@alysscarlet.bsky.social
Bournemouth
"Those who would defend the BBC need to recognise the bad faith of those attacking it β and that the era of the rulebook is over."
13.11.2025 18:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0As a retired Editor of news programming this should imho have been dealt with at an editorial level. It probably was. What led to top level resignations was the determination of Tory βagentβ Gibb, Farage and Johnson to go public and bring in Trump to force a change of leadership in time for 2029
12.11.2025 17:42 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Further to this, it is disappointing that most of the news coverage of the $1bn threat letter did not critically engage with its content.
Instead, most coverage accepted the content of the letter at face value.
NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
Please cut up the plastic rings. They are always caught on animals causing severe injury and death. Only takes 15 seconds to cut up all the holes.
12.11.2025 08:56 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
10.11.2025 11:29 β π 5589 π 1652 π¬ 146 π 74Good, if chilling, thread...
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A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
A great day for the golden rule of political analysis: when the right wins it is a resounding ideological victory that humiliates the left and when the left wins it is a precarious fluke that will surely end up humiliating the left. Conservatives are powerβs landlords and the left merely tenants
05.11.2025 10:35 β π 3238 π 726 π¬ 35 π 23
Just drop this police statement into the mash...
02.11.2025 14:53 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Just took a deep breath & went to look at X. It's an absolute cesspit of hatred & glee: one huge account after another blaming the Huntingdon attacks on immigration, with total disregard for information, evidence or the safety of those at whom they're pointing. The yearning for violence is palpable.
02.11.2025 13:27 β π 385 π 72 π¬ 41 π 11
X is a cesspit led by an unhinged billionaire who is desperately trying to stir up civil war in Britain.
Nobody with any sense or decency should be there.
No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there.
Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.
π³ As a #NationalTrust member Iβve just voted for the recommended slate to keep out the bogus, right-wing entryists of βRestore Trustβ. Anything this creep wants is bad for Britain and bad for our heritage.
π³ If youβre a member, vote Recommended Slate now: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
The US & UK constitutional traditions both assume that the best way to constrain a tyrant is to ensure parliamentary control over "the power of the purse".
If a president can pay troops via a private donor, & impose taxes at his personal whim, a key pillar of Anglo-American constitutionalism falls.
Both presenters no longer with us. π #totp
24.10.2025 19:43 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Look, I am warning you. Do not click on an advert for frying pans on Instagram. It doesn't matter how curious you are. It doesn't matter how knackered you current pans are. All you will see for months are ads for pans. They will follow you everywhere. They will never stop.
23.10.2025 08:11 β π 1472 π 103 π¬ 178 π 26I saw this and thought of you. π β€οΈ @iolantherosa.bsky.social
19.10.2025 17:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Trump and Saudi Arabia torpedo global shipping deal calling it a scam.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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The UKβs independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
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The Teutoburg Forest
The Teutoburg Forest
https://botfrens.com/collections/210/contents/48143
I spent some time with OpenAI's new AI video app Sora. Not just slop but ragebait, fake crimes and women splattered with white goo. The implications of all of this are horrifying.
01.10.2025 15:15 β π 1071 π 357 π¬ 24 π 89OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this
30.09.2025 23:24 β π 10801 π 3274 π¬ 218 π 595They're brilliant! You have a goldmine to explore. π
30.09.2025 18:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm so pleased you're back! I've devoured these 2 episodes. Brings back memories of walking my dog during lockdown. I hope you do many more pods now. π
29.09.2025 22:08 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
A road
A road
https://botfrens.com/collections/210/contents/48518
If ever there was a time not to normalize Trumpβs authoritarian fever dreams, this is it.
This should be impeachable. βWar ravagedβ Portland? Heβs insane - & insanely power hungry. The script is set - call an imaginary group a terror group and then send in the troops.
Nathan Gill is no fringe politician.
He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales.
A Brexit Party MEP.
A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him:
"terrific," and "as honest as the day is long."
This is a MASSIVE story
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
So much has gone wrong in US press reporting on Trump because the White House reporters are people who have exclusively covered US politics.
They need people who have worked in Hungary, Turkey, etc. The relevant knowledge isn't Reagan factoids; it's the dynamics of competitive authoritarianism.
