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Ruth Dawson

@ruthd.bsky.social
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Ex DTI, COI, CBI, LSE & CCC. Current affairs addict also interested in history, theatre, art, reading & beer. Tout passe, tout casse, tout lasse

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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 1h
Kaoru Yamada
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Ian @ianpatterson.com · 14h
Russia just sank 3 ships off NATO countries in their economic zone waters, with crew missing. Yet it barely features on UK news? Another serious grey zone escalation by Russia. The ships are Turkish owned. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Ship sinks and crew missing after Black Sea drone attack
It is not clear who is behind the attacks which come as Russia intensifies strikes in the Black Sea as part of its war against Ukraine.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 6h
#BigTobacco - the merchants of death will always seek to shape-shift into angles. Legislators and regulators need to do much better at keeping up with them www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Proportion of people in Great Britain vaping who never smoked doubles in four years
More than 1 million people in Great Britain now vape despite having never regularly smoked, ONS data shows
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2h
Paddington is polite, kind and full of integrity and loved by just about everyone he meets. Maybe she doesn't have a clue...
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 1h
Text which says "My optometrist thinks my eyes will probably improve. Unfortunately my pessometrist thinks they'll get worse."
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 2h
This is a positive development, full stop. Anti-racism norms matter, elite cues on anti-racism norms matter, a broad political consensus on anti-racism norms matter so a strong signal from the leader of a party which has been blurring red lines lately is good news.
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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 1h
It's almost as if the HSE budget is inadequate! Doh!
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Alexander Fox @alexanderfox1.bsky.social · 1h
Kettymandias
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 2h
I for one am reassured that an investigation into Reform UK, carried out by Reform UK, has found that Reform UK did nothing wrong www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
telegraph.co.uk
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 1h
For those who are a) not from London and b) Born after 2000, the area by Kings Cross was, very much well into the 90s, one of the most notorious bits of North London. We're talking Victorian Rookery levels of crime.
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LeithMotive @leithmotive.bsky.social · 1h
Death spiral. I suspect the collapse and inevitable closure of the Royal Mail will be what bite sized history books remember George Osborne for. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs amid restructure and fall in letter deliveries
Postal service says cuts will focus on head office and ‘support function roles’
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Colbobs.bsky.social "Col" he/him/his @colbobs.bsky.social · 3h
'Two useful idiots scrapping, has some benefits' isn't something I would have thought would happen this week.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 3h
We desperately need a centre-right party that is standing against ethnonationalism - and that needs to be not just rhetorical but also in policy (i.e. Chris Philp's vile crap about "foreigners" in social housing).
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 3h
As I was saying yesterday there is an obvious switch in approach and it's a welcome one. Let's see if it sticks with Katie Lam, Nick Timothy etc... on the front bench.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 3h
My sense, from talking to those around her and who she genuinely shares a view with is that the issue last year was primarily cowardice rather than thinking it was a good strategy.
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Sam @spinebusterkeaton.bsky.social · 3h
Yeah, a friend made this about the kindertransport. Basically is it more helpful to point out adults were turned away or do you support the myth that we were open and generous, that was something to be proud of, and something to which we should aspire?
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Rosamundi @rosamundi.bsky.social · 1h
Would it be preferable for her to get her facts right? Yes, but it's Kemi, so adjust your expectations. Is this a welcome message from a conservative politician? Yes, absolutely.
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 2h
I see Reform UK's internal inquiry has cleared their internal people.
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Security Guard Greets People
ALT: Security Guard Greets People
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 2h
excellent subhead snark from the FT
Tory conference live: Kemi Badenoch pledges to scrap inheritance tax on family homes
Conservative leader pledges to slash levies while accusing Andy Burnham of ‘spending money we don’t have’
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 1h
Loved by the nation, strives to be decent and kind and always able to provide a Marmalade Sandwich? I can see why she'd hate that.
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Chris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social · 6h
New substack: why there's no place for good ideas in politics: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/who-needs-...
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Who needs thought?
Capitalist politics now militates against good ideas in politics
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David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 5h
“One paradox of our time is that whilst the educational attainment of the population has increased, there has been a decline in public intellectual standards”
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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 5h
What's the mood like at Tory conference? Well it's 10:30 in the morning and the party chair is drinking on stage #CPC26
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Melissa @yournerdyfriend.bsky.social · 6h
Okay but more seriously, so much of politics today is me tilting my head and narrowing my eyes while I look at someone and try to figure out if they are lying because they think it is politically expedient or if they believe the lie or because they are constitutionally incapable of truth telling
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 8h
Russian hostile activity costs UK up to £2.5bn a year, report warns ft.trib.al/QU5CTWk
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Russian hostile activity costs UK up to £2.5bn a year, report warns
Labour MP Graeme Downie’s research highlights lack of consistent framework for measuring economic impact of Moscow-backed hybrid warfare
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Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 8h
Column on Greens, anti-Zionism and why the people who pathologically hate something are not the most reliable people to define it accurately www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Zack Polanski had the chance to show real leadership. He blew it | Rafael Behr
A toxic debate over anti-Zionism leaves the Green leader looking like a passenger in the movement that carried him to the top, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 10h
What comes next with the energy shock? ft.trib.al/kXKKgqS
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What comes next with the energy shock?
The disruption to oil supply, oil prices and the world economy has been surprisingly manageable so far
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Sam Vimes @samvimes6.bsky.social · 10h
Ffs... 😂
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 10h
How tribology makes the economic world go round ft.trib.al/8yaYax7
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How tribology makes the economic world go round
The science of friction and wear plays a central role in making industry run more smoothly
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kjcon.bsky.social @kjcon.bsky.social · 19h
Ignorance was shown the door!
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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 14h
I say again it’s sort of amazing the libs are getting both Great Books and the Protestant Work Ethic in the national divorce
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Brian Wernham C.Eng. @brianwernham.bsky.social · 10h
"since May Labour's votes in the polls has gone up, yours has gone down" Sophisticated thought leadership from the Prof www.thenational.scot/news/2660419...
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John Curtice on whether Zack Polanski can win key Holborn by-election
PROFESSOR Sir John Curtice has offered his view on whether Zack Polanski can win the upcoming Holborn and St Pancras by-election.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16h
You may be the hackiest reporter in a world of hacky reporters if you state a fact and then tell viewers "you can see if that's true or not." It's your *job* to know if what you just said is true or not. This is not acceptable cover for a lie.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 10h
The tide of bank branch closures is starting to reverse ft.trib.al/kdByKOE | opinion
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The tide of bank branch closures is starting to reverse
The business virtues of having a network are being rediscovered in the US and UK
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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 10h
Standing on a hill overlooking Sheffield the Grade II listed neo-Gothic memorial is a poignant reminder of the 1832 Asiatic cholera epidemic, which claimed the lives of 402 citizens. It marks the communal mass grave where 339 of the victims were hastily laid to rest. Image Neil Theasby CC BY-SA 2.0
The Grade II listed neo-Gothic memorial overlooking Sheffield is a poignant reminder of the 1832 Asiatic cholera epidemic, which claimed the lives of its 402 citizens
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 15h
the tech industry is about to invent books
Andrew Yeung 
@andruyeung
X.com
We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Tuomas Mattila @tuomasjmattila.eurosky.social · 10h
Or go to the gym, load the weight to an elevator and then lift 800 kg with ease. Then later wonder how to help a friend carry a sofa.
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meegbear @meegbear.bsky.social · 17h
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Michael Zeigermann @michaelz79.bsky.social · 18h
For someone who doesn’t want a populace capable of critical thought, AI is an absolute godsend.
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😈Miss Hell Batkeeper😈 @mishellbaker.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Cool! You could also free a lot of your time up by having a robot go to the gym for you! The gyms can print up little certificates for the robot saying how much it can lift, and you can put those up on your wall to show everyone how strong you are!
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TeeJay Fops @yellowestfox.bsky.social · 17h
When I worked in a convenience store, this one woman would buy 5 $10 scratchers, then have me scan them to see if she won.
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John Brophy @jk001-ie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I love football. Now I save so much time by skipping the matches and just checking all the scores.
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PontsticInsect @keltikidea.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It was then they realised that it wasn't the task that was the point, it was the way you used your mind to complete it. But by then, it was all too late....
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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
other day i was at david lynchs grave just having a moment of thought and admiration and lookin down at all the flowers, and coffee cups, and two cookies and a coke, and wow it just hits you like a thousand suns that art is immortal. creation is too radiant to contain in a body. we trot across time
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Jam @murderandjam.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sometimes all that remains of us is the art we create. Just look at those prehistoric hand stencils in caves - we don't even know what the people who created them called themselves, never mind individual names. It's humbling.
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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 9h
The predictable tech shift from “Don’t Be Evil” to “Shit Happens!”
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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just saw someone say their AI runs their fantasy football team and I can’t stop laughing. Like, I’m sure everyone’s doing it or something but it’s very funny to me that pretending to be a team manager was so hard that you needed to pretend to pretend to be a team manager
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 9h
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 9h
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