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@pheadtony.bsky.social
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Near Bristol UK. Dislikes: all the nonsense.

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pheadtony.bsky.social @pheadtony.bsky.social · 6h
Most people hate what he's saying, so it's good that he's saying it out loud and proud.
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pheadtony.bsky.social @pheadtony.bsky.social · 13h
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Dam Leak: Just a Small Leak
Alt: Dam Leak: Just a small leak
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pheadtony.bsky.social @pheadtony.bsky.social · 18h
I don't understand that either. It sounds like a bit of a tall story in the style of "... and the whole mixed ward stood up and clapped".
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 21h
Von der Leyen: We supported Trump's energy ceasefire, but we see that Russia did not respect a single minute of it
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 20h
1. Trump's brain is paranoid mush 2. Trump's paranoid mush-brain is looking for scapegoats to blame when it comes to the impending collapse of his position in US politics after the mid-terms 3. Trump's desperate search for scapegoats will focus on Ukraine, Canada and Europe
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
(Reuters) - The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefed on the matter. @reuters.com 🇺🇦 www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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pheadtony.bsky.social @pheadtony.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Vaccines are toxic now?
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pheadtony.bsky.social @pheadtony.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Cousin! Great fact 😁 Sadly I am old enough that I was around back then, so how did I not know that already...
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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Nigel Farage's Reform UK has once again being caught with their jocks around their ankles. As an undercover ITV investigation highlighted the racist, misogynistic & Islamophobic antics of several of their Cllrs. Alan Feeney, Chris Whelan (Irish names) & Jamie Campbell. Some have resigned.
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Steve Saidemonster 🧌🧛🦇⚰️👻👹 @smsaideman.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Increasingly likely that if Texas does not go blue, it is because of stuff like this. This is the fundamental problem of American democracy at this moment--one party does not think that losing is normal and should be accepted. Democracy requires all parties accept electoral defeats.
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pheadtony.bsky.social @pheadtony.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Is it a 1st amendment issue to be laughed at? The laughing didn't hinder his free speech did it? Perhaps they should save any laughter for when he's finished.
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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Average hourly earnings, adjusted for inflation, fell 0.5 percent in September and are now back to where they were in January, 2025. That means that Americans, on average, have experienced zero real wage growth since Trump returned to office.
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Nick Norton @quietwun.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Not forgetting the allegations from Farage's classmates - including at least one Jewish pupil - at Dulwich College that he told them Hitler was right, and simulated the sound of gas chambers while saying that Jews should be gassed: www.jpost.com/diaspora/ant...
jpost.com
Nigel Farage allegedly bullied Jewish students | The Jerusalem Post
Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish BAFTA and Emmy-winning director, alleged Farage would tell him “Hitler was right” and “gas them” while sometimes simulating the sound of gas chambers.
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Yes, it's a while back, but Farage has still never explained or apologised for what he said, despite condemnation from the Board of Deputies of British Jews, and the Community Security Trust. www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
theguardian.com
Nigel Farage under fire over 'antisemitic tropes' on far-right US talkshow
Brexit party leader referred to ‘new world order’ in interviews with Alex Jones
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pheadtony.bsky.social @pheadtony.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
FFS Rachael, 🙄
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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
If you establish and entrench a consensus that (a) hostility to migrants is a cri du coeur from the authentic working class, and (b) anti racism is the preserve of out of touch metropolitan liberals, where do you suppose the country will end up? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Rightwing extremists increasingly likely to consider terrorist attacks, MI5 chief says
Move from anti-immigration or anti-Muslim views to violence is ‘most marked trend’ in spy agency’s caseload over last year
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pheadtony.bsky.social @pheadtony.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
How does that compare with previous presidents?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The most corrupt and unethical president in US history by far.
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pheadtony.bsky.social @pheadtony.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
... and maybe 1+ kid will be inspired to be more tolerant!
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pheadtony.bsky.social @pheadtony.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
They are such transparent charlatans, and apparently have no concern how this sort of statement reflects on people's perceptions of their competence.
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pheadtony.bsky.social @pheadtony.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Yeh he didn't really think it through before spouting off.
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
NEW | On disappearing stories… MICHAEL GOVE, LOLA SALEM, AND A SUDDEN SILENCE Why did a series of newspaper stories vanish and why are right-wing organisations involved in a coordinated campaign to forget about one particular contributor? brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/michael-go...
brokenbottleboy.substack.com
Michael Gove, Lola Salem, and a sudden silence
Why did a series of newspaper stories vanish and why are right-wing organisations involved in a coordinated campaign to forget about one particular contributor?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/10/2026
Q: You said Russia and Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire, but both sides said they have not agreed to that TRUMP: Well they agreed, you know why? Because I said 'you agree.' That's why.
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pheadtony.bsky.social @pheadtony.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Yeh ok, but what terror were they plotting? Haven't the police already said there was no explosives in the vans? They've released the drivers.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
🔥 damn — MARGE TO TRUMP: “you are the deep state, the Epstein class, and America last, and my mistake was ever supporting you in the first place”
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Ok, firstly, how did I miss this and secondly, why isn’t Michael Gove’s name not mentioned in the second article??? Can you imagine if this was a former Labour MP???????
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pheadtony.bsky.social @pheadtony.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The first one 👍🏽
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 11/10/2026
Nearly 12,000 book bans took place in public schools over the past year, according to PEN America. Race, racism, sexuality and gender identity themes remain the most common reasons. PEN also found that school district administrators rely increasingly on AI to determine which books to ban.
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Nearly 12,000 school book bans in a year, a record high, according to annual tally
Themes of race, sexuality and gender remain common reasons to ban books, as some school administrators use AI to determine what gets pulled, a new report finds.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 10/10/2026
this is the ultimate end point of capitalism, ai will completely atomize everyone and there will be zero shared experiences. there will be no culture, only pure consumption. this must be resisted
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Cloudflare Data Explorer shows the amount of russian bot traffic has dropped to 49% after Ukraine struck a yandex data center.
Chart showing plummeting bot traffic
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Alex McGuinness @alexmcguinness.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
In the midst of the biggest cheating scandal English football has seen. The PL and PGMOL select a Mancunian to referee a match involving the cheating Mancunian team. The Mancunian ref then makes a string of contentious decisions that gift the match to the cheating Mancunian team . Good process boys.
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pheadtony.bsky.social @pheadtony.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
He still looks like he's just arrived in the prem. Too slow to pass or shoot, and not prepared for the physical one on ones.
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pheadtony.bsky.social @pheadtony.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Last word of the post should have been Sham
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pheadtony.bsky.social @pheadtony.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Yeh if anything wirtz pulled out I think
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pheadtony.bsky.social @pheadtony.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
That can't be true really though. I imagine he has a minimum expectation of top 5 or better.
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Luke McGee @lukemcgee.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Two most important facts: 1) since Trump became President, attacks on Ukraine have grown substantially in volume and scale. 2) Since Trump became President the US has committed zero (yes, zero) new dollars to support Ukraine.
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pheadtony.bsky.social @pheadtony.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Unintentional slip or change in tone from UKG?
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Adam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Same thing goes for the AI utopia/accelerationist/singularity story, which is basically the same as the AI doom story. There are plenty of problems that don't yield to increased intelligence. A lack of intelligence is not why we have a climate crisis or no durable peace in the Middle East.
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pheadtony.bsky.social @pheadtony.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Weddings, christenings, harvest festival, direct from the pub on Christmas Eve etc
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pheadtony.bsky.social @pheadtony.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
@badmedicaltakes.bsky.social ?
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pheadtony.bsky.social @pheadtony.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I guess American farmers aren't top of the Ukraine's priory list right now.
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pheadtony.bsky.social @pheadtony.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Yeh it was a close run thing. Just missing out 😂😂
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Unmarked lunatics with guns attack your car when your kid is with you— you drive off too. Anyone who say otherwise is a liar. They almost killed the kid. What the fuck are we doing? 😳🇺🇸
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Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Weeks old, but cool chart on AI costs epoch.ai/publications...
Line chart on a log scale showing how costs have fallen following the introduction of new tech (electricity, compute, lithium batteries, DNA sequencing, and AI)
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854
Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
Norway, 2021-2025
Marius A. K. Ring
WORKING PAPER 35854|
DOl 10.3386/w35854
ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 09/10/2026
This goes against the intuitions of a lot of older people who were socialized into the party alignment of the 1970s-1980s-1990s. But you could make a case that the Trump second term is the most directlyand outwardly anti-Christian presidency in American history.
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pheadtony.bsky.social @pheadtony.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I'd absolutely love him to be given another one of those. It was incredibly funny the first time 😁
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pheadtony.bsky.social @pheadtony.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Even putting aside his military adventures, the man's speech and expressions are violent, threatening and inciteful. There's no way he'd ever be considered an advocate of peace.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This would sink a presidency in any other era. I would bet most Americans will never hear it even happened.
wapo.st
Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy
The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk.
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