Brian Ging

"platforms built as public town squares for self-expression and connecting with others are now more like private property, where the loudest voices belong to those with power"

Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how

This is a great report from Sky News about the force-feeding of far-right, hate filled content to X users.
New users have a hugely disproportionate amount of that type of post delivered to them.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

I believe so. Maybe in the ladies intimate apparel section.

My brother @paulging.bsky.social was the DJ in Eldon Square Top Shop around the same time. I seem to remember The Fall got a lot of airplay.

Icarus: You just hate aspiration and enterprise.

15-20, so far today.
I'm not working so it may top 100

Intelligence on ‘extreme’ Maccabi fans with history of violence led to Villa Park ban Exclusive: West Midlands police were told supporters randomly attacked Muslims in Amsterdam last year

Well there's a thing.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

I'd forgotten about Dan Hodges entirely.

There is far better analysis to be had elsewhere. Sticking with having ex pros churning out banalities is a huge missed opportunity for MoTD and the BBC. And expensive.
So without that added value, I find myself scrolling through the bits between matches.

I did!

Denmark summons top US envoy over ‘covert operations’ in Greenland “We do not spy on friends,” Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen says.

Denmark summoned the top U.S. diplomat in Copenhagen today after Danish media reported that Americans with ties to President Donald Trump had carried out covert influence operations in Greenland.

Al Jazeera Media Network condemns the ‘assassination’ of its Gaza correspondents and photographers by Israeli forces.

🔗: aje.io/eeht0q | #JournalismIsNotACrime

That's just great. The Nobel peace prize is in the bag.

Hmmm. @nytimes.com are there other explanations?

Iran ambassador to the IAEA Reza Najafi demands IAEA Board goes harder in condemnation of Israeli, which NAJAFI calls an "oppressive child killer regime"

"We share the same biology, regardless of ideology"
Russians by Sting.
Honourable mention to
"He starts to shake and cough, just like the old man in that book by Nabakov". Also Sting while with The Police.

More Google wins. Is the great algorithm so helpless it needs a lesson from me about the role of gravy in Catalan cuisine?

Like a movie scene. But which one?
The Seventh Seal? The Omen?

REPORTER: Can you explain more of the decision making on what feels like a reversal here?

BESSENT: No

Pokémon or Hegemon? You choose.

They think it's a systemic rival to Pokémon

Excellent negotiating.

Trump himself said Putin would accept European peacekeepers.
Putin disagreed.

The moment of impact as the cargo vessel Solong collides with the Stena Immaculate, which was carrying aviation fuel.
Captured using thermal imaging from a nearby ship. The fire on the Solong is still going as it sits off Lincolnshire. Its captain is under arrest for manslaughter.
Video by Orca AI

Maths is almost as important as English.

Andrew Tate and brother leave Romania for US after travel ban lifted Self-styled ‘misogynist influencer’ and brother Tristan had been banned from leaving Romania since December 2023

I'm sure all the "two tier justice" warriors will be furious about this.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/fe...

YouTube video by Al Jazeera English Refugee arrivals drop on Balkan route, but reports of violence persist

Europe's hard line on migration: and the human consequences.
Frontex proudly says traffic has fallen 75% in the western Balkan route. You can see why.
youtu.be/nqmcSx-0tRM?...

‘We have a rule when we hear the sirens: if you’ve started operating, you don’t stop’: 24 hours with doctors on the Ukrainian frontline Like the soldiers they battle to save, combat medics in Ukraine are under constant attack. Three years after the invasion, one NHS doctor bears witness

We need facts as never before.

3 years after Putin invaded Ukraine, I spent 24 hours with combat medics on the Ukrainian frontline.

Their courage, compassion, dedication & skill are astounding.

Please read & please never stop standing up for Ukraine. 🇺🇦

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

It's being used by some broadcasters for live location reporting. But in my experience is a pretty hopeless tool in the TV field due to its intermittent connection.
And you raise the point that Starlink could take you off air, if it wanted.

I used this phrase in a meeting yesterday and thought I'd invented it.

YouTube video by Financial Times 'Film me!’: Russia's executions of Ukrainian POWs points to a policy | FT Film

🚨NEW @financialtimes.com investigation reveals evidence that Russian executions of Ukrainian POWs are likely part of a systematic policy. And we uncover the identity of a Russian soldier likely involved in filming and carrying out the mass execution of 6 POWs.
📽️WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Muw...