He also describes how current politicians are making things worse:
You have to conclude that the big social media platforms are happy to promote violence - gleefully in Musk’s case, complacently in Zuck’s. They are very dangerous people
You can then switch over to the BBC News channel for "A warning from the Present".
Commercial terms agreed in principle for a new data centre on the south bank of the River Tees show how the publicly funded regeneration of one of the UK’s most deprived regions has turned into a half-a-billion-pounds-plus enrichment scheme for a couple of local businessmen.
Reposting these disturbing and weirdly hilarious very short stories for the morning people:
As someone who is never knowingly overoptimistic, I am feeling quite positive about the latest news from Ukraine.
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Dorian Lynskey
Pete Miles
Pete Miles
A paragraph that starts with JD Vance's attempt at spinning himself as an advocate of transparency (as least in regard to "nipple related documents) and concludes with an indication of his powerlessness in the White House hierarchy-- "the president would not, in fact, be OK with it."/3
From explicit calls for murder to sexual harassment, violent threats targeting US lawmakers on Facebook rocketed after tech giant Meta rolled back key content moderation policies last year.
Private Eye Magazine
John Oxley
Has Russia missed its chance of victory in Ukraine?
From explicit calls for murder to sexual harassment, violent threats targeting US lawmakers on Facebook rocketed after tech giant Meta rolled back key content moderation policies last year, a tech wat...
www.france24.com
It's now been a year since I started @adrianchills.bsky.social. Thanks to everyone who has read, reposted and liked the stories. And if you haven't already followed and you like the idea of flash fiction horror stories based on the headlines to Guardian columns by Adrian Chiles, feel free to dive in
Tonight (Wednesday) from 2115, BBC Four will show the 1997 series 'The Nazis: a Warning from History'.
The whole series is available now on BBC iPlayer. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074kmy
Larry Glickman
fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU
Documentary series examining how Hitler came to power. By January 1933, Germany had voted for a chancellor who was openly opposed to democracy.
Rather like this manifesto from @daveproudlove.bsky.social
HT @oldtrotter.bsky.social
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John Healey, Britain’s defense secretary, resigned on Thursday, accusing Prime Minister Keir Starmer of failing to invest enough money in defense and leaving the country “well short” of what it needs to protect itself in a dangerous time.
Design principles for fiscal devolution.
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What real change might look like, give it a chance
Fiscal devolution would be a genuinely dramatic shift. It would put firepower behind regional efforts to tackle the productivity puzzle, enabling places to go further in experimenting with approache...
John Healey unexpectedly announced his resignation on Thursday, saying Prime Minister Keir Starmer had failed to invest enough money in British defense.
