Sean Houlihane

pretty clear evidence that republicans in the US losing any election going forward are going to always beg for a coup if they lose. lots of people will have to go to jail

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) denied approval for a high-volume measles test that would help health departments respond quicker and more effectively to the current measles outbreak. The West Coast Health Alliance (Hawaii, Californina, Oregon and... TAT: [Attacking science]

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"The polls are clear – an overwhelming number of voters want to rejoin the EU. Millions of Brexit voters have died and the young want to get back in," writes Peter Kellner. @thenewworldmag.bsky.social

We were coldly, cynically, systematically lied to Tories, particularly Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock, will forever have the blood of the elderly on their hands. A reminder that Hancock got a lucrative TV gig. And Johnson still rakes cash in for his newspaper column. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...

Way to go Texas! 🌊

Care homes were urged to accept admissions to free up hospital beds. The Inquiry finds that official wording could create false reassurance that untested or asymptomatic Covid-positive residents could be accommodated safely. Some managers felt they could not refuse. 9/10

The Covid Inquiry’s Module 6 report is devastating. Its central conclusion: adult social care was treated as “something of an afterthought”, while “protecting the NHS” sometimes came at the expense of people receiving and providing care. 1/10

When Matt Hancock said that the government had put a “protective ring around care homes from the very start” we all knew it was not true. The Covid Inquiry has now backed this up criticising his claim as "unfounded".

Fresh questions have been raised about Farage's £5m.

Elon Musk says Italians should stay in Italy and the Japanese in Japan. Then why is this South African in America?

Judging by recent comments, be aware that Reform UK would throw Freedom of the Press in the bin, and ban all adverse articles - and jail journalists - if they ever got power (just like the Nazi propaganda machine did in 1930s/40s) meme via Selby for Europe

"Many elected officials within Reform believe the party is putting on an acceptable face to get elected, and then would install a British ICE, engage in mass deportations, or enact violent reprisals against civil servants, police officers, and others who it felt had betrayed Britain."

Canada is leaving Starlink and will ban it in Canada “ASAP.” Not “reviewing,” not “studying options,” not “monitoring the situation.” Canada understands the danger of Elon’s partnership with Trump and Putin “deeply,” according to one

Undercover: "A year in Reform" Warning: Vile people. Vile language. Exposé of Nigel Farage's Reform Party, it's Tory defectors, and it's acolytes. (Underscores the ugliness of the BBC in relentlessly platforming Reform throughout the Brexit campaign and beyond) #UKPol

Truth 👇

I can't imagine the utter gall of this man, bragging on FB that he and his friends assaulted a woman at the orange-pedo's rally. She should press charges and hire an attorney.

Donald Trump canceled his scheduled Oct. 16 deposition in his lawsuit against the BBC because of "matters of national importance." The BBC alerts the judge that those matters were: a rally in Dalton, Ga. and a fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago.

yep. "... also an influx in corporate clients looking for advice on how to prepare for potential investigations... companies that donated to Trump’s projects or did business with the government or the Trump family could be swept up in the probes..." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Is anyone going to ask Ken Paxton if he disavows the white supremacist who posts Nazi memes on X and bankrolled $158M of his campaign? Seems only fair after Tommy.

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BREAKING The BBC subpoenaed Jack Smith for a deposition to defend itself against Trump's defamation lawsuit. Smith didn't object to the subpoena. Team Trump opposes. buff.ly/cf6GaG2

Outstanding

The owner of X posted a bunch of Kremlin propaganda and then turned off Starshield in Ukraine to help Putin murder thousands of Ukrainian civilians. Here's why Bluesky has an intellectual diversity problem.

Withings now charges new customers $100/year to sync data from its smart scales and watches to Apple Health. Existing customers still get it for free. Instead of convincing people to pay for new AI features, they’ve put functionality that was the point of the hardware behind a subscription. 🤦🏾‍♂️

“we know that within about a year of those cuts at USAID, where they were literally burning food that had already been paid for that was going to starving children, 500,000 children died. So this is a really a crime against humanity.” - Alex Gibney, director of “Musk”, a documentary on Elon Musk

If you're still on X ... now my friends is the time to pull that plug. This very dangerous man needs to be stopped, not enabled www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

Labour stopped trying to out-Reform Reform. They're now up in the polls. The Tories stopped trying to out-Reform Reform. They're now up in the polls. Amazing what happens when you stop aping the worst people in the room.

Elon Musk never does anything new or original btw. Just copies people youtu.be/CdbE5RiIaSM

“As clearly as he can, he is announcing that he is not the leader of the free world, that he is not even a reliable member of the democratic west, that he is in fact an ally of its enemies – but the west, including Britain, either doesn’t fully get the message“

With the US midterms just weeks away, Trump needs fuel prices to fall. He's turned to Putin for help. What does that mean for Zelensky, and for the Western alliance? Prof Richard Murphy considers the consequences. @eastangliabylines.co.uk

"Ten years on, we ought at least to be capable of having an honest discussion about how to find our way back. We are Europeans. And I still believe we should be in the European Union." Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner calls for the UK to move forward from Brexit. www.politics.co.uk/2026/10/dani...

£150bn is on the table. EU membership is a no-brainer. https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/rejoining-eu-boost-growth-6-per-cent-goldman-sachs-zz3tlc8hn

So they're at it again 🙄 Torturing valid HMRC data to create wildly misleading headlines, designed to invoke fear and anger about immigrants. Same old, same old... (and you'll see just how old shortly!) 🧵1/28

This is an important point. I became a British citizen in 2013, but because I got my NI number in 2008, the lazy government records my various jobs as going to foreigners

This is what happens when you buy your BnB's internet from Shell Energies. 320kbps upload, completely unusable.

New satellite imagery reveals the full extent of tree felling on a Washington DC golf course long eyed for development by President Trump. 430 trees were reportedly cut with little notice over the weekend, undermining attempts to protect the site. www.bellingcat.com/news/us-cana...

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Ralph Lauren replaced sustainability targets in executive bonuses with AI adoption targets. The four AI KPIs were 2 AI training completion rates and 2 employee AI survey response rates. The board approved a +10% bonus modifier for exceeding them. None measured actual productivity gains from AI. 🤷🏾‍♂️

Exquisite

Reform UK must take “immediate and firm action” against party members caught in an undercover journalism sting using racist language, the Prime Minister has said. https://www.itv.com/news/2026-10-15/reform-uk-should-take-immediate-action-against-racism-burnham-says