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People have argued over this for centuries but pretty sure I can crack this today on bluesky via sarcasm.
I wish him well
Keep him!
“Information continuing to emerge from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) claims that the M23 armed group has detained Erik Prince, the American national known as the founder and former head of the private military company Blackwater.“
“Information continuing to emerge from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) claims that the M23 armed group has detained Erik Prince, the American national known as the founder and former head of the private military company Blackwater.“
Reports Emerge Claiming M23 Detained Blackwater Founder Erik Prince in Eastern DRC
kigalidailynews.rw
February 10, 2026 at 3:36 AM
I wish him well
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I'm going to do a thread of all the references and context behind Bad Bunny's performance and what it means for Puerto Ricans to see this on the biggest stage.
The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.
Follow along!
The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.
Follow along!
February 9, 2026 at 5:08 PM
I'm going to do a thread of all the references and context behind Bad Bunny's performance and what it means for Puerto Ricans to see this on the biggest stage.
The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.
Follow along!
The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.
Follow along!
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no eres mis casa bonita
no eres mis esposa bonita
no eres mis esposa bonita
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
no eres mis casa bonita
no eres mis esposa bonita
no eres mis esposa bonita
Off on holiday, so if you haven't found the last five weeks alarming you ain't seen nothing yet
February 7, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Off on holiday, so if you haven't found the last five weeks alarming you ain't seen nothing yet
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Genuinely thought this was a shitpost.
February 7, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Genuinely thought this was a shitpost.
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the Spectator accidentally recycled a subhed from a previous day’s article about Tehran
February 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM
the Spectator accidentally recycled a subhed from a previous day’s article about Tehran
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Woke 2 is firing on all cylinders and ahead of schedule, I didn't have "the president has to retract his nakedly racist social media posts" on the calendar until july
February 6, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Woke 2 is firing on all cylinders and ahead of schedule, I didn't have "the president has to retract his nakedly racist social media posts" on the calendar until july
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in which, I try to remember why so many IT types hate Excel so much and what it might mean for the future of AI backofmind.substack.com/p/snobby-abo...
snobby about excel
AI and the end user effect
backofmind.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:45 PM
in which, I try to remember why so many IT types hate Excel so much and what it might mean for the future of AI backofmind.substack.com/p/snobby-abo...
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Release the Peter files!
February 6, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Release the Peter files!
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I Write Poorly Punctuated Administrative Warrants Not Tragedies
Was this very mid-2000s emo person press-ganged into ICE servitude?
February 6, 2026 at 7:41 AM
I Write Poorly Punctuated Administrative Warrants Not Tragedies
She's just not very bright.
And another, this time up against the formidable @francescoppola.bsky.social.
February 6, 2026 at 2:32 PM
She's just not very bright.
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Northern Estate refurbishment - so Norman Shaw buildings and others around there - is expected to be about £2bn which would make it comfortably the most expensive office refurbishment per sqm in British history
February 6, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Northern Estate refurbishment - so Norman Shaw buildings and others around there - is expected to be about £2bn which would make it comfortably the most expensive office refurbishment per sqm in British history
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Show me something more perfect. You can’t x
February 6, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Show me something more perfect. You can’t x
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so a month ago I was reading @markpackuk.bsky.social’s speech on Twitter in the lords and there were obviously fake stats the government used to justify Twitter’s UK reach and its continued importance to British audiences
Rob has now found the source of the data was… Twitter
Rob has now found the source of the data was… Twitter
UPDATE: I've had a response from the Cabinet Office!
"the statistics cited ‘19.2 million British citizens registered with X and 10.8 million families using the platform’ were provided by OmniGov, the government's media buying agency, who received this data directly from X itself."
"the statistics cited ‘19.2 million British citizens registered with X and 10.8 million families using the platform’ were provided by OmniGov, the government's media buying agency, who received this data directly from X itself."
February 6, 2026 at 9:50 AM
so a month ago I was reading @markpackuk.bsky.social’s speech on Twitter in the lords and there were obviously fake stats the government used to justify Twitter’s UK reach and its continued importance to British audiences
Rob has now found the source of the data was… Twitter
Rob has now found the source of the data was… Twitter
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The Al Carns stuff is nuts. He's not even been an MP for two years. He's not even a Minister of State.
Parliamentary - and ministerial - careers have become accelerated recently, but not *that* accelerated.
Parliamentary - and ministerial - careers have become accelerated recently, but not *that* accelerated.
February 5, 2026 at 10:02 AM
The Al Carns stuff is nuts. He's not even been an MP for two years. He's not even a Minister of State.
Parliamentary - and ministerial - careers have become accelerated recently, but not *that* accelerated.
Parliamentary - and ministerial - careers have become accelerated recently, but not *that* accelerated.
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Nowhere is safe.
Russian general shot several times in Moscow
Russian general shot several times in Moscow
www.bbc.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Nowhere is safe.
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I missed Calvin Robinson embracing Holocaust denial
February 5, 2026 at 8:30 PM
I missed Calvin Robinson embracing Holocaust denial
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Sir you are at a prayer breakfast
Trump: "Mike Johnson is a very religious person. He does not hide it. He'll say to me sometimes at lunch, 'Sir, may we pray.' I'll say, 'Excuse me? We're having lunch.'"
February 5, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Sir you are at a prayer breakfast
I don't even think Morgan McSweeney's going to produce a decent memoir out of this. What's been the point of it all?
February 5, 2026 at 1:52 PM
I don't even think Morgan McSweeney's going to produce a decent memoir out of this. What's been the point of it all?
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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Keir Starmer describes Matt Goodwin as someone "who looks at people like Rishi Sunak, Shabana Mahmood, and presumably Marcus Rashford, Shirley Bassey and Asas Sarwar, and says they can't really be English or Welsh or Scottish because they are not white."
February 5, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Keir Starmer describes Matt Goodwin as someone "who looks at people like Rishi Sunak, Shabana Mahmood, and presumably Marcus Rashford, Shirley Bassey and Asas Sarwar, and says they can't really be English or Welsh or Scottish because they are not white."
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We probably also need to have the conversation about do we protect old riverside streets or abandon them (as residents and now businesses are already slowly doing), makes economic sense to protect Venice but Thomastown's Quay? Difficult and expensive decisions ahead. Protect, harden or withdraw?
Hundreds of years of people trying tp control the natural flow of the river amd yet people convience themselves that the rivers we see in our towns and citys look and flow 'natural'
February 5, 2026 at 11:49 AM
We probably also need to have the conversation about do we protect old riverside streets or abandon them (as residents and now businesses are already slowly doing), makes economic sense to protect Venice but Thomastown's Quay? Difficult and expensive decisions ahead. Protect, harden or withdraw?