Wake me when this is all over 💙

Rooted in the countryside. 🇪🇺 Girly Swot #FBPE

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

Please read this. It's literally been 8 years in the writing.

The first wave of tech disruption of democracy 2016-2024 is over. What starts now is something much, much worse: the age of information chaos.
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https://t.co/bsnKnag51p

[Bryan Smith #RejoinEU same handle on BlueSky @BpsmithUk]

Supermarkets (& all commentators, except me) are ignoring the Employers National Insurance level has only been *restored* to the level it was at in 2023, before Hunt reduced it.
How many supermarkets (or other complaining employers) *increased* staff or wages when it was reduced?

[Paul Lewis @paullewismoney]

The man who owns this platform - definitely worth 9 minutes of your time.

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

How Musk broke Twitter and helped elect Trump
(Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam)

[Matt Green @mattgreencomedy]

Don't Mention It!

[John Mitnick @JohnMitnick]

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A thread addressed to my fellow conservatives who are planning to vote, or considering voting, for Trump. 1/13

[East London History @EastLondonGuide]

Blog Archive: The Origins of London East End Street Names https://t.co/x62qyQkgKb

[Maria Konnikova @mkonnikova]

Saw this amazing @NewYorker cartoon and had to immediately send it to @NateSilver538

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Feeling nervous doesn't mean you're unprepared. It means you care about something beyond your control.

Anxiety is a caricature artist. It magnifies flaws and minimizes strengths.

Gaining confidence is not about denying what could go wrong. It’s about recognizing what might go right.

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

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[Fred Wellman @FPWellman]

This is actual election interference.

[Matthew Todd 🌏🔥 @MrMatthewTodd]

People who listen to the media are going to be quite shocked that climate change isn’t just an irritating side issue like it’s portrayed as but something that can wipe out 90% of life on Earth https://t.co/mnaQEK6Ju8

[Peter D Carter @PCarterClimate]

PERILOUS TIMES ON PLANET EARTH
2024 State of Climate
Scientists looking into possibility of societal collapse 25 of 35 vital signs worse than ever. Abrupt climate upheaval, jeopardises life on Earth like nothing ever seen
https://t.co/xsREfefjhF
#climatechange #globalwarming

[Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall @HughFW]

Every now and again someone writes so powerfully about the climate crisis that I wish everyone - especially those in power - would read their words. Please read this by @timmwinto and if you are moved by it, please share 🌍

[Guardian Environment @guardianeco]

Our leaders are collaborators with fossil fuel colonialists. This is the source of our communal dread | Tim Winton https://t.co/VjYMdk9wLx

[Wake me when this is all over 💙 @ludditewills]

@bmay Wow that is really very close! They're all almost equally appalling

[Ian Dunt @IanDunt]

At this point it's hard to get too hung up about this stuff, but Badenoch basically accusing journalists of lying for accurately reporting the comments in a radio interview we can all listen to is cynical populist bullshit.