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Congrats to #TheObserver for leading with this pointless crap. It's a helpful warning to avoid the rest of the paper.

Any search for American democracy is a fool's errand. The #USA was carefully designed to be not a democracy. Landmark features such as the US Senate, USSC, & Electoral College keep it that way. Secondary landmarks create huge barriers: gerrymandering, Citizens United, voter suppression.

Quit hunting. That democracy ain't there, and you're wasting gasoline.

#uspol

Congrats to #TheObserver for leading with this pointless crap. It's a helpful warning to avoid the rest of the paper.

Any search for American democracy is a fool's errand. The #USA was carefully designed to be not a democracy. Landmark features such as the US Senate, USSC, & Electoral College keep it that way. Secondary landmarks create huge barriers: gerrymandering, Citizens United, voter suppression.

Quit hunting. That democracy ain't there, and you're wasting gasoline.

#uspol

Tragic news in #TheObserver: Keir #Starmer to resign on Monday as leader of the UK's so-called "#LabourParty".

This deprives the world of a re-run of #BorisJohnson's demise. No stream of ministers resigning every hour. No unknown MPs promoted to Cabinet. No wave of Hitler Bunker memes. No breathless polcors.

Instead, the tedium of orderly succession, probably without contest. A great, historic #popcorn moment squandered by a grey man with no sense of comedy. 😡

https://observer.co.uk/news/politics/article/starmer-expected-to-resign-on-monday-and-set-out-orderly-exit

#ukpol

Tragic news in #TheObserver: Keir #Starmer to resign on Monday as leader of the UK's so-called "#LabourParty".

This deprives the world of a re-run of #BorisJohnson's demise. No stream of ministers resigning every hour. No unknown MPs promoted to Cabinet. No wave of Hitler Bunker memes. No breathless polcors.

Instead, the tedium of orderly succession, probably without contest. A great, historic #popcorn moment squandered by a grey man with no sense of comedy. 😡

https://observer.co.uk/news/politics/article/starmer-expected-to-resign-on-monday-and-set-out-orderly-exit

#ukpol

"veterans who were made to witness the tests, wearing shorts and short-sleeved shirts ... claim to have been victims of a cover-up"

They have a point though. The exposure to the penetrating rays could give them a mildly elevated risk of assorted cancers, and if fallout descended on them subsequently, that would carry a rather larger risk.

But if you are in a warm place you may as well be comfortable, clothes are not going to stop any of that.

#TheObserver

"veterans who were made to witness the tests, wearing shorts and short-sleeved shirts ... claim to have been victims of a cover-up"

They have a point though. The exposure to the penetrating rays could give them a mildly elevated risk of assorted cancers, and if fallout descended on them subsequently, that would carry a rather larger risk.

But if you are in a warm place you may as well be comfortable, clothes are not going to stop any of that.

#TheObserver

#AndrewTickell is an exquisitely subtle, precise writer on Scottish politics. His elegant, wistful style reminds me of the #TheObserver's late columnist Alan Watkins, but without Watkins's pretentiousness.

So when facing the political carcass of #AnasSarwar, Tickell doesn't put the boot in. Instead, he takes ornate surgical knives, and dissects #Sarwar with cold precision. Delicious, and much more satisfying than a boot.

Tickell's column in #TheNational https://archive.is/9p9xh

#scotpol #ukpol

#AndrewTickell is an exquisitely subtle, precise writer on Scottish politics. His elegant, wistful style reminds me of the #TheObserver's late columnist Alan Watkins, but without Watkins's pretentiousness.

So when facing the political carcass of #AnasSarwar, Tickell doesn't put the boot in. Instead, he takes ornate surgical knives, and dissects #Sarwar with cold precision. Delicious, and much more satisfying than a boot.

Tickell's column in #TheNational https://archive.is/9p9xh

#scotpol #ukpol

#TheObserver:
"
US satellite blackout has a troubling history
"
"The government’s order to halt the release of imagery from the Middle East follows decades of restrictions on photographs of Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories"

"“Open source is not the place to determine what did or did not happen,” ..Pete Hegseth ..”

https://observer.co.uk/news/international/article/us-satellite-blackout-has-a-troubling-history

8.4.2026

#EO #Erdbeobachtung #PlanetLabs #Raumfahrt #Satelliten #SatelliteImagery #SpaceFlight #USA

#TheObserver:
"
US satellite blackout has a troubling history
"
"The government’s order to halt the release of imagery from the Middle East follows decades of restrictions on photographs of Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories"

"“Open source is not the place to determine what did or did not happen,” ..Pete Hegseth ..”

https://observer.co.uk/news/international/article/us-satellite-blackout-has-a-troubling-history

8.4.2026

#EO #Erdbeobachtung #PlanetLabs #Raumfahrt #Satelliten #SatelliteImagery #SpaceFlight #USA

There are no new revelations in this report in #TheObserver. But it is notable for all the buck-passing. #LibDems and civil xervants and #Conservatives are all peen to tell how rapidly they dumped #AndrewMountbattenWindsor, after they took over from Labour.

https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/how-much-did-the-royal-family-know-about-andrew#google_vignette

There are no new revelations in this report in #TheObserver. But it is notable for all the buck-passing. #LibDems and civil xervants and #Conservatives are all peen to tell how rapidly they dumped #AndrewMountbattenWindsor, after they took over from Labour.

https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/how-much-did-the-royal-family-know-about-andrew#google_vignette

#TheObserver's #AndrewRawnsley rarely brings fresh insight. His talent is some gently amusing mild snark, kept within the limits of decorum in the drawing rooms of The Observer's genteel readers.

#Rawnsley's column today about the still-undead #Starmer raises a few weak smiles. "Erwin Schrödinger gave us his famous cat, which is simultaneously alive and dead. The curious case of Sir Keir Starmer presents us with Schrödinger’s prime minister."

https://archive.is/kmTZK / https://observer.co.uk/news/columnists/article/schrodingers-prime-minister-is-poised-between-survival-and-collapse

#TheObserver's #AndrewRawnsley rarely brings fresh insight. His talent is some gently amusing mild snark, kept within the limits of decorum in the drawing rooms of The Observer's genteel readers.

#Rawnsley's column today about the still-undead #Starmer raises a few weak smiles. "Erwin Schrödinger gave us his famous cat, which is simultaneously alive and dead. The curious case of Sir Keir Starmer presents us with Schrödinger’s prime minister."

https://archive.is/kmTZK / https://observer.co.uk/news/columnists/article/schrodingers-prime-minister-is-poised-between-survival-and-collapse

I suppose there had to be a slot somewhere for some #Starmer loyalist to defend their boy. Here it is, in #TheObserver: Starmer's biographer #TomBaldwin explains how everything is the fault of everyone except Starmer. 🙄 Especially #GordonBrown.

https://archive.is/ZVvkP / https://observer.co.uk/news/politics/article/the-mandelson-scandal-is-not-starmers-to-answer-for

To be fair, the desperation is quite funny. Not belly laugh funny, but faint smile funny.

#ukpol

I suppose there had to be a slot somewhere for some #Starmer loyalist to defend their boy. Here it is, in #TheObserver: Starmer's biographer #TomBaldwin explains how everything is the fault of everyone except Starmer. 🙄 Especially #GordonBrown.

https://archive.is/ZVvkP / https://observer.co.uk/news/politics/article/the-mandelson-scandal-is-not-starmers-to-answer-for

To be fair, the desperation is quite funny. Not belly laugh funny, but faint smile funny.

#ukpol

#Gerrymandering is an odd game. If you have power to rig constituencies (districts in American), you can collect more seats than you deserve. In the #USA, the Republicans are hard at it.

But gerrymandering calculates based on assumed voter intentions. If those assumptions are wrong, it can backfire.

That's what's happening now in #Texas: see #TheObserver https://archive.is/0071G

And it happened on a huge scale in 1970s Ireland: see the #Tullymander https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_(Amendment)_Act_1974 #iepol #uspol

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#Gerrymandering is an odd game. If you have power to rig constituencies (districts in American), you can collect more seats than you deserve. In the #USA, the Republicans are hard at it.

But gerrymandering calculates based on assumed voter intentions. If those assumptions are wrong, it can backfire.

That's what's happening now in #Texas: see #TheObserver https://archive.is/0071G

And it happened on a huge scale in 1970s Ireland: see the #Tullymander https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_(Amendment)_Act_1974 #iepol #uspol

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@ChrisMayLA6 It's self-entitled delusion. #TheObserver is cynically flattering the #europhile fanaticism of its dwindling readership.

Any UK readmission will mean not just an end to UK opt-outs. It would require evidence of a sustained cross-party political consensus for #EU membership, so that the UK could be relied on to not resume its #MillwallFC-style hooliganism in EU institutions. That consensus is not just absent; it's unforeseeable.

These people are mad. England is #TheMadCountry

@ChrisMayLA6 It's self-entitled delusion. #TheObserver is cynically flattering the #europhile fanaticism of its dwindling readership.

Any UK readmission will mean not just an end to UK opt-outs. It would require evidence of a sustained cross-party political consensus for #EU membership, so that the UK could be relied on to not resume its #MillwallFC-style hooliganism in EU institutions. That consensus is not just absent; it's unforeseeable.

These people are mad. England is #TheMadCountry

Why Newspapers Are Lying to You: Luxury vs. Survival | The Observer 2025 Breakdown

https://youtu.be/1G1GFulQcTk

https://www.deeppressanalysis.com

#MediaManipulation #TheObserver #UKPolitics #EconomicCrisis #SocialInequality #KeirStarmer #Journalism #DeepDive

"We have become careless of what matters. Never again? From east to west, bullies dominate. International institutions have been allowed to wither. In the US, powerful voices echo Nazi justifications for overriding democracy."

November 9, 2025

/by #TheObserver

https://observer.co.uk/news/opinion-and-ideas/article/in-1945-we-said-never-again-yet-already-weve-forgotten

#Cologne #ClimateJustice #Feminism #YouthForClimate

"We have become careless of what matters. Never again? From east to west, bullies dominate. International institutions have been allowed to wither. In the US, powerful voices echo Nazi justifications for overriding democracy."

November 9, 2025

/by #TheObserver

https://observer.co.uk/news/opinion-and-ideas/article/in-1945-we-said-never-again-yet-already-weve-forgotten

#Cologne #ClimateJustice #Feminism #YouthForClimate

The thing is, this isn't just confined to the shores of the UK, it is everywhere, this disgrace is a global one.

The Great British honey scandal
https://observer.co.uk/listen/the-slow-newscast/the-great-british-honey-scandal

#TheObserver #TheSlowNewscast #Podcast #Honey #Scandal

The thing is, this isn't just confined to the shores of the UK, it is everywhere, this disgrace is a global one.

The Great British honey scandal
https://observer.co.uk/listen/the-slow-newscast/the-great-british-honey-scandal

#TheObserver #TheSlowNewscast #Podcast #Honey #Scandal

#computers #water #WaterConsumption

#TheObserver:
Sunday 7 September 2025

Fears as datacentres ‘fail to disclose water usage’.

Jon Ungoed-Thomas

https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/fears-as-datacentres-fail-to-disclose-water-usage

#computers #water #WaterConsumption

#TheObserver:
Sunday 7 September 2025

Fears as datacentres ‘fail to disclose water usage’.

Jon Ungoed-Thomas

https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/fears-as-datacentres-fail-to-disclose-water-usage

Hi. Now you know me. I'd like to get to know you.

#booktok #awkward #introduction #TheObserver #SpiritSaga #supernaturalfantasy

Bought a physical #newspaper last Sunday, for the first time in like 15 years: #TheObserver which has just transferred from #TheGuardian into new ownership. Made and written by the usual suspects unfortunately, with humdrum think pieces and really old fashioned content style. Pity.

There's your White Feminism.....

#GenderCritical #NicolaMurray #WhiteFeminism #LGBTQIA #TheObserver #TerfIsland

There's your White Feminism.....

#GenderCritical #NicolaMurray #WhiteFeminism #LGBTQIA #TheObserver #TerfIsland

After reading Carole Cadwalladr's lament at being laid off from The Observer, I was wondering if this clown is paid anything for his blog on the newspaper his wife is an editor at?

BTW, he calls his anus, 'the downpipe'

#TheGuardian #TheObserver #AdrianChiles #CaroleCadwalladr

After reading Carole Cadwalladr's lament at being laid off from The Observer, I was wondering if this clown is paid anything for his blog on the newspaper his wife is an editor at?

BTW, he calls his anus, 'the downpipe'

#TheGuardian #TheObserver #AdrianChiles #CaroleCadwalladr

@emmalbriant @emmalbriant I understand your concerns about their posts showing on your feed without your following them, but I wonder why you talk about #PropagandaDissemination. I've checked both their account and their website and all I've found was news they share/repost from legit, mainstream, mostly European, media, such as #TheGuardian, #TheObserver, #Politico, or #CNN, and local/national news outlets. What makes you call this propaganda?

Stay on top of tech: five ways to take back control, from emails to AI https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/13/stay-on-top-of-tech-five-ways-to-take-back-control-from-emails-to-ai #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Consumeraffairs #Lifeandstyle #Mobilephones #Mobilephones #Mentalhealth #TheObserver #Technology #Cybercrime #Computing #Recycling #Internet #ChatGPT #Gadgets

Introducing #TomorrowsPapersToday from: #TheObserver The new review

Asif Kapadia’s dark vision

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Jota’s salvage job

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PM condemned for allowing a new wave of slum housing

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Why is The Observer being flogged off?

Key questions about the sale of the Observer that remain unanswered | The Observer | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/dec/09/key-questions-about-the-sale-of-the-observer-that-remain-unanswered

#TheObserver #TheGuardian #ScottTrust #TortoiseMedia #UKPress #BritishPress #UKNewspapers #BritishNewspapers #BritishMedia

Introducing #TomorrowsPapersToday from: #TheObserver Sport

Storm Rico

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https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/dec/06/sale-of-observer-to-tortoise-media-agreed-in-principle

I don't know how confident one can be of The Observer's future.

I'm also sad that two of my favourite columnists, Kenan Malik and Martha Gill, will now be behind a paywall.

##UKPress #UKMedia #TheObserver
#KenanMalik #MarthaGill #Newspapers #BritishNewspapers #SundayNewspapers #TortoiseMedia

Introducing #TomorrowsPapersToday from: #TheObserver Sport

Saka punch

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