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Bruce McPherson

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Checkmate, Nige.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Here's the deal that gave us brexit. They both get 1m, Farage gets Brexit without the consequences and can blame others for the shitshow,takes his shorting profits and absconds with Brexit party candidate fees. Johnson gets to be PM. Boris's dad pays for the meal and fine wine.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Another #geekpost today. Combining local and hosted llm to minimize token cost. ramblings.mcpher.com/combining-lo...
ramblings.mcpher.com
Combining local and hosted llm to minimize token cost - Desktop liberation
Minimize AI token cost by using a hosted LLm (eg Gemini) as a strategic planner and a local model (eg Gemma) as the executor.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
First #geekpost for a while. We're not just emulating Google apps script. We're liberating it. ramblings.mcpher.com/the-why-and-...
ramblings.mcpher.com
Bringing Apps Script to the desktop - the why, where and how of gas-fakes - Desktop liberation
We are not just emulating Google Apps Script - gas-fakes is liberating it by bringing it home to run in your local development environment.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/73421/...
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Nigel Farage pocketing £5m from a donor shows he’s unfit for power
The British media is obsessed with Zack Polanski, but raises barely a squeak over huge donations to Reform
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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Me! I am one of those academics and you can be one too!
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Meet the academics refusing to use generative AI
Researchers say they have their reasons for avoiding AI tools — and they’re sick of arguing about it.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
In Scotland we vote for a constituency msp. There are also regional seats, allocated proportionally from a 'losers list' of those that have been rejected by the electorate. Reform had zero elected candidates,yet brag endlessly about being 'elected', when they've just been selected from a loser list.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Presumably everyone now agrees that Liz Truss is clearly a raging lunatic. Many of those that were in her cabinet and orbit are now in reform, this time with a grifting con man as their boss. What drives these people to make these startling errors of judgement.
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Toks Nilhaw @toksnilhaw.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
“And when Iran refused Donald’s demand to stop shutting down traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, Donald got back at them by shutting down traffic in the Strait of Hormuz himself!”
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
My Easter reading: "..the Lord said I was hungry and you told me I could make a meal for 30p, I was a stranger and you told me to fuck off back where I came from, I was sick and you said I should get private health insurance..."
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Christianity is the biggest, most profitable scam in America.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
substack.com/@irishpoliti... Here's a trump/Iran 'downfall' video.
substack.com
The Irish Politics Newsletter (@irishpoliticsnewsletter)
Trump's Iran Downfall is the parody you’ve all been waiting for.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
We are starkly underestimating the impact of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. This is a much graver situation than people realise iandunt.substack.com/p/the-mad-em...
Text reads: "The Strait of Hormuz is not just an oil chokepoint. It is much more than that. In addition to oil it is a key transit point for liquified natural gas, aluminium, helium, petrochemicals and fertiliser. What we are seeing is akin to no-deal Brexit, in military form and on a global scale. It is a system-wide event with primary, secondary and tertiary causal waves which touch nearly all areas of the economy."
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Scotland's crime clear up rate and NHS service performance both far outperform England and Wales. Farage is England's problem. Don't let him become ours too. www.gov.scot/publications... talkingupscotlandtwo.com
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NHS performance comparisons across the UK: FOI release
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
In anything but the most corrupt tin pot dictatorships, trump, his family, his cronies and half his administration would all be in jail by now.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Brits - your cut out and keep guide to when to expect Reform Rage.
Joke calendar featuring PERSISTENCE OF GLOBAL
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CharlieD @charliedjr.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
@whitehouse-47.bsky.social FYI
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Nick Timothy is an uncannily perfect encapsulation of the crapification of public life in the UK: a bigoted failure blithely oozing from one disaster to the next while being rewarded at every turn by the far right media/political ecosystem. A golf club boor with the intellect of a burst balloon.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
A rare bright spot to smile at.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Has the mint started producing commemorative Epstein medals yet?
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
How Matt Goodwin's definition of "the Elite" focuses on university workers and civil servants, while excluding the investment bankers, asset managers and global real estate executives who pay him bylinetimes.com/2026/02/25/r...
bylinetimes.com
Reform UK's Matt Goodwin Advised the Wealthiest 1% While Claiming to Stand Against ‘The Elite'
Goodwin's definition of “the elite” includes university professors and civil servants while seemingly excluding the investment bankers, asset managers and global real estate executives who pay him
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
“The guy did a great job for a competitive rate. I’m really pleased with it”
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
How about a remake of twin peaks with dale cooper as the ethical, hard working FBI agent sent coming to terms with having to redact all mentions of trump's activities from the Epstein files.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
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BREAKING: France Just Raided Elon Musk’s X Offices In Paris — And It’s Not About One Office, One Country, or One Week
This is about power. Influence. And what happens when one billionaire decides the rules don’t apply to him anymore.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
So maga have accidentally backed themselves into that depressing corner where they only allow themselves to listen to shit music.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
🏆 🏆🏆🏆
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
apnews.com/article/dono... Disappointed to find @google and @apple amongst those donating to trump's ballroom baloney.
apnews.com
These are the 37 donors helping pay for Trump's $300 million White House ballroom
The White House's list of 37 donors to President Donald Trump's $300 million ballroom project includes crypto billionaires, powerful financiers, tobacco companies, tech giants, media companies, longti...
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
fullfact.org/politics/nig... What kind of scumbag fakes something like this? "The image shows Mr Farage smiling, next to a child in a hospital bed. The captions claim it depicts him visiting a seven-year-old girl with terminal brain cancer whose “final wish” was to meet him." But it's a fake.
fullfact.org
Picture of child with cancer edited to include Nigel Farage – Full Fact
An image which has gone viral on Facebook and supposedly shows the Reform UK leader fulfilling a child’s “final wish” by visiting them in hospital isn’t real.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
They tried intimidation. Minnesota answered with people.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
JANE FONDA: “I know Don Lemon. My husband created CNN. And I will fight for their right to speak… they arrested the wrong Don. This is how autocrats act. We can’t fall for it.”
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Brilliant.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
The Government is planning to send King Charles to the US to celebrate with Trump. Giving him a royal visit right now sends a terrible message that his behaviour is acceptable. We can stop this if enough of us speak up. Will you add your name to the petition? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Call off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence
With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...
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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Ha..ha.. Nazi.us still takes you to DHS site, and the content there nowadays completely deserves it.
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
I see nazi.us takes you to the actual homeland security website. Seems totally appropriate.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Reform told you reducing council tax was easy. They just had to slash Woke policies, and a billion or two would be saved. They wouldn't even need to close care services. They promise you that. And then every single Reform-led council cut care services and increased council tax.
All Reform councils to raise taxes despite campaign pledges
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Femi @femi-oluwole.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Nigel Farage promised Brexit would help you. Nigel Farage stood down 319 Reform candidates to help Boris deliver THIS SPECIFIC version of Brexit. So if he's convinced you to blame other people for the fact that this Brexit hasn't helped you... You're as thick as frozen shit.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
And I’m gonna "like" this post every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #Justice4theVictims_NOW
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Agree 💯 With Robert De Niro......
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
GERMAN PRESIDENT STEINMEIER: “.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish .. “.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
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Scotch Whisky Truths 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @specialscot.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
There would be No Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson or Keir Starmer in an Independent Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Just a thought...
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
It's now beyond parody.. www.politico.eu/article/fran...
politico.eu
France delays G7 to avoid clash with White House cage fighting on Trump’s birthday
French President Emmanuel Macron’s office said the new schedule is “the result of our consultations with G7 partners.”
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Will there be a Jesse Owens moment in Trump's world cup?
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Bruce McPherson @brucemcpherson.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
One of the side effects of Trumpism and all its despicable works is that entire genres of films and tv series like Homeland, 24, silence of the lambs, point break, the untouchables and many more, where government agencies are mainly the good guys, can no longer be made.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
This anniversary of the Jan 6 riot, with Donald Trump back in what's left of the White House, is a reminder of what a deeply damaged country this is to have re-elected the reckless vainglorious fool who instigated it.
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Kev Moore @kevmoore.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Morning everyone! Especially my Danish homies! 😎 🇩🇰
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Kathryn Rushent 🌊🐱🍁 @krushent.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
All Americans, and the entire world, must remember. Robert Reich: The most shameful day in American history open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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The most shameful day in American history
We will never forget, and we will not let the nation or the world forget.
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