Adam Fraise

So according to Trunp the Spanish flu epidemic of 1919 ended the first world war which was 1914-1918? OK #trump #davos

Maybe we could fast forward to 1945. Specifically 30th April

Still, at least people who were born male can't play in high school girls sports so that makes it all worthwhile.

I may be missing something here but, even if (big IF by the way) someone in a car tried to hit an "officer" surely the appropriate response is to arrest the individual and try them in court. Shooting at point blank range cannot be the correct action.

This thread epitomises the problem with Blue sky. Views held by interested non-professionals are corrected by genuine experts only to be dismissed. I'm not saying that COVID doesn't cause immune dysregulation, it does. But blaming the flu epidemic on this is a stretch

I'll get a lot of grief for this, I have no doubt, but this is a superb bit of journalism. If only more people realised that the current Labour government, for all its faults, is a genuine force for good.

This is moving. Kamala Harris feels the pain we feel. Not just from her loss, but from the trauma and abuse our country is living through. What could have been…

I notice the loyal Trump base are beginning to see the problems caused by their beloved Orange blob. I'm rather worried that there will be a repetition of this on my side of the Atlantic in a few years time if Reform gets any sort of power

I can't believe that I'm in a position of thinking the Pope might be more useful to the world than the President of America

I could be wrong here but my guess is that China has economic expertise which is superior to Trump's.

He's an offer to any Canadians who would normally travel to the US on vacation but want alternatives. I think Europe can offer almost everything the US has. Tell me what you would look for and I'll try to come up with somewhere in Europe that can provide it.

A lot has been written criticising the welfare changes announced yesterday. And reducing PIP to save money is bordering on the criminal. But, the system did need reform. To have a financial disincentive to seek work is surely wrong. The uplift for those looking for employment must be good.

Trump got to be President because people thought Democrat policies were flawed. A similar situation exists in the UK. Left wing Labour supporters are cross with decisions made by the Starmer government. This will enable a right wing leadership after the next election. It makes my blood boil.

Blue Sky can be as bad as X sometimes. The only difference being that the unpleasant and argumentative types are left wing rather than right. Earlier today I was accused of being a Eugenicist because I thought there were some people on PIP who would be better off if they were in a job.

As I suspected, the actual changes are nothing like the scaremongering stories that were in the press. PIP not reduced or frozen, UC increased, no loss of benefits for those who try to get a job.

The NHS is improving rapidly under Labour. You won’t hear it from the right-wing press, but the stats speak for themselves. 5 *evidence-backed* ways it’s getting better:

Well, the Domesday predictions by the right wing press were wrong about the impact of VAT on private schools. I wonder if they have overstated the impact of changes to PIP as well.

bsky.app/profile/warr... Perhaps everyone needs to read these recent posts from Warren Oates for a sensible balanced view instead of constant media speculation.

Ukraine could join EU before 2030, says von der Leyen. Could the recent spat in the White House push this higher up the EU agenda? www.politico.eu/article/vdl-...

We may look back at the 28th Feb as a watershed moment when Europe discarded the US as an ally, developed relationships with other countries (especially Canada) to move towards a democratic and fair approach to international politics.

I know MAGA fanatics are pretty stupid but being persuaded to elect an actual Russian asset as President is quite a spectacular achievement

I think we might know where all the missing Dem ballots went This is Ethan Shaotran. He's one of Musk's DOGE takeover hackers 2 yrs ago he won the Berkeley AI Hackathon But in 2000 won the HackGT7 with a ballot altering program called BallotProof Here's the deep dive that he couldn't scrub....

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

Question for anyone who understands international trade, tariffs and world economics. What would happen if China, India, Canada, Mexico and the EU agreed tariff free trade while imposing huge tariffs on the US thus isolating the USA?

As public health information portals in the US are closing or being censored here is a useful (searchable) public health information resource based in Europe health.ec.europa.eu/index_en

Making life difficult for academics is one of the early signs of a fascist regime

He clearly thinks this is funny. Given the fact that he is of mixed race heritage, the irony here is quite painful. Would he think it was equally amusing if strangers donned KKK robes and marched outside his house?

New Tesla logo

It's quite tragic that this is news

"First they came for the Mexicans" etc. etc.

How long before Trump asks Andrew Tate to be part of his administration?

Looks like Elon has antagonised a group who hitherto held him in high esteem www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...