Rene Millman
@renemillman.bsky.social
Technology journalist and freelance writer. Waiting for AI to take over my job.
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While we can and should celebrate Keir Starmer securing visa free travel to China
Today Labour doubled down on denying WASPI women compensation, even though Keir Starmer himself called for compensation and campaigned with WASPI women for it
Today Labour doubled down on denying WASPI women compensation, even though Keir Starmer himself called for compensation and campaigned with WASPI women for it
January 29, 2026 at 1:47 PM
While we can and should celebrate Keir Starmer securing visa free travel to China
Today Labour doubled down on denying WASPI women compensation, even though Keir Starmer himself called for compensation and campaigned with WASPI women for it
Today Labour doubled down on denying WASPI women compensation, even though Keir Starmer himself called for compensation and campaigned with WASPI women for it
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YouGov's first voting intention poll for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election shows clear leads for the SNP, with Reform UK now in second place
Constituency vote
SNP: 34% (-14 from 2021 election)
Ref: 20% (New)
Lab: 15% (-7)
Con: 10% (-12)
LD: 10% (+3)
Grn: 9% (+8)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Constituency vote
SNP: 34% (-14 from 2021 election)
Ref: 20% (New)
Lab: 15% (-7)
Con: 10% (-12)
LD: 10% (+3)
Grn: 9% (+8)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
January 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM
YouGov's first voting intention poll for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election shows clear leads for the SNP, with Reform UK now in second place
Constituency vote
SNP: 34% (-14 from 2021 election)
Ref: 20% (New)
Lab: 15% (-7)
Con: 10% (-12)
LD: 10% (+3)
Grn: 9% (+8)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Constituency vote
SNP: 34% (-14 from 2021 election)
Ref: 20% (New)
Lab: 15% (-7)
Con: 10% (-12)
LD: 10% (+3)
Grn: 9% (+8)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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The general sense of the news reports from the United States is that the federal government has realised it has gone too far too soon in being filmed freely killing civilians in the streets.
Public opinion is just not ready for that yet.
Public opinion is just not ready for that yet.
January 29, 2026 at 2:32 PM
The general sense of the news reports from the United States is that the federal government has realised it has gone too far too soon in being filmed freely killing civilians in the streets.
Public opinion is just not ready for that yet.
Public opinion is just not ready for that yet.
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On Monday the Workers Party tweeted that Sarwar was their candidate. On Tuesday the BBC reported it. On Wednesday WPGB complained that the BBC had made the story up—despite the original tweet still showing on their account 😵💫
Looks like Galloway might run after all: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Looks like Galloway might run after all: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Workers Party of Britain to choose from four for by-election
Party leader George Galloway and councillor Shahbaz Sarwar are among those being considered.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 2:36 PM
On Monday the Workers Party tweeted that Sarwar was their candidate. On Tuesday the BBC reported it. On Wednesday WPGB complained that the BBC had made the story up—despite the original tweet still showing on their account 😵💫
Looks like Galloway might run after all: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Looks like Galloway might run after all: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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For those joining Bluesky from the Bad Place: welcome.
Yes, you could/should have made the decision sooner, but it is never too late to make a good decision.
And there is a lot on this site which will remind you of the Bad Place before it was bad.
Yes, you could/should have made the decision sooner, but it is never too late to make a good decision.
And there is a lot on this site which will remind you of the Bad Place before it was bad.
January 12, 2026 at 3:50 PM
For those joining Bluesky from the Bad Place: welcome.
Yes, you could/should have made the decision sooner, but it is never too late to make a good decision.
And there is a lot on this site which will remind you of the Bad Place before it was bad.
Yes, you could/should have made the decision sooner, but it is never too late to make a good decision.
And there is a lot on this site which will remind you of the Bad Place before it was bad.
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Paul Verhoeven undefeated in creating a movie that flies right over the heads of the people it’s making fun of
Rightwing influencers are so bad at interpreting source material that they can only do it correctly by accident, when they're trying to make a joke
January 12, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Paul Verhoeven undefeated in creating a movie that flies right over the heads of the people it’s making fun of
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I think she'd be our first indigenous woman senator, and I also think she's kind of great (and who can resist "fish family freedom" as a slogan?).
My name is Mary Peltola, and I'm running for U.S. Senate to fight for fish, family, and freedom – and that begins with fixing the rigged system in DC that’s shutting down Alaska.
We need systemic change if we're going to lower costs, save our fisheries, and fill our homes with abundance again.
We need systemic change if we're going to lower costs, save our fisheries, and fill our homes with abundance again.
January 12, 2026 at 4:16 PM
I think she'd be our first indigenous woman senator, and I also think she's kind of great (and who can resist "fish family freedom" as a slogan?).
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Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
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In an ongoing lawsuit by Minnesota protesters claiming first amendment violations by ICE, the Trump administration has filed a response describing threats and violence against federal agents -- including frequent confrontations with vehicles either trailing or blocking them.
January 8, 2026 at 5:21 PM
In an ongoing lawsuit by Minnesota protesters claiming first amendment violations by ICE, the Trump administration has filed a response describing threats and violence against federal agents -- including frequent confrontations with vehicles either trailing or blocking them.
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Right after Renée Good’s disgusting murder, a ICE goon was filmed kicking her memorial candles.
Absolutely vile.
Absolutely vile.
January 8, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Right after Renée Good’s disgusting murder, a ICE goon was filmed kicking her memorial candles.
Absolutely vile.
Absolutely vile.
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"Because the U.S. entered the UNFCCC with advice and consent of the Senate in 1992, it’s our legal view that it also must be exited using the same process in reciprocation... Letting this lawless move stand could shut the U.S. out of climate diplomacy forever"
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Trump withdrawal from bedrock UN climate treaty raises legal questions
Trump said that the U.S. would withdraw from the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change.
www.reuters.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:33 PM
"Because the U.S. entered the UNFCCC with advice and consent of the Senate in 1992, it’s our legal view that it also must be exited using the same process in reciprocation... Letting this lawless move stand could shut the U.S. out of climate diplomacy forever"
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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"The UK is not Hungary, but the direction it is taking is alarmingly familiar. Make no mistake, this new authority in the UK may not be wielded by those who promise to use it responsibly. Laws outlast governments."
Slowly but surely, a state can repress its people. Why is the UK channelling Viktor Orbán’s Hungary? | Lydia Gall
I know enough about the erosion of civil rights to fear what I now see in the UK. Britons should understand how this ends, says Lydia Gall of Human Rights Watch
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:16 PM
"The UK is not Hungary, but the direction it is taking is alarmingly familiar. Make no mistake, this new authority in the UK may not be wielded by those who promise to use it responsibly. Laws outlast governments."
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Sky News on Renee Nicole Good murder: "There are deeply conflicting accounts of what happened."
REALLY? Gonna both-sides this? One "account" can be seen on video and is confirmed by a dozen eye-witnesses. The other is a social media post by history's most notorious pathological liar.
Grow a spine.
REALLY? Gonna both-sides this? One "account" can be seen on video and is confirmed by a dozen eye-witnesses. The other is a social media post by history's most notorious pathological liar.
Grow a spine.
January 8, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Sky News on Renee Nicole Good murder: "There are deeply conflicting accounts of what happened."
REALLY? Gonna both-sides this? One "account" can be seen on video and is confirmed by a dozen eye-witnesses. The other is a social media post by history's most notorious pathological liar.
Grow a spine.
REALLY? Gonna both-sides this? One "account" can be seen on video and is confirmed by a dozen eye-witnesses. The other is a social media post by history's most notorious pathological liar.
Grow a spine.
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This is truly grim
Republicans doubling down, threatening to kill more Americans
Rep. Randy Fine: "It's time for Americans to say 'enough,' and if you get in the way of the government repelling a foreign invasion, you're gonna end up just like that lady did yesterday."
January 8, 2026 at 4:31 PM
This is truly grim
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“Emerson does not have a mother today because one of you murdered a woman in cold blood yesterday.”
January 8, 2026 at 4:16 PM
“Emerson does not have a mother today because one of you murdered a woman in cold blood yesterday.”
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And as for who's illegal:
Border Patrol typically only has legal authority within 100 mi. of the U.S. border. That raised questions when Cdr. Gregory Bovino was at the scene of the fatal shooting of Renee Good.
MPR News spoke with legal scholar César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández about that agency’s jurisdiction in Minnesota.
MPR News spoke with legal scholar César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández about that agency’s jurisdiction in Minnesota.
Greg Bovino, Border Patrol chief on site during Minneapolis ICE shooting
Border Patrol typically only has legal authority within 100 miles of the U.S. border. MPR News host Clay Masters spoke with legal scholar César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández about that agency’s jurisdic...
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 4:45 PM
And as for who's illegal:
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You know you're in trouble when @bellingcat.com is having to analyse reports out of your country because the government and media can no longer be trusted to report accurately.
January 7, 2026 at 10:34 PM
You know you're in trouble when @bellingcat.com is having to analyse reports out of your country because the government and media can no longer be trusted to report accurately.
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👉 ICE Abusing Protesters After Murdering Driver 1/7/26
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnfi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnfi...
January 7, 2026 at 9:39 PM
👉 ICE Abusing Protesters After Murdering Driver 1/7/26
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnfi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnfi...
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The chaos in international politics, frightening though it may be, presents a domestic opportunity to the Labour government: they can be (and will need to be) far more radical. Labour should reset, rebrand, and build a bold new narrative for the middle half of the 21st Century. It's time.
January 8, 2026 at 5:01 PM
The chaos in international politics, frightening though it may be, presents a domestic opportunity to the Labour government: they can be (and will need to be) far more radical. Labour should reset, rebrand, and build a bold new narrative for the middle half of the 21st Century. It's time.
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Car dealers left in limbo as new post Brexit trading rules means some new cars unavailable in NI
www.itv.com/news/utv/202...
www.itv.com/news/utv/202...
January 8, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Car dealers left in limbo as new post Brexit trading rules means some new cars unavailable in NI
www.itv.com/news/utv/202...
www.itv.com/news/utv/202...
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I have been recently comprehensively fooled by both an AI video, and an AI music track. I literally posted years ago about my testing running LLM/StableDiffusion models on my own 3090 and 4090 so I am not new to this. I've had subs and tested ChatGPT, Google Gemini, etc.
We're in fantasy world now.
We're in fantasy world now.
January 8, 2026 at 5:10 PM
I have been recently comprehensively fooled by both an AI video, and an AI music track. I literally posted years ago about my testing running LLM/StableDiffusion models on my own 3090 and 4090 so I am not new to this. I've had subs and tested ChatGPT, Google Gemini, etc.
We're in fantasy world now.
We're in fantasy world now.
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SMOKING GUN NUMBER 2
"A", a Balmoral resident with a valet who had just retired from the Royal Navy, asked Ghislaine Maxwell to find him "inappropriate friends".
Is "distraught" to find she has only found him "appropriate" ones
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"A", a Balmoral resident with a valet who had just retired from the Royal Navy, asked Ghislaine Maxwell to find him "inappropriate friends".
Is "distraught" to find she has only found him "appropriate" ones
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Email from ‘A’ at Balmoral urged Ghislaine Maxwell to find ‘inappropriate friends’
Epstein files reveal messages between his accomplice and a man who appears to be Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
SMOKING GUN NUMBER 2
"A", a Balmoral resident with a valet who had just retired from the Royal Navy, asked Ghislaine Maxwell to find him "inappropriate friends".
Is "distraught" to find she has only found him "appropriate" ones
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"A", a Balmoral resident with a valet who had just retired from the Royal Navy, asked Ghislaine Maxwell to find him "inappropriate friends".
Is "distraught" to find she has only found him "appropriate" ones
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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SMOKING GUN.
Final letter from Epstein to another convicted paedophile.
"We shared one thing … our love for young ladies. Our president [Trump] also shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to ‘grab snatch’"
#Epstein
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Final letter from Epstein to another convicted paedophile.
"We shared one thing … our love for young ladies. Our president [Trump] also shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to ‘grab snatch’"
#Epstein
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Jeffrey Epstein apparently wrote letter to Larry Nassar referencing Trump
Letter to former US gymnastics team doctor postmarked three days after Epstein’s death
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
SMOKING GUN.
Final letter from Epstein to another convicted paedophile.
"We shared one thing … our love for young ladies. Our president [Trump] also shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to ‘grab snatch’"
#Epstein
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Final letter from Epstein to another convicted paedophile.
"We shared one thing … our love for young ladies. Our president [Trump] also shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to ‘grab snatch’"
#Epstein
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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It's the nonce trifecta!
December 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
It's the nonce trifecta!