Dr Emma Byrne

McSweeney won't be missed. (Or long remembered.)

But the rot goes much deeper. It wasn't one adviser who decided to send Mandelson to the US to suck up to Trump.

It was the prime minister and the whole rotten logic of the government's Trump appeasement.

That must end.

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Write to your MP: Release the Mandelson files in full Stop Trump Coalition

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Ask for a public enquiry and transparency around the relationship between Peter Mandelson and Epstein and his associates

Well, shit.

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WaPo's Matt Murray told staff the paper is shuttering sports, moving remaining staff to features, shrinking foreign coverage, restructuring metro, closing books coverage, suspending Post Reports podcast

“Whole company now waiting for a live or die email” one staffer said

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Just saw a reference to the Nolan principles of public: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty, and leadership. How's your government matching up?

I love the notes of subversion. A la…

“Fuck your false binary choice. It’s the system that’s broken, and we know how to break that system. Reject the binary harm-is-inevitable options fed to you. Look for ways to do better.”

Also. Go organized labor.

I tried to watch the reform party political broadcast. But all I learned is that Nigel Farage doesn't know how to use a weather forecast and that he "likes the sea".

As unilluminating and as nauseating as the Melania filme

Reform Political Broadcast. What a load of claptrap. They criticise our NHS when we all know what Farage actually plans for the NHS. They criticise and criticise and tell us they are going to improve everything but there is no word about how they will do it. Nothing but hatred.

Groundhog Day

All 2.4m of Britain’s creative workers are at risk — and we know why A new report into the impact of AI on the creative sector makes for apocalyptic reading. The government must act now

'the UK creative industries — which contributed £125 billion to the economy in 2024 and supported 2.4 million jobs — are being destroyed by an AI sector that... contributed just £11 billion in the same year and supported only 85,000 jobs." www.thetimes.com/culture/film...

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Visio (planning software) was Microsoft's, I think it's deprecated now. Visio (conferencing software) is part of the open source LaSuite, maintained by the French government.

France announced today it’s phasing out Teams, Zoom, etc. to be replaced with a French/European solution called Visio. The data is hosted on Outscale. Transcripts and subtitles are also handled by French providers. The target is set on 2027 for government agencies.

I think a lot about Parmy Olson's observation that AI companies actively push everyone to talk about existential risk, because it distracts from more prosaic current day concerns like copyright theft, conditions for data workers, energy & water use, and their financial situation

The duty of remembrance: Holocaust Memorial Day Attending the national ceremony for Holocaust Memorial Day today is, as always, a deeply moving experience. There is a specific, heavy silence that falls when we stop to contemplate the scale of the i...

'Remembrance should be a duty for all of us, not only for those who lived through these atrocities. As this generation of survivors grows smaller, their words provide the vital resources we need to carry that obligation forward.' #HolocaustMemorialDay humanists.uk/2026/01/27/t...

Today, 6pm, US Consulate, Edinburgh.

(We've also been told that they are looking for a piper to come along – do get in touch... or if you're seeing this late, just show up!)

Call off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...

The Government is planning to send King Charles to the US to celebrate with Trump. Giving him a royal visit right now sends a terrible message that his behaviour is acceptable. We can stop this if enough of us speak up. Will you add your name to the petition? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...

If Maduro has barely been mentioned lately, think what else hasn't been reported.

In this video, I run through various things that have happened in the last 2 weeks in the US that really matter even if they aren't making the front pages.

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I know we’re all watching Trump’s health but I think we also need to focus on getting Stephen Miller out of any position of power.

I'm just a PhD, standing in front of a government, asking it to make evidence-based decisions.

YouTube video by How To Cook That The Deadly Lunch : How Science Uncovered a Murder

Not a longform article but the mighty Ann Reardan of How to Cook That took a good look at the forensics

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POLIO. Deadly, crippling, preventable.

My first tricycle was passed on by the next door neighbours, whose kid couldn't ride it any more because of polio. I was three years younger, caught the vaccine window.

Write to peers. Tell them what you think. Support assisted dying. A small number of peers are about to kill the #AssistedDyingBill. Not only would this be undemocratic and an abuse of their power, it would come as a uninimagable tragedy to terminally ill people.

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I highly recommend this data-driven look at the actions of the Trump administration

Government admits its approval for Buckinghamshire AI datacentre should be quashed Campaigners hail U-turn during legal challenge over proposed centre an ‘embarrassing climbdown’

Labour's infatuation with so-called #AI - hugely expensive and damaging

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