@mo-ma-wolf.bsky.social
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Really interesting on how Mamdani is trying to succeed where Obama failed, in converting a mass grassroots movement into one that can help you govern by staying in touch with people and having them shape policy, having the numbers to win political battles, and being a campaigning government.
Mamdani's bold experiment
NYC's mayor seems to be trying to achieve what Barack Obama never could: turning his campaign movement into a de facto arm of his government.
futurepolis.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Really interesting on how Mamdani is trying to succeed where Obama failed, in converting a mass grassroots movement into one that can help you govern by staying in touch with people and having them shape policy, having the numbers to win political battles, and being a campaigning government.
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Palantir runs the tech for linking huge amounts of NHS data, and now for the UK Ministry of Defence too
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
January 19, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Palantir runs the tech for linking huge amounts of NHS data, and now for the UK Ministry of Defence too
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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January 17, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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Check it out. www.democracydocket.com
Check it out. www.democracydocket.com
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Reminder that in the UK an incoming radical, populist government would have immediate access to immense, unchecked executive power.
And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.
And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.
NEW
The UK constitution is even more vulnerable than the US constitution
In the face of an illiberal radical assault, what has happened politically in America could easily happen in the UK
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
The UK constitution is even more vulnerable than the US constitution
In the face of an illiberal radical assault, what has happened politically in America could easily happen in the UK
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
January 15, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Reminder that in the UK an incoming radical, populist government would have immediate access to immense, unchecked executive power.
And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.
And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.
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That means their forces doing this instead of doing something better. It means they are having to plan to do this instead of doing something else. It means them thinking through scenarios where the US is an enemy, instead of thinking through scenarios where the US is an ally. These are costs *now*.
January 14, 2026 at 6:07 PM
That means their forces doing this instead of doing something better. It means they are having to plan to do this instead of doing something else. It means them thinking through scenarios where the US is an enemy, instead of thinking through scenarios where the US is an ally. These are costs *now*.
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If fracking were to be permitted in the UK, as proposed by Reform, some of the country's most exquisite countryside would be impacted, as shown in the British Geological Survey diagram below:
share.google/4iPmjendxnR7...
share.google/4iPmjendxnR7...
January 14, 2026 at 10:55 AM
If fracking were to be permitted in the UK, as proposed by Reform, some of the country's most exquisite countryside would be impacted, as shown in the British Geological Survey diagram below:
share.google/4iPmjendxnR7...
share.google/4iPmjendxnR7...
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It’s really quite revealing that the first application of digital ID that this government came up with was immigration enforcement. It shows their thinking processes. It wasn’t the benefits for the users, the convenience, the efficiency, but the authoritarian use that mattered to them first.
January 14, 2026 at 10:01 AM
It’s really quite revealing that the first application of digital ID that this government came up with was immigration enforcement. It shows their thinking processes. It wasn’t the benefits for the users, the convenience, the efficiency, but the authoritarian use that mattered to them first.
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This is a really informative vlogpost (if that's the right term) from @chrischirp.bsky.social. It's almost impossible to keep up with even the headlines of what Trump is doing, and there's so much else going on beneath: christinapagel.substack.com/p/war-and-pr... 1/2
War and Propaganda in the US last week
What flew under the radar that you should know about
christinapagel.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:24 PM
This is a really informative vlogpost (if that's the right term) from @chrischirp.bsky.social. It's almost impossible to keep up with even the headlines of what Trump is doing, and there's so much else going on beneath: christinapagel.substack.com/p/war-and-pr... 1/2
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Utterly damning report from Office for Environmental Protection - the Govt’s not only missing its targets to protect wildlife in England, it’s also failing on *almost all* environmental measures - and in some cases actively destroying the natural world through its obsession with growth at all costs
Government’s wildlife targets will be missed in England, watchdog says
Seven out of 10 targets have little likelihood of being met by 2030, Office for Environmental Protection says
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Utterly damning report from Office for Environmental Protection - the Govt’s not only missing its targets to protect wildlife in England, it’s also failing on *almost all* environmental measures - and in some cases actively destroying the natural world through its obsession with growth at all costs
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Please read this. The UK political & media establishment is asleep at the wheel.
We have made ourselves wholly dependent on a Trump ally for our national security at the exact moment Trump is threatening to invade a NATO ally
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
We have made ourselves wholly dependent on a Trump ally for our national security at the exact moment Trump is threatening to invade a NATO ally
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
January 11, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Please read this. The UK political & media establishment is asleep at the wheel.
We have made ourselves wholly dependent on a Trump ally for our national security at the exact moment Trump is threatening to invade a NATO ally
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
We have made ourselves wholly dependent on a Trump ally for our national security at the exact moment Trump is threatening to invade a NATO ally
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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Europe comes to BlueSky.
All committees at the @europarl.europa.eu are being blue checked.
January 11, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Europe comes to BlueSky.
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🇩🇪 Über hundert deutsche Politiker.innen (Abgeordnete, MEPs usw.) wurden seit gestern von @bsky.app zertifiziert ✅
Stellen Sie Listen oder Starterpacks zusammen (vor allem auch die Fraktionen für Ihre Mitglieder).
@bundestag.de
Stellen Sie Listen oder Starterpacks zusammen (vor allem auch die Fraktionen für Ihre Mitglieder).
@bundestag.de
Bluesky Growth & Verification Statistics - Trends, Blue Checks & Bot Activity
Track Bluesky's growth with real-time statistics on user growth, verified accounts (blue checks), trusted verifiers, and bot activity. Analytics include domain distribution, geographic breakdown, and ...
bskycheck.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:31 AM
🇩🇪 Über hundert deutsche Politiker.innen (Abgeordnete, MEPs usw.) wurden seit gestern von @bsky.app zertifiziert ✅
Stellen Sie Listen oder Starterpacks zusammen (vor allem auch die Fraktionen für Ihre Mitglieder).
@bundestag.de
Stellen Sie Listen oder Starterpacks zusammen (vor allem auch die Fraktionen für Ihre Mitglieder).
@bundestag.de
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Kyiv is currently entirely without power and heating after today’s attack. Authorities urged people to leave the city if they can. This is a humanitarian disaster, in case anyone didn’t know
January 9, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Kyiv is currently entirely without power and heating after today’s attack. Authorities urged people to leave the city if they can. This is a humanitarian disaster, in case anyone didn’t know
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Something I always wondered is how it would be covered if America became a dictatorship
This is it
This is it
January 9, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Something I always wondered is how it would be covered if America became a dictatorship
This is it
This is it
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Can you imagine this for a random abusive nudify app, except the Commission went out of its way to create a special European Commission account on the sexual abuse app and posts updates several times a day from within the sexual abuse app on its activities and news
January 9, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Can you imagine this for a random abusive nudify app, except the Commission went out of its way to create a special European Commission account on the sexual abuse app and posts updates several times a day from within the sexual abuse app on its activities and news
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Im #Tagesanbruch skizziert @faharms.bsky.social heute, was uns alles im Alltag blühen könnte, wenn Trump Europa noch weniger mag oder mehr unter Druck setzen will. Mindestens für Unternehmen heißt das, sich dringend mit Europäischen Alternativen für digitale Produkte zu befassen.
Internet weg? Trump kann Deutschland ausknipsen
Jeder Bürger spürt die fatale Abhängigkeit von den USA.
www.t-online.de
January 9, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Im #Tagesanbruch skizziert @faharms.bsky.social heute, was uns alles im Alltag blühen könnte, wenn Trump Europa noch weniger mag oder mehr unter Druck setzen will. Mindestens für Unternehmen heißt das, sich dringend mit Europäischen Alternativen für digitale Produkte zu befassen.
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100% this 🥂
Also worth remembering that, since time immemorial, fostering a sense of helplessness has been a standard weapon in the armoury of repression. Embracing good humour, goodwill, and positive action to help one's community is a most effective and enjoyable way to fight back.
Also worth remembering that, since time immemorial, fostering a sense of helplessness has been a standard weapon in the armoury of repression. Embracing good humour, goodwill, and positive action to help one's community is a most effective and enjoyable way to fight back.
I know "nothing ever changes" is part psychological defence and part easiest hedge bet, because it is so often true, but people should think before sharing their "everything will always be awful" take. First, it adds to collective depression, but also it becomes a personally disempowering mantra.
January 8, 2026 at 1:04 PM
100% this 🥂
Also worth remembering that, since time immemorial, fostering a sense of helplessness has been a standard weapon in the armoury of repression. Embracing good humour, goodwill, and positive action to help one's community is a most effective and enjoyable way to fight back.
Also worth remembering that, since time immemorial, fostering a sense of helplessness has been a standard weapon in the armoury of repression. Embracing good humour, goodwill, and positive action to help one's community is a most effective and enjoyable way to fight back.
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This shit is being reinforced by our media and entertainment elite not just the political elite and we are calling it populism and yet they aren't even in alignment with the majority on many things.
January 6, 2026 at 10:25 AM
This shit is being reinforced by our media and entertainment elite not just the political elite and we are calling it populism and yet they aren't even in alignment with the majority on many things.
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“Palantir, a technology company with close ties to the Trump administration has cemented its role analyzing data for the U.K.’s military — despite an ongoing standoff between the two governments over trade and digital regulations.”
www.politico.eu/article/pala...
www.politico.eu/article/pala...
Palantir lands biggest ever UK defense deal
The £240 million contract with the Ministry of Defence has renewed a debate about Britain’s dependence on American technology.
www.politico.eu
January 6, 2026 at 9:07 AM
“Palantir, a technology company with close ties to the Trump administration has cemented its role analyzing data for the U.K.’s military — despite an ongoing standoff between the two governments over trade and digital regulations.”
www.politico.eu/article/pala...
www.politico.eu/article/pala...
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Trump has been pretty clear all year that he views military and economic might as the only important geopolitical factor. If he can, and he wants to, he will.
This is all happening in plain sight, and if we refuse to believe our eyes we only have ourselves to blame. 10/11
This is all happening in plain sight, and if we refuse to believe our eyes we only have ourselves to blame. 10/11
January 5, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Trump has been pretty clear all year that he views military and economic might as the only important geopolitical factor. If he can, and he wants to, he will.
This is all happening in plain sight, and if we refuse to believe our eyes we only have ourselves to blame. 10/11
This is all happening in plain sight, and if we refuse to believe our eyes we only have ourselves to blame. 10/11
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Given everything happening right now, I updated this article with options for weather apps, web forms, and translation services — along with some tweaks to existing categories.
I hope it helps your transition off US tech!
I hope it helps your transition off US tech!
Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
www.disconnect.blog
January 4, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Given everything happening right now, I updated this article with options for weather apps, web forms, and translation services — along with some tweaks to existing categories.
I hope it helps your transition off US tech!
I hope it helps your transition off US tech!
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Trump isn’t predictable or consistent, but this particular action *would* be consistent with the emergence of a G2+1 order where Washington and Beijing, with Moscow as a junior partner, give each other free rein in their purported spheres of influence.
This will go down well in Moscow and Beijing. Goodbye, international order.
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Trump says Venezuela's Maduro captured after strikes
The U.S. has struck Venezuela and captured its President Nicolas Maduro, who has been taken out of the country, President Donald Trump said on Saturday.
www.reuters.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Trump isn’t predictable or consistent, but this particular action *would* be consistent with the emergence of a G2+1 order where Washington and Beijing, with Moscow as a junior partner, give each other free rein in their purported spheres of influence.
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It's New Year, so time to look back and forward. These are 10 things I think we need to recognise in 2026. It’s a response to what I think are profoundly damaging mistaken assumptions I’ve heard and read from practitioners, journalists, and analysts in 2025. Warning: very long🧵
January 1, 2026 at 4:55 PM
It's New Year, so time to look back and forward. These are 10 things I think we need to recognise in 2026. It’s a response to what I think are profoundly damaging mistaken assumptions I’ve heard and read from practitioners, journalists, and analysts in 2025. Warning: very long🧵
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Half reform inheritance tax so farmers treated a bit more like others
Run into a backlash
Wait
Wait
Wait till it’s dropped off radar
Then decide that a quarter-reform might be better
Will this win any votes?
Hard to imagine
What it will do is make it harder to make other policies stick
Run into a backlash
Wait
Wait
Wait till it’s dropped off radar
Then decide that a quarter-reform might be better
Will this win any votes?
Hard to imagine
What it will do is make it harder to make other policies stick
Major new concession on farm inheritance tax bit.ly/3Y9rdDX on top of normal reliefs farmers can leave £2.5m tax free - up from £1m - and heirs pay half normal tax on rest. Left to a spouse all is taxfree and then spouse’s heirs gets double - could total £6 million free of Inheritance Tax.
Inheritance tax reliefs threshold to rise to £2.5m for farmers and businesses
£1m Agricultural and Business Property Reliefs threshold increased to £2.5m from April 2026 – allowing spouses or civil partners to pass on up to £5m in qualifying agricultural or business assets betw...
bit.ly
December 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Half reform inheritance tax so farmers treated a bit more like others
Run into a backlash
Wait
Wait
Wait till it’s dropped off radar
Then decide that a quarter-reform might be better
Will this win any votes?
Hard to imagine
What it will do is make it harder to make other policies stick
Run into a backlash
Wait
Wait
Wait till it’s dropped off radar
Then decide that a quarter-reform might be better
Will this win any votes?
Hard to imagine
What it will do is make it harder to make other policies stick
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MPs question UK Palantir contracts after investigation reveals security concerns
MPs question UK Palantir contracts after investigation reveals security concerns
Journalists find Swiss government rejected company over fears US intelligence might gain access to sensitive data
UK MPs have raised concerns about the government’s contracts with Palantir after an investigation published in Switzerland highlighted allegations about the suitability and security of its products.
The investigation by the Zurich-based research collective WAV and the Swiss online magazine Republik details Palantir’s efforts, over the course of seven years, to sell its products to Swiss federal agencies. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
MPs question UK Palantir contracts after investigation reveals security concerns