#politics

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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/may/19/k...

As a pal put it - in the last couple of months Labour have: coped as well as could be asked with Tru...

alasdairw May 20, 2025

https://www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/they-are-...

Like the writer of this piece, I don't believe our current Labour government is "just like the Torie...

alasdairw May 02, 2025

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/13/us-c...

An incredibly depressing sign of the times - a building that is physically split by the US/Canada bo...

alasdairw Apr 13, 2025

https://stratechery.com/2021/internet-3-0-and-the-...

This is a solid bit of writing from a few years back that explains a lot about the stages of growth...

alasdairw Apr 12, 2025

https://interconnected.org/home/2021/05/13/oikos

I really like this - it feels like it does more to explain the views of the modern right wing, and w...

alasdairw May 14, 2021

https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2021/01/08/w...

This seems to be as reasonable a patchwork of guesses as anything else I've read as to how and why a...

alasdairw Jan 11, 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/technology/face...

Oh, look, Facebook executives are still spineless weasels. They have already built tools that would...

alasdairw Nov 25, 2020

https://idlewords.com/talks/notes_from_an_emergenc...

Serious, thoughtful critique outlinging the current regulatory capture of the US government by the t...

alasdairw Jun 26, 2017

http://booktwo.org/notebook/anatomy-failed-renditi...

Interesting study of the data trails left by the Home Office's failed attempt to deport Ifa Muaza.

alasdairw Dec 04, 2013

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/10/russe...

I'm not a big fan of Russell Brand, but I liked this piece, which is exceedingly quotable, but for m...

alasdairw Oct 25, 2013

http://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2013/06/09/us...

In the terribly unlikely even that anyone reading this isn't worried about PRISM, metadata gathering...

alasdairw Jun 14, 2013

http://www.reddit.com/tb/vbkfm

Just in case anyone reading this is confused about what the healthcare reforms in the US mean. Basi...

alasdairw Jul 02, 2012

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/06/26/506357...

The oppose teaching critical thinking in schools, which is just mindblowing. Critical thinking is a...

alasdairw Jun 27, 2012