Dan Henshaw

SpaceX to focus on Moon settlements instead of Mars?!? Wow, it is hard to overstate what a change -- what a climb-down -- this is for Musk. It has always been Mars for him. Full stop. Supposedly the goal behind *everything* he does.

the chaos that agents are about to unleash as they are increasingly used by people with diminishing technical competence is going to be incredible. will be car crashes everywhere. this guy is a VC!

i just saw someone say "Kid Rock makes music for the people who have tattoos of their kids but not custody" and hol up i need a minute

This is hilarious.

As Bad Bunny Slayed the Super Bowl, Turning Point USA Staged Its Own Weird Little Event The counter-programming to the half time show was predictably xenophobic, but (perhaps) surprisingly low-quality and poorly attended

Turning Point USA’s “All American Halftime” show was predictably xenophobic, but (perhaps) surprisingly low-quality and poorly attended

It's weird that they're both posting as if they don't live in puerto rico, where they both moved to avoid paying taxes

This type of X comms from the Home Office seems a political gift to Reform, and fuel for overt racists, while repelling progressives at the same time

Something magnificent about Kemi Badenoch's self-confidence, and her claim that the Mandelson affair is entirely down to her asking questions at PMQs. Like a toddler who thinks their plastic steering wheel is controlling the car.

The media desperately wanted to give the right a cultural moment and the problem is that they have no culture.

Embarrassment For Reform UK As Councillor Quits Party On Live TV David Taylor said policy decisions had been taken "that I don't stand by, and I can't stand by".

Embarrassment For Reform UK As Councillor Quits Party On Live TV

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/embarr...

Honestly, it has to be a weird time to be a figure in pop culture due the president being Literally The Worst. Like, Elmo can say sharing is good and somebody in his X mentions will say “Elmo, you rotten son of a bitch. This goes against everything President Trump stands for.” And that’s not wrong.

Ageing societies that don't like leaning in to their areas of comparative advantage or immigrants and feel their first duty is protection whether of individuals or companies are probably not going to be high growth (or as it appears) happy ones.

The inevitable people that reply and say "rejoin the EU is the easy solution" are as much of the UK politics problem as those who say "well just restore growth" or "just deliver better"

Morning. A reminder that the names will continue to change with regularity in UK politics until leaders realise that there are no easy solutions and that difficult choices have to be made and justified.

March for Life attendees may have been exposed to measles, DC Health warns D.C. health officials are contacting people possibly exposed to measles at the March for Life in January, as confirmed cases rise nationwide.

I would be laughed out of the writers’ room if I pitched this. Measles exposure at a March for Life rally. www.npr.org/2026/02/08/n...

The economic cost of Brexit has just been laid bare – and it’s devastating A decade on, the economic cost of Brexit has just been laid bare – and it’s devastating. Here's what the figures say.

The measurable cost of Brexit is "brutal" & "devastating".
Isn't it time our government did something about that, or at least started planning to do so?
A 'reset' is not going to cut it!
www.thelondoneconomic.com/business-eco...

Unlike Trump, Farage does not have executive power. He cannot wield the same bully pulpit. Instead, he becomes the junior partner to voters' clearest symbol of instability and is left stranded. Farage cannot defend the indefensible, but nor can he convincingly break with a figure he has spent years praising. Nigel Farage's friendship with US president Donald Trump could cost him dearly (PA Media)

“The more Trump dominates the global agenda, the better Europe looks and the harder it becomes for Farage to argue that his brand of politics would make Britain safer, richer or more secure”

Well yes. The longest - FFS, wake up! - call to British voters ever…
app.independent.co.uk/2026/02/08/2...

Elon Musk Y @elonmusk X.com For those unaware, SpaceX has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon, as we can potentially achieve that in less than 10 years, whereas Mars would take 20+ years.

SpaceX shifts focus from something that it will never do on Mars to something it will never do on the Moon.

And the longer we avoid the problem, the more tantrum politics we have.

‘18 months of Labour and everything’s still shiiiiit! Waaah, but you promiiiised!!!!’

‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record

This is absolutely insane. The sort of Kafka-esque nightmare you would find in a Philip K Dick book set far in the dystopian future. A window on America tumbling into autocracy.

www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

This woman is in charge of the US Agency for Global Media, which is supposed to serve and represent the best American values

Israel’s Extermination, Ethnic Cleansing Escalate Israeli forces escalated their atrocities in 2025, including war crimes, crimes against humanity, acts of genocide, and ethnic cleansing against Palestinians.

Israeli forces escalated their atrocities in 2025, including war crimes, crimes against humanity, acts of genocide, and ethnic cleansing against Palestinians. #Rights2026

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Imagine being the most powerful man in the world and being this much of a whiney victim BITCH.

Good god what a child

My favorite Super Bowl memory is still when Elon Musk was at the 2023 game in Arizona and panicked about his Eagles tweet getting less engagement than Joe Biden's. He then flew immediately to Twitter's San Francisco office to start emergency meetings to fix the site's algorithm.

I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them

There is a major political organization allied with the president that got so mad a Latino artist was tapped to play at the Super Bowl they made a whole alternative show. We should all take a moment to reflect on that. It is so blatantly racist.

I beg you. Stop. Calling. Them. "Conservatives."

I mean even the photo looks a scene from a movie where all the baddies come together to plan their next diabolical deed.

Shot from the stands of the Bad Bunny halftime show.

What a moment.

The US deficit is approaching ww2 levels as a percent of GDP.

Because of the “Big Beautiful Bill” that GOP voted for.

We are spending more on INTEREST than on anything else including the military.

This is a time bomb, and the GOP is responsible. Fiscal conservative my ass