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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Russell Findlay is the Scottish [Conservative] party leader. He took them from second place to fifth at the last Holyrood elections. I'll be asking him what he plans do next" 🤣

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The secretary of state for Justice (an MP for Nottingham) rules out holding another Scottish independence referendum. He also says that voting on whether to be a member of the (European) Union is different to voting on whether to be a member of the union.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

So, Tories would cancel Erasmus and youth mobility, scrap the SPS deal that reduces red tape, lowers costs and eases backlogs for goods trade and renege on our new energy, defence and security arrangements… Ridiculous threat, ridiculous party, ridiculous people…

Tories would reverse steps to undo Brexit
Alex Burghart, the deputy leader, also says his party is wedded' to triple lock and electoral reform is doomed
Ben Riley-Smith - Political Editor

Photo of Burghart, arms folded, looking absurdly self important

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Mark Doidge @markdoidge.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The history of neoliberalism is one of public money being channeled to private corporations. What does Syed think happened in 2008 and what Austerity was for?

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Tony Gurney @tonygurney.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

We all knew John would say it.

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Captain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A Happy #DayOfDredd to all who celebrate.

The album cover for 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' by The Beatles, except the Fab Four and their cardboard friends have been replaced by Judge Dredd and his impressive gallery of allies and enemies. No, I'm not going to name all of them, and yes, while it is quite possible that the character you really like isn't in there, I make no apology for their absence. Batman, Predator, Alien and The Biker Mice From Mars are all missing because I wanted this to be a tribute to Rebellion.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A man builds an IED. He sets it off in a busy public street. Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom. It's a miracle nobody is injured. And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice."

It does raise this point of two-tiered
justice..

Reform's Sarah Pochin believes the
sentence handed to the 64-year-old who
blew up a ULEZ camera was
disproportionate'.

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"Dear Diary, There were six by-elections in England and Scotland this week and Reform lost all of them. Two of them were seats we previously held. The problem with running councils is that people can see how useless we are."

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Tony Gurney @tonygurney.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Under our economic system gulls actually add £171m to the GDP.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We need to stop all of this bollocks.

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever

A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities

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Andres Guadamuz @technollama.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Before the 5.5 video look goes out of style like Ghiblification, I thought it would be fun to generate a music video on copyright originality in the UK for my upcoming class. I'm delighted with the result, filled with fun copyright Easter eggs.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

People who believe LLMs are conscious are having one of the biggest AI meltdowns yet because someone is running a Saw-like torture chamber for LLMs on GitHub. Just before we published, GitHub took it down. GitHub hasn't said why www.404media.co/someone-tort...

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Someone ‘Torturing’ LLMs in a Robot Prison Has Triggered the Dumbest Debate in AI Yet

The "AI Torture Chamber" has opened an upsetting and absurd window into the effective altruist obsession with "model welfare."

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Dr Heidi Colthup @heidi-colthup.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Well, Scottish Gaelic Duolingo has me sorted for what to wear tomorrow.

Duolingo screen with Scottish Gaelic at the top:
Tha drathais bhuidhe orm. Tha mi deiseil.
Below is the English translation:
I have yellow underpants on. I am ready.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

See, making young people’s lives better, improving their life chances and giving them more opportunities, *that* could be a ‘moral crusade’. Changing U.K. benefits for young people is just about saving rich people’s money.

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Eh, what now? This is awful. This is unacceptable and goes against UKRI policy, which clearly states: "Assessors...must not use generative AI tools as part of their assessment activities except for language refinement purposes".

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.

Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The models for ‘American Gothic’ pose in front of the iconic painting, 1942.

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Tony Gurney @tonygurney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Anyone concerned about AI models hacking in to systems should familiarise themselves with the Computer Misuse Act 1990 and ask why the software companies are not prosecuted.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Are they actually this stupid?

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Tony Gurney @tonygurney.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Today in Junk Science Magazine. 🤦🏻‍♂️

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

See also the U.K., and capitulation to racism and xenophobia even without Farage getting close to winning.

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

There’s no excuse for being Camilla Tominey.

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Tony Gurney @tonygurney.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

As dire as #Scotland has been we’ve not been helped by FIFA once again allocating us a sports exchange referee. I believe this one normally officiates crown green bowling.

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Tony Gurney @tonygurney.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Interesting innovation from the BBC having the audio on the #Scotland game a few seconds ahead of the picture. Lets me look up from my book on the rare occasion something happens.

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Tony Gurney @tonygurney.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This makes the Lance Armstrong autobiography more expensive than the book that exposed him. Welcome to 2026.

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed; Second, it is violently opposed; and Third, it is 4 for £1.00.

Sign in a Clacton charity shop which reads Books 99p each. Fact based books 4 for £1.00

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Tony Gurney @tonygurney.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The commentary on the #Scotland match tells us there was brilliant play. As it took place in complete darkness I’ll have to take their word for it.

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Tony Gurney @tonygurney.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Free speech absolutists update.

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Tony Gurney @tonygurney.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Remember when the Scottish media were telling us that Steve Clarke had to go because his Scotland team played turgid football and that we should all be excited about this new manager? 🤦🏻‍♂️ #SVNvSCO

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

The Grasshopper Dream Cafe, built from two railway cars in Jeonseon, South Korea.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thank God Reform is standing up for masked, knife-wielding, ex-cons. Society's most marginalised group.

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Tony Gurney @tonygurney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If Westminster is quite finished enacting laws to enable the arrest of retired priests they might like to address this.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

No, BBC, he has not been arrested over the video of dinghy slashing. He’s been arrested over the dinghy slashing. Words matter.

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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Evan Davis on PM asked if ‘Danny Tommo’ “had any kind of point” by puncturing a dinghy with a knife because “the [authorities] should be doing that themselves”. He went on to describe it as “vigilante action”.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I did say Shabana Mahmood would be on the side of the thugs. Burnham keeping her in post was an utter disgrace. Labour supporters should be brave enough to say so. So should Labour MPs.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I had a massive bust-up over North Sea gas and oil with Lord Jackson on Politics Live today. "It shocks me to the core that sopmeone so ignorant, so ill-informed, sits in the House of Lords." I just wish I could figure out how to clip it. From 20'47" www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Two - Politics Live, 23/09/2026

The big political issues of the day.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The British right has now descended to the point where 'the England team are not English' is becoming the consensus position

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 22/09/2026

Tyrannosaurus xkcd.com/3300/

Comic. [Person with long hair pointing to diagram with Tyrannosaurus Rex standing next to a person.] PERSON: We now believe the primary prey of Tyrannosaurus Rex was these humans who kept standing next to it for scale.

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ᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This genuinely made me laugh out loud today

HOW AM I DRIVING?
HOW DOES AN ENGINE EVEN WORK?
HOW CAN A LOVING GOD CAUSE SUCH AGONY

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 22/09/2026

IMPORTANT: You can use the word 'autumnal' today.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Burnham reappointed Shabana Mahmood. That made it clear that he’s not the man to deal with this.

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Started watching Sky’s War Game last night where Michael Gove is the PM during the Russian attack and I’m afraid it is just very difficult to watch it without thinking of this, one of the great cartoons ever published

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

They were always being used that way, and many of us called them out for it. It’s all over Chapter 5 of my 2018 book.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The only people who can’t acknowledge this are the Labour leadership. Even Reform know it.

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