Daniel Rigal 🇪🇺 🦋
@danielrigal.bsky.social
I am British and grumpy. Tories, Brexit and most other things make me grumpy. I'm a ridiculous blue rectangle in a silly green hat and I demand to be taken seriously!
Born 1970s
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If you send me DM I won't be able to read it!
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This is a community note for the ages.
October 5, 2026 at 12:31 PM
This is a community note for the ages.
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Trump’s “Super Intelligence Force” puts AI, intelligence, trade and defence officials under his control while giving tech companies direct access to policy decisions they could profit from, creating fertile ground for corporate profiteering, regulatory capture and corruption.
![The White House Verified Account
@WhiteHouse
“I am announcing the formation of the Super Intelligence Force (SIF). The Super Intelligence Force is tasked with coordinating the effort of the Federal Government to ensure that America continues to lead the World in Super Intelligence, which many say is bigger than the Industrial Revolution, and the Internet, and will protect the interests, and improve the lives, of all Americans.” - President DONALD J. TRUMP 🇺🇸
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Donald J. Trump Verified Account
@realDonaldTrump
Following the Historic White House Accord on Super Intelligence, where the World's most important Technology Companies came together, and confirmed their responsibilities to the American People, I am announcing the formation of the Super Intelligence Force (SIF). The Super Intelligence Force is tasked with coordinating the effort of the Federal Government to ensure that America continues to lead the World in Super Intelligence, which many say is bigger than the Industrial Revolution, and the Internet, and will protect the interests, and improve the lives, of all Americans. The Super Intelligence Force will coordinate the Federal Government's engagement with Consumers, Public Interest Groups, Religious Organizations, Critical Infrastructure Providers, and Super Intelligence Companies, and will be led by Director of National Intelligence, Jay Clayton, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, Andrew Ferguson, Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering, and Chief Technology Officer, Emil Michael, and Director of the Office of Personnel Management, Scott Kupor, and will report to the President of the United States (ME!), and the Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mxc7liuon6iq5gzapmmwkq22/bafkreib5lp3poyqzbkyqassfnd3mogngzzcazjy7lopumw4fovwbuq47ba)
October 4, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Trump’s “Super Intelligence Force” puts AI, intelligence, trade and defence officials under his control while giving tech companies direct access to policy decisions they could profit from, creating fertile ground for corporate profiteering, regulatory capture and corruption.
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The Super Intelligence Force will report directly to the man who thinks windmills cause cancer.
October 4, 2026 at 4:26 PM
The Super Intelligence Force will report directly to the man who thinks windmills cause cancer.
There is absolutely no reason, at present, to believe that the incident near RAF Fairford was anything to do with Iranian terrorism but... Just imagine if it was. This would be seen as a massive victory in Tehran!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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US removes all bombers from RAF Fairford back to home stations
A statement says all bombers deployed to RAF Fairford have been "re-deployed to their home stations" in the US.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 4, 2026 at 11:44 PM
There is absolutely no reason, at present, to believe that the incident near RAF Fairford was anything to do with Iranian terrorism but... Just imagine if it was. This would be seen as a massive victory in Tehran!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Crazy Talk?
This excellent article explains exactly why being alive in 2026 is so infuriating. It resonates with some of my experiences and I'd like to talk about them. The Fascists Are Making You Sound Crazy(Denny Carter writing for Bad Faith Times, 16 Jan 2026) I don't have any really good…
This excellent article explains exactly why being alive in 2026 is so infuriating. It resonates with some of my experiences and I'd like to talk about them. The Fascists Are Making You Sound Crazy(Denny Carter writing for Bad Faith Times, 16 Jan 2026) I don't have any really good…
Crazy Talk?
This excellent article explains exactly why being alive in 2026 is so infuriating. It resonates with some of my experiences and I'd like to talk about them. The Fascists Are Making You Sound Crazy(Denny Carter writing for Bad Faith Times, 16 Jan 2026) I don't have any really good answers as to how to convince people that you are not crazy when you talk about the insidious rise of contemporary fascism.
danielrigal.wordpress.com
October 4, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Crazy Talk?
This excellent article explains exactly why being alive in 2026 is so infuriating. It resonates with some of my experiences and I'd like to talk about them. The Fascists Are Making You Sound Crazy(Denny Carter writing for Bad Faith Times, 16 Jan 2026) I don't have any really good…
This excellent article explains exactly why being alive in 2026 is so infuriating. It resonates with some of my experiences and I'd like to talk about them. The Fascists Are Making You Sound Crazy(Denny Carter writing for Bad Faith Times, 16 Jan 2026) I don't have any really good…
If I worked in advertising I don't think I would recommend "Adultery sponsored by Skoda" but then I don't take cocaine.
October 4, 2026 at 9:40 PM
If I worked in advertising I don't think I would recommend "Adultery sponsored by Skoda" but then I don't take cocaine.
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Calling it "super intelligence" will scare people even more than "artificial intelligence."
This issue is framed. The name change, intended to make AI sound more dominant and inevitable, will likely harden resistance.
Trump steaks, Trump vodka, Trump airlines, Trump casino, Trump intelligence...
This issue is framed. The name change, intended to make AI sound more dominant and inevitable, will likely harden resistance.
Trump steaks, Trump vodka, Trump airlines, Trump casino, Trump intelligence...
October 4, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Calling it "super intelligence" will scare people even more than "artificial intelligence."
This issue is framed. The name change, intended to make AI sound more dominant and inevitable, will likely harden resistance.
Trump steaks, Trump vodka, Trump airlines, Trump casino, Trump intelligence...
This issue is framed. The name change, intended to make AI sound more dominant and inevitable, will likely harden resistance.
Trump steaks, Trump vodka, Trump airlines, Trump casino, Trump intelligence...
My take:
Have the Greens goofed? Yes!
Is the media coverage of the Greens goofing written in good faith? Hell no!
Every conference season Labour, Tory and Reform all get fairly uncritical News coverage of their headline policy. The Lib Dems barely get mentioned and the Greens get monstered!
Have the Greens goofed? Yes!
Is the media coverage of the Greens goofing written in good faith? Hell no!
Every conference season Labour, Tory and Reform all get fairly uncritical News coverage of their headline policy. The Lib Dems barely get mentioned and the Greens get monstered!
October 4, 2026 at 6:27 PM
My take:
Have the Greens goofed? Yes!
Is the media coverage of the Greens goofing written in good faith? Hell no!
Every conference season Labour, Tory and Reform all get fairly uncritical News coverage of their headline policy. The Lib Dems barely get mentioned and the Greens get monstered!
Have the Greens goofed? Yes!
Is the media coverage of the Greens goofing written in good faith? Hell no!
Every conference season Labour, Tory and Reform all get fairly uncritical News coverage of their headline policy. The Lib Dems barely get mentioned and the Greens get monstered!
This excellent article explains exactly why being alive in 2026 is so infuriating. It resonates with a lot of my experiences.🧵
The Fascists Are Making You Sound Crazy
badfaithtimes.com/they-make-yo...
The Fascists Are Making You Sound Crazy
badfaithtimes.com/they-make-yo...
The Fascists Are Making You Sound Crazy
You will appear to be a complete lunatic if you explain the political realities of competitive authoritarianism.
badfaithtimes.com
October 4, 2026 at 6:18 PM
This excellent article explains exactly why being alive in 2026 is so infuriating. It resonates with a lot of my experiences.🧵
The Fascists Are Making You Sound Crazy
badfaithtimes.com/they-make-yo...
The Fascists Are Making You Sound Crazy
badfaithtimes.com/they-make-yo...
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new wolfenstein looks like shit
October 4, 2026 at 11:17 AM
new wolfenstein looks like shit
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went out with the morning cuppa just in time to watch the neighbours bundle into their car to go to the gurudwara with their kid chasing behind yelling DADDY THE DOG DID DOODOO ON YOUR BED and suddenly I understand all those old dudes who spent half their life on the front porch with a cigarette
October 4, 2026 at 2:35 PM
went out with the morning cuppa just in time to watch the neighbours bundle into their car to go to the gurudwara with their kid chasing behind yelling DADDY THE DOG DID DOODOO ON YOUR BED and suddenly I understand all those old dudes who spent half their life on the front porch with a cigarette
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The limits of the what now
A GOP schism over the Texas candidate Bo French’s social-media post reveals the limits of the party’s defense of a color-blind meritocracy, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues.
The Mainstreaming of Anti-Indian Bigotry
A Republican schism over a social-media post by a Texas politician revealed that the party’s defense of a color-blind meritocracy has its limits.
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October 4, 2026 at 2:43 PM
The limits of the what now
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Normalization is treating the president stealing from taxpayers to buy campaign ads and offer bribes to voters like it's just another day.
Normalization is reacting with "won't work" or "polls poorly," and not "resign immediately or you'll be removed, we exist because of a revolution against that."
Normalization is reacting with "won't work" or "polls poorly," and not "resign immediately or you'll be removed, we exist because of a revolution against that."
October 4, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Normalization is treating the president stealing from taxpayers to buy campaign ads and offer bribes to voters like it's just another day.
Normalization is reacting with "won't work" or "polls poorly," and not "resign immediately or you'll be removed, we exist because of a revolution against that."
Normalization is reacting with "won't work" or "polls poorly," and not "resign immediately or you'll be removed, we exist because of a revolution against that."
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Impossible to understand how anyone could look at Rufo's career and conclude he was someone engaged in a "forthright defense of meritocracy." Rufo's entire career is built on the idea of purging people who don't think or look like him from positions of power.
October 4, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Impossible to understand how anyone could look at Rufo's career and conclude he was someone engaged in a "forthright defense of meritocracy." Rufo's entire career is built on the idea of purging people who don't think or look like him from positions of power.
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everything is so stupid
October 4, 2026 at 3:08 PM
everything is so stupid
The 1929 vibes are off the scale!
AI is now the biggest investment in all of US history as a percentage of GDP.
Datacenter construction is up, all other construction is down.
"AI Is Squeezing Out the Rest of the Stock Market," reported WSJ 2 days ago.
We basically bet the whole economy on the most optimistic visions panning out.
Datacenter construction is up, all other construction is down.
"AI Is Squeezing Out the Rest of the Stock Market," reported WSJ 2 days ago.
We basically bet the whole economy on the most optimistic visions panning out.
Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint.
October 4, 2026 at 3:23 PM
The 1929 vibes are off the scale!
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Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint.
October 4, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint.
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🧿 Important Occult Advice 🧿
Everybody knows to avoid building their shop over a hellmouth but nobody considers the risks of building above the nexus of a stupidity vortex.
BBC News - Car crashes into viral shop shutters where gran was hoisted into the air
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Everybody knows to avoid building their shop over a hellmouth but nobody considers the risks of building above the nexus of a stupidity vortex.
BBC News - Car crashes into viral shop shutters where gran was hoisted into the air
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Car crashes into Tonteg shop famous for gran stuck on a shutter
The shop went viral when a grandmother got caught on its shutters - and has hit the headlines again.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 4, 2026 at 9:51 AM
🧿 Important Occult Advice 🧿
Everybody knows to avoid building their shop over a hellmouth but nobody considers the risks of building above the nexus of a stupidity vortex.
BBC News - Car crashes into viral shop shutters where gran was hoisted into the air
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Everybody knows to avoid building their shop over a hellmouth but nobody considers the risks of building above the nexus of a stupidity vortex.
BBC News - Car crashes into viral shop shutters where gran was hoisted into the air
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I'll never understand what compells people to do this. It's a miracle that so few of them are killed.
BBC News - Trespass incidents cause almost 10,000 minutes of delays
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BBC News - Trespass incidents cause almost 10,000 minutes of delays
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SWR services delayed by almost 10,000 minutes due to trespassers
SWR's network had the third-highest rate of vandalism and obstruction across Network Rail's routes.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 4, 2026 at 9:38 AM
I'll never understand what compells people to do this. It's a miracle that so few of them are killed.
BBC News - Trespass incidents cause almost 10,000 minutes of delays
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Trespass incidents cause almost 10,000 minutes of delays
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Imagine somebody earning £100,000. Imagine the reasons that they might delay having children. For their career? Yes, that makes sense. Out of petulance that they don't get one state benefit? Nope!
BBC News - Tories pledge to remove £100,000 childcare 'cliff edge'
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BBC News - Tories pledge to remove £100,000 childcare 'cliff edge'
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Conservatives pledge to scrap £100,000 childcare 'cliff edge'
Party leader Kemi Badenoch tells the BBC that she wants to see "people who work harder" not getting punished for doing so.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 4, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Imagine somebody earning £100,000. Imagine the reasons that they might delay having children. For their career? Yes, that makes sense. Out of petulance that they don't get one state benefit? Nope!
BBC News - Tories pledge to remove £100,000 childcare 'cliff edge'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Tories pledge to remove £100,000 childcare 'cliff edge'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is great news but it is worrying that they admit that it was "strength of feeling" that achieved this. They would have gone ahead if they thought that they could get away with it.
BBC News - Burnham scraps controversial plans to curb jury trials
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BBC News - Burnham scraps controversial plans to curb jury trials
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Burnham scraps controversial plans to curb jury trials
The key policy idea announced by David Lammy when he was justice secretary will no longer go ahead.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 4, 2026 at 8:26 AM
This is great news but it is worrying that they admit that it was "strength of feeling" that achieved this. They would have gone ahead if they thought that they could get away with it.
BBC News - Burnham scraps controversial plans to curb jury trials
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Burnham scraps controversial plans to curb jury trials
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Drink Hogwater. It’s on your side.
October 3, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Drink Hogwater. It’s on your side.
I've long thought that fiddling with the clocks is silly but... this? This is vastly sillier!
Trump is feeling impotent. Starting an unnecessary war with an enemy that doesn't surrender when you tell them to will do that. He should have asked his friend Putin how that feels before he started.
Trump is feeling impotent. Starting an unnecessary war with an enemy that doesn't surrender when you tell them to will do that. He should have asked his friend Putin how that feels before he started.
Trump straight up doxxed Senator Tom Cotton this morning
October 3, 2026 at 11:50 PM
I've long thought that fiddling with the clocks is silly but... this? This is vastly sillier!
Trump is feeling impotent. Starting an unnecessary war with an enemy that doesn't surrender when you tell them to will do that. He should have asked his friend Putin how that feels before he started.
Trump is feeling impotent. Starting an unnecessary war with an enemy that doesn't surrender when you tell them to will do that. He should have asked his friend Putin how that feels before he started.