Dr Duncan Robertson

That's a Very Nice thing to do.

"Hello there! Hello you! You boy! You!"

This letter from former Cabinet Secretaries and others is straightforwardly wrong regarding the constitutional role of the House of Lords relative to the role of the Commons. /1

Anyone think that geopolitics has got a bit out of hand recently.

That's why they want to colonize Mars, and for the rest of us, they want a Mars bar.

From the @wsj.com chief foreign correspondent

My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’

Here is the whole Trump, Brexit, Russia story neatly summed up for you

The battle started about Ukraine, now it’s about big tech monopoly power

Still think Palantir was an interesting choice for NHS data processing.

Ah yes, the classic Labour position - that anyone who isn't a high earner, an entrepreneur, or a skilled public servant is a taker, not a giver

Musk, Medvedev and the Long War on Europe Dmitry Medvedev joining Elon Musk post in call for the abolition of the EU captures fifteen years of Kremlin information warfare, and encapsulates the story of Trojan Horses

Musk, Medvedev and the Long War on Europe

Dmitry Medvedev joining Elon Musk in a call for the abolition of the EU captures fifteen years of Kremlin information warfare since Ukraine’s EU Maidan, and encapsulates the story of Trojan Horses

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Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.

🇪🇺🇺🇸👀

Elon Musk is a global enemy to democracy.

The jury's out on that.

The jury's out on that.

Has anyone thought of referring X to Prevent.

This is a quote from the article summing up both studies in Technology Review: "A multi-university team of researchers has found that chatting with a politically biased AI model was more effective than political advertisements at nudging both Democrats and Republicans to support presidential candidates of the opposing party. The chatbots swayed opinions by citing facts and evidence, but they were not always accurate—in fact, the researchers found, the most persuasive models said the most untrue things."

Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...

Today - 06/12/2025 - BBC Sounds Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

Pls don’t miss @geraldknaus.bsky.social 7.50am bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… warn #US Nat Security Policy of support for European anti migration parties,inc #AfD destroying EU, *combined* with power of US tech oligarchs is “philosophy that goes against everything on which European peace has been built.”

Wonder how much they charge.

2026 Free Entrance Days in the National Parks Come experience the national parks! All National Park Service sites that charge an entrance fee will offer free admission to everyone (other fees, including timed entry or reservation fees, may apply). Mark your calendar for these entrance fee-free dates: February 16: Presidents Day (Washington's Birthday) May 25: Memorial Day June 14: Flag Day/President Trump's birthday July 3–5: Independence Day weekend August 25: 110th Birthday of the National Park Service September 17: Constitution Day October 27: Theodore Roosevelt's birthday November 11: Veterans Day Beginning in 2026, free entrance on these days will be for US citizens and residents only. Nonresidents will pay the regular entrance fee and any applicable nonresident fees.

When I saw the story in passing I thought it was the same dumb bit as the army parade, the fig leaf of using Flag Day because it happens to also be his birthday. But no, Trump's birthday as such is now an official commemoration for NPS free admission days.

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The CEO of Palantir.

YouTube video by Chas & Dave Chas & Dave - Snooker Loopy (Top of the Pops, 08/05/1986) [TOTP HD]

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Or dynamiting them.

Given that they renamed the Department of Defense to the Department of War, wonder how long until they relaunch it as the FIFA War Prize.

Have FIFA thought of taking over Nobel?

Coup mondiale

Saul Bass’ Warner logo.

Look, Netflix can go and do whatever they like with Warner Bros, just as long as they bring back this logo:

Coup mondiale.

Dunno, relaunch them as twizzlers di tacchino and sell them for £20 at Jamie's Italian.