Your little oopsie "mistakes" had me worrying for a year of my life about my partner going to jail for up to a decade based on lies likely fed to you by the top of the federal government. Show everyone what you're covering up in these emails and texts. There's a reason you don't want them released.

Boutros acknowledges 'mistakes' in 'Broadview 6' case but says sanctions, special counsel aren't needed

Chicago's top federal prosecutor noted in a court filing that his office has already dropped charges in the case, implemented “robust root-cause changes” and started the process of reviewing over 1,00...

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The DWP are asking for people to contribute evidence for a forthcoming review of Carers Allowance and how it operates. Admittedly this is niche, but please spread the word so it reaches the right people. www.gov.uk/government/c...

Carer's Allowance: call for evidence

This call for evidence is being administered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to gather information and views to build on the Department’s existing evidence. What we hear will help shape ...

gov.uk

Any Clacton residents who want to nominate your friendly neighbourhood intergalactic space warrior, ping me a line!

Quite extraordinary sentence in Emily Maitlis's piece mourning the passing of PM Starmer ... Mandelson, freebies, Labour Together, winter fuel, disability benefit cuts, Gaza? Ultimately he went because Labour was sinking in thr polls and elections, but that was as a result of the above

Look at them handles

Rose Schmits@roseschmits.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Another lovely batch of pots available on my website including some tentacle handle cups this time! www.roseschmits.com Free UK shipping, worldwide shipping available

Closed-loop cooling means only at the rack. ~80% of a datacenter's total water footprint is upstream thermoelectric power generation, not on-site cooling. Going dry-cooled at the facility raises PUE by 0.05-0.15 → more electricity for the same IT load → more water diverted at the power plant.

dragosr@dragostech.bsky.social · last mo.

New data centers are closed loop cooling. No real water use. All the new Nvidia AI stuff is closed loop too. Water use is mostly a thing at legacy datacenters, and kind of a red herring. Wait till you hear about golf courses...

I’m delighted to present my #Makerfield By-Election campaign flyer. I’ve made mine digital only, to help save your planet. Take that, Zack!

Mark Treyger of the JCRC says his "main focus and main concern is about those who are showing up" to the Israel Day Parade. Let's talk about that: 🧵

Waning American Support for Israel Sets the Scene for Parade in New York

nytimes.com

Have learned that my fellows do not know the tiger poem so here it is for you

Sharing, without comment, British newspapers’ depictions of the only Jewish person currently leading a UK political party . Times. Mail. Telegraph. Sun.

Statements that have now come to light from a handful of @TheGreenParty candidates are totally unacceptable & require immediate action. There’s no place for anti-semitism or any hate speech in the party. This is a society-wide problem & needs to be rooted out wherever it’s found

Pretty outrageous that the News Agents missed out the next sentence which I said: "Neither are acceptable."

The News Agents@thenewsagents.co.uk · 3mo ago

"If you want to understand the actual threat that Jews face, just turn on the news today." After the Golders Green stabbings, @sarahsackman.bsky.social pushes back on Zack Polanski questioning whether Jewish people face 'a perception of unsafety or actual unsafety'.

i'm sorry what

Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.

A lot riding on the so-called 'Right to Try' regs Good to see SSAC’s detailed scrutiny result in it being beefed up in useful ways, after 4 of our 5 recommendations were accepted Details 👇 www.gov.uk/government/p...

The Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment and Employment and Support Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 2026: unnumbered act paper

A report by the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) and statement from the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

gov.uk

Just what we don't need. Already, our rivers are overloaded with both human and livestock waste, leading in many cases to #rivercide. Now the government, responding as always to lobbyists, wants to make it worse. Then it wonders why it loses public support. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK looks to relax planning rules for factory farms after industry lobbying

Exclusive: documents chronicle years-long campaign to make it easier to build intensive livestock units

theguardian.com

NEIGHBOR [peering out window]: looks like WaPo is interviewing that unfuckable tent guy

Brendel@brendelbored.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Incredible to go from breaking Watergate to this

Peter Mandelson's official role in Gordon Brown's government was actually not that far away from his unauthorised dealings with Jeffrey Epstein. This week's column digs up some inconvenient truths and suggests the problem is much deeper than we're told. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

There is a lot of convenient amnesia about Peter Mandelson’s New Labour days. Let’s jog some memories | George Monbiot

Yes, he betrayed the national interest in his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein – but also in his sanctioned role as enabler of corporate power, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Former Number 10 comms chief Matthew Doyle – who was recently given a peerage by Keir Starmer – has the whip suspended over his ties to a padeophile. No, not *that* paedophile. A different one. inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Starmer's ex-comms chief suspended from Labour over links to sex offender

Matthew Doyle, who now sits in the House of Lords, has had the Labour whip withdrawn

inews.co.uk

Uh huh...

Hot Take 2: if this is Mandelson's position, there is no reason for him not to issue a statement to this effect. If he has not issued a statement to this effect, the BBC's "understanding" of his actual position may be inaccurate. Stop letting people play this game.

Mandelson leaked No 10 documents to Epstein - who then helped him pursue a $4m job The latest: taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/02/02/m...

Mandelson leaked No 10 documents to Epstein; sought $4m job

New emails show Peter Mandelson leaked confidential No 10 documents to Jeffrey Epstein, who later helped him pursue a $4m job.

buff.ly

May as well dive right in. Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball? According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’” Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...

wrote about an apparent policy change in the payments industry www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Payment processors were against CSAM until Grok started making it

“The industry is no longer willing to self-regulate.”

theverge.com

Imagine what’s happening in the camps.

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Imagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles.

The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon. wapo.st/49Zqv1L

The BBC coverage is absolutely terrible. It leads on "sharply contested narratives" It has a dramatic skew to the US government It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue

Palantir was a warning sign. Keir Starmer choosing to hand our data and security to US tech companies is an outrageous failure of judgment. All in the name of "investment." What about national security?