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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 41m

The downside effects of the coming AI bubble bursting continue to spread.

It will be an AI contagion.

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The Register @theregister.com · 3h

ASML shrugs off China slump with faith in AI-fueled chip demand

Beijing's self-reliance push and US export limits hit orders Europe's tech darling ASML has warned Chinese demand for its chipmaking kit will plummet next year, as Beijing doubles down on home-grown alternatives in response to Uncle Sam's export restrictions and trade war shenanigans.…

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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 41m

A govt minister accusing the official opposition of "playing politics" is, and always will be, a fucking mindnumbingly moronic and childish allegation to make.

Grow up, FFS.

#bbcpm

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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 1h

Racist with a fascist bent, emphasises (real) threat from China, while ignoring Russia.

Stacks up.

#Cummings #bbcpm

Andrew Sparrow @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social · 1h

Dominic Cummings claims 'everybody in Whitehall' knows threat from China far worse than government admits publicly - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1h

No doubt this de-banking will also be splashed across the front pages of every single newspaper in the country and lead BBC bulletins for weeks on end too? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Pro-Palestine activist couple have UK bank account closed without explanation

John Nicholson and Norma Turner’s joint retirement savings account was shut by Yorkshire Building Society

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1h

Tuesday: Shabana Mahmood attacks an international human rights body for pointing out the UK is likely breaching its legal obligations to trans people.

Wednesday: five months after publishing transphobic legal guidance the EHRC, a month before it has to defend it in court, takes it down.

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 2h

The EHRC has finally, five months after producing its wildly transphobic and, we believe, unlawful Interim Guidance now taken it down. Our judicial review challenge to that Interim Guidance will be heard in less than one month.

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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 1h

Nicely done.

fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 1h

Accidentally hit the car next to me with my trolley when unloading in a supermarket car park. The woman who owned the car wasn't happy. Began yelling at me about the tiny, barely visible scratch, threatened to send her brothers after me if I didn't pay, etc. Anyway, married her.

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 2h

We wonder why 👀

We'll see them in Court next month. If you want to support us 👇https://goodlawproject.org/donate/

Support us | Good Law Project

We can only keep fighting thanks to individual donations. Our people-powered model keeps us fiercely independent, so we can hold power to account.

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 2h

The EHRC has just taken down their transphobic interim guidance 👀

https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/our-work/uk-supreme-court-ruling-meaning-sex-equality-act-our-work

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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 2h

Hang on is Bessent admitting that Trump sees himself as a king or that Dems have to accept Trump as king if they want federal workers to be paid?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 2h

King George III in early 1776

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 3h

Facts matter - maybe someone should tell Rachel Reeves before she pencils in another massive round of welfare cuts for the old, disabled, and poor.

#bbcpm #Budget25

Chris Giles @chrisgiles.ft.com · 4h

There is no need for a moral panic about the UK's welfare system.

Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts

Spending is controlled, not spiralling

Worklessness is near record lows

My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...

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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 3h

A spokesperson for the Australian govt told reporters: We have enough racist fruitloops already, why would we welcome another one?

Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 3h

Far-right US influencer Candace Owens loses legal fight to enter Australia reut.rs/4nKfGWO

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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 4h

Slowly, but surely he's winning me over.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4h

Legalise *and* regulate drugs.

This morning on @jeremyvine.bsky.social:

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Should we legalise all drugs? feat. Zack Polanski & Carole Malone | Jeremy Vine

YouTube video by Jeremy, Storm & Vanessa On 5

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 4h

Don't put "attended agile meetings" or similar on your CV: attending meetings is not an achievement worth celebrating. Tell me about how you managed to cancel all the crap meetings, then I might hire you.

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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 4h

Fkn Carole Malone, man.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 5h

Carole Malone, "Youu can't say what women's rights are because you're not a woman"

Zack Polanski, "You're not trans are you. We can all say you're not that thing so you can't have an opinion" 🔥

"You can still have an opinion from listening to people"

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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 4h

#AI is eating itself, as the bubble grows fatter.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 5h

BlackRock, Nvidia to buy Aligned Data Centers in $40 billion deal reut.rs/4n9KvTV

BlackRock, Nvidia to buy Aligned Data Centers in $40 billion deal

An investment consortium that includes BlackRock , Nvidia , xAI and Microsoft will acquire Aligned Data Centers in a deal worth $40 billion, the companies said on Wednesday.

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 5h

The goal? Simplicity.

No more guessing which cable fits. No more drawers full of tangled wires.

Ready to pull the plug on cable chaos?

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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 5h

Brexit reality. 😭

European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 5h

It all started with 📱💻🖱️🎧📷 speaking the same USB-C language.

Now it's time for your charger to catch up ↓

link.europa.eu/bHCDng

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 8h

Journalistic shorthand is net migration "currently stands at 430,000": that was the last figure (Jan-Dec 2024) in May 2025

It is a fact - not a prediction- that it is currently lower. (2025 data visa shows down again). I can predict that will obvs be confirmed on Nov 27th in data *to June 2025*

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 5h

The biggest problem seems to be: you've now lost control of your company.

Charity trustees must act independently and in the best interests of the charity. If the charity is voting on the shares in the interests of the family, the Charity Commission will want a chat.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 5h

Pretty surprised to see a tax avoidance scheme being pitched in today's Financial Times:

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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 5h

Free Speech Update:

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 15h

They're trying to prevent the student newspaper from printing news, period. Not just a particular story.

"The Media School directed us to print no news in the paper... nothing but information about homecoming — no other news at all, and particularly no traditional front page news coverage."

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 16h

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 6h

Just turned on @lbc.co.uk to hear the words "how much love can you get off a guinea pig?".

I think I'll pass.

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Geoffrey Harris @geoffreyharris.bsky.social · 7h

Malaise.

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I write from Germany. DE is much richer than the UK in absolute terms, that's the hard substance of things, regardless of quibbling about half-percent rates of change. Everything works better here. More & better-functioning public services. UK need not be mediocre

I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 11h

Financial journalism in this country is so poor, people now think it's great news that the IMF forecast the UK to have the 2nd fastest GDP growth in the G7.

Sadly, that's not the real story here. A better measure of living standards is GDP/capita.

What does the IMF say about that?

Oh.

#r4today

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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 6h

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 5d

Between 2019 and 2024 in real terms EU exports grew by 11%.

UK exports also grew. By 0.89%.

That's the total. Goods exports were lower in real terms in 2024 than in 2014.

Centre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social · 5d

@antonspisak.bsky.social of the @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social, a think-tank, observes that, after Brexit took effect at the end of 2020, Britain’s goods exports have grown less than those of any other economy in the G7 club of rich countries.