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their look is giving "pronatalism convention"

submitted 18 hours ago • 4 comments

what is it with hypnotists in politics? are there just more hypnotists than i think there are?

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I am happy to share that my article "Leszek Kolakowski in 1956: From Marxist humanism to cold-war liberalism" was included in the special issue on globalising 1956 in @20thccommunism.bsky.social‬ :

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their look is giving "pronatalism convention"

submitted 18 hours ago • 4 comments

Which way western man?

submitted 18 hours ago • 3 comments

Going to be so many weird three/four split results like this next week. Including for the mayoralites. We badly need PR for locals/mayors at v least. (No one can claim FPTP provides "strong administration" at local level given the number of councils in no overall control).

submitted 21 hours ago • 27 comments

I do think it's pretty cool the way the GPEW are literalising their "giving two messages to two different electorates" problem by just having two leaders with completely different policy positions. Visionary.

submitted 1 day ago • 23 comments

going to start calling what’s happening to Labour the process of “Flanbyfication”

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people who want Labour to win back Reform voters through a "Danish-style" approach to immigration tend to ignore that the Danish strategy presupposes PR and eventual coalition government with the Greens...

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This excellent piece is a kind of microstudy of what's gone wrong with the housing "market": Millions of people buying tickets for a private lottery, for a one-in-200-million chance of winning a former council house, which none of them could ever dream of being able to buy.

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Swedish journalist Joakim Medin is being charged with 'insult' and 'membership of a terrorist organisation' by Turkish authorities. He risks a 12 year prison sentence. His trial starts on the 30th of April. All European journalists and human rights defenders need to speak out in full force.

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📢A new study from @uniofbath.bsky.social shows London's low emissions zones have had major benefits for human health and the economy, with a 10.2% decrease in respiratory issues following LEZ implementation, an 18.5% reduction in sick leave, and annual public health savings of over £37 million.

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Fascinating account of life on white supremacist circles. What is really chilling is to realise how normal and dull these far-right activists can be. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...

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optimism of the intellect, optimism of the will: Blair, Corbyn pessimism of the intellect, pessimism of the will: Brown, Starmer optimism of the intellect, pessimism of will: Miliband pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will: ?

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

I strongly encourage people to use Paula's app to get a sense of how much Labour and Reform voters like each other's party. And then report back to Number 10 about whether this seems like an obvious area to focus on.

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TODAY - 5.15PM - HAPPY ST GEORGE’S DAY 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🌹 We’re set for our biggest St George’s Day panel yet - and there’s still time to sign up!#CelebratingEngland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🌹 @sundersays.bsky.social @jydenham.bsky.social @claire-ainsley.bsky.social @margaretmullanemp.bsky.social @fredthomasuk.bsky.social

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Had this in a chat about AI with colleagues yesterday. They were talking about using ChatGPT to plan holidays: a few seconds! Your whole itinerary! But the joy of it is in sorting it yourself: researching, finding a hidden gem, getting excited and comparing ideas. It's such a soulless approach

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The Board of Deputies are ok with a rogue, Kahanist Israel The Board of Deputies are ok with the destruction of Gaza The Board of Deputies are ok with leaving Israeli hostages to die in the tunnels of Gaza, in pursuit of "total victory" The Board is not OK with anyone dissenting בושה

submitted 3 days ago • 6 comments

partner hubristically claiming she could “come out well” from an Isaac Chotiner interview on the basis of a “nothing to hide, nothing to fear” principle

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He'll do whatever it takes - and it will be enough

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really brutal chotinering right here www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

submitted 3 days ago • 144 comments

The right-wing press has spread a load of baseless falsehoods about heat pumps. That’s the main reason why the technology is politically ‘controversial’. By banning Evan Davis from doing a podcast about heat pumps, the BBC is dancing to the tune of people pushing out blatant misinformation

submitted 3 days ago • 43 comments

If your best argument against doing something is polling, then you have no argument.

submitted 3 days ago • 58 comments

BBC muzzling one of its best presenters from making an excellent, wholly factual programme because heat pumps are “controversial”. An organisation badly in need of new leadership.

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"what is the problem with productivity, could it be the Welsh language or maybe bats", we say, as we watch 5 million of the 2040s workforce slowly develop long-term educational and health problems

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There's a sub-cohort of Labour politicians whose political judgement was permanently shaped by being screamed at on doorsteps about welfare during the 2015 general election campaign. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Great piece by @nesrinemalik.bsky.social on slop, which includes the relieving detail that I am not the only person who is being targeted with AI-generated images of bedsits made almost entirely of pine www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

Very interesting stuff on socialist/Marxist arguments for free trade

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Editor creates an AI executive who is "an expert at building and scaling digital media companies." Decides within minutes that the AI is "one of the most knowledgeable and energetic colleagues" he's ever had. Asks the AI to create a headshot of itself. It does. He sexually harasses it immediately.

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my obituary of Francis is up at @newstatesman.com. I wrote about the life and lessons of an unusual Pope, and about looking at the moon www.newstatesman.com/politics/rel...

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

Exactly this. UK policymakers cannot just close their eyes and wish national security realities away. And yeh, it's difficult. That's what you signed up for.

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

We need to be very careful about letting these fellas into our government

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