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It's a funny, old world...but I'm a citizen of it. Eng, sci, law, pol, art...you know..stuff. Views my own...jokes..not so much.

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Chris Weatherspoon @cweatherspoon.bsky.social · 11h
Man City's £854.5m revenue overstatement between 2009-10 and 2017-18 was more than the total revenues in that time of all but eight English clubs (the other 'Big Six' teams, Everton, West Ham and Newcastle) £854.5m in misstated revenue was 30% of #MCFC total revenue in period
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 10h
Klobuchar: “For a US senator to have false information and imply, based on a confusion about the name of a team … and imply that you were in another city, that you were somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia, and then call you a dirtbag, is something that deserves an apology.”
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 11h
A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
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Reuters @reuters.com · 9h
UK police say no explosive devices found in airbase probe reut.rs/3U03EPo
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UK police say no explosive devices found in airbase probe
Britain's counter-terrorism police said on ​Tuesday that no improvised explosive ‌devices had been found as part of an investigation into a suspected plot targeting a British ​airbase used by US forces ​to strike Iran.
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Nick Cohen @nickcohen.bsky.social · 9h
“American power will never recover from Trump. We’re looking at a superpower suicide.” Reposting my interview with Anne Applebaum. This time with an edited transcript!
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Anne Applebaum on Trump’s Empire of Grift
Podcast with transcript
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Thomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 11h
Oh, they are so fucked.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10h
Despite all the talk about him being 'Starmer with a Northern accent,' Andy Burnham's conference speech suggests he is set to be a very different prime minister from his predecesssor bylinetimes.com/2026/09/29/a...
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Andy Burnham's Labour Conference Speech Offers a Clear Break From the Politics of Despair
The Prime Minister's emotional and expansive speech opened the door to a genuine shift in our politics, argues Adam Bienkov
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 10h
Commentators reading the Premier League ruling on Manchester City.
The wincing stones meme.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 10h
The word “sham” is used eight times.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 10h
That is about as hard-hitting a ruling as was possible, and at first reading It does not look easily appealable.
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Miguel Delaney @migueldelaney.bsky.social · 11h
City have until 2 October to appeal One conclusion from the decision reads: "that certain of those factual witnesses had given evidence at the hearing that they knew to be untrue and so had been dishonest."
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 21h
Putin has placed a $20 million bounty on Magyar. That is how much this guy has been devastating the Russians in the occupied territories.
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 15h
Do the stats for women! It’s 5.
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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 19h
The rush to speculate that asylum seekers are responsible for every crime in the news is a sort of opportunistic informational terrorism. Until it’s disproved it stokes fear and hatred. When it is disproved there are no adverse consequences and they know that they only have to be lucky once.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13h
Jack Smith: "I will not be silenced by the continued threats of prosecution from the President or others."
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 13h
Genuinely the worst campaign message I’ve ever seen
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 13h
Andy Burnham: "We will not give Britain the clear path we need into the rest of this century until we decide on a long-term relationship with what is still our largest market. I cannot say to you truthfully that where we are is good enough. Brexit has done more harm than good."
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 19h
Wind and solar supplied 33% of EU electricity in the 12 months to August 2026, against 29% from fossil. In 2016 it was 13% and 43%.
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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 18h
This is very interesting. And confirm my general impression that those of us who live in highly secularized societies and therefore tend to underestimate the power of Religion in international affairs do so at our peril.
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 18h
The BBC news summary this morning went seamlessly from "critics warn PM scrapping triple lock would be electoral suicide" to "critics ask if PM has nerve to make tough decisions" and I don't think it's a particularly pro Burnham stance to suggest he might not be the entire problem here.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 18h
Each week you think: Braverman will never outdo this. She'll never say something madder than what just came out her mouth. And each week, she proves you wrong. Just the maddest fool on earth.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 18h
Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna: “Based on the information collected by the Estonian Internal Security Service we can conclude with certainty that the arson attack on Milrem Robotics premises that took place on the night of 14–15 august in Tallinn…
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 18h
Happy cheese day to all who celebrate. And a good moment to remember that our political system is so broken that this woman, who is visibly inane, became prime minister.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 18h
Every private conversation in Westminster: "Well the triple lock obviously has to go at some point". Every commentator on Burnham: "completely mad to propose getting rid of triple lock - political suicide".
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 21h
as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 20h
They're such self important clowns. It's increasingly clear their weird stop-me-before-I-kill-again message is some kind of weird hype strategy.
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Ardern of Chaversham @goonerismspeek.bsky.social · 19h
Yes, you can make it up, if it drives sales.
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 20h
Reform want to indoctrinate our children. Freedom of (and from) belief is a human right. humanists.uk/2026/09/10/s...
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Reform UK Braverman promises 'consequences' if pupils don't sing hymns
Reform UK has said schools will face ‘consequences’ if they fail to make pupils regularly sing hymns and the national anthem under a Reform government. The party’s education spokesperson, Suella Brave...
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I must say I’m very disappointed in the police over their dealing with the RAF Fairford incident. By announcing that the suspects are British nationals, they have completely undermined the stream of made up bollocks from myself and every other right wing gobshite on Twitter.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"We deserve to be told the truth..."
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 20h
If the last 15 years of work on things like MH17 and chemical weapon use tells me anything is you'll need a lot more than mere evidence to change the mind of any denialist.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The president has repeatedly exhibited bizarre conduct in the public eye. Not only does that include taking naps during public events, but also erratic behavior, slurred speech, appearing lost or disoriented, and sporting mysterious bruises.” newrepublic.com/post/215938/...
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sure, the 2024 election was one too, but 2026 might be the clearest intelligence test ever presented to the American electorate. Taken at face value, he's saying he stole hundreds of billions from the gov't, hid it somewhere Congress can't reach, and he pinky swears he will give you a piece. Really.
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There's no real point in arguing with his mouth noises, particularly not when preaching to the Bluesky choir, but this is *noteworthy* nonsense. If the revenue were real (it's not), then it would be revenue *of the United States government,* equally available to a Democratic Congress to spend.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Trump White House official app is fraught with trackers. The White House app covertly collects excessive user data and shares it with third-party trackers while sidestepping federal security rules. For example, the app includes scripts to monitor a user's location several times per minute.
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White House Drove Users to Official App Fraught With Trackers
The White House app became the App Store’s most downloaded news app after the president barred three news outlets.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A federal judge just blocked FEMA from withholding anti-terrorism funds from local governments that don't change how they run elections. It's the latest blow to Trump's attempts to rewrite election rules.
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Cake or Death @johngcole.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The good news about this is every generation needs a series of movies about heists of nazi gold. The bad new about this is that we're the nazis. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/w...
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Trump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It (Gift Article)
The administration is brokering deals in a notoriously corrupt industry, including one with a company that the United States deems a security threat.
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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russian economists were banned from talking about the retirement age being increased. This of course means the retirement age in Russia will be increased again, due to Putin's war draining the budget. As @darthputinkgb.bsky.social says, don't believe anything until the Kremlin denies it.™
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As expected, Putin has signed today a decree increasing the size of the Russian army at 2,441,630 personnel, including 1,550,500 military personnel, effectively immediately.
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Firing Line with Margaret Hoover @firinglineshow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Architecture is not incidental or accidental. It reflects who we are." @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu argues President Trump's White House renovations are damaging the ideas behind America. "It's changing what it means to be an American president." Follow on Apple: shorturl.at/nQU2k
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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When It happens it might be like this, unnoticed by anyone on live tv for a few minutes
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump is fully slumped forward in his chair with his eyes shut at his 2pm event
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Fairford suspects out on bail already. This is a very intriguing situation.
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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Imagine you are participating a light bit of dogging in a quiet farmers field in the Cotswolds & the next thing happening is the President of America is claiming credit for catching you in the international news & there’s now a photo of you on every major news outlet in the world?
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
That doesnt apply to us trying to kill the President of Ukraine. Thats anti imperialism.
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My prediction - and I am happy to wrong about this - is that this will soon turn out to be inconsequential and will be quietly forgotten, in the overgrown garden of forgotten big claims. The hype IS the product.
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Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
An AI-enhanced version of a grainy image that appears to be authentic and shows several men being arrested in relation to the ongoing incident at RAF Fairford is currently being shared on multiple platforms. A SynthID check reveals that the enhanced image was generated with OpenAI.
AI-enhanced version of an authentic image showing arrests at RAF Fairford
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
'Which taxes do you want to raise instead?' should be the default question to anyone who calls for reductions in immigration.
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