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This is ridiculous. There clearly has not been a 660% increase in terrorism
in the UK over the past year.
How much is it costing the criminal justice system to arrest and prosecute all these people for the crime of wearing a t-shirt or holding a placard?
news.sky.com/story/terror...
in the UK over the past year.
How much is it costing the criminal justice system to arrest and prosecute all these people for the crime of wearing a t-shirt or holding a placard?
news.sky.com/story/terror...
Terrorism arrests soar by 660% after Palestine Action ban
Official figures show 1,630, or 86%, of the 1,886 arrests for terrorism-related activity in the year to the end of September 2025 were linked to supporting the group.
news.sky.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This is ridiculous. There clearly has not been a 660% increase in terrorism
in the UK over the past year.
How much is it costing the criminal justice system to arrest and prosecute all these people for the crime of wearing a t-shirt or holding a placard?
news.sky.com/story/terror...
in the UK over the past year.
How much is it costing the criminal justice system to arrest and prosecute all these people for the crime of wearing a t-shirt or holding a placard?
news.sky.com/story/terror...
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The government's keenness to protect "good jobs" in manufacturing contrasts with its inaction in the face of the destruction of "good jobs" in universities. What's going on here is something other than economics.
December 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The government's keenness to protect "good jobs" in manufacturing contrasts with its inaction in the face of the destruction of "good jobs" in universities. What's going on here is something other than economics.
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I know there's folk here who say it isn't the comms it is the policy that's the prime problem for the government. Obviously the two are heavily tangled. But when you get an apparent win and allow it to be easily trashed, maybe it is the comms just as much?
December 18, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I know there's folk here who say it isn't the comms it is the policy that's the prime problem for the government. Obviously the two are heavily tangled. But when you get an apparent win and allow it to be easily trashed, maybe it is the comms just as much?
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What Paul Doyle did should be triggering a national conversation about car use in the same way that Dunblaine did for gun ownership
December 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
What Paul Doyle did should be triggering a national conversation about car use in the same way that Dunblaine did for gun ownership
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Again these people aren't patriots.
They hate our country and are allied to others who hate it too.
Nothing will ever be achieved by seeking to appease them
They hate our country and are allied to others who hate it too.
Nothing will ever be achieved by seeking to appease them
December 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Again these people aren't patriots.
They hate our country and are allied to others who hate it too.
Nothing will ever be achieved by seeking to appease them
They hate our country and are allied to others who hate it too.
Nothing will ever be achieved by seeking to appease them
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Farage received £25,972 for speaking as 'the man who delivered Brexit' at a Florida Republicans fundraiser dinner in March.
Reform UK is about bringing MAGA Trumpism to our country - politics that serves the super rich & sacrifices the rest.
@bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/11/24/n...
Reform UK is about bringing MAGA Trumpism to our country - politics that serves the super rich & sacrifices the rest.
@bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/11/24/n...
December 16, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Farage received £25,972 for speaking as 'the man who delivered Brexit' at a Florida Republicans fundraiser dinner in March.
Reform UK is about bringing MAGA Trumpism to our country - politics that serves the super rich & sacrifices the rest.
@bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/11/24/n...
Reform UK is about bringing MAGA Trumpism to our country - politics that serves the super rich & sacrifices the rest.
@bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/11/24/n...
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the only thing I'll say about the meta-ethics of posting and which platform is that purely as a matter of realpolitik every political party and government not aligned with Elon Musk's at this point very explicit politics should be trying to degrade twitter's importance in the information ecosystem
December 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
the only thing I'll say about the meta-ethics of posting and which platform is that purely as a matter of realpolitik every political party and government not aligned with Elon Musk's at this point very explicit politics should be trying to degrade twitter's importance in the information ecosystem
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This: liberal constitutional orders are precarious. And they certainly are not inevitable.
💯, agree. I think for lots of people who have grown up in relatively safe and supportive environments, they can be fooled into thinking that these are the natural conditions of the human species. They may not understand how much work it takes to preserve those conditions where people can thrive.
December 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
This: liberal constitutional orders are precarious. And they certainly are not inevitable.
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My kids woke up so excited this morning for the first night of Hannukah and now yet again we have a festival where I’m very conflicted about whether it’s safe to take them to synagogue to celebrate. Communities shouldn’t have to live like this.
December 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
My kids woke up so excited this morning for the first night of Hannukah and now yet again we have a festival where I’m very conflicted about whether it’s safe to take them to synagogue to celebrate. Communities shouldn’t have to live like this.
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Tattoo this tweet inside the eyelids of every politician who says everything will be fine if we just give the right exactly what they demand
December 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Tattoo this tweet inside the eyelids of every politician who says everything will be fine if we just give the right exactly what they demand
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WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
December 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
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Unlike Clarkson, or Sugar, Andrew Neil actually fronted BBC politics programmes, at the same time was the publisher of a right-wing Conservative magazine and freely expressed his very right wing opinions on Twitter.
Not once did he come under pressure to step down
Not once did he come under pressure to step down
December 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Unlike Clarkson, or Sugar, Andrew Neil actually fronted BBC politics programmes, at the same time was the publisher of a right-wing Conservative magazine and freely expressed his very right wing opinions on Twitter.
Not once did he come under pressure to step down
Not once did he come under pressure to step down
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Incredibly brave. Imagine the faceless bores the BBC will have making their programmes if they continue down this path.
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Incredibly brave. Imagine the faceless bores the BBC will have making their programmes if they continue down this path.
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
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A perfect example of how AI is making people stupider and more helpless.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A perfect example of how AI is making people stupider and more helpless.
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We let someone have three billion dollars and enormous power who is substantially dumber than every human who ever lived prior to 2022
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We let someone have three billion dollars and enormous power who is substantially dumber than every human who ever lived prior to 2022
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
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siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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Just appalling. Nurses and teachers do far more valuable jobs than almost anyone earning £125k.
Shabana Mahmood's Indefinite Leave To Remain Culture War
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Just appalling. Nurses and teachers do far more valuable jobs than almost anyone earning £125k.
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
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If I understand capitalism correctly, it was by being very clever, and working much harder than anybody else. Right?
Right?
Right?
September 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
If I understand capitalism correctly, it was by being very clever, and working much harder than anybody else. Right?
Right?
Right?
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Bluesky will never be the premier site for music discussion while it maintains the purity test culture that prevents mention of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice In Chains
September 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Bluesky will never be the premier site for music discussion while it maintains the purity test culture that prevents mention of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice In Chains
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Scientists regularly uncork fresh insights into beer and wine. Four recent papers go beyond buzz and bouquet, diving into the haziness and gluten content of beer as well as the astringent taste and potential health impacts of wine:
4 beer and wine discoveries - American Chemical Society
Four recent discoveries dive into the haziness and gluten content of beer as well as the astringent taste and potential health impacts of wine.
buff.ly
September 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Scientists regularly uncork fresh insights into beer and wine. Four recent papers go beyond buzz and bouquet, diving into the haziness and gluten content of beer as well as the astringent taste and potential health impacts of wine:
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Seriously. A one-hour Party Political Broadcast. Followed at the top of the next hour with top story billing and a highlights package.
Exactly how will this be "balanced" across their coverage?
Where is Ofcom? Where is Nandy?
Exactly how will this be "balanced" across their coverage?
Where is Ofcom? Where is Nandy?
For 56 minutes Sky News and BBC News interrupted everything else and carried a Reform UK feed live, uninterrupted, unchallenged. The stream spluttered, froze, pixelated - dozens of times - still they stuck with it. FOR ONE HOUR.
This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA
This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA
September 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Seriously. A one-hour Party Political Broadcast. Followed at the top of the next hour with top story billing and a highlights package.
Exactly how will this be "balanced" across their coverage?
Where is Ofcom? Where is Nandy?
Exactly how will this be "balanced" across their coverage?
Where is Ofcom? Where is Nandy?