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Adam Smith

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Tech and roses. Privacy researcher. https://wealthofnotions.substack.com

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Peter Mandelson wanted to use Nigel Farage to better connect with Trump

"You can’t ignore him, he’s an elected member of parliament. He’s a public figure. He’s a bridgehead, both to President Trump and to Elon Musk and others ... National interest is served in all sorts of weird and wonderful ways”

11.03.2026 14:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Keir Starmer knew Peter Mandelson's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was a risk in December 2024, per the Mandelson files.

Starmer made a "political appointment" to make him Washington ambassador anyway

11.03.2026 14:15 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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From 2023 to 2026. Nothing has changed.

“The most moral army in the world” is committing war crimes.

10.03.2026 10:35 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Nobody can be shocked by this stage.

One black man was searched because he “glanced” at a police officer, who thought he was carrying drugs. Nothing was found.

10.03.2026 10:32 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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10.03.2026 08:17 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Never let anyone tell you that change will never come, that the planet can’t be saved, that better things aren’t possible.

09.03.2026 11:58 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Lloyds under fire for selling customer data Campaigners accuse bank of potentially risking users’ privacy and security for profit

My quote for this story: “Companies shouldn’t be exploiting data – whether it belongs to their employees or their customers – in ways that put their profits over people’s privacy”

"Aggregated data can be used by anyone who buys it for surveillance and profiling" www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

09.03.2026 11:00 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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happy monday everybody

09.03.2026 08:47 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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If I had a nickel for every time Franz Ferdinand was involved in the precursor events of a world war, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird it happened twice

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They’re calling it the worst post in the world

08.03.2026 15:33 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

@zackpolanski.bsky.social in Peckham yesterday: “I’ve never taken a penny from oil and gas companies, gambling companies, or private healthcare”

*round of applause*

“I appreciate that, but I want to point out that it’s absurd, that a politician is praised for *not* being bought and paid for”

08.03.2026 15:32 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Annabelle is a hugely qualified local Green candidate, running for the first time, and deserves all the support she can get! Hit that follow button 🙏

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The hottest woman in the cafe I’m in just got a message and her text tone is the Kim Possible kimmunicator sound

07.03.2026 20:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Read my latest article, ‘I have been silenced!’, in your national newspaper (monthly reach 27 million)

07.03.2026 09:23 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Three days between these stories. It’s an absolute joke

07.03.2026 07:59 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Every so often I remember William Faulkner's resignation letter

06.03.2026 18:40 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I Who Have Never Known Magical Girls - by Adam Smith In which I talk about books and anime that I have enjoyed, and why the world has returned to them now

Dystopian fiction, anime, magical girls, uncertainty, and falling off a cliff

read all about it, the latest Wealth of Notions: wealthofnotions.substack.com/p/i-who-have...

06.03.2026 10:06 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Probably should have seen that coming tbh

06.03.2026 08:30 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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I think, therefore I am (probably roleplaying) An internet hoax, emergence, and what it's like to be a bat (or a crab)

and if you missed the post the first time around, all is forgiven if you subscribe

wealthofnotions.substack.com/p/i-think-th...

05.03.2026 16:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This is my post about being on the podcast about posting - talking about AI and OpenClaw and sentience.

It’s good fun!

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

tyvm @hkesvani.bsky.social

05.03.2026 16:04 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The “We can’t go on five holidays” one in the screenshot

05.03.2026 11:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Sam Altman admits OpenAI can’t control Pentagon’s use of AI | Technology | The Guardian CEO’s claims come amid increased scrutiny of US military’s use of the technology and ethics concerns from AI workers

“You do not get to make operational decisions,” Altman told employees.

“So maybe you think the Iran strike was good and the Venezuela invasion was bad. You don’t get to weigh in on that.”

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

05.03.2026 10:06 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Three days ago, OpenAI said its AI wouldn’t be used for mass surveillance, autonomous weapons, or “social credit” systems.

Today, Sam Altman told his staff thag OpenAI cannot control how the Pentagon uses its AI.

We cannot rely on the morality of companies to protect our freedom.

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This is the first I’m hearing about a growth in UK living standards?

04.03.2026 10:15 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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If the Telegraph told the IPSO *how* this fake story got published, it might make it more difficult for other fake stories to be laundered to the public for the benefit of their billionaire owners.

And we couldn’t have that, could we?

03.03.2026 16:01 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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No matter where you are, they’re using the same playbook

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No matter where you are, they’re using the same playbook

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