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Elon Musk doesn’t pay his bills, and they call him a visionary business genius.

You want help with your student loan bills, and they call you a freeloader.

Wow I didn't realize Google Maps had started doing this.
“The impact of Long Covid is going to be huge. When you’ve had 7 billion people in the world infected, you only have to increase the risk of diabetes, dementia, cardiovascular disease by a tiny percentage & you’ve got a huge long-term problem” New WHO Chief Scientist Jeremy Farrar

Apparently you're meant to do an #Introduction, so...

I'm a writer from the UK. I do threads mocking the political fuck-ups of the week. I've also written bestselling books taking a longer view of UK politics since 2010. I try to make it funny, even though it really isn't.

So I'll mostly be writing about that on here. And dogs.

I spent 30 years as a director-level software dude, and still do software stuff half the time, cos books don't pay. Also a painter, drummer, boxer and cancer survivor.

#Orkneys to look at proposals to become territory of Norway. "We're failed by both British and Scottish governments" and "we can't go on as we are".

https://tinyurl.com/34u4j7tp

Steve Baker makes move for Tory Party leadership by withdrawing his support of #Braverman. I always feel that Suella doesn't read very much, and certainly not data or reports.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jul/02/steve-baker-withdraws-support-for-suella-braverman-over-grooming-gangs-rhetoric-says-ally

Steve Baker withdraws support for Braverman over grooming gangs rhetoric, says ally

Influential Brexiter backed home secretary’s leadership bid but is said to object to her singling out British-Pakistani men

The Guardian

America 👏 does 👏 not 👏 have 👏 a 👏 far-left 👏 movement.

- Our far-right are explicit, open fascists.
- Our center-right are extremist nationalists.
- Our center-left are classical conservatives.
- Our far-left are moral centrist capitalist moderates.

Any objective political compass would place politicians like Bernie Sanders, AOC, or Elizabeth Warren barely left of center.

A true far-left movement would be advocating for forced property seizure by the working class. Instead, our "far-left" is like "let's don't do a genocide on trans people today please I haven't even had brunch".

‘Some never came back’: how Russians hunted down veterans of Donbas conflict

Exclusive: Ukrainians who fought against separatists tell of kidnap and torture by invaders; the fate of hundreds of others is a mystery

The Guardian

To recap: Supreme Court justices nominated by a president who lost the popular vote and confirmed by Senators representing far less than half the country have eliminated abortion rights, green-lighted anti-LGBTQ discrimination, and ended affirmative action.

In one year.

Dave Brown's #RoguesGallery cartoon, after #ThomasEakins #RishiSunak #NHS #NHSWorkforcePlan #ToriesDestroyingOurNHS #ToryBrokenBritain – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com