Max Colbert
@mc00.bsky.social
Freelance journo/researcher.
Bylines: Guardian, Mirror, Good Law Project, DeSmog, Byline Times, Democracy for Sale, Index on Censorship, The Citizens etc.
Cited: BBC, LBC, The Times, Searchlight etc.
[email protected]
Bylines: Guardian, Mirror, Good Law Project, DeSmog, Byline Times, Democracy for Sale, Index on Censorship, The Citizens etc.
Cited: BBC, LBC, The Times, Searchlight etc.
[email protected]
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Abbas Gurain Hubaish Alammary and his daughter, Fatima, in Iraq. Drought forced them to move from the Sinaf marshes to a nearby settlement
“The water has turned salty and the marshes are dry. In the past, there was fishing, there was life, but all that is gone."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“The water has turned salty and the marshes are dry. In the past, there was fishing, there was life, but all that is gone."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘We had to swim to safety. I didn’t think we would make it out alive’: the people fleeing climate breakdown – in pictures
Photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer capture the families, farmers and fishers who have been forced to leave their homes by extreme weather – and the landscapes they left behind
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Abbas Gurain Hubaish Alammary and his daughter, Fatima, in Iraq. Drought forced them to move from the Sinaf marshes to a nearby settlement
“The water has turned salty and the marshes are dry. In the past, there was fishing, there was life, but all that is gone."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“The water has turned salty and the marshes are dry. In the past, there was fishing, there was life, but all that is gone."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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One should be in no doubt that most of Britain's elites will simply make their peace with Farage and do a deal, so long as they get left alone or benefit. Tho there is resistance to Trump in the US, it's v much the exception.(1/2) www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Cambridge University cosies up to Reform
The vice-chancellor expects Nigel Farage to model his policies on Trump and says other Russell Group members are meeting his allies
www.thetimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:59 AM
One should be in no doubt that most of Britain's elites will simply make their peace with Farage and do a deal, so long as they get left alone or benefit. Tho there is resistance to Trump in the US, it's v much the exception.(1/2) www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
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Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
November 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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BREAKING: Venezuela has condemned US President Trump’s social media post declaring the country’s airspace "closed in its entirety" saying it "denounces... the colonialist threat that seeks to affect the sovereignty of its airspace."
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/o9swd9
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/o9swd9
November 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
BREAKING: Venezuela has condemned US President Trump’s social media post declaring the country’s airspace "closed in its entirety" saying it "denounces... the colonialist threat that seeks to affect the sovereignty of its airspace."
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/o9swd9
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/o9swd9
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Well done to @benquinn75.bsky.social for writing a story asking why an open and unapologetic racist is allowed to be a pundit on GB News and Talk TV.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
GB News urged to cut ties with contributor accused of racism
Rightwing activist claimed Commons deputy speaker Nusrat Ghani should be barred because she was born in Pakistan
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Well done to @benquinn75.bsky.social for writing a story asking why an open and unapologetic racist is allowed to be a pundit on GB News and Talk TV.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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This comes less than 72H after this piece by one of the core "Economists for Brexit" gang. (The rabble Patrick Minford is associated with.)
I wonder if the Right have figured out the best way to stomp on Labour is to rub their noses in their Brexit red lines maximalism?
archive.ph/2025.11.26-1...
I wonder if the Right have figured out the best way to stomp on Labour is to rub their noses in their Brexit red lines maximalism?
archive.ph/2025.11.26-1...
November 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This comes less than 72H after this piece by one of the core "Economists for Brexit" gang. (The rabble Patrick Minford is associated with.)
I wonder if the Right have figured out the best way to stomp on Labour is to rub their noses in their Brexit red lines maximalism?
archive.ph/2025.11.26-1...
I wonder if the Right have figured out the best way to stomp on Labour is to rub their noses in their Brexit red lines maximalism?
archive.ph/2025.11.26-1...
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If the west doesn't want refugees, the west should stop creating refugees
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Donald Trump says airspace above and around Venezuela is closed
President made declaration in a social media post, after FAA last week warned airlines of ‘worsening security situation’
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
If the west doesn't want refugees, the west should stop creating refugees
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Problem: you have two left wing parties in British politics.
Solution: start a new left wing party to unify the movement
Problem: you now have four left wing parties in British politics
Solution: start a new left wing party to unify the movement
Problem: you now have four left wing parties in British politics
November 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Problem: you have two left wing parties in British politics.
Solution: start a new left wing party to unify the movement
Problem: you now have four left wing parties in British politics
Solution: start a new left wing party to unify the movement
Problem: you now have four left wing parties in British politics
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Polanski's advantage with the Greens is not having to deal with factional far left bullshit. Sultana's complacent naivety is thinking factional far left bullshit can somehow be put to good use.
November 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Polanski's advantage with the Greens is not having to deal with factional far left bullshit. Sultana's complacent naivety is thinking factional far left bullshit can somehow be put to good use.
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Police have access to massive surveillance networks that track the public whether they are suspects or not. That means probably for every 1 officer caught using the system to harass or spy on people they have feuds with, ex's, activists, journalists, there are probably 100 more we don't know about.
Georgia police chief charged with using license plate readers to stalk and harass people
A police chief in suburban Atlanta has been arrested on charges of using the city's license plate cameras to stalk and harass people.
apnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Police have access to massive surveillance networks that track the public whether they are suspects or not. That means probably for every 1 officer caught using the system to harass or spy on people they have feuds with, ex's, activists, journalists, there are probably 100 more we don't know about.
Bridgewater's Greg Jensen echoes Michael Burry on Nvidia's AI chips — and says they could help make themselves obsolete
www.newsbeep.com/nz/158436/
www.newsbeep.com/nz/158436/
Greg Jensen Echoes Michael Burry on Nvidia Chips With a Fresh AI Twist - New Zealand News Beep
Michael Burry of "The Big Short" fame has said some of the world's largest AI companies are exaggerating how long their Nvidia chips will last to pad their
www.newsbeep.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Bridgewater's Greg Jensen echoes Michael Burry on Nvidia's AI chips — and says they could help make themselves obsolete
www.newsbeep.com/nz/158436/
www.newsbeep.com/nz/158436/
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Darren Grimes’ Reform council sees financial black hole grow by £11m
Darren Grimes' Reform council sees financial black hole grow by £11m
The financial black hole of Reform-controlled Durham County Council - where Darren Grimes is deputy leader - has grown by £11.1m in two months.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Darren Grimes’ Reform council sees financial black hole grow by £11m
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This is madness.
All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.
The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.
The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
Sally Rooney books may be withdrawn from UK sale over Palestine Action ban, court told
Rooney has said she intended to use royalties from her work "to go on supporting Palestine Action."
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
This is madness.
All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.
The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.
The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
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🔴"FOI is the democratic canary in the coal mine. When official information flows freely, it signals that power is shared. When it’s withheld or delayed, it signals the opposite: power concentrated in the few."
Vital by Heather Brooke on Democracy 4 Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/why-the-br...
Vital by Heather Brooke on Democracy 4 Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/why-the-br...
The British state is addicted to secrecy - we need to fight back
Our politicians and officials are using public money to keep citizens in the dark, says Heather Brooke
democracyforsale.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🔴"FOI is the democratic canary in the coal mine. When official information flows freely, it signals that power is shared. When it’s withheld or delayed, it signals the opposite: power concentrated in the few."
Vital by Heather Brooke on Democracy 4 Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/why-the-br...
Vital by Heather Brooke on Democracy 4 Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/why-the-br...
Palantir has worst month in two years as AI stocks sell off
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/28/p...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/28/p...
Palantir has worst month in two years as AI stocks sell off
Palantir posted strong third-quarter earnings, but shares dropped 16% this month on valuation concerns and a short position from Michael Burry.
www.cnbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Palantir has worst month in two years as AI stocks sell off
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/28/p...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/28/p...
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📝 BLOG 📝
UK Overseas Territories committed to corporate transparency.
Seven years on, most have failed to deliver. On our latest blog we look at our new research reveals the scale of the problem and what needs to change.
Read more ⤵️
www.transparency.org.uk/news/seven-y...
UK Overseas Territories committed to corporate transparency.
Seven years on, most have failed to deliver. On our latest blog we look at our new research reveals the scale of the problem and what needs to change.
Read more ⤵️
www.transparency.org.uk/news/seven-y...
Seven years on the UK’s offshore centres are still failing on transparency
www.transparency.org.uk
November 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
📝 BLOG 📝
UK Overseas Territories committed to corporate transparency.
Seven years on, most have failed to deliver. On our latest blog we look at our new research reveals the scale of the problem and what needs to change.
Read more ⤵️
www.transparency.org.uk/news/seven-y...
UK Overseas Territories committed to corporate transparency.
Seven years on, most have failed to deliver. On our latest blog we look at our new research reveals the scale of the problem and what needs to change.
Read more ⤵️
www.transparency.org.uk/news/seven-y...
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🚨No other country in the world set up an unlawful VIP lane to buy PPE during the pandemic.
£10billion+ of tax payers money wasted.
1million pallets of PPE incinerated.
🎥Watch the film here ⤵️
www.itv.com/watch/the-co...
£10billion+ of tax payers money wasted.
1million pallets of PPE incinerated.
🎥Watch the film here ⤵️
www.itv.com/watch/the-co...
November 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
🚨No other country in the world set up an unlawful VIP lane to buy PPE during the pandemic.
£10billion+ of tax payers money wasted.
1million pallets of PPE incinerated.
🎥Watch the film here ⤵️
www.itv.com/watch/the-co...
£10billion+ of tax payers money wasted.
1million pallets of PPE incinerated.
🎥Watch the film here ⤵️
www.itv.com/watch/the-co...
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Reform UK Doncaster leader resigns after being defeated in council chamber by his own party
www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/politic...
www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform UK leader resigns after being defeated in council chamber by his own party
Reform UK Councillor Guy Aston has stepped down as group leader on the City of Doncaster Council, claiming he has received “vitriolic texts that border on abuse” from members of his own party.
www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Reform UK Doncaster leader resigns after being defeated in council chamber by his own party
www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/politic...
www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/politic...
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🔴 NEW - Labour Group Slams Lord Glasman Over Climate Denial Lecture
The Labour peer called for new coal power in the Global Warming Policy Foundation’s annual lecture.
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The Labour peer called for new coal power in the Global Warming Policy Foundation’s annual lecture.
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Labour Group Slams Lord Glasman Over Climate Denial Lecture
An influential Labour peer has been criticised for being the star speaker at the UK’s main climate science denial group, which says carbon emissions are a “benefit to the planet”. Lord Maurice Glasman...
www.desmog.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🔴 NEW - Labour Group Slams Lord Glasman Over Climate Denial Lecture
The Labour peer called for new coal power in the Global Warming Policy Foundation’s annual lecture.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social
The Labour peer called for new coal power in the Global Warming Policy Foundation’s annual lecture.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social
"We were confident we were in the right and decided to tell him to get lost. In fact, we went further and published an article calling out the bullying" 👌👌👌
”Reform UK's barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don't play the bullies game." Martin Shipton from @nation.cymru on being bullied by Reform's lawyers: www.thenerve.news/p/reform-nat...
Reform UK’s barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don’t play the bully’s game
My news organisation, Nation.Cymru, was threatened with legal action over a story involving Nigel Farage’s party in the Senedd. Instead of hiring our own lawyer, we simply told them to go away, writes...
www.thenerve.news
November 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"We were confident we were in the right and decided to tell him to get lost. In fact, we went further and published an article calling out the bullying" 👌👌👌
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🚨Elaine Miles, an Indigenous actress best known for playing Marilyn Whirlwind on Northern Exposure and part of its SAG-nominated ensemble, told the Seattle Times that men in ICE-labeled vests called her tribal ID “fake.”
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‘Northern Exposure’ Actress Says ICE-Labeled Agents Called Her Tribal ID “Fake”
An Indigenous actress says men in ICE-labeled vests briefly detained her in Redmond and dismissed her tribal ID as “fake,” raising questions about officer training.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
🚨Elaine Miles, an Indigenous actress best known for playing Marilyn Whirlwind on Northern Exposure and part of its SAG-nominated ensemble, told the Seattle Times that men in ICE-labeled vests called her tribal ID “fake.”
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/northern-e...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/northern-e...
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🔴Delighted to say I'll be doing more reporting for @bylinetimes.bsky.social over the coming months.
My maiden piece is an interview with Lord Alf Dubs on the asylum proposals, which he says are an "historic low" for the Labour party.
My maiden piece is an interview with Lord Alf Dubs on the asylum proposals, which he says are an "historic low" for the Labour party.
“She is doing things that I think are letting this country down".
Labour peer Alf Dubs, who arrived in the UK on the Kindertransport, tells @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social that he is deeply disappointed in Shabana Mahmood and Keir Starmer's betrayal of child refugees
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
Labour peer Alf Dubs, who arrived in the UK on the Kindertransport, tells @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social that he is deeply disappointed in Shabana Mahmood and Keir Starmer's betrayal of child refugees
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
Alf Dubs Accuses Shabana Mahmood of 'Letting the Country Down' With Plans to Outdo Reform on Asylum
The veteran Labour peer and lifelong campaigner for child refugees, Alf Dubs, tells Byline Times that the Home Secretary's plans are "bitterly disappointing coming from a Labour Government"
bylinetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
🔴Delighted to say I'll be doing more reporting for @bylinetimes.bsky.social over the coming months.
My maiden piece is an interview with Lord Alf Dubs on the asylum proposals, which he says are an "historic low" for the Labour party.
My maiden piece is an interview with Lord Alf Dubs on the asylum proposals, which he says are an "historic low" for the Labour party.