If they gave Burnham this briefing, they would have given all previous Prime Ministers (from 2016, all 15 of them) this briefing.

Duncan Jones@manmademoon.bsky.social · 6h ago

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Ukraine blows up Russian data centres and immediately and mysteriously online talk about Germany’s Far Right AfD virtually disappears. Stop Putin you stop the Far Right.

Honoured to be asked to give a very short keynote on "Race and the UK Constitution" next week at this sold out event 👇🏾. ☺️ Public Law Project Annual Conference 2026 - Public Law Project share.google/RhivuSi3Ij3b...

Public Law Project Annual Conference 2026 - Public Law Project

Our flagship conference, this year on Tuesday 13 October at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, with the theme 'Law, Democracy & Civic Space'.

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People are so broken they are now outsourcing fun to AI.

If some academic is not charting far-right organising against the price of street cocaine, then what is the point of academia really?

The major problem with this reporting - beyond its fundamental inaccuracy - is that when arrests are eventually made there will be no proper context and therefore it will seem like the state is smothering free expression.

James Austin@jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 3w ago

And what did he do on that livestream, huh, BBC? What did he do?

“Danny Tommo“ arrested for criminal damage and reckless endangerment

Danny Tommo arrested for criminal damage and reckless endangerment | Searchlight

Patriot Platform boss Danny Tommo has tonight been arrested on suspicion of serious criminal offences committed on Tuesday in the Channel

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Saving this to read later with a nice cup of tea and biscuits as a lovely treat.

November Kelly@postoctobrist.bsky.social · 3w ago

this was a great read about the evacuation of Chud Saigon www.thedriftmag.com/the-last-day...

Spam messages when your Dad is dead. Absolutely fuck you cunts.

As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS

A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...

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I'm older than Madge and Harold Bishop were supposed to be when they entered Neighbours. It hurts, it hurts deep.

Holly Brockwell@hollyqueenofspayeds.com · last mo.

You can't blame 40something millennials for thinking we look younger than we are. We were expecting to look like this

Always, always follow the money. Even when it's hard, even when it hurts your side. Regulating dark money is always going to hurt, but it will only work if you apply it to your friends and your enemies.

Henry Mance@henrymance.ft.com · last mo.

How it started / How it's going

Colleagues at the Ghent University respond to Nathan Cofnas’ suspension. Please read and share widely.

Gillian Mathys@gillianmathys.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We started an open letter countering some of the incorrect framing about the suspension of Nathan Cofnas. It is a long letter, but we think it is needed to explain the issues. Please sign in support: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Millionaires take note. This is how you get loved when you die, everyone fucking loved Dolly for good reason.

Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Dolly Parton used her gift for music to highlight the challenges of poverty, inequality, and struggle in ways that uplifted and inspired working people. “And I told 'em all the story / Momma told me while she sewed / And how my coat of many colors / Was worth more than all their clothes”

You got it.

Rolling Stone@rollingstone.com · 2mo ago

Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

A friend of mine is going through a rough time at the moment. I didn't know how best to let her know that I'm here for her. But I ordered this and they printed the message I wanted with no questions asked. Huge recommendation for Mademoiselle Macaron (based in Edinburgh). She loved it ❤️

We already have robots faster than Usain Bolt. They are cars.

NBC News@nbcnews.com · 2mo ago

A Chinese humanoid robot outran Usain Bolt’s 100-meter sprint world record on the opening day of the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, posting a time of 9.39 seconds — 0.19 faster than Bolt’s pace in 2009.

A Chinese humanoid robot outran Usain Bolt’s 100-meter sprint world record on the opening day of the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, posting a time of 9.39 seconds — 0.19 faster than Bolt’s pace in 2009.

Here’s 7k words about Palantir and the British state that @lucasamin.bsky.social and I wrote for @lrb.co.uk TLDR: it’s tech just isn’t that great, and yes the company’s avowed relationship to US state under Trump matters. Obviously. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Archie Hall@archiehall.bsky.social · 2mo ago

BRITAIN WOULD BE BONKERS TO DITCH PALANTIR New @economist.com leader from me on Palantir. I most wanted to highlight its critics' troubling illiberalism—many seem far too blasé letting politics determine which businesses governments buy from. You can read it here: www.economist.com/leaders/202...

Many years ago, when I first started writing for The Dark Side (Britain's oldest horror mag) we had a bit of a friendly pub quiz rivalry with Empire magazine for a while. We kept losing though. Until one week we discovered a secret weapon. /1

priscilla page@priscillapage.bsky.social · 2mo ago

that's right, Bruce Campbell www.mensjournal.com/entertainmen...

The 'ex' nazi standing down from standing as a Tory councillor candidate only for Kemi to make him a special advisor instead

Guys like this don’t realize that they are the freak

Palantir rides high on greed and fear — but mostly fear ft.trib.al/utspa8i | opinion

Palantir rides high on greed and fear — but mostly fear

Given its prodigious growth and the belief that this will continue, the anxiety many feel is the fear of missing out

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A data center was just shut down in Wisconsin after the town council refused to have private talks with the developer and told them everything would include public approval That’s how it’s done, folks

I recall we had a period of time where the response of Starmer and Cooper to concerns about these groups was ‘I like flags’

Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.

Wordle 1,868 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 It might be the only time this happens, so definitely sharing.

The Resolution Foundation is hiring! We are looking for an exceptional individual with a passion for improving living standards and the skills to lead a world-class research and policy organisation, to become a Director. Application pack available here ⤵️ buff.ly/xcFddMf

Important role here - Chair of the Information Commission (which will replace the ICO). £120k, 3 days a week. Apply by 19 August apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/9276

Excellent opinion piece by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the use of Palantir in the NHS & beyond

I investigated Palantir’s foothold in the British state – and what I found should worry us all | Peter Geoghegan

Paid-for political access and threadbare regulations have helped to embed the US tech firm in the NHS – and beyond. But there is a way to free ourselves, says Peter Geoghegan of Democracy for Sale

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"The department posted applications online on Monday for $1mn-$3mn grants for European civil society and non-governmental organisations as well as educational institutions and for-profit groups seeking to “address national sovereignty, migration, censorship, and lawfare challenges..." 🤡

Finbarr Bermingham@fbermingham.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The US state department is offering grants of up to $3mn for Maga-aligned European groups that combat “censorship” and develop “civilisational bonds” between the US and the continent. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...