Cafe in Castle Park. This family friendly 12 mile circular route is free to join. A donation to our 2025 nominated charity @HelpingHerts is encouraged. greatbigcycleforherts.heroes.help/campaigns/Cy...

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

Anyone thinking of voting Reform in the council elections should look at their performance in the European Parliament. Collecting their expenses while embarrassing our country on the world stage with petty theatrics and offering no solutions.

The strange story of ZLX - a Glasgow tax firm with no tax qualifications, promising clients they can claim tax relief for fridges and vegan doughnut recipes, suing clients who complain, and threatening its critics with lawsuits. buff.ly/GZ0TDjf

The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account: Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social

Suddenly, recent posturing makes a whole lot of sense. (2022 article via @renzelen.bsky.social)

Such a strange coincidence that all the countries that need to be secured for world peace have massive mineral reserves.

Our next monthly meeting, 8pm on Tuesday 1st April, will be at the Windhill Church Centre, Bishop's Stortford. All welcome to join.

Listen up! Get your bike registered by the Police for free at Grange Paddocks - 4-6pm, Thursday April 3rd.

Whenever I post about climate, skeptical folks inevitable respond with this graph. So I decided to do something radical: actually read the underling scientific paper and ask the authors. As it turns out, it actually says the opposite of what skeptics claim: www.theclimatebrink....

Also astonishing that insurance claims have gone down in Wales: everyone was saying their gearboxes would surely explode if they had to drive at 20mph. www.theguardian.com/business/art...

Another day, another post which is misleading at best. The post quotes a GBNews article that Sir Keir Starmer is “rocked” by mass exodus of councillors. There are over 13000 elected councillors in the UK.

I'm deeply disappointed that Santander has decided to close its Hertford branch from 29 July 2025 - yet another major high street banking leaving our town. 1/4

I represented TUBS at the town meeting tonight. I’ve only been on the committee for less than a year, but Ian, John, Richard and Wendy who are the real force behind TUBS couldn’t make it. tubs.yolasite.com 1/3

Reform UK candidate who praised Hitler and Assad put in charge of vetting

The Mauna Loa CO₂ record is the most iconic time series in the environmental sciences. Trump and his enablers are trying to kill it.

This is disgraceful. Arlington Cemetery strips content on black and female veterans from website www.bbc.com/news/article...

The latest CO2 record from the Mauna Loa Observatory. (Thank you, NOAA!) Regular measurements, same method, since 1958. Incontrovertible. I think it's the most important geophysical record ever produced. Do you agree?

“You are a traitor.” An absurd and insulting thing to say to anyone who posts what Senator Kelly did. And even more insulting since he served as a U.S. Navy captain and a NASA astronaut. Kelly was a combat pilot and flew 39 combat missions during Operation Desert Storm in the Gulf War.

prediction vs reality

More mulching! In January we planted 1500 new trees at Jenkins Lane. On Saturday 22nd March and also on Saturday 29th March, we will be adding mulch to keep down grass and encourage growth while they get established. 10am until about 12:30pm. Please let us know beforehand if you’re able to help.

Great day to dust off the cobwebs with bike ride with the missus.

As Honest Bob Jenrick tours the country repeating far-right conspiracy talking points about “two-tier sentencing”, here is the letter his own government sent to the Sentencing Council last year approving the very Guidelines he now claims are evidence of “two-tier Keir”. The man is a fraud.

Letter to LK this morning mentions being better off on benefits. Why are we targeting benefits and not asking why working people are not paid enough? The richest people on the planet have seen their wealth rise exponentially. As we approach the first private trillionaire let’s tax the right people

"Russia’s long-range strikes, by cruise missiles that are among the most costly weapons in its nonnuclear arsenal, are aimed using satellite imagery provided by U.S. companies" From Graeme Wood www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Really enjoyed being out in the sun in Thorley Park this morning with Cllr @davidjjacobs.bsky.social, Cllr @ehdc-cllr-dave.bsky.social and Tidy Up Bishop’s Stortford! ☀️🚮 Amazing that this great initiative has grown from just 16 volunteers to over 200 registered supporters over the last 14 years!

You can see the anti-ULEZ, anti-LTN, anti-cycling, anti-woke, anti-evidence folks frothing over this already sadly. But not only did this bold move work, we need a lot more bolder moves like it if we are to tackle pollution, inactivity, road danger, climate emissions...

I could go on all night. Now he moves on to how net zero is destroying the steel and car industries. Last time I checked both were a shadow of themselves from the 70’s before any reference to net zero. We could lead the world in green energy instead of trying to prop up ones on their last legs.

Shocking to hear of bullying in Reform as I listen to Tice speaking over everyone repeatedly as if his opinion is more important than anyone else. Ignoring clear scientific evidence on climate change like a golf club note version of King Canute.