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So how did Lula come from behind to defeat Bolsonaro? In short, turnout. Bolsonaro's vote share barely moved. But Lula banked millions of votes from those who didn't vote in the first round & won eliminated candidates' votes. A remarkable mobilisation. Second round turnout is usually below first.

Again, worth analysing Burnham as if he is really good at politics: moving red lines from things EU can't accept (free movement) to things it might (euro). Changing terms of debate on an issue from negative (uncontrolled immigration) to positive (Brits can go abroad for work).

the most moderate, apolitical and non-controversial opinion in Elon Musk is that everything he sells is too good to be true, and will either fall apart and be expensive to fix, or will be clawed back and resold to you for more money

Bullshit. Musk specifically calculated military use of Starlink in wars directly into his satellite plans.

Mark Carney on Elon Musk crippling Ukraine’s Starlink: “I search for the right adjective to describe whoever took this decision… against a country that is literally fighting for the lives of its citizens against naked aggression."

The report, 'The Need for Speed', urged the MoD to cut 'paperwork', relax scrutiny of new deals and scale existing contracts without fresh competitions. At the same time, the MoD handed Palantir a £240m follow-on contract – without competition.

🔴 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...

If only there had been some clue...

James Orr - Reform UK's ex policy chief - has stepped down from management roles at Cambridge university following media scrutiny The FT reported last month about complaints from two students. Orr has denied any wrongdoing and said his decision was voluntary as.ft.com/r/adb55c2d-2...

Kudos to NBC New York for saying it without equivocation: "The US is to blame for the world falling behind in the fight against climate change."

After the death of BBC Scotland, there’s only one possible course of action: the SNP must demand that broadcasting powers be devolved from Westminster to Holyrood. This country has been deliberately failed by London. So we need to take broadcasting into our own hands In @heraldscotland.bsky.social

DCMS is thinking about forcing Netflix and YouTube to include news from the BBC, ITN etc. Will it work? Or is it just wistful? New piece for @thehousemag.bsky.social. www.politicshome.com/news/article...

🚨🚨 "We thought this was a war and the destruction of #Ukraine but it turns out to be an act of humanity. Now we will die and bury our children knowing that this is an act of humanity " Ice-cold reactions from #kyiv residents to #witkoff's Putin praise. kyivindependent.com/just-hours-a...

Oh look, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner is exactly as corrupt as we all know he is. “More than $700 MILLION in transfers” — Saudi Arabia & UAE set up a multi-billion dollar slush fund for him. www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-...

An exclusive excerpt from Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East examines how bank accounts linked the president’s son-in-law—and former senior adviser—to Israel, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia. www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-...

Hamilton: "Keep in mind that the president offered to pay voters $5,000 a piece to reelect Roger Marshall. He was gonna spend $1 trillion to do this. So we're talking $350 billion over 10 years to help people h ave their health insurance?" (Stay for the end of his response too.)

NEW: Remarkable scenes in Serbia’s capital Belgrade tonight. Over a quarter of a million join the student-led protest against the Vucic government. It comes ahead of Sunday’s parliamentary election. (🎥 Vladan Milojevic)

The amazing thing is that he isn't getting Copilot to do it from scratch - it is very much the direct plagiarism thing I have been talking about!!! bsky.app/profile/keta...

Elon Musk sabotages Ukraine's ballistic missile defense system. As a result hundreds if not thousands of innocent civilians will die. www.welt.de/videos/video...

Beware, bad actors could have set up free tools to "test" whether your PHP installation is patched or not. (A lot of people have been promoting such tools today. You use them, the test fails, and you've just shouted "come and get me".

Ever fucking green

Strange to recall that in 1968 William Rees-Mogg’s Times led the way in denouncing Powell and sentiments exactly like this. What a disgraceful moral decline

I'm not sure governments are fully-prepared for a world where thousands of people are left both unemployed, and whose skills are suddenly non-transferable.

“When I look round the boardroom at the other board members Palantir has recently also recruited from the House of Lords – notably Lord Vader and Lord Voldemort – I don’t have any sense that these people are evil,” said Watson. From the new Private Eye, out now.

After the disaster of Trussonomics, Liz Truss finally achieves low interest rates 😆

guess I gotta update this one now

Runaway AI poses a threat to us all. How humanity stays in control should be a priority for everyone Projection location: Slough, UK Narrated by @gavinesler.bsky.social

TRUMP: The United States, out of respect for President Trump, was not required to give anything in return - an unprecedented situation for Russia TRUMP MOMENTS LATER: If sanctions would have been placed, certainly those negotiations would have come to a complete and total halt

Witkoff to Putin: "You talk so much about President Trump being a humanitarian. You're a humanitarian also, sir, I salute that. I commend you, I thank you." HE MURDERS BABIES! BABIES!!! In their strollers. He murders adults too, entire families. Every day. I can't believe I'm fucking watching this!

Why aren't Scottish tourist chiefs cashing in on our incredible folklore? In Germany tours linked to the nation's fairytales earn a mint. Yet we fail to take advantage of our great myths - even though there's Nessie as a foundation! Let's boast about what we've got In @heraldscotland.bsky.social

Breaking: Supreme Court denied Trump’s emergency application to restrict gender-affirming health care for transgender inmates @courthousenews.bsky.social

Trump just claimed the United States had done “a lot” for Ukraine, but that Ukraine has done “nothing” for the United States. This is unjust in the highest degree. And not just untrue in the normal sense — it is a big lie, designed to bring about horror and chaos. snyder.substack.com/p/trumps-big...

"Make me virtuous, but not yet" is one of the all timer great insights, and one thing servives can design for is to present you with a sequence of micro choices, encouraging you away from planning, as that locks you into your basic preferences more which makes you a more reliable income stream

Watching ITV now

Ukrainian pilot Denfix shoots down a Russian Geran attack drone mid-air. 📹: Air Command West

If this is true Trump must be impeached and removed. This is a nigh on fatal blow to the honor of the United States w/regard to Europe. If allowed to stand, this will echo, to our detriment, through our foreign relations for decades. #ImpeachTrump

Confirmation here that a Single Market deal with the EU could be completed "in months"💥 It would include free movement, regulatory alignment, and access to the EU’s electricity market, space programmes, Erasmus, Digital Europe research programme and the European Centre for Disease Prevention." 🇬🇧🇪🇺

Four days after Musk wrote, “Zelensky has gone too far.” @financialtimes.com #ukraine www.ft.com/content/3708...

(Why?) Private investment in #nature has increased roughly 5x over the past decade, from $3 billion deployed in 2016 to more than $14 billion in 2025, chart #JPMorganAM

This is so so nuts: the @earthshotprize.bsky.social is partnering up with NVIDIA. By my calcs: just 1 yr of NVIDIA's AI climate emissions undo Earthshot's total avoided emissions todate, several times over. No other company getting away with it quite like this one ketanjoshi.co/2026/09/16/n...

Is Musk actively helping Putin against official US policy? Another investigation for Democrats.

Nick Grossman is right. How can a US Government contractor be pursuing his own foreign policy at odds with the US Government, using taxpayer assets in the process? It's absurd. And equally absurd: no congressional leaders raising any question about it. www.thedailybeast.com/us-governmen...

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New EU sanctions target an additional 1569 individuals and entities belonging to Russia's military industry. Those sanctioned supply key components to some of Russia's most advanced weapons systems, including missiles, drones and aircrafts. More information: link.europa.eu/Ctby9y