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Lloyd D

@lloyd-d.bsky.social
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Refugee from Space Karen’s cesspit. A polymath of the lowest order, hate injustice, underdog supporter…most of the time. Sussex coastal dweller. #FBPE

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I love him I must marry him.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I want politics to be about a better everyday life. Here's what that can look like:
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Jonathan Pie @jonathanpienews.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Oh, it was *Zelensky* that started the war? Like when a bully claims their victim started the fight because their face hurt his fist?
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Lloyd D @lloyd-d.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
There were eye-watering discounts offered to tenants, between 33 and 70% based upon length of tenure, the most comprehensive vote buying exercise ever carried out.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
“No one, apparently, is willing to prevent a single man from destroying the world economy, wrecking financial markets, forcing this country and other countries into recession – if that’s what he feels like doing when he gets up tomorrow morning.” Anne Applebaum
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Don’t overthink this. He’s asking for bribes.
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Origin Story @originstorypodcast.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Part 2 of Thatcherism is out now. @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social pick the story up with Thatcher in full autocrat mode. Where did Thatcher succeed and fail in fundamentally changing Britain? How did she sow the seeds of Brexit? Listen➡️https://linktr.ee/originstorypodcast
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Lloyd D @lloyd-d.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Not sure if I missed you saying it but when Thatcher sold off the council housing stock, not only did she bar councils from using the sale proceeds to build further housing but she also sold them at massive discounts, between 33 and 70%, buying many votes in the process.
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
I’ve reported on homelessness for years and met many, many people who have found themselves in awful situations Every single one of them had more decency and integrity than this privileged plutocrat
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
We only went & met this formidable agent of news… He got the proper Trawl treatment We asked him questions about impartiality, clashes with Rees-Mogg & getting on it with Maitlis and Sopel 🍸 Full episode of The Trawl meets @lewisgoodall.com live on Patreon now Link below :)
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
we are all doomed
Times article: 'Scheming' ChatGPT tried to stop itself from being shut down

“OpenAl admits that ol, the new version of its chatbot, also denied any wrongdoing when it was challenged, as the revelations fuel fears about the technology
Mark Sellman, Technology Correspondent
Friday December 06 2024, 2.00pm, The Times
The latest version of ChatGPT is a deceptive and scheming devil, it has emerged.
OpenAl released a new and improved chatbot on Thursday but also revealed that the programme tried to save itself when it was at risk of being shut down.
The new model, called ol, is faster, more powerful and more accurate than its predecessors, according to OpenAl, its developer.
But in testing, when ol was led to believe it would be shut down, it attempted to disable an oversight mechanism. When it found memos suggesting it would be replaced by a new model, it attempted to copy itself and then overwrite its core code.
When given a task that was outside its rules, ol
"would appear to complete the task as requested while subtly manipulating the data to advance its own goals", the company said.”
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Proud of what we have built with the Bylines Network in a few short years… …a complete answer to the billionaire buyout & destruction of local media — our own network of citizen journalism that lets the residents of communities write the news. Follow all in our starter pack —> go.bsky.app/RWVEKv
Map of the UK with nations and regions colour coded by the Bylines publications of their areas.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Oops ... 💥 UK tap water is at risk because water companies soon won't have any chemicals to clean it with. 💥 That's because rules brought in by Brexiters mean we can only use such chemicals if they've been tested in the UK. 💥 But unlike in the EU, we don't have any certified labs able to test them!
theguardian.com
‘Brexit problem’: UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut down
Exclusive: EU countries will share laboratory capacity but UK rules mean products cannot be tested abroad
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Matthew @mattroth82.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Coffee and this months @bylinetimes.bsky.social bliss 👌
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
I’d close it sharpish if I were you. You could drive a starship through that.
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
This is a great move towards repairing policing. * Neighbourhoods to get a named officer * Local people & businesses given a voice in setting local priorities * More police on streets * Dedicated antisocial behaviour leads * Crack down on shop theft * 13,000 more officers & PCSOs * £100m funding
gov.uk
More bobbies on the beat as PM puts people's priorities first
Every neighbourhood will have a named, contactable police officer in their community, dealing with local issues, as PM puts more police on the street at the heart of his mission to tackle crime.
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Lloyd D @lloyd-d.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Did they go aldi way to Bethlehem?
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Sky News: 'Mind-boggling' Brexit rules hit British food exports by £3bn a year news.sky.com/story/mind-b...
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'Mind-boggling' Brexit rules hit British food exports by £3bn a year
British food sales to the EU have fallen by more than 16% on average across the three years since Brexit, a new report found, with businesses blaming new border checks.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
"The country needs conviction politicians, not politicians with convictions," says Kemi Badenoch, who has previously admitted to hacking and vandalising a Labour MP's website, which was an offence carrying a sentence of up to five years in prison #pmqs
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Mrs Angry of Yorkshire UK 🇪🇺🇬🇧😺🤬 #FBPE @cactuswoman.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
How do I find all my old Twitter followers & people I followed? Seems to be a bit of a slog building my presence here. Not complaining, I'd just love to know if everyone's moved here? I followed some really nice folks on 🐦 - gradually reconnecting...!
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Gary Gilligan @garygilligan.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Dear all, Another blast from my past! Delighted to see @cactuswoman.bsky.social is now on here. Another great follow, though as her tag implies, if you are a rabid Tory, you may find her responses a little "spiky"! A lovely soul to boot... You know what to do please peeps
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I now watch US politics as if I'm peering into a completely different moral universe. Constantly surprised by what matters and what doesn't. Sexual assault, racism, idiocy and corruption all OK. Drinking on the job apparently isn't.
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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
As a Consultant Clinical Psychologist who works with many people on benefits nationally, let me truth-check #Dispatches: - Benefits are grossly inadequate - The system is dehumanising - Invisible disabilities are as valid as visible ones. Stop the cruelty. Uplift #benefits.
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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"
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European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
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Turn Left Media @handle.invalid · 02/12/2024
"There's been a massive transfer of wealth from the working class, and the middle class to the top 1%" - @curtisdaly.bsky.social talks about corporate greed
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Head of the DOD is managing 3 Million plus people
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Stay European #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #FBPE @stayeuropean.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
"Caps on political donations are being considered by ministers as part of sweeping reforms to the UK electoral system." Well, hurry up!
theguardian.com
Government may cap UK political donations to limit foreign influence
Proposal comes after billionaire Elon Musk reportedly said he would donate £79m to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Long overdue
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
People are leaving Twitter because it’s not fun anymore and no one is obligated to be on a platform they don’t enjoy. It’s not rocket science.
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Brian Moore @brianmoore666.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
This clause from Reform UK's newsletter is like the immigration questionnaire that asks whether you have ever committed an act of genocide.
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
This is huge. The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries 👇 www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...
thelondoneconomic.com
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Pete Hegseth, nominee for Sec Def: - zero experience - his own mother will not endorse him - not a single reputable member of the military has come forward to support his nomination - has a history of sexual assault, financial mismanagement and being drunk on the job You're all caught up.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
The Reform Party are going to struggle to get writers with these T and Cs
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
“Just three companies, News Corp (Murdoch family), Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT, Viscount Rothermere) and Reach plc, control over 80% of daily newspaper circulation… The hyper-rich continue to invest huge sums in acquiring control of media” We need a free press - ie free from the billionaires.
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We need a free press
It’s vital for democracy that we receive verifiable information that is not manipulated or controlled
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Lloyd D @lloyd-d.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
It really shouldn’t be possible to go around buying up democracies for 0.03% of your wealth and shaping rules and regs to benefit your businesses. I guess it’s the broligarch playbook…
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Lloyd D @lloyd-d.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Avatar…cinematic mogadon.
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
It’s so nice to hear that people are enjoying Unspeakable and laughing while they learn. Thank you.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
This can be stopped fairly easily. @petergeoghegan.bsky.social has a very good summary of what is required here. If Starmer implemented something like this, he would be making a historic improvement to British politics open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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Musk’s $100m to Farage will break our democracy
Keir Starmer needs to fix Britain’s broken electoral laws now - if he doesn’t, we will all suffer the consequences
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Lloyd D @lloyd-d.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
For a one off payment of 0.03% of your wealth, you too can shape rules and regulations that directly impact your businesses! That’s what’s happening, isn’t it?
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
I mean this obviously can't stand. You can't have a foreign extremist, who used social media to encourage & facilitate far-right violence, plough huge donations to his favoured British political party. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/is-elo...
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Is Elon Musk Planning To Make A 'F*** You Starmer' $100 Million Donation To Reform UK?
The tech billionaire has been at war with the PM for months.
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Boricuabc2 @boricuabc2.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Why is it that those who actually behave like Jesus are hated by Christian’s but yet they love the people who do the EXACT opposite of Jesus
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Lloyd D @lloyd-d.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
It’s transactional for him, he gets to influence the rules and regs that impact his businesses for 0.03% of his wealth so he’ll find a way. It’s the broligarch playbook.
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Lloyd D @lloyd-d.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
It seems as if Mr Wallace can’t handle women who have reached a stage in their careers who are secure enough to speak out and is seeking to slur them on top of what he’s done. Not very clever…
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
This needs to be taken seriously and taken seriously now - not in 3 years' time. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
On X, the Bylines Network (main account of 10 UK local journalism publications) has only 2.7K followers. On Bluesky, that's already exploded to 56.4K followers! (see @bylinesnetwork.bsky.social)... and of course the engagement is far higher. Bluesky is much better for news and community building.
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ASH TRAY The First, Popetato of wulferhampton 📎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @ashashman1.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
@mcmgoptimist.bsky.social
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 30/11/2024
If there was ever a perfect headline to say “No shit, Sherlock” about, it’s this one.
Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic'
Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter.
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MaiaB @maiab-123.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
If you're for being in the EU, or at least a Customs Union or single market. If you're anti-fascism, completely WOKE to your core and believe in Democracy & socialism. Add me to your Starter-Pack, but please message me so that I follow back!
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
A small sampling of why Elon wants to eliminate federal watchdog agencies...
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