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“Of course. We’ll never know because I didn’t get to bring <plan> to fruition, so I’m going to blather on about it for the rest of my days” Denial is a strong drug, I feel.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Pretty much. Think of it as… “I would’ve got away with it, if it wasn’t for you meddling kids” and you basically have it. “My solution would’ve worked for problem had it been allowed. Here is a Telegraph/Times article to prove it”

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Is it now a feature of failed Tory PMs that well after leaving office, they keep going on about the main thing they pushed as PM despite it not working at the time? Sunak: Rwanda. Truss: Mini budget.

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I remember the last census, when they said fewer and fewer people were ticking that they was Christian, so that’s a shock, really.

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On top of that, if I were Burnham, if you’re polling is only just above Reform’s, and will lead to a split Parliament, why would you give up a whopping majority? You’d be an idiot.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 10/10/2026

Reminds me of when our two were little and they used to play what I dubbed “lazy pull”. One on one bit of a toy, one on the other (the toy didn’t matter). They’d face off and lay down. The winner was usually the one that didn’t fall asleep.

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Every single edible object that enters this house must pass through me. Chicken nuggets? Me. Leftover pizza? Me. Frozen spring rolls? Absolutely me. An experimental zucchini recipe your mom found at 1:12 a.m. on Facebook? Unfortunately, also me.

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I Am Your Family’s Air Fryer, and I Have Seen Things

Every meal becomes a rescue mission. “How’s it looking?” You tell me. You’re the one opening my drawer every thirty seconds like a detective examining a crim...

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I need a new brain. Headline… Staff are revolting. Brain: Rude. They might be quite nice, really.

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A federal judge has sanctioned a DOJ attorney for accusing an ICE detainee's attorney of misconduct without any evidence. The punishment: Two hours of legal training about the "special role of US attorneys" and the need to support claims with evidence. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Anthropic is out with new nonsense about Claude (or the collection of models called Claude) deserving moral consideration and/or be able to feel distress, so my inbox is filling up with journos asking me to comment. I've also got a day job, so here is a brief set of public comments on this: >>

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Strangely, the neighbours don’t appreciate a mad dog barking at nothing at all in the middle of the night. And last night, he went insane at the other fence, instead of the dog fence, where there was nothing happening. Weird dog.

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Got a middle aged one that will bark at the wind. The trees blowing in the wind. Once, memorably, a grey squirrel running across a fence panel. On more than one occasion, he’s gone outside to bark at nothing at all. Problem is he likes to do all this at 3 in the morning.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

May he be followed around for the rest of his days being called racist loudly.

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The Bjg Time Chatlie account seeking to identify & incite vs RNLI staff as traitors was run by a recruitment consultant in Worcestershire who is a Restore donor & Cromwell Club member. He hss now deactivated the anon troll account after being publicly identifird www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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Recruitment boss accused of being behind ‘doxxing’ campaign against RNLI and anti-racism activists

Tom Watson, of Worcester, alleged to be behind Big Time Charlie X account that created so-called Traitorbase

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I mean, yeah, but maybe the party funded by Cryptobillionaires, led by millionaires, and pushing policies, by their own acknowledgement , specifically aimed at making the poorest poorer, should sit this particular argument out?

Tories are for the wealthy not the workers, says Jenrick
Reform’s Treasury spokesman to say Conservatives’ inheritance tax pledge proves party has ‘given up’ on ‘strivers and savers’

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Going to mute the words autism and ADHD, so I can use Bluesky without wanting to hit somebody.

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Nb: She doesn’t get any “help” now. She’s had OT twice. This has lead to a second stair rail and a raised loo seat. We will get a level access bathroom eventually. None of this is related to her autism. Her mum and grandma are her carers. *didn’t get, not did.

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… be someone who’ll complain about the “unfair advantage” she’d have got in the exams she did get and someone patronisingly asking if she’s disabled really. If she couldn’t work if she tried. That’s what happens when your child doesn’t have the label until they’re an adult. #Autism

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Her learning disabilities, autism and other disabilities don’t allow her to work (and they aren’t mine to list) For the last 6 years periodically (anything from a few weeks to a year) her grandma and I have done split shifts so someone is up 24/7. Even now. For the help she did get there’ll… 4

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… informing us that she was #Autistic. She was aiming for E’s and F’s in her GCSE’s, so she was withdrawn. Any help she would’ve got would’ve been a half hour extra in exams and a teaching assistant to explain things to her when she didn’t understand lessons, which was often. 3

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School for her was hard. She was bullied, though her school(s) denied this. We’ve suspected #Autism since she was 7, but because of her learning disabilities she and we were basically ignored by schools/doctors. She was a gala princess and even one of the dad’s at the pageants insisted on…. 2

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Had to unmute the words to write this. I’ll do it all again after I’ve got it off my chest. My daughter for the sake of a week is 26 now. She was diagnosed with #Autism when she was 19, in 2020, because she was struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts. Has actually since she was 13. 1

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There’s like a list as long as my arm of muted words and tags. And it expires in a week

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Going to mute the words autism and ADHD, so I can use Bluesky without wanting to hit somebody.

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Chris Bogle @chrisbogle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Achieved what I wanted for the day, which was to upgrade hq, buy another truck and hire a driver, so there’s that, I suppose. #AmericanTruckSimulator

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1. The independent Taskforce — commissioned by NHS England, backed by government — concluded ADHD is under-diagnosed, under-recognised and under-treated in the UK. Not over. The press has reported the reverse of the finding www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...

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ADHD label ‘risks lifelong harm to children’ as diagnoses surge

Landmark government review warns of a ‘tipping point’ as figures show the proportion of youngsters with an autism diagnosis has risen 40-fold

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My brief perusal of the Internet suggests he is part of a Dinosaur Park near Rapid City. So yeah, photo trophy and/or viewpoint to find.

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Interestingly this chap was just hanging out near the road. I’ll have to look him up. Probably a photo trophy or maybe he just liked being there.

Very large dinosaur. Brontasurus, I think.

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Stopped for gas in or nr Mitchell, SD. Absolutely didn’t prang the truck on the way out. Not me. No, sir. Also didn’t have an argument with a fire hydrant like three days ago, which the fire hydrant didn’t win. Much to my Sean’s amusement.

Night time shot of pink truck at a gas station/services on American Truck Sim.

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Mandatory rest break. We won’t talk about how badly parked this trailer is. Pulled in at the wrong point. One of my bug bears with ATS/ETS2.

Same deep pink truck parked badly with its trailer covering 3 spots.

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Onward to Spearfish, SD. Pretty sure they made up their own names for places. Okay, they did not. I checked lol.

Deep pink Mack truck seen from front with its pink breast cancer ribbon with wings, a Mobile Crusher attached to it.

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1hr from destination. @scssoft.com said it was Pinktober. So my truck for that. I’m not going to argue. Now to see if I can find a live job back to SD.

Deep pink Mack Truck with pink cancer ribbon with wings, pulling a yard truck, whatever that may be.

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Lincoln, Nebraska, in fact.

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*goes to drive virtual trucks around virtual America before my head explodes* Anyone wants me, I’m off to drive from Watertown in South Dakota to somewhere in Nebraska. Later on.

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