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The Teasel

@theteasel.bsky.social
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Happily woke- researcher of Brexit, Epstein et al. Hobbies psychometrics and FMri functional and innate personality development.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Swiss private equity firm and UK investor buy 1,570-bed student accommodation. Another sector taken over by PE, loaded with debt, high rents, profiteering. Rents outstrip govt maintenance loans. No UK tax charged on dividends paid to foreign investors.
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Swiss private equity firm and UK investor buy 1,570-bed student housing portfolio
A Swiss private equity firm and UK investor have bought a 1,570-bed student housing portfolio for £165m.
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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Into the lair of the white worm
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics. Like Blair, Cameron, Clegg, Mandelson, hired to open govt networks to companies and corporate capture of the state. They sell political capital built with public money. What do we get in return?
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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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Tea Junkie @teajunkie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Given that OpenAI didn't bother to inform Australia of the hacks for several months, it's entirely possibly that they're infiltrated lots of UK public services without us being aware of it.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“A cyber security expert tells the BBC the breach should set off "alarm bells" around the world.”
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Australia launches urgent review after OpenAI program hacks government health portal
Experts believe it's the world's first known AI breach of a government system.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 23/09/2026
When the health department published Palantir’s contract with most of its pages completely blanked out, our legal action forced ministers to reveal key sections about the protection of personal data. And now we’re doing it again. Support our challenge for transparency: goodlaw.social/xcsv
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Make the government come clean about Palantir | Good Law Project
Together with Democracy for Sale, we’re challenging the information commissioner’s decision to keep ministerial briefings about Palantir’s platform hidden
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It is four years today since Liz Truss launched the budget that sent the financial markets into meltdown. Who could have guessed that someone who couldn't find their way out of a room might not be the best person to put in charge of a major economy?
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A data error in TX delays the processing of 10,000s of registrations. Election officials assure folks they’ll be able to vote as long as they submitted a registration on time (<Oct 5). But this admin error is likely to seed rumors & conspiracy theories on both sides. www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/0...
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Error means unknown number of Texas voter registrations haven’t been processed yet
It’s unknown how many prospective voters have been affected.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
'An insidious campaign that reaches into people's homes and twists what they feel about their own country and community' Andy Burnham tells United Nations Russian agencies are using 'every means at their disposal to spread lies and disinformation
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Bela Lugosi's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Over 3,500 people are currently facing terrorism charges in the UK for holding signs saying "I support Palestine Action".
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Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboard
Thomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover
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Bela Lugosi's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A very dear friend and antifascist comrade is facing serious charges resulting from defending migrants housed in hotels in Bristol from a far right march in 2025. He's a father, has £11k in legal fees up front, and may be facing prison time if he doesn't win. Please dobate below.
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Support a Bristol antifascist on trial
Support a Bristol antifascist facing charges for resisting far right attacks
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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
it is incredibly fucked up that the UK government and police consider it a much worse crime to wear a t-shirt or wave a placard with 'palestine action' on it than to block ports and attack lifeboats
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Flintworks @flintworks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Guardian had it before i went to bed last night www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboard
Thomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover
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Alistair Barrie @alistairbarrie.com · 23/09/2026
This is brilliant news. So we all get given £5 million, yes?
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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: TV pool will not be providing coverage of presidential events until further notice b/c of CNN's ban, pool chair and FOX News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton said. It's effectively a boycott by the fellow members — ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He “allegedly replied “ah nice” when told an employee had found a hack around the Times’ paywall.” So they all knew what they were doing. Then will scream blue murder if anyone steals their code/ IP.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The NYT ”own data showed Times’ click-through rates dropping precipitously. OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman, meanwhile, reportedly wrote in 2017 that he was “deeply motivated by the gazillions” he hoped to earn commercializing the technology, according to the Financial Times“
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“OpenAI allegedly copied millions of copyrighted articles for training, possibly exploiting hacks to retrieve them, and Microsoft’s own director of applied science, Brent Hecht, reportedly described the training as “the largest theft of labor in human history,” according to the Washington Post, “
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The Teasel @theteasel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Sophie processed my car service . Sophie sent me an email telling me she’s could do something. I gave Sophie a few days and when she didn’t reply I wrote back as I hadn’t had a quote yet. Sophie didn’t reply . I rang Sophie - after a minute I asked Sophie if she was Ai , she was. I then asked
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 20/09/2026
“In the next few months, the government will decide whether to cancel Palantir’s NHS contract. And right now we’re daring to hope they might.” goodlaw.social/k4ck
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Forced out of a job in the NHS for speaking out on Palantir | Good Law Project
I lost my career after refusing to keep quiet about the risks that a US spy-tech company poses to our NHS
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The Teasel @theteasel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#Strictly have switched off the live version and am watching series 23 instead - Chris and Diane might win 😂
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The Teasel @theteasel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Strictly come dancing - it’s completly ruined ! So narcissistic and bling . What have you done BBC
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The Teasel @theteasel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Not happy about Strictly , all a bit false so far . It’s down to earth feeling isn’t there for me yet .
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PEEBleguese PEEBleguese @thehumancentipeeb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
That lady who did that interview on Newsnight about that Oxfordshire village full of bigots. She's been doxxed. Had threats Had people come to her house after a neighbour told them where she lived. And now the footage is being shared by Tommy Robinson and his band of nonces.
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The Teasel @theteasel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Who on earth decided bbc wouod be back to back quiz !!!!
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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"In the UK, London’s ultra-low emission zone was accompanied by an improvement in children’s lung health & fewer children w clinically impaired lung. function. The New York study adds to the growing bsky.app/profile/lean...
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The Teasel @theteasel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
My dog is suddenly having a real go at any dog that comes near the van- I’m beginning to think either he’s unwell or he senses I’m unwell - anyone any experience of this ? He’s about a foot tall and is going to be bitten soon !
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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Farage is planning to create his own TV channel with the £72 million he's acquired. I guess that's one way of getting around the ban of Russia Today.
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👻Skulliam🎃Boo-tler🍂Yikes🕷️ @yeets.biz · 19/09/2026
i need to know what happened
sign in a restaurant "due to recent events Bigfoot discussions are no longer permitted on the patio"
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I think I'm in love with Kevin 😻 #Caturday
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🔴 Something Tom Watson won't tell you: Five police forces in the East Midlands working with Palantir on a controversial surveillance programme are ending their involvement Exclusive by Democracy for Sale and Liberty Investigates. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-f...
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Revealed: Five police forces to drop Palantir surveillance tool
Exclusive: Palantir's UK policing ambitions take a hit as East Midlands forces end their involvement in a controversial data pilot.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Luxembourg Airport has suspended all operations, no arrivals or departures, due to drone activity.
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Rep. Jason Crow @crow.house.gov · 18/09/2026
The President says he is going to ban CNN, MSNOW and Politico from the White House. He’s trampling on our Constitution and the freedom of the press. His corruption is staggering–and his attempts to cover it up won’t work.
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A lifeboat crew responds to a call and finds a dingy in distress full of migrant men, women and children. Do they leave or rescue them? No-one with a shred of humanity would turn round and head back.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Who did this? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A man taking off his shoes and socks at putting his bare feet on the train seat next to me is me contribution to 'people have lost their fucking manners' discourse
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Revolving doors and political auctions. Labour peer and former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins Palantir. Palantir is trying to save its £330m NHS contract, wants more public contracts. Nick Clegg, Rishi Sunak, George Osborne and others have taken similar jobs.
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Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins Palantir
Peer takes full-time position at the controversial company as it fends off pressure from both Andy Burnham’s government and Sadiq Khan
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The Teasel @theteasel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The silent power of a king - very few turn down the politically neutral monarch for a free diner with them. I don’t like kings and queens - but this is an example of it being done really well.
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Normal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 17/09/2026
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 17/09/2026
'Reasonable grounds' US committed war crimes in Iran, human rights experts say
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UN-backed experts find US strike on Minab school amounts to war crime
A fact-finding mission on Iran, backed by the United Nations, finds Iranian citizens have been caught between crimes against humanity by their own government and deadly conflict with the US and Israel.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 17/09/2026
Don’t miss Caroline Lucas on Question Time tonight. Watch from 9pm on BBC News and iPlayer or 10:40pm on BBC One.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🔴 NEW The Reform Councillors Embedded in Britain’s Masked ‘Patriot’ Anti-Migrant Network By Katherine Denkinson Read below. ↓
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The Reform Councillors Embedded in Britain’s Masked ‘Patriot’ Anti-Migrant Network
A Reform councillor and campaign co-ordinater urged his followers to join and support the masked group
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The Teasel @theteasel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I’m not saying I’m being harassed - but my neighbours dog is let loose whilst they know it’s doing its buisness on the front of my house whilst my dog goes loopy inside - only when I’m home. My web cam shows no sign of dog when I’m away. Bet they voted Brexit
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MsBlueWednesday @msbluewednesday.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I think it’s awful to tell someone they’re in a minority - like that hardly anyone else agrees with you, that you’re on your own. Really not very impressed with that comment.
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Martin @martinavatar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Interesting to note how the BBC journalist interjects to say “you’re in a minority … consider other people’s views” but when they interview people of the opposite end of the spectrum they never use that approach. It’s always a matter of them nodding along and not correcting blatant racist lies.
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Very nice to hear a sane voice from Piddington. Serious respect to this woman, who is apparently already being othered by more bigoted villagers.
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The Teasel @theteasel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
How do I begin - ban from the roads anything likely to get in the way of the righteous car, all hail to the car - ban horse riders from ever leaving the fields - roads were designed for the sole use of the mighty car —- what a …at
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026
PATEL: The previous regulation automatically disqualified any individual who participated in either side of it KENNEDY: Either side of beastiality? So you disqualified the animal? P: Well, we have great canines, but we're not going to disqualify them K: I'm trying to understand why you did this.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
WTF!? Kash Patel just said that he was protecting the "victims of Beastiality," so that they could be hired by the FBI. So he is protecting the r-ped animals?
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The Teasel @theteasel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This is so abnormal
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