Patrick Smith
@psmithjournalist.bsky.social
Digital News editor for @bloomberg.com in London. Former NBC News, BuzzFeed News and was psmith on Twitter. SWFC and St Albans City fan. Mancunian. Likes memes.
Has anyone done a serious take on BInface's 99p Flake pledge and how it clashes with the realities of inflation and supply chain pressures? Surely a matter of time.
A question I've asked several times, answered here www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Why Do Data Centers Use So Much Fresh Water?
The artificial intelligence boom has inspired one of the largest infrastructure build-outs seen in decades: Tech firms are investing billions into constructing the data centers powering AI. This has m...
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Serious mental gymnastics this morning from Kemi Badenoch of former neo-Nazi-turned-Tory-candidate Joshua Bonehill-Paine ... www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/kemi-b...
Kemi Badenoch Says Former Neo-Nazi Standing For Tories Can Be A Councillor But Not An MP
The Conservative leader said she would not want to give Joshua Bonehill-Paine “a national platform”.
huffingtonpost.co.uk
It is remarkable that this person was chosen as and remains a Conservative candidate www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Ex-MP urges Tories to drop candidate jailed for campaign of antisemitic abuse against her
Luciana Berger says Joshua Bonehill-Paine should have no role in public life because of ‘his racism and his view of women’
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Patrick Smith@psmithjournalist.bsky.social · yesterdayI was one of a handful of reporters at the Old Bailey for his 2016 trial. In one video seen by the jury he said: “The beauty of the white European woman is at stake ... Do not let this Jewish foreign enemy rape her out of these lands." www.buzzfeed.com/patricksmith...
Labour leading Reform in the polls* for the first time in over a year www.bloomberg.com/news/article... *This story is about one poll, from JL Partners, but others from Survation and More in Common have found the same
Labour Leads Reform in UK Poll in Latest Sign of Burnham Boost
Andy Burnham’s Labour Party is leading Nigel Farage’s Reform UK for the first time in more than a year, according to a new poll, adding to signs that Britain’s new premier has boosted the standing of ...
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Don't ask me how I found this but you can go on a cruise with Gianfranco Zola, which sounds like one of the BBC controller ideas pitched by Alan Partridge.
Trump has made big threats and given Iran a one-last-chance at least 8 times now, backing off without getting anything every time. "A whole civilization will die tonight" was April 7! He has claimed Iran is making concessions, desperate for a deal, and a deal is imminent too many times to count.
‘One last chance’: The times Trump threatened Iran, said deal imminent
US president has claimed Iran 'desperate' to do a deal or given Tehran 'last chance' on multiple occasions.
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Brent crude price dropping sharply on this Qatar statement about a possible agreement between Iran and US to re-start talks www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The State Department said it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.
I was one of a handful of reporters at the Old Bailey for his 2016 trial. In one video seen by the jury he said: “The beauty of the white European woman is at stake ... Do not let this Jewish foreign enemy rape her out of these lands." www.buzzfeed.com/patricksmith...
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The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2d agoFormer neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election
“I want to give them every last chance before decapitation,” POTUS said Monday. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Tells Iran He Wants a Deal on Hormuz Agreed Imminently
US President Donald Trump is pushing Iran to reach a deal with Oman on the Strait of Hormuz as soon as Tuesday, or face devastating air strikes.
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They’re doing generational hate speech on T*reads
My problem is that I love him dearly & haven't the slightest interest in recovering. 👁️❤️Jimothy #sorry_NotSorry
Starmer's departure leaves Nigel Farage as by far the most unpopular leader (or senior politician). 56% "very unfavourable" is major problem for Reform - Reform can only win if their opponents divide & people with strong negative views of Farage will be more motivated by anti-Reform tactical voting
YouGov@yougov.co.uk · 2w agoLatest major party leader net favourability ratings, July 2026 Andy Burnham: +3 Ed Davey: -8 Kemi Badenoch: -11 Zack Polanski: -26 Nigel Farage: -46 yougov.com/en-gb/articl...
Brent Crude hits $100 a barrel for the first time in two months www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Brent Crude Hits $100 a Barrel on Red Sea, Iran Supply Threats
Brent crude hit $100 a barrel for the first time in two months after Iran-backed Houthi militants said they attacked two Saudi Arabian tankers in the Red Sea, escalating the Middle East conflict and t...
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Can't stop laughing at ChatGPT's attempts at rapping and beatboxing www.tiktok.com/@huskistaken...
Maybe it’s a new genre
TikTok video by Husk
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First PM for nearly 10 years to start with a favourable rating, according to this metric
YouGov@yougov.co.uk · 2w agoHow does Andy Burnham's first net favourability as prime minister compare to his recent predecessors'? Theresa May: +12 Andy Burnham: +3 Keir Starmer: -3 Boris Johnson: -18 Rishi Sunak: -19 Liz Truss: -31 yougov.com/en-gb/articl...
"the president is trying to hurt other countries by punching Americans in the face" www.ft.com/content/7b53...
Is Trump winning the tariff wars?
Time to tot up the scores
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(I also think this freak out from some of the lobby is going to become ever bigger as they realised Burnham is largely focused on socials + direct content and not communicating via them. Interesting one to track)
Aaron H. Ellis@aaronhughellis.bsky.social · 2w agoMaybe his team are cognizant of the fact that jankier content does bigger number than slickly produced ones?
Can we all just admit (most of us) don't know a huge amount about classical literature.
Special guest at Bloomberg UK this morning
UK Chancellor Healey Pledges Fiscal Buffer in Pitch to the City
Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey committed to disciplined control of Britain’s public finances to protect against economic shocks, as he made a pro-business pitch to the City of London on his t...
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[Googling instructions for disarming a bomb]
For me, disarming bombs is indelibly linked to afternoons spent in my grandmother's kitchen, watching her carefully iron the parchment paper that the nitroglycerin came bound in (to be reused at Christm [Hurried scrolling]
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Homer is not an *entirely* reliable source for the 7th/8th century Hellenic world. Sure you can learn a lot from it. But I mean, it has a cyclops in it.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w agoElon Musk says Grok Imagine will make ‘historically accurate’ AI adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey