Chris Weston
@chrisweston.bsky.social
A friend, most likely. Talking to interesting people weekly at wb40podcast.com for over 8 years. Midlander. Cricket tragic. Rent-a-quote. Techmonger/know it all
On the train. Saw someone that I recognise but can't remember who they are. Infuriating. I used to have a very good memory for people. Quite alarming to find a gap where there used to be a bunch of information.
November 27, 2025 at 7:35 AM
On the train. Saw someone that I recognise but can't remember who they are. Infuriating. I used to have a very good memory for people. Quite alarming to find a gap where there used to be a bunch of information.
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Your kids will figure you out some day.
November 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Your kids will figure you out some day.
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Farage came out with his worst shit 50 years ago, whereas Matt Goodwin is just getting going at age 43.
Reflections on the budget from the head of Students4Reform
November 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Farage came out with his worst shit 50 years ago, whereas Matt Goodwin is just getting going at age 43.
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I’ll have what she’s having
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I’ll have what she’s having
That's our biosphere, right there. The part of the universe we can survive in. It's kind of precious.
Notice how thin and tiny our atmosphere is?
Video shot by astronaut Zena Cardman, commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission, shows a stunning display of the Northern Lights as seen from the International Space Station.
November 26, 2025 at 8:07 AM
That's our biosphere, right there. The part of the universe we can survive in. It's kind of precious.
This is strangely compelling. But I wouldn't bother watching another one.
November 26, 2025 at 8:06 AM
This is strangely compelling. But I wouldn't bother watching another one.
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What if we’re the shithole country?
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old who has an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE.
thebarbedwire.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
What if we’re the shithole country?
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Proper crime, you don’t get crime like this these days www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
Son dresses as dead mother in ‘Mrs Doubtfire’ ruse to claim her pension
Italian pensioner had been deceased for three years when family member was caught impersonating her while trying to renew her ID card
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Proper crime, you don’t get crime like this these days www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
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Some brilliant stuff here. Ahhh for those days.
November 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Some brilliant stuff here. Ahhh for those days.
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Making my eyes go wumpy
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Making my eyes go wumpy
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Imagine coming up with a proposal so stupid, so unworkable, so thoughtless, that it makes Robert Jenrick look sane by comparison.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jury trials could be scrapped except in most serious cases
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Imagine coming up with a proposal so stupid, so unworkable, so thoughtless, that it makes Robert Jenrick look sane by comparison.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
Crossroads: Stateside
brown's, charles & lillian brown & grandson bruce turiansky, fallsburg, new york, 1977
November 25, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Crossroads: Stateside
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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This by @ersatzben.com on the UK "Three Bucket" theory of R&D policy is one of the best things I've read on UK science policy in a long time.
www.ersatzben.com/p/the-three-...
www.ersatzben.com/p/the-three-...
The three-bucket problem
Ten tests for the UK’s new R&D funding framework
www.ersatzben.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
This by @ersatzben.com on the UK "Three Bucket" theory of R&D policy is one of the best things I've read on UK science policy in a long time.
www.ersatzben.com/p/the-three-...
www.ersatzben.com/p/the-three-...
Still can't work out if this woman is mad, stupid or actually malevolent
Leavitt: "Not a single order this president or administration has given to our military has ever been illegal, nor will it ever be. This administration respects and abides by the law."
November 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Still can't work out if this woman is mad, stupid or actually malevolent
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane
Woke Farage
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Woke Farage
He is clearly hepped up on goofball, but what a pair of losers?
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
He is clearly hepped up on goofball, but what a pair of losers?
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brave ads back then
November 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
brave ads back then
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headache and moustache ought to rhyme with each other somehow
November 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
headache and moustache ought to rhyme with each other somehow
When is the AI coming for my job, that's what I want to know. Come on, ffs.
November 24, 2025 at 9:50 AM
When is the AI coming for my job, that's what I want to know. Come on, ffs.