@nick-james.bsky.social
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They didn't even top the bill
February 6, 2026 at 4:04 PM
They didn't even top the bill
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He’s a lawyer. He knows how to weigh evidence. He is lying.
“I was fooled”. That’s a good reason to quit. Unfit for office if he can be fooled so easy.
“I was fooled”. That’s a good reason to quit. Unfit for office if he can be fooled so easy.
I'm not sure "I was fooled by lies" is a great defence or advert for Sir Keir because
a) Mandelson's been known as "The Prince of Darkness" since I was a child
b) Sir Keir was the Director of Public Prosecutions, the body responsible for *dealing with criminals*, many of whom are fucking liars
a) Mandelson's been known as "The Prince of Darkness" since I was a child
b) Sir Keir was the Director of Public Prosecutions, the body responsible for *dealing with criminals*, many of whom are fucking liars
February 6, 2026 at 3:16 PM
He’s a lawyer. He knows how to weigh evidence. He is lying.
“I was fooled”. That’s a good reason to quit. Unfit for office if he can be fooled so easy.
“I was fooled”. That’s a good reason to quit. Unfit for office if he can be fooled so easy.
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Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
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Great work by @manchestermill.bsky.social
As election at a dozen elections & hundreds of candidates, I would just note that is about the biggest no-no there could possibly be for an agent and for the party. The imprint is the first and last thing you check before allowing a leaflet to go out.
As election at a dozen elections & hundreds of candidates, I would just note that is about the biggest no-no there could possibly be for an agent and for the party. The imprint is the first and last thing you check before allowing a leaflet to go out.
Constituents received a letter from a concerned pensioner called Patricia Clegg, a lifelong Labour voter who is planning to switch to Reform.
What they didn't know was Clegg was writing it on the party's behalf, because they didn't label it properly.
What they didn't know was Clegg was writing it on the party's behalf, because they didn't label it properly.
February 6, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Great work by @manchestermill.bsky.social
As election at a dozen elections & hundreds of candidates, I would just note that is about the biggest no-no there could possibly be for an agent and for the party. The imprint is the first and last thing you check before allowing a leaflet to go out.
As election at a dozen elections & hundreds of candidates, I would just note that is about the biggest no-no there could possibly be for an agent and for the party. The imprint is the first and last thing you check before allowing a leaflet to go out.
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Looks like the effectiveness of electoral law may be facing a test:
manchestermill.co.uk/exclusive-re...
@manchestermill.bsky.social really does some extraordinary work.
manchestermill.co.uk/exclusive-re...
@manchestermill.bsky.social really does some extraordinary work.
Exclusive: Reform UK just broke electoral law in Gorton and Denton
People across the constituency thought they were getting a letter from a concerned pensioner, they didn’t know she was working for Reform
manchestermill.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Looks like the effectiveness of electoral law may be facing a test:
manchestermill.co.uk/exclusive-re...
@manchestermill.bsky.social really does some extraordinary work.
manchestermill.co.uk/exclusive-re...
@manchestermill.bsky.social really does some extraordinary work.
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this is a very partial list. most of this lot would have you jailed for heckling them at a hustings
February 6, 2026 at 6:19 PM
this is a very partial list. most of this lot would have you jailed for heckling them at a hustings
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If she is sent back to Ecuador, Mayra Vaca Latacunga only asks that she not be separated from her daughter again. (via Maine Public) www.bangordailynews.com/2026/02/06/y...
A mother in Maine has been reunited with her daughter after ICE arrest
Mayra Vaca Latacunga, a single mother, was detained by immigration agents, leaving her daughter alone at school. Her future in the U.S. is uncertain.
www.bangordailynews.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:56 PM
If she is sent back to Ecuador, Mayra Vaca Latacunga only asks that she not be separated from her daughter again. (via Maine Public) www.bangordailynews.com/2026/02/06/y...
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Westboro Baptist Church tried to make an Anti-Luigi Mangione poster but it just looks like Luigi is threatening billionaires and goes unironically hard af
February 4, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Westboro Baptist Church tried to make an Anti-Luigi Mangione poster but it just looks like Luigi is threatening billionaires and goes unironically hard af
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Once you start noticing that the press can easily produce an endless series of expats from countries America is about to attack (again) who are loudly in favour of bombing, it becomes difficult to stop noticing.
January 28, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Once you start noticing that the press can easily produce an endless series of expats from countries America is about to attack (again) who are loudly in favour of bombing, it becomes difficult to stop noticing.
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Yes. Dad is an editor for the Spectator after decades at BBC. Mum is arts critic for Observer, also ex-BBC. The kid is clearly trying to build her own brand.
January 27, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Yes. Dad is an editor for the Spectator after decades at BBC. Mum is arts critic for Observer, also ex-BBC. The kid is clearly trying to build her own brand.
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Okay, so this now looks a lot like the Slippin’ Jimmy thing from Better Call Saul: walk into the bar then do a flying header into the fire extinguisher, and phone your lawyer. Again, it’s a nexus of: well-connected wingnut cranks, the Times newspaper and billionaire legal funding.
January 27, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Okay, so this now looks a lot like the Slippin’ Jimmy thing from Better Call Saul: walk into the bar then do a flying header into the fire extinguisher, and phone your lawyer. Again, it’s a nexus of: well-connected wingnut cranks, the Times newspaper and billionaire legal funding.
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This by-election has Caerphilly 2.0 written all over it. Constituency where the pundits will only talk about Reform, despite 65% of the electorate having no history of right-wing votes, then get shocked when voters reach for the nearest progressive alternative with Labour having fucked it
NEW: Former academic Matt Goodwin has been announced as Reform UK's candidate for the Gorton & Denton byelection.
January 27, 2026 at 4:40 PM
This by-election has Caerphilly 2.0 written all over it. Constituency where the pundits will only talk about Reform, despite 65% of the electorate having no history of right-wing votes, then get shocked when voters reach for the nearest progressive alternative with Labour having fucked it
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I'm all of Robert Peston's sources, I'm roaring drunk and texting him whatever comes into my head. He thinks I'm everyone except Mandelson
January 27, 2026 at 1:05 PM
I'm all of Robert Peston's sources, I'm roaring drunk and texting him whatever comes into my head. He thinks I'm everyone except Mandelson
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While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
January 27, 2026 at 5:07 PM
While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
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it's also a demand never made of, say, rural people who won't go into the city because they think they'll be murdered.
"getting outside your bubble" is an admirable thing when it means trying a new hobby or introducing yourself to your neighbor or watching an art film but people only want to apply it to "being a little more racist just to see how it feels"
these people seem like idiots
January 27, 2026 at 6:30 PM
it's also a demand never made of, say, rural people who won't go into the city because they think they'll be murdered.
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Minder privacy betekent voor bigtechbedrijven vooral: meer data roven waarmee winst gemaakt kan worden. Wat Meredith Whittaker betreft, worden marketingpraat, mythes over superintelligentie en vage privacy-beloften veel te weinig bevraagd. 'Privacy washing in deze branche komt veel voor.'
January 27, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Minder privacy betekent voor bigtechbedrijven vooral: meer data roven waarmee winst gemaakt kan worden. Wat Meredith Whittaker betreft, worden marketingpraat, mythes over superintelligentie en vage privacy-beloften veel te weinig bevraagd. 'Privacy washing in deze branche komt veel voor.'
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Correction. The SS are coming.
‘It’s not like the SS are coming’: The Italian government is scrambling to quell ICE furor after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed its agents are assisting with security at next month’s Winter Olympics in Italy.
‘It’s not like the SS are coming’: Italy bids to quell ICE furor before Winter Olympics
Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani insists that U.S. agents are “not going to be those that are on the street in Minneapolis.”
www.politico.eu
January 27, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Correction. The SS are coming.
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All the people ICE has killed this year: (H/T Qasim Rashid)
Alex Pretti
Renee Good
Keith Porter
Heber Sanchaz Dominguez
Victor Manuel Diaz
Parady La
Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
Geraldo Lunas Campos
Alex Pretti
Renee Good
Keith Porter
Heber Sanchaz Dominguez
Victor Manuel Diaz
Parady La
Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
Geraldo Lunas Campos
January 27, 2026 at 7:25 PM
All the people ICE has killed this year: (H/T Qasim Rashid)
Alex Pretti
Renee Good
Keith Porter
Heber Sanchaz Dominguez
Victor Manuel Diaz
Parady La
Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
Geraldo Lunas Campos
Alex Pretti
Renee Good
Keith Porter
Heber Sanchaz Dominguez
Victor Manuel Diaz
Parady La
Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
Geraldo Lunas Campos
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This is funny. Harman fixed a seat that was due to be an all-women shortlist so her husband could be the candidate.
Andy Burnham 'not entitled' to a seat in parliament, Harriet Harman says
Andy Burnham 'not entitled' to a seat in parliament, Harriet Harman says
Andy Burnham is not "entitled" to a seat in parliament, Harriet Harman has said.
news.sky.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 AM
This is funny. Harman fixed a seat that was due to be an all-women shortlist so her husband could be the candidate.
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What is *absolutely ridiculous* is that you, a well-remunerated professional opiner, a mainstay of the British pundit class for decades, are a credulous dolt who lazily—yet somehow slavishly—regurgitates WhatsApp messages you receive as news. You are a gossip tweeter. You are fucking TMZ for SpAds.
January 28, 2026 at 12:35 AM
What is *absolutely ridiculous* is that you, a well-remunerated professional opiner, a mainstay of the British pundit class for decades, are a credulous dolt who lazily—yet somehow slavishly—regurgitates WhatsApp messages you receive as news. You are a gossip tweeter. You are fucking TMZ for SpAds.
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Bovino has been fired which is a good reminder to ICE agents: every single person above you will throw you under a bus the instant it becomes politically advantageous for them. All the way, and especially, to the top.
January 27, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Bovino has been fired which is a good reminder to ICE agents: every single person above you will throw you under a bus the instant it becomes politically advantageous for them. All the way, and especially, to the top.
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Happening right now. In America.
ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Happening right now. In America.
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As part of their effort to make sure far right sheriffs don't get reelected uncontested, @boltsmag.org has put together a list of every one that is up for vote in 2026.
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
Which Counties Elect Their Prosecutors and Sheriffs in 2026? - Bolts
There are roughly 2,400 elections for prosecutor and sheriff in 2026. Below is our Bolts database of those local elections. You can also read our preliminary overview of these elections, published in....
boltsmag.org
January 27, 2026 at 12:37 AM
As part of their effort to make sure far right sheriffs don't get reelected uncontested, @boltsmag.org has put together a list of every one that is up for vote in 2026.
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
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Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.