“Silicon Valley has gone fascist because they have adopted an extreme ideology of tech supremacy.” While Maga promises a return to a mythical glorious past, he says, the “technofascists” are promising a mythical glorious future

Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare. Eco-Socialist. Pro-🇵🇸@bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 6h ago

Perhaps we should all respond to the nonsensical ramblings of tech oligarchs with… “TLDR: Fascism” (TLDR is short for ‘too long, didn’t read’). www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Reform UK candidate criticised over past autism remarks

Reform UK candidate criticised over past autism remarks - Herald.Wales

A DAD has said a Reform UK candidate standing in next week’s Senedd election who once asked whether “all autistic boys are naughty” should not stand.

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I think I can’t love this guy anymore and yet everyday I’m proven wrong 🥰 Governing for the people not the wealthy. What a novel concept and yet it’s working

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 17h ago

New York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

The U.K. capital’s transport authority has granted approval for Wayve and Uber to begin giving rides to members of the public in autonomous vehicles.

Self-driving startup approved to take taxi passengers in London

Transport for London has granted licenses for 15 vehicles operated by Wayve and Uber.

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"Trump is much closer to autocratic Arab monarchs and Netanyahu than he is to the democracies of Europe...." What really happened at #ceuta NEW episode of @bylinetimes.bsky.social podcast with @goldbergradio.bsky.social and @szunes.bsky.social pod.fo/e/500b04

BYLINE TIMES PODCAST: Ceuta: What really happened

Adrian Goldberg discusses the 'wave' of 50,000 migrants that appeared recently in the Spanish territory of Ceuta, in North Africa, which prompted claims of an 'invasion' by the far-right on both si...

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The Labour government claims to have lifted the onshore wind ban They haven’t lifted it in the spirit it was touted If you want a wind turbine over 30m or to even replace an existing wind turbine you need to submit an EIA they cost around £300k. That doesn’t guarantee planning. Who has that money

Zack Polanski delivers ‘reality check’ to Burnham over ‘biggest crisis since WWII’ after summer of extreme heat

I liked America better when we were forgiving of immigrants and cynical about rich people. I also liked it better when people liked the rebel alliance and hated the Empire.

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)@hcrichardson.bsky.social · 13h ago

August 4, 2026

Trump energy chief lied to Congress about canceled clean energy funds, lawmakers allege

Trump energy chief lied to Congress about canceled clean energy funds, lawmakers allege

Reps. Zoe Lofgren and Gabe Amo are asking the Justice Department to consider criminal charges against Energy Secretary Chris Wright, accusing him of lying to Congress about $7.6 billion in clean energy grants canceled in blue states.

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Might be helpful to read today's column in conjunction with this one, from January, as they point to the same root cause: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich | George Monbiot

There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot

As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Piece of SpaceX rocket the size of a school bus crashes into the Moon https://aje.news/nxk1x5

Heavily armed man arrested at Trump golf club before president's visit faces federal charge

Heavily armed man arrested at Trump golf club before president's visit faces federal charge

A Downey man was charged with a federal firearm-related offense after he was apprehended at the Trump National Golf Club with ammunition in his pocket and a loaded firearm in his pick-up truck

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A former GOP strategist was spooked by who he saw calling out Elon Musk's midterm spending, saying it's a telling sign.

'Five-alarm fire': ex-GOP strategist rattled by who's calling out Musk's midterm spending

A former GOP strategist was spooked by who he saw calling out Elon Musk's midterm spending, saying it's a telling sign.During an episode of The Bulwark Daily, Tim Miller and The Atlantic's Charlie Warzel talked about the political influence of wealthy tech figures, and at one point, focused in on Mu...

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here's a full breakdown of what's going on & where we're at www.liberalcurrents.com/the-end-of-t...

The End of Trans Rights in the UK Is the Start of Democratic Collapse

It's never just one minority.

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Our code of practice for services, public functions and associations comes into force today. It provides practical guidance on how the Equality Act 2010 applies to services, public functions and associations. Find out more: https://ow.ly/alIf50Zwrkx

meanwhile, the anti-trans lobby has gone straight from "we won't need toilet police" to "the toilet police will need much more funding" without missing a beat bsky.app/profile/hlee...

Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · 10h ago

Absolute state of Falkner and Reindorf in the Times today

One thing the trans community misses is the big accounts and orgs are set up to solve problems for them not the rest of us. They've more interested in marketing themselves than solving problems that matter. It all becomes about them not us.

Ben Goldacre wrote a book called "Bad Science". To the best of my knowledge he has never publicly called out the transphobic Cass Review. Yet, he's all polite form when it comes to criticising the transphobic Rod Liddle after he's dead. He cares more about his dead mates than living trans people.

Ben Goldacre@bengoldacre.bsky.social · 2d ago

Sad to see people posting on social media negatively about Rod Liddle, who died yesterday. If I have disagreed with you very strongly in life - and you die - I hope I'll be either silent, or kind.

STATE RUN TV.

Said the 380K account coasting off the back of being a famous author. Personally I find these modern short-form timeline based smartphone orientated platforms unusable for getting anything done or building a community.

John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2d ago

I should be clear that the architecture of Bluesky makes it the social media place I most like to be. I'm not on social media to be an influencer or instigator; I want to hang out with folks and have an enjoyable time. This place delivers on that. I hope it continues to do so for a long time.

🟡 From This Month’s Magazine Yes, Androids Do Dream of Electric Sheep By @peterjukes.bsky.social Peter Jukes explores how the hallucinations of AI reveal that machines can never match the power of the human unconscious

Yes, Androids Do Dream of Electric Sheep

Peter Jukes explores how the hallucinations of AI reveal that machines can never match the power of the human unconscious

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Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

AstraZeneca in talks with Bristol Myers Squibb on $400bn (£300bn) merger. Concentration of economic power. Bigger ability to hold people/govts to ransom. AstraZeneca CEO already threatened to withhold drugs from NHS unless it paid more. Govt capitulated. Promised UK investment didn't materialise.

AstraZeneca holds talks with Bristol Myers Squibb on $400bn merger

Tie-up would be one of the biggest-ever pharmaceutical deals and create the world’s fourth-largest drugmaker

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Suella Braverman, Priti Patel, Kemi Badenoch, Keir Starmer, David Lammy, Robert Jenrick support this… Imagine Palestinians doing this to the Israelis, what the response be?!

Paul Eric@pauleric70.bsky.social · 2d ago

Israel blocks ambulances in the West Bank again. Shoots Palestinians, then seals off medical access so they bleed out and die. Deliberate. Sadistic. State policy. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🇮🇱🤬🤬🤬🇮🇱♾️

That's what taxes are, man. That's the definition of taxes. "You are subsidizing things you might never use" man shut the fuck up. My taxes currently subsidize like oil company exec private jets, you think I'm upset at low-income people eating inexpensive bananas?

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

Rosie O’Donnell on President Trump, "He’s not a self-made man, he got his father’s money, he’s a grifter, he’s a logo-slapper, he’s not in fact a builder, his Apprentice days were all fiction sold as fact and people believed them"

Funnily enough I’ve just been reading through a couple of fresh pro Israel trolling accounts here gushing over him. He’s got no real influence these days. And bear in mind, Israel was pretty much the only country to ban the Beatles. So, not much musical taste down there.

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Why are Zionists idolising convicted criminal Boy George?

Criminal recording artist Boy George and the genocidal Zionist movement: truly a match made in hell but not one that's unexpected

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