In nominative determinism news the former head CIA spy in Moscow was called John Sipher.
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In nominative determinism news the former head CIA spy in Moscow was called John Sipher.
The breakfast room in my hotel in Southend has a ceiling decoration that looks like it should be slowly lowering over Indiana Jones.
screenshot of a "Tech News World" Facebook post featuring an AI-generated war video, and Page Transparency info indicating that "Tech News World" has ben renamed multiple times
Meet βTech News Worldβ, a Facebook page that recently pivoted from spamming the platform with AI-generated movie posters to spamming the platform with AI-generated videos of war in the Middle East.
Sadly, βTech News Worldβ is not the only spammy account exploiting the violence for views and clicks.
Fuck this lady in particular.
Is it plagiarism when you coincidentally use the exact same 13 words.
No drone has hit Dubai Marina. It was debris from a successful interception Everyone is ok.
No drone has hit Dubai Marina. It was debris from a successful interception Everyone is ok. Stay calm, everyone is safe.
No drone has hit Dubai Marina. It was debris from a successful interception
No drone has hit Dubai Marina. It was debris from a successful interception.
I wonder if a drone has hit Dubai Marina. Or whether it was just
debris from a successful interception.
If only loads of Dubai based accounts, including Isabel Oakeshott's, could tell me.
Psyching himself up for Greenland?
Greatest festival ever? What a line-up.
The first 100 schools are benefitting from cheaper energy bills, thanks to our work with DESNZ and GB Energy. We'll reach 250 by Summer.
Every penny saved will go straight back into our childrenβs education to support pupils to achieve and thrive.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
I get why/that people say this, but dont' underestimate this:
all other social networks are invested in making sure that posts that link to journalism remain buried, or at least never go viral.
BlueSky doesn't do that. That makes it very valuable to a ton of newsrooms righ tnow.
After considerable soul-searching, I feel compelled to withdraw from the BAFTA emerging talent judging panel. The organisation's handling of the unfortunate Tourette's N-Word incident last night at the awards was utterly unforgivable. I cannot and will not contribute my time energy and expertise to an organisation that has repeatedly failed to safeguard the dignity of its Black guests, members and the Black creative community. This is particularly unfortunate given that this year's cohort boasts some incredible Black talent, especially one of my favourite shows of 2025 "Just Act Normal". However, when an organisation like BAFTA, with its own long history of systemic racism, refuses to acknowledge the harm inflicted on both the Black and disabled communities and offer an appropriate apology, remaining involved would be tantamount to condoning its behaviour. I hope BAFTA leadership comprehend the damage they and the BBC have caused and take the necessary steps to ensure their production staff are inclusive enough to prevent such an issue in the future. Yours sincerely, Jonte Richardson
Black filmmaker Jonte Richardson says he is stepping down as a BAFTA judge:
"David Davis has called on the home secretary to urgently introduce a grace period to allow hundreds of Britons to continue to travel on their 2nd passport while their British passport is processed."
That's David Davis core Brexiter.
Who caused this catastrophe
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Good for him! He obviously couldn't control his anger.
βI donβt think thatβs right,β Badenoch said, to which Balls responded: βItβs definitely right.β
Lewis began shouting from off-set before walking into shot to side with Balls, eventually ending up sitting on the sofa. π
I want my kids to grow up and chase a career that makes them feel fulfilled and energised. Where they can use their creativity and passion as a force for good - if they want to. These ghouls in Silicon Valley seem desperate to take these chances away and make us all drones.
Theyβre just out there setting records at everything.
I really enjoy listening to the #Prosecutors Podcast (even though I'm a Brit) and their Legal Briefs side podcast is a great listen for understanding complicated US law.
This latest on the Luigi Mangione case explains a lot, as did their previous one about the search of his backpack
#TrueCrime
It just makes me wonder why they object to one culture but not another, or see one as "different" but not another.
These people who complain about this country being swamped by a different culture, never seem bothered about how the country has been "swamped" with American culture - such as news, food, tv, music, language. Go to other European countries and there's much less of an American obsession.
Simple white kitchen with a large bullseye painted on one wall, as well as misc cooking utensils, and "Cup of Tea, roll and butter 5d" sign.
Julie Christie arranges flowers at her London flat by David Hurn (1965)
"Whites are a rapidly dying minority,β
Elon Musk posted on 22nd January. The radicalised and radicalising X owner posted about race on 26 days out of 31 in January, the Guardian reveals. His site also invariably protects unlawful racist posts in the UK
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
βPalantir was co-founded by the Donald Trump supporter and billionaire Peter Thiel, who has previously said βthe NHS makes people sickβ, and described the British publicβs affection for the NHS as a case of βStockholm syndromeββ
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Who wants to buy an island?
Ynys, Talsarnau, Gwynedd, LL47 Wales π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ
Guide Price Β£350,000 !
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
It also needs to be added that when Boris Johnson resigned and plotted to topple Theresa May, Bannon said he advised him on his opening gambit β the nasty Islamophobic column about Muslim women looking like letterboxes and bank robbers
bylinetimes.com/2019/10/10/a...
Itβs a serious criminal offence to conspire to remove a UK Prime Minister
Meanwhile, letβs have a look at Steve Bannonβs well documented and ultimately successful attempts to remove Theresa May (with Epsteinβs support) from 2018-19
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
Ghislaine Maxwell has offered to exonerate Donald Trump in the Epstein case in exchange for clemency. Journalist @carolecadwalla.bsky.social notes this βnaked transactionalismβ mirrors Jeffrey Epsteinβs own business model of running a βglobal trade in favorsβ among the rich and powerful.
No-one seems to have noticed, but many of the core developments in the Mandelson/Epstein story these last few days have been broken on this website. @pickardje.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social are both posting each breaking development on BlueSky, not X.
So glad to see George Cottrell being named in parliament yesterday. He was Farageβs head of fundraising when he convicted of an offence related to money laundering & is still close to & funding Farage. Crypto is an urgent democratic threat to the UK
We pride ourselves on being a democracy and yet thereβs a medieval theocratic anachronism in the heart of parliament: 26 bishops with automatic seats in the House of Lords. (The only other country in the world with clerics automatically entering a government isβ¦ Iran).
we had this one in our drafts folder for a while!
excited to finally get it in your hands
Since #bbclaurak is trending, letβs remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantirβs Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit
Both, as I wrote at time, were βabject failures of journalismβ
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