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JamesBB

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Just another Twitter refugee. Cymro yn yr Alban. A wee bit left. Behind.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
What's so funny about this is that a) most British people think the sculptures should go back b) anyone who works at the British Museum knows that they have loads of sculptures from the period and the exhibition space is poorly used as it is....and yet, here we are:
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Bayeux Tapestry deal could pave way for Parthenon marbles loan, says British Museum head
Institution will ‘always remain open for dialogue’ around contested artworks, says Nicholas Cullinan
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 29/08/2026
"If you tech bros play your cards right you too can earn the universal respect and popularity enjoyed by those of us in finance," is a sales pitch so lacking in realism and self-awareness that I fully believe it was both real and well received by its specific audience.
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Will Cooling @willcooling.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I've said it before but I honestly think part of the solution is for the government/parliament to buy boxes at key venues so it can entertain people at these events, rather than being a supplicant
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Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Outstanding article by @willdalrymple.bsky.social on the need to tame corporate power www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/o...
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Opinion | What It Took to Dismantle the Most Powerful Company in the World (Gift Article)
A playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech.
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John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Waterstones bookseller: “Enthusiasm is the thing that sells. People often ask for recommendations and you’re supposed to go for the Waterstones book of the month, but I like to recommend things I actually want people to read.”
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John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Also no room to mention the very A-list author who obsesses over the blurbs on their hardbacks but "couldn't give a monkey's about the paperback".
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John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
F-shaped blurbs, seducing chatbots, nicking quotes off GoodReads and paying BookTokers: in today's Guardian I investigated the book world's tricks of the trade.
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How to make a bestseller: insiders reveal the tricks of the book trade
From cover design to shelf placement and influencer partnerships … how publishers will persuade you to buy their books this autumn
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 29/08/2026
More than half of the capital’s graveyards are expected to be full within 15 years — and changing demographics are increasing demand
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A grave problem: why London is running out of space for burials
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Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Happy birthday, John Cage’s 4'33". I can heartily recommend Kyle Gann’s monograph on Cage’s singular work and its afterlife.

NO SUCH
THING AS
SILENCE
JOHN CAGE'S
4'33"
KYLE GANN
"This is a gem of a book....
An outstanding commentary on a controversial subject." —Classical Music
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 26/08/2026
Is it possible to drink without paying for it the next day? A new crop of hangover supplements promises just that. www.newyorker.com/culture/anna...
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The Quest to End Hangovers
Scientists still aren’t sure what, exactly, causes a hangover—but that hasn’t stopped companies from marketing supposed antidotes.
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HIGNFY @hignfy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
President Trump says the deal with Iran is not yet finalised, so there’s still a chance that he’ll make even more concessions to them by Friday
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Eric Rauchway @rauchway.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
As a historian, I approve this message
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Weirdly enough, I'm reading this while in Belfast. Over the past decades, the community here has been working toward peaceful co-existence. Musk is trying to empower right wing fascists who want to change that.
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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
I thought we had collectively agreed that ‘alarm clock Britain’ was one of the stupidest, most ‘The Thick of It’ phrases uttered by *Nick Clegg*. And here we are, a decade and a bit later.
Screenshot of an ‘X’ utterance:

Nigel Farage MP
@Nigel_Farage
The big divide in Britain today is between those who work and those who don't.
Reform are on the side of Brits who set their alarm clocks, get up early and go to work.
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JamesBB @jamesbb.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
You oughta see his ratings in Europe. Disapproval of Trump Hits Highest Level of His Second Term www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/u...
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Disapproval of Trump Hits Highest Level of His Second Term
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JamesBB @jamesbb.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Michael Tilson Thomas, Celebrated American Conductor, Dies at 81 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/a...
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Michael Tilson Thomas, Celebrated American Conductor, Dies at 81
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SpinningHugo @spinninghugo.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
It is one of the counterintuitive things about ai that it doesn't operate like Google search used to. It invents cases and articles that it thinks ought to exist, and puts them into lists of real things, making it hard to spot. /1
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JamesBB @jamesbb.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
6 April 1901 | A Polish man, Leon Trojan, was born in Sambor. A clerk. In #Auschwitz from 29 August 1942 No. 62162 He perished on 5 October 1942. --- 📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_pol…
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 06/04/2026
A Facebook post falsely claims Katie Hopkins confronted Muslim MPs during a speech in the House of Commons. There’s no record of this in Hansard and images supposedly showing the scene are AI-generated.
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Katie Hopkins didn’t confront Muslim MPs in the House of Commons – Full Fact
A Facebook post claims Katie Hopkins ‘unleashed hell’ during a speech in the House of Commons, but this did not happen.
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 06/04/2026
Ryanair plans to increase flight costs after Easter
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Ryanair plans to increase flight costs after Easter
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
From today sick pay rule changes to benefit up to 9.6 million UK workers👏 www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr...
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Sick pay rule changes to benefit up to 9.6m UK workers, TUC says
Union says new entitlements, part of Employment Rights Act 2025, will help lower-income households
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
imagine if i happened to be a trillionaire and bought twitter and 80% of the stuff on the site was just about big pants. you couldn't escape it. just an endless deluge of big pants propaganda
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Memorial Device @memorialdevice.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
This is exceptional journalism. 'Trump’s chaotic war on Iran has dragged into its sixth week because he is fighting an adversary he doesn’t understand' Nesrine Malik www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Trump’s chaotic war on Iran has dragged into its sixth week because he is fighting an adversary he doesn’t understand | Nesrine Malik
Ignorance and arrogance were his drivers. The idea that the regime plays by different rules, with its own goals, never occurred to him, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 06/04/2026
Iran war drags UK retail into March slump
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Iran war drags UK retail into March slump
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
“Ministers justified reducing support for people too disabled or ill to work by arguing it would remove the “perverse incentives” that discourage employment… as if a twentysomething bedbound with ME just needs “incentivising” to get back to the building site” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Next week’s disability cuts will make people destitute – and you might not understand how bad they are until it’s too late | Frances Ryan
If new claimants don’t meet strict criteria, they’ll lose half of the health element of universal credit. Don’t ignore that: in life’s lottery, that could easily be you, says Guardian columnist France...
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Saucy Seventies @saucyseventies.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
The great Vivian Stanshall, born on this day in 1943. Canyons Of Your Mind was absolute peak Bonzos. Frying pan, frying pan.
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 04/04/2026
The social media network acted against two groups. Malcolm Offord, the leader of Reform in Scotland, has joined a third group on a street patrol
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TikTok bans ‘vigilante’ groups in Glasgow recruiting members online
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 04/04/2026
‘Relatively few US citizens of Cuban origin have sued to be indemnified or recover their property. But that may change if Trump makes a “deal” with Cuba like the one he made with Venezuela.’ Samuel Farber on US-Cuba relations, from the blog. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ap...
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Samuel Farber | The Art of the Deal, Havana Edition
The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, met in February with Raúl Castro’s grandson at a Caribbean Community (CARICOM...
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Chairman Moët @chairmanmoet.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
For the second time in a week I've heard an origin story of the London Underground smoking ban that simply isn't true. As anyone who lived through the period will tell you it was the King's Cross fire that saw the ban introduced.
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JamesBB @jamesbb.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Der Untergang. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/u...
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What to Know About the ‘Massive’ Military Bunker Beneath Trump’s Ballroom
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Malcolm Sinclair 💀✍️ @malcolmwriter.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Crucifixion, designed by Edward Burne-Jones and produced by William Morris, in Bromham #Wiltshire #GoodFriday #Easter
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/03/2026
‘People say: be quiet and make your music’: avant-pop star Mary Ocher on her vociferous politics – and leaving Israel behind
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‘People say: be quiet and make your music’: avant-pop star Mary Ocher on her vociferous politics – and leaving Israel behind
Born in Russia and raised in Israel, Ocher rejected the IDF draft for a life in Germany. As she releases an album inspired by the Weimar period, she discusses nationalism, AI and the future of humanity
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Same applies in the US.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Watch them pass this hot potato Reporter: How do you respond to attacks on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad? Trump [to Vance]: You—you want to answer that? Vance [shifts nervously]: Yeah—yeah. Marco, as Secretary of State, obviously has control over the embassy. Marco: [melts into couch]
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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
After 27 years, the First Minister can't back up her claims on accredited surgical hubs, to tackle their high waiting lists. Plaid Cymru will create ten surgical hubs to get you seen faster and reduce NHS waiting lists. Vote Plaid Cymru on 7 May for new leadership for Wales🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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Mollie Wilson O'Reilly @mollieoreilly.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Happy to say this is a good St. Patrick's Day homily, too.
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Tim Miller @timmiller.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Did you know that 6th months ago, while presumably we were planning this stupid war, the Navy decommissioned its four Avenger-class minesweepers that had been stationed in Bahrain precisely to deal with Iranian mines in the Strait? More from @jvl.bsky.social . www.thebulwark.com/p/our-low-iq...
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Our Low-IQ President Did an Oopsie
You won’t believe Trump’s dumbest Iran mistake.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Our government is run by extremely serious and sober people.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 17/03/2026
“She said shhhhh here’s another one and words came out of her mouth like smoke.” A poem by Tova Gannana. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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“Réservoir”
“This is the season of crushing elder box leaves with our feet.”
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Trump wants you to believe that fraud is endemic in Medicaid, a massive problem. Is this true? No. Error rates in Medicaid are about 6%, compared to about 20% among private insurers. Errors in health services are hard to avoid, incredibly costly to get to zero, and govt mostly does well.
The 2025 federal audit of Medicaid found that about 94% of its payments are paid accurately — and most of the remaining error reflects improper documentation rather than actual payment error. By contrast, a similar estimate for private health insurers is 80%. In other words, the payment error rate for Medicaid is a fraction of that of private health insurers.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
MN had problems with fraud, much of it related to pandemic relief. But it took it seriously - the Governor chose not to run for re-election, they hired an inspector general, and had followed federal demands. Step back, they have one of the *lowest* Medicaid error rates in the country at 2%.
map show medicaid error rates, where MN is low
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
New from @pamherd.bsky.social & I: Trump's insane press conference did reflect one real goal: his willingness to lie about fraud to limit access to safety net services, even as his administration goes on an unchecked crime spree. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/one-bad-id...
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One Bad Idea After Another
A historically corrupt administration is using “fraud” to gut Medicaid.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 17/03/2026
Senior NHS manager who advised Palantir to step down from role ft.trib.al/LoySKsq
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Senior NHS manager who advised Palantir to step down from role
Matthew Swindells was joint chair of four major London hospital trusts while also advising the US tech group
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Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
"Here are the keys to my frustrated nostalgia. May it make your lives as small and bitter as it did mine."
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Once again I am left asking: just how many gold fillings do these people think I have?
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Liz Saville Roberts AS / MP @lsrplaid.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Trump justified striking Iran as talks on nuclear were ‘failing’. But there was no clear evidence of any imminent threat, and the UK knew this from being part of discussions. The US-Israeli strikes were illegal and unjustified - and civilians are the ones now paying the price.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 17/03/2026
Odey’s former compliance head accuses him of falsifying minutes of key meeting ft.trib.al/Eo06Gp3
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Odey’s former compliance head accuses him of falsifying minutes of key meeting
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 17/03/2026
Belgian aristocrat to face charges over murder of Congo’s first premier ft.trib.al/bUGzSL4
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Belgian aristocrat to face charges over murder of Congo’s first premier
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