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CM @colmm.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026
Every word of this thread. Thank you @thehistoryguy.bsky.social
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eliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
just learned this today
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The urge became too strong.
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cee @cee.wtf · 04/09/2026
throng.cee.wtf i've invented a new way to browse bluesky
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Rhys Kaminski-Jones @rhyskamjones.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
According to the FT, Orr is acting as a live-in-landlord-cum-cult-leader to Cambridge students including those under his own supervision, whilst receiving formal complaints about his behaviour, and boasting publicly how the university is a recruiting ground for the party he might be doing crime for
in North Cambridge, and a daughter. The
outbuildings and at least two other flats on the same road, which are owned by the family,
are home to a select group of postgraduate students from a range of faculties including
divinity. In a podcast interview in December 2024, Orr described having “10 students living
with us. They’re mainly PhD students or postdoctoral fellows.” He explained that they
always gather for Sunday lunch and often for dinner. “That’s amazingly stimulating,” he
said. “They’re . . . the cream of their generation in their respective subjects.”
The residents pay rent and do chores. Helen has fashioned a small chapel from a shipping
container, in which she holds morning prayers.The housing of students raises potential conflicts of interest. Over the past academic year, there were three divinity scholars lodging at the Orrs’ community, according to several
people familiar with the living arrangements. One is a postgraduate student who is directly
supervised by Orr. Cambridge’s staff and student relationship policy stipulated that its
employees are “strongly discouraged” from entering into close personal relationships with
students. Any relationship which involves “any form of dependence, whether emotional,
practical, financial or otherwise”, must be declared.Among the complaints upheld by the investigator are that Orr allegedly made belittling
remarks to the student, and had demanded an “excessive” and “unreasonable” amount of
written work in an effort to refine a thesis proposal. The report also criticised “at worst
inappropriate and at best thoughtless comments made [by Orr] in the equally
inappropriate context of [Orr’s] own home”. This was in reference to a dinner that the
student, who comes from a Christian, conservative background, had attended at Orr’s
house.While the society was established long before Orr had any formal role in Reform, it has
taken on new significance as his political activities gathered pace. Orr has described
Cambridge as a useful recruiting ground for Reform, boasting last autumn in an interview
with The Telegraph that he had met “hundreds” of highly able students he thought would
make suitable allies. He has also, according to The Spectator magazine, been tasked by the
party with “building a pipeline” to bring talent to staff a future Reform administration.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Stop whatever you’re doing & watch this now! Reform’s magic money tree has been bust wide open. Huge kudos to undercover reporters Verbatim via @channel4news.bsky.social youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI?... huge
youtu.be
Undercover: Exposing Reform's secret donations plot
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
So about that Collison-funded think tank whose policies the Govt has been so receptive to… www.alilleybrinker.com/blog/1passwo...
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Ashley @ashleysays.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Chefs kiss
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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
Sorry, I can’t type that.
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The Resister Linda Cardwell 🦋💙 @cardwell4u.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Dolly Parton spoke.
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404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026
SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:
404media.co
We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 17/08/2026
rare books are destroyed in the process but at least we have a technology that instructs teens how to commit suicide
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Liz Carolan @lizcarolan.com · 14/08/2026
The “scan and pulp” story hit a nerve this week, but it’s only scratching the surface of what the AI industry is doing; which is fundamentally transforming the economics of human creativity and destroying the legal infrastructure - in place since the 1700s - that makes it a viable profession
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 13/08/2026
Mark English has won the gold medal in the men's 800m at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham
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English strikes gold at European Championships
Mark English has won the gold medal in the men's 800m at the European Athletics Championships.
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Irish Wildlife Trust @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The Irish Wildlife Trust are disappointed to see the number of newspaper articles reporting on this accident without giving the details of what happened. @irishenvnet.bsky.social @fairseas.ie #BlueShark #IrishSharks
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Bill Nye breaks down the Science of Skin Color and shows why Racism is Ridiculous.
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Lest we forget how gleefully foul he was. This passes for comedy in certain circles
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I know people like to take the p*ss out of Adrian but this is a great piece of writing.
theguardian.com
I’d never cried during a live broadcast – then three poignant words had me sobbing | Adrian Chiles
I couldn’t help choking up when the writer Katriona O’Sullivan told me her life story. Now I’m on a mission to get everyone to read her memoir, writes Adrian Chiles
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Micheál Martin @micheal-martin.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Glen Hansard. A talented musician and actor who made a significant contribution to Ireland's cultural landscape over many years. My sincere sympathies to his family, friends, and fans. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
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GwedLid @gwedlid.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
RIP Bill Oddie. Legend.
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 26/07/2026
“The famine is over! The curse be damned!! Hit the nuclear button! Mayo have won the All-Ireland!!” An all-time great sports commentary moment from Stephen Grealis and Martin McHugh on Mayo’s Midwest Radio. #gaa
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Sure, some men are jerks. Like the ‘influencer’ who carried a bath to the top of Snowdon for a selfie and dumped it there. But other men are heroes, like the teenage rugby team who carried it down. Well done lads. We see you. Show your sons. www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/...
walesonline.co.uk
Stunned Welsh rugby team remove bathtub from Pen y Fan summit after stunt
The players helped National Trust workers remove the tub, which had been left at the summit following a supposed world record attempt
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FT Alphaville @alphaville.ft.com · 22/07/2026
www.ft.com/content/3fcd...
ft.com
Is AI productivity growth in the room with us right now?
The fog of Warsh
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Futurism @futurism.com · 20/07/2026
It's a bloodbath.
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OpenAI Appears to Be Missing Its Sales Goals by a Vast Margin
The company behind ChatGPT is on track to undershoot its five-year revenue projection by upward of 90 percent.
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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
HISTORIC 53C DAY- 38C at NIGHT 52.7C Omidieh IRAN All time record and 2026 World Record MINIMUMS ! 38.3 Delhoran IRAN 33.1 Uchkuduk UZBEKISTAN Next days WORSE 53/54c Middle East 49/50C former USSR 50/52C CHINA NIGHTS up to 40C MOST EXTREME HEAT WAVE IN WORLD HISTORY
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Jennifer ♾️ aura points KP @jeniuskp.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
In this remarkable image of white supremicists on a subway train in Washington I see cowards afraid to show their faces and a strong woman who shouldn't have to put up with this shit. (Photo: Cheney Orr - Reuters)
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 01/07/2026
NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...
a chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforea chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforea chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforeGoogle's total energy consumption more than new zealand
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 29/06/2026
Write a critical AI book, and you become everyone's confessor for their AI sins. People in my life keep telling me about their guilty AI pleasures, in search of an explanation, absolution or condemnation: us.macmillan.com/books/978037... 1/
The original Google homepage, loaded in the first Netscape browser. It is viewed under a giant magnifying glass. Inside the magnifying glass, we see a killer robot (with the head of the Android droid), choking a man to death.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The average life expectancy of a new Russian recruit—from arrival at a training ground to death in a combat zone—lies somewhere between 10 days and three weeks. Once sent onto the battlefield, they survive an average of 20 to 35 minutes. @peterfrankopan.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/25/r...
foreignpolicy.com
As the Tide Turns Against Putin, Beware the Drowning Man
Like a struggling swimmer, he may take desperate measures to stay afloat.
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
my kind of Jubilee, the Japanese national team vs. 100 kids
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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
#MorningVibe 22-year-old Julian Brown, just turned plastic trash into petrol. Less than 9% of plastic on Earth actually gets recycled. Julian proved the other 91% isn’t waste — it’s fuel waiting to be unlocked. We need to continue to feed the minds of the young.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 16/06/2026
"Ben owns a farm. He employs 100 workers. His total payroll is $10 million/year. One day, he buys a mule, which provides the worker who uses it with a modest 10% productivity gain. Ben fires 99 of his workers and purchases 99 mules, expecting a 1,000% productivity gain..."
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AI Economics for Dummies
“Xavier owns an apartment that he rents out at a loss of $1 billion/month. Seeing this success, he decides to make financial commitments to construct $850 bi...
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
As I wrote at the time of the Ballymena pogroms, I'm old enough to remember when the LVF attacked the home of disabled child because he was insuficciently Protestant. I'm old enough to remember this because it happened in 2024. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
Last July, the family of Jessy Clark, a nine-year-old boy with multiple serious disabilities, were allocated a newbuild bungalow in the Ballycraigy estate in Antrim town. 

The home was purpose-built to provide for Jessy’s medical needs, allowing him the facility to bathe and use his wheelchair, freedoms he’d been denied in the hospital bed he’d been living in for years. 

Shortly before the family were due to move in, the house was attacked with bricks and paint bombs.

Soon its boarded-up windows featured graffiti of crosshairs, and slogans declared that all such housing was for “locals only”. 

The LVF-affiliated group responsible for this were implicated in a several other attacks in the area, driving eight African families out of their homes in the few weeks previous.

Deducing this took little by way of detective work, since the group posted laminated signs around the area declaring “No Undesirables… No Multiculturalism” and warnings to “keyboard warriors” that their home might be next.
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CM @colmm.eurosky.social · 10/06/2026
The worst and stupidest people in the world are on patrol
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People's Government of the Pelargir Commune 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
the thing is that Nigel Farage is the closest thing this island has ever seen, /ever seen/, to an actually politically successful Nazi (i see you typing various pedantries and i assure you i have heard all of them and i do not care) and lots of people are like oh well maybe he might do well as PM!
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András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
A reminder that Lionel Shriver is full of shit
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Randall Gross @randallgross.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
“Rejected” by Don Hertzfeldt littlegreenfootballs.com/article/5552...
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"Rejected" by Don Hertzfeldt
Return with us now to the early days of the internet, when things were still weird. 2001 Academy Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film bitterfilms.com...
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
A favourite variation was one I contrived for @thefence.bsky.social in 2020, re: Jeff Bezos' then wealth of $177bn. "Iago first said 'Put money in thy purse’ at the premiere of Othello on Nov 1st 1604. You'd only need to put $1.1 million in said purse every single day since to match Bezos’ total".
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🇵🇸 Dean Tāne 🇵🇸 @dean-tane.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
In her final years, Sinéad O'Connor donated her old clothes and unused makeup to Irish trans teens as she wanted them to enjoy expressing their gender identities. Sinéad never punched down, stood firm in her beliefs, and will always be loved by the people of Ireland. Ms Terphy is nothing of the sort
Roísín Terphy, chatting shite as always.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
in a way, isn’t causing men to crash out before she’s even done anything just proof that Lupita is perfect for Helen of Troy
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.
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Woozle & Taffy @woozle-taffy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
That famous letter comes to mind😄 news.lettersofnote.com/p/we-all-fee...
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
still thinking about that Goldman Sachs “analysis” that predicted we would be at 120% of normal traffic in the strait of Hormuz by now
Exhibit 2: We Assume Flows Through the Strait of Hormuz Start to Recover in 5 Days and Fully
Recover by Mid-April
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Oil Exports Through the Strait of Hormuz
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John Creedon @johncreedon.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Out of the noise and into the evening with the Creedon Show. RTE Radio 1, weeknights 8-10 pm.
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Euronews @euronews.com · 06/05/2026
CONTENT WARNING: This article contains images you can’t unsee. Some album covers also feature language some people may find offensive. #Art
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The Rolling Stones new album & The 30 worst album covers of all time
CONTENT WARNING: This article contains images you can’t unsee. Some album covers also feature language some people may find offensive.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 24/09/2025
1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it). But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
photo of paulina borsook
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CM @colmm.eurosky.social · 04/05/2026
Wu Yize 👏 Superb, winning a final frame shootout
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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
What the hell www.newyorker.com/culture/prog...
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
it’s worth reading every word of this brilliant, excoriating column by Fraser Nelson
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Kwasi Kwarteng's crypto company? When I was investigating Reform's financial ties a few months ago, drawing up a map of who was connected to whom, this was the biggest mystery. Nine years ago, aged 53, he declared himself "skint" because "there's no money in politics".
Only two years ago he was telling friends that he could not afford to run in the coming election. Then suddenly, his fortunes seemed to
and change utterly. How?
The likely explanation emerged this week: he was given E5 million by Christopher Harborne, a Thailand-based crypto billionaire and Reform UK donor. The money, Farage says, was a personal gift
disclosable. It was to pay for bodyguards, he said, making him "safe and secure for the rest of my life". But such protection costs are, at most, £300,000 a year. Farage was given a lifetime of financial security, clearing the way for his return to the political arena. Albeit with a lifelong feeling of debt to Harborne, who sits in a web of interlocking global financial interests.
The world of donors is one of sharks and angels. Many donors want to support causes (or people) they believe in, with no ulterior motive. But then there are the
- cash-rich, status-poor
- who've often made their money using murky means. They usually
Trump for flouting US money-
proposes a new "Big Bang" that
And if you're not an MP-
- like
could add tens of billions to crypto
laundering rules, has said he'll move
Zia Yusuf, Reform's hyperactive
companies market value. A Reform
"shadow" home secretary there's
Left have champagne
government would order HM
no financial transparency at all.
Treasury to stop work on its own
The next UK general election
digital currency apparatus, which
socialists, right have
looks set to usher in hundreds of
could threaten the current crypto
Reform MPs to join the governing
plutocrat populists
elite. The Bank of England would instead be told to hold Bitcoin,
party (or coalition). How many more
to Britain to keep his cash flowing t…
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