Adam Smailes

Taller than many ducks!
Knower of pointless trivia
IT Technician by day, somehow geekier by early evening

[Will Hutton @williamnhutton]

As Trump closes in on the US Presidency, do go and see the Apprentice - an all too vivid portrayal of Trump on the make in 1980s New York and his relationship with his lawyer Roy Cohn. Revealing, riveting and troubling. A window into the right wing American mind we see too rarely

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 NEW: Elon Musk has been community noted after claiming that Labour sending campaign volunteers to campaign in the US election is illegal

[Stephen Sackur @stephensackur]

THREAD:

1. PERSONAL NEWS:
Today BBC News has announced plans to close @BBCHARDtalk after 3 decades holding the world’s politicians and powerbrokers to account. This is sad news for me personally, but much more important, I think it’s depressing news for the BBC🧵

[Mark Steel @mrmarksteel]

One of the joys of touring is I am currently in a hotel room in Yorkshire, watching a channel called SBN, in which 5 American evangelists are furiously debating whether angels have feathers.

[Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ @tribelaw]

“The fact that  Marjorie Taylor Greene is not frequently struck by lightning is proof that the Democrats do not control the weather.”
😎 — Robert E. McGraw

[James O'Brien @mrjamesob]

I’m not sure there was ever a way back to reality-based politics for the Tory party after Brexit, but there definitely isn’t now.

[Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ @tribelaw]

To all voters in Helene-hit states like GA & NoCar: It’s Trump/Vance and the MAGA House Speaker who are withholding more emergency aid to you because they see political advantage in making Biden/Harris look like they’re the ones limiting aid. Cruelty + cynicism + deceit = MAGA.

[Adam Smailes @ceilinghamster]

@simongerman600 @OECD If its still going up, its not going to give any relief

[Dash Dobrofsky @DashDobrofsky]

Lindsey Graham just called Harris a "disaster for the world" and received no push-back/rebuttal from NBC's Kristen Welker. Instead, Welker let it slide and moved on to the next question. Meet The Press is failing America, and Welker is failing in her duty as a journalist.

[Hugh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @HughEdw31897368]

Since the election #bbcnews is regularly reporting on prisons.

They were silent when the Tories released TEN THOUSAND prisoners early.

And who outsourced prison services to Serco. That would be the Tories.

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: In a shocking moment, Donald Trump just announced that he is going to adopt Project 2025’s policy to fire civil servants and hire political staff loyal only to Trump. Retweet to make sure all Americans are aware of Trump’s devious plans.

[Neil Kaye @neilrkaye]

The UK summer has been cool compared to ones from the last 10 years, but it would have been the warmest summer in the 1960s, the third warmest in the 1970s and the 4th warmest of the 1980s. This #dataviz shows the summer versus other summers since 1884. #globalwarming

[Aaron Regunberg @AaronRegunberg]

Single best description of AI I’ve ever read, from the great Ted Chiang.

[John Crace @JohnJCrace]

The trouble with the Liz Truss cancer story is that it sounds exactly the sort of idiotic thing she would do

[Claire 💙 @clairebubblepop]

I can’t actually believe Ofgem are being allowed to put up energy bills by 10% in October, when the winter fuel allowance has already been cut for some of the most vulnerable. BUT MPs who earn £90k and can well afford their own bills are still claiming energy expenses, while taking away winter fuel allowance and now this 10% rise in bills. This is from some of the most vulnerable in our society.

Let alone the fact we subsidise food and alcohol while they’re at work, yet they still refuse free school meals for kids in poverty. I’m just blown away by their freaking hypocrisy. You get me?

[The Secret Barrister 🦋 @BarristerSecret]

Me. I know.

Defendants are informed of their right to a jury trial not only by their lawyers (who know a thing or two about trials), but also by the *court* during the first hearing.

Those who pleaded guilty likely did so because they were guilty.

You conspiracist fruitcakes.

[James O'Brien @mrjamesob]

The more you read about the viciousness of the violence directed at police officers during the #FarageRiots, the clearer it is that the lie about the authorities keeping information from the public was profoundly & deliberately inciteful.