Michael Taylor
@michael103.bsky.social
Increasingly leaning to the left in my world view. Some of my clothes are older than my work colleagues. Live music, proper beer and good food, enjoyed with family and friends - old and new, makes me happy.
They’ve changed since Hooky left
April 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM
They’ve changed since Hooky left
Bonfire of the equities
April 7, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Bonfire of the equities
tanviratna.substack.com/p/trumps-tar...
Relative to USA cutting federal spending, tariffs and trade negotiations: This lines out what has happened and most likely what will happen. Buckle up because it has a huge chance of falling and even if it doesn’t the world will never be the same again.
Relative to USA cutting federal spending, tariffs and trade negotiations: This lines out what has happened and most likely what will happen. Buckle up because it has a huge chance of falling and even if it doesn’t the world will never be the same again.
Trump’s Tariff Gambit: Debt, Power, and the Art of Strategic Disruption
Why sweeping tariffs have multi-faceted payoffs in the calculus to "Make America Great Again"
tanviratna.substack.com
April 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
tanviratna.substack.com/p/trumps-tar...
Relative to USA cutting federal spending, tariffs and trade negotiations: This lines out what has happened and most likely what will happen. Buckle up because it has a huge chance of falling and even if it doesn’t the world will never be the same again.
Relative to USA cutting federal spending, tariffs and trade negotiations: This lines out what has happened and most likely what will happen. Buckle up because it has a huge chance of falling and even if it doesn’t the world will never be the same again.
BBC Scoop - POTUS on Breakfast to explain tariff policy
April 5, 2025 at 6:31 AM
BBC Scoop - POTUS on Breakfast to explain tariff policy
Happy Tariff day. Traditionally celebrated by making things more expensive for consumers and pocketing the difference to give the rich a tax break.
April 2, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Happy Tariff day. Traditionally celebrated by making things more expensive for consumers and pocketing the difference to give the rich a tax break.
Tories have run out of ideas, trotting out the same party election broadcast they were criticised by the DM for, in springtime - when winter fuel payments are not going to be paid anyway. I suppose it’s better than having Kemi talk down to us.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Tories left red-faced over video attacking Labour's winter fuel cuts
The three-and-a-half minute long video shows a series of retirees condemning PM Sir Keir Starmer 's 'horrifying' and 'appalling' decision to slash the energy support.
www.dailymail.co.uk
April 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Tories have run out of ideas, trotting out the same party election broadcast they were criticised by the DM for, in springtime - when winter fuel payments are not going to be paid anyway. I suppose it’s better than having Kemi talk down to us.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Rubio and Hegseth have installed this twenty-something DOGE affiliate, Nate Cavanaugh, as acting president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, per filing.
Before DOGE took control of USIP, the duly appointed president was George Moose, a career diplomat who first joined the foreign service in 1967.
Before DOGE took control of USIP, the duly appointed president was George Moose, a career diplomat who first joined the foreign service in 1967.
March 31, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Rubio and Hegseth have installed this twenty-something DOGE affiliate, Nate Cavanaugh, as acting president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, per filing.
Before DOGE took control of USIP, the duly appointed president was George Moose, a career diplomat who first joined the foreign service in 1967.
Before DOGE took control of USIP, the duly appointed president was George Moose, a career diplomat who first joined the foreign service in 1967.
March 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The move away from the office to home working and fully remote work is a double edged sword. Home life blurs into work life. Colleagues are voices on teams calls. The commute is fantastic and you can get your shopping delivered, boiler fixed and washing done during the day. You don’t have a worklife
March 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The move away from the office to home working and fully remote work is a double edged sword. Home life blurs into work life. Colleagues are voices on teams calls. The commute is fantastic and you can get your shopping delivered, boiler fixed and washing done during the day. You don’t have a worklife
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There are many things making this disturbing.
1. The capacity and officials prepared to act in this way pre-dates Trump.
2. The officials are out of uniform and are masked/hooded to hide their identities.
/1
1. The capacity and officials prepared to act in this way pre-dates Trump.
2. The officials are out of uniform and are masked/hooded to hide their identities.
/1
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
There are many things making this disturbing.
1. The capacity and officials prepared to act in this way pre-dates Trump.
2. The officials are out of uniform and are masked/hooded to hide their identities.
/1
1. The capacity and officials prepared to act in this way pre-dates Trump.
2. The officials are out of uniform and are masked/hooded to hide their identities.
/1
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If the American journalist she calls to ask a question instead, who responds by saying yeah I’d like you to answer the Brit’s question, is ever in a London pub we’re definitely buying him a drink yes
Here's Marjorie Taylor Greene literally telling a British reporter to "go back to your country" and berating her for trying to ask a question.
"We don't give a CRAP about your opinion."
"We don't give a CRAP about your opinion."
March 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
If the American journalist she calls to ask a question instead, who responds by saying yeah I’d like you to answer the Brit’s question, is ever in a London pub we’re definitely buying him a drink yes
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Trump envoy Steve Witkoff says the strategy now is for America and Russia to “integrate their energy policies in the Arctic”.
No longer trying to hide that this is the new alliance.
No longer trying to hide that this is the new alliance.
March 22, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Trump envoy Steve Witkoff says the strategy now is for America and Russia to “integrate their energy policies in the Arctic”.
No longer trying to hide that this is the new alliance.
No longer trying to hide that this is the new alliance.
In a world that has recently changed so much, the message that the Special Winter Olympics gives is powerful. Sport can change the world, inclusivity and diversity are things to celebrate.
Give this a watch while you can.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Give this a watch while you can.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Special Olympics - 2. The World in Turin
Competitors from over 100 nations take part in the Special Olympics World Winter Games. Joe Wilson is in Turin to find out how sport can transform the lives of athletes with intellectual disabilities.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 22, 2025 at 6:59 AM
In a world that has recently changed so much, the message that the Special Winter Olympics gives is powerful. Sport can change the world, inclusivity and diversity are things to celebrate.
Give this a watch while you can.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Give this a watch while you can.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Just a reminder...
March 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Just a reminder...
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The Arlington National Cemetery website "unpublished" links to material about Black, Hispanic and women veterans.
Arlington Cemetery website drops links for Black, Hispanic, and women veterans
The Arlington National Cemetery website "unpublished" links to material about Black, Hispanic and women veterans.
taskandpurpose.com
March 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The Arlington National Cemetery website "unpublished" links to material about Black, Hispanic and women veterans.
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America sliding even further down the list of 'places to see'.
This gives us a real insight into how grim it is in the USA.
Now, if you are white and of European ancestry, imagine how much worse the process is if you are not of white European ancestry...
This gives us a real insight into how grim it is in the USA.
Now, if you are white and of European ancestry, imagine how much worse the process is if you are not of white European ancestry...
Cartoonist R.E. Burke detained by ICE on backpacking trip
Cartoonist R.E. Burke detained by ICE on backpacking trip
British cartoonist R.E. Burke has been detained for more than a week as an illegal alien, and her father is asking for help.
www.comicsbeat.com
March 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
America sliding even further down the list of 'places to see'.
This gives us a real insight into how grim it is in the USA.
Now, if you are white and of European ancestry, imagine how much worse the process is if you are not of white European ancestry...
This gives us a real insight into how grim it is in the USA.
Now, if you are white and of European ancestry, imagine how much worse the process is if you are not of white European ancestry...
Pandora’s box being opened, a nail in the coffin for food quality, traceability and farming in UK. Because you can doesn’t mean you should. We have very good meat substitutes that use fungal proteins & vegetables, I don’t see the need & I don’t trust it to be controlled www.bbc.com/news/article...
Lab-grown food could be sold in UK in two years
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is looking at how it can speed up the approval process for lab-grown foods.
www.bbc.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Pandora’s box being opened, a nail in the coffin for food quality, traceability and farming in UK. Because you can doesn’t mean you should. We have very good meat substitutes that use fungal proteins & vegetables, I don’t see the need & I don’t trust it to be controlled www.bbc.com/news/article...
Keep thinking Danny Dyer would make a fantastic Dr Who.
March 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Keep thinking Danny Dyer would make a fantastic Dr Who.
TV legend, pioneer, Floella Benjamin on Saturday kitchen.
March 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
TV legend, pioneer, Floella Benjamin on Saturday kitchen.
Resisted for a while, but in the end had to order. Will be furiously wagging my joystick at the end of the month when this arrives.
March 8, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Resisted for a while, but in the end had to order. Will be furiously wagging my joystick at the end of the month when this arrives.
All these visits to the White House to ask for favours from Don Trumpioni.
February 28, 2025 at 7:14 AM
All these visits to the White House to ask for favours from Don Trumpioni.
Local Facebook struggles…
Can anyone could look at my roof? I said I’d been staring at it for an hour but had to go back to work.
Scrap available outside 22 Brook Street.
I took my shirt off, waited, no one came out.
Does anyone know of any carpenters
…. Karen & Richard, they’ve only just begun.
Can anyone could look at my roof? I said I’d been staring at it for an hour but had to go back to work.
Scrap available outside 22 Brook Street.
I took my shirt off, waited, no one came out.
Does anyone know of any carpenters
…. Karen & Richard, they’ve only just begun.
February 24, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Local Facebook struggles…
Can anyone could look at my roof? I said I’d been staring at it for an hour but had to go back to work.
Scrap available outside 22 Brook Street.
I took my shirt off, waited, no one came out.
Does anyone know of any carpenters
…. Karen & Richard, they’ve only just begun.
Can anyone could look at my roof? I said I’d been staring at it for an hour but had to go back to work.
Scrap available outside 22 Brook Street.
I took my shirt off, waited, no one came out.
Does anyone know of any carpenters
…. Karen & Richard, they’ve only just begun.
As well as a massive impact to USA farming sector, many of whom voted for him, the aggressive DOGE “smash it up” campaign across Federal Government has unintended consequences. Applying tariffs to Chinese goods on one hand, ceding power to China with the other www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
US cedes ground to China with ‘self-inflicted wound’ of USAid shutdown, analysts say
Sudden suspension of aid funding a ‘perfect opportunity’ for Beijing to fill the gap and grow its own soft power
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:17 AM
As well as a massive impact to USA farming sector, many of whom voted for him, the aggressive DOGE “smash it up” campaign across Federal Government has unintended consequences. Applying tariffs to Chinese goods on one hand, ceding power to China with the other www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...