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Three Acres and a Cow | Bloomsbury Theatre Thursday, 15 October 2026

@mrjamesob.bsky.social you would really enjoy this two-person show. Highly recommended. www.bloomsburytheatre.com/event/2026/1...

Thank you, James. I'll try to concentrate better in future! Very moving lyrics in these awful trump times (he doesn't deserve a capital letter). Have a good weekend.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social which Suzanne Vega song did you mention today please James? I missed it.

News Corp is essentially an AI ‘input company’, chief executive says, after US$150m deal with Meta Chief executive Robert Thomson says he often speaks to both OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg News Corp’s global chief executive has described news organisations as a valuable “input” for artificial intelligence, as the media empire signs an AI content licensing deal with Meta worth up to US$50m (A$71m) a year. In an upbeat presentation, the chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s company, Robert Thomson, said the “reliable” breaking news and information in publications like the Australian, the Times of London and Dow Jones was “hard to beat” as an “input” for AI. Continue reading...

News Corp is essentially an AI ‘input company’, chief executive says, after US$150m deal with Meta

@mrjamesob.bsky.social have you seen this?

@mrjamesob.bsky.social see screen shots, I think this is an issue about US ICE agents which isn't bring covered/talked about.

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WATCH: Jack Smith's full opening statement in Trump investigations House hearing YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

@mrjamesob.bsky.social seen this? From yesterday. youtube.com/watch?v=Qqxn...

A Conversation with Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes YouTube video by The Atlantic

@mrjamesob.bsky.social have you seen this? An important 42-minute watch! Recommended.
youtu.be/MtN34CRs2SM?...

See the special relationship is going well

Fact-checking Trump’s Pennsylvania speech and his Politico interview Here's a closer look at what Trump said about the economy and migration during the Politico interview and the rally.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social seen this? Trump is insane but only fact checker I could find this morning was this via Aljazeera, I haven't done another extensive search. Will it be covered by our media?
www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...

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@mrjamesob.bsky.social love the Yuka app! Thank you!

Sky News just had Kelvin Mackenzie on, former editor of The Sun, one of the people at the centre of probably the most disgraceful front page in newspaper history, complaining about BBC journalists not being objective and 'fake news'. Astonishing. ~AA

@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk what happened to the promised @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social interview today? Did I miss it? I thought I was concentrating.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social listening on catch up! Surely Alex Chalk's approach, content and tone was due to the fact he is no longer an MP?

BBC One - Panorama, Trump and the Tech Titans Panorama investigates the 'PayPal Mafia' and their influence on Trump’s rise to president.

@rorycj.bsky.social & @mrjamesob.bsky.social are you watching this? So scary.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n...

Russia ‘helping people smugglers flood Europe and UK with migrants’ | LBC A Bulgarian minister has said his government has evidence of direct links between Russia's foreign intelligence agency and the criminal gangs helping illegal migrants to enter Europe.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social why haven't we seen more about this in mainstream media this week?
Russia ‘helping people smugglers flood Europe and UK with migrants’
www.lbc.co.uk/article/russ...

On the other hand…

Tomorrow night will be Jimmy Kimmel's most watched show in history - and MAGA are inadvertently responsible for that.

But most importantly, Kimmel's First Amendment rights triumphed because of public pressure against Disney.

Civic resistance matters. It delivers results. Keep it up, America.

Name one free speech case you have won in court, Donald. The only way you “win” at all is when cowards capitulate in advance.

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Have you seen this? Poor man intimidated in broad daylight by right-wing thugs somewhere in Norfolk or Suffolk.
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Adam Kelwick on X: "Scouse boxing hero @TonyBellew Bellew was asked about Tommy Robinson, and this was his response. He speaks a lot of sense. Do you agree? https://t.co/07x4gDzt8b" / X Scouse boxing hero @TonyBellew Bellew was asked about Tommy Robinson, and this was his response. He speaks a lot of sense. Do you agree? https://t.co/07x4gDzt8b

@mrjamesob.bsky.social seen this? What a guy! x.com/adamkelwick/...

Ed Davey lays into BBC for 'not exposing' Nigel Farage During an appearance on BBC Breakfast, Ed Davey called out the broadcaster for giving Farage an 'easy ride' and not 'exposing him.'

@mrjamesob.bsky.social I am surprised you didn't know about the @eddavey.libdems.org.uk calling out the BBC for "not exposing" Nigel Farage's bluster etc. James I think you might be missing out by leaving the "other place". Many journos are still there.

www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ed-...

This really is not getting the attention it should. The Tories' latest proposal is to exclude *any household that includes any foreign national from any benefit*.

And when asked about it, they keep citing small boat crossings - a minute fraction of migration - to justify it. ~AA

Brexit’s concrete consequences: Sevington border site set for sell-off It cost £154mn to convert a field in Sevington into a border inspection lorry park: now it seems likely to be sold

It cost £154mn to convert a field in Sevington into a giant, fenced slab of concrete…

- to act as a border inspection lorry park for purposes of a just-in-case Brexit scenario.

It now looks likely to be sold. But for how much?

Thanks for the eye-watering waste, Brexit.

I’m an Arab and Jewish Attorney. I Quit DOJ When I Saw Who They Were Accusing of Antisemitism. These actions undermine the safety of Jewish Americans and Arab Americans like myself. They are antithetical to the mission of the Department of Justice.

“In April, I resigned from my position at the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division for a simple reason: The department’s leadership is directing attorneys to use antisemitism as a pretext to undermine free speech.”
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