I don’t post here anymore because Musk is abusing this site and its algorithms for his fascist politics. Find me @SimonFRCox.bsky.social
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For evidence of Musk’s abuse of this site see this piece on X's “Election Integrity Community” as an efficient incitement machine/bullshit/paranoia engine. And how this chaos is the return on Musk's $44 billion investment (gift link) theatlantic.com/technology/a…
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I can just about buy that the political left are routinely intolerant of differing views & can be harsh with people who dissent.
What I will NEVER accept is that the right are not ten times worse. Just try being pro-immigration, trans inclusion or anti-Islamophobic for a day.
Hey followers - if you haven’t moved to Bluesky yet, I really encourage you to try it. It’s MUCH better than Twitter and so many of the people you follow are already there.
I’m on SimonFrCox.bsky.social
Here’s some tips if you make the move.
Hope to see you there.
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For evidence of Musk’s abuse of this site see this piece on X's “Election Integrity Community” as an efficient incitement machine/bullshit/paranoia engine. And how this chaos is the return on Musk's $44 billion investment (gift link) theatlantic.com/technology/a…
I’ve left Twitter for Bluesky. Musk is using this site, its algorithms, to promote his fascist politics.
Remembering how my dad took the Times and Mirror, until Murdoch & Maxwell bought them and abused them.
Find me @SimonFRCox.bsky.social
TIL that in 2001, a UK Foreign Office minister showed he didn’t know of European Union citizenship, created 9 years previously.
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Pedro Sánchez unveils plans to help migrants settle in Spain theguardian.com/world/2024/o…
‘I think, boy, I’m a part of all this’: how local heroes reforested Rio’s green heart theguardian.com/global-devel…
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A fine example of thinking about the economy as something which only affects the environment, rather than something which is (increasingly!) affected by the environment.
The end result, incidentally, is far *worse* “financial facts” as costs skyrocket and markets collapse.
Turns out @KevinClimate and other climate scientists have got it the wrong way round.
You see "The urgency of mitigating climate change cannot change financial facts"
King Cnut vibes in @thetimes
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I spent 5 months investigating the role of a British accountant, a London broker and a Dubai-based British shipping magnate in at least 25 tankers bought for Lukoil’s Eiger Shipping, in an effort to lift the veil on Russia’s shadow fleet
Hope you read it on.ft.com/3BFQBt5
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A decision to cap crown court sitting days must be reversed if delays blighting trials are to be tackled, the @VictimsComm tells @TimesLaw. thetimes.com/uk/law/article/…
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This is actually very good on the face of it.
Serious & necessary reforms including removing scandalous lower earning limit on sick pay & banning exploitative zero hours contracts.
Still a lot of way to go, but a big win for all workers today #r4today theguardian.com/politics/202…
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Journalists are meant to speak truth to power. That's our job. But what do you do when that power is your own news org?
This thread (professional suicide note?) is about @guardian & @ObserverUK's future. Because it turns out you can’t believe everything you read on a poster..
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most useful thing about returning to this incoherent fabulist, is the reminder that so few of those who empowered him have apologised to the rest of us
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This is wilful ignorance. Parliament has to ratify treaties. It’s laid out in the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (c. 25).
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This Spanish city centre has been car-free for 20+years. 12k people have moved into the centre since the ban. The Mayor says vehicles don’t have more right to public space than people — & he’s been re-elected 4 times since banning cars. Pontevedra via @WEF