Andrew Bowie

“Realism”. Amorality in a trenchcoat of theory.

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

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We ex-Labour voters are simple folk, you see, easily won over with a strongly worded tweet or a Speech About Values, and not inclined to dwell on the government’s plans to, for instance, force our friends & neighbours out of the country by preventing them from getting permanent residence for decades

Of course, we knew Trump was paid off to criticize the competing bridge. Was just a matter of confirming the payment.

Why is Trump so desperate to revive conspiracy theories about the 2020 election?

Because he’s trying to create the pretext to interfere in 2026.

We see what he is doing and it will not work.

Black Nile 15_2_26 Martin Hallmark (p), Jon Halton (b), Adrian Coggins (d) Selmer SBA Wanne Lakshmi

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These emails show physicist Lawrence Krauss in constant contact with Jeffrey Epstein, arranging visits, seeking advice, and coordinating meetings with other scientists like Richard Dawkins and Steven Pinker.
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Time Is Running Out to Stop the Guga Hunt More than 25,000 people have now signed our petition calling on NatureScot to stop licensing the Guga hunt - the annual mass-killing of Gannet seabird chicks on the Scottish island of Sula Sgeir in th...

Some traditions should die

Please sign the petition to stop the cruel annual killing of gannet chicks on the Scottish Island Sula Sgeir

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'A Big F*ck You to Big Tech': New Jersey Residents Defeat AI Data Center | Common Dreams "It's time to build communities, not data centers," said one local activist.

New Brunswick, NJ just canceled plans for a colossal AI data center after massive pushback from the community.

That's a huge win for people power.

AI data centers are sucking up communities’ utilities AND draining state resources — while enriching Big Tech CEOs.

Palantir UK chief walks away from Gaza genocide questions Louis Mosley wouldn’t say if Israel has battle-tested the technology he’s just sold Britain’s military. Neither did the MoD.

#Palantir has been making headlines all over the world in recent months, from the #Epstein files to #ICE raids in the US and #Israel’s genocide in #Gaza. Yet #Starmer gives them contracts.
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The Supreme Court ruling has helped the family of one man in particular: the architect of Trump’s tariffs himself.

A firm headed by Lutnick’s sons was allowing its traders to purchase the rights to hundreds of millions of dollars of refunds in the event tariffs were struck down. trib.al/JcwQ9MT

Democrats can now credibly call for the repeal of the Trump tax cuts and the clawing back of the additional ICE funding as a way of offsetting the revenue loss from the ending of the illegal tariffs.

Pritzker’s invoice to White House:

(via @nbcnews.com) @govpritzker.illinois.gov

It needs to be said clearly that it would be absolutely insane for the United States to start a war of aggression against Iran. If anyone thinks that Trump gives a rip about democracy or human rights you are kidding yourself. It’ll be another campaign of domination and plunder.

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Elon Musk is now clearly writing Grok's replies to all the subjects that he considers important.

It's exactly the nonsense he posts on Twitter.

Gefangenschaft in Russland: "Die Schläge hörten nie auf" Russland hält illegal Tausende ukrainische Zivilistinnen und Zivilisten gefangen. Drei Überlebende der Gefangenschaft berichten von systematischer Folter und Willkür.

Russland hält illegal Tausende ukrainische Zivilistinnen und Zivilisten gefangen. Drei Überlebende der Gefangenschaft berichten von systematischer Folter und Willkür. www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...

They raided the jailed children to steal their letters.

The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.

there’s always a tweet

13 workers left Palantir and issued this statement.

"Palantir is increasingly complicit, normalizing authoritarianism under the guise of a 'revolution' led by oligarchs. We must resist this trend."

With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules

“The U.S. no longer has emission standards of any meaning,” said Margo T. Oge, who served as the E.P.A.’s top vehicle emissions regulator under three presidents and has since advised both automakers and environmental groups…

“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”

Broken bones, burning eyes: How Trump's DHS deploys 'less lethal' weapons on protesters Federal immigration officers have repeatedly used force in ways that appear to violate their own policies or general policing guidelines, NBC News found.

Why are our taxpayer dollars funding our own torture?

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‘We almost lost you in the night’ - the life-threatening rise of measles in the UK It is one of the most infectious diseases around, and can cause blindness and hearing loss – and can also be fatal. Why are cases now soaring and what can be done about it?

Pneumonia, blindness, hearing loss and brain inflammation are just some of the impacts measles can do and these are heartbreaking accounts shared here. Measles is extremely infectious but also preventable by the full course of the MMR vaccine #MMR #Measles

None of this is normal

This is true. 🧪

This is part of a bigger story that hasn't had much coverage about the FCDO being cut to ribbons.

Development funding has been slashed but foreign office staff are also being reduced by 20-30%.

Intermittent fasting no better than typical weight loss diets, study finds Researchers say limited eating approaches such as 5:2 diet not a ‘miracle solution’ amid surge in their popularity Intermittent fasting is no better for shedding the pounds than conventional diets and is barely more effective than doing nothing, according to a major review of the scientific evidence. Researchers analysed data from 22 global studies and found people who are overweight or living with obesity lost as much weight by following traditional dietary advice as when they tried fasting regimes such as the 5:2 diet popularised by the late Michael Mosley. Continue reading...

Intermittent fasting no better than typical weight loss diets, study finds