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Glimmering Gleam

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Name just something my kids came out with and loved it. Avowed pessimist.

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Glimmering Gleam @glimmeringgleam.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Antonio Banderas as Miguel Bain: Intense Moment
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Xanthe van Lambtonworm 🐉️🎃️ @satyrs.eu · 19/09/2026
I know i signed the Social Contract when i came out of the womb 22 years ago, but i would still really quite like to speak to the manager, because i don’t think this was in the terms
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Glimmering Gleam @glimmeringgleam.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Anyone else really fucking tired of arrogant Americans absolving themselves of their responsibilities? They even centre themselves in the conversation every time as if their opinions are the only ones that matter. No-one can ever get upset at Americas because of their President, which they elected.
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Glimmering Gleam @glimmeringgleam.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
What a powerful image.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/09/2026
Amazon's own balance sheet presents the most compelling evidence that we are stuck in the Enshittocene, the era in which everything is turning into a pile of shit, because the worst ideas of the worst people now make the most money. 1/
Hieronymus Bosch's 'The Conjuror,' a painting depicting a medieval con artist playing a shell game for an audience of astonished peasant rubes. The image has been altered: the conman now has Jeff Bezos's grinning head, and the mouths of all the peasants have been replaced with inverted Amazon 'Smile' logos, so they are now frowning.

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Steve Jurvestson (modified)
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Glimmering Gleam @glimmeringgleam.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Shamelessly stolen
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Glimmering Gleam @glimmeringgleam.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Amazing work.
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Glimmering Gleam @glimmeringgleam.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Major upset as undefeated in 36, European / Nations League / Olympic champions Spain beat France who they beat all the time recently.
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Glimmering Gleam @glimmeringgleam.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
This is the most idiotic government in history. A cabinet full of absolute morons.
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
when AI companies go bankrupt
5 panel comic

Panel 1: Red Guy with “AI” on his chest is falling backwards off a cliff. A Purple Guy is running to “save him”

Panels 2-4: Close up of Purple Guy’s hands gradually going from outstretched fingers to a closed fist

Panel 5: Red Guy falls backwards off the cliff while Purple Guy does nothing but show him his middle finger.
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thepig993 @thepig993.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
“Don’t piss off every section of the coalition that elected you” is advice that most political scientists would give you for free
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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Cadbury's should be immediately nationalised and the recipe reverted back to higher quantities of cocoa before the takeover. This should be a national priority.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
People laughed when Trump said the war would only end with unconditional surrender but he's a man of his word and he has now surrendered unconditionally
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Glimmering Gleam @glimmeringgleam.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Oh my fucking god what a reprehensible and blatently incorrect thing to say. The hurt is the purpose. These people are absolute scum.
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Ben F. @benfinite.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Ariaga II's absence from the Spanish side this year really showed
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
'We are clamping down on the harm caused by social media. 'Read all about it on the Nazi pogrom deepfake abuse website'
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Glimmering Gleam @glimmeringgleam.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
PALLETS OF CASH
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Glimmering Gleam @glimmeringgleam.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Spacex, X and Tesla operating loss 1.5bn pa Market cap $3.5tn. There is some secret mission to make Musk a trillionaire or aliens wipe out all life on earth, it's the only explanation.
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Glimmering Gleam @glimmeringgleam.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Live pics of Lisa Nandy right now:
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Girl's Yawn and Eye Roll
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Glimmering Gleam @glimmeringgleam.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I'm sick of this cowardly PM. Off with you. Unfortunately Burnham seems to be just as bad.
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Glimmering Gleam @glimmeringgleam.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Despite incremental improvements in the background, all I constantly see is a government not willing to fight and stand up for what this country wants and needs. Tolerance, inclusion, happiness, prosperity.
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Glimmering Gleam @glimmeringgleam.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
They won't do it *BECAUSE * they are on X. Politicians, just like the rest of us, are easily manipulated by algorithms and that's just what's happened. Explain how else we whiplashed from inclusion to anti-LGBT with a *Lab gov*? They look at X and think this racism is popular and representive.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Interesting long read from @jburnmurdoch.ft.com making the case that declining birth rates are particularly tied up with the rise of smartphones and therefore fewer people in relationships, which in turn leads to fewer kids www.ft.com/content/fba3...
Could digital media be affecting birth rates?
% change in total fertility rate relative to pre-smartphone trend, by years before/since smartphones*
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Zach Elsbury @zachelsbury.eurosky.social · 03/06/2026
One thing goes without saying, history will not look kindly on Starmer and his complicity in the rise of the far right. He should be viewed with the level of derision and contempt that's unfairly heaped on Chamberlain ... and then some.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
If you say "I support Palestine Action", they might put you in jail. If you incite a racist riot, they put you on the news.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
The UK government should do something about malevolent foreign interference in British democracy. Urgently.
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215 Pounds on the Moon, in 1/6 Gravity, Maybe. @215poundsonthemoon.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
No one knows more about Thucydides than Trump does, believe me. No one though it was possible. When a room full of big burly men heard Trump speaking about Thucydides their eyes became swollen and they all burst into tears.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Is it any wonder a large number of liberal/left voters think the government is weak and incompetent...?
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Glimmering Gleam @glimmeringgleam.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Oil is above 100 again. Barak Ravid:
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Crazy Keyboard Cat Typing on Laptop
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dcinmd.bsky.social @dcinmd.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Energy, water and unemployment are not free to billionaires. About time they pay their fare share.
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Glimmering Gleam @glimmeringgleam.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
No, no, NO. I will support any party promising to remove these Nazi creeps from all public projects.
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Julian Jessop @julianhjessop.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Looks like Keir Starmer's latest reset hasn't landed quite as well as hoped... 🤔
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Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.uk · 08/05/2026
How disappointing for Labour. They tried everything, including handcuffing children, treating immigrants like unhumans, and somehow this didn't stop the far right. Labour will have to try harder. There must be something they can do surely? Deportations to Rwanda? Masked goons on the streets?
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Glimmering Gleam @glimmeringgleam.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
We are just as stupid in the UK as the Americans are, maybe even stupider because we can already see how it's going over there. Depressing.
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Glimmering Gleam @glimmeringgleam.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
What an interesting point about the World Cup.
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Glimmering Gleam @glimmeringgleam.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
This is an utter disgrace and I'm fucking raging about it. WHY IS THE GOVERNMENT ALLOWING THIS?
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Glimmering Gleam @glimmeringgleam.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Fantastic and interesting article. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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‘I feel like I’m losing her’: the families torn apart by older relatives going far right
It starts with a ‘back in my day’ nostalgic meme – then suddenly your elders are sharing AI-generated ‘boomerslop’ and repeating conspiracy theories …
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Glimmering Gleam @glimmeringgleam.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
🤣🤣🤣🤣 A funny interpretation.
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Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Send him to Moscow.
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Glimmering Gleam @glimmeringgleam.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
"This seems like a legitimate misunderstanding."
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a green laser beam is coming out of a hole in the earth
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Israel out there bombing the shit out of Lebanese civilians like there are Palestinian toddlers hiding there
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Glimmering Gleam @glimmeringgleam.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
We all knew this was the case as soon as it was offered. It's an utter disgrace our stupid leadership has allowed us to be dragged into this yet again. We are on the attackers side in a war FGS. Vote Labour out.
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Glimmering Gleam @glimmeringgleam.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Hahahahhahaha here we go! Off ramp offered to TACO. Will he take it? Or has this been choreographed already? Someone check the market for bets.
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
*PAKISTAN SEEKS 2 WEEK IRAN DEADLINE EXTENSION,OPENING OF HORMUZ
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MW @galleristocrat.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
I see 'our Lord' has not yet risen.
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portoflip @portoflip.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Time for Hegseth to explain what he means by "no quarter" and "no rules".
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Glimmering Gleam @glimmeringgleam.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Great spot.
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Glimmering Gleam @glimmeringgleam.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Here we go guys. Their calculus has shifted. They are now going to go full throttle down the patriotic / religion / fix pricing issue route for the midterms. My view: Americans might very well fall for it in the short term before it becomes very unpopular medium term.
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Glimmering Gleam @glimmeringgleam.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Hahahahahah!
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Glimmering Gleam @glimmeringgleam.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Yeah I can't see the mid terms going well for Trump at this point...
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