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Huw Ringer

@huwringer.bsky.social
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Family guy (not as in the tv show). Data alchemist. Eternal optimist. Constantly inspired and disappointed by humanity. Simultaneously fearful of and excited for the future.

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Huw Ringer @huwringer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Britain's future relationship with Europe is being debated in Parliament on 12th October. I've just asked my MP to attend. Will you ask yours? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...
europeanmovement.co.uk
Ask your MP to stand up for our future in Europe
On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?
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bacon popsicle 🧴 @gupton68.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Of all the nicknames I’ve had over the years, my least favourite has to be ‘the accused’.
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Jason, ex Inferis @benedictsred.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The plural of cole slaw is cole slew
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
THAT WOULD BE AN ECUMENICAL MATTER.
ARCHBISHOP
BACKS NUNS IN PUB FIGHT
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 04/07/2024
Mark Twain hated the Fourth of July. He was often invited to speak at Independence Day festivities. His audiences assumed that his reliably unpatriotic remarks were tongue-in-cheek jests. But he meant that shit. 1/9
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 04/07/2024
“Patriotism I s a word which always commemorates a robbery. There isn’t a foot of land in the world which doesn’t represent the ousting & re-ousting of a long line of successive ‘owners,’ who each in turn, as ‘patriots,’ with proud swelling hearts defended it… 8/9
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Listen to Anderson. Then reflect that the taxpayer footed the bill.
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Kuntie Plopkins @kuntieplopkins.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Is there anything more pathetic than a telegraph hack who is paid to write any old shit?
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NosferaPru @prufrockluvsong.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Love to take a free pen (heh) from a hotel I've definitely overpaid for (grr)
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Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The award for alt text should go to…
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/07/2026
In the mid-1970s, my dad - then a budding computer scientist, subsequently a math teacher - brought home my first computer: the CARDiac, a Turing-complete, all-cardboard *papercraft* computer that you could write and execute programs on: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CARDboa... 1/
An insanely complex machine made up of many gears, troughs, water wheels, springs, screws, etc. It is housed in a brick building whose facade has been broken away. Three human figures labor to power the machine, turning cranks.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/07/2026
Back cover of MAD #121, September 1968 Artist & Writer: Al Jaffee usualgangofidiots.tumblr.com/post/8211908...
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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 11/05/2026
this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.
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Debbie Abrahams MP @debbieabrahamsmp.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Please read my statement on why Lord Robertson's speech last week was only partially right.
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Arlan Skellington (famous) @thehell.zone · 20/04/2026
inventing a new, worse kind of depression to give myself extra artistic character
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
And can I just add… No one at Palantir seems to be able to read or write. “We must resist the shallow temptation of a vacant and hollow pluralism” Take out the vapid tautologies and you get: “We must resist pluralism” Great tell.
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Jose Molina @josemolinatv.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Showrunners who put your name on every script under an "and" credit -- we're watching you.
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Tony Kocúrko @littletomcat.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
One might think that @doctorow.pluralistic.net has less than a fuzzy feeling about the Palantir crowd, too. "Capitalism's Big Lie in four words: "There is no alternative." ... "There is no alternative" is really "stop trying to think of alternatives, dammit." pluralistic.net/2024/03/08/t...
pluralistic.net
Pluralistic: Palantir’s NHS-stealing Big Lie (08 Mar 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Huw Ringer @huwringer.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Ministers are exploring triggering the break clause in Palantir's NHS contract. I've signed the open letter to Wes Streeting calling on him to get Palantir out of the NHS. www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/we...
foxglove.org.uk
Wes Streeting: Trigger the break clause and get Palantir out of the NHS - Foxglove
Wes Streeting: trigger the break clause and kick Palantir out of our NHS. ADD YOUR NAME NOW!
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jeremy kaplowitz @jeremykaplowitz.com · 26/03/2026
uh oh
letterboxd notification "Kevin liked your review of We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)"
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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 26/03/2026
Men have you heard of emotions? There's more than there are flavors of ice cream! Try them!
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Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 26/03/2026
How to get disowned by your family. Available on Amazon for $13.94.
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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
The happiness of this blind little dog when she was adopted is indescribable . 😍
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
We could have nice things ... if the people in charge valued nice things.
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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Has anyone asked Pope Leo what he thinks about Daredevil? He’s the first pope who might plausibly have Daredevil opinions
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Only Trump could be stupid enough to have formed an alliance with his own enemies.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/03/2026
it’s true and you should say it.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
tariffs happening for no reason and theyre making your life worse, secret police kidnapping people for no reason and making your life worse, firing thousands of government employees for no reason and making your life worse, going to war with iran for no reason and making your life worse
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Viktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
What the great philosophers failed to consider is my feelings
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Huw Ringer @huwringer.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
The Lords is still a home for cronies and donors. Removing the Hereditary Peers isn’t the end, it’s just the start. Demand a fair, elected second chamber now - sign @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to demand change. It takes 30 seconds action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/174863/...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk
It’s outrageous that the majority of our lawmakers are unelected. Sign now to demand power be placed rightfully in the hands of the people
It takes 30 seconds
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Pretend Left Wing paper the Guardian saying that Fossil Fuel tax should be cut so trillion dollar Fossil Fuel giants will make more profits and drill more oil and gas. And Public Services can be defunded.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 04/03/2026
never, ever, ever, ever accept "how will you pay for it?" as an argument against social programs.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 04/03/2026
The Trump administration confirmed in a new court filing that it will pay interest on refunds that it ultimately must make after the Supreme Court struck down the president’s global tariffs
bloom.bg
US to Pay Interest If Ordered to Refund Importers Over Tariffs
The Trump administration confirmed in a new court filing that it will pay interest on refunds that it ultimately must make after the US Supreme Court struck down the president’s contested global tariffs.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
We've used a blood test—cell free DNA—for detecting cancer or prenatal fetal abnormalities. It turns out it can be used to detect liver diseases and all-cause mortality from other conditions! science.org/doi/10.1126/...
science.org
Cell-free DNA fragmentomes for noninvasive detection of liver cirrhosis and other diseases
Genome-wide cfDNA fragmentomes are altered in liver disease and other morbidities and enable noninvasive detection of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 04/03/2026
I discovered something that just nauseated me to my core today - Polymarket has a huge number of bets running on climate impacts and disasters An entirely new flavour of disaster capitalism
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The Onion @theonion.com · 04/03/2026
U.S. Military Announces Plan To Consolidate All Wars Into Final, Epic Battle theonion.com/u-s-military-announces…
U.S. Military Announces Plan To Consolidate All Wars Into Final, Epic Battle
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Politics in the U.K. @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Fun Fact - 80% of Reform voters want Reform UK politician Zahawi to be deported.
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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
David Attenborough [whispering]: “As the predators close in on their helpless prey, we can only watch in silent horror, for it is not man’s role to interfere in the hierarchy of nature.”
a pack of kittens closes in a a large dog standing on a chair
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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 04/03/2026
Logo for Imperfect.⠀ If you're looking for a logo nasibov.me/contact
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez on Iran: “Spain is against this disaster. Because we understand that governments are here to improve people's lives, to provide solutions to problems, not to make people's lives worse. 1/2
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andy vs. @im-all-id.me · 04/03/2026
Seems like a good year to try to bring back asbestos insulation if that's your thing
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Katharine Norbury @katharinenorbury.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75... I’m not sure if this is even possible but as somebody somewhere said “you can have clean water and you can have privatised water but you can’t have clean privatised water”.
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Nationalise water companies to make water a non profit publicly owned asset
To make water a non profit making national asset that ensures we have a secure water infrastructure that ensures our water security for future generations.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Important to remember that the people most enthusiastic about bombing Iran are almost always the people most hateful towards refugees.
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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Private investors have extracted more than £523 million in profit and interest payments from NHS PFI contracts…🚨
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/03/2026
REPORTER: Yesterday you told us Israel was going to strike Iran and that's why we needed to get involved. But today the president said Iran-- RUBIO: No. Were you there yesterday? REPORTER: Yes. I asked the question
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Miss Havishambles @misshavishambles.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. (This psychoanalysis stuff is easy.)
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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State (Foreign Affairs) "We didn't realise airspace around Iran would be closed if we bombed Iran"
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Media must stop normalizing the far right Every uncritical mention of far-right rhetoric is an editorial decision with political consequences www.politico.eu/article/medi...
politico.eu
Media must stop normalizing the far right
Every uncritical mention of far-right rhetoric is an editorial decision with political consequences.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
One in five Reform members want non-white British citizens to be removed from UK, poll finds
independent.co.uk
One in five Reform members want non-white Britons removed from UK, poll finds
Reform members are generally ‘more pessimistic, angry and extreme than the British public’, according to the study’s author
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