Samuel Karlin
@samuelkarlin.bsky.social
Physicist, software developer, keen on photos of gorgeous landscapes, space and nature. 🏠 Oxford. 🌹 Leftie. He/him. Here for pretty pictures and a political conversation hopefully more civilised than Musk's Twitter.
Really worth noting that even in Red Wall constituencies which backed Leave, most *Labour* voters back rejoining the EU. Over 90% of Labour considerers back rejoin - opposition to EU membership is mainly coming from non-Labour voters in these seats. Was on Times Radio yesterday making this point.
LULA YESSSS YAY! Thank God. I'm shocked though. After Round 1, Bolsonaro II: The Even Crappier Sequel sounded inevitable. Happy for Brazil. May such good news come to all of us.
The bloc vote is the really extraordinary story here. Among the oldest voters, 58% voted for right-wing parties, 38% for left. Among the youngest voters, the right bloc lose HARD - a pathetic 17% against 78%.
thepig993@thepig993.bsky.social · 2d agoYour age divide is little baby watch this
London has probably now got the cleanest air out of any equivalent sized cities in the world thanks to Ulez, electric cars and buses.
Michael Druker 🇨🇦@mdruker.app · 4d agoSocial media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?
There was a fucking hole in our planet’s *atmosphere* Like a legit, no joke, “this will unravel our entire ecosystem” hole in the world, and then we fixed it by working together across national and political lines As a species we decided, “we will survive” Let’s do that some more
Michael Druker 🇨🇦@mdruker.app · 4d agoSocial media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?
Mark Carney on Elon Musk crippling Ukraine’s Starlink: “I search for the right adjective to describe whoever took this decision… against a country that is literally fighting for the lives of its citizens against naked aggression."
The infant death rate of Sweden in the 1920s is today only approached in the congo
Majestic Twelve (plus one for spooky szn)@majestic12.bsky.social · 4d agoThe ambient crime rate today in the worst neighborhood in NYC is is lower today than the ambient crime rate in one of the richest neighborhoods was in 1992.
The ambient crime rate today in the worst neighborhood in NYC is is lower today than the ambient crime rate in one of the richest neighborhoods was in 1992.
Michael Druker 🇨🇦@mdruker.app · 4d agoSocial media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?
Government support for drilling at #Jackdaw takes a wrecking ball to any pretence of UK climate leadership & pours fuel on an overheating world - and for what? It’s equivalent to just 2 months of UK gas demand, creates just 27 direct jobs & has *no* impact on energy bills🧵1/4
The president of the United States is now just a drunk guy at the end of the bar slurring incoherent nonsense and waving a gun around
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d agoTrump: "We'll take care of Cuba on our way back from Iran ... those beautiful ships, they'll pass Cuba. We'll have one of them stop about 50 yards off the coast. They'll raise up their hands, and then we're gonna send Marco Rubio in."
that's fine, I'm sure we can astral project all the new renewable energy to where it needs to be
Tom James@tacj.bsky.social · 5d agoWales plans to ban steel pylons as government launches consultation www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The immigration doom loop, summed up here by @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
On the one hand, this is very embarrassing. On the other hand, this is also very funny. God give me the confidence of this guy. Imagine announcing live to millions of people "I don't know the basics of my job."
John O’Donnell@jodami.bsky.social · 6d agoMaybe the BBC should get someone who actually knows what he is talking about then.
i am on a plane sitting next to a lady who looks 40ish and has informed me that this is her first time flying she is visibly excited. she asked the flight attendant how much a soda costs and was happy to learn that drinks are free on airplanes. she's taking lots of pictures. i love this for her
Coward. It's almost hilariously on the nose - she said that when she entered politics she promised herself not to lie. She linked that to refusing to say she likes Mahmood's (insane racist) immigration policy. Her promise not to lie upset her boss Andy Burnham, so now she's lying.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 5d agoEnergy secretary appears to U-turn on opposition to tougher migration rules
Incidentally it is genuinely absolutely bugfuck insane just how obsessed Republican campaigns have become with transphobia this year given how utterly non-salient it is and I really can’t help but wonder how much of this is due to Elon Musk personally
At least someone cares. In the election Labour explicitly promised they wouldn't do this! But once they've got power: "Hahaha, fuck you peasants we don't care what we promised, we're doing it anyway." I'm disgusted I voted Labour and this is what they used it for. I won't make that mistake again.
Carla Denyer@carladenyer.bsky.social · 6d agoI can't get over the Jackdaw decision by Labour. Cowardly bending the knee to Big Oil while setting our planet on fire. A total betrayal of the younger generation, who'll have to live in the overheated world. Andy Burnham is worse than Starmer. Fuck him. Evil, evil man.
Approving the Jackdaw gas field solves none of our problems, while contributing to the existential crisis of climate breakdown. The government has privileged special interests above the general interest. It's a shameful, cowardly decision.
In an ideal world, everyone would follow the rules. But with limited resources, police rightly focus on major causes of harm; last year, 364 pedestrians were killed, almost all of them hit by motor vehicles. In comparison, more pedestrians are killed by cows than cyclists.
This is a non story. The police chief cites actual figures. Farage challenges actual figures. Farage has no basis for doing this. Why did the BBC run this?
What on earth is this government doing? Approving planet-killing oil drilling in Jackdaw, then no to a different one the next day? Miatta Fahnbulleh is a sellout - betraying everything she said and stood for before she became an MP. I guess some people are easily corrupted by power.
Jessica Elgot@jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 7d agoNEW - The energy secretary is leaning towards rejecting Rosebank oilfield. Story from @kiranstacey.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Approving the drilling of Jackdaw is the wrong decision on every front. It won't bring down bills, it creates barely any jobs, and it undermines our climate commitments.
truly a wild time to be alive when the cryptography world is split between those worried about quantum computers and those whose private key is “4”
I do wonder how much the BBC could save on some of the salaries it pays its senior news presenters - and how much it would lose if it got rid of them. I suspect that in many cases you could get far better journalists at a much lower price.
Michael Savage@michaelsavage.bsky.social · last wk.BBC News is a good example of big cuts still to come. Today, it has told staff of 100 more job losses, saving £5.5m. That's on top of previous cuts of £25m and £1.8m. But it has to get to a total of £51m in cuts - so still plenty to come next year.
