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‘Culturally British by my standards’ is one of the most chilling phrases uttered in British politics. Entirely unsurprising to me who it’s from.

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David Bibby @themrbibby.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Giving me Guardian Unlimited Talk flashbacks there

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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I don’t think I’m ever going to get the appeal of pivoting to video for podcasts. I’ve been listening to podcasts for 20 years, and never once have I thought, my God, I need to SEE these people! I’m on a walk or doing the dishes, I don’t need video.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is a dreadful argument from Burnham. Empirically false - almost 6m people were granted settled status; about 4m are currently resident. More importantly panders to racism/xenophobia, and directly contradicts argument made in his speech about migrant contributions.

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Scientists have engineered a virus that invades and destroys glioblastoma one of the deadliest brain cancers while turning the immune system into a relentless tumor-killing force. This could be a historic shift in cancer treatment.

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David Bibby @themrbibby.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Thanks, that was an easy block

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Tom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I mean, any time now would be good. If it's not too much trouble

Headline: "‘Outright racist’ Daniel Thomas will face full force of law over any crimes, says home secretary"

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I feel like there's a really good chance that Trump doubles down and escalates the conflict now for no reason other than crashing out over people in the GOP breaking from him

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

who's up for robbing banks while shouting "stop the boats" so no-one arrests us?

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Spot-on. Europe is strewn with the bodies of centre-right parties who decided that the best way of countering the rise of the far right was to adopt some of their rhetoric and policies. Not that the Tories here would dream of making the same mistake, of course.

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

*this is a sub-epistle*

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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Oh I see you think this has nothing to do with you

Rishi Sunak stood on a lecturn speaking which has a STOP THE BOATS sign on it

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ianthemouthofmadness.fenrisgames @fenrisgames.com · 18/09/2026

this is a hell of a 🧵

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Celestial M Weasel @celestialweasel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

More signs that the government (and police) have just quiet quit. Plus I hate to be That Weasel but I feel that if Just Stop Oil or Palestinian Actionhad been doing this sort of thing the response would have been different. Imagine if Just Stop Oil had been knocking BP tanker drivers unconscious

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Gerard @groverxv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The whole world got together and banned CFCs and the ozone layer repaired itself once humanity stopped pumping the destroying molecules into the air, you absolute bellend.

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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 17/09/2026

Ms. Rachel announces she will match Macklemore and donate $1 million to organizations supporting Palestine: “I will match Macklemore’s donation and I invite every wealthy white celebrity to match it and speak out against the genocide in Gaza.”

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burn it all down @russbengtson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

*suspicious lobster wife* where did you get that shrimp *still confused lobster* you're never gonna believe this

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I keep seeing videos of a guy who catches crabs and lobsters, cracks all the barnacles off them, puts a shrimp in their claws and throws them back. can you imagine. abducted by aliens but they just give you a spa day and hand you two hot dogs and let you go

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Dominic Manchee @dpmanchee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This latest piece from @phillipspobrien.bsky.social should be pause for thought - even for Brexiteers. We're seeing America retreat into itself in front of our eyes. Like minded countries really need to come together, and do more between themselves. bsky.app/profile/phil...

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Latest in @theatlantic.com . What we are seeing now is US weakness across the board. The American Age is over. What comes next will be very different. Gift link. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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The End of the American Age

The Iran war marks the conclusion of eight decades of global dominance.

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David Bibby @themrbibby.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It's apparently news to some cyclists that you can just not be a dick

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David Bibby @themrbibby.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I can't help you either. This discussion is over.

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David Bibby @themrbibby.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

If you don't see how you might _not_ see a pedestrian when you're drunk at 3am and already breaking the law then I can't help you. It's as illegal as the drivers looking at their phone, a law you do seem to want obeyed

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 15/09/2026

This is one of the funniest threads I’ve read in ages. At no point does OP break, and the landlords, well, www.reddit.com/r/Landlord/c...

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David Bibby @themrbibby.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

So ignoring a red light on a pedestrian crossing at 3am after many hours of drinking is "considerate cycling"?

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polytoken dot dev @polytoken.dev · 15/09/2026

nobody else has the steel moral core to tell you the truth in release notes

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David Bibby @themrbibby.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The person who posted that also said they were going home at 3am because they'd been drinking all night...

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David Bibby @themrbibby.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

See also the person yesterday who claimed the law requiring him to stop at a red light at an empty crossing was "immoral"

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David Bibby @themrbibby.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

What's the moral issue involved when a cyclist stops at a red light at an empty crossing? I do it all the time and I suffer no injury and am not offended in any way. It's just not a moral issue. You think you're justified disobeying the law in those circumstances, most people don't.

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David Bibby @themrbibby.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

That is frankly just ridiculous

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David Bibby @themrbibby.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Are you saying it's immoral for the law to say you have to stop at a red light if the crossing is empty?

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David Bibby @themrbibby.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I remember years ago (probably 50 omg) seeing an interview with a Fulmar pilot who remembered a disparaging song about them which ended "you know what you can do with your Fairey Fulmar 2, old iron, old iron"

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

Love the Irish🇮🇪

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

The British press has been extremely hostile towards Amnesty International, Medicins Sans Frontiers, Oxfam and others for decades because *they offer rival narratives that the public might listen to*, and that is not acceptable, to them.

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 11/09/2026

How it started / How it's going

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This is outrageous in and of itself. It's also outrageous that the government isn't doing anything about it. There's a constant political refrain that 'the first duty of government is to protect its citizens'. So do it.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This German comedy sketch (with English subtitles) perfectly captures so much of what is going on right now in the UK, the US, and across Europe. "Playing the 'Nazi Card' in the Third Reich", by Browser Ballett.

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I am the very model of a modern day typographer A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan #typography #fonts #graphicdesign

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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Were I the prime minister, right now the chief constable and police & crime commissioner for Kent would be in my office having a meeting strictly without tea or biscuits, and this evening I’d be doing a broadcast reassuring the nation that fascist mobs will not be tolerated on our streets.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

2) and 3) are intimately linked, in that the BBC (the organisation that really matters in the modern environment) treats 'claims by rival parties' as the operating frame for how it covers everything. The failure from Labour and the Conservatives to say 'this stuff is bad' is really, really bad.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 06/09/2026

There's a lot of people, from the parliamentary party downwards who have just not clocked how radical Farage is, and how that is accelerating, and think a Reform government will essentially be rebadged bog standard Toryism.

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Banjon @beardybanjo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Maybe lots of Kent police had booked leave to attend an event in Dover today?

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 05/09/2026

My first draft would be something like: "Masked thugs plotting to shut down major infrastructure under the threat of street violence is unacceptable. Those responsible will face the full force of the law". But that's just me, I guess.

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