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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Woman reinforces a stereotype www.rte.ie/news/2026/09...
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Woman loses 'misleading' pâté signage discrimination case
A vegetarian who claimed misleading signage led her to pick up a sample of pâté, leaving her "sick to her stomach" over the thought of eating meat, has failed to make out a claim for religious discrim...
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Booked a flight with Ryanair and the amount of dark patterns and evil bullshit during the booking process is something to behold.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This idiot is about to find all about maritime law. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Daniel Thomas arrested after dinghy slashed in Channel
Police had been looking into footage appearing to show the man, also known as Danny Tommo, slashing at a boat in the English Channel with a knife.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
All I hear is "please nationalise my factories". www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Sir Jim Ratcliffe suspends production at key UK plants blaming high gas prices
Ineos said natural gas in the UK is twelve times more expensive than in the US.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Once upon a time Apple would whine that Samsung was copying them and now they're crapping out a Z Fold 8 clone with slightly rounder corners. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Apple foldable iPhone: New boss starts with gamble on latest device
Apple showed off at an event the first major design change to the iPhone in almost 20 years.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
If social media is compelled to do this they will make the raw feed as obnoxious and disgusting as possible to pretend it is either this or their engagement / agenda / rage bait / ad feed with absolutely nothing in between. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Australians will be able to switch off social media algorithms under planned legislation
Firms like Meta, Google and TikTok should face "substantial" penalties if they don't give the option, minister says.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
It's funny how often Nigel "wasn't listening", or needs to explain "it was a joke", or "the press are out to get me". Almost as though he's a venal, self dealing piece of shit who gaslights whenever he gets caught. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Nigel Farage tells BBC he 'wasn't listening' in foreign donor talks
The Reform leader also told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that his family are "begging" him to leave his job.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Trump's position as one of the worst presidents ever is indisputable. Even the passage of time won't improve his standing. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump ranks himself the greatest US president ever. Historians beg to differ
Donald Trump posted his own presidential rankings to Truth Social last week, separating past US presidents into six categories from ‘greatest’ to ‘failures’
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The "unlimited amounts of older stuff" is likely mothballed, inactive low precision junk from the 80s and 90s sitting in a stockpile somewhere as a contingency.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The Guardian rewards irreparable e-waste with five star review www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra review: the top dog of folding Androids
With great software and battery for two days, the pricey svelte folder strikes best balance between phone and tablet
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
🎵 Brave Sir Donald ran away. Bravely ran away, away! When danger reared its ugly head, he bravely turned his tail and fled. Yes, brave Sir Donald turned about and gallantly he chickened out. Bravely taking to his feet he beat a very brave retreat 🎵 www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The UK's Cancer Act needs to be broadened with penalities including jail time to stop scumbags preying on terminal & chronically ill www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Undercover reporter offered fenbendazole and ivermectin as cancer treatment
A terminally ill patient was offered the drugs by a stair lift salesman claiming they could shrink tumours.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Probably not a good idea to step in bare feet on the place you had a disposable barbecue. Probably not a good idea to be using disposable barbecues on a beach either. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Carmarthenshire man gets third-degree burns after using disposable beach BBQ
Sam Knight was left with severely blistered feet from hot sand after using a disposable barbecue.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I'm happy to see some pushback on transparent corruption - www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
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Gianni Infantino: Opponents threaten 'non co-operation' with Fifa
Opponents of Fifa president Gianni Infantino are threatening "non co-operation" with the governing body unless he steps down, according to senior Uefa sources.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
And the corruption at FIFA continues www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Fifa rapidly accelerates plan to expand World Cup to 64 teams from 2030 tournament
Fifa is accelerating plans to expand the World Cup to 64 teams from 2030 and has opened a tender to research companies to assess the economic benefits on a hugely accelerated timescale
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Uefa should threaten to pull the whole of Europe out of the World Cup unless FIFA introduces reform against rampant corruption. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
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World Cup: Uefa furious at reports Fifa plan to sell stakes in tournament
European football's governing body Uefa reacts furiously to proposals from Fifa to seek private investment in its competitions, including the World Cup.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Spotify asked me a question out of the blue about my education for no reason on a free account. I assume for advertising purposes. I lied because fuck them. I ignore ads anyway so the less relevant the better.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Trump now getting booed on live TV all around the world
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Congrats to Spain on winning world cup. I bet Trump is super pissed to see them win.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
If only there were some obvious reason for this. Some kind of massive reason. Or even a cascade of lesser fuck yous that might explain this. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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More people around the world now favour China over the US, Pew study suggests
There is more confidence in Xi Jinping than Donald Trump, the US think tank's survey indicates.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Since Assassins Creed IV is getting a bit of hype with the rehash I installed the original. Played it for a bit and quit soon after the pirate bits gave way to being onboarded at a software company. You're not playing a pirate, you're playing a nerd playing a pirate.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
It's amazing how Trump rigging a football match in USA's favour made their defeat all the more deserving. It's sad for the team and players to be subverted like this. And no doubt it won't be the end of Trump's vindictiveness and interference in this rotten tournament.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I'm sure there are all kinds of ways these things could be disabled without vandalizing / property destruction if people were to think creatively. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
'We had to get out of the way': The backlash over delivery robots
As the delivery vehicles increasing take to US streets, bans and protest groups are springing up.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I still remember antivax nuts RAGING about HPV vaccinations. And yet here we see the fruits of vaccination - women not suffering from life threatening cancers. I'm sure the loons will rationalise the drop is purely coincidental like they did with measles/polio. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given HPV vaccine
A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Thinking what power I'd want if I was a petty super villain.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I was given a Dell from work a few years ago and now the mainboard has died. The case is non-standard, the PSU is non-standard, none of the standoffs align with ATX/ITX boards. While I can salvage the CPU, memory, GPU, SSD, the rest is basically e-waste.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Nish was right to go after Jimmy Carr. It's incomprehensible how he defended Peterson who is responsible for so much toxicity with his pseudo intellectualism. www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/m...
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‘I should not be allowed to do interviews’: Nish Kumar on courting controversy and clashing with comics
The former Mash Report star’s latest show takes aim at his manosphere-courting, Saudi comedy festival-attending peers. Could he be the angry progressive standup we need right now?
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
This is the reverse problem to porn site verification. I'm sure countermeasures like shaving, makeup, facial expressions will tip the AI into a false positive in some cases. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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AI will be used to estimate age of asylum seekers from next year
The Home Office says the tool will make it easier to identify adult migrants "attempting to game the system".
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
This has to be the dumbest corporate self-own ever www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Drag queen Pattie Gonia fights trademark lawsuit by Patagonia
The outdoor apparel firm says the performer broke an agreement not to use its branding in merchandise.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
One wonders how he could be the "best boss ever". www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...
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‘Seriously the best boss ever’: inside the world of Jeffrey Epstein’s assistant
The long read: She was quick, polite, relentlessly positive, military-grade efficient. A trawl through the Epstein files raises the troubling question: what did Lesley Groff know?
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Fascist who'll say any old shit for a cameo fee says he cannot be bought by anybody. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Nigel Farage says £5m gift a reward for Brexit campaigning
The Reform UK leader, who is facing a Commons standards probe, said he "cannot be bought by anybody".
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Simplest solution would be to dump unattended towels on the floor before 9am www.bbc.com/news/article...
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German tourist wins payout after losing sun lounger race
The man sued his tour operator for allowing people to reserve sun loungers with towels despite a hotel ban on the practice.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Tsunami alert - www.bbc.com/news/live/c0...
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Earthquake off Japanese coast prompts tsunami warning for country's north-east - follow live
The earthquake struck with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4, the Japan Meteorological Agency says.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
The least qualified and certainly most inept FBI director is also a drunk according to reports www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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FBI’s Kash Patel denies excess drinking amid officials’ US security concerns
Agency director threatens to sue Atlantic for report citing allegations from two dozen current and former colleagues
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Watched the first two episodes of The Boys and it has a Game of Thrones final season vibe to it. Sloppily written scenes that only seem to exist to cancel out previous plot lines.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Some rules about evil subscription services are better than nothing but why aren't they requiring the sign up process to ask users to affirmatively opt into autorenewal with no penalty if they choose no? www.bbc.com/news/article...
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New laws to make it easier to cancel subscriptions
Consumers will be able to cancel unwanted subscriptions 'at the click of a button', the government said.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Somehow I've avoided using Python all my career so I thought I'd do some code in it to see if I've missed out and the answer is no, no I haven't. I like indentation = scope but everything else feels simplistic & becomes a mess of annotations & kludges when modules & classes are added.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
This abomination appears on the dessert menu of so many restaurants and is a sign they don't give a fuck. Half the stuff they sell is out of a freezer bag.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
These Lord of the Rings spinoffs are getting more contrived and pointless with each outing. I'm sure Colbert will do his best but it still doesn't justify it existing as a thing in the first place.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Who are the people buying this shit? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Huel bought by Danone in €1bn deal
The health firm backed by actor Idris Elba and broadcaster Jonathan Ross is being bought by Danone for €1bn (£860m).
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
"Influencers are drinking benzene and goading lions. Should you?" www.theguardian.com/global/2026/...
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Influencers are drinking shots of olive oil and lemon juice. Should you?
Wellness enthusiasts on TikTok and Instagram claim the combination bestows glowing skin and better digestion
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Where the "security reasons" are Farage extolling far right causes for cash thinking his videos would never be in the public eye. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Nigel Farage pauses Cameo account for security reasons, says Reform UK
It comes after a Guardian investigation suggests the party leader recorded supportive messages for a convicted rioter and a neo-Nazi event.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I swear DPD has the absolute worst online presence of any courier service. Multiple websites across different countries and none of them can track packages coherently.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Daily Express competing for most moronic front page of the year.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I feel sorry for the people flying through Qatar today. You are about to witness the absolute incompetence of airline and airport staff when dealing with huge numbers of grounded flights.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Peter Mandelson must be pretty concerned by developments today.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
So Andrew Mountbatten just got arrested. How the mighty have fallen.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I wonder if modern AIs have any problems with identifying crosswalks or traffic lights. So many sites rely on this crap and I suspect it's minimal protection these days.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
I reported 18(!) scam ads to YouTube all using pics like this, all separate accts. I wonder how many they'll take down. Some links even lead to fake websites that scammers switch out after their accts are vetted.
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Apparently this @acl01.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
I reported Honey's Firefox add-on for the evil stuff documented in the video below. I got a response affirming that Firefox has "requested changes" but really they should disable and delist it right now pending those changes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCGT...
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The Honey Scam is Worse Than I Thought
YouTube video by MegaLag
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