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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

If they had more impact on the result as a nation than Boris Johnson had as a person I’ll eat 52% of my hat

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Great stuff from the Telegraph. archive.ph/r2nTA

A 29-year-old woman, who wished to remain anonymous, said the high levels of unemployment were “noticeable” in the area.
“When you go into Somali town, as we call it, you just see people outside in the cafes,” she said, gesturing down the road, before adding: “It annoys me, they are loitering around and doing nothing.”
Addressing her own career path, the 29-year-old said: “I can’t work at the moment because of my mental health. Of course I want to work, I went to uni and studied English Literature for two years. I want to be a writer.”

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

hey cool that's awesome

Harriet Williamson • @harriepw
NEW: Home Office stats released today reveal that arrests for "terrorist-related activity" in the year ending June 2026 were up 1,553% on last year and 94% of the arrests (3,630 of 3,867) were linked to showing support for Palestine Action.
Figure 1.1: Arrests for terrorist-related activity, by legislation, years ending June 2002 to June 2026, Great Britain
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Spooky SazCaz @sazcaz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Well I spent time making it so I might as well post it lol

A historical tapesty style image of two defeated people over a small boat. The text reads "Thou hast utterly beclowned thyself"

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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026

the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This is correct: all of these wealthy, very right wing men understood Me Too not as a campaign for justice, but as an organised assault upon their right to unlimited freedom, which absolutely includes total impunity and no criticism for e.g. sexual harassment of their employees.

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Dave@Not-Convention Recovery @sasuraiger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

i don't think the new games do this anymore, but arcade sega mj used to have actual videos of the pro play when they won a big hand. imagine being this powerful

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Jess Ragan @mneko.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Spot the difference between these two pictures." "There is no difference."

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Jana H-S (she, like a knife) @jana-aych-ess.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

the ball is not the protagonist of pinball. you are not the protagonist of pinball. the hole is the protagonist. you are the villain. she is starving

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The press have decided to reimpose the two party model and unfortunately, that requires “pretending to believe Kemi Badenoch is doing a good job”. Which is pretty bad, given she’s a disastrously online wacko.

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Having lager and sandwiches, and thinking of you.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.

theintercept.com

DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.

In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Clive is of course correct, and the key thing here is not that Watson has succumbed to temptation: he was a bullshit artist and a crook ten years ago too. This is just what the system looks like when there is no longer any need to pretend these people work for you, not their future employers.

theguardian.com

Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics | Clive Lewis

When a former Labour deputy leader joins a firm built on surveillance and military targeting, it deepens public cynicism – and democracy depends on trust, says Labour MP Clive Lewis

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ten years of relentlessly hateful, comically elitist anti-democratic politics across the white people world, helpfully summarised. The wrong people are talking, the wrong people are deciding and it’s harming the careers of important people who actually matter. Smithers! Release the hounds

The incident fits a broader pattern in the discourse around 'free speech' and 'cancel culture': whatever comes from the top down is freedom; whatever comes from the bottom up is bullying and censorship. When Macklemore is dropped at the behest of the billionaire stadium owner Robert Kraft, it's an exercise of the freedom of businesses to 'demonstrate their values' by deciding whom to platform. But when Ed Sheeran's fans decide not to buy tickets to his performances, or even demand refunds, it's bullying, mob behaviour. Since most people are not billionaires and do not own stadiums, they can exercise meaningful power only collectively. The collective exercise of power must therefore be demonised.

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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Incredible Facebook slop ad I just got

Horse pin with an illustration of a horse and the following text:
"Give a man a horse he'll eat in a day, teach a man to horse. and make him drinks water."

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the homophobic boy detective @gaorush.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

saw a gas station with the pumps covered in bags and tape and signs that said "we might get gas back or we might not"

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The world’s best and smartest people spent a dodecajillion dollars on magic beans that don’t grow beanstalks and now they are going to destroy the world economy, again, and you - who did nothing wrong, again - are going to pay for it, again.

Carl Quintanilla
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X.com
(FT) - About $18bn of loans tied to a data centre leased to Oracle in New Mexico slid into stressed territory on Friday, highlighting investors' fear that increasing local backlash will derail the tech group's massive Al infrastructure build-out.
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Oracle's $18bn data centre debt under strain amid local pushback
Investors grow wary of permitting and construction delays as opposition mounts in
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Z. Doom - Official Compact Disc Lover @world0fecho.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

the tide is high but i’m holding on i’m gonna be your pokémon

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Kill Tim Faust 💀 @tbone.malware-virus.biz · 18/09/2026

At the end of the day, even though he's a bad guy, I'm having a hard time watching Mitch McConnell be a victim of elder abuse. I wish there were something I could do to help, like scream at him until he soils himself or trick him into adding me to his will.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

reporters werent “barred” from recording, the powerful people they are covering asked them not to record and they immediately complied and hid whats happening from their audience

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Would it surprise you to learn that in Britain, the Great Intellectual Struggle swiftly turned into a load of arsey middle aged men denouncing The Liberals for not supporting their glorious wars for civilisation? Smarter, more eloquent men in fairness, but otherwise very much like this shit now.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It’s funny now to remember that the War On Terror was described at the time as a war of ideas, as The Great Intellectual Struggle Of Our Time. Endless essays and speeches on this very theme, and all of it straight into the memory bin as soon as it became clear we had disastrously fucked it and lost.

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 10/09/2026

i know after having his loyalty betrayed big boss took money from war criminals to fund his dream but this is a bit on the nose

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

It is not Andy Burnham’s job to fix things or impose penalties on the people who have crashed this country into a mountain. *They are* the people who crashed the country into the mountain, quite deliberately and in their own interest. His job is to manage *you*, to make sure you don’t vote them out.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Where might these fascist clowns have got the idea that Britain needs Men Of Will with the necessary grit to do What Must Be Done

bbc.co.uk

Disruption at Port of Dover as masked men hold protest

Images appear to show hundreds of protesters, all dressed in black and wearing face coverings.

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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Strange a wealthy, reactionary banker like Orr finds Jesus and coincidentally Jesus wants Orr to secure high-level political power and make even more money by implementing extreme right-wing programmes. Didn’t know that was Jesus’ message, but who am I to say: I’m not a Christian theologian

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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

game review rating system, power play, magazine (1988) archive.org/details/powe...

the review rating system shows staff members in various stages of happiness or distress, depending on how they feel about a game. the four worst faces show a reviewer holding a gun to their head, a reviewing screaming and holding the top of his head, a reviewer with glasses on, hands on cheeks, glasses unaligned with eyes, a reviewer with a noose around his neck.

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 01/09/2026

I would like, just once more, to congratulate our lofty intellectual betters in the British political commentary and pundit set for elevating this transparently cynical, self-serving pig to the country's highest political office on the basis of his flawless ethics and commitment to public service.

Keir Starmer to quit parliament, triggering byelection in north London seat – UK politics live

Former PM announces he will no longer represent Holborn and St Pancras on the day his successor, Andy Burnham, is to give first Commons address as prime minister

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Wrath of God Bot @wrathofgodbot.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

UK elites are really really really small. Our entire political class is pretty much made up of graduates of a handful of courses at a single university, and our actual political "elite" is very very small, no more than a few hundred and its basically hermetically sealed.

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Retro Blast 👻 @retroblastpod.com · 31/08/2026

Happy Monday, Gamers...

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Again: what steel? Where is the steel.

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This is akin to banning steel mills at the start of the Industrial Revolution
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Zack Polanski • @ZackPolanski • 9h
Right now the government is putting our communities, our water security and our climate ambitions second to the demands of tech giants....
Greens call for temporary ban on new data centres

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Micah @rincewind.run · 26/08/2026

impossible to overstate how little this country wants to hear “social security is fraud” from the tech overlords currently siphoning billions of dollars into their personal accounts

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Republicans have spent the last year trying to defund Dolly Parton

article about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Indiana

article about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Kentucky

article about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Missouri

iarticle about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Washington

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com

NASHVILLE, TN (August 25, 2026) – Global icon and humanitarian, Dolly Parton, known to the world as a beloved singer, songwriter, philanthropist, actress, playwright, and author died peacefully today in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80 years old.

Dolly is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 59 years Carl Thomas Dean (1942 – 2025), her mother Avie Lee Caroline Owens (1923 – 2003), and father, Robert Lee Parton, Sr. (1921 – 2000).

A rhinestone life that shone bright enough for the world to see, Dolly will forever stand as an inspiration not only through her timeless music and prolific songwriting, but also her wit, warmth, and kindness that made us all feel like family. Dolly Parton’s legacy is one of love, compassion, and resilience. With a seven-decade career, she inspired multiple generations of artists and fans with her music and an unwavering commitment to making the world a better place. Her songs will continue to resonate with people of all ages, and her philanthropic work will have a lasting impact.

At Dolly’s request, a small, private service will be held for immediate family. Dolly’s fans and friends from around the world are encouraged to pay tribute to Dolly on social media by tagging @DollyParton or by leaving a message at www.dollyparton.com.

In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com.

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Titania @kittenbitten.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The "academic freedom" crowd was really quiet when professors were getting cracked down on for supporting Palestine, and when the government pressured universities to make anything transgender verboten.

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Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I will just say: Jason Arday did not commit suicide because of relentless racist harassment on X, The Everything App.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

There’s a reason the head Twitter Nazi picked Britain one of his projects, and it’s because decades of malicious, ideological neglect of the public realm with increasingly extreme racism and incitement in mainstream politics has made us acutely vulnerable to malignant con artists and shitehawks.

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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This had me howling. Just looking forward to when they launch their 9/11 bungee attraction.

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This is bracing, remarkable reading by Will Self about Jason Arday, naming names in blistering terms, including several prominent TERFs who joined the kicking of Arday. May Kathleen Stock and Sarah Ditum and everyone else involved never live this down.

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The Black Dog @theblackdog.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Back in the day we locked Pulp in their practice room, they'd been doing the same song over and over for weeks. In a brief pause we played our version of it back to them. Jarvis never spoke to us again and it was a time before mobiles.

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Mike Futter | Wishlist The Final Cut of Lilith Cunningham! @futterish.fsquared.biz · 12/08/2026

What happens if a creator streams your game and is opted in? Does Twitch think it has the right to feed a developer's game into its AI slop factory? This has deeper ramifications than it seems on the surface.

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Philby Bear (they/them) @philbybear.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Alan Moore was pretty spot on condemning the entire moral fabric of Harry Potter as JKR’s classist, Blairite, bullshit.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Politics in Britain has been a both-hands fuck you to the public for a very long time now but this is an especially egregious and insulting example. Nothing is real and there are no rules, it’s all made up on the hoof.

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Count Trashula @trashmobminis.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I didn’t paint and attach thousands of individual popcorns to model trees just so you could tell me that AI is “inevitable”

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