John Powers

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Can I also just take a moment to note how great the Student List's logo is

New air defense towers have gone up around Putin's Valdai residence, pushing the total past 50 positions within a 50 kilometer radius, running through his backup airfield in Khotilovo and a secret biolab on Lisy island, per satellite images and OSINT analysis. x.com/jembobineuse...

These are the alternatives to Starlink, currently under development.

OTD in 1946 Operation Osoaviakhim took place in soviet controlled Germany. 2500 engineers were deported to USSR to help build soviet weapons & rockets using Nazi technology & expertise. Which is awkward af for my trolls cos they think only US used ex-Nazi engineers.

This is as exciting as it gets in Henley-on-Thames

Tradwives should organise knitting watch-a-longs to Hegseth's televised execution.

1/ The arrest in Montenegro of Russia's leading warblogger, Mikhail Zvinchuk, is causing shock in Russia. He and his wife potentially face 15 years' imprisonment if they are extradited to the US after an operation said to have involved the US National Security Agency. ⬇️

Trump said the June 2025 B-2 strikes “ended” the war with Iran, despite launching the current war on February 28, 2026.

If you believe this, I have a bridge to sell you. The prime directive of the Conservative Party is to get and hold power. The idea that it would risk throwing away the opportunity merely because it involved an albeit uncomfortable arrangement with another right-wing party is clearly for the birds.

One of two Labour gains from Reform in Northumberland by-elections yesterday. Too early to know for sure we've passed peak Reform, but another encouraging sign.

hold up - will confidently interject on any subject, often with significant errors - can't actually read, instead relies on an elaborate method of parsing context through structure & likely words - looks financially impressive, actually built on huge amounts of unsustainable debt

well well well, will you look at that electrek.co/2026/09/15/t...

So the Fairford incident is Iran, or Russia, or Israel, or home-grown far-right, or UK government false flag, or a training exercise. Glad that’s clear.

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1/23 Sorry, this will be long... There is a lot of shouting about what happened in the Channel yesterday. So I want to go back to basic law. Not immigration policies or political rhetoric. At sea, the starting point is simple: Preservation of life comes first under all maritime conventions.

Pools that haven’t been kind to Trump: ~ Reflecting ~ Press ~ Gene

Thomas Edison in 1910. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves on this net zero business, lads

Oh, Viz.

I suspect there may be some more collective spine finding now that the Dems are on course to take both Houses and Trump is looking very lame-duck-like.

Ole Ramzan Kadyrov outdoes himself, winning reelection as head of Chechnya with an immodest 99.85% of the vote, narrowly surpassing the 99.7% official result he received in 2021. A close one! www.interfax.ru/russia/1117384

Trump’s attitude seems to be ‘If I can’t manipulate voting to win the midterms I’m taking the rest if the world down with me.’ www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Nice low-key arrival.

🚨 In case you missed it: By my count, over TEN MILLION Americans have ALREADY lost healthcare coverage under Trump 2.0: charlesgaba.substack.com/p/the-republ...

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The bar for progressive policies is: "did this unilaterally solve the entire gigantic systemic issue without making a single person sad?" The bar for conservative policies is: "did the people pushing this yell out the name of a real problem before doing something unrelated, cruel and ineffective?"

You're right, I kicked myself when I realised I hadn't put it on - which is why I ran it subsequently 72% believe in manmade climate change 64% think this most common public view % who don't hold most common view, but think they do Reform: 27% Con: 12% (All Brits: 10%) Lab: 5% LD: 1% Green: 0%

"Why dost thou converse w/ that trunk of humours, that bolting-hutch of beastliness, that swollen parcel of dropsies, that huge bombard of sack, that roasted Manningtree ox w/ the pudding in his belly, that reverend Vice, that grey iniquity, that father ruffian, that vanity in years?" Shakespeare

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Hey at least we alienated an ally for a dictator to still tell us to get fucked. Art of the deal, baby.

Reminder of those in British politics who supported Trump. • Boris Johnson • Liz Truss • Suella Braverman • Andrea Jenkyns • Jacob Rees-Mogg • Nigel Farage • Lord Frost • John Hayes • Robert Jenrick • Sammy Wilson • Ian Paisley • Jake Berry • Kwasi Kwarteng • Tim Montgomerie

It's kind of cute that Iran thinks it can burn Trump with references to literature. If you want Trump to get your insults, try a UFC theme.

An American interviewer asked Count Binface where he stands on the political spectrum.

Trump family crypto earnings: $1.4 billion $TRUMP meme coin: -98% $MELANIA meme coin: -99% “Perhaps the most blatant example of corruption in the history of American politics.” — Bilello

Clacton By-Election Full Result: ➡️ RFM: 63.3% (+17.1) 🗑️ CBF: 26.7% (New) ⭐ REU: 1.4% (New) 🙋 Francis (Ind): 1.2% (New) 🙋 Walford (Ind): 1.1% (New) 🦊 REC: 1.0% (New) 🔴 SDP: 0.7% (New) 🙋 Pelas (Ind): 0.6% (New) 🤝 CNS: 0.5% (New) 🙋 Ingram (Ind): 0.5% (New) [1/4]

Nigel Farage suggests the police advised him against attending the result of the Clacton by-election. Essex Police completely deny this, telling the BBC "we have a proportionate and robust policing operation to ensure the safety and security of all participants in the count"

Seems relevant: Canada is creating jobs at a rate that is roughly 4x that in the United States.

One of the defining features of the populist right is self-pity and victimhood. Always has been.

Fairly sober testing report from the AI Security Institute: they gave internet access and removed some guardrails from latest AI models and found without them they were capable of potentially harmful activity directed at real people and organisations www.aisi.gov.uk/blog/inciden...

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

The latest polling from @opiniumresearch.bsky.social has Labour up five points up with a four point lead over Reform and the Conservatives ten points behind. The political weather has changed - though this remains a low level of support for an incumbent. Lab 27% Ref 23% Con 17% LD 12% Greens 12%

bloomberg has a fun article today arguing that the Cybertruck is the biggest flop in automotive history. it includes this glorious graph.

As U.S. measles cases reach a 35-year record, do you know what your local school’s vaccination rates are? Use this map by The Post to see how your schools’ rates compare: