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This is really interesting and thought provoking writing - worth a read. Nowadays it feels as there’s no space for nuanced political conversations.

submitted 16 days ago • 4 comments

#totp Loving this 1985 episode. Tunes are from my much played Out Now! double tape collection. What a year for music.

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

submitted 19 days ago • 525 comments

On LBC this morning, I spoke about why we should be far more worried the power Elon Musk is accruing, especially in light of his Open AI moves. The normalisation of his actions and activity by quite a bit of the US and even UK media is a big part of the problem. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGnt...

submitted 21 days ago • 86 comments

LONG THREAD: Okay, let's break down a few things, both about ID cards and Labour's ill-advised tactics on "fighting Reform". First off, I personally don't think ID cards would work in UK, because we are objectively bad at things like this, but they work elsewhere so this isn't about them per se. 1/

submitted 21 days ago • 7 comments

🔴NEW: Silicon Valley Whistleblowers Warn Elon Musk ‘Hijacking’ Republicans to Control Entire US Government Former followers of the ‘Dark Enlightenment’ say a ‘neo-reactionary’ take over of government is happening in real-time, reports @nafeez.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/02/07/s...

submitted 24 days ago • 20 comments

This is so cool.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

This is definitely worth a listen from the always excellent Simon Marks. These are terrifying times. If this happened in another country it might be called a coup. What next??

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...

submitted 31 days ago • 362 comments

What's being described here is akin to a coup

submitted 29 days ago • 59 comments

Kaine: "Why race-bait at a moment like this? I think POTUS didn't want to be asked tough questions like, why did you let Elon Musk force the FAA administrator to resign... why did you scrap an aviation safety advisory committee on the 2nd day of your presidency?... why did you issue a buyout offer?"

submitted 30 days ago • 148 comments

This Joe Jackson songs very much like Elvis Costello #totp

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Trump: "It's called rain. It comes down from heaven. And they want to do no water comes out of the shower. It goes drip drip drip ... you can have all the water you want. It makes no difference."

submitted 56 days ago • 729 comments

According to Mark Zuckerberg, people who live in California are biased but people who live in Texas are objective

submitted 56 days ago • 1240 comments

Tried to look at #totp on here but no matter how many times I refreshed or swapped between the two tabs, I still got posts from 7 hours ago.. Had to go back to the hell site!

submitted 108 days ago • 3 comments

Recently arrived here, as an exile from that ‘other place’. Am impressed so far. Much more chilled.

submitted 109 days ago • 0 comments