As raised by Charlotte Nichols and some other Labour MPs, we need to get in the game of using psychedelics for treatment resistant depression. Eli Lily are in my opinion, the leading pharmaceutical company in terms of vision as well as being the biggest. We need to change the law on research use NOW

This Psychedelic Therapy Just Cured Depression and Is Going Mainstream

YouTube video by Dr Ben Miles

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In case you had any doubts about the judgement and moral standards of my (former) Chief of Staff, Dan Jukes, here he is with Andrew Tate.

I have mixed feelings about the Triple Lock, we don’t have a very generous pension at the moment. Ultimately whoever changes it gets rewarded by the bond markets. I’d suggest the government say they are linking benefits to earnings. Pensions being 50% of the benefits bill. I think this is fair.

The FTSE needs a big listing soon, we should try to work with #Ukraine to get Firepoint to list here after the war. 🇬🇧🇺🇦

Get ready for a false flag operation a few weeks before votes are set to be cast. Be ready for ICE detaining everyone regardless of status or colour in key voting districts. The fix is in.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Newsom: "He's not screwing around. He wasn't screwing around when he called Greg Abbott for 5 seats, said he was entitled to 5 seats. Why does he do that? Because he knows he's going to lose the election unless he rigs the election before one vote is cast. That is what we're up against."

"My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right.”--US Senator Carl Schurz (R-MO), 1871.

I don't know if it's just that this UK government missed the context of growing up in Ireland in the 90s, but they should probably be aware that gangs of lads in balaclavas don't have the best intentions for the public.

If hundreds of masked men turned up outside a Reform rally where Nigel Farage was speaking just to register their 'concern' I have little doubt that the majority of the UK right-wing media would explode in anger. But they appear pretty sanguine about the current mobs at the coast. #r4today

Americans don’t realise there have only been 71 cases over 33 years in the UK. Guns don’t commit crimes, they make it easy for people to.

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · yesterday

Perspective.

Absolutely. It’s not a time for conflating things. What’s causing more crime, asylum seekers or protesters directly & indirectly by taking up police resources? Not a peaceful protest, the legitimate concerns are being addressed with tangible results. If #Reform cut the boats by 40% they’d be gods.

Peter Geoghegan@petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 24h ago

Nick Robinson on Today is literally talking about ‘legitimate concerns’ after second night of organised men dressed in black - sorry ‘protesters’ - mobilising en masse in another littoral town. This is how street fascism is normalised

This is the pernicious effect of Culture Wars, it’s ridiculous we fall into the trap of letting Charlatans use divide and rule. Unfortunately this is the lengths the rich and powerful will go to in order just to pay less tax & grift. How did we allow GB News? Sarah says it best, ask “WHO BENEFITS?”

'I'm estranged from my parents because of Farage'

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Ban the Burka, we hate face coverings. Ban just stop oil, they block the roads. Channels crossings have dropped 40% and these people are great at putting Reform in a corner to have to condemn them. It’s great. “Not Balaclava man, Balaclava men plural. There’s some people there’s no immunity from”

BBC Line of Duty - Series 4, Episode 6 | Final Scene - Shootout.

YouTube video by LatNet

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HOPE not hate@hopenothate.org.uk · 3d ago

🚨 BREAKING: Patriot Platform, a new far right group launched by Tommy Robinson’s right hand man Daniel Thomas (AKA Danny Tommo) has blockaded the port and several roads in Dover. The masked men are from subgroups of PP, including Sussex, Essex, and South East Patriots Here’s all you need to know.

Please offer immunity to the two #reform chiefs of staff in return for the real dirt. Or they should face hard time in prison for 5 years to make an example of people who corrupt our politics. Also as a company not a party it should be struck off for illegal financing & prooceds taken 🐠 might ✈️

Top Rated POCA Proceeds of Crime Barrister | Adrian Eissa KC

YouTube video by The UK's Top Barristers YouTube Channel

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I’m a tech enthusiast and extremely impressed with GPT-6 from what I’ve seen. I won’t give private data or ever give an agent my credit card, and that is one of that many reasons I think we’re in an #AI bubble and honestly we’d be better if it deflates in a semi orderly time but on #Trump ‘s watch.

The parody account that keeps giving.

Parody Nigel Farage@parodypm.bsky.social · 3d ago

I'm pretty sure they don't have elections where you live because Dubai is a hereditary monarchy where political parties are banned.

On the plus side, I've been offered safe passage to Moscow if I need it.

Brilliant project after 50 years of #Apple from one of my favourite longtime Apple Journalists. Also check out www.sixcolors.com

Jason Snell@snell.zone · 6d ago

It's not just a Kickstarter project anymore, it's a real podcast. The first new Designed in California episode is out today (along with six previously previewed episodes), and members received the ENTIRE seven-episode series about Apple's '90s OS crisis. @myke.social and I hope you listen!

Once again #Brexit has been a threat to our national security. We need a secure military communications and mapping satellite service independent of America and Starlink.

#AI companies have stolen all our data, all our creation, artists, music, journalism et al. They have priced us out of technology and they can afford to pay for deals with publishers and artists. The #Trump administration of course disagree.

Trump Administration Sides With OpenAI in New York Times Copyright Lawsuit

The US government wrote a letter in support of OpenAI’s argument that training AI on others' intellectual property is fair use.

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Thanks @bylinetimes.bsky.social for the RP and support of the #MECFS community and other minority subjects and communities. Many people don’t have a clue about #MECFS and Byline and the Canary have always supported us with the PACE scandal. I’m sure other niche groups feel the same.

Happy to see Kemi Badenoch stick up for the free press and warn of the authoritarian tendencies of #Reform. You can disagree with her politics and be disappointed there has been another purge of the moderates after the terrible decision by BoJo to kick out their best MPs. Tactical voting Tory 🗳️🤮🤥

Kemi Badenoch condemns Reform UK’s ‘authoritarian’ press bans

Tory leader says Nigel Farage’s party would seek to abuse state power, as she also defends her housing benefit plans

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1/ There is massive price gouging in the UK due to our weak currency. Because we are at $1.3 (average last few years) and VAT is 20% (which not all states have a sales tax and it’s normally about 8%). This means the headline cost is normally just dollar parity. So we get screwed for the other 10%.

Oops, I seem to have been caught red handed taking illegal foreign donations and being a corrupt sack of shit.

I haven’t driven in years but 20mph limits are very frustrating. I think there are certain places for a few more but it’s more important to have better public transport so like in London, I would never get a taxi unless I was drunk maybe. We are only getting a pedestrian Oxford St in 2026. Lol

Burnham: “Change begins with honesty… Unless we are blunt about what went wrong, we won’t turn things around.” Agreed. That’s the start of fixing things properly. Not arbitrary red lines set by the Tories hundreds of lost £billions and 10 years ago. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

I used to dislike Kay Burley, not personally but I felt she was a bit of a Tory and came across like Laura Kuenssberg (who IS a Tory). She seems to be quite reasonable these days and a fairly decent person. It’s very clear that we should have presenters that leave their politics at home on TV.

We need to start spending the £1tn of savings on UK shares, government debt and especially UK infrastructure (including housing), which needs to be much easier to do with planning and enough skills training. Whilst this training takes place we need an infrastructure visa in key areas. A British ISA

1/ In the London Mayoral election, latest polling have the Tories on 18% just two points behind Laila Cunningham #Reform UK. If James Cleverly is selected which looks increasingly likely, he is an experienced and serious candidate even though he can’t win, if he can finish ahead of Reform, it’s big.

I’d advise Americans to read The Guardian as their primary news service with op-eds. BBC News America for TV & impartial/breaking news. The Wall Street Journal if they’re right wing, and the FT for financial news. The New York Times hasn’t been known as handling Gaza well. The Post has been gutted 😢

Good on the shareholders. Tim Cook will secretly be pleased. I’m sure he has not enjoyed this new oligarchy, unlike the other tech bros who blow with the wind. Let’s hope the midterms go ahead which prediction markets have a 1 in 3 chance of a ‘national emergency’. This will be crucial for democracy

News From The Left@newsfromtheleft.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This is particularly enjoyable because #Apple CEO, #TimCook, has so completely kissed the ass of the orange felon since day one. www.cbsnews.com/news/apple-d...