Reform candidate calls for young girls to be given 'biological reality check' | LBC Reform UK’s candidate in an upcoming by-election has called for women and young girls to be given a 'biological reality' check, as he outlined how he believe...

You’re not going to like this then Robin.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGGgzS…

I’ve ridden the Shanghai-Huangzhou section (110 miles, takes just under an hour, would take 3-3.5hrs in the UK) many times. First class pod seats, waitress service, utter luxury. And for 1/4 the price of a UK fare.

Starmer ally Josh Simons faces fresh questions about digging dirt on journalists Tory and SNP chiefs call for Labour minister Simons to ‘come clean’ as we reveal new details of PR firm’s campaign to discredit journalists

🔴 SCOOP: Wife of Starmer’s comms chief had direct knowledge of Labour Together’s investigation into journalists, documents seen by D4S show

Revelation heaps more pressure on minister Josh Simons to explain why he paid a PR firm to dig dirt on reporters

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/starmer-al...

I hope that soon, when this is all over, the trials, sentencing and wealth distribution will make Nurenberg look like Judge Judy.

Why You’re Being Told To Be Scared Of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) The fear is real. The reasons for it are not what you think.

Managed to take a break from the rage induced by that big orange clown to get the next part of the MMT series done.
It’s worth asking who the fear serves.
medium.com/@benthorne/why…

Looks like I’ll be voting @greenparty.org.uk then.
votecompass.uk

Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware

The only biosphere in the known universe capable of supporting human life is being turned into a hell planet because most of Earth's governments refuse to stop trying to satisfy the insatiable greed of a plutocracy composed of people who already have more money than they could spend in 20 lifetimes.

I got banned from Twitter from calling Trump a c**t on every post of his for two years straight. 8 years later, it’s still true.

Trump revokes landmark ruling that greenhouse gases endanger public health The White House calls it the largest deregulation in US history, but environmentalists say it will prove costly for Americans.

Struggling to find the words to describe the utter reckless vandalism of this sickening move - deliberately making millions of people sicker & less secure in order to enrich billionaire polluters

😂

Thanks! Got it. Economic power not the same as spending power.

The Heartbreaking Reason Americans Won’t Work Anymore No, they’re not suddenly lazy

Rings true from a British perspective too...

The Heartbreaking Reason Americans Won’t Work Anymore by Mona Lazar medium.com/p/the-heartb...

We Knew The Mandelson revelations aren’t shocking. That’s the problem.

This is why we need to nip the channels to bribery in the bud now, through parliamentary reform, rather than chasing our tails saying it won’t happen again. I wrote a rant about it yesterday.
medium.com/@benthorne/we-…
#votegreen

Palantir’s far-reaching gaze penetrates Britain Are we really still independent of the US security state?

#Epstein was co-owner of a Silicon Valley venture fund controlled by Peter Thiel, billionaire founder of defence analytics giant Palantir Technologies, which holds more than £670 million in UK Government contracts.

Palantir has tentacles that reach deep into the British state and institutions.

This map by @neilrkaye shows day length change in minutes per week at 51 degrees north latitude (that's roughly Brighton, Cambridge, London). Source: buff.ly/U6mUZzA

What is Modern Monetary Theory? (And What It Isn’t) The economic framework everyone’s arguing about, explained without the nonsense from either side

Try this. If I'm completely wrong about MMT, please do let me know! First stab at getting my head around it. medium.com/@benthorne/w...

We Knew The Mandelson revelations aren’t shocking. That’s the problem.

Interrupted my writing schedule to knock out my thoughts on Mandelson and how none of us are surprised any more.
medium.com/p/we-knew-3c...
#mandelson #politics #ukpolitics #labour #corruption #epstein #epsteinwasmossad #trumpiscorrupt

Crockett: "Now my colleagues want to be the protectors of girls & women. I didn't hear them screaming this when Renee Good was killed in the middle of the street by the same people the vast majority of you just voted to give more money to. It was a lot of crickets, including about the Esptein files"

What is Modern Monetary Theory? (And What It Isn’t) The economic framework everyone’s arguing about, explained without the nonsense from either side

Been working on some new writing on things I previously didn't understand. First is Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) - here's my stab at summarising Richard Murphy's excellent videos.
medium.com/p/what-is-mo...

The Psychology Behind ‘I’ve Had Enough Of Experts’, And Why It’s Still Working How the credibility gate, identity-protective cognition, and AI-powered disinformation turned wilful ignorance into a political strategy

A piece I've had in draft for months has come together in the last few weeks. On wilful ignorance and how dangerous it is.
#politics #wilfulignorance #thegreenparty #zackpolanski #zohranmamdani #hope #left

I'd forgotten about @bsky.app. Only come back today to show my love for @robinince.bsky.social , who has singlehandedly driven my love for books, science, poetry and curiosity more than anyone else in the last two decades. Thank you Robin.

I'll put my hand up to completely missing Normally Weird (new baby, been busy), but have instantly ordered it from my LBS.

Remember the only thing you can control is how you react. 👍

Fascinated by the people in photos like that. Where is that model now, what other paths did her life go down? Who are the people in the background?

Took my eye off the music world momentarily while bring a new baby into the world. Talk about delighted to find out Doves have a new album on the way.
Best band of this century, still.
#doves

Used to follow the Andromeda Bot on the ‘old’ platform. Anyone seen it up and running here yet?

@ilfordphoto.com
HP5+, 120mm, shot on a Holga 120 Pan.

#fridayfavourites

Heil Tesla YouTube video by Led By Donkeys

The world’s richest man is promoting the far right in Europe. Don’t buy a Tesla
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Location: Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjWl...

Picture of the Tesla gigafactory in Berlin with Elon Musk projected and the words Heil Tesla

Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin

(Collaboration with @politicalbeauty.bsky.social )