Widening Gyre

Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; …

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@tomdflynn Has she ever had budget responsibility, ever managed a team, what’s the biggest project she’s managed, biggest change she’s driven?

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@JD_Vance_Q1 Again?? 😁🤣😁

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@Milajoy Sure… 🤣🤣😂

[Joni Askola @joni_askola]

Elon Musk’s visible shock when confronted with the fact that London is safer than American cities exposes a massive gap between social media algorithms and statistical reality.

Despite the endless stream of online panic about ”dangerous” European capitals, the numbers don’t lie: London is objectively safer than almost every city in the United States.

The idea that London is a crime-ridden wasteland is a triumph of online disinformation, allowed to spread unchecked on platforms like X because it fits a specific political narrative.

The actual data shows that London's homicide rate sits at roughly 1.1 per 100,000 people. To put that in perspective, 100 out of the 100 largest US cities (!!!) have higher homicide rates than London, and 49 out of 50 US states are more dangerous on this metric. London achieves this safety record despite being a massive, diverse global hub of nine million residents.

Critics often point to property crime or phone snatching to argue that London is worse, but using petty crime to ignore murder statistics is fundamentally flawed. Criminologists rely heavily on homicide rates because non-fatal crime statistics are notoriously harder to compare and more unreliable. Theft, sexual violence, and minor assault reporting rates fluctuate wildly depending on how much citizens trust local police or whether they need a police report for an insurance claim. Forms of non-lethal violence also vary based on legislation: you will naturally see more stabbings in a country with fewer guns, and more gun violence in a country with more guns.

Homicide, by contrast, is an absolute and objective metric. It measures the ultimate form of violence, correlates strongly with overall severe crime, and leaves almost no room for underreporting. It counts all forms of lethal violence in an unhackable way. It is impossible to claim your city is safer than London if you have a five times higher homicide rate, even if London scores worse on theft.

London has plenty of room for improvement, but American commentators living under drastically higher murder rates should clean up their own backyard before preaching to others

[Dr Ahmad Rehan Khan @AhmadRehanKhan]

Aww... the self-proclaimed "free speech champion" got his feelings hurt by The Economist's Editor-in-Chief asking tough questions. Now she's suddenly "a traitor to the West." That's some impressively thin-skinned behavior for someone who lectures everyone else about free speech.

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@FoxNews Elites got to elite, next Trump will be getting a new jet and remodelling the White House 🤣😂🤣

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@AhmadRehanKhan Yes, elites shouldn’t be criticised.

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@nicksortor That’s appalling, kings 👑 and elites shouldn’t have to show I’d. Subjects should know their place!!

[Very Brexit Problems @VeryBrexitProbs]

MAGA and Reform have spent years screaming that London is a war-torn no-go hellscape.

London's murder rate is now lower than every single US state and every big US city.

Philadelphia's is 12x higher. Maybe MAGA should sort their own cities out before lecturing ours. 🇬🇧

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@WhiteHouse Trump 👑 doesn’t want you to talk about him losing the election. 🤣😂🤣

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@nicksortor So he’s not a supporter of democracy? Makes sense. 🤣😂🤣

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@MsAvaArmstrong He doesn’t know that in a war the other side gets to kill you as well? He’s got to stop watching old westerns.

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@FoxNews Trump backed Putin, he’s on the losing side.

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@reobedk @wealthmoose You’re expecting too much of him.

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@campbellclaret The book PayPal Wars isn’t flattering. He’s a financial engineer, not an inventor.

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@nicksortor How are Trumps 🍔🍔🍔 wildfires going? 😂🤣😂 Drill baby drill.

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@GuntherEagleman Canada doesn’t pay the tariffs, Americans do. You still don’t understand that? You have a trade agreement your breaking so now just as reliable as China. 😂🤣😂

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@JamieBonkiewicz Brain of a goldfish.

[Books Behind Borders @MHTruthUltra]

Trump is amazing. I should have voted for him in 2024. My tank used to hold only $50 worth of gas. Now it holds $90+ worth of gas. I don't know how he did it, but I am going to vote for him in 2028.

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@UsArmyspoof_ Another reason not to buy American stuff. 😂🤣😂 Trumps back on single burger 🍔 thinking again.