Wonderful, well said
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Posts by Oli Sharpe
I saw a disclaimer in an ebook the other day that said, 'This book is 100% human generated. I'd rather write a story that might have lumpy bits than generate a soulless, passionless, piece of crap." I'm thinking of adding something like that to my next book if I ever get around to writing it.
“Farage rarely turns up to do his actual job. Yet he finds time to jet off around the world on his donor’s private plane and trouser half a million quid while families struggle. Reform are not on your side. They’re just in it for themselves”
It’s so obvious, it hurts.
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Today is the 251st anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
We keep hearing that "Proportional Representation would risk giving power to extremists", so let's make it clear:
Under FPTP, an extremist party could win a supermajority on a small minority of the vote.
Under PR, that's impossible.
We know what's safer.
Our political views are diverse. That's a good thing.
No one party speaks for the whole country, and our opinions cannot be reduced to a choice between two options.
It's time for a voting system that recognises this. It's time for Proportional Representation.
I’ll never get tired of watching people in Budapest celebrating getting rid of Viktor Orbán.
I’m dancing along with the people of Hungary!
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🚨 Euphoria in Budapest!
Tens of thousands of people are flooding the streets to celebrate the opposition’s stunning victory. The scenes in the metro are absolutely incredible.
What a night! 🇭🇺✨
Every single one of the astronauts who went to the moon and back on Artemis II was educated at a public school.
Thinking of the teachers who poured into Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen tonight. You helped send a kid to the moon!
🌕 💛
Tonight in Budapest’s Heroes’ Square, a sea of young Hungarians—who’ve only ever known Orbán’s corrupt, suffocating regime—are packed together, singing, chanting, and daring to dream of freedom again.
Their hope is raw, their courage is real. The heart of Europe is beating in Budapest tonight. 🇭🇺❤️🇪🇺
image from inside Artemis II text: i need more men to understand that two men crying and hugging in space after one of them announced they were naming a moon crater after the other one's late wife is actually what peak masculinity looks like.
When you have Madge calling for the 25th Amendment….
To be clear, when you threaten to murder an entire civilization, that’s not only a horrific threat to commit genocidal war crimes, it’s evidence for immediate removal from office as well as instant arrest for abuse of office and crimes against humanity. Stop normalizing this.
This is an actual statement from the President of the United States.
This cannot be hand waved away as a joke. The man is threatening war crimes on top of war crimes! ENOUGH!
I don’t say this lightly: The 25th Amendment needs to be invoked. The President needs to be removed!
He is insane.
And this is an open declaration of intended genocide.
If any other world leader said this, there would be sanctions and an arrest warrant, not just for him, but for his whole regime.
I love science 🌗
BBC Farage hails Trump 'inspiration' at Reform UK rally 1 February 2025 Simon Dedman BBC Political Reporter, Essex, Quendon, Essex Nigel Farage said his party was gaining support in North West Essex
Davos • This article is more than 2 months old World would be a 'better place' if US took over Greenland, says Nigel Farage Reform leader says he agrees 'strategically' with Trump but adds that views of Greenlanders must be respected
Nigel Farage says he's 'never wavered' in his support for Donald Trump The Reform UK leader also says he's drawn 'amazing inspiration' from the MAGA movement Christopher McKeon Thursday 04 September 2025 12:16 Swipe for next article MR. FARAGE Congressman attacks Nigel Farage at committee on free speech
MR. FARAGE "I'm the only figure from the other side of the Parliament that has consistently stood behind Trump, and stood behind the MAGA movement.
Never forget which side Farage is on. Because it’s definitely not ours. And we mustn’t let him rewrite history to claim that it is. He’s Trump’s boy. Ready to sell us out as soon as he’s required to do so.
Earth and Moon from DSCOVR NASA's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured this unique view of the Moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth last month. This view shows the fully illuminated “dark side” of the moon that is never visible from Earth. Ian Regan processed this version of the image to account for the Moon's motion. NASA / NOAA / Ian Regan
I hadn't seen this before. This is pretty remarkable.
Earth and Moon in one NASA photo.
ht @astrokatie.com
Graphic with text that says "“There are 195 countries in the world. Some are big, some small. Some are highly developed, others not so much. Some are rich. Some poor. Now for the extraordinary fact. Guess how many of those countries have put its water industry fully into private hands. That’s right. Just one. And, yes, that would be England. "
Don't let anyone convince you that taking our water into public ownership is radical.
Guess what's really radical? Privatisation of water.
It is time we end this global embarrassment and nationalise our water. vist.ly/4xeci
This is an actual post. This is not funny. This is beyond desperate. This is a deeply unwell man who doesn’t belong anywhere near the levers of power. Every member of his cabinet and Congress is complicit in not demanding his removal now.
This planet — with all its troubles — is worth caring for.
That should be our single purpose, as a species: To be stewards of this magnificent world, ensuring it thrives long into the future.
“Someone decided to compress the kill chain. Someone decided that deliberation was latency. Someone decided to build a system that produces 1,000 targeting decisions an hour and call them high-quality. Calling it an “AI problem” gives those decisions, and those people, a place to hide.”
A page from the book 1984
Brown University is home to George Orwell's original manuscript of 1984. Most of it is marked up heavily in Orwell's hand-writing but this untouched page caught my eye.
BREAKING: “It is increasingly clear that as the world continues down this volatile path our long term national interest requires closer partnership with our allies in Europe and with the European Union.. Brexit did deep damage to our economy”
Prime minister Keir Starmer 👏
This is either brilliant or scary:
Anthropic accidentally leaked the TS source code of Claude Code (which is closed source). Repos sharing the source are taken down with DMCA.
BUT this repo rewrote the code using Python, and so it violates no copyright & cannot be taken down!
A graph titled “the public health success of the measles vaccine” that shows the number of measles cases in the United States plummeting after the vaccine was introduced in 1963
I showed this graph in class yesterday on how measles cases in the United States plummeted dramatically after the vaccine was licensed in 1963. It’s not subtle and I could not resist observing: “This stunning design in measles cases was not thanks to vitamin A. It was not due to beef tallow.”
Great to see news coverage of York City Council's vote to support Proportional Representation for Westminster! 🎉
Congratulations to our brilliant local activists who helped make this happen.
BREAKING: “The best start family hubs we’re rolling out across the country builds on the best of sure starts so it revitalises that legacy for a new generation of children”says Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson