Sceptical of Rumour Control, process and don’t think we Red Team anywhere near enough. Apparently woke’r than the average Defence commentator. (they/them)
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Typically a big fan of @BBCNews (I’ve lived in the US where real news is a farcically distant concept), but to suggest that the change of Man U manager is a headline ahead of US soldier arrested in UK for spying for Russia seems the wrong way round.
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It's official
Climate breakdown made the 2026 UK harvest the worst on record
The 4 worst UK harvests ever have happened since 2020, leading to the loss of grain equivalent to more than a year's worth of bread supply
And it won't stop there
eciu.net/media/press-release…
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The Royal Navy has stood up its first ever autonomous squadron that will operate uncrewed boats on front-line operations – as investment into the hybrid navy continues.
The 1st Autonomous Squadron is currently operating Kraken K3 Scout and Rattler USVs.
royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2026/n…
After a couple of years of effective plateaux, China’s CO2 emissions might have started falling. Given the position from which they started their transition, the pace of their electrification and roll out of renewables and EVs this could be start of a disproportionate effect.
NEW – Analysis: China’s quarterly CO2 falls 3% in largest drop since Covid
✍️ Written by @laurimyllyvirta
Read here ➡️ buff.ly/ZbZhmkr
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Something we taught at the Naval War College for the many years I was there: Officers need to realize that Americans, because of their huge faith in the US military, has offloaded too many jobs on the armed forces, from global social work to diplomacy, without strategic intent.
Interesting there are accounts I used to periodically engage with on national events, but more and more when I try to amplify their content on said event, I realise they stopped tweeting between last years event and today, lots of organisations seem to have gone cold in a year.
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Just been informed our gapped Civil Servant won’t be recruited as a ban is back, meaning unqualified people who’ve already got a full time job’ll have to pick up the work or we’ll fail. The @cabinetofficeuk needs to realise a healthy, effective Civil Service needs Civil Servants.
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'Politicians try to divide us so extremely nowadays.'
@JamesBlunt was 'always going to be a military bloke', but tells @NickFerrariLBC he understands why young people today are more reluctant.
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Historic election for women veterans running for Congress!
These women have already served our country in uniform. Now they'll serve it in Congress.
Proud to have supported every one of them!
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BREAKING: SWEET REVENGE! The Navy Admiral who Pete Hegseth fired DEFEATS her MAGA opponent to win a House seat in South Carolina — cementing the blue tsunami with a poetic flourish!
This is just too beautiful...
Democrat Nancy Lacore, a 35-year Navy veteran who rose through the ranks from helicopter pilot to become Chief of Navy Reserve, was fired in August of 2025 amid Hegseth's purging of high-ranking women in the military. While no official reason was given, the deeply misogynistic Hegseth has not been coy about his caveman belief that only testosterone-injecting men should serve.
Lacore has now defeated Republican Jenny Costa Honeycutt to seize a seat that was formerly held by MAGA lunatic Nancy Mace who launched a failed bid for the governor's mansion this year.
Lacore has not been shy about criticizing Hegseth's disastrous mismanagement of the Defense Department, particularly his failed Iran War.
"Pete Hegseth is the most unqualified Secretary of Defense that we have ever had, and he is doing significant damage to our military that it will really take decades to undo," she said, adding that he "needs to go."
The most beautiful irony here? Congresswoman Lacore could soon be voting with the rest of the Democratic majority in the House to impeach Pete Hegseth. We have subpoena power starting in January, so we'll be able to uncover all of the gross negligence and rampant criminality that he's overseen.
Ain't karma grand?
Please ❤️ and share if you support impeaching Pete Hegseth!
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Imagine if Elon's $500 million had been spent on education or healthcare. Or the arts. Anything.
With supermarket fridges going offline across Europe I’m glad everyone followed the Government emergency readiness guidance rather than rolling their eyes. Almost as if there are hostile actors out there messing with us and it’s worth being prepared.
beready.campaign.gov.uk/be-r…
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What an insult to our veterans the tattered and torn England flags and Union Jack flags are, bought from Temu and hanging from lampposts around the country.
Councils need to take them down and send the bill to those who have disrespected our country and littered it with rags.
Can we use frozen Russian assets to cool hacked fridges? I understand that the money saved by networked control may save large chains significant money, but I’m not sure national food resilience should be allowed to be risked so blatantly.
Fridges and freezers at dozens of supermarkets across Europe have overheated in a suspected cyberattack.
Supermarkets in Belgium, Luxembourg and Sweden have reported disruptions, with some forced to throw away chilled and frozen food worth millions of pounds.
It follows a major cyberattack in France last month, which affected hundreds of supermarkets and caused millions of euros in losses.
The incidents are raising concerns about the vulnerability of Europe's food supply chains, as everyday supermarket equipment becomes increasingly connected to the internet.
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I’d like to mention Mrs Thatcher warning about man-made climate change being a threat as big as nuclear war, not because I’m a fan of Mrs Thatcher, I can’t stand her, but I think it’s important that people on the right understand that climate change is not a left-wing conspiracy even though the fossil fuel propaganda says exactly that
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Jean-Luc Picard remains the single most compelling vision of progressive politics I am familiar with — secular, rational, compassionate, egalitarian; a believer in progress & abundance but also duty, hard work, and a constant battle for self-improvement and improving the world.
