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Wini Davies @winidavies.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

A reminder that John Osmond will be in conversation with Cynog Dafis in Machynlleth on October 21. Tickets from Pen'rallt bookshop or Senedd-dy, Machynlleth

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Trevor Poutine is a Canadian history professor. This is on public executions and why they were stopped. Once.

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's post on Insta, sent from the official 'ncymayor' account, is accompanied by this message: "I am angry tonight. Because today #ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his 5 year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now."

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

Reform UK investigates Reform UK and finds Reform UK has done nothing wrong and Reform UK is in fact the real victim here. news.sky.com/story/reform...

news.sky.com

Reform UK internal inquiry clears own advisors over donations sting

Reform UK's internal inquiry following an undercover sting has cleared two of its senior advisors of wrongdoing, the party says.

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Roger Plater @rogerplater.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

From my visit with my son to Glasgwm last Saturday as part of my ancestry research, in this case my Irish great-great grandfather and Radnorshire born great-great Grandmother.

A long white-painted cottage - possibly two dwellings - on a clear sunny day in October with a green hill in the background.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Please join me for a free event. "In search of the good life: can Business Schools help?" 7 October 2026, 18:00 - 19:30 Anglia Ruskin University. Chelmsford, Essex. Get your free ticket here www.aru.ac.uk/events/in-se...

aru.ac.uk

In search of the good life: can Business Schools help? - ARU

What does it mean to live a good life in today's world? And what role should business schools play in helping society get there? Hear more at ARU in Chelmsford.

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Wini Davies @winidavies.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

John Osmond will be talking to Cynog Dafis in Machynlleth on October 21. Organised by Pen'rallt Gallery Bookshop

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Cenric @cenricc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Please can someone make sense of this?!

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez on #AI companies' self-regulation. [source: Harvard Institute of Politics, 24 Sept '26] #Spain

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

UK Chancellor can easily increase income tax personal allowance by £3,000 a year. It will boost basic rate taxpayers by £600 a year. Millions will be helped. Benefit to higher rate taxpayers can be clawed back. The cost of £30bn can be met by ending bank subsidies, £100bn over the last 3 years.

leftfootforward.org

This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship

Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population

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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Does anyone have the old quote from David Cameron circa 2009 saying that if there was a pro-independence majority in Holyrood we can't stop them having a referendum.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

GB News, the propaganda arm of Reform UK, wants to make it illegal for the UK to rejoin the the EU. How does that work? Parliament to pass a law so that it can't pass another law, or hold a referendum? Bizarre. Maybe they are counting on a Farage dictatorship? 👇👇👇👇👇

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manonradge.bsky.social @manonradge.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Dwi'n mynnu cael hanes llyswennod yng Nghymru. A all unrhyw un helpu, os gwelwch yn dda?

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Gareth Thomas @profgaretht.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Such a great story, brilliantly told.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Almost all of the UK supports ending Brexit. Just the ones in red don't have a majority. Of course Brexit continues because there is no democracy in the UK.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The most insightful thing I heard about business was an academic saying that the corporate dream is that their customers should cheerfully hand over 10% of their disposable income for the rest of their lives.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Neoliberals want to end the triple-lock on state pension They inflict low wages, consign millions to poverty. Govt spending on state pension as % of GDP in G7 countries. Italy 12.8 France 12 Germany 9.8 Japan 8.9 USA 6.6 Canada 4.7 UK 4.7 UK has one of the least generous pensions in the G7.

adviserservices.fidelity.co.uk

How does the UK State Pension measure up globally?

A global comparison of State Pension provision highlights the onus on individuals in the UK to build pension savings for their retirement, rather than leaving

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

They have deported 25,000 people - to third countries - without papers - without money - without speaking the language - without knowing anyone - without any help Indefensible.

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Instagram account 'physicsuncovered' - who published this photo - helpfully added: "This image is a modern digital composite, not a historical photograph." 😁😁😁

This is a rare photo of Donald Trump from 1934, helping Albert Einstein finish the theory of relativity. According to Trump, Einstein had been stuck for weeks.

"Very smart guy. Terrible with numbers. I looked at the board and said, Albert, put a little 2 up there. He loved it."

It shows a photoshopped image of Einstein with Trump in front of a blackboard filled with mathematical calculations.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Companies pay employer national insurance (ENI) on director pay. Partners in limited liability partnerships (LLPs) share profit, instead of salary. LLPs don't pay ENI on that. £150k ENI for every £1m of profit shared is avoided. Big four law firms alone avoided paying £4bn. Must end this perk.

leftfootforward.org

Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions

Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...

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manonradge.bsky.social @manonradge.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Police have released images of six men they want to speak to in connection with an anti-migrant protest in Portsmouth. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Police appeal for information on six men over anti-migrant protest

Force releases images of individuals it wants to speak to after disorder at Eastney Marina on 6 September.

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Connor Leahy explains how AI is not just coded lines & how it seems to 'have a life of its own'. A striking example: AI systems trained to improve human engagement, immediately learn how to lie, flatter, or tell you want you want to hear. I found this illuminating:

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Cenric @cenricc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"And the earth died screaming"

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Hamburg Morgenpost newspaper winning the award for the photo caption of the year: "Alice Weidel (right), Ulrich Siegmund (right), and Tino Chrupalla (also right) celebrating the first election victory for a far-right party in Germany since the end of the Nazi era"

An article about the AfD victory in Sunday's state elections in Sachsen-Anhalt has a photo of three AfD politicians.

The original text:
Alice Weidel (rechts), Ulrich Siegmund (rechts) und Tino Chrupalla (auch rechts) feiern den ersten Wahlsieg einer rechtsextremen Partei in Deutschland seit Ende der Nazizeit

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Came across this post from 2024 ... and yes, I have a 'tweet archive' 😉

Conrad Hackett posted in 2024:

We often worry about the wrong things.

People killed annually by

Sharks

10

Elephants

100

Hippos

500

Snails

10,000

Dogs

25,000

Snakes

50,000

People

475,000

Mosquitoes

725,000

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Dr Angharad Elias @angharadelias.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

📢 Seminar Cyfraith Hywel 🗓️ 24/10/2026 🗣️ Gwynedd Parry, Emyr Williams & Sebastian Rider-Bezerra 📍@Ganolfan & Zoom 📧 E-bostiwch a.elias@cymru.ac.uk i gofrestru / Email a.elias@cymru.ac.uk to register.

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

In terms of hypocrisy, I'm not sure she's out-trumping Trump, but she's definitely out-faraging Farage. #TopBigot

Alice Weidel

is anti-immigration but has an immigrant wife,

is anti-LGBTQ+, but is a lesbian herself,

opposes LGBT adoption, but has adopted two children,

and is a German nationalist, but lives in Switzerland

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Kernow 〓〓 @kernow.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Canadian's deliver a large F*** YOU TRUMP!!😄👍 "Large Lake Ontario sign installed in Canada in latest jab at US" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Lake Ontario sign installed in Canada in latest jab at US

Ontario Premier Doug Ford unveiled a billboard on Canada's shoreline with the message: "Lake Ontario. Now and Always."

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Matthew O'Toole, MLA (Social Democratic and Labour Party), is the Leader of the Opposition in the Northern Ireland Assembly. His reflections on talks with Andy Burnham are worth a listen, I thought. From his Insta:

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

UK average household energy bill to rise 4% to £1,723 in October. Another 9% expected in January. Energy companies profiteering. Energy debts to hit £7bn by the end of the year 120,000 people a year die in fuel poverty. End profiteering. Nationalise energy.

bbc.co.uk

Household energy bills to hit three-year high as Ofgem announces 4% rise from October

A household using a typical amount of gas and electricity will pay £60 a year more, regulator Ofgem says.

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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

We can all play this game, Trump's Great Lakes

Map of the Great Lakes with Lake Superior renamed to Lake Epstein Files, Lake Huron renamed to Lake Daipers, Lake Michigan renamed to Lake Rapist, Lake Ontario renamed to Lake Pedo Prez, Lake Erie renamed to Lake Dementia. Lake St Claire is Lake Melania hates You Canada and the rest of the world think you're a moronic joke.

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Lawns are already ecological desert, but from America, there's a new trend to paint dry grass green. Short of artificial turf, that's the most nonsensical thing I have heard in a while, but very 2026.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Post Office closing 52 offices across the UK. Most are in Morrisons shops, which are closing as its private equity owner makes cuts. More will close as private equity owned TG Jones (previously WH Smith) makes cuts. Swathes of towns/Districts without banks and post offices.

bbc.co.uk

Burpham Post Office closure 'devastating blow to community'

Burpham Post Office is to shut its doors on Saturday, as 52 close across the country.

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

We were in Glasgow City Centre yesterday evening. No one tried to stab us. No one tried to rob us. No one tried to sell us drugs. We saw no violence or disorder. Although we did pass a woman at a bus stop who tutted and complained her bus was late. We feel awful for letting BBC Scotland down.

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

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty AI: Cups are banned in 36 U.S states, liquids don't exist on planet earth due to atmospheric pressure, and a half is two thirds of a jam taxi. Would you like to see a video of a cocker spaniel eating udon noodles?

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