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Stephen Fry, "I'm deeply worried about the darkening shadow that's going over the world, the shadow of fascism" Laura Kuenssberg, "You would use that word?" Stephen Fry, "Absolutely. It's a cult of power. And power only speaks to power"

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“I’m deeply worried by the darkening shadow that’s going over the world, a shadow that we have to call fascism” Stephen Fry

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Stephen Fry: “I’m deeply worried by the darkening shadow that’s going over the world, a shadow that we have to call fascism” Laura Kuenssberg: “You would use that word?” Stephen Fry: “Oh absolutely. It’s a cult of power; and power only speaks to power” #bbclaurak

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Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

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📞🇺🇦 Zelensky: There is a lot of coordination with leaders now, and not only in Europe. 🇵🇱Poland, 🇭🇷Croatia, 🇨🇿Czech Republic, 🇸🇪Sweden, 🇱🇺Luxembourg, 🇸🇮Slovenia, 🇮🇪Ireland, 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire. Thank you all for your support! 🤝

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There are basically 5 ways to accumulate a billion dollars: 1) Profiting from a monopoly 2) Insider-trading 3) Political payoffs 4) Fraud 5) Inheritance Don’t believe the self-made myth.

submitted 2 days ago • 262 comments

Word discovery of the day is ‘yoke-devil’ (17th century): an accomplice in a villainous or immoral undertaking.

submitted 2 days ago • 64 comments

All I can say at this stage is… FINALLY! 💥

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The talent drain will be immense.

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🔥 Finally!! Starmer ready to offer Youth Mobility Scheme. 🙌🙌🙌

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Ever read a study that just stuns you? This one has been wowing me for days now. Norepinephrine release pulses in deep (non-REM) sleep cycle glymphatic fluids over the brain, washing away damaging waste. Your brain rinses itself at night to protect you: cen.acs.org/biological-c...

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And what has changed?

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Europe is on the rise. Out of necessity - for our defence, our values, our quality of life, responsibility, humanity and just decency. Putin & Trump are waking a sleeping giant. We didn’t forge a better European way of being after WWII for nothing. We remember. And we’re not going back.

submitted 3 days ago • 58 comments

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

submitted 3 days ago • 1925 comments

Brilliant analysis here from Mike Galsworthy Has Zelenskyy played Trump? He maybe has done just that. #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦

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Jake Tapper: "You keep talking about Congress -- what is Congress? What is this Congress that you speak of? ... other than a few Democrats here and there, I am amazed at the eunuch brigade we have on Capitol Hill. They‘re just allowing their power to be run over roughshod."

submitted 3 days ago • 59 comments

whether or not you’re a fan of zelensky, the usa trying to force an election in a foreign democracy during wartime–when it can’t be held safely and securely–against most ukrainians’ wishes (including much of zelensky’s opposition) and in violation of the ukrainian constitution is unacceptable.

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French privacy startup Murena unveils the €539 Murena Pixel Tablet, running its open-source, forked /e/OS, after releasing a "deGoogled" smartphone in 2023 (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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I think a lot of the European centre-right parties will be less fazed by the US authoritarian turn than many think. These parties have already largely embraced a post-truth turn, and no longer have much structural force holding them into an image of some respectable 1950s christian democracy.

submitted 6 days ago • 15 comments

A team at the University of Oxford succeeded in getting two quantum processors to connect to each other and transmit the same information using particle entanglement.

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Sun 16th Feb 2025 8:30pm (UK time) 31.7 million users 🧵 bsky-users.theo.io

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The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.

submitted 8 days ago • 410 comments

Engraving on the exterior of the United States Department of Justice headquarters.

submitted 7 days ago • 302 comments

Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it.

submitted 7 days ago • 2047 comments

No matter what I do, I cannot convince the Google algorithm that I have no interest in cars or football. I've never clicked on either in my life and yet every day it'll try to encourage me. 'Go on. Be a man. Conform to your demographic.'

submitted 7 days ago • 179 comments

It’s time to rethink boredom, procrastination and regret

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"A democracy becomes an oligarchy when the rich figure out how to pervert the laws for themselves...this is plain even to a blind man." - Plato, Republic - approximately 350 BC

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Those proclaiming “it's over for the EU” fail to recognise how resilient it is. The EU always builds its boats in the middle of storm. Failure to adequately or fully prepare for Trump 2.0 does not preclude a stronger Union on the other side

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Vance was right on just one thing: Europe lacks a clear positive vision of what it wants to defend. The answer must be "the things Vance rejects": truth, science, liberal democracy, rule of law, resisting dictators, climate action. It will have to do that without, & sometimes against, the US Govt.

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I know everything feels grim right now but let's be realistic. These people are idiots. They're going to tank their economy. They're going to fuck-up every deal they sign. They're going to leave America looking shattered and deranged. And all those who supported them will look as idiotic as they are

submitted 8 days ago • 1288 comments

@bluinks.bsky.social Just fyi, you can disable Dm's in the chat options. I did it months ago and it's been awesome. Just saying.

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Cambridge scientists turn pollution into fuel in climate breakthrough Solar-powered reactor takes inspiration from photosynthesis to turn CO2 into car fuel “We can get all the CO2 we need directly from the air and reuse it,” said Professor Erwin Reisner. www.independent.co.uk/tech/cambrid...

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NEW: The Kremlin said it was unaware of “new elements” in Washington’s negotiating position, adding that it expects “to receive further clarification” from White House officials.

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Good work George.

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When Western officials were asked “what are you doing to plan for Trump's approach to Ukraine?” the response has been to avoid the realities, preferring the delusional. “We don’t yet know exactly what Trump will do,” they said. But it was always obvious. 1/4 open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...

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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk to the EU: “Our future is in our hands, not of the Chinese or Americans, and we should not be afraid.”

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Europe needs to unite and beef up the common defence policy and stand shoulder to shoulder against Russia and fill the vacuum left by the USA. And it needs to do it now not in some imaginary far off point in the future. No space to dilly dally and if we do, then our kids will wind up in uniform.

submitted 10 days ago • 61 comments

Incredible.

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"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all." Arthur C. Clarke

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Between 1946 & 1981 the UK built 5 million council homes. Since 1981 we've built 250,000. The housing crisis is Thatcher's legacy, not a result of migration. @ianbyrnemp.bsky.social "Let us stop demonising those who come to the UK in search of safety security & a better life." youtu.be/FYvuy33_0Yk

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I think I've found a way to articulate what bothers me about the trajectory of the modern tech industry (and to some extent... society). We are on this Earth to provide for each other. That's the "mission" of humanity as I see it. This is incompatible with what the tech industry seeks to do.

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Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Wasn’t it just a week ago that we were supposed to get a 30-day pause? And now, suddenly, he’s focused on steel and aluminum imports? No one in Canada is surprised. Did anyone actually believe this guy? That his word meant anything? He’s a criminal.

submitted 12 days ago • 610 comments

More like Leopold and the Congo than other historic colonialism then

submitted 12 days ago • 20 comments

Superb.

submitted 13 days ago • 18 comments

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

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