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Polyglot, polymath, part-time perfectionist. Retired public official and diplomat covering tech policy; lazy reader, writer, and musician; but intellectually stimulated by everything quirky, novel or different. Oh, and analogue synthesisers
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Elastopasta www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/no...

submitted 208 days ago • 0 comments

*tap tap* “unsubscribe” “Please give a reason a. I don’t want them any more b. I don’t recall subscribing c. …” etc No. I didn’t subscribe. Not “I don’t recall”. How many services from which you ask to unsubscribe try to gaslight like this?

submitted 210 days ago • 0 comments

Couples counselling seriously needed www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

submitted 210 days ago • 0 comments

Meanwhile, in Brussels… “the parliament risks irrelevance, becoming little more than a rubber-stamping body for an unaccountable executive.” euobserver.com/eu-political...

submitted 210 days ago • 0 comments

Just adding a link www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/11/...

submitted 215 days ago • 1 comment

Dear Joe - the Supreme Court has granted you (yes, you too; not just the orange cockwomble) immunity for all official acts. Use it: Publish everything the federal government has on Gaetz and all the grifters. Let Americans see who they are.

submitted 217 days ago • 1 comment

Through executive order, President Biden should mandate that the FBI conduct background investigations on Trump’s picks and instruct the FBI to begin the process now. The U.S. Senate should use its power to request the same of the FBI.

submitted 216 days ago • 271 comments

Classic misdirection - look over here while we try to sneak Gabbard and Hegsith through… apple.news/A1j-nYLiYT8q...

submitted 215 days ago • 0 comments

Proof, if needed, that GOP’s morals are in the toilet

submitted 216 days ago • 0 comments

Dear Joe - the Supreme Court has granted you (yes, you too; not just the orange cockwomble) immunity for all official acts. Use it: Publish everything the federal government has on Gaetz and all the grifters. Let Americans see who they are.

submitted 217 days ago • 1 comment

“…you haven’t even brought a knife to a gunfight – you’ve brought Oprah Winfrey.” Ouch 📌 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 218 days ago • 0 comments

I don’t know this gentleman but his credentials are legit. Thought experiment: if this had been the other way around, what would GOP have done? And no, I’m not advocating any Jan 6 style stupidity open.substack.com/pub/spoonamo...

submitted 218 days ago • 1 comment