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It's Mandatory Monday and AI is clearly the future.
mandatoryrollercoaster.com/post/8081046...
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February 9, 2026 at 8:27 PM
It's Mandatory Monday and AI is clearly the future.
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evangelicals are such a joke. 100 years of patting themselves on the back about how they're totally gonna recognize the antichrist when he shows up, now a LDS-alligned torture porn billionaire literally named MR BEAST is building a child financial enslavement app and they sleep
Ofc he is tbh my only surprise is that he has not already done this
February 10, 2026 at 4:50 PM
evangelicals are such a joke. 100 years of patting themselves on the back about how they're totally gonna recognize the antichrist when he shows up, now a LDS-alligned torture porn billionaire literally named MR BEAST is building a child financial enslavement app and they sleep
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Occupation is no longer a reliable indicator of who someone votes for. But property ownership is—and it shows why the UK’s old parties are in decline, writes Tom Clark
Class, but not as we know it
The property-ownership divide is another way of making sense of the decline of the UK’s old parties
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Occupation is no longer a reliable indicator of who someone votes for. But property ownership is—and it shows why the UK’s old parties are in decline, writes Tom Clark
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Under Starmer, recognised refugees can no longer reunite with their children.
Recognised refugees.
Denied the right to reunite with their children.
It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.
So yes, he’s hated.
Recognised refugees.
Denied the right to reunite with their children.
It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.
So yes, he’s hated.
What these “but why do people hate Starmer SO MUCH” takes come down to is so shallow.
Starmer doesn’t sound or look like a firebrand so what’s the big deal?
Immune to questions of SUBSTANCE - he’s liar, enabled a genocide, pandered to anti-migrant politics & global Fascism.
Starmer doesn’t sound or look like a firebrand so what’s the big deal?
Immune to questions of SUBSTANCE - he’s liar, enabled a genocide, pandered to anti-migrant politics & global Fascism.
February 11, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Under Starmer, recognised refugees can no longer reunite with their children.
Recognised refugees.
Denied the right to reunite with their children.
It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.
So yes, he’s hated.
Recognised refugees.
Denied the right to reunite with their children.
It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.
So yes, he’s hated.
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Short reminder:
Vision Zero is a great goal to work on.
Day by day.
Just by putting people over cars.
Vision Zero is a great goal to work on.
Day by day.
Just by putting people over cars.
February 10, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Short reminder:
Vision Zero is a great goal to work on.
Day by day.
Just by putting people over cars.
Vision Zero is a great goal to work on.
Day by day.
Just by putting people over cars.
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This is also the most fundamental thing which needs to be addressed in the UK economy, and which Starmer’s government have never indicated they even acknowledge, let alone plan to do anything about. ‘Wealth creators’ & ‘growth plan’ bullshit is just meaningless when none of the spoils go to workers
This was not an inevitability.
This is the result of decades of political choices that rig the system in favor of the wealthy and powerful while leaving workers behind.
It does not have to be this way.
This is the result of decades of political choices that rig the system in favor of the wealthy and powerful while leaving workers behind.
It does not have to be this way.
February 11, 2026 at 8:48 AM
This is also the most fundamental thing which needs to be addressed in the UK economy, and which Starmer’s government have never indicated they even acknowledge, let alone plan to do anything about. ‘Wealth creators’ & ‘growth plan’ bullshit is just meaningless when none of the spoils go to workers
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This is the funniest headline I seen in a long time. And bravo to whoever underlined the desperation with the juxtaposed link.
February 10, 2026 at 7:47 AM
This is the funniest headline I seen in a long time. And bravo to whoever underlined the desperation with the juxtaposed link.
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In the future we're gonna look back at online gambling and prediction markets in the same way we look now at cigarettes on airplanes and lead-based paint
www.wsj.com/business/med...
www.wsj.com/business/med...
February 10, 2026 at 2:38 AM
In the future we're gonna look back at online gambling and prediction markets in the same way we look now at cigarettes on airplanes and lead-based paint
www.wsj.com/business/med...
www.wsj.com/business/med...
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These men have been living above the law for too long, they must be held accountable, the alternative is unconscionable.
This report implies that 'Andrew' may have broken the Official Secrets Acts (& I wonder if the same could be possible of Mandelson?) and if so I wonder whether that, rather than 'Misconduct in Public Office' might, in both cases, form the basis of a prosecution?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Andrew shared confidential information with Epstein as trade envoy, files suggest
Under official guidance, trade envoys have a duty of confidentiality over sensitive, commercial, or political information.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 7:58 PM
These men have been living above the law for too long, they must be held accountable, the alternative is unconscionable.
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One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.
New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project
A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare
goodlaw.social
February 7, 2026 at 9:09 AM
One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.
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I swear it gets more embarrassing every time he appears
February 5, 2026 at 12:18 PM
I swear it gets more embarrassing every time he appears
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These lies are constantly repeated. "It's the pull factors", "Our generous benefits", "Our 5 star hotels".
All bullshit.
As with taxes, welfare for the general population & much else besides, our media refuses to show the full picture compared to similar nations.
We're worse on most measures.
All bullshit.
As with taxes, welfare for the general population & much else besides, our media refuses to show the full picture compared to similar nations.
We're worse on most measures.
"The honest truth is that people come to this country because they believe we are more generous than other European countries"
- little evidence for this claim
+ good evidence against it
We will "ensure we are no longer the destination of choice"
- v hard to give a definition that this is accurate
- little evidence for this claim
+ good evidence against it
We will "ensure we are no longer the destination of choice"
- v hard to give a definition that this is accurate
October 23, 2025 at 8:49 AM
These lies are constantly repeated. "It's the pull factors", "Our generous benefits", "Our 5 star hotels".
All bullshit.
As with taxes, welfare for the general population & much else besides, our media refuses to show the full picture compared to similar nations.
We're worse on most measures.
All bullshit.
As with taxes, welfare for the general population & much else besides, our media refuses to show the full picture compared to similar nations.
We're worse on most measures.
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I have something I call The Harry Redknapp Rule, which goes thus: if someone is caught, by fluke, doing something wildly, intricately illegal - in Redknapp's case, placing dodgy cash in a Monaco bank account in his dog's name - then it is vanishingly unlikely that this is their first such crime.
Do we think that a) Epstein is the only person Mandy was doing favours for? and b) Mandy is the only one doing favours for people?
Do we?
Do we?
February 4, 2026 at 12:46 PM
I have something I call The Harry Redknapp Rule, which goes thus: if someone is caught, by fluke, doing something wildly, intricately illegal - in Redknapp's case, placing dodgy cash in a Monaco bank account in his dog's name - then it is vanishingly unlikely that this is their first such crime.
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This is the court case used to justify proscribing them as a terrorist group on par with Isis and Al Qaeda.
BBC News - Palestine Action group cleared of Elbit burglary
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Palestine Action protesters not guilty of defence firm burglary
The group are cleared of aggravated burglary over the alleged raid at an Elbit Systems warehouse.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 1:12 PM
This is the court case used to justify proscribing them as a terrorist group on par with Isis and Al Qaeda.
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It's genuinely fascinating how despite Starmer's hatred of Boris Johnson, Boris is easily the PM he's most wound up resembling
February 4, 2026 at 12:31 PM
It's genuinely fascinating how despite Starmer's hatred of Boris Johnson, Boris is easily the PM he's most wound up resembling
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What it reveals more than anything is how much of world politics is just a bunch of rich guys with no loyalty to anything or anyone, looking for things they can blow up and cannibalise for profit. I wonder how much of the world’s political and super rich set know it’s that bleak?
February 3, 2026 at 11:46 PM
What it reveals more than anything is how much of world politics is just a bunch of rich guys with no loyalty to anything or anyone, looking for things they can blow up and cannibalise for profit. I wonder how much of the world’s political and super rich set know it’s that bleak?
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“Jaywalking is permitted in London. In 1966, the police tried to crack down on it, but gave up after three months.”
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Self-driving taxis are coming to London – should we be worried? | Jack Stilgoe
Waymo’s cars were first rolled out in San Francisco, but the English capital’s old roads, pelican crossings and jaywalkers may pose issues for AI, says science and technology professor Jack Stilgoe
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:48 PM
“Jaywalking is permitted in London. In 1966, the police tried to crack down on it, but gave up after three months.”
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I still can't actually believe this btw. Mandleson, *whilst sitting in the Cabinet* was leaking documents to a millionaire sex trafficker to undermine the government. An excellent metaphor for how hollow the British ruling class is in the 21st Century.
Just so we’re clear this isn’t Brown emailing Epstein it’s Mandelson leaking cabinet communications to Epstein to undermine his own government. He was trying to get Jamie Dimon to threaten Darling.
February 2, 2026 at 3:27 PM
I still can't actually believe this btw. Mandleson, *whilst sitting in the Cabinet* was leaking documents to a millionaire sex trafficker to undermine the government. An excellent metaphor for how hollow the British ruling class is in the 21st Century.
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ME: I knew Pagliacci was a stage name, but the joke didn't work unless I pretended it was his real name.
CHOTINER: So you misrepresented the doctor.
M: Well, I didn't know it would be popular. It was just for our followers.
C: Right. It's okay to lie when it's only close friends.
M: Hold on
CHOTINER: So you misrepresented the doctor.
M: Well, I didn't know it would be popular. It was just for our followers.
C: Right. It's okay to lie when it's only close friends.
M: Hold on
DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
February 2, 2026 at 3:17 PM
ME: I knew Pagliacci was a stage name, but the joke didn't work unless I pretended it was his real name.
CHOTINER: So you misrepresented the doctor.
M: Well, I didn't know it would be popular. It was just for our followers.
C: Right. It's okay to lie when it's only close friends.
M: Hold on
CHOTINER: So you misrepresented the doctor.
M: Well, I didn't know it would be popular. It was just for our followers.
C: Right. It's okay to lie when it's only close friends.
M: Hold on
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the messaging of fascists always has relied on portraying their enemies as being simultaneously overwhelmingly powerful and abusive as to be a mortal threat, while also being so weak as to be deserving of atrocity and conquest. the nature of the enemy changes to fit the message of the moment.
so I'm about halfway through my re-read of "the rise and fall of the third reich," world war 2 is about to kick off, and one notable thing is how many times hitler would start off speeches and meetings talking about how badly he/germany had been treated, usually by countries he planned on crushing
February 2, 2026 at 5:04 AM
the messaging of fascists always has relied on portraying their enemies as being simultaneously overwhelmingly powerful and abusive as to be a mortal threat, while also being so weak as to be deserving of atrocity and conquest. the nature of the enemy changes to fit the message of the moment.
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Steve Reed is asked if Mandelson should be kicked out of the PLP & be stripped of his peerage
Reed pretends the issue is about whether money was properly declared, rather than taking money from a billionaire paedophile & appearing to say you'll try to change govt policy for him
Reed pretends the issue is about whether money was properly declared, rather than taking money from a billionaire paedophile & appearing to say you'll try to change govt policy for him
February 1, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Steve Reed is asked if Mandelson should be kicked out of the PLP & be stripped of his peerage
Reed pretends the issue is about whether money was properly declared, rather than taking money from a billionaire paedophile & appearing to say you'll try to change govt policy for him
Reed pretends the issue is about whether money was properly declared, rather than taking money from a billionaire paedophile & appearing to say you'll try to change govt policy for him
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One might point out that it's far more cowardly to block the candidate most likely to win for your party because they'll oust your leader at the first opportunity if they do win, than it is to decline to run in a seat a whole country away from where you live.
Labour party chair says Zack Polanski ‘cowardly’ for not fighting Gorton by-election – politics live
Labour party chair says Zack Polanski ‘cowardly’ for not fighting Gorton by-election – politics live
The party is trying to shift conversation after the NEC blocked Andy Burnham from fighting the seat
Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics. The Labour party has accused the Green party leader Zack Polanski of being cowardly for not standing in the Gorton and Denton byelection on 26 February.
In an interview with The Observer, the Labour party’s chair, Anna Turley, said the fact Salford-born Polanski did not stand showed the Greens lacked “confidence” to do so. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:50 PM
One might point out that it's far more cowardly to block the candidate most likely to win for your party because they'll oust your leader at the first opportunity if they do win, than it is to decline to run in a seat a whole country away from where you live.
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The radicalisation goes much further than retired electricians in Bexley.
The “war on the motorist” is a very dangerous trope getting people identifying as motorists not people.
And the lack of empathy for people who come to harm from campaigns against clean air and safe speeds is really scary.
The “war on the motorist” is a very dangerous trope getting people identifying as motorists not people.
And the lack of empathy for people who come to harm from campaigns against clean air and safe speeds is really scary.
January 31, 2026 at 10:58 AM
The radicalisation goes much further than retired electricians in Bexley.
The “war on the motorist” is a very dangerous trope getting people identifying as motorists not people.
And the lack of empathy for people who come to harm from campaigns against clean air and safe speeds is really scary.
The “war on the motorist” is a very dangerous trope getting people identifying as motorists not people.
And the lack of empathy for people who come to harm from campaigns against clean air and safe speeds is really scary.
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We currently accept the deaths of children and adults caused by people driving cars all the time. The road death statistics bear that out, as does the hysterical screeching from certain people every time a single road safety measure is suggested.
Reminded that when asked if society would accept a death caused by a robot, Waymo CEO said “I think that society will.”
A Waymo hit a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica
Federal regulators are probing an incident in which a driverless Waymo vehicle struck a child during school drop-off, causing minor injuries.
www.businessinsider.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:41 AM
We currently accept the deaths of children and adults caused by people driving cars all the time. The road death statistics bear that out, as does the hysterical screeching from certain people every time a single road safety measure is suggested.
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well that could mean anything really
“It was really nice seeing you yesterday,” the British businessman wrote. “The boys in Watersports can't stop speaking about it! Any time you're in the area would love to see you. As long as you bring your harem!”
Richard Branson responds after emails with ‘abhorrent’ Epstein appear in files dump
In a 2013 exchange, Branson asked Epstein to bring his ‘harem’ to their next get-together
www.independent.co.uk
January 31, 2026 at 10:24 AM
well that could mean anything really