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@RonFilipkowski The "we can only say lovely positive things" directive was presumably just for domestic consumption. When it comes to the EU and the UK, which haven't knuckled under yet, apparently it's still open season.

Two days ago he said he was going to “tweak the algorithm” because there was “too much negativity” on the platform.

@alexandra4mt @AOC It isn't just age. The Democratic Establishment will do anything to sabotage progressives. Ask Bernie and Katie Porter.

@ClimateBen And all we'll see from the right is gloating about those nasty elitist scientists being terrified.

BREAKING: scientists terrified out of their fucking minds as they concede it's too late to avoid cataclysmic rapid global warming of 1.9-3°C within a decade or two 🧵

@palaceprincess Glad to see you over there!

I'm now on BlueSky and Threads. Same user handle. Thanks for following!

@newrepublic They keep making the same mistake because their wealthy donors are more important to them. This is what happens when you have such expensive campaigns.

If we agree that the Democrats have lost repeated elections because they’re not speaking directly enough to working-class voters’ economic concerns, then why do they keep making the same mistake? trib.al/vSqeaAu

@RichardDawkins He may be highly intelligent but I'm not sure where the evidence is that he has the welfare of the world at heart.

I take (possibly forlorn) hope in the fact that although Trump is a mendacious, malevolent, transparently evil man, and stupid with it, Musk is not. He is highly intelligent and, diametrically opposed to Trump, he has the welfare of the world at heart. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

@TristanSnell Trump didn't have to. Why should Elon?

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will have to divest their business holdings if they want to join the Trump administration, to avoid violating conflict-of-interest laws. So if Elon takes a job, could he be forced to sell his stock in Tesla? Or could he be forced to sell Twitter?

@KMalumza @JayAfolabi @TheEconomist Pretty sure I'm not. You might be, though.

@RoyalUniverse @JayAfolabi @TheEconomist You're fed wrong info

If Volodymyr Zelensky continues to defy reality by insisting that Ukraine’s army can take back all the land Russia has stolen since 2014, he will drive away backers and further divide Ukrainian society. It is time for a new, honest approach econ.st/4fjyLdQ 👇

@ExtremelyAvg @jk_rowling "The left" doesn't hate her. Some people on the left hate her, as do some people on the right. Many of us on the left admire her for standing up for what she believes, as you'd absolutely expect from the author of the Harry Potter books.

@jk_rowling The left hates you. Why do you still identify with that side? It's interesting to me when folks do this, but it's especially interesting when the greatest writer of the last 50 years does. Which aspects draw you in?

You can keep telling yourself this, but you're simply wrong. I'm a left-leaning liberal who's fiercely anti-authoritarian, and if you couldn't deduce that from my work you haven't understood a word of it. I'm not an ideologue. I mistrust ideologies. I've never met an ideologue who wasn't prepared to deny a bit of inconvenient truth to keep their world view intact and I include ideologies with which I find myself in broad sympathy. On the other hand, I am an idealist. I believe in human beings. We are undeniably capable of terrible acts, but the evidence is that we are astoundingly collaborative and mutually supportive, especially when times are hard. My values haven't changed; what's changed is the political landscape. What was once my natural home (a pragmatic centre-left party focused on dealing with economic disparity, championing social liberalism and equal rights) is now dominated by an illiberal, identity-based strain of politics I consider elitist, harmful and out of touch with the day-to-day concerns of regular people, particularly women (and I've still lived more than half of my life as a non-wealthy woman, and some of that time was spent in poverty). There are women with whom I make common cause in the TERF wars I disagree with on other things. Within obvious limits (sucking up to literal Nazis) I don't particularly care about their personal politics. The reality is that there's currently an assault on women's rights unparalleled in my lifetime, and it's coming from both left and right. If ever there was a time for women across the political spectrum to come together, it is now.

@JayAfolabi @TheEconomist According to Putin, it'll happen when Ukraine becomes part of the Russian motherland. Then he'll be off to take over the next country that at some point in the past was in the Russian sphere of influence.

@TheEconomist Can we ever have peace between Ukraine and Russia

@unreMARKLEble Such nonsense about withholding a title and security if he turned out to be too brown. Would that mean a sibling who wasn't brown would get a title and security while he didn't? It doesn't make a particle of sense.

Debunking #MeghanMarkle’s egregious lie about Archie’s title. There’s NO WAY Harry didn’t know the “protocol” yet allowed her to spew this nonsense. NOBODY said to her “yeah, we don’t want him to be a prince”. Such a LIAR. #MeghanIsTheProblem #MeghanMarkleIsALiar #MeghanAndHarry

@unreMARKLEble The "nobody asked how *I* feel" moment, whining about life in the palace during a trip to one of the poorest areas in the world. Followed by the blatant lie about the wedding before the wedding, accusing the Archbishop of breaking the law.

What was your “hell no” moment with #MeghanMarkle? I was a huge supporter initially, but it was the announcement they were leaving & how they handled it-the Netflix deal was 🤮 but Oprah was the point of no return. #MeghanAndHarry #MeghanIsTheProblem

@ProfBillMcGuire @UKLabour Labour has just been a branch of the Conservatives since Tony Blair took over. Corbyn might have made a difference but of course wasn't given a chance to.

@LouLouLa10 Trump, who loves to give tax breaks to the richest people and remove regulations so businesses can abuse their workers? I don't think so.

@Catheri29801633 Well, if he does come back, it had better be without her.

I feel like the public is getting set up to accept H back in the RF in his old capacity. Without her. I’m sure it will be expertly done, just the way that Camilla and Fergie came (back) in after it being seemingly impossible. Will you forgive and forget?? I won’t.

@peterdaou Well, we're going to end up with Harris or Trump as president. Will Trump be better for mothers and children in Gaza and Lebanon?

My wife nearly died from an ectopic pregnancy. Don't weaponize her pain to try to bully me into voting for the slaughter of mothers and children in Gaza and Lebanon.

@guardian No surprise there, then.

Terrawatch: mystery of Siberian explosive craters solved #Echobox=1729659804" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theguardian.com/science/2024/o…

@ProjectLincoln Well, obviously. I mean, they're only women, not babies. Who cares? Certainly nobody associated with Project 2025.

Since the fall of Roe, states with abortion bans have seen their maternal death rate increase dramatically. Trump and Vance’s answer: Let the women die.

@richardaeden @DailyMailUK Lucky old Portugal...

Why I believe #PrinceHarry and #Meghan's new home in #Portugal means we may never see the former actress in Britain again. Read my #royal article and let me know what YOU think. Via @DailyMailUK dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/ar…

@McFaul Well, under Trump our adversaries will be our new allies. Our current allies seem to understand that better than many Americans.

Vibe from Prague and Berlin among foreign policy types is extreme anxiety over the possibility of a Trump return to the White House. We should be making our adversaries nervous, not our allies.