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@danrealitybites.bsky.social
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Same profile as I had on Twitter The EU didn’t cause our problems Leaving hasn’t solved them We should be tackling rampant poverty, housing, low productivity, health, climate and education

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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 5h
And it's incredibly expensive. I bought some Mac make-up for my niece once and thought F&*K! that stuff costs as much as clothing - which in a way I suppose it is.
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 5h
Misunderstood masterpiece is what I'm hearing - but could that be desperate guerrilla marketing? I guess there's only one way to find out...
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 15h
I hate vinegary eggs - so classic techniques are out for me
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 16h
Make a little pouch out of cling film, seal it and cook for 5 mins - that’s how I learnt to poach eggs. Works a treat!
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Chloe Walters @chloewalters41.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
putin keeps slapping top secret stickers on every stat but you cant hide a gas line that wraps around the block or an atm that spits out air. second army of the world, first place in economic cosplay.
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Alright, let’s talk about the Russian economy.
Alright, let’s talk about the Russian economy. Not the “second army of the world” fantasy, not the “import substitution” fairy tale, but the real, unfiltered, “why is my Lada on fire and my bank…
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Jay in Kyiv @jayinkyiv.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Unrest in Moscow as desperate Russians aim to oust Putin's regime. youtu.be/Mrm1Hy6T2ZY
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Moscow Explodes In Protest As Russians Call For An End To Putin's Regime
YouTube video by Jay in Kyiv
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
And trade unionists And religious representatives And social workers And any other recommended group whose perspective on proposed legislation you’d want to factor in?
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Looks fake to me. If it comes out slow enough to see it, it would have fallen to the ground by the time the blast propels it.
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What gets me goat up is that she moves from “I feel British, not English” to “I can decide how you should feel too.” She doesn’t get to define these things. Now then, let’s get back to those crypto millions and Orr’s blatant corruption in procuring illegal party donations…
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Another fascinating aspect of much recent polling is that the answers from LAB/LDEM/GRN supporters tend to be very similar, while there are noticeable contrasts between CON/REF voters.
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Including the two they previously held
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Good answer - helps me understand the complexities of identity. And it’s true. Passports don’t come in English / Irish / Scottish / Welsh varieties.
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I think the key words here as “identify as” - which underlines the personal choice involved. Not some pseudo-genetic drivel.
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And it will never be enough to placate the racists, who’ll deny she’s British too
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
That’s interesting! Reminds me of some Northumbrian mates who said they don’t feel English as England is “the South” and “London” which feels another country. And some my Scottish friends saying they in no way felt “British”. Goes to show we shouldn’t speak for anyone else in these matters.
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
She also says she’s British not English - which creates some logic problems. Can you be British without being one of the following: - English - Scottish - Welsh - Northern Irish And if she thinks so, could she explain how?
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I’m guessing not THIS Lincoln City!?
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Well it would hardly release a model if it was worse than the existing one, would it?
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
How about this: each party suggests a list of 10-20 names under these categories: - scientists - jurists - entrepreneurs - medics - writers/artists - statisticians - educators - carers - councillors - ecologists To sit in HOL. Voters get 50 votes each.
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Great news! Independent investigative news outlets are a rarity these days. I cherish the Nerve.
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Is it just me that can’t see 2/3 and 3/3 in this thread?
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What do you think about the Electoral Commission proposal by Burnham to look at ending first past the post?
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In a FPTP electoral system, huge numbers of contests are decided by margins lower than the LDEM vote. Pointless? Arguable. Irrelevant? Definitely not. (You don’t have to be LDEM to see that, btw)
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Jay in Kyiv @jayinkyiv.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russia has it's second worst day of the entire war, losing 2090 soldiers and 250 captured - then bombing civilians in Kyiv as revenge. youtu.be/dHqcdyJVJIM
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Russia Suffers Records Losses As Ukraine Regains Territory
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I can’t listen to “PYT” anymore Or “The way you make me feel”
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Let’s challenge this notion of “AI agents going rogue”. What they’re doing is fixing defects in this own work.
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You mean, just before the markets reopen? 🤔
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⚫️🐦‍⬛ 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @theskyisnotblue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
So well-documented that Essex County Council says it doesn’t know anything about them. If only we had a national broadcaster with the resources to investigate on our behalf 🤔
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
OTD in 1938 Hitler gave a speech demanding the Sudetenland be handed to Germany. He said his countrymen were being mistreated and needed protection. Also promised it was his last territorial demand. He was lying. Imagine that happening today.
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thanks for the reminder! Just turned on.
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It's certainly true that staying out of the EU does nothing to reduce the likelihood of FN/AfD coming to power or their impact on the UK were they to do so.
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Yes and I meant Brillo not you 😜 The EU has always been a shifting mixture of right and left. On paper, Meloni’s Italy was a hard right party. In practice, she’s governed from the centre on foreign policy. The UK would have more of a restraining influence on Le Pen’s France from inside the EU, no?
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
That must be what I saw last month in London. My photo is v. poor compared to yours but the same creature, I think?
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It was our own far-right party that campaigned for us to leave the EU. Putin applauded. His goal is to divide and weaken Europe. What’s so hard to understand?
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Not that you'd know it from the BBC
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Calling it “in 2026 record” also gives the impression that 2026 is somehow a record year. I bet they didn’t report when zero people arrived (which would also be a ‘2026 record’)
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You are so good at this! Can’t believe it’s been ten years. But we will get there.
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
And you get to sell pardons and indulge in blatant insider trading. All those tariffs are negotiable if you pay the right fee.
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Have you seen who Trump’s got defending him in this?
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Things you won’t learn from @BBCNews #127
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
They’ve seen the polling data about how well Labour would do if they had a manifest or commitment to re-enter the European Union, and it’s spooked them. Right wing votes splinter, left wing votes coalesce. That’s game over in FPTP. This is how electoral dynamics work to reverse the Brexit madness.
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Was Prince Phillip “English”? Is King Charles “half-English”?
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Who gave Braverman the right to tell black English people they aren’t English? Every decent person in England needs to stand up and support their fellow citizens. And an aside: what would happen to Braverman’s “Britishness” if Scotland and Northern Ireland left the union? Would she be stateless?
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Not arresting him turns the UK into a lawless country
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A country that others can rely on - a country that makes a worthwhile ally - is a country that acts RATIONALLY Rethinking the disastrous Brexit decision is the clearest sign the UK could give that we remain a rational country
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Especially if you run the Anchor leg in the relay
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is how Russia wages war
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
How is Tuapse these days, I wonder?
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Reality Bites @danrealitybites.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Stay Loose (2003) From “Dear Catastrophe Waitress” by Belle & Sebastian (It’s got two) link.deezer.com/s/34tfNovlBN...
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Stay Loose
Belle & Sebastian - song - 2003
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