Quite Wrightly
@wrightly.bsky.social
Armchair politics and economics. Memes where appropriate.
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So currencies. Much medium of exchange. Very store of value.
December 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
So currencies. Much medium of exchange. Very store of value.
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Thank God for Bluesky: A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-...
Thank God for Bluesky
Yes, it's eager. Yes, it's censorious. But it has the very considerable advantage of not being fascist.
iandunt.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Thank God for Bluesky: A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-...
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The Reform leader's increasingly rattled public appearances betray a growing sense that the opportunity of a lifetime could be about to slip from his fingers.
Why the wheels could be about to fall off the Farage project
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-wheels...
Why the wheels could be about to fall off the Farage project
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-wheels...
The Wheels Are Falling off the Nigel Farage Project
The Reform leader's increasingly rattled public appearances betray a growing sense that the opportunity of a lifetime could be about to slip from his fingers
www.adambienkov.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The Reform leader's increasingly rattled public appearances betray a growing sense that the opportunity of a lifetime could be about to slip from his fingers.
Why the wheels could be about to fall off the Farage project
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-wheels...
Why the wheels could be about to fall off the Farage project
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-wheels...
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Can't stress enough how lax Grok's guardrails are here. We didn't use any deceptive prompting -- just fed it names and asked for addresses / where someone might live. The bot readily complied, often offering up whole lists of names and addresses.
Only *once* did it decline to provide an address.
Only *once* did it decline to provide an address.
![In response to prompts as simple as “[name] address,” we found Grok repeatedly offered up accurate, up-to-date home addresses of everyday people, while offering astonishingly scant pushback.
Out of 33 names of non-public figures we fed into Grok, a total of ten queries immediately returned correct and current residential addresses for the name provided. Seven prompts returned previously accurate but out-of-date addresses, while another four included accurate work addresses — perfect fodder for anybody looking to stalk a target at their workplace.
The bot is also likely to send a prowler after an unrelated person. In a dozen other instances, the chatbot returned addresses and other personal information, but not for the exact person we were searching for. Indeed, Grok often returned lists of people with similar names alongside their purported residential addresses, before then asking us to provide more information for a “more refined search.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fhnih5ovyd5w5pch254ordo2/bafkreihwj4d7n656vf3uxuqoorcbzew5lqzsbfiwlpw3rtirbb5kq4xudi@jpeg)
December 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Can't stress enough how lax Grok's guardrails are here. We didn't use any deceptive prompting -- just fed it names and asked for addresses / where someone might live. The bot readily complied, often offering up whole lists of names and addresses.
Only *once* did it decline to provide an address.
Only *once* did it decline to provide an address.
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NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
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Bloomberg: The US lobbied several countries in the European Union in an effort to block EU plans to use frozen Russian central bank assets to back a massive loan to Ukraine, according to European diplomats familiar with the matter.
December 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Bloomberg: The US lobbied several countries in the European Union in an effort to block EU plans to use frozen Russian central bank assets to back a massive loan to Ukraine, according to European diplomats familiar with the matter.
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Of course, even if all those things were actually true, it’s just insane that anyone would ever imagine a rational next sentence is “therefore we had to murder them with bombs.”
Rep. Crawford defends Hegseth's second strike on a demolished boat: "They were trying to right that ship. It was still laden with cargo. They were potentially signaling other vessels in the region."
December 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Of course, even if all those things were actually true, it’s just insane that anyone would ever imagine a rational next sentence is “therefore we had to murder them with bombs.”
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J.D. Vance seems to think the EU’s €120m fine for Musk’s X was for “not engaging in censorship.”
In reality X is being penalised for breaking EU law because of its “deceptive” blue check policy, untransparent advertising library and failure to provide access to public data for researchers
In reality X is being penalised for breaking EU law because of its “deceptive” blue check policy, untransparent advertising library and failure to provide access to public data for researchers
EU slaps €120M fine on Elon Musk’s X, straining ties with US
US vice president says EU should not be ‘attacking American companies over garbage.’
www.politico.eu
December 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
J.D. Vance seems to think the EU’s €120m fine for Musk’s X was for “not engaging in censorship.”
In reality X is being penalised for breaking EU law because of its “deceptive” blue check policy, untransparent advertising library and failure to provide access to public data for researchers
In reality X is being penalised for breaking EU law because of its “deceptive” blue check policy, untransparent advertising library and failure to provide access to public data for researchers
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Now imagine Stephen Pollard and the Jewish Chronicle's reaction if the revelations about historic antisemitism had concerned Jeremy Corbyn or Keir Starmer or indeed anyone on the centre/left.
It's a level of grotesque, cynical hypocrisy that I genuinely find quite hard to process.
It's a level of grotesque, cynical hypocrisy that I genuinely find quite hard to process.
December 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Now imagine Stephen Pollard and the Jewish Chronicle's reaction if the revelations about historic antisemitism had concerned Jeremy Corbyn or Keir Starmer or indeed anyone on the centre/left.
It's a level of grotesque, cynical hypocrisy that I genuinely find quite hard to process.
It's a level of grotesque, cynical hypocrisy that I genuinely find quite hard to process.
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Good. Let’s not let it go away. This man wants to be Britain’s next PM. His denials and obfuscations around his long history of repulsive behaviour show that he is utterly unfit.
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Good. Let’s not let it go away. This man wants to be Britain’s next PM. His denials and obfuscations around his long history of repulsive behaviour show that he is utterly unfit.
A poster/pun combo that's even better than the usual high quality effort this week from @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social
What went wrong with “Your Party”? @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com, @rostaylor.bsky.social, @rafaelbehr.bsky.social & @nndroid.bsky.social discuss Your Party's first conference collapse & more 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
#yourparty #corbyn #sultana #polanski #greenparty #ukpolitics
#yourparty #corbyn #sultana #polanski #greenparty #ukpolitics
December 5, 2025 at 12:26 PM
A poster/pun combo that's even better than the usual high quality effort this week from @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social
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Good chat about why the liberal left has a dearth of ideas.
When liberal democracy itself seems in danger, it’s not a propitious time to be original. And - though I didn’t have time to say this! - the shift to social media for political debate doesn’t give thinkers much space.
When liberal democracy itself seems in danger, it’s not a propitious time to be original. And - though I didn’t have time to say this! - the shift to social media for political debate doesn’t give thinkers much space.
What went wrong with “Your Party”? @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com, @rostaylor.bsky.social, @rafaelbehr.bsky.social & @nndroid.bsky.social discuss Your Party's first conference collapse & more 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
#yourparty #corbyn #sultana #polanski #greenparty #ukpolitics
#yourparty #corbyn #sultana #polanski #greenparty #ukpolitics
December 5, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Good chat about why the liberal left has a dearth of ideas.
When liberal democracy itself seems in danger, it’s not a propitious time to be original. And - though I didn’t have time to say this! - the shift to social media for political debate doesn’t give thinkers much space.
When liberal democracy itself seems in danger, it’s not a propitious time to be original. And - though I didn’t have time to say this! - the shift to social media for political debate doesn’t give thinkers much space.
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Farage has been dismissing evidence of Russian ties to the Salisbury Novichok attack since 2018 🧐
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Farage has been dismissing evidence of Russian ties to the Salisbury Novichok attack since 2018 🧐
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It's astoundingly bad. Like an encyclopedia of all the ways government screws up procurement all on the same project.
The British army wanted an armoured monster truck with a gun on it. £6 billion and 31 hospitalised soldiers later, they got one of the biggest procurement fuckups of all time defence-blog.com/insider-says...
Insider says only hull redesign can save British Ajax
The British Army’s troubled Ajax armoured fighting vehicle has returned to the centre of national criticism in recent days, after new noise-related injuries forced the suspension of training and sent ...
defence-blog.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
It's astoundingly bad. Like an encyclopedia of all the ways government screws up procurement all on the same project.
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Daisy Cooper, "In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker that arrived on a boat"
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
December 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Daisy Cooper, "In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker that arrived on a boat"
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
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Europeans are waking up this morning to find the new US National Security Strategy (quietly) released. And what it has to say on Europe could not be clearer. On the „stark prospect of civilizations erasure“ for example. 👇
December 5, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Europeans are waking up this morning to find the new US National Security Strategy (quietly) released. And what it has to say on Europe could not be clearer. On the „stark prospect of civilizations erasure“ for example. 👇
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BREAKING: Supreme Court GRANTS Texas request to restore redistricting maps
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
BREAKING: Supreme Court GRANTS Texas request to restore redistricting maps
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
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Using a personal phone and Signal for official business violated DoDI 8170.01. Nonpublic DoD information cannot be sent over non-DoD systems, regardless of classification status.
December 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Using a personal phone and Signal for official business violated DoDI 8170.01. Nonpublic DoD information cannot be sent over non-DoD systems, regardless of classification status.
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Ok, let’s suppose these two survivors are actually drug dealers.
And they’re calling a new boat to come pick up them and the floating cocaine.
Why wouldn’t you wait til the second boat arrives and kill those bad guys, too?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
And they’re calling a new boat to come pick up them and the floating cocaine.
Why wouldn’t you wait til the second boat arrives and kill those bad guys, too?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
December 4, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Ok, let’s suppose these two survivors are actually drug dealers.
And they’re calling a new boat to come pick up them and the floating cocaine.
Why wouldn’t you wait til the second boat arrives and kill those bad guys, too?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
And they’re calling a new boat to come pick up them and the floating cocaine.
Why wouldn’t you wait til the second boat arrives and kill those bad guys, too?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
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In November Russian troops made some of their biggest gains in Ukraine of the year. Yet, as seen in these three charts, overall progress has remained slow
Ahead of peace talks, Russia’s battlefield advances remain slow
Even at an accelerated recent pace, seizing Ukraine’s eastern regions would take more than two years
econ.st
December 3, 2025 at 8:20 AM
In November Russian troops made some of their biggest gains in Ukraine of the year. Yet, as seen in these three charts, overall progress has remained slow
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Both parts of the New Left are dropping this week (part two on Saturday). In part one: Hungary 1956, the birth of the student movement, Vietnam, Maoism, Marcuse and Fanon. There’s a lot going on
In today's episode of Origin Story, @iandunt.bsky.social & @dorianlynskey.bsky.social explain the New Left, the messy constellation of ideas & movements that came out of the discrediting of Soviet communism 70 years ago & made the left what it is today 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...
#leftism #politics
#leftism #politics
December 3, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Both parts of the New Left are dropping this week (part two on Saturday). In part one: Hungary 1956, the birth of the student movement, Vietnam, Maoism, Marcuse and Fanon. There’s a lot going on
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Good news!
Earlier this year I shared reports that the land around the Cerne Abbas Giant was up for sale
I’m delighted that, after lots of conversations, the land has now been bought by the National Trust (who already own the Giant): www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Earlier this year I shared reports that the land around the Cerne Abbas Giant was up for sale
I’m delighted that, after lots of conversations, the land has now been bought by the National Trust (who already own the Giant): www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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December 3, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Good news!
Earlier this year I shared reports that the land around the Cerne Abbas Giant was up for sale
I’m delighted that, after lots of conversations, the land has now been bought by the National Trust (who already own the Giant): www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
bsky.app/profile/guys...
Earlier this year I shared reports that the land around the Cerne Abbas Giant was up for sale
I’m delighted that, after lots of conversations, the land has now been bought by the National Trust (who already own the Giant): www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
bsky.app/profile/guys...