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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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Rachel Parris @rachelparris.bsky.social · 13h
Hey folks. In total honesty my tour is NOT selling well. I’ve sold 30 tickets in a 400 seater in Birmingham, and not much more elsewhere. If you like musical comedy, if you like standup, then please come see my show! And spread the word! The Rachel Parris Songbook tour starts in Nov! Link in bio! 🎶
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
Trump says he has a call set up today with Putin for his birthday
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EveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 18h
While no one was looking, private equity firms have been quietly moving in to profit off our healthcare system. Our MPs need to feel the pressure from their constituents before it's too late. Take 60 seconds to send our letter to your MP: everydoctor.eaction.org.uk/stop-private...
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The Teasel @theteasel.bsky.social · 19h
Public services gave life long jobs with good pensions and as such kept the economy strong as people were finically secure.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 19h
Failures of privatisation. Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs Foreign-owned RM doesn't meet letter delivery targets even after regulator lowered them. Postage: 1st class, £1.80, 2nd class 91p. When privatized in 2013: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p. Poor service at triple price. Customers fleeced.
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Royal Mail plans to cut 2,500 head office jobs
The postal service firm wants to cut the head office and other jobs by the end of 2027.
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The Teasel @theteasel.bsky.social · 19h
Boris won’t give the uligy
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linealoca.bsky.social @linealoca.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is what a democratic socialist government looks like Andy Burnham. Stand up to the Corporate oligarchy!!!
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 04/10/2026
The Department for Health and Social Care has written to us demanding we take down our video criticising Palantir’s NHS contract – we won’t goodlawproject.org/is-this-the-firs…
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Is this the first ever SLAPP by our own Government? | Good Law Project
The Department for Health and Social Care has written to us demanding we take down our video criticising Palantir’s NHS contract – we won’t
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Growth that kills its host isn’t growth. It’s cancer with good PR.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Just leaving this here... bylinetimes.com/2026/09/25/r...
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Rupert Murdoch Flew Kemi Badenoch and Her Deputy to Mediterranean for Summer Trips Worth £12,000
The Conservative leader and Alex Burghart MP held "off-site meetings" with the billionaire media mogul in August
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Raven 🐦‍⬛ named Gosha famously went viral for playing and winning a game of tic-tac-toe against a human opponent on a wooden grid board
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The Teasel @theteasel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
So what about passengers flying out of Irkutsk or Russia ? How about not letting them board in the first place ?
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Joshua Rozenberg @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal will hold case management hearings today in two cases arising from the Post Office scandal. One involves a former general counsel at the Post Office. The other involves a solicitor who represented former postmasters. rozenberg.substack.com/p/first-post...
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First Post Office cases today
And first interview with the woman who will decide them
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The Teasel @theteasel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The consultant is quiet- the appointment to discuss withdrawn- the result not in the app…… could they finally have found it ? Or are they just on holiday 🤣. 15 year wait for diagnosis- with the last 7 finding irregular test results and saying - it’s something. The NHS isn’t set up for rare diseases
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The Teasel @theteasel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Because we handled the last panedic so well, 🤦‍♂️ I’m now stockpiling already.
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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This would be a utterly insane change that both entirely misunderstands the issues we have with housebuilding and tne role of the EA/Natural England. Particularly given the huge additional responsibilities we've just given the latter. Hammer blow for nature and the enviroment for no good reason
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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The Teasel @theteasel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Well we should not be financing a tech hub with their money then, as if they do it over a football team in a foreign country to their own- they will do it again over tech
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Mind-boggling - just mind-boggling Now expected to peak at an extraordinary 4.2C in December
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump fell asleep - for a full four minutes - on camera - during tonight’s White House media session. The monkeys around him had to keep jabbering to fill the embarrassing silence.
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The Teasel @theteasel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It shows the UK politics what people actually want .
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
UK airlines to be banned from charging parents to sit with children. Some people charged up to £104 extra. Neoliberals routinely moan about regulation but are silent on customer rip-off schemes. If businesses were ethical we wouldn't need regulation.
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UK airlines to be banned from charging parents to sit with children
Planned rule change forms part of Burnham’s bid to crack down on the ‘little charges that add up’
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The Teasel @theteasel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Blackmail
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
UAE officials have warned the UK that a severe punishment for Man City could hurt future Emirati investment in Britain, Bloomberg reports. This is the perfect argument for keeping foreign money out of football.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Brexit was a huge loss both for the British people and for the European project as a whole. If the United Kingdom were to make such a decision, Spain would welcome it with open arms and once again embrace our friends in Britain.” - President Sánchez
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Mr. Blabalino 🇳🇴🇺🇸💙 @blabalino.com · 02/10/2026
Always happy to help with costume ideas for your #cats.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING: The family of Renee Good and her partner, Rebecca Good, have filed two federal lawsuits over Good’s January killing by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis. 1/
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"I should just point out that we don't have any Lib Dems on the panel as they only have 71 MPs, but Suella Braverman is here because Reform have 8 MPs"
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The Teasel @theteasel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Superintelligence by foot - since when has anyone incapable of morality or social connection ever been super intelligent . It’s fast nicking algorithms- intelligence leads and creates. People know so little about people and the human brain.
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The Teasel @theteasel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Barbaric - how is this morally better then what she did? It isn’t !
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The Teasel @theteasel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This reminds me of a conversation recently where someone was saying 1/3 in photographs and I said I was now experimenting with 1/2- complelty works in 1/2.
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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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The Teasel @theteasel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
She’s literally pointing out that everyone identifies differently from everyone else - the English will subdivide themselves into part Irish or Sussex born and bread - or individual towns or villages and then into families …… because as she’s pointed out- everyone is individual!!!
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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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The Teasel @theteasel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
He’s literally just admitted it !
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👻 🎃 🦇 Boola Lughosti'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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👻 🎃 🦇 Boola Lughosti'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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shaunt @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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The Teasel @theteasel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
And the algorithm still gets it wrong as it can perceive or sense , so can’t make decisions based on the things humans use to make decisions with
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