Centrist Dad, pro-rejoin, rational skeptic, into FOSS, archives, thorium fission power, naval defence tech, pacifist as far as possible, then clatter the buggers. Compassion as a superpower.
Trump’s silence leaves Ukrainians unhireable in the U.S.
At the bottom of this page: Latest news at this hour Trump signed an order waiving Russia sanctions… Trump wants Russia to sell gas to Europe… Hungary won’t block Ukrainian grain transit… Editor’s note: Most of our team ...
New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns, who tragically lost his 58-year-old mum and several family members to COVID-19 complications, continues advocating for vaccination. “I have asthma,” Towns said, highlighting his “high-risk status” while raising awareness of the non-mRNA NUVAXOVID vaccine.
If you have $100 million to spend on ads saying you shouldn’t be taxed you’re not being taxed enough
Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses fortune.com/article/how-...
This captures the current economy- a boom in a single industry, which has yet to become profitable and may well have an epic bubble burst, even as the rest of the economy is being hollowed out.
".. the occupied West Bank, where the Israeli military has raided Birzeit university. The soldiers stormed the campus.. with a bulldozer & military vehicles. They demolished a memorial dedicated to 40 Palestinian students killed by the Israeli military"
Beyond delighted to see WordCamps return to the UK next month. #WordCampManchester is on the 6th of November (a Friday! Yay!), and uses the original BarCamp format (double yay!) - tickets are selling fast manchester.wordcamp.org/2026/
If you’re uk based and mess around/work with or on/ of are a heavy user of WordPress please say hi- trying to work out where we are all hanging out these days. #WordPress#community
Sitting on the train up to London on the Brighton line, enjoying the jarring lateral jolts of misaligned rails, cursing the chronic underinvestment in maintenance by @networkrail.bsky.social and the whole privatisation shitshow.
As Ben Delo's record £36m Reform donation is headline news, I can't emphasise enough that the media ought to be reporting on Delo's heinous funding of antisemitic conspiracy theorists in the High Court – anonymous contributors to the horrifying neo-Nazi account shown below. bsky.app/profile/luke...
I can now reveal that crypto billionaire Ben Delo—pardoned by Trump after a conviction for anti-money-laundering violations—privately funded the failed libel action brought against me by neo-Nazi conspiracy theorists Nina Power and Daniel Miller to the tune of at least £300,000.
A reminder that Delo previously pled guilty in the US to violating money laundering protections and agreed to pay a $10 million fine for "willfully” breaking the law with his BitMex platform, which was described as "in effect a money laundering platform.”
This is who owns Farage now
MAGA: “Clinton is in the Epstein files”.
Me: “Wow. Please help me get my Clinton caps, shirts, NFTs, commemorative coins, flag, Bible, watch, shoes, and throw them in my Clinton wrapped car, so I can set them on fire.”
MAGA: “You’re not moving.”
Me: “I just remembered I’m not in a cult.”
Here is the full suspension letter from UGent that was sent to Nathan Cofnas, it shows ample reason for his suspension and potential termination. Including breach of contract, using the University of Ghent’s name and legitimacy to promote his racial supremacist views and causing reputational damage.
💥 ICE drag mom & teen daughter out of hospital room—in middle of being treated after car accident. Still wearing hospital gowns. Both victims of car collusion, with asylum case pending in good standing & valid work permit. Grace Calero 39, & Giulianna Carriel 19, from Ecuador.
Trump is escalating a trade war with Canada for his own vanity. Even before this new round, Canadian tariffs were costing Michigan families an additional $3,200 a year. It’s going to get much worse.
The Great Sun Myth, from the producers of Not Quite Walls, Not Quite Gaps: What are Doors? and Trees: What’s Their Game?, will hear from the growing number of professional opinion-havers who are boldly questioning mainstream “science” and “facts”.
“Every new oil and gas project locks in more warming and pushes ecosystems closer to limits from which they may not recover.”
Burnham please note.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Ulez has delivered remarkable public health gains in a short period.
Sadiq deserves more credit than he’s had for defying Labour pressure to U-turn after Uxbridge. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Just saying, the trans community told everyone that once The Guardian had successfully dragged trans rights into the mud they'd move on to the nuerodivergent. And they were right.
The Great Sun Myth, from the producers of Not Quite Walls, Not Quite Gaps: What are Doors? and Trees: What’s Their Game?, will hear from the growing number of professional opinion-havers who are boldly questioning mainstream “science” and “facts”.
In early August, ICE revealed plans to purchase $20 million worth of electric-shock gloves.
Police departments, jails, and even school resource officers across the country have used the gloves for years—though human rights groups like Amnesty International say they’re “readily misused for torture.”
Make it make sense.
Donald Trump keeps trying to restrict mail-in voting — but just voted by mail for the SECOND time this year.
Clearly, the “problem” isn’t election integrity. It’s who gets to vote.
Rank Group warns tax hike could force bingo, casino closures.
Rank is controlled by a Malaysian billionaire via GuoLine Capital Assets based in Jersey.
Digital gaming business based in Gibraltar, links to Malta.
UK dividends paid without withholding tax.
Why is Rank silent on its tax affairs.
celebrating the most draconian anti-trans laws in western Europe. declaring a state of mourning for a racist paedophile. driving a black academic to death after being tipped off by nazis. quite a month for the british press and it's only the 15th
If you don’t have an FT sub the summary is: because MAGA is race-obsessed, they are trying to impose their white nationalist vision on our continent, and they are supporting quislings in our own politics to help make that happen.
Farage/Trump: climate change is a hoax
Badenoch: fuck net zero
Meanwhile
In One Week During Europe's Record Heat Wave, Deaths Increased by 16000
Gift article
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...