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I think we all deserve the endorphin release that her reaction will bring. Is that too much to ask?
January 2, 2026 at 11:39 PM
I think we all deserve the endorphin release that her reaction will bring. Is that too much to ask?
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It should also happen because quite frankly I want to watch Kemi immediately denounce the decision and then get asked in interviews about why government comms should be on a platform that allows CSAM. I want to watch her enthusiastically step on this rake
January 2, 2026 at 11:37 PM
It should also happen because quite frankly I want to watch Kemi immediately denounce the decision and then get asked in interviews about why government comms should be on a platform that allows CSAM. I want to watch her enthusiastically step on this rake
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The year is 2028. A child pulls an ancient bottle from the mud on the banks of the Thames. It has a note inside. He turns to his father with a concerned face and says "Daddy, what does https:// mean?“
January 2, 2026 at 11:36 PM
The year is 2028. A child pulls an ancient bottle from the mud on the banks of the Thames. It has a note inside. He turns to his father with a concerned face and says "Daddy, what does https:// mean?“
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Indeed. I would love to pretend I have shifted over here because of my superior virtue, but it's because frankly I would be better off writing my pieces' HTML address on a piece of paper, putting the paper in a bottle, and throwing the bottle in the Thames and hoping it reaches an FT reader.
Lost amid the discussion of why the Government should get off X is its utter uselessness as an engagement tool and the fact departments are wasting vast sums making content for it. Take this:
January 2, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Indeed. I would love to pretend I have shifted over here because of my superior virtue, but it's because frankly I would be better off writing my pieces' HTML address on a piece of paper, putting the paper in a bottle, and throwing the bottle in the Thames and hoping it reaches an FT reader.
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guys, "the judges at the ICC are being sanctioned by the USA and can't access their iphones or bank accounts" and "why aren't any countries banning twitter or prosecuting elon musk for owning a site that manufactures CSAM" stories are the same story
January 2, 2026 at 6:58 PM
guys, "the judges at the ICC are being sanctioned by the USA and can't access their iphones or bank accounts" and "why aren't any countries banning twitter or prosecuting elon musk for owning a site that manufactures CSAM" stories are the same story
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any country that tries to express an opposition to CSAM will be rewarded with musk attempting to incite a far-right terrorist coup
guys, "the judges at the ICC are being sanctioned by the USA and can't access their iphones or bank accounts" and "why aren't any countries banning twitter or prosecuting elon musk for owning a site that manufactures CSAM" stories are the same story
January 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM
any country that tries to express an opposition to CSAM will be rewarded with musk attempting to incite a far-right terrorist coup
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Needless to say this is not happening but it does offer the immensely funny prospect of Blue Labour trying to defect to Reform en masse after Starmer resigns and Farage turning them away
January 2, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Needless to say this is not happening but it does offer the immensely funny prospect of Blue Labour trying to defect to Reform en masse after Starmer resigns and Farage turning them away
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The demand here is to basically dissolve civil society and elect a new one that'll take the Westminster bubble's fetishes seriously
January 2, 2026 at 1:20 PM
The demand here is to basically dissolve civil society and elect a new one that'll take the Westminster bubble's fetishes seriously
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This is also ass-backwards in my view, as the things he is mad about are politically difficult and administratively quite doable. The Treasury/DWP could probably put together the framework for cutting benefits in a couple of months even if implementation took time, but politically its not doable.
Just like the Tories, Labour's centrist hacks think themselves omniscient and infallible - they cannot fail, they can only be failed. So when they do fail, they blame everyone else.
We saw it with the Tories, and it's already started from the Starmerites with this idiotic dreck: archive.ph/rHoXA
We saw it with the Tories, and it's already started from the Starmerites with this idiotic dreck: archive.ph/rHoXA
January 2, 2026 at 1:16 PM
This is also ass-backwards in my view, as the things he is mad about are politically difficult and administratively quite doable. The Treasury/DWP could probably put together the framework for cutting benefits in a couple of months even if implementation took time, but politically its not doable.
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do not post photos of your children online unless they are an incomprehensible mist creature who makes cameras glitch out and everyone who perceives them to start banging their heads against a wall
January 2, 2026 at 10:22 PM
do not post photos of your children online unless they are an incomprehensible mist creature who makes cameras glitch out and everyone who perceives them to start banging their heads against a wall
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There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
NEW: People are using Elon Musk's chatbot, Grok, to alter images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
Grok Is Being Used to Depict Horrific Violence Against Real Women
People are asking Elon Musk's Grok chatbot to alter images to depict women being sexually abused, humiliated, and even killed.
futurism.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
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For this Technical Report, pieces of the Western Electric AN/BQR-15 passive towed array (Ohio- and Lafayette-class SSBN submarines) were allowed to be bitten by sharks, and the damage was assessed:
"Study of fish bite on the AN/BQR-15 towed array."
🔗 apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA...
"Study of fish bite on the AN/BQR-15 towed array."
🔗 apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA...
January 2, 2026 at 9:06 PM
For this Technical Report, pieces of the Western Electric AN/BQR-15 passive towed array (Ohio- and Lafayette-class SSBN submarines) were allowed to be bitten by sharks, and the damage was assessed:
"Study of fish bite on the AN/BQR-15 towed array."
🔗 apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA...
"Study of fish bite on the AN/BQR-15 towed array."
🔗 apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA...
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This. They have no particular patriotism only allegiance to an eternal grift
January 2, 2026 at 7:53 PM
This. They have no particular patriotism only allegiance to an eternal grift
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The burning ambition of every british right winger on Twitter is to be a dancing monkey for American conservative influencers
January 2, 2026 at 7:48 PM
The burning ambition of every british right winger on Twitter is to be a dancing monkey for American conservative influencers
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sliwa correctly understanding that mamdani ran a very traditional campaign and thus surpassing the analytical ability of 80% if people who comment on politics for a living
this is the most incredible interview i’ve ever read. the aei guy tries so hard to get sliwa to trash mamdani and he simply won’t. he also brings up flaco (rip) unprompted.
www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
![How would you describe Mamdani's politics?
He's not a communist. People call him that. That's ridiculous. He is a democratic socialist. David Dinkins [New York mayor from 1990-93] was a democratic socialist. We've had a long history in New York City of socialism.
What's the biggest challenge Mamdani faces as mayor!
I don't think the Zohranistas totally understand the fiscal irresponsibility we just went through with the Adams years and how little money there's left.
There's not enough money to do all the things that Zohran wants to do.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ssxnmhdtz6le6nxu7jfhglz6/bafkreic7pxra6vmrjmqo4jmw4vdagiluj6xtkovqb3f4ex7fc55m7pzaxu@jpeg)
January 2, 2026 at 12:27 AM
sliwa correctly understanding that mamdani ran a very traditional campaign and thus surpassing the analytical ability of 80% if people who comment on politics for a living
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The American government of 2025 talks about ethnic cleansing and "management" with an openness that the Federal government of 1940 would have considered political suicide.
January 2, 2026 at 6:41 PM
The American government of 2025 talks about ethnic cleansing and "management" with an openness that the Federal government of 1940 would have considered political suicide.
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People are going to smugly tell Will he's wrong but there is a significant difference between random cranks on the fringe talking like this and civil authorities, something that has not been seen since the 1940s.
I’ve spent years shouting about how the internet was driving a resurgence in scientific racism, as a pretext for much more vulgar forms of racism. Nonetheless, “We should remove X and Y ethnic groups from the US” was not something you’d hear from anyone with even a hint of respectability until 2025.
Yeah they did, you just weren’t paying attention to the people telling you this.
January 2, 2026 at 6:39 PM
People are going to smugly tell Will he's wrong but there is a significant difference between random cranks on the fringe talking like this and civil authorities, something that has not been seen since the 1940s.
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something like this?
January 2, 2026 at 11:28 AM
something like this?
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say goodbye to abundance and say hello to red plenty
January 2, 2026 at 12:34 AM
say goodbye to abundance and say hello to red plenty
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I think this is trend across all the services: looking for a service solution when there's a better joint solution.
January 2, 2026 at 4:19 PM
I think this is trend across all the services: looking for a service solution when there's a better joint solution.
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This is a good write up of what we're seeing in mechanized warfare in Ukraine with good recommendations for the Army. But really, if the Army wants to avoid that kind of fight, they should be asking for a bigger Air Force.
warontherocks.com/2026/01/why-...
warontherocks.com/2026/01/why-...
Why Mechanized Warfare Will Still Be Decisive in the Next Land War
Mechanized warfare is not dead. Observers have been debating this topic since the Ukrainian military and volunteers beat back the Russian assault on Kiev
warontherocks.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:18 PM
This is a good write up of what we're seeing in mechanized warfare in Ukraine with good recommendations for the Army. But really, if the Army wants to avoid that kind of fight, they should be asking for a bigger Air Force.
warontherocks.com/2026/01/why-...
warontherocks.com/2026/01/why-...
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Every other opinion column in an English-language paper these days is just 'random Labour/Democrat apparatchik explicitly opposes the concept of civil society'
Just like the Tories, Labour's centrist hacks think themselves omniscient and infallible - they cannot fail, they can only be failed. So when they do fail, they blame everyone else.
We saw it with the Tories, and it's already started from the Starmerites with this idiotic dreck: archive.ph/rHoXA
We saw it with the Tories, and it's already started from the Starmerites with this idiotic dreck: archive.ph/rHoXA
January 2, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Every other opinion column in an English-language paper these days is just 'random Labour/Democrat apparatchik explicitly opposes the concept of civil society'
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That "The pensioners who are renting peice" a few months ago did feel a bit like when you saw "There is some weird respiratory illness in Wuhan".
January 2, 2026 at 12:56 PM
That "The pensioners who are renting peice" a few months ago did feel a bit like when you saw "There is some weird respiratory illness in Wuhan".
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I need to stop going on about it, but there was an Economist piece last year going 'why are Labour spending so much money on social housing? It's sub-optimal', which, yeah, I agree, but guys, you know what is also sub-optimal: home ownership rates among 40-60 year olds!
January 2, 2026 at 12:44 PM
I need to stop going on about it, but there was an Economist piece last year going 'why are Labour spending so much money on social housing? It's sub-optimal', which, yeah, I agree, but guys, you know what is also sub-optimal: home ownership rates among 40-60 year olds!