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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Being in the club means sometimes you won't get what you want. But guess what, being outside the club doesn't give you full freedom either. Many in Brussels are sceptical that UK politics is capable of this sort of sophisticated discussion.

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

ALERT: the bacon bap stand at Labour conference has run out of brown sauce.

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Jon Mather @optimised.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This poem is insured by the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

What a surprise to learn that a Russian oligarch close to Putin paid for Junior’s lavish wedding. Who could’ve expected it?

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Julian Jessop @julianhjessop.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Apropos of nothing in particular... 🤔 Reform is proposing to cut capital gains tax on crypto assets to 10%, establish a Bank of England Bitcoin Reserve Fund, and allow UK taxes to be paid in cryptocurrency.

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The Simpsons Mr Burns Evil Smile

ALT: The Simpsons Mr Burns Evil Smile

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Such is Trump’s addiction to the gangster idiom.

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Jon Mather @optimised.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Why are FT opinion writers trying to improve AI's PR?

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I dunno much about Maness or Anderson but Schlicter is a straight-up fascist who wants to among other things "use the law to ensure blue submission" and "imprison dissenters" to achieve the aim, "force them to be like us."

2021 Schlicter posts:

For too long red state conservatives have offered to live and let live with blue state liberals but the blues are evangelical Marxists who cannot allow us to provide a counter example of freedom. 1/

So, no more. We must, by any means necessary, force them to be like us. No quarter. No compromise. 2/

Ban CRT, Marxism and anti-American misinformation. Nationalize big tech and academia and mandate conservatism as their operational ideology. Ban leftist media and entertainment from spreading misinformation.3

Penalize barren, non-familial lifestyles through taxes and disqualification from political participation. Establish property and military service qualifications for voting. Increase America’s carbon footprint. Ban masks. Dismantle unions.n4/

Use the law to ensure blue submission. Imprison dissenters. Force them to act against their deepest beliefs to keep their jobs. End all social programs and deport all illegals. Outlaw crime again. 5/

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Jon Mather @optimised.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Don't really understand why this was the lead article on the Guardian website this morning. Was this the most important event in the last 24 hours. Why did the editors choose it? Can somebody explain?

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Jon Mather @optimised.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Wasn't the FED trying to shrink the balance sheet? I seem to remember our Kev saying something....

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Jon Mather @optimised.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Another pint o' heavy to wash down this haggis jimmy

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Dr Emma Salisbury @salisbot.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

How do you think the unthinkable? Thteer it into an itheberg.

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Fozzie Bear Stage Hook

ALT: Fozzie Bear Stage Hook

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Jon Mather @optimised.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

US running low on testosterone interceptors. Iran in GOT mode. 'Winter is coming'.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Rounding up some translations of Count Binface that have been appearing in foreign press 🇷🇴 Romanian: Contele Tomberonez 🇫🇷 French: Comte Tête-de-Poubelle (bin-head, more accurate than bin-face) 🇮🇹 Italian: Conte Faccia-da-Bidone 🇪🇸 Spanish: "un hombre con un cubo de basura en la cabeza" (!) Cont...

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Amy Borrett @amyborrett.ft.com · 10/07/2026

🚨NHS hospitals have admitted to a litany of errors in the data behind a headline claim about the success of the controversial £330mn Palantir contract after a @financialtimes.com investigation found dozens of irregularities. Scoop w/ @laurahughesft.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/7ab92d75-3...

Line chart of the total additional days in hospital due to delayed discharge, patients with length of stay of 7+ days, showing NHS hospitals admit to errors in data used to justify Palantir contract

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Sam Whyte @samwhyte.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

"Can you give us an example of a time you had to adapt and accommodate rapid change?"

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 08/07/2026

huge if true

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Jon Mather @optimised.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I remember Sue Grabbit of Sue Grabbit and Unne of some years ago.

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Jon Mather @optimised.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Everythings coming up roses now.

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Heather Anne Campbell @heathercampbell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool

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Jon Mather @optimised.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Fitzgerald said that ana artist was somebody who could hold two opposing ideas and still function. Nothing to do with intelligence.

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 16/05/2026

Up to 80 per cent of violent incidents in the West Bank are attacks by Jewish settlers, says the Israeli army

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Jon Mather @optimised.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Sticking with Operation Epic Failure

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Ed Davey canoeing through the Strait of Hormuz to draw attention to the Lib Dems '10p off a litre' fuel policy h/t @worgztheowl.bsky.social

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 21/04/2026

But it's also my significantly more famous and talented namesake's birthday! Hopefully he's excited as he was when he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 🎉 youtu.be/houFuiYrEi0?...

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The Cure's Robert Smith offers blunt response to overzealous TV host

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El @ell17.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

NEWS: Miss S Coyle Cellan-Jones, elite athlete, said when interviewed, “moi is la reine of les zoomies! Moi is super vite et agile. Juno was très impressed et agrees avec moi complètement. Juno hides her émotions beaucoup. It’s typiquement britannique.”

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

He should know things like that like the psalm of his hand. Oh.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

“Many were increasingly of the opinion that they’d all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place. And some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no one should ever have left the oceans.” Still chuffed I got that in as intro of my finals paper on Rousseau.

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors. Great work everyone.

The Board of Governors decided, unilaterally, that no published textbook in the field of sociology could be used in compliance with the law for an Intro to Sociology class. None.
Victor: There's not a single existing textbook on the market that could be used that would qualify under state law?
Zachary: Correct.
Victor: I'm sorry, that's kind of funny. Like, the absurdity of not a single sociology textbook getting past the censors. I mean, it makes me kind of proud of our colleagues, but...

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