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Grim. Scientifically illiterate, and the techniques they are selling will be largely ineffective anyway.

See my book, Control: the Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics.

British teenager goes missing on hike near Dracula’s castle in Romania George Smyth, 18, rang emergency services for help on November 23, but they have only been able to find his rucksack

George Smyth, 18, rang emergency services for help on November 23, but they have only been able to find his rucksack

Arctic sea-ice extent on November 30th was about 400,000 square kilometers below the previous record low for the date, set in 2016.

Andreas Whittam Smith, co-founder of the Independent, dies aged 88 Journalist and editor also led British Board of Film Classification and served as senior lay member of the Church of England

One of my journalistic heroes: Andreas Whittam Smith, who co-founded The Independent with Steven Glover and Matthew Symonds on 7 October 1986, has died aged 88.

Death toll passes 1,000 in devastating floods across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand – latest updates Hundreds remain missing in Indonesia and Sri Lanka as rescue efforts continue after Cyclone Ditwah

"Death toll passes 1,000 in devastating floods across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand"

Really horrific

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.

"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"

Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations

www.wsj.com/world/russia...

“A European intelligence agency distributed a hard-copy report in a manila envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials...inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the US had been pursuing with Russia, including jointly mining rare earths in the Arctic.”

Nor is “frunk”

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According to @nytimes.com, “Covid”is not a valid word for #Wordle

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‘We had six MPs and four factions’: inside Your Party’s toxic power struggles Some say Jeremy Corbyn is too non-committal for project to work, while others blame Zarah Sultana’s combative nature

Enjoyed this from @peterwalker99.bsky.social on the travails of Your Party:
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The Myth of a Rightward Realignment Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election that are obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment

The Myth of a Rightward Realignment
 
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election. They are only obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment.

As the piece is partially behind a paywall, I’ll share some key thoughts:

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Leaders hope budget funding will boost Labour in next year’s Scotland and Wales elections Scottish Labour’s Anas Sarwar and the Welsh first minister, Eluned Morgan, both face humiliating defeat in next year’s elections, according to polling

Labour's 'get out of jail card'? Scottish and Welsh Labour leaders seek credit for Chancellor's anti-poverty measures in make or break budget - me with Steve Morris 👇🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #Budget25 #Mayelections26 #Holyrood #senedd
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Scottish school cancels Christmas play after ‘racist and abusive’ messages Show at Cauldeen primary school in Inverness had included a scene explaining hardship faced by Syrian refugees

Scottish school cancels Christmas play which sympathised with Syrian child refugees after ‘racist and abusive’ messages targeting staff 👇🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Will the UK Labour Party have the courage to become even more unpopular? British finance minister Rachel Reeves, who faces a make-or-break budget this week, should view her Labour government’s deep unpopularity as a gift. With more than three years remaining before the party must hold an election, there may be little to lose by acting boldly now – and potentially much to gain.

Will the UK Labour Party have the courage to become even more unpopular? reut.rs/48xQihH

Earlier in 2025, the Arctic saw a record low sea-ice maximum. As of yesterday, Arctic sea-ice was 2nd lowest for the date on record.

Are we headed for an even lower sea-ice maximum in 2026? The Climate 8-ball is busy training its brain weasels.

aye, irony of ironies

Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.

Twitter inadvertently unmasks fake influencers in new transparency feature that shows where an account was originally set up. Dozens of accounts based in Russia, India and Nigeria pretending to be Trump supporting Americans revealed in the process

www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...

and on unearned income which gains value through our collective, wider economic and policy successes etc, and also exploits the scarcity of housing which damages younger generations etc etc etc

Jimmy Cliff, reggae giant and star of landmark film 'The Harder They Come,' dead at 81 Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who preached defiance, joy and endurance in such classics as “Many Rivers to Cross,” “You Can Get it If You Really Want” and “Vietnam” and starred in the landmark movie “The Harder They Come,” has died at 81.

Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who preached joy, defiance and resilience has died at 81.

A make-or-break budget: inside the Treasury before Labour’s crucial day From the outside, the run-up to Rachel Reeves’s announcement has looked chaotic, and many see the future of the chancellor and PM in the balance

A make-or-break budget: inside the Treasury before Labour’s crucial day

Big read by top economics editor @guardianheather.bsky.social & me

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...

Britain to introduce $2 billion package to help switch to EVs Britain's government is expected to introduce a 1.5 billion pound ($2 billion) package to accelerate a switch to electric vehicles, it said, including an extra 1.3 billion pounds for a grant scheme to buy new electric cars.

Britain to introduce $2 billion package to help switch to EVs reut.rs/44hCWUk

Victory! We’ve won major legal battle exposing car industry lobbying After two years we can finally reveal “backdoor channels where corporate money hijacks our democracy.”

🚨 SCOOP: Toyota and Aston Martin secretly lobbied a Conservative cabinet minister to weaken Britain’s climate policy.

We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...

Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social

Without the slightest hint of irony, this, from @washingtonpost.com

So lucky Bezos is a hands off, silent proprietor 👇🏾🇺🇸

Did the bombshell BBC memo misquote the misquote? Wording used by Michael Prescott was itself an edit of Trump’s actual words

Did the bombshell BBC memo misquote the misquote? on.ft.com/485zOMr Spoiler alert: it did. Panorama edited Trump to make him look bad. But Prescott edited Trump to make the BBC look bad.

UK public service journalism heroes recognised at British Journalism Awards Express, FT, Guardian, The i, Standard and Eastern Eye make public service shortlist.

UK public service journalism heroes recognised at British Journalism Awards. Express, FT, Guardian, The i, Standard and Eastern Eye make public service shortlist. pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazett...

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Iceland deems possible Atlantic current collapse a security risk Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country's climate minister told Reuters.

Iceland Climate Minister Johannsson: "It is a direct threat to our national resilience and security. (This) is the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been formally brought before the National Security Council as a potential existential threat."
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

‘I never wanted to sing into a vacuum’: Scottish folk pioneer Dick Gaughan’s fight for his lost music A skilled interpreter and social justice champion, Gaughan is a hero to the likes of Richard Hawley and Billy Bragg. Yet much of his work has been stuck in limbo for decades – until a determined fan s...

Please read, listen, and share widely. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...