New: A Chinese businesswoman who had a close relationship with Jensen Huang was a spy for China’s Ministry of State Security, Beijing’s top intelligence agency, according to people briefed on U.S. surveillance. www.nytimes.com/2026/11/06/u...

China’s Top Spy Agency Recruited Woman Who Targeted Jensen Huang (Gift Article)

U.S. intelligence concluded that Alice Huang, a Chinese business executive who developed a close relationship with Nvidia’s leader, was an asset of Beijing’s Ministry of State Security.

nytimes.com

I am so here for Data Centre activism. Proud Luddite for the Luddite Revolution! We'll get you this time 😀

KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞@mary1kathy.bsky.social · 5d ago

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Lots of the most prominent members of the Dem class of 2026 are now just stating plainly, over and over, that they feel no obligation to perform rituals of civility for odious scumbags. It's a tectonic shift in political messaging, and one with—it seems to me—real policy implications.

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social · 5d ago

Q: I’m told that Vivek Ramaswamy left you a congratulatory phone call. Have the two of you spoken? Governor-elect Amy Acton: We can’t normalize behavior like this. It was so beyond the pale, so no, I have no intention of speaking to him. Leaders’ words matter and we need to hold folks accountable.

Hilton's 36% is the worst result for the Republican in a California gubernatorial race since 1978.

Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · last wk.

He lost by almost 30 points

Times like today that I remember that within weeks of the 2024 result Facebook rewrote its moderation guidelines to allow calling gay people mentally ill

So, my friend got married last year and to bring her spouse over it costs: £2k in visa fees, £2.5k in NHS surcharges, each of which only cover 2.5yrs so you have to pay both again to reach ILR, unless Shabana gets her way, when it will be 4 times. That's £9k for 5yrs with your spouse.

Jordan@jordanpfot.bsky.social · last wk.

The average British person would be radicalised if they were forced to endure the rampant rent-seeking of the (outsourced to within an inch of its life) British immigration system.

Best charities ever #celebritytraitors

I am sorting out the Amnesty Scotland archive today (as we're moving offices). And came across a Scottish band from the 80s I've never heard of...?! Magicdrive, anyone??

I had an attempted scam today, sharing what happened because it was quite sophisticated. Got a phone call from someone claiming to be my bank. They didn't ask for any details but had my full address and obvs phone number. Asked whether a number of transactions were legitimate (they weren't).

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 · last mo.

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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 · 2mo 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

searchlightmagazine.com

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

November Kelly@postoctobrist.bsky.social · 2mo 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...

lrb.co.uk

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 · 2mo ago

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 · 2mo ago

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 · 3mo 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 · 3mo 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 · 3mo 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 · 3mo 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 · 3mo 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 · 3mo 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