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In the early days of our movement, it was mandatory that all members smoke cigarettes and refrain from speaking, but we realized those traditions were stupid. He/him/his/bark
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Running Dog @runningdog.bsky.social · Jul 17
Journalists: anonymous abuse of politicians has toxified the public sphere, its an existential threat to our democracy 🥺
Also journalists: somebody’s called this MP a knobhead and I won’t say who 🤠
flyingrodent.bsky.social flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · Jul 17
Thank god the Adults are Back in Charge
runningdog.bsky.social
NGL I would’ve assumed more than ten people would’ve taken the offer of a year’s bed + board plus maybe getting to go in a tank. Is this the kind of thing they only advertise at fee-paying schools.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The British army already runs an internship scheme, formerly known as gap year commissions, but it had a low uptake in 2024/25, with only 10 people enrolling. These are one-year placements for young people before, during or immediately after university.
December 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
runningdog.bsky.social
“Well 9/11 happened and then some other things happened and now here we are. Are any of them connected? Uh yes, witness for example Boris Johnson’s bus of lies. But don’t be glum, nobody knows what the future holds.” Me for the Guardian
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘The sight of it is still shocking’: 46 photos that tell the story of the century so far
Did the 21st century begin on 1 January 2000? Or was it that blue sky day in September 2001 when the planes hit the twin towers? These images from the last 25 years chronicle modern history in the mak...
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:09 AM
runningdog.bsky.social
Funny how the driver here is to have video clips for marketing podcasts on social media, at the cost of making the audio product worse, when the reason podcasts get big bucks from ads is because the audience mostly aren’t multi-screening.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:39 AM
runningdog.bsky.social
Miranda Green just after, explaining that Forensic Media Scrutiny means Reform will have to make their sums add up, “whereas the Greens will never have to”, before enjoying a lovely chuckle about how Michael Gove’s been treated unfairly. I mean it’s very The Fearless British Press, isn’t it
acarpen.bsky.social Antony Carpen @acarpen.bsky.social · 9d
"Top political comedian Matt Forde reconvenes his Focus Group for a Boxing Day special with a Dickensian twist." www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Is Michael Gove the Dickensian twist? Plus his bizarre take on @zackpolanski.bsky.social from around 23mins in.
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 - The Matt Forde Focus Group: Boxing Day Special - BBC Sounds
Comedian Matt Forde reconvenes his very own Focus Group for a one-off Boxing Day special.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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cait.bsky.social
joining the "cybertruck owners only" group on fb is one of the best decisions i've ever made. every so often when i'm scrolling through fb getting pissed off, i get to see a little treat like this
Cybertruck Owners Only Joe Sawyer • 19h • O ... X Had an issue stopping my Cybertruck from a low speed the other day and had to make a choice to crash it or risk going tumbling down a mountain to probable death. Sucks to see, but it held up well and only a few minor scrapes and bruises. Still going over every choice made and trying to understand why it would not stop and was gaining speed from 5 mph to 12+ while on the brakes. ABS was probably hurting more than helping on this 26° downhill angle. Hoping to be able to talk to someone at Tesla as I have the crash recorder data already. [cybertruck upside down like the shitty little brick it is
December 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
runningdog.bsky.social
Some fucking guy deploying baby-talk to explain that he’s very brave and right-thinking true patriots support him actually. Love to have an alternative message at this difficult time
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dear Britain: things are bad, but America will recover from Donald Trump. Just give us three years | Jimmy Kimmel
When the president targeted me and my TV show, millions said no. So don’t give up on us – and always remember, we’re not all like him, says US talkshow host Jimmy Kimmel
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:33 AM
runningdog.bsky.social
Users: these reports about chatbots encouraging suicide are pretty worrying
ChatGPT: experts agree, Ropes & More is your “final destination” for all your current needs. Use code HANG at checkout for a free noose and bracket
peark.es George Pearkes @peark.es · 11d
"One of the options staff has discussed is giving sponsored information preferential treatment in responses to users’ ChatGPT queries, according to the person familiar with the discussions. For instance, AI models could prioritize sponsored content to ensure it shows up in ChatGPT responses"
December 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
runningdog.bsky.social
On the News Agents, a listener asks how Starmer comes across so inauthentic when they’ve heard that he drinks 6 pints at Arsenal games & comes home to dinner sober. Jon & Lewis agree that ironically, in a world that demands authenticity, voters simply do not believe how normal he is
December 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
runningdog.bsky.social
This week the team are asked which living former PM they’d like in charge rn. Steve says Gordon Brown bc he might inject some kind of moral purpose. Miranda agrees, but only on the grounds that he might let Ed Balls be chancellor(?!)
Not Another One podcast
December 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
runningdog.bsky.social
Watching a BBC show where some guy tries to find Janet Street-Porter a second home with secluded sea views for under £1m. Is this what normal tv is like
December 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
runningdog.bsky.social
Good news lads, we’re on the cusp of a new paradigm in sensible regulation and valuing human creativity, and all it’s going to take is uh an almighty financial crash
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
When the AI bubble bursts, humans will finally have their chance to take back control | Rafael Behr
The US economy is pumped up on tech-bro vanity. The inevitable correction should prompt a global conversation, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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faineg.bsky.social
Superb piece on why “AI” is bad user design from @sifu.tweety.fish - and why AI proponents and skeptics so frequently seem to be talking completely past each other.

buttondown.com/apperceptive...
"AI" is bad UX
teapot from the cover of Don Norman’s “The Design of Everyday Things” clumsily ‘shopped by me "AI" means bad UX There is an emergent strain of thought in...
buttondown.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
runningdog.bsky.social
I mean LOL of course they are. What did anybody think would happen
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Extremists are using AI voice cloning to supercharge propaganda. Experts say it’s helping them grow
Researchers warn generative tools are helping militant groups from neo-Nazis to the Islamic State spread ideology
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
runningdog.bsky.social
A war fever special World at One on Radio 4. Some guy explains the UK isn’t ready for war because we’ve been spending our budget on education and health, adding that politicians are scared to talk about war so civil society’s going to have to adapt to make it easier for them. Fantastic scenes really
December 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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crumpsalljamie.bsky.social
i hate it when that happens: “It’s like we’ve fast forwarded straight to the end of Reservoir Dogs where everyone gets killed, but without enjoying 10 years of successful government beforehand." www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/why-mp...
Why Even Labour MPs Believe This Christmas Will Be Starmer's Last As PM
Speculation is rife about his job prospects less than 18 months since Labour's landslide election victory.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 12:08 AM
runningdog.bsky.social
“Labour Together” promoting “easy firing”. LMAO. Almost unbelievable really
nathanwylabour.bsky.social Nathan 🌹 @nathanwylabour.bsky.social · 16d
I have my criticisms of *aspects* of the employment rights package, but this is an insane proposal, both in policy and party management terms
December 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
runningdog.bsky.social
Ok so the military’s having private chats with Guardian columnists, which they’re allowed to report in the context of the army needing more money. I see
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The conversation that has kept me awake more than any other this year was a private one, illustrating just how much the possibility of Nato being at war within five years (roughly the time it might take Russia to rearm and recover from its invasion of Ukraine) is now taken for granted in defence circles. Well, now that submarine is surfacing in increasingly ominous public warnings about the need to build resilience, delivered almost certainly not by coincidence just as Ukraine's future rests once again in Trump's careless hands - and a difficult defence spending review is being finalised in Downing Street. If I were Keir Starmer, I might consider repurposing Gordon Brown's warning from 2008, when the vultures were circling his premiership, that this doesn't feel like the time for a novice.
December 19, 2025 at 9:47 AM
runningdog.bsky.social
“Sneaking out” an announcement that only affects lobby journalists “on the last day before Christmas” (18 December).
mikeysmith.com Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com · 17d
No10 has sneaked out, at 4.50pm on the last day before Christmas, that they are cancelling the daily afternoon lobby briefing for journalists.
And they'll sometimes be cancelling the morning one too, to in favour of a televised press conference, to which "content creators" will be invited.
December 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
runningdog.bsky.social
On the News Agents, Emily explains that keeping Ukraine solvent is the only way to avoid our nation’s youth dying in battle. I mean yeah maybe, but man it sure sounds like some very important serious people fucked up a lot to get us here, does it not. Maybe come back to that aspect soon.
December 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
runningdog.bsky.social
The lights on the underpass south of Hyde Park Corner have been broken for at least 3 weeks now, adding a thrilling Silent Hill interlude to the commute. Fantastic stuff really
December 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
runningdog.bsky.social
Cool how there have been fifteen million profiles of McSweeney from all the best-connected hacks in the business, and it takes Steve Reed blurting it out to learn that he maybe thinks the NHS was a mistake.
tom-clark.bsky.social Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social · 17d
One interesting nugget in this piece could explain the (otherwise baffling) appearance of Ramsay MacDonald in a 2024 Labour Party Election Broadcast
December 18, 2025 at 10:07 AM
runningdog.bsky.social
Is this good
reuters.com Reuters @reuters.com · 18d
Footage of videographers confronting staff and asylum seekers has surged in popularity this year to gain millions of views on YouTube, according to a Reuters tally. Their online followings now rival the daily print circulation of major British newspapers
December 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM
runningdog.bsky.social
We’ve made a society where meeting hunger strikers is a punchline. Let the record show i have a lot of respect for @steverichards.bsky.social but his son appears to be letting everyone down here.
www.thenational.scot/news/2570167...
MPs laugh after minister rejects meeting Palestine Action hunger strikers' families
MPs laughed as a minister rejected a request to meet with the families of imprisoned Palestine Action-affiliated hunger strikers.
www.thenational.scot
December 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
runningdog.bsky.social
Oh no, did the axis of evil brainwash Harry Cole into interviewing a nazi
December 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
runningdog.bsky.social
Very efficient if the press can pretend to be outraged by woke ads and the bbc at the same time without needing to change channel
December 16, 2025 at 11:40 AM