Twitter is complying with more government demands under Elon Musk: Probably not a bad thing, but it’s definitely a hypocritical thing vs what Musk likes to pretend his values are.
Politics
2024-09-27
The EU far right wants to give Elon Musk a free speech award: What a surprise that it’s only the far right that want to award Musk the same status as Nelson Mandela, Malala Yousafzai et al.
Sakharov Prize: A prize given by the European Parliament to “individuals or groups who have dedicated their lives to the defence of human rights and freedom of thought”.
Elon Musk backs down in his fight with Brazilian judges to restore X: Musk presumably decided that his wealth was more important than his supposed ‘principles’.
2024-09-22
Keir Starmer now less popular than Rishi Sunak, poll suggests: 45 point drop in approval since the election.
2024-09-21
The case for public funding of UK political parties: One possible alternative to the current system of most funding coming from donors.
Almost half of UK political donations come from private wealthy ‘super-donors’: Maybe letting very wealthy people effectively buy elections isn’t exactly ideal for democracy.
2024-09-21: Why limit the political gifts ban to buying clothes for the PM?
2024-09-21: 'Outrage' erupts as Keir Starmer moves a painting to another room
2024-09-20
Elon Musk Is a National Security Risk: It’d be hard to argue this wasn’t true even if Mr Musk wasn’t so…problematic.
The brutal truth behind Italy’s migrant reduction: beatings and rape by EU-funded forces in Tunisia: The unspeakable cruelty we’re seemingly okay with raining down on people who want or need to migrate knows no bounds.
2024-09-19: Now Hezbollah's walkie-talkies are exploding
2024-09-19
Walkie-talkie blasts: attacks on Hezbollah kill 20: The earlier exploding pager attack has been followed up with a similar attack via walkie-talkies.
2024-09-18
‘BlueAnon’ conspiracy theories flood social media after Trump rally shooting: The first Trump assassination attempt sparked a wave of conspiracy theories from both sides of the political spectrum.
2024-09-18: Remote cyber-attack on Hezbollah's pagers causes thousands of injuries and deaths
Hundreds of pagers exploded in Lebanon and Syria in deadly attack: Seemingly a coordinated attack on Hezbollah via explosive pagers.
2024-09-01: Another great free e-books offer from Verso, a publisher that continues to release at least one book …
2024-08-24: It’s quite something to have gotten to the point in Britain that a UN committee feels …
2024-08-23: US Democrats borrow a dril tweet - a good excuse to list some faves
2024-08-22: The IFS's interactive 'impact of tax and benefit changes' tool shows the cruel impact of the post-2010 tax and benefit changes
2024-08-14: Is there anything more ‘US politics in 2024’ than this? While the real Trump-Musk Space …
2024-08-13: The UK far right riots show the days of overt and violent racist behaviour in the UK are far from over
2024-08-10: The tech billionaires who at least used to be ashamed about their support for Trump
2024-08-09: Robert Jenrick, a Conservative MP who has aspirations to lead the party despite apparently being a …
2024-08-06: One of my favourite publishers in terms of their typical subject matter, Verso Books, is temporarily …