Val Stevenson
@valstevenson24.bsky.social
Idler; previously editor/lecturer. Intolerant of whimsy. Pronouns: sex-based. Londoner/Irish/European. DMs = block. Gibbering idiocy = mute.
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Trump’s Ukraine “peace plan” is a capitulation to Russia that would hand Putin a strategic advantage and hobble European security.
European leaders must wake up to the reality that we cannot rely on the US, and must write our own destiny.
My latest for @heraldscotland.bsky.social
European leaders must wake up to the reality that we cannot rely on the US, and must write our own destiny.
My latest for @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Europe must wake up: Trump’s Ukraine plan hands victory to Russia
President Trump’s Ukraine “peace plan” is a capitulation to Russia that must wake European leaders up to the reality that we cannot rely on…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Trump’s Ukraine “peace plan” is a capitulation to Russia that would hand Putin a strategic advantage and hobble European security.
European leaders must wake up to the reality that we cannot rely on the US, and must write our own destiny.
My latest for @heraldscotland.bsky.social
European leaders must wake up to the reality that we cannot rely on the US, and must write our own destiny.
My latest for @heraldscotland.bsky.social
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The territories Ukraine holds are Ukraine, you absolute genocidal maniac
Putin: “When Ukrainians troops withdraw from the territories they hold, then we will cease hostilities; If they don’t leave, we will achieve this by military means “
November 27, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The territories Ukraine holds are Ukraine, you absolute genocidal maniac
A thoroughly depressing article. “Ethical trials require a clear intent to answer a scientific and clinical question that can inform future treatment decisions. It is hard to see what that question is.”
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PATHWAYS: A Trial Built on Missing Data, Pseudoscience, and Quiet Cruelty – The Quackometer Blog
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November 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
A thoroughly depressing article. “Ethical trials require a clear intent to answer a scientific and clinical question that can inform future treatment decisions. It is hard to see what that question is.”
www.quackometer.net/blog/2025/11...
www.quackometer.net/blog/2025/11...
100% this. I am still hacked off that my authors were ripped off despite copyright notices.
"Imagine you stole all of the intellectual property in the world. And you're using it to help people write middling emails and make revenge porn about women, and also children. And you're powering this plagiarism and non-consensual porn machine by eating up what's left of humanity's carbon budget."
How to explain AI to your family this holiday season | CNN Business
Politics, football and movies are among the many topics that tend to come up around Thanksgiving. In 2025, a new question may arise at the table: Why the heck is everyone talking about AI, and what sh...
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November 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
100% this. I am still hacked off that my authors were ripped off despite copyright notices.
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Byron called her mother, Annabelle Milbanke, his “Princess of Parallelograms”. She was an abolitionist & philanthropist.
She endured a lot while married to him - including the realisation he was sleeping with his half-sister, she believed.
Anna passed on her mathematical talents to her daughter.
She endured a lot while married to him - including the realisation he was sleeping with his half-sister, she believed.
Anna passed on her mathematical talents to her daughter.
Ada, Countess of Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron, mathematician & a pioneer of computing; born 1815, died #OTD 1852. #WomeninStem
Painted by Margaret Sarah Carpenter 1836
UK Government Art Collection
Painted by Margaret Sarah Carpenter 1836
UK Government Art Collection
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Byron called her mother, Annabelle Milbanke, his “Princess of Parallelograms”. She was an abolitionist & philanthropist.
She endured a lot while married to him - including the realisation he was sleeping with his half-sister, she believed.
Anna passed on her mathematical talents to her daughter.
She endured a lot while married to him - including the realisation he was sleeping with his half-sister, she believed.
Anna passed on her mathematical talents to her daughter.
May have to delay cocoa and bed socks for this.
This week! Friday 28th November at 10:10pm THE STONE TAPE (1972) with #MichaelBryant #JaneAsher #IanCuthbertson sci-fi-horror #TPTVsubtitles Part of #TheCellarClub hosted by #CarolineMunro
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
May have to delay cocoa and bed socks for this.
Rebecca Paul’s speech was strong and clear: "Inclusion trumping safety, ideology winning out over reality, the feelings of a man holding more weight than the fears of many women."
Yesterday the Prime Minister said the Supreme Court ruling on the meaning of sex in the Equality Act “must be implemented in full and at all levels”
This was in response to a question from Rebecca Paul MP on why male prisoners were still being held in Downview women’s prison
This was in response to a question from Rebecca Paul MP on why male prisoners were still being held in Downview women’s prison
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Rebecca Paul’s speech was strong and clear: "Inclusion trumping safety, ideology winning out over reality, the feelings of a man holding more weight than the fears of many women."
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Premium: This is The Hater's Guide To NVIDIA: A 14k word guide to how NVIDIA makes its money, how millions of Blackwell GPUs have been sold with nowhere for them to be installed, and how NVIDIA's future relies on companies raising hundreds of billions in debt.
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The Hater's Guide To NVIDIA
This piece has a generous 3000+ word introduction, because I want as many people to understand NVIDIA as possible. The (thousands of) words after the premium break get into arduous detail, but I’ve wr...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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"A woman’s right to prioritise her perception of herself, refusing to allow it to be overridden by male fantasy, is never a luxury."
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Does it really cost women nothing to use incorrect pronouns? | Victoria Smith | The Critic Magazine
Towards the end of 1984, there’s a scene in which Inner Party member O’Brien asks Winston Smith to state how many fingers he is holding up: “Four.” “And if the Party says that it is not four but five…
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November 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM
"A woman’s right to prioritise her perception of herself, refusing to allow it to be overridden by male fantasy, is never a luxury."
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Lesson 2 - from the "lost month", as Baroness Hallett so vividly describes it - February 2020:
If you can't be arsed to do your job even as a deadly pandemic grips the world, you certainly don't deserve to be within a thousand miles of Downing Street.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
If you can't be arsed to do your job even as a deadly pandemic grips the world, you certainly don't deserve to be within a thousand miles of Downing Street.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Lesson 2 - from the "lost month", as Baroness Hallett so vividly describes it - February 2020:
If you can't be arsed to do your job even as a deadly pandemic grips the world, you certainly don't deserve to be within a thousand miles of Downing Street.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
If you can't be arsed to do your job even as a deadly pandemic grips the world, you certainly don't deserve to be within a thousand miles of Downing Street.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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This article is quietly and forensically furious at the bluster and the lies. Lord knows I'd love to forget about covid but we mustn't - the lessons from this are too important for next time - and there will be a next time.
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
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November 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
This article is quietly and forensically furious at the bluster and the lies. Lord knows I'd love to forget about covid but we mustn't - the lessons from this are too important for next time - and there will be a next time.
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Reuters has confirmed that President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and his special envoy Steve Witkoff held a private meeting in Miami with a sanctioned Kremlin proxy to help shape the new "peace plan" for Ukraine. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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November 23, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Reuters has confirmed that President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and his special envoy Steve Witkoff held a private meeting in Miami with a sanctioned Kremlin proxy to help shape the new "peace plan" for Ukraine. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Keep in mind that Trump stopped intelligence sharing w Ukraine and reversed course. Also, it'd be absurd to refuse to sell American weapons to Ukraine through Europe. He's bluffing. His leverage and commitment to applying it to punish Ukraine if it politely declines the "deal" aren't convincing.
November 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Keep in mind that Trump stopped intelligence sharing w Ukraine and reversed course. Also, it'd be absurd to refuse to sell American weapons to Ukraine through Europe. He's bluffing. His leverage and commitment to applying it to punish Ukraine if it politely declines the "deal" aren't convincing.
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The Irish State is dumping €450 million of wind energy a year, despite 29% of households suffering fuel poverty, because 'there's no market'.
If you're struggling to get your head around that, it's called capitalism.
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If you're struggling to get your head around that, it's called capitalism.
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Up to €2.7m worth of energy ‘wasted’ every day by State, committee told
Wind farms wound down or shut down at night while households are in fuel poverty, says energy charity chief
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November 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The Irish State is dumping €450 million of wind energy a year, despite 29% of households suffering fuel poverty, because 'there's no market'.
If you're struggling to get your head around that, it's called capitalism.
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If you're struggling to get your head around that, it's called capitalism.
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I hate that no one said a word
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I hate that no one said a word
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It's an odd-shaped image, but let's see if this works.
November 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
It's an odd-shaped image, but let's see if this works.
Just stunning.
Today, a friend involved in the Esna restoration project has shared with me his latest stunning photos of the restored ceiling and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper #Egypt. During a multi-year restoration project, the dirt and soot that had obscured the ...🧵1/3
📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
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📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
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November 16, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Just stunning.
Indeed. The multiple award-winning @newjournal.bsky.social has published some fine letters on this issue in the last couple of weeks.
November 15, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Indeed. The multiple award-winning @newjournal.bsky.social has published some fine letters on this issue in the last couple of weeks.
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Thames Water tried to make MP pay its legal fees of up to £1,400 an hour, he asked the Court to put TW into special administration.
Blatant attempt to silence MPs.
TW paying £200m a year to advisers, charges customers for its failures.
Abuses will continue until execs held personally liable.
Blatant attempt to silence MPs.
TW paying £200m a year to advisers, charges customers for its failures.
Abuses will continue until execs held personally liable.
Thames Water tried to make MP pay its legal fees of up to £1,400 an hour
Exclusive: Charlie Maynard accuses the utility of ‘retaliation’ over his push for government to gain control of company
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November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Thames Water tried to make MP pay its legal fees of up to £1,400 an hour, he asked the Court to put TW into special administration.
Blatant attempt to silence MPs.
TW paying £200m a year to advisers, charges customers for its failures.
Abuses will continue until execs held personally liable.
Blatant attempt to silence MPs.
TW paying £200m a year to advisers, charges customers for its failures.
Abuses will continue until execs held personally liable.
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This is what journalists said after women were openly beaten up by men at the Olympic Games. Not only were the women forced to tolerate this, they were also forced to apologize if they questioned it.
Yet, it was precisely the journalists' responsibility to ask the critical questions.
Yet, it was precisely the journalists' responsibility to ask the critical questions.
November 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
This is what journalists said after women were openly beaten up by men at the Olympic Games. Not only were the women forced to tolerate this, they were also forced to apologize if they questioned it.
Yet, it was precisely the journalists' responsibility to ask the critical questions.
Yet, it was precisely the journalists' responsibility to ask the critical questions.
"The snipers [..] would pick off people on the streets, including children, at random, as if it was a video game or a safari." These utterly corrupted people should not be at liberty.
“There were no political or religious motivations. They were rich people who went there for fun and personal satisfaction. We are talking about people who love guns who perhaps go to shooting ranges or on safari in Africa.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
"The snipers [..] would pick off people on the streets, including children, at random, as if it was a video game or a safari." These utterly corrupted people should not be at liberty.
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And people criticise Labour for the poor comms, for not telling us about their successes.
Yet day after day, the Labour team do the media rounds ready to talk all about what they are doing and the media don't let them and take the conversations off in other directions.
Yet day after day, the Labour team do the media rounds ready to talk all about what they are doing and the media don't let them and take the conversations off in other directions.
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 AM
And people criticise Labour for the poor comms, for not telling us about their successes.
Yet day after day, the Labour team do the media rounds ready to talk all about what they are doing and the media don't let them and take the conversations off in other directions.
Yet day after day, the Labour team do the media rounds ready to talk all about what they are doing and the media don't let them and take the conversations off in other directions.
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The Biological sex and trans gender section is the most damning. It describes a deliberate and systemic bias applied to gender issues and is backed with verifiable evidence. It's telling that so many commentators are giving this section a miss.
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The Biological sex and trans gender section is the most damning. It describes a deliberate and systemic bias applied to gender issues and is backed with verifiable evidence. It's telling that so many commentators are giving this section a miss.
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Because this is Bluesky, very little commentary on the BBC's disgraceful capitulation to Transactivism over the past decade. Senior figures either too afraid, or too cowardly to stand up to the post-modernist censorious bullies. This is a far greater scandal than the Trump editing nonsense.
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Because this is Bluesky, very little commentary on the BBC's disgraceful capitulation to Transactivism over the past decade. Senior figures either too afraid, or too cowardly to stand up to the post-modernist censorious bullies. This is a far greater scandal than the Trump editing nonsense.