Ben Evans

@Benevans
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PhD Econ, MSc finance, BSc physics, tech, comsci, futurologist, former rocket scientist. Custom bike frame builder.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-65626241

Not profits set to be cut, but yeah, were paying for this again and they'll pay out a bigger dividend.

Absolute scumbags.

Nationalise water FFS.

Sewage spills: Water bills set to rise to pay for £10bn upgrade

Water companies apologise for sewage spills in England, but critics say customers should not foot the bill.

BBC News
Douglas Murray at the "NatC" conference: "other countries shouldn't be put off being nationalist just because Germany mucked up twice in a century" doesn't take much translation, but for those who are slow to catch up, he's advocating in favour of fascism.

This is Matt Goodwin. Professor of politics. Doing a speech that Mussolini would be proud of.

His support for Johnson wasn't an accident, he really is a fascist.

Confirmation that National Conservatism is a fascist plot
Rudy Giuliani said he and Trump were selling pardons for $2m apiece, ex-aide claims

Mr Giuliani reportedly claimed he would split the $2 million fee with then-president Donald Trump

The Independent

GOP rejected White House effort to close tax loopholes in debt ceiling talks

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/15/debt-ceiling-negotiations-deadline-default/

GOP rejected White House effort to close tax loopholes in debt ceiling talks

Negotiations are stuck and time is running out, but Republicans have signaled that there cannot be any new tax hikes as part of a budget deal.

The Washington Post
I Will Defend Free Speech to the Death. Or Until an Autocrat Asks Me to Stop. "Let every petty dictator take notice: If you want Twitter to censor its users, just send me an email." https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-will-defend-free-speech-to-the-death-or-until-an-autocrat-asks-me-to-stop
I Will Defend Free Speech to the Death. Or Until an Autocrat Asks Me to Stop

“Elon Musk is facing heavy criticism for Twitter’s decision to censor tweets at the behest of the Turkish government right before the country’s pr...

McSweeney's Internet Tendency

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/may/13/ghosts-this-country-us-uk-sitcom-remakes

This is the reality of life working in almost any UK corporation.

‘I was a tiny cog in a machine of people all named vice-president of something’: the reality of remaking UK sitcoms

The CBS version of the BBC comedy Ghosts is one of the biggest shows on American TV. But US remakes more often than not go south. Armando Iannucci and other creators share their horror stories

The Guardian