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The Ferrari lookalike wins youtu.be/b82E-4oSfdE?...

Beware of finance industry lobbying. It hired PwC (the firm that delivers dud audits) to produce a report, claiming that UK banks face highest rates of tax. The report included taxes not borne by banks. Omitted countries that levy higher rates of taxes. Integrity never gets in the way of profits.

American consumers being ripped off again youtube.com/shorts/AnQLb...

Please elect this man Michigan

🚨This. Is. Incredibly. Disturbing.🚨 Abhorrent behavior of threatening this candidate’s and other women candidates’ safety AND exposing family personally identifiable information.😡 🍊 bone spurs POS has emboldened the worst of people. 🤨 #Pinks

Coming to a forest near you... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Flexing his muscles, slowdown Starlink, cancelling compatible with satellite rocket. What next for individual our government has enriched??? www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

Today on the corruption channel….

This is another reason not to live in a red state youtu.be/A4Q8q0KQQ14?...

PDX Near Delta park today and Janzen beach yesterday. There is chatter and some evidence of a bigger ICE surge here soon.

The conservative party endorses terrorism yet imprisoned clergy for peaceful demonstration and ban books. aje.news/reqpi2

"Undecover Inside Reform UK", a 1 hour 40 minute ITV News documentary is available on YouTube having been broadcast tonight. It opens on Farage's July 2024 Clacton pledge of much more rigorous vetting to keep extremists and bigots out of the party. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp4h...

For the oldies out there, an interesting interview with Nick Leeson youtube.com/watch?v=oWiE...

"The numbers suggest that the collapse of the United States’ tourism industry is accelerating, thanks to Trump, MAGA, the GOP’s extreme xenophobia, and their belief that there’s no problem you can’t brutalize your way out of." — @brynntannehill.bsky.social

DOE announced last week that it was publishing a list of foreign donors to U.S. institutions who had previously been promised confidentiality. Last night, a judge blocked the publication, citing risks of retaliation for donors from repressive regimes. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

This is the next level of Spyware aje.news/lgplg7

Re the Sally Rooney news, I was looking up data on arrests under terrorism legislation the other day, and hadn't quite realised how utterly bonkers the effect of the Palestine Action prohibition had been. That big purple spike is basically all PA-related arrests.

HAPPENING NOW: Judge Reyes is furious. She has repeatedly told the government to inform her before any major demolition work was done on the golf course. The abrupt removal of 500 trees, without notice, "has cost the government all of its credibility" in this case.

Phil Collins on Trump’s uniquely abrasive style: “His whole manner is unattractive. Historically, presidents have been eloquent and elegant. Even if you don’t agree with them, you still respect them. But when somebody like Trump is as nasty as he is, you end up feeling dislike for him.”

Trump Mobile customers had their personal data leaked by the ransomware gang BYOD. The dump includes names, emails, phone numbers, home addresses, etc. The gang says the company responded to news of the breach with, “We have no team to handle this.” san.com/cc/trump-mob...

JUST IN: A federal judge just forced Trump’s DOJ to fast-track records involving Trump and the Epstein files, citing “possible questions about the government’s integrity that affect public confidence.” The records being sought are significant.

Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out.

As the University of Edinburgh moves to close a number of degree programmes, including the standalone degree in Scottish Ethnology, Kevin MacNeil reflects on the subject that changed the course of his life bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/09/24/a...

Here’s a story of how playing games with genitals nearly led to WWIII in 1947.

In its 2026 World Press Freedom Index, Reporters Without Borders ranks the United States 64th, behind Botswana and down seven places from 2025, citing Trump administration actions in the decline. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/us-falls-t...

Many imbeciles like Tommy Tuberville are elected leaders in the fascist Republican Party. It's terrifying for places like Alabama where they plan to become governor and make the state even worse. bsky.app/profile/fact...

🗳️Early voting is getting underway across the country🇺🇸 Dates vary by state & sometimes by county, so know your dates & double check your state or local election site. Be informed. Be prepared. Make your voice heard. 🌊 Let’s bring on the Blue Wave 🌊 #2026Midterms #EarlyVoting #BlueWave #SheShed

Jimmy Kimmel’s interview with James Talarico will be on his YouTube channel tonight. Watch it. Share it. Boost the ratings.

What is it with Western leaders and food storage. Boris hid in a fridge, Trump hid in a catering cart.

😬🥵🥵🥵🥵 Insane temperatures #Pinks

New: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo

Another lego video

This has ruined my childhood music memories

The Rosetta Stone For Business’s AI Failure Is Rewriting Every Job in Tech www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Unsure if this is good or bad moneyweek.com/personal-fin...

Another mysterious Epstein-related death: French model recruiter Daniel Siad, whose name appears more than 2,000 times in the released Epstein files, was found dead at his home near Paris. 1/

This is depressingly accurate, regarding how the civilian drone industry in the US has been totally devoured by MAGA-supported military and police money (which means no one is making a replacement for now-banned DJI drones for US consumers):

sorry kids we need your drones to capsize the world economy with operation big chungus