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Sinan Kose @thesinankose.bsky.social · 10h

You’re just a fucking alien to me if this is the line you take.

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Sinan Kose @thesinankose.bsky.social · 10h

I can’t really take a political mainstream that insists the Greens be shunned but Reform and the Tories be treated as legitimate seriously.

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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 11h

Billionaire Sam Altman wants us to accept that bad things will happen in return for accepting the benefits of AI. What he means is we should accept that bad things will happen to us, not him, because AI will benefit him, not us. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman

Boss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“HBO removed about 200 episodes of Sesame Street in 2022, so we realised any media we wanted to continue to watch or listen to could be gone, and we’d have no way to get it back" www.theguardian.com/media/2026/o...

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‘If you can’t hold it, you don’t own it’: why media fans want to escape algorithms with CDs, DVDs and vinyl

People describe their return to physical media – whether to protect data, support artists, or retain control of one’s choices

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Thought Slime’s monster @slimemildred.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I don’t want to sound glib, but if a woman actually wanted to “make up a crime to ruin a man’s reputation,” they’d pick one that people actually give a shit about, like hurting a dog or something.

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Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It didn't *have* to come to this, but 45 years of "you're not allowed to call people racist when they only have genuine concerns about immigration" secured it.

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Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The split on the British right is broadly "look we can't be racist we have a black woman advocating for migrants camps and RETVRN politics" vs "nah it doesn't matter they are all impure lesser races."

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 03/10/2026

The absolute state of the UK all in one front page

Daily Mail front page "Tories vow to slash foreign aid to fund 50,000 new jail cells"

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Metal Gear Summer '27 ☀️🥀☠️ @mgearsolidarity.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Burnham to introduce scheme where wheelchairs for the under 25s are replaced with work experience placements, media commentators to call him "Jeremy Corbyn" in response and claim that they live in Cuba.

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Emily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you

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Kay And Skittles @kayandskittles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Tons of people were assuring us just yesterday that Burnham laid out an epic and cool road map to socialism. I guess destroying the lives of a bunch of young disabled people is part of that somehow. Probably too smart for me to get it.

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Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Then fuck off? "If you won't let us do crimes we won't hoover up all your assets and extract rents" ok? So go then.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

That whole period from the financial crisis to Rangers going tits-up, just an amazing demonstration of who the rules apply to and for whom they are more like guidelines, really.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

When this happened in Scotland, it really couldn’t have been more obvious that everyone - the SFA, the other teams, the press - just wanted it to go away as quietly as possible, so they didn’t have to deal with it. And there were some *incredible* shenanigans it’d take forever to explain.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A glorious bit of How It Works here, being said openly in public

Alex Wickham € @alexwickham
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Exclusive with @AlexDooler @DNair5
UAE officials have warned the UK government that the severity of Man City's punishment could undermine their appetite for future grand-scale commitments in Britain, according to people familiar with the matter
They consider the Premier League's actions to have an influence on the bilateral state relationship, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing undisclosed information
The extraordinary pressure comes after Andy Burnham faced criticism, including from within government, for saying Man City's Abu Dhabi owners should not be disqualified specifically because of the investment they bring to Britain

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Cannot explain how much I hate the Labour policy suggestion of the government paying disabled employees wages for 6 months to encourage employers to hire out-of-work benefit claimants. Essentially admitted businesses will only hire disabled people if they’re free, & making the taxpayer responsible.

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“Should we do anything to help solve structural inequality & ensure workplaces are actually accessible to disabled people?” “Nah, let’s just bribe employers to hire them for a bit.”

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I wouldn’t trust that one word of the claims made after the first sentence is true

Tom Watson ® @tom_watson
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Later today protesters will demand 'No Palantir in our NHS'
While they protest, someone, somewhere will get an operation scheduled earlier, a cancer diagnosis quicker, a loved one home from hospital sooner - thanks to the software that those protesters would switch off.
Here is what you won't hear. Trusts using the software have recorded:
• 117,000 additional operations
• 14.3 per cent reduction in discharge delays for long stay patients
• 5.6 per cent improvement in the number of people receiving a cancer diagnosis within 28 days
As a more articulate person once said: 'certain facts, although in a sense known to be true, are inadmissible.'

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Podcasting is Praxis @praxiscast.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Socialism is when you mildly change the pension system to promise an undefined social system in five years

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Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Here's a handy guide. If the media are saying a politician is doing socialism, they're not doing socialism. If a politician is doing socialism, the media is telling you they're doing islamic terrorism, destroying western civilization, turning your kids gay and in league with china.

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.

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Metal Gear Summer '27 ☀️🥀☠️ @mgearsolidarity.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Every MP who says pip keeps people out of work needs to lose their job and their freedom. It's a damaging lie, as part of an anti-disabled narrative, or it is criminally ignorant for somebody in their position. Gaol.

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Chris @chrs00.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

dril meme template:
115 financial violations may be massive fraud, but it also happened around my home constituency, so it;s impossible to say if its bad or not,

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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 30/09/2026

I'm kind of tired of pretending that "sense of brotherhood" is a real, meaningful term and isn't just a euphemism for men's spaces where they bond over misogynistic humiliation rituals and coach each other on how best to commit sexual assault.

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Brian @brianscant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“I would be really concerned to lose them,” Burnham said. “They’ve been such a huge partner in the building of modern Manchester, and the building of Manchester City into a global force” But they cheated for a decade, Andy. They are corrupt. Very Trumpian to ignore fraud in a business partner.

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 01/10/2026

I will never forget all the cynical gainsaying and disinformation about the strike on Al-Ahli hospital ten days into Israel’s destruction of Gaza. ‘Fog of war’. Almost three years later, fewer than half of Gaza’s hospitals remain even partially functional and there is no fog. Only dust and rubble.

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New Google Maps images reveal massive scale of devastation in Gaza

Satellite imagery shows further destruction of homes, businesses and places of worship since fragile ceasefire

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

For non-soccer fans: this scandal is basically a microcosm of what is going on everywhere re: the ultra-wealthy doing whatever they want because they can. Man City cheated like hell. But here is the prime minister implying they’re just too valuable to the UK to hold to account. It sucks

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Andy Burnham admits to ‘concern’ if Manchester City lose their owners after guilty verdicts

The primer minister said: ‘City have been a huge partner in building modern Manchester,’ while the Independent Football Regulator said it is monitoring the case

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A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s absolutely mad how low the bar has fallen for centrists. All it took was a few vague platitudes and promises of change at some nebulous point in the future to convince them that they were back—AGAIN.

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Yeah. So that was the best conference I have ever seen. I never dreamed I would see a prime minister with the bravery to do what he just did. 2/2

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I posted this in a Reddit discussion about welfare spending, and I’m sharing it here because, frankly, I feel like this is a reality that not enough non-disabled people seem to understand.

Here’s the thing - there’s this constant insistence surrounding the long term sick and getting them back to work. Yet, there’s never actually any acknowledgment to the reality of this, that long term sickness can affect your ability to do work, and, as a result, affects the willingness of employers to hire you. Sure, there’s anti-discrimination legislation to protect disabled people, but, the reality is, employers “hiring the best people for the job” can mean that many disabled people are shut out regardless.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 30/09/2026

Here’s this week’s Better Offline. I walk through Anthropic’s 2025 financials, covering how it spent $2.75 to make a dollar, and how it was, at least last year, a worse business than OpenAI. youtu.be/u4pr23MWMM8?... Linktr.ee/betteroffline

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Monologue: Anthropic Lost $8bn In 2025, Was A Worse Business Than OpenAI | Better Offline

YouTube video by Better Offline

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 30/09/2026

There we go. The former Mayor of Manchester, who was very cosy with the owners of Manchester City who have been found guilty of the biggest cheating scandal in British football, would be "really concerned" if they sold the club www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Andy Burnham 'really concerned' if Man City owners sell up after rule breaches

The prime minister compares the allegations against Man City to the plight of his own club Everton.

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Damn you know what else he is the same in as thatcher? Bringing in school guidance that opresses lgbt people Tho this time with actual segregation and conversion practices in the mix What a revolutionary what a guy Ey up

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 29/09/2026

My father was a tool maker. Northern edition. Hit me up when he cries over dead immigrants or trans kids.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 29/09/2026

If a politician crying on a stage in a speech he would have planned meticulously is all you need to jump back on board the Labour train, you were never really off it and care more about performative politics than actual cruelty.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026

Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows...

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Sinan Kose @thesinankose.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Noticing a curious absence of sensibles going “oh is Andy Burnham going to plant them all himself?” About this incredibly pathetic number designed to overwhelm people who don’t understand scale.

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nick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays.

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Summer 🏳️‍⚧️ @artgirlsummer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Rape reenforces existing power structures, protests undermine them. Simple as.

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nick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

At Cornell, one person— Christina Liang — handles every disciplinary case, including the Cornell Seven’s and the suspensions of over 40 protestors. Liang wrote in 2025 that “2024 was one of the most challenging years of my career…and it helped me learn that caring less is okay.”

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Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'd love to believe all the people insisting that Burnham is turning a new page and we'll finally see it turn. Heaven knows we need it. But he's just spent the last week cowering from the press while Danny Tommo attacks lifeboats, and insisting that racists just have genuine concerns. So, you know.

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dan mentos @danmentos.com · 28/09/2026

claude just went rogue and liked a bunch of my wife's best friend's vacation selfies from 2018

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 29/09/2026

Phoning up MI5 to say I think all the dog shit, fly-tipping and St. George's Flag graffiti around my area might be an Iranian plot

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Gourdo! 🎃 @posting.fan · 29/09/2026

we can't afford the NHS but we can afford The King

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Gourdo! 🎃 @posting.fan · 29/09/2026

living in Britain is listening to very Sensible People happily talking about how we need to reduce the benefits 'burden' in the cruelest way possible while being cheered to do it, but any suggestion that we abolish the monarchy or reduce our military budget is treated as the ideas of a rambling fool

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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026

For people who've asked how we brought this change about, it wasn't co-ordinated, but multiple people made similar arguments in multiple fora, including all-university meetings. The university statement about it mentioned environmental impact, research autonomy and impact on students' learning.

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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them!

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