John L @JohnLowe56.bsky.social

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“Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” 💯

Well overdue.!!!

We all understand the intent. The challenge is to stop them.

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What you need to know about Israeli election 👇 - Majority of Israelis voted for non-Netanyahu govt parties - Not knockout blow to Netanyahu but very hard to remain PM - Massive drop in Netanyahu block. Fall of 68 to 50-55 - Record Arab turnout Likely outcome Eisenkot govt backed by Arab parties

Democrats are preparing to investigate Trump's agreement to import Russian diesel if they regain control of Congress, Axios reports. Lawmakers urged US banks and several ports to preserve Russian diesel deal records, warning the imports could violate a 2022 ban and fund Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Yesterday, I was barred from entering the West Bank by Israeli officials, as part of a @progintl.bsky.social delegation.

Labour now briefing young people won't get the same minimum wage uplift. Even Starmer didn't break this pledge. Workers rights mean same rights, pay & conditions, same rate for the same job. What does this Labour government have against young people? inews.co.uk/news/politic...

🚨BREAKING: We have moved for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction enjoining Trump from continuing to unconstitutionally impose themselves upon election administration procedures that the Constitution and federal law assign to the States.

There's another way of putting this: "Markets prefer fascists" www.economist.com/leaders/2026...

The BBC would say they’re representing the polls, and the support Reform has in them. I would say the support Reform has in the polls is because they’re over-represented on the BBC. 🤷‍♂️

Framing is all important. R4 WatO presenter yesterday began a piece 'the doctors are going on strike...again!'. Meanwhile I switched off Today earlier as Justin Webb spoke of cutting benefits to disabled and NEETS as though it was factual that these are unaffordable.

With the clear evidence of Meta interfering with Brazil, I want everyone to understand that these algorithms are not simply the product of some neutral 'marketplace of ideas' but an active choice in the part of tech capitalists (and their executives.)

Bolsonaro's loss is not just a loss for Bolsonaro. It's a loss for Trump. For Musk. For Milei. For Netanyahu. For Farage. For Meta and Zuckerberg. For the meat barons, the fossil fuel corporations, and the rest of the neocolonial looters. And it is a massive win for humanity and the living planet.

Scotland should be so proud of them both👏 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍀🇮🇪🇵🇸🍉

This went on for the rest of the full hour, at which point the BBC apologised for having to go to the weather and urged viewers to follow continuing live coverage on iPlayer. Forty-one minutes of unfiltered, unchallenged propaganda by a far right party with 8 MPs, now third in the polls. Discuss.

“People are demanding action on rents, the cost of the climate emergency and about how we can bring people's bills down and yet what we're about to see is just the same old.” Hannah Spencer on the government's approach to Wednesday's Budget, speaking at the Cost of Living rally.

You can read the rest here (I've removed the paywall, in the hope it persuades five or six people to subscribe to my newsletter): tomcox.substack.com/p/31-notes-i...

🚨 Israel has detained an SNP MP and a Greens MSP who were trying to enter Palestine 👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...

🚨 Andy Burnham must say no to the Rosebank oilfield. 🟢 Instead, he should invest in energy efficiency measures that protect the environment, bring down bills and create good green jobs.

The lessons from Brazil and Serbia? Don't concede one inch of ground to the far right. Don't appease. Don't triangulate. Don't grovel. Don't say they have "legitimate concerns". Mobilise your base, and fight them with all the democratic means at your disposal.

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There are reasons, BBC interviewers, why senior doctors are well paid. The 25% fall in real terms salaries since the last Labour government is a disgrace.

💯The case for democracy is not that voters are always right, or wise, or good. It's that they can correct their mistakes. That's why it's so dangerous to have billionaires controlling the media or regulating the flow of information. It shuts down the immune system of democracy.

Brazil and Serbia, defying rise the tide of autocracy. This is how we do it, everywhere. 🌈

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Schadenfreude over Man Utd

Can be done. Edinburgh and Birmingham need to follow suit.

Travel advice from Everton regarding today's game

Ryan Bridge of Raise the Colours has been issued with a £48,000 fine for the flags they have raised. Oh dear, how sad, never mind. 😂 dorseteye.com/councils-beg...

Remember folks, Migration is part of the human condition. We wouldn't exist as a species without it. We are about to witness the largest migration in history as humanity moves to mitigate the effects of climate change. No line on a map is going to prevent it.

'Crouching hare' by UK textile artist Rachel Wright, machine embroidered on calico with various fabrics #Womensart

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British electricity mix at 11am on 24th Oct 2026 🔥 Gas 9.8% Biomass 7.7% 🍃 Wind 48.1% Solar 3.3% Hydro 1.5% ⚛️ Nuclear 15.9% 🪫 Storage 0.0% ➡️Imports 13.6% 🔌 Generation 32GW 🌍Carbon intensity 100 gCO2e/kWh Gas use very low

Students at Cornell put up these signs around campus. This is what I mean by society is who has to change the definition of justice.

I see the BBC that impartially blurs political symbols, slogans and logos of all kinds has entered its “you don’t get on camera without wearing the symbol of the Royal British Legion” period again

Great footage, I think from 1962. The far right has never gone away although the conditions where and when it thrives wax and wane.

Some great replies to this. My list: telephony, cars, printers and hard drives, cancer survival. But in the UK we still cannot get trains to run on time or house and feed all inhabitants properly.

Taiz, a city in southwestern Yemen, faces a severe water crisis as Houthi rebels backed by Iran tighten their encirclement.

We reduce a place to rubble, and call it peace.

In 2016, Britain's car manufacturing rivalled Germany's. Now, it's nowhere near.

I've noticed very little poppy wearing here in Southern England. Is this some sort of policy on the part of those who market them? Surely it cannot be that Trump's wars are making people rethink their militarism? Btw my father and grandfather fought in major 20th C wars. They did not approve of war.