Jean-Luc Picard

Jean-Luc Picard

@voiceofpericles.bsky.social

Proctor ergo, proctor hoc - after this, therefore because of this. Philosophy, economics, politics, football, Wales, UK, climate change, gaming, LOTR, Dinosaurs and the stars.

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Finally! This is one of the most obvious answers to help with curtailment issues. Every EV should be part of a virtual power plant that is loaded up during periods of excess electricity and discharged when needed. @josiahmortimer.bsky.social

theguardian.comUK looking to give carmakers incentives to turn EVs into ‘power plants on wheels’V2G tech enables drivers to charge automatically when electricity is cheaper and then sell some back to the grid at times of high demand

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At DCMS committee last week, Ofcom said most fines about age verification under the Online Safety Act are unpaid, and some never will be... Ofcom has issued 11 fines: 2 have been paid, 1 is under appeal, 1 is not yet due & 7 are overdue. 3 of those sites remain accessible with the risks unmitigated

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BBC News just interrupted its coverage to go, live, to Nigel Farage - a man with no contitutional standing in our setup - responding to the budget - a document which nobody has seen yet. WHY

Look out, the return of David Miliband rumours are coming.

Politics UK@politicsuk.com

🚨 NEW: Rachel Reeves is rumoured to quit as an MP to "cash in" on her experience as Chancellor It comes after she "secretly met" two City companies in the last fortnight [@MillardClothier]

Surely all of those involved should be arrested as part of a massive conspiracy to defraud Brazilian citizens of their vote?

Laura Bassett@lebassett.bsky.social

Bolsonaro-friendly mayors appear to be sabotaging public transport on Election Day. Buses aren’t running in Lula-friendly areas, flights and ferries mysteriously canceled. Traffic lights have gone out and people’s power cut in Salvador, indigenous people’s travel restricted

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Fascinating Jeremy, now tell us about the time you cut national insurance twice as an electoral game despite knowing we couldn't afford it.

The i Paper @theipaper.com

“Healey should remove anxiety and depression as a reason to claim benefits and offer people treatment instead. It would be better for the individuals and a fraction of the cost.” Read more: trib.al/cxsKwxw

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🔴 REVEALED: Palantir led closed-door review of how MoD buys software The review was presented to defence minister Luke Pollard by Palantir UK boss Louis Mosley in Feb and has mostly been implemented None of this was made public New investigation🧵 democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-p...

democracyforsale.substack.comRevealed: Palantir led secret review of how the MoD spends billionsThe Ministry of Defence asked the controversial US tech firm how to fix its procurement rules. Its answer? Fewer obstacles for companies like Palantir

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Replying to @ericlipton.nytimes.com

Overall, we are seeing some very odd deal talks that are supposedly a part of ending the war in Ukraine. But in fact evidence shows these deals are structured (in the most recent case secretly until now) to financially benefit Russia or business partners of the Trump and Witkoff families.

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Poland’s Foreign Ministry Sikorski not only reminds Elon Musk that the USA haven’t been paying a cent to Ukraine in almost two years and in fact even benefited from the arms sales, but also schooled him that he is only damaging his brands when meddling in foreign countries.

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Q: Republicans are denouncing the Ramaswamy ad— Trump: They don't know the facts. Q: Do the sexual abuse allegations mean nothing to you? Trump: Quiet. You're a horrible little reporter, aren't you?

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Replying to @chadbourn.bsky.social

Kushner appeared to transfer large sums from the account to other people, including a warlord, a mercenary and a former hit man.

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Princes and Thieves, a book by investigative journalist Matthew Cole, says Dutch intelligence hacked the phone of Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner and watched him access a Dubai bank account holding hundreds of millions of dollars that came from a bank in Azerbaijan, Vanity Fair reports.

To try and pretend this is in any way uncoordinated with the US is frankly bullshit.

OSINTRadar@osintradar.bsky.social

⚡️⚡️Kyiv is currently under a massive ballistic missile attack. None of the missiles have been intercepted. Sadly, Ukraine’s airspace can be considered completely undefended.

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remember this next time you hear the phrase "Russia hoax"

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff to Vladimir Putin today: “You talk so much about Trump being a humanitarian, you are a humanitarian also, sir. And I salute that. I commend you.”

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Replying to @wintermutegb.bsky.social

Sorry but it annoys me a bit when people say this. It might not be a surprise, but it took a huge amount of dangerous work for Al Jazeera to uncover it and prove it

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump announces "fraud whistleblower incentive program" -- "Americans will now be able to go to fraud dot gov and report cases of corruption and theft of taxpayer dollars in their communities ... if you turn somebody in and you find $1 billion, we're giving a commission of 1%. That's a lot of money"

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🇫🇷🇷🇺 French intelligence services have confirmed that Russia-linked bot networks are exploiting violent unrest for their own purposes, spreading old footage and AI-generated fake videos of police brutality on social media.

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Nigel Farage jokes about “banter” and allegations of his racist or antisemitic behaviour at school around 40 years ago. Thirty-four former schoolmates have made such allegations; Farage denies the claims. The audience at Reform UK’s Christmas party laughs along. Why isn't the BBC playing this?

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Ukraine’s Interior Ministry says a Russian drone struck a park in Nova Vodolaha, Kharkiv region, killing an infant and two women. At least 14 others were injured, including seven children. Families with children were in the park at the time. #Ukraine

To all those people who said with a straight face, and against all the evidence otherwise, that Donald Trump would fix the Ukraine war, that it would be over immediately because everyone would be to afraid of Trump. And to those who supported him out of spite and to own the libs... Fuck you.

NOELREPORTS@noelreports.com

Ukraine’s Interior Ministry says a Russian drone struck a park in Nova Vodolaha, Kharkiv region, killing an infant and two women. At least 14 others were injured, including seven children. Families with children were in the park at the time. #Ukraine

A man so dangerous he wants to watch his own country burn to the ground because he might be able to rule over the ashes. French magic grandpa is every bit as dangerous as Marine Le Pen. Both will betray Ukraine to Russia, both will see their country in ruins to achieve power.

Mujtaba Rahman@mijrahman.bsky.social

Why would Melenchon incite violence knowing it will help Le Pen? Because he wants Le Pen to win and he becomes leader of the opposition. His people talk of a third round of the election "on the streets" if mlp wins. If so, saturday’s violence will seem mild

In reality Trump is relaxing the sanctions permanently and will refuse to reinstate them after the mid terms unless forced to by a supermajority.

NOELREPORTS@noelreports.com

Marco Rubio says Trump is pausing sanctions for 60 days to see whether talks involving Ukraine and Russia can produce a positive result and avoid another year of war. RBC-Ukraine reports the US is considering further sanctions relief covering tankers, gas, companies and individuals. #US

Confirming the reason Trump and Musk have lost the plot with Ukraine and Zelensky. Also explains their refusal to switch Starlink back on. I wonder how many data centers are in reach of the additional Storm shadow missiles the UK has just sent...

NOELREPORTS@noelreports.com

Netanyahu says 60% of online activity by Russian users directed against Israel disappeared after the strike on Yandex in Russia. The Israeli prime minister linked the sharp drop in activity directly to Ukrainian attacks. #Russia

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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.

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This is pathetic. Ukraine tested Starlink speed restrictions in Europe and had no issues - the restrictions only exist in Ukraine. The Trump administration is actively helping Russia kill Ukrainians - and risking the lives of US and NATO advisors in Ukraine.

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Ex-BBC Director-General, last year. The key words are, 'Win over' & 'adapted'. No news service has to 'win over' viewers. They must report accurate & unbias news. The most sinister word is 'adapted'. Twisting news & introducing bias to support their plan. It's a scandal that they even consider it.

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🚨 NEW: The Scottish Government will quit X after the SNP voted to remove the party and public bodies from the platform

Journalists and politicians in the UK need to seriously get across this fact. Europe is defending Ukraine, the United States is AT BEST profiting from the war, at worst actively assisting Putin. The Iran War saved Putin by putting Oil and Gas prices through the roof and billions in his pocket.

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski to Al Jazeera: “Since January of last year, the US has not contributed a single cent to the defence of Ukraine. “We are doing it, Europe.”

How on earth can we be facing a world where both Germany and France are heading towards electing pro russian governments? I feel like I'm going insane. What is wrong with these people.

OSINTRadar@osintradar.bsky.social

🇺🇸 “The US is no longer neutral and has switched to Russia’s side. That is why we are seeing the end of the war in Ukraine,” said Maximilian Krah, an AfD member of the German parliament.

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Ukraine’s Neptune missiles hit six Russian Su-34M fighter bombers in an attack on Borisoglebsk military airbase in Voronezh oblast last night. Large-scale #explodey

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Trump’s a Russian asset, Farage’s party is a racist enterprise, Putin wanted Brexit & if you tried to make a list of all the UK politicians & pundits who’ve backed all three, you’d be here for hours.

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Le Pen wants to cut Ukraind off if she is elected. She has long been close to Moscow, as Trump is

Professor Daniele Albertazzi@dralbertazziuk.bsky.social

If elected president, Marine Le Pen intends to cut off financial aid to Ukraine within six months of her election. The Rassemblement National (RN) leader announced this in an interview with the Financial Times, ahead of next year’s French elections.

Running from the media again. And yet they still all come running for him when he asks. Pathetic.

Politics UK@politicsuk.com

🚨 NEW: Nigel Farage has cancelled his "major policy announcement" today amid further revelations to come from ITV's undercover investigation into Reform UK

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Replying to @chadbourn.bsky.social

Trump on Iran: “I probably went a little too far. I’m sorry, because I don’t know who the hell we’re dealing with anymore.”

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Europe should hand Ukraine the most powerful non-nuclear weapons we have in the largest possible quantities. The United States government has effectively been captured by Russia, which, alongside North Korea, is invading free, democratic Europe. We must take decisive action to defend ourselves.

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It's legitimate for the EU, the UK, Canada and others to support their Ukrainian ally. If Musk is going to (in effect) assist Putin's invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine's allies should sanction Starlink, X and Tesla. At the very least, governments (and people) should stop using his fucking site already.

(((Tendar)))@tendar.bsky.social

Many Starlink terminals in Ukraine are financed by Poland. Its Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has put Elon Musk on notice regarding the evolving situation.

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Replying to @profjacob.bsky.social

2) Last night the operation of #starlink terminals in #Ukraine was restricted meaning that a number of critical missions was disrupted. It is suspected that #SpaceX took these measures at the request of the #trump administration. bsky.app/profile/phil...

Phillips OBrien@phillipspobrien.bsky.social

Trump and Musk going all out to protect Putin