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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · Aug 13
'Honest Bob' Jenrick, a politician obviously & deliberately embracing xenophobia, does some weapons grade xenophobia & the BBC *apologises* for a Thought For The Day contributor calling it xenophobic. Licence fee payers need to know who makes these decisions & why. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC apologises after Robert Jenrick accused of xenophobia
A contributor to Radio 4's Thought for the Day slot made the remark about the shadow justice secretary.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · Mar 21
Alan Sugar, "Brexit was a total absolute disaster, and anybody who says it's not is deluded"

Amol Rajan, "What do you think it would take to get this country growing again?"

Alan Sugar, "Go back into the European Union"

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Delaney King (She/Her/Ho Ho Whomst) @delaneyking.bsky.social · Feb 24
Mark Hamill posting rebellious content in a battle against a dictator and his robotic sidekick is the most Star Wars shit ever.

Reposted by David J. Smith, Stephan Klingebiel, James Pattison

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Feb 24
Breaking news: U.S. sides with Russia to vote against a U.N. resolution condemning Moscow for the Ukraine war.

Washington’s dramatic shift on the conflict marks a major break with its European allies and coincides with the Trump administration’s bid to repair relations with the Kremlin.
U.S. votes against U.N. resolution condemning Russia for Ukraine war
Washington’s shift on the Ukraine war marks a major break with European allies and comes as the Trump administration aims to repair relations with Russia.
www.washingtonpost.com

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · Feb 23
Could have been a lot worse. Bad night SDP FDP and BSW for sure. Late high turnout seems to have helped die Linke! Bad night for Vlad and Elon. All that propaganda for AfD and 80pc plus said nein Danke. If the smaller parties fail to get 5pc overall CSU-SDP coalition can work

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · Feb 19
Imagine thinking this was "Making America Great Again".

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Feb 19
We have reached out to the company who was awarded this contract and they have confirmed the ceiling was $8 million—NOT billion.

Here is their statement.

The federal government is cooking the books.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Feb 18
SWAN: DOGE and SpaceX employees are now working directly at the FAA and DoD, agencies that have billions of dollars of contracts with Musk's companies or regulate them. How is that not a conflict of interest?

TRUMP: Well I mean, I'm just hearing about it

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Jan 21
Instagram hides search results for 'Democrats'

“Meta says it’s working urgently to fix a problem with Instagram which results in a "results hidden" message when users search for the terms "Democrat" or "Democrats"

Seriously..

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Instagram hides search results for 'Democrats'
Meta says it is working quickly to resolve the problem, which has prompted accusations of bias on social media.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Keith Edwards @keithedwards.bsky.social · Jan 21
Helpful!

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God @thegodpodcast.com · Jan 20
Hi, I’m God.

I had nothing to do with saving that guy’s life or making him president.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Jan 19
Sounds like a plan

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Jan 20
Even Barron thinks he’s f*cking annoying.

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David J. Smith @davidjsmithecon.bsky.social · Nov 23
Like ‘old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky
Like ‘old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky
After recent changes to Elon Musk’s X, a gradual migration turns into a stampede
www.science.org

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David J. Smith @davidjsmithecon.bsky.social · Oct 9
This is one of the small things I love about Julia. It supports the MIT comma.

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NBER @nber.org · Sep 28
Decades of evidence from around the world shows limited adaptation to a changing climate to date, from Burke, Zahid, Martins, Callahan, Lee, Avirmed, Heft-Neal, Kiang, Hsiang, and Lobell https://www.nber.org/papers/w32985