@imincorrigible
Libidinous curmudgeon & faux intellectual snob. Not Red or Blue. Merit not Money. Evidence not Ideology. CSA survivor. Reformed investment banker. FCA. Used to Blog & YouTube. Existentially Geeky. © Rights reserved. https://imincorrigible.wordpress.com
A lot of people on Bluesky sneering at this. But Russia has no interest in helping Iran, apart from the fact they're a key regional ally, they sell them Shahed drones, and that a prolonged war and with it rising energy costs help the Russian economy.
Sweet, sweet justice (thanks to the EU).
#RyanAir
Cutting our trade ties with Europe was a mistake, and now, businesses across the country are paying the price. It's time to rejoin the single market - sign our new petition if you agree. Link below.
Exclusive: Trump DOJ quietly restores gun rights to 22 felons and offenders, including AZ lawmaker, as it prepares to revive a long-dormant program that's expected to draw a tsunami of applications.
I mean, it shouldn't surprise anyone that low education, low info, voters make hugely bad decisions.
See Brexit, 14 years of Tory govts, and two Trump terms for deets.
#bbcpm
You're in the Epstein files.
Like, this Mamdani piece. You read it, you read, "There were no short-form videos posted to social media about the attack in front of Gracie Mansion," and it becomes extremely obvious that the reporter is too biased to write the piece in an evenhanded way.
I see that a lot when it comes to NYT covering things like trans issues. It's not necessarily that anything is outright false (though, sometimes there is...). It's more about decisions about who gets interviewed for stories, whose stories get lifted up, how it gets framed, the language used, etc.
I think this story is a really good example for people to look at when it comes to understanding bias at NYT. It's not that the reporter, Dana Rubinstein, says anything outright false. But the framing, word choices, etc., add up to an unprofessional and biased account.
Very excited to be appearing at Wembley Arena tomorrow night as part of Trans Mission.
100 per cent of the profits raised will be split between Not a Phase and the Good Law Project.
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We are rushing head first into our own demise because, in the final analysis, we're just so fkn greedy, and so fkn lazy.
#bbcpm #Datacentres
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Who is demanding the imposition of sharia law in America?
I can't think of anyone calling for that, much less enough of a groundswell that it warrants an actual response from Congress.
Who's pushing this, Mike? Name names.
I know the result - I have an embargoed copy but court rules mean I can't talk about it until it's officially released.
A tax barrister is suing me personally for £8m for libel, for linking him to a dodgy tax avoidance scheme. The judgment is due out tomorrow 12pm. I'll post about it as soon as it's out.
Chef's kiss 🧑🍳😘
#AllisonPearson
Yes. Yes, and yes.
Un- and under- regulated free markets are at the very core of the problems we all now face.
It's a potentially existential crisis, and yet because of the way it has concentrated wealth & political influence, the forces harming us are more powerful than ever.
In the cold light of morning: that looks to have been a reasonably successful attempt to calm markets. But not, so far, an actual deescalation.
As long as the Strait is still closed, I’d expect oil to keep grinding higher.
Police should be looking into local property developers on suspicion of arson.
I'm not joking.
#Glasgow #r4today
Apparently, we now have to justify why we are against the ending of jury trials in order to solve a problem caused by the state underfunding the justice system for decades.
What's next? Why we shouldn't bring back capital punishment to solve the prison overcrowding crisis?
#r4today
The fact that Kemi Badenoch's personal approval ratings have risen in recent months does confirm that there remains a section of the population that you can, indeed, fool all the time
Did I say 18 months? I obviously meant 18 days.
@greenparty.org.uk
#r4today
The leader is good
The leader is great
We surrender our will
As of this date
reminded of my Moroccan aunt's best friend who flew to the US for a conference not long after 9/11 and who had a Quran on him, because obviously, but who'd also picked up a map of JFK because he had a long layover there
anyway he ended up getting questioned for five hours lol
Why would we wait to make it the second question?
"I suppose"
Farage is truly the British grifter king.
#Kent #Reform #CouncilTax
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#AIConfidential w/ Hannah Fry was a useful watch, but its conclusion that AI must be done "with us not to us" was a little blasé.
Sadly, as her own investigations clearly demonstrated, AI is not being run by people like Fry, & it is very much being done to us, right now, with very few guard rails.
It is quite embarrassing that the Royal Navy has 134 vice admirals, rear admirals and commodores, but only about 72 commissioned ships.
New MP Hannah Spencer was given a police escort after an anti-hate demonstration turned violent. The Green Party MP had made a speech at the Greater Together Manchester event on Sunday afternoon in Piccadilly Gardens.
I try very hard not to use the word Orwellian too much but it’s the best adjective for the mauling of language at the start of this BBC News report. “… an anti-hate demonstration that turned violent”. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It took Trump 10 days to create an energy crisis reminiscent of the 1970s, replace Ayatollah Khamenei with Ayatollah Khamenei, and weaken our alliances worldwide. He put American servicemembers in harm’s way, resulting in seven deaths. None of this made you safer or better off.
