samuelwade.bsky.social's avatar

samuelwade.bsky.social

@samuelwade.bsky.social

633 followers 409 following 7302 posts

Vancouver-based editor at China Digital Times cdt.bsky.social, a Berkeley-based nonprofit publishing news and translations focused on human rights and freedom of expression in China.

Also samuel_wade@mstdn.ca

's avatar @samuelwade.bsky.social
[ View ]

Does this lift the restriction on the New Yorker piece, then? No sign of that here … “Lucy Letby handed 15th whole-life jail sentence”

1 replies 0 reposts 1 likes

's avatar @samuelwade.bsky.social
[ View ]

Spare room's here if you need it.

0 replies 0 reposts 1 likes

's avatar @samuelwade.bsky.social
[ View ]

omg, are you OK?

1 replies 0 reposts 0 likes

Reposted by samuelwade.bsky.social

's avatar @samuelwade.bsky.social
[ View ]

Something to work to, immediately, I guess. But anything else, as well.

0 replies 0 reposts 0 likes

's avatar @samuelwade.bsky.social
[ View ]

I don't think many people would insist that the plan worked out very well.

1 replies 0 reposts 1 likes

Reposted by samuelwade.bsky.social

Costa Samaras's avatar Costa Samaras @costasamaras.bsky.social
[ View ]

Read this great thread below. We can build a climate community on Bluesky. Here’s a starter pack for folks to follow some people who work on climate. go.bsky.app/Aa1sErQ

4 replies 49 reposts 99 likes

's avatar @samuelwade.bsky.social
[ View ]

"Isn't that problematic?" Yes, we are talking about the contents of my head here. It's very much a work in progress.

0 replies 0 reposts 0 likes

's avatar @samuelwade.bsky.social
[ View ]

Inside you are two wolves, a cowboy, a biker, a cop, a construction worker, and a guy in a headdress.

1 replies 0 reposts 1 likes

's avatar @samuelwade.bsky.social
[ View ]

‘Bittersweet’: south Asians in UK reflect on Rishi Sunak’s historic term as PM

0 replies 0 reposts 0 likes

's avatar @samuelwade.bsky.social
[ View ]

Endless possibilities, really … Clegg could have ended up at Amazon, or X …

0 replies 0 reposts 3 likes

's avatar @samuelwade.bsky.social
[ View ]

I enjoyed last night's pair of episodes nearly as much as the election results, which is saying a lot.

0 replies 0 reposts 3 likes

's avatar @samuelwade.bsky.social
[ View ]

It's easy to look at this and fixate on the admittedly grisly prospect of 93 seats for Reform … but 44 for Green! What could that do, over time, with their added weight from tipping the balance?

1 replies 2 reposts 5 likes

's avatar @samuelwade.bsky.social
[ View ]

Poetically, they actually got a pretty proportional number of seats.

1 replies 0 reposts 3 likes

's avatar @samuelwade.bsky.social
[ View ]

Yup. Probably not the most robust 14% given dynamics like protest voting and the foregone conclusion of Tory defeat, but … yup.

0 replies 0 reposts 3 likes

's avatar @samuelwade.bsky.social
[ View ]

I already miss the days when arguing for electoral reform aligned you with the cuddly Greens and Lib Dems, instead of … this. Nevertheless.

0 replies 0 reposts 1 likes

's avatar @samuelwade.bsky.social
[ View ]

The numbers have shifted a little overnight, but the point hasn't.

1 replies 0 reposts 1 likes

's avatar @samuelwade.bsky.social
[ View ]

I'm happy with the result, and this is how it works … but it really shouldn't be. ~2/3 of the seats from ~1/3 of the vote; 12.3% can get you 71 seats, while 14.3% gets you 4 … and so does 6.8%, or 0.7%, or 0.6% …. www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...

3 replies 5 reposts 16 likes

Reposted by samuelwade.bsky.social

Jim Zub's avatar Jim Zub @jimzub.bsky.social
[ View ]

This photo is pure 2024.

33 replies 1138 reposts 4054 likes

Reposted by samuelwade.bsky.social

Stephen Bush's avatar Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social
[ View ]

Very good thread this. In many ways this was a typical 2020s European election. When you consider how so many of those are ending, that's a bit worrying.

6 replies 22 reposts 87 likes

Reposted by samuelwade.bsky.social

Judah Grunstein's avatar Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social
[ View ]

3. I'd been thinking with relief that the UK was bucking the trend of a rising radicalized far right. But I think that was premature. And Labour inherits a catastrophic landscape for governance. It will take near-perfect leadership and a lot of luck to get this right. Otherwise 2029 could be scary.

2 replies 21 reposts 145 likes

's avatar @samuelwade.bsky.social
[ View ]

Labour has a seat for every 23,500 votes it received. Reform has a seat for every million. I *loathe* Reform, but that's not right.

1 replies 2 reposts 3 likes

's avatar @samuelwade.bsky.social
[ View ]

Labour has a seat for every 23,500 votes it received. Reform has a seat for every million. I *loathe* Reform, but that's not right.

1 replies 2 reposts 3 likes

's avatar @samuelwade.bsky.social
[ View ]

Do I *want* Reform to have 14.3% of seats? Not ideally, no. But getting 0.6% of seats from 14.3% of votes is exactly the sort of thing that fuels their support.

1 replies 0 reposts 4 likes

's avatar @samuelwade.bsky.social
[ View ]

I'm happy with the result, and this is how it works … but it really shouldn't be. ~2/3 of the seats from ~1/3 of the vote; 12.3% can get you 71 seats, while 14.3% gets you 4 … and so does 6.8%, or 0.7%, or 0.6% …. www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...

3 replies 5 reposts 16 likes

's avatar @samuelwade.bsky.social
[ View ]

Hey guys, just checking in, how did the tactical voting go? Guys?

0 replies 0 reposts 2 likes

Reposted by samuelwade.bsky.social

Reposted by samuelwade.bsky.social

's avatar @samuelwade.bsky.social
[ View ]

9 seats left: Lab 410, Con 119, LD 71 … exit poll pretty much nailed the big numbers. Impressive to do that as soon as polls close.

0 replies 1 reposts 0 likes

's avatar @samuelwade.bsky.social
[ View ]

Truss not the only recent PM whose constituency flipped: "Earlier we reported that David Cameron’s old seat of Witney had been a Liberal Democrat gain. So has Maidenhead, the former seat of Theresa May." www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

0 replies 0 reposts 2 likes

's avatar @samuelwade.bsky.social
[ View ]

I'd have preferred a Labour MP to pester, really, but this will do.

0 replies 0 reposts 0 likes

's avatar @samuelwade.bsky.social
[ View ]

(The shift mostly happened in a 2021 byelection, but that's how The Guardian's listing it, and I might as well enjoy it again.)

1 replies 0 reposts 1 likes

's avatar @samuelwade.bsky.social
[ View ]

My home constituency: Lib Dem Helen Morgan: 26,214 - 52.9% (+42.4%) Con Simon Baynes: 10,903 - 22% (-39.7%)

1 replies 0 reposts 3 likes

's avatar @samuelwade.bsky.social
[ View ]

Delighted to see Parliament adopting Zero Truss architecture.

0 replies 0 reposts 6 likes

's avatar @samuelwade.bsky.social
[ View ]

Aw, the land of Donald Trump and Tommy Tuberville thinks our politicians have funny names.

1 replies 0 reposts 4 likes

's avatar @samuelwade.bsky.social
[ View ]

Re-revised: Labour: 408 seats (410) Conservatives: 136 (131) Lib Dems: 66 (61) SNP: 8 (10)

0 replies 0 reposts 1 likes

's avatar @samuelwade.bsky.social
[ View ]

Ah, crap, it's downthread. Still, bears repeating.

0 replies 0 reposts 1 likes