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[James O'Keefe @JamesOKeefeIII]

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Almost all do in studio but we need more reporters who actually go there.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

I'm seeing quite a bit of comment about this, so I want to make a couple of points.

I'm not owed eternal agreement from any actor who once played a character I created. The idea is as ludicrous as me checking with the boss I had when I was twenty-one for what opinions I should hold these days.

Emma Watson and her co-stars have every right to embrace gender identity ideology. Such beliefs are legally protected, and I wouldn't want to see any of them threatened with loss of work, or violence, or death, because of them.

However, Emma and Dan in particular have both made it clear over the last few years that they think our former professional association gives them a particular right - nay, obligation - to critique me and my views in public. Years after they finished acting in Potter, they continue to assume the role of de facto spokespeople for the world I created.

When you've known people since they were ten years old it's hard to shake a certain protectiveness. Until quite recently, I hadn't managed to throw off the memory of children who needed to be gently coaxed through their dialogue in a big scary film studio. For the past few years, I've repeatedly declined invitations from journalists to comment on Emma specifically, most notably on the Witch Trials of JK Rowling. Ironically, I told the producers that I didn't want her to be hounded as the result of anything I said.

The television presenter in the attached clip highlights Emma's 'all witches' speech, and in truth, that was a turning point for me, but it had a postscript that hurt far more than the speech itself. Emma asked someone to pass on a handwritten note from her to me, which contained the single sentence 'I'm so sorry for what you're going through' (she has my phone number). This was back when the death, rape and torture threats against me were at their peak, at a time when my personal security measures had had to be tightened considerably and I was constantly worried for my family's safety. Emma had just publicly poured more petrol on the flames, yet thought a one line expression of concern from her would reassure me of her fundamental sympathy and kindness.

Like other people who've never experienced adult life uncushioned by wealth and fame, Emma has so little experience of real life she's ignorant of how ignorant she is. She'll never need a homeless shelter. She's never going to be placed on a mixed sex public hospital ward. I'd be astounded if she's been in a high street changing room since childhood. Her 'public bathroom' is single occupancy and comes with a security man standing guard outside the door. Has she had to strip off in a newly mixed-sex changing room at a council-run swimming pool? Is she ever likely to need a state-run rape crisis centre that refuses to guarantee an all-female service? To find herself sharing a prison cell with a male rapist who's identified into the women's prison?

I wasn't a multimillionaire at fourteen. I lived in poverty while writing the book that made Emma famous. I therefore understand from my own life experience what the trashing of women's rights in which Emma has so enthusiastically participated means to women and girls without her privileges.

The greatest irony here is that, had Emma not decided in her most recent interview to declare that she loves and treasures me - a change of tack I suspect she's adopted because she's noticed full-throated condemnation of me is no longer quite as fashionable as it was - I might never have been this honest.

Adults can't expect to cosy up to an activist movement that regularly calls for a friend's assassination, then assert their right to the former friend's love, as though the friend was in fact their mother. Emma is rightly free to disagree with me and indeed to discuss her feelings about me in public - but I have the same right, and I've finally decided to exercise it.

[Watts Up With That @wattsupwiththat]

𝗨𝗽 𝗜𝘀 𝗗𝗼𝘄𝗻, 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿–𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗕𝗖
The BBC's Executive Complaints Unit (ECU) has dismissed a complaint about a misleading interview on World at One, where a wind industry lobbyist falsely claimed renewables are cheaper than fossil fuels and blamed high UK electricity bills on gas prices. Despite clear evidence submitted, including £17.1 billion in renewable subsidies this year, £2.6 billion in grid balancing costs due to intermittency, and ongoing payments via Contracts for Difference (CfDs) and Renewables Obligation, the ECU ignored it all.

Instead, they relied on irrelevant global theoretical costings from a 2021 IRENA report and a 2023 BEIS study, arguing renewables are cheaper based on new builds. But these figures don't reflect actual UK subsidies or current bills, which are driven by real-world payments, not hypotheticals. For instance, CfDs are subsidizing generators to the tune of £1.4 billion this year, contrary to the ECU's claim that strike prices are below market rates.

The ECU's response, from Colin Tregear (who's currently training with the Oxford Climate Journalism Network), shows a clear bias toward defending the BBC's Net Zero agenda, even when facts contradict their narrative. This isn't about market explanations—it's about accurate reporting on why bills are soaring. The ECU's refusal to engage with evidence proves they're more interested in green propaganda than truth.

To read the full article go to https://t.co/aIF6hxtMpl

[Jens Nylander @nylanderjens]

Northvolt's "svenska" strategi att bestrida leverantörernas fakturor syns tydligt hos Kronofodgen (exempel Northvolt Ett AB). Mycket anmärkningsvärt beteende där man håller leverantörer med små ekonomiska möjligheter gisslan.

[Hillel Neuer @HillelNeuer]

No joke: Meet the new Chair of the U.N. Women's Rights Commission.

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

HOLY SH*T!

NYC Mayor Eric Adams just dared the left to "cancel" him over working with Border Czar Tom Homan and Trump.

"Cancel me because I'm going to protect the people of this city."

He says illegals are "committing crimes, robberies, sh*oting at police, r*ping innocent people."

h/t @EndWokeness

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

Wonderful take down of Angela Merkel’s memoirs from Politico Berlin. They read them so you don’t have to:

“Black Friday: To save you a bit of dosh this holiday season, we’ve summed up Merkel’s take on your burning questions.

Merkel on…
Trump: not a fan.
Putin: not a fan.
Obama: fan
Hillary Clinton: fan
Kamala Harris: fan

Merkel’s sorry not sorry for…
shivving Friedrich Merz in 2002 to take control of the CDU.
refusing to fast-track Ukraine and Georgia into NATO at the Bucharest summit in 2008.
her decision to reverse course on nuclear power.
letting the euro crisis fester until it was nearly too late to save Greece.
pursuing Nord Stream 2 even after Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014.
opening Germany’s doors to millions of asylum seekers from the Middle East and Northern Africa, which some would say triggered a resurgence of the far right.

You’re welcome: We just saved you 42 euros and untold hours ploughing through 736 pages of unbearable self-righteousness.

[Johnny Midnight ⚡️ @its_The_Dr]

Breaking : This was the UNCUT part of the CNN interview! Just Released!

[Mike Benz @MikeBenzCyber]

IF THE BIDEN STATE DEPT, USAID, NED AND 1000 USG-FUNDED GONGOS IN BRAZIL DO NOT DO THE BELOW ACTIONS ON BRAZIL BANNING X, THE REPUBLICAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CAN ZERO OUT ALL OF THEIR PROGRAMS IN THE BUDGET.

[Ayaan Hirsi Ali @Ayaan]

@ThierryBreton @elonmusk @DigitalEU Who are you? An escapee from the fallen Soviet Union? What will you do next? Bring back the Gulag?
People ask me: who is subverting our democracies? Well, here is Mr. Breton, in his own words.

[ADF International @ADFIntl]

"Losing a state championship is hard, but losing because the race isn't fair is gut-wrenching."

Chelsea was the fastest girl in Connecticut. But this week, she told the UN that she lost out on awards & opportunities to male athletes who were allowed to compete in her races. 👇

[Andy Ngo @MrAndyNgo]

In 2019, Antifa beat me on the head and face, causing a traumatic brain injury as I suffered bleeding on my brain. As I struggled to get away, they threw drinks in my eyes to blind me so I couldn't get help. I remember their laughter as I was bleeding from my ear and eyes. I was lucky to survive and recover.

Many leftists on social media are celebrating that someone hurled a drink in the face of @Nigel_Farage today as he was campaigning in Clacton, Essex. They're reveling in the fear that a victim feels when being hit in the eyes with an unknown liquid—in a country that suffers acid attacks. The celebrations are emblematic of a level of political violence that the left tolerates and desires on their political opponents.

Photo by Ben Stansall/Getty Images.

[Andy Ngo @MrAndyNgo]

When Google Gemini is asked about Antifa's violence, it says labeling Antifa as violent "risks perpetuating harmful stereotypes." It says we should consider the justification of their diverse tactics that include the use of political violence.

Gemini then refuses to name a single instance of Antifa's violence. @Google_Comms does PR for violent extremist far-left movements, in addition to spreading disinformation through their "historical" depictions.

[James O'Keefe @JamesOKeefeIII]

BREAKING VIDEO: Top White House Cyber Official tells O’Keefe in Disguise “they can't say it publicly” the White House wants to replace Kamala Harris and Confirms President @JoeBiden mental decline: “Biden is definitely slowing down.”

“I'm just telling you what I've heard… they’re really concerned about it” …“I think they need to get rid of him or her.”

“But no one in modern history has ever said, like, ‘We're not going to renominate the president for a second term.’”

Charlie Kraiger @CharlieKraiger, a Cybersecurity policy analyst and Foreign affairs Desk Officer in the Executive Office at the White House, tells O’Keefe “I had a meeting with Michelle Obama @michelleobama …. Someone asked her, ‘Will you ever run for office?’ And she said, ‘No’ Empathically.” She was like, ‘I've seen all this shit my husband has had to go through and that does not interest me.’

“@VP @KamalaHarris hemorrhages black staff. She can't keep black staff. They quit on her en masse”

“She will be the vice president nominee. There was a debate about removing her from the ticket, but sadly they didn’t, she's not popular, but you can’t remove the first black lady to be vice president from the Goddamn presidential ticket. Like what kind of message are you going to send to like African-American voters…People would be like, "What the fuck?” Like she's a woman and she's multiracial.”

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[Farzad 🇺🇸 🇮🇷 @farzyness]

X Has Already Won

Elon Musk closed the acquisition of Twitter, now X, in October of 2022. Once that deal was closed, a bunch of advertisers left the platform out of fear of their brands being impacted by the new “Freedom of Speech” rules that X was looking to implement.

The premise was that ads would be shown next to content that advertisers don’t want to be associated with, and because X would now allow more “improper” content, the chances of having a negative ad experience could increase.

After leaving the platform for a few weeks, almost all advertisers have come back, albeit with lower ad spends. However, earlier this year, X gave guidance that the platform is near cash-flow neutral, minus debt obligations. This means that even though the platform has suffered losses in terms of ad revenue, the company is close to being self-sufficient.

In other words, no outside cash has to be brought into the company to keep it alive, as long as the trend continues.

Fast forward a few months, and after controversial comments made by Elon and an effort by Media Matters to encourage advertisers to boycott the platform, advertisers left again.

However - just like the first time, after a few weeks, advertisers are beginning to come back. There’s confirmation that Netflix has started to spend ad money on the platform again, and per Elon at his recent conference in Italy, advertisers are beginning to come back to the platform en masse.

I think all of this points to something quite clear - the Overton Window is beginning to shift, and with it, a massively profitable endeavor for advertisers.

For those that are not familiar, the Overton Window is a term used to express what is “acceptable” to be discussed in a given time period. If you compare what is acceptable to be discussed on X today, vs what was acceptable on Twitter pre-acquisition, you can very clearly see that the “acceptable” topics are much more diverse and plentiful. This means that the Overton Window has shifted.

Another example of this is also on YouTube. A few days ago, Mario hosted a space with Elon Musk, Alex Jones, Andrew Tate, and other folks discussing Alex’s reinstatement and a bunch of other topics. These topics pre-acquisition would not be admissible under Twitter’s former rules. What’s really interesting is that after making this edited content available on YouTube, YouTube has a) not taken down the content from the platform and b) allowed monetization on the content.

This implies that advertisers are now becoming comfortable advertising on content that they weren’t comfortable with in the past.

What does this mean for X? It’s quite simple - X’s willingness to stand for Free Speech, even when the CEO makes statements that cause the business to temporarily lose revenue, is creating a brand new market for advertisers that previously did not exist precisely due to an unwillingness to embrace Freedom of Speech.

And because X’s entire approach has been to uphold Freedom of Speech and accept the repercussions that come with it, the platform has positioned itself as the premier place for content that will be generated on this principle.

This same content is a market that advertisers have had 0 access to in the past because of the unwillingness of platforms to embrace Freedom of Speech, and the skittishness of ad agencies to sully their brands with controversial topics. On top of this, it’s a market that is untapped, which will generate billions of views, and billions of dollars, for creators and advertisers alike.

I do not suspect we’ll see another advertisers boycott in the future because of this dynamic. There’s way too much money to be made, and now that the Overton Window has shifted to where the “public” is now “comfortable” with listening to dissenting and controversial opinions, advertisers will be tripping over themselves to advertise on X over the long term.

In my opinion, people respect the notion of being allowed to think for themselves, and because this has been subdued for far too long, there will be an avalanche of interest for content that is specifically challenging and controversial. Ultimately, this will be massively profitable for advertisers due to the engagement and attention it’ll receive from the public.

I posited when Elon bought the platform that X would win if they could make Freedom of Speech profitable, and I think we’re starting to see glimpses of this being the case.

[Robert F. Kennedy Jr @RobertKennedyJr]

@elonmusk Watch the Ivy League collectively cross the finish line in the race for ideological extremism into a twilight zone of nihilism, intellectual confusion, and moral bankruptcy.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Let me help them out here: “Calling for the genocide [death] of anyone obviously constitutes harassment.”

[Luai Ahmed @JustLuai]

A family member told me that I "should raise the Palestinian flag if I care about the innocent children and civilians who are bombed in Gaza."

I will NOT raise the Palestinian flag specifically because I care about the innocent children and civilians who are bombed in Gaza.

I will NOT raise the Palestinian flag because innocent children are bombed in Gaza because of Hamas.

I will NOT raise the Palestinian flag because this flag is weaponized to exacerbate an antisemitic agenda that I will not stand by.

I will NOT raise the Palestinian flag because most people who raise the Palestinian flag scream, "From the river to the sea, the Jews will be eradicated.”

I will NOT raise the Palestinian flag because I care for innocent Palestinian lives, but I do not care for terrorism.

I will NOT raise the Palestinian flag until the majority of Palestinians collectively condemn and ex-communicate Hamas.

I will NOT raise the Palestinian flag until Palestinians wish to live in peace side by side with the Jews.

I will NOT raise the Palestinian flag because I do not have to prove my humanity and empathy to those who do not seek peace.

I will NOT raise the Palestinian flag until Palestine is free from Hamas.

[Nick Alinia @NickAlinia]

SVT blev utskällda efter noter när en medborgare berättade vad hon tyckte om deras så kallade objektivitet 😃

[Gadi Shamia @gadishamia]

If you don't live in Israel or consume Israeli media, you don't know who Yair Golan is. He is a 61-year-old retired Major General in the Israel army and a former parliament MP. Spend a minute to read this story.

Yesterday, when IDF and the police were in complete chaos, Golan put on his old uniform, took his weapon, and drove into the war zone multiple times to rescue civilians under fire. He rescued two young adults hiding under a bush after 260 of their friends were murdered at an outdoor party. He answered a call from a journalist that his son was hiding under fire and simply said, "Give me his location, and I will bring him back home." An hour later, the son called his father from Golan's car.

Golan collected a small crew and went in and out of the war zone, rescuing dozens of people while exchanging fire with Hamas terrorists. He is 61, he could have stayed home, but he chose to risk his life for people he does not know.

Golan is one of the strongest voices from the Israeli left and was constantly attacked by the right wing in Israel. But when the time came, he was first fighting the barbaric attack. The same brain wiring that supports peace, is often the same wiring that drives people to do the right thing.

A true hero.