97 - Putin on the Ritz

A hybrid topical episode for you this week. Twenty minutes on Ukraine (and when is a billionaire an oligarch?) then we talk technology news: Trump's new social media platform, Amazon in court for union busting, gamers get esports event moved from homophobic UAE, Disco Elysium's TV deal with Amazon, Barry Gardiner and the CEO of Airbus in sync, and more. 

Plus, the repeal of the Vagrancy Act.

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Ukraine invasion: Student claims he was beaten and racially abused as he fled towards Polish border - Amrit Singh Mann for Sky News (2022)

SNL Afghanistan skit

When it comes to politics, the UK suffers from a chronic disease. It’s called satire - Stuart Jeffries in The Guardian (2019)

Study: US is an oligarchy, not a democracy - BBC News website (2014)

Filter out 'unverified' accounts, tech giants told - BBC News website (2022)

Airbus CEO says hydrogen plane is ‘the ultimate solution’ but cautions a lot of work lies ahead - Anmar Frangoul for CNBC (2022)

Let’s think beyond electric vehicles and a few battery plants: we need hydrogen - Barry Gardiner at Labour List (2022)

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