Sam Jeffers
@worklesshard.bsky.social
Run @whotargets.me and am a Partner @jointogether.online. Used to play drums in Fridge. Live in Cork, from London.
Mmm pav bhaji (why aren't these available on every street corner? What are we even doing?)
Meera Sodha’s recipe for pav bhaji | Meera Sodha recipes
Meera Sodha’s recipe for pav bhaji | Meera Sodha recipes
A thrifty and flavourful mashed potato dish beloved of most Indians – careful with that pav bhaji masala though!
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Mmm pav bhaji (why aren't these available on every street corner? What are we even doing?)
Musk fragmenting the British right this morning. Lowe Faragemaxxing in Barbour and mustard cords.
February 14, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Musk fragmenting the British right this morning. Lowe Faragemaxxing in Barbour and mustard cords.
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There are real trade-offs involved in deciding how best to handle political advertising, but Meta and Google's "ban" on political advertising is unjustified and favours bad people. Worst of all, it doesn't even work, as Hungarian independent media has shown. lakmusz.hu/2026/02/10/d...
Despite Meta’s ban, Fidesz candidates successfully posted 162 political ads on Facebook in January
Fourteen Fidesz politicians circumvented Meta's ban on paid political advertising in January. Only a fraction of the ads was caught by the platform.
lakmusz.hu
February 13, 2026 at 11:44 AM
There are real trade-offs involved in deciding how best to handle political advertising, but Meta and Google's "ban" on political advertising is unjustified and favours bad people. Worst of all, it doesn't even work, as Hungarian independent media has shown. lakmusz.hu/2026/02/10/d...
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Meta and Google pulling out of political ads in the EU has made it harder for the Hungarian opposition to be heard. The platforms are a long way from perfect, but they're not Orban government owned or controlled in the way much of the rest of Hungarian media is.
💥Dramatic turn in Hungary’s election race: Orbán rival Péter Magyar says that in 2024 his ex-girlfriend set a honey trap to secretly record them having sex—footage he claims Orbán’s camp plans to publish to ruin and blackmail him.
Magyar currently holds a big lead in the polls. Election in 59 days.
Magyar currently holds a big lead in the polls. Election in 59 days.
February 13, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Meta and Google pulling out of political ads in the EU has made it harder for the Hungarian opposition to be heard. The platforms are a long way from perfect, but they're not Orban government owned or controlled in the way much of the rest of Hungarian media is.
A correspondent writes...
February 12, 2026 at 3:10 PM
A correspondent writes...
Hey ChatGPT: "Vibe code me a social network so addictive and rage-inducing that everyone leaves all the others and joins mine, which I then shut down, freeing everyone of the entire concept".
February 12, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Hey ChatGPT: "Vibe code me a social network so addictive and rage-inducing that everyone leaves all the others and joins mine, which I then shut down, freeing everyone of the entire concept".
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The Employment Rights Act means some changes to what unions need to know when a member joins. Here's what you need to do get started:
jointogether.online/post/2026-02...
jointogether.online/post/2026-02...
Is your union’s join form ready for the Employment Rights Act 2025? | Join Together
The Employment Rights Act 2025 comes into effect 18 February 2026. Is your union's join for ready?
jointogether.online
February 12, 2026 at 12:16 PM
The Employment Rights Act means some changes to what unions need to know when a member joins. Here's what you need to do get started:
jointogether.online/post/2026-02...
jointogether.online/post/2026-02...
Like many London schools, I have a few options when this comes around, but I like to go with Herman Li, lead guitarist of Dragonforce (and final end boss of Guitar Hero). www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jgr...
February 12, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Like many London schools, I have a few options when this comes around, but I like to go with Herman Li, lead guitarist of Dragonforce (and final end boss of Guitar Hero). www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jgr...
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As usual, an ad product is being rolled out without any real policy or transparency (e.g. we can't find a written advertising policy anywhere yet). Like the social media platforms before them, it seems they'll do what they absolutely have to if they get into trouble, rather than by default.
February 11, 2026 at 4:08 PM
As usual, an ad product is being rolled out without any real policy or transparency (e.g. we can't find a written advertising policy anywhere yet). Like the social media platforms before them, it seems they'll do what they absolutely have to if they get into trouble, rather than by default.
Mr Shipman (Keith), used to teach RE at my secondary school. Nice enough teacher, very calm, particularly given absolutely no-one wanted to be taught RE.
Today whilst visiting an elderly relative at their care home, I noticed that the person before me on the sign in sheet had written K.Shipman. While signing out, I changed the K to a H.
February 11, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Mr Shipman (Keith), used to teach RE at my secondary school. Nice enough teacher, very calm, particularly given absolutely no-one wanted to be taught RE.
Just looking at some local councillors getting ready for May's elections and came across this good graphic.
February 10, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Just looking at some local councillors getting ready for May's elections and came across this good graphic.
It's quite bad that people seem to be able to do this from memory at this point.
Starmer has to survive 38 days to have had a longer tenure than Rishi Sunak.
If a successor were to be in place by 13th July, we'd have had 7 PMs in a decade, which, by my reckoning, is the most since the 8 of 1827-37.
If a successor were to be in place by 13th July, we'd have had 7 PMs in a decade, which, by my reckoning, is the most since the 8 of 1827-37.
February 9, 2026 at 3:17 PM
It's quite bad that people seem to be able to do this from memory at this point.
Starmer has about 60 seconds to tweet "VAR is fucking bullshit. Ruins the game and needs to be scrapped. Going to organise a fan boycott later in the season. More details soon."
This was always going to happen with VAR. As Saint and Greavesie so often put it, "Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made".
February 8, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Starmer has about 60 seconds to tweet "VAR is fucking bullshit. Ruins the game and needs to be scrapped. Going to organise a fan boycott later in the season. More details soon."
Remember when Nigel Farage made that Ian Watkins video for £75 a few weeks ago? In 2029 he might be using that judgement to select the next Ambassador to the United States.
February 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Remember when Nigel Farage made that Ian Watkins video for £75 a few weeks ago? In 2029 he might be using that judgement to select the next Ambassador to the United States.
Someone should build a tool so you can give the big global elite meetups an "Epstein Score". Munich Security Conference next week...
February 7, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Someone should build a tool so you can give the big global elite meetups an "Epstein Score". Munich Security Conference next week...
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So the Epstein scandal is about politics? Silly me for thinking it’s about the mass abuse of women and girls | Marina Hyde
So the Epstein scandal is about politics? Silly me for thinking it’s about the mass abuse of women and girls | Marina Hyde
Obsessing over individual players and political chaos leaves less time to focus on the misogyny. And that’s for the best, isn’t it guys, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:13 PM
So the Epstein scandal is about politics? Silly me for thinking it’s about the mass abuse of women and girls | Marina Hyde
When you're trying to do 3-4 things at once, both professional and family, it can be really fucking hard to work out if you had a good week or not.
February 6, 2026 at 11:30 PM
When you're trying to do 3-4 things at once, both professional and family, it can be really fucking hard to work out if you had a good week or not.
This is some absolute bullshit right here.
February 6, 2026 at 5:06 PM
This is some absolute bullshit right here.
Imho, they're going to be too cheap to do this properly, and too untrusting to just give the money without making it too weirdly and forcedly American. www.ft.com/content/f869...
US government to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities in Europe
State department grants to spread ‘American values’ are part of Washington’s 250th anniversary celebrations
www.ft.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Imho, they're going to be too cheap to do this properly, and too untrusting to just give the money without making it too weirdly and forcedly American. www.ft.com/content/f869...
And Telegraph readers would (likely, narrowly) elect a Tory government.
Trump job approval rating by news platform
🟢 Twitter/X: +9
🔴 Facebook: -7
🔴 Cable TV: -10
🔴 Podcasts/YouTube: -14
🔴 Local TV: -17
🔴 Instagram: -21
🔴 Broadcast TV: -28
🔴 TikTok: -28
🔴 Newspapers/news sites: -33
🔴 Reddit: -40
www.theargumentmag.com/p/twitter-is...
🟢 Twitter/X: +9
🔴 Facebook: -7
🔴 Cable TV: -10
🔴 Podcasts/YouTube: -14
🔴 Local TV: -17
🔴 Instagram: -21
🔴 Broadcast TV: -28
🔴 TikTok: -28
🔴 Newspapers/news sites: -33
🔴 Reddit: -40
www.theargumentmag.com/p/twitter-is...
February 6, 2026 at 1:29 PM
And Telegraph readers would (likely, narrowly) elect a Tory government.
The EU is right and TikTok is wrong. They (and Instagram, and YouTube shorts) need to engage in a grown up conversation about user behaviour on their services and get on with making much needed changes.
February 6, 2026 at 11:43 AM
The EU is right and TikTok is wrong. They (and Instagram, and YouTube shorts) need to engage in a grown up conversation about user behaviour on their services and get on with making much needed changes.
Maybe worth a look at the Byzantine, oversubscribed tower of bureaucracy that forces evaluators to wade through thousands of pages of proposals and pick between them on a hair's breadth of a justification?
We have opened an inquiry into the use of artificial intelligence by external experts in the evaluation of EU funding proposals.
We have asked @ec.europa.eu and the SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA):
- if they set rules on the use of AI by evaluators
- if evaluators are required to disclose AI use
We have asked @ec.europa.eu and the SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA):
- if they set rules on the use of AI by evaluators
- if evaluators are required to disclose AI use
Ombudswoman opens inquiry concerning AI use in evaluation of EU funding proposals
The inquiry will focus on whether the institutions concerned put in place sufficient safeguards regarding the use of AI by external experts evaluating pro...
www.ombudsman.europa.eu
February 6, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Maybe worth a look at the Byzantine, oversubscribed tower of bureaucracy that forces evaluators to wade through thousands of pages of proposals and pick between them on a hair's breadth of a justification?
Ah well, death sentence for Orban's hopes.
Donald Trump has endorsed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ahead of upcoming April elections.
February 6, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Ah well, death sentence for Orban's hopes.
Of course, the popular position here is for high functioning institutions, strong regulators, a great deal of transparency and formality to winning contracts etc. The opposite of what the forthcoming populist wave will demand.
We need more of this - Epstein as a window into how power functions, well beyond his specific depravities:
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Epstein saga is a fable of modern capitalism
Sexual scandal aside, the attraction of the financier was that he ran a global network of the rich and powerful
www.thetimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Of course, the popular position here is for high functioning institutions, strong regulators, a great deal of transparency and formality to winning contracts etc. The opposite of what the forthcoming populist wave will demand.
As seems often to be the case with articles like this, there's no actual evidence presented that deepfake fraud is happening on an industrial scale.
Deepfake fraud taking place on an industrial scale, study finds
Deepfake fraud taking place on an industrial scale, study finds
AI content for scams can be targeted at individuals and ‘produced by pretty much anybody’, researchers say
Deepfake fraud has gone “industrial”, an analysis published by AI experts has said.
Tools to create tailored, even personalised, scams – leveraging, for example, deepfake videos of Swedish journalists or the president of Cyprus – are no longer niche, but inexpensive and easy to deploy at scale, said the analysis from the AI Incident Database. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:21 AM
As seems often to be the case with articles like this, there's no actual evidence presented that deepfake fraud is happening on an industrial scale.