Simon Clark
@simoninlondon.bsky.social
Anglo-American in London busy with a bit of climate investing, challenging online disinformation and helping with dialogue to end conflicts.
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Heading to Daunt's to buy this
In case you missed it earlier, my NEW BOOK on the Blair years has arrived! It seems crass to promote it given everything that's happening, but I think it's a fair and balanced take. Here's a non-Amazon link where you can pick up a copy: www.waterstones.com/book/new-lab...
February 6, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Heading to Daunt's to buy this
@privateeyenews.bsky.social on good form
February 6, 2026 at 4:34 PM
@privateeyenews.bsky.social on good form
As a non lawyer, I am grateful to @spinninghugo.bsky.social for this great story
[For lawyers only]
The full story is that the Rolling Stones were booked for the Ball, but then had two hit records (versions of Lennon & McCartney's 'I Wanna Be Your Man', and Buddy Holly's 'Not Fade Away').
So, their manager demanded more money to appear.
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The full story is that the Rolling Stones were booked for the Ball, but then had two hit records (versions of Lennon & McCartney's 'I Wanna Be Your Man', and Buddy Holly's 'Not Fade Away').
So, their manager demanded more money to appear.
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Sir Guenter Treitel came to the UK on the Kindertransport. He became the foremost authority on English contract law.
Famously, he held the Rolling Stones to their contract to play the Magdalen Ball in 1964 for £100 - they had suddenly become superstars after being booked as unknowns in 1963.
Famously, he held the Rolling Stones to their contract to play the Magdalen Ball in 1964 for £100 - they had suddenly become superstars after being booked as unknowns in 1963.
February 6, 2026 at 4:24 PM
As a non lawyer, I am grateful to @spinninghugo.bsky.social for this great story
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A newborn in Minneapolis hadn’t eaten for a day and a half
Her mother risked going into work when ICE took her away. At home waiting for her were her 16yo daughter and the 3mo baby
The teen tried to feed the baby, who was exclusively breastfed, formula to no avail 19thnews.org/2026/02/minn...
Her mother risked going into work when ICE took her away. At home waiting for her were her 16yo daughter and the 3mo baby
The teen tried to feed the baby, who was exclusively breastfed, formula to no avail 19thnews.org/2026/02/minn...
When one mother was taken by ICE, another stepped in to donate breastmilk
Moms in Minneapolis are donating diapers, food and time to help families who have been ripped apart by ICE.
19thnews.org
February 2, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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@oliverbullough.bsky.social will love this
February 2, 2026 at 10:04 AM
@oliverbullough.bsky.social will love this
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This past week in Minnesota, I witnessed the breadth of America’s pro-democracy movement
Civil rights leaders showed up to confront injustice & affirm democratic resilience
More from these conversations on @contrariannews.org -TN
Civil rights leaders showed up to confront injustice & affirm democratic resilience
More from these conversations on @contrariannews.org -TN
What I Saw in Minneapolis: The Worst and The Best of Us
Publisher's Roundup 52
contrarian.substack.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:32 PM
This past week in Minnesota, I witnessed the breadth of America’s pro-democracy movement
Civil rights leaders showed up to confront injustice & affirm democratic resilience
More from these conversations on @contrariannews.org -TN
Civil rights leaders showed up to confront injustice & affirm democratic resilience
More from these conversations on @contrariannews.org -TN
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Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
![Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you
can keep it."
With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike,
It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED this 31st day of February, 2026.
_________________________________________________
FRED BIERY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
[photo of Liam]
Credit: Bystander
Matthew 19:14
John 11:35](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:73t3muu2pudsajp7a2fj3aly/bafkreigfz6fzbu65haq7nfqgaoe7m42gsaonpinpmaaptuzd5atkqvya4i@jpeg)
January 31, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
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Don Lemon and Georgia Fort have been released.
But the procedural history now emerging is unusual. Before the arrests, a federal magistrate judge found no probable cause to arrest them. The government appealed anyway.
Here’s why that matters—and what it signals more broadly.
But the procedural history now emerging is unusual. Before the arrests, a federal magistrate judge found no probable cause to arrest them. The government appealed anyway.
Here’s why that matters—and what it signals more broadly.
January 31, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Don Lemon and Georgia Fort have been released.
But the procedural history now emerging is unusual. Before the arrests, a federal magistrate judge found no probable cause to arrest them. The government appealed anyway.
Here’s why that matters—and what it signals more broadly.
But the procedural history now emerging is unusual. Before the arrests, a federal magistrate judge found no probable cause to arrest them. The government appealed anyway.
Here’s why that matters—and what it signals more broadly.
Your views, please:
A @democrats.org candidate for the midterms, with a track record fighting Trumpian outrages, sent me his launch announcement on X.
My reaction: how can a defender of freedom launch his campaign on a platform that undermines it?
Disqualifying or is that too harsh?
A @democrats.org candidate for the midterms, with a track record fighting Trumpian outrages, sent me his launch announcement on X.
My reaction: how can a defender of freedom launch his campaign on a platform that undermines it?
Disqualifying or is that too harsh?
January 27, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Your views, please:
A @democrats.org candidate for the midterms, with a track record fighting Trumpian outrages, sent me his launch announcement on X.
My reaction: how can a defender of freedom launch his campaign on a platform that undermines it?
Disqualifying or is that too harsh?
A @democrats.org candidate for the midterms, with a track record fighting Trumpian outrages, sent me his launch announcement on X.
My reaction: how can a defender of freedom launch his campaign on a platform that undermines it?
Disqualifying or is that too harsh?
Useful points by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social on what the @democrats.senate.gov need to do to be credible in this moment
Glad to see @chrismurphyct.bsky.social make this point. The resistance in Minnesota and Democrats’ political circumstances could easily have taken a much darker turn if CBP had murdered Alex Pretti on February 1–after Dems had funded DHS, rather than on Jan 24. bsky.app/profile/did:...
January 27, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Useful points by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social on what the @democrats.senate.gov need to do to be credible in this moment
Sembra strano che l'Italia permetta questo intervento. Non è ovvio cosa ci fa l'ICE alle olimpiadi.
BREAKING: ICE agents will have a security role during the upcoming Winter Olympics, U.S. embassy sources confirm.
ICE agents will have a security role at Milan-Cortina Olympics, US sources say
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will have a security role during the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Games, according to sources at the U.S. embassy in Rome.
bit.ly
January 27, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Sembra strano che l'Italia permetta questo intervento. Non è ovvio cosa ci fa l'ICE alle olimpiadi.
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Trump’s endless empowerment of federal immigration agents has resulted in yet another senseless killing. This brutal crackdown has to end.
I cannot and will not vote to fund DHS while this administration continues these violent federal takeovers of our cities.
I cannot and will not vote to fund DHS while this administration continues these violent federal takeovers of our cities.
January 24, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Trump’s endless empowerment of federal immigration agents has resulted in yet another senseless killing. This brutal crackdown has to end.
I cannot and will not vote to fund DHS while this administration continues these violent federal takeovers of our cities.
I cannot and will not vote to fund DHS while this administration continues these violent federal takeovers of our cities.
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If we want to change this, we have to see through the theater. That means supporting fighter Dems and holding accountable loser Dems. That looks like solidarity with Minnesota today, loud advocacy in the coming days, and primary challenges against weak leaders in the coming weeks. /end
January 23, 2026 at 3:28 PM
If we want to change this, we have to see through the theater. That means supporting fighter Dems and holding accountable loser Dems. That looks like solidarity with Minnesota today, loud advocacy in the coming days, and primary challenges against weak leaders in the coming weeks. /end
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Ukraine's Defence Minister Fedorov met US Chargé d'Affaires Julie Davis to discuss the PURL and JUMPSTART programs, air defence missiles, and laser-guided artillery. Zelenskyy earlier said he secured a deal with the US on Patriot missile supplies.
January 23, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Ukraine's Defence Minister Fedorov met US Chargé d'Affaires Julie Davis to discuss the PURL and JUMPSTART programs, air defence missiles, and laser-guided artillery. Zelenskyy earlier said he secured a deal with the US on Patriot missile supplies.
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🚨 NEW: Around 3 MILLION sexualized images over just 11 days? That's what our findings estimate X's Grok AI generated.
CCDH researchers saw an unprecedented flood of photorealistic, sexualized images, including children, after X made the existing feature even easier to access.
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CCDH researchers saw an unprecedented flood of photorealistic, sexualized images, including children, after X made the existing feature even easier to access.
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January 22, 2026 at 12:08 PM
🚨 NEW: Around 3 MILLION sexualized images over just 11 days? That's what our findings estimate X's Grok AI generated.
CCDH researchers saw an unprecedented flood of photorealistic, sexualized images, including children, after X made the existing feature even easier to access.
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CCDH researchers saw an unprecedented flood of photorealistic, sexualized images, including children, after X made the existing feature even easier to access.
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NEW: We estimate that Grok produced 3 MILLION pieces of sexualized images over the course of eleven days, including images of children.
That means Grok AI generated an estimated 190 sexualized images every single minute.
Our findings in @theguardian.com ⬇️
That means Grok AI generated an estimated 190 sexualized images every single minute.
Our findings in @theguardian.com ⬇️
January 22, 2026 at 6:07 PM
NEW: We estimate that Grok produced 3 MILLION pieces of sexualized images over the course of eleven days, including images of children.
That means Grok AI generated an estimated 190 sexualized images every single minute.
Our findings in @theguardian.com ⬇️
That means Grok AI generated an estimated 190 sexualized images every single minute.
Our findings in @theguardian.com ⬇️
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“In just nine days, Grok posted more than 4.4 million images. A review by The Times conservatively estimated that at least 41 percent of posts, or 1.8 million, most likely contained sexualized imagery of women.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
Musk’s Chatbot Flooded X With Millions of Sexualized Images in Days, New Estimates Show
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:57 PM
“In just nine days, Grok posted more than 4.4 million images. A review by The Times conservatively estimated that at least 41 percent of posts, or 1.8 million, most likely contained sexualized imagery of women.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
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In our conservative estimate, 41 percent of Grok’s images — or 1.8 million — were sexualized depictions of women. Separately, CCDH analyzed how many were sexualized images across genders and ages. Their findings: an estimated 3 million images, including more than 23,000 of children.
January 22, 2026 at 3:01 PM
In our conservative estimate, 41 percent of Grok’s images — or 1.8 million — were sexualized depictions of women. Separately, CCDH analyzed how many were sexualized images across genders and ages. Their findings: an estimated 3 million images, including more than 23,000 of children.
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The @nytimes.com and @counterhate.com dug into the massive output of sexualized AI images created by X's AI chatbot, Grok.
Based on their data analysis, they estimated that, in just a few weeks, Grok had generated *23,000* images of sexualized children.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
Based on their data analysis, they estimated that, in just a few weeks, Grok had generated *23,000* images of sexualized children.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
January 22, 2026 at 3:05 PM
The @nytimes.com and @counterhate.com dug into the massive output of sexualized AI images created by X's AI chatbot, Grok.
Based on their data analysis, they estimated that, in just a few weeks, Grok had generated *23,000* images of sexualized children.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
Based on their data analysis, they estimated that, in just a few weeks, Grok had generated *23,000* images of sexualized children.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
@alanbeattie.bsky.social offers a complex graphic illustration of the power of distance in trade policy...
January 22, 2026 at 3:14 PM
@alanbeattie.bsky.social offers a complex graphic illustration of the power of distance in trade policy...
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Maybe when he named it X we should have seen where this was going.
Musk’s Chatbot Flooded X With Millions of Sexualized Images in Days, New Estimates Show
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Maybe when he named it X we should have seen where this was going.
counterhate.com/research/gro...
@counterhate.com research on the horrors of @groktr.bsky.social Utterly shocking if sadly not unexpected from these sociopaths
@counterhate.com research on the horrors of @groktr.bsky.social Utterly shocking if sadly not unexpected from these sociopaths
Grok floods X with sexualized images of women and children — Center for Countering Digital Hate | CCDH
CCDH found that Grok floods X with sexualized images after launching a one-click editing feature in an 11-day period.
counterhate.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:39 PM
counterhate.com/research/gro...
@counterhate.com research on the horrors of @groktr.bsky.social Utterly shocking if sadly not unexpected from these sociopaths
@counterhate.com research on the horrors of @groktr.bsky.social Utterly shocking if sadly not unexpected from these sociopaths
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The things that have underpinned the UK's foreign policy are in tatters. What are the alternative routes being discussed and how viable are any of them?
Westminster ‘riding it out’ is not a strategy for UK-US relations
London needs to seek deep trade and security alliances with other democratically minded middle powers
www.ft.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:12 PM
The things that have underpinned the UK's foreign policy are in tatters. What are the alternative routes being discussed and how viable are any of them?
Come l'Europa deve reagire al bullismo di Trump.
Ottimo intervento di @nathalietocci.bsky.social
Ottimo intervento di @nathalietocci.bsky.social
È sempre più evidente che Trump non abbia più freni. Trump non è imprevedibile: è cristallino nelle parole, seppur spesso sgrammaticate, e nelle azioni. Ciò che risulta meno chiaro è se noi europei sapremo reagire di conseguenza. Oggi su La Stampa
January 21, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Come l'Europa deve reagire al bullismo di Trump.
Ottimo intervento di @nathalietocci.bsky.social
Ottimo intervento di @nathalietocci.bsky.social