Matthew Redhead

DJT would bounce naturally.

Trump certainly is too old for this ****.

I think that's what they describe as "light cover".

Sent this piece out yesterday. Trump's whole purpose seems to be to pervert truth in the USA--and there is not stomach or ability to oppose him in the GOP. Any praise of Trump is enabling this kind of cowardly behavior. The GOP reaction to the firing DoL statistician tells us everything.

How North Korean IT workers leverage AI and vulnerable Americans to infiltrate US companies Thousands of North Korean IT workers are using stolen and made-up US identities to make hundreds of millions of dollars a year to fund Pyongyang’s military programs.

In recent years, thousands of North Korean IT workers have used stolen and made-up US identities to pose as Western developers, engineers, and tech consultants to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars a year to Pyongyang’s military programs edition.cnn.com/interactive/...

Democracy After Illiberalism: A Warning from Poland | Journal of Democracy Restoring liberalism after illiberalism is no easy task: Leaders face hard choices between acting quickly and effectively while maintaining a commitment to democratic procedure. Worse…

"A key legacy of illiberalism turns out to be a series of institutional traps... Inaction leaves the damage unrepaired and demobilizes supporters, while effective action may involve capitulation to the illiberal playbook."

Dame Stella Rimington, the first female director general of MI5, has died Dame Stella Rimington, who was the first female director general of MI5, has died, her family has announced.

Dame Stella Rimington, the first female director general of MI5, has died news.sky.com/story/dame-s...

You’ve never lived.

Chinese university students told to spy on classmates, report says Lecturers are also being harassed, the report finds, as ministers say threats will not be tolerated.

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This week on @garlicandpearls.bsky.social another French myth - Club Med. Was/is it really, as its founder hoped, ‘the antidote to civilisation’? Is it possible to return to the state of nature… at an all-inclusive resort? I investigate with fellow holidaymaker @suzanneraine.bsky.social
Tune in!

“These and other unearthed details about Mar-a-Lago during Trump’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein may address a question Trump hasn’t been asked: Why did Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell make Trump’s club one of the spots where they hunted for victims?”

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Another thing about this. Reform UK could win an election with the vast majority dead set against Brexit. What happens when they tear up the trade agreement, the Starmer reset and the Windsor Framework? That'd just add to the ridiculous chaos. Absurd.

I would be fascinated to see what comes out in the disclosure/discovery process (if anything).

My thoughts exactly, Luca.

This will be interesting. #CIA #MKUltra #FamilyJewels

The episode did make me wonder whether I could ever do Club Med, but I decided it sounded far too pleasant to be a "holiday" as I understand it.

"And tonight, you're going to be giving us a new style of dancing, which I believe you call "The Colombian March". Where did you get that idea from?"

#strictlycomedancing #ColombianDancingPowder

My reflection on the #Starmer government's approach to #Israel's conduct in #Gaza is that if you can't tell your friends that they are wrong, then it wasn't much of a friendship in the first place.

Only 29% would back Brexit now — poll suggests tables have turned We asked Britain about Europe, China and their least favourite world leaders, but one answer stands out

The shocking thing about the British political system is that even now when two thirds of the country things Brexit was a bad decision and well more than half want to rejoin the EU--not a single major national political party supports rejoining.

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/only...

Maybe I am overreacting, but watching the progress of #Republican #gerrymandering in the US, I find it hard not to feel that they are in the process of turning the country into a "managed democracy" where #Democrats are allowed to run, but not to win.

From 'The Spectre of War", Jonathan Haslam's superb history of the role that fear of #communism played in the atrocious Western decision-making of the #inter-war years. Never assume your opponent thinks as you do. #Statecraft.

Newspaper clipping. CORRECTION: In yesterday's paper in Chris Searle's jazz albums column, we incor- rectly referred to Don Rendell as a "terrorist" when it clearly should have been "tenorist." We apologise for any offence.

To be fair, I’ve heard some terrible jazz that might have required a police presence in my time.

No cheating. Your last saved celebrity photo is your therapist. Who is it?

Oh yes! Nonsense, but enjoyable nonsense.

I really think the key to a healthy life is the ability to set aside your grievances and move on. Otherwise your resentments will eat you alive - and probably other people too.

Very true.

I largely loved it.

Better by design
Fly the friendly skies
Through appliance of science
We’ve got that ring of confidence

North Korea sent me abroad to be a secret IT worker. My wages funded the regime In a rare interview, a former North Korean IT worker reveals the secret scheme raising funds for Kim Jong Un’s regime.

BBC News - North Korea sent me abroad to be a secret IT worker. My wages funded the regime
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‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

“The threat is from leaders who are “walking versions of the dark triad” – narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism – in a world menaced by the climate crisis, nuclear weapons, artificial intelligence and killer robots.”

An interesting read about how we stave off societal collapse.