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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 3h

slopulism: the socialism of fools

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The Pub-Liking Universal Friend @johnb78.bsky.social · 34m

Getting to use this twice in two days, what a treat! bsky.app/profile/jame...

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Colin @colin-fraser.net · 2h

Setting aside any irony in case there is anyone out there who takes my posts seriously, these OpenAI proofs are probably correct and not plagiarized in any normal sense of the word and highly consequential

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The Pub-Liking Universal Friend @johnb78.bsky.social · 43m

I do find it bemusing when people equate "Musk entered government and deliberately killed millions of people" with "extremely evil people in Myanmar took advantage of Zuckerberg's company's incompetent content moderation". One of those is a crime against humanity, the other is maybe civil negligence

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 1h

*through a mouthful of road salt* WHUGH???

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Chatham Harrison dba TRUMP DELENDUS EST @chathamharrison.bsky.social · 2h

We are on one of the more optimistic curves from 20 years ago iirc & also Bad Things Happen was the optimistic scenario 20 years ago

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 1h

Finally, with the conservatives ditching Great Books (and literacy) we are free to talk openly about how overwhelmingly gay the Western classical tradition is. No more fusty professors interrupting to pretend that Achilles and Patroclus were just good pals.

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 1h

I am struck that the political theory of MAGA in Trump 2.0 is the GOP can win without sound or moral government if everyone throws red meat to the cameras as the occasional bribe. You see it with Trump, Patel, Hegseth, all of them. Anyway, Trump's approval is at, like, -23, so...no luck on that.

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 9h

Archer’s resignation from the London mayoral race after it was revealed he lied in court was the thing that got Paul Foot up from his sickbed and contributing again, having first started chronicling Archer’s lies and misdemeanours in 1969. From the Private Eye archive. Issue 992, December 1999.

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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

What I suspect has happened is that they've run out of bombs, and there's no point in forward deploying your most expensive aircraft if there's nothing to hang on them. It'll suit the USAF to cite "security concerns" at Fairford, rather than say their magazine's empty or their logistics are shit.-

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 9h

it may not be his origin story but “nobody liked my art” is such a common denominator among world-historic assholes

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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 7h

just want to highlight the talking points here again, they're amazing again, this is Ronaldo's instagram essay, his recitation of the talking points he gave to his coach, shared with the intention of making Ronaldo look like the good guy it's incredible

The notes I had approved were as follows:

‘I think it is important, because it is the truth, to clarify a few things before talking about Denmark:

I myself, and no one else, proposed a plan to Cristiano for this season with the national team. It was a long and very good conversation.

I know how much he lives and breathes the national team and the stature he has in the world — and, even more importantly, the weight and positive influence he has had on the national team for 24 consecutive years.

Cristiano accepted the plan I proposed to him.

He never questioned my decisions. He was exemplary, loyal and professional.

The plan I laid out for him did not include the Norway match. However, I felt that he had managed to recover physically from the first match and told him that I might need to use him. Cristiano agreed.

I made a mistake by asking someone of the stature of Pelé or Maradona to warm up and then not putting him into the game. If it happened today, I would not do it.

To bring the matter to an end: I want Cristiano in the national team. In fact, I do not just want him a little; I want him very much. Fortunately, he also believes in me. He believed in me at Al Nassr and he does here as well.

As for not greeting the supporters: we have already spoken about it. Someone who has played more than 230 matches for the national team does not need lessons from me about loving Portugal. It was a moment of frustration that erases nothing. He is the player who signs the most autographs, takes the most selfies and gives the most affection to the supporters. Let us not invent problems where none exist. When we are unhappy, we react. That is all.’

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11h

Trumpism is a luxury good

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toilet bones @toiletbones.bsky.social · 18h

Found the email I sent when I got accidentally added to the faculty listserv of an orthopedic surgery clinic and nobody would remove me so I sent this email to all faculty/staff/med students and they removed me almost immediately

Hello Bone Colleagues,
I have invented a new type of ankle and I'm very excited to show it to you. Early raccoon trials suggest a 60% increase in scurrying speed and dramatic increases in fine motor banditry. I know we are not supposed to create super raccoons, but I think you'll change your mind and professional ethics when you see how cute they are. I believe we are on the cusp of a new era in advanced human scurrying because if medical science has taught me anything, it's that improvements in raccoons correspond 1:1 to improvements in humans.

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[My name]
Chief Bone Inventor
Chair, Department of Foot and Leg Innovation
Lord Mayor, Musculoskeletal Medicine
Hartford HealthCare,
The Bone & Joint Institute at Hartford Hospital.

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Hans @hvs.bsky.social · 12h

One thing I never had a true appreciation for when studying the Nazis was just how venal, sociopathic, and/or stupid they all were. I thought I did, but it wasn't until this administration that I got a really good gut feeling for it.

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Zoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 20h

The simple answer, btw, is to pick a couple high-profile targets and destroy them. And the painfully obvious two to start with are (1) Elon's companies and (2) Oracle. The Oracle Corporation is one of the worst rent-seekers in the US. And Elon's just committing crimes left and right.

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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 19h

Wow, God is really putting together one hell of a 86 year old fraud and sex scandal A-team

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Andrew R @excelpope.net · 18h

As Paddington leads Jeffery Archer into the great beyond, Archer excitedly explains how he's had a brilliant idea for a story about a Peruvian bear with a fondness for orange preserve sandwiches.

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The Pub-Liking Universal Friend @johnb78.bsky.social · 17h

The intelligent, self-educated working class of that era went on to have children and grandchildren who were middle class, because in that era education did specifically drive social mobility. We've gone from two thirds of the population in manual/routine jobs to well below half

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Svetovid @svetovid.bsky.social · 19h

Well, that's a hell of a thing to leave next to a statue of Joan of Arc.😏

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Paul Clarke @paulclarke.com · 24/08/2026

How I caused my extremely genteel secretary to explode (in ice-cold fury).

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 19h

Quietly moving tribute to Jeffrey Archer.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

trying to get jamelle in particular fired is funny because even if you succeed he's going to start a $2M/year substack

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hailey @hailey.at · 06/10/2026

much anti-LLM arguing here is basically all the US users being mad at American capitalism but instead of yelling about American capitalism they yell about some other Glonzo they have made up in their head instead. most M-Ls here wouldn't know the best shot they've had if it slapped them in the face.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

folks, i can't tell you how many times i've rewatched this ad *that republicans are paying people to see*

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"The version of Zionism the Israeli government put forward is racist" is a completely defensible and true statement. But that's not what the resolution says, is it?

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The Pub-Liking Universal Friend @johnb78.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I like the NYT's new feature of asking Michael Caine to describe the latest news

NYT email - "A bloody attack in the cockpit of a flight to Israel"

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Nagi Viperine @themetalviper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 05/10/2026

Again: >looking for a new leftist movement >ask the left populist receptionist if their leftist movement is based or tankie >she doesn't understand >pull out illustrated diagram explaining what is based and what is tankie >she laughs and says "It's a good leftist movement, sir" >join >it's tankie

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 05/10/2026

Convinced that mRNA vaccines are gonna go down in history like the invention of antibiotics

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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It’s a little known fact that all the words associated with paying to see the Bayeux Tapestry are derived from Anglo-Saxon while all the words for being invited to see it by a corporate sponsor derive from French.

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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Dominos meme
First domino: Tsar Nicholas losing the Russo-Japanese war
Last Domino: His Grandniece being handcuffed to DJ Fat Tony on Channel 4

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

You're right, I shouldn't have tried to crash the aircraft. That's on me. Is there anything else you'd like my help with?

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Captain Haddock @realcaptainhaddock.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Microsoft branding nightmare re AI risks to humanity

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The parish newsletter should have 1990s clip art as nature intended

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 04/10/2026

Me, hearing about a new faction in 1649:

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The Pub-Liking Universal Friend @johnb78.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is a good example in that it also helps explain the way that there are *some* Jews who are willing to do this and it is about the same level of imposition (honestly I don't think I'd personally have much trouble, as someone who fucking hates small towns, but it'd ruin a lot of lives)

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Turing Police Andúnië Branch 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

the other thing is that a lot of gentiles, from what i can tell, simply do not understand that asking a jewish person, even an anti-zionist, to never interact with members of the community who are in fact zionists, is really fundamentally antithetical to the nature of jewish communal life

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is because most Gentiles assume Jews are just Christians without Christ, and miss the fact that there are a lot fewer of us and that being in community as one people, even with people you disagree with or even hate, is a big part of what it means to be Jewish. Peoplehood, not just religion.

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Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

this thread is absolutely correct, but on the other hand, I do find her seething no-holds-barred contempt for Jenrick to be one of her more relatable characteristics

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I lost friends over antisemitism in Labour. I tried to argue that the fact that people on the right were trying to use antisemitism as a weapon against Labour (and they were, in bad faith) did not mean that antisemitism did not exist in Labour (it did). This argument still echoes.

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

everything was filled with sperm, except the captain’s pantaloons pockets

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The Pub-Liking Universal Friend @johnb78.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thanks to everyone who came yesterday - Sunday drinks confirmed in EC1, 12-4pm - DM (or carrier pigeon or other) for venue details

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The Pub-Liking Universal Friend @johnb78.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Man next to us at the National Portrait Gallery bar: "I had some pinot noir from Essex, but it was a bit rough"

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Valéry Giscard d'Estaing @diffractiongrating.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

On my third attempt at this the fucking Ea Nasir tablet is in the UAE so apparently I will just never see that damn thing it's always not there. I should write a complaint letter, does anyone have some clay I could borrow?

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