SIMONSKI
@smpass.bsky.social
#FBPE #Rejoin Bikes, politics and advanced complaining.
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Absolutely this. If you want to know why everything everywhere is falling apart right now, you could do worse (and laugh less often) than these three books.
14 years of malicious self-interest, intentional underinvestment and accidental ineptitude. Chickens come home to roost - but under Labour.
14 years of malicious self-interest, intentional underinvestment and accidental ineptitude. Chickens come home to roost - but under Labour.
November 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Absolutely this. If you want to know why everything everywhere is falling apart right now, you could do worse (and laugh less often) than these three books.
14 years of malicious self-interest, intentional underinvestment and accidental ineptitude. Chickens come home to roost - but under Labour.
14 years of malicious self-interest, intentional underinvestment and accidental ineptitude. Chickens come home to roost - but under Labour.
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“DHSC said the Conservative peer Theodore Agnew was the politician who introduced Uniserve to the VIP lane. Agnew, a former City finance executive, was one of several new ministers, headed by Michael Gove, appointed to the Cabinet Office” #ToryCovidCorruption www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Revealed: The billion-pound PPE contractor with a Tory MP on site
Special report: Uniserve was paid £1.4bn for Covid contracts that included supply of £178.5m in never-used equipment
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
“DHSC said the Conservative peer Theodore Agnew was the politician who introduced Uniserve to the VIP lane. Agnew, a former City finance executive, was one of several new ministers, headed by Michael Gove, appointed to the Cabinet Office” #ToryCovidCorruption www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Why doesn't the UK media talk about Farage and Russian money?
October 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Why doesn't the UK media talk about Farage and Russian money?
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🎉 We've done it. We've passed 100,000 Green Party members!
📈 But we're not stopping there.
💚 Let's make hope normal again! Join the Green Party today!
📈 But we're not stopping there.
💚 Let's make hope normal again! Join the Green Party today!
October 13, 2025 at 7:01 AM
🎉 We've done it. We've passed 100,000 Green Party members!
📈 But we're not stopping there.
💚 Let's make hope normal again! Join the Green Party today!
📈 But we're not stopping there.
💚 Let's make hope normal again! Join the Green Party today!
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I was impressed by the pace and clarity of this statement
October 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I was impressed by the pace and clarity of this statement
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Nearly a million people marched against Brexit. Not front page news.
50 people gather outside a hotel. National news for weeks.
"Fears of mass unrest", media says.
50 people gather outside a hotel. National news for weeks.
"Fears of mass unrest", media says.
August 30, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Nearly a million people marched against Brexit. Not front page news.
50 people gather outside a hotel. National news for weeks.
"Fears of mass unrest", media says.
50 people gather outside a hotel. National news for weeks.
"Fears of mass unrest", media says.
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Farage is a phony
@reformexposed.bsky.social
@reformexposed.bsky.social
Good morning ☕️ people
The clue, as in Reform, sold you a lie about Brexit to get people raging about Europeans working hard over here (we were over there) now they're selling you a smokescreen about the ECHR that PROTECTS YOU. They have VOTED AGAINST ALL EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS & are funded by the rich
The clue, as in Reform, sold you a lie about Brexit to get people raging about Europeans working hard over here (we were over there) now they're selling you a smokescreen about the ECHR that PROTECTS YOU. They have VOTED AGAINST ALL EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS & are funded by the rich
August 29, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Farage is a phony
@reformexposed.bsky.social
@reformexposed.bsky.social
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The threat is coordinated, our response is not
The threat is coordinated, our response is not
Beijing and Moscow are playing the long game. They’re sanction-proofing their economies while weaponising our openness and indecision. They’re also betting on us being too slow, divided, or distracted to respond.
dlvr.it
August 14, 2025 at 4:05 AM
The threat is coordinated, our response is not
When Lord Alf Dubbs and Krish Kandiah on 'thought for the day" are concerned about your language and tone, you should have a word with yourself, not demand an apology from the BBC. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...
BBC apologises over Thought for the Day ‘xenophobia’ claim against Jenrick
Corporation says Krish Kandiah’s criticism of senior Tory not appropriate for faith-based radio segment
www.theguardian.com
August 14, 2025 at 4:57 AM
When Lord Alf Dubbs and Krish Kandiah on 'thought for the day" are concerned about your language and tone, you should have a word with yourself, not demand an apology from the BBC. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...
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What a surprise. She interviews with Trump’s former criminal defense lawyer who moved her to a cushy Club Fed right after it was over, and it just so happens she did not say anything bad about the person who is in complete control of her life right now. Amazing!
August 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
What a surprise. She interviews with Trump’s former criminal defense lawyer who moved her to a cushy Club Fed right after it was over, and it just so happens she did not say anything bad about the person who is in complete control of her life right now. Amazing!
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August 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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On the defection of Rupert Matthews, PCC for Leicestershire and Rutland, and noted UFO enthusiast, from the Tories to Reform, a Lib Dem source said:
"Elected Conservatives are becoming more and more like UFOs themselves - they're rarely if ever seen, and most people don't believe in them."
"Elected Conservatives are becoming more and more like UFOs themselves - they're rarely if ever seen, and most people don't believe in them."
August 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
On the defection of Rupert Matthews, PCC for Leicestershire and Rutland, and noted UFO enthusiast, from the Tories to Reform, a Lib Dem source said:
"Elected Conservatives are becoming more and more like UFOs themselves - they're rarely if ever seen, and most people don't believe in them."
"Elected Conservatives are becoming more and more like UFOs themselves - they're rarely if ever seen, and most people don't believe in them."
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The moment Stephen Colbert said I don’t give a flying f**€k to Paramount and CBS.
July 18, 2025 at 5:02 AM
The moment Stephen Colbert said I don’t give a flying f**€k to Paramount and CBS.
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This is a huge achievement for the Labour government in its first year. Number of children accessing funded early education & childcare has increased by 33% in a year, reaching 1.7 million, an increase likely related to government initiatives aimed at expanding access to early education & childcare
July 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This is a huge achievement for the Labour government in its first year. Number of children accessing funded early education & childcare has increased by 33% in a year, reaching 1.7 million, an increase likely related to government initiatives aimed at expanding access to early education & childcare
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Bravo, Macron.
Like in 2003 with the Iraq War - France is calling it out.
Like in 2003 with the Iraq War - France is calling it out.
Macron slams US strikes on Iran as lacking legal basis - Euractiv
Macron condemns US strikes on Iran as illegal and counterproductive, warning forceful regime change has never brought stability.
www.euractiv.com
June 24, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Bravo, Macron.
Like in 2003 with the Iraq War - France is calling it out.
Like in 2003 with the Iraq War - France is calling it out.
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Daniel Hannan’s Brexit predictions have not aged well
Nine years ago the Conservative peer predicted what life would look like following Brexit in June 2025. His predictions proved a touch optimistic
www.thenewworld.co.uk/steve-angles...
Nine years ago the Conservative peer predicted what life would look like following Brexit in June 2025. His predictions proved a touch optimistic
www.thenewworld.co.uk/steve-angles...
Daniel Hannan's Brexit predictions have not aged well
Nine years ago the Conservative peer predicted what life would look like following Brexit in June 2025. His predictions proved a touch optimistic
www.thenewworld.co.uk
June 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Daniel Hannan’s Brexit predictions have not aged well
Nine years ago the Conservative peer predicted what life would look like following Brexit in June 2025. His predictions proved a touch optimistic
www.thenewworld.co.uk/steve-angles...
Nine years ago the Conservative peer predicted what life would look like following Brexit in June 2025. His predictions proved a touch optimistic
www.thenewworld.co.uk/steve-angles...
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Honestly I still can’t stop laughing 😂😅🤣
June 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Honestly I still can’t stop laughing 😂😅🤣
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Absolutely right.
I also sense a real blossoming on here in recent weeks.
I also sense a real blossoming on here in recent weeks.
I do think that getting to grips with #bluesky is about gradually weaning yourself off the dopamine hit of constantly being outraged all the time and remembering what was good about social media in the first place. Actual intelligent conversations.
June 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Absolutely right.
I also sense a real blossoming on here in recent weeks.
I also sense a real blossoming on here in recent weeks.
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The Russia Report was released, but heavily redacted.
It won’t be released in unredacted form.
More importantly - it’s now obsolete & too narrow in scope for the current threat environment.
What we need now is a comprehensive review of all foreign interference in UK democracy.
It won’t be released in unredacted form.
More importantly - it’s now obsolete & too narrow in scope for the current threat environment.
What we need now is a comprehensive review of all foreign interference in UK democracy.
June 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The Russia Report was released, but heavily redacted.
It won’t be released in unredacted form.
More importantly - it’s now obsolete & too narrow in scope for the current threat environment.
What we need now is a comprehensive review of all foreign interference in UK democracy.
It won’t be released in unredacted form.
More importantly - it’s now obsolete & too narrow in scope for the current threat environment.
What we need now is a comprehensive review of all foreign interference in UK democracy.
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“The little one was crying. Misha. And then everything went silent,” says the great-grandfather of the boy who was killed in a Russian attack on Pryluky.
The boy’s mother — patrol police officer Daryna Shyhyda — and his grandmother also died in the strike.
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The boy’s mother — patrol police officer Daryna Shyhyda — and his grandmother also died in the strike.
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June 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
“The little one was crying. Misha. And then everything went silent,” says the great-grandfather of the boy who was killed in a Russian attack on Pryluky.
The boy’s mother — patrol police officer Daryna Shyhyda — and his grandmother also died in the strike.
📹 Suspilne
The boy’s mother — patrol police officer Daryna Shyhyda — and his grandmother also died in the strike.
📹 Suspilne
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I know everyone here knows and understands this, but you need to tell your understandably-not-online friends and family what it really means to buy a Tesla, to use Starlink or to contribute to / read X - and what a serious blow you can strike to worst people just by refusing to do business with them
"Billionaire Elon Musk’s DOGE team is expanding use of his AI chatbot Grok in the US federal government to analyze data, said three people familiar with the matter, potentially violating conflict-of-interest laws and putting at risk sensitive information on millions of Americans."
Exclusive: Musk’s DOGE expanding his Grok AI in US government, raising conflict concerns
Elon Musk’s DOGE team is expanding use of his artificial intelligence chatbot Grok in the federal government to analyze data, said three people familiar with the matter, potentially putting at risk sensitive information on millions of Americans.
www.reuters.com
May 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I know everyone here knows and understands this, but you need to tell your understandably-not-online friends and family what it really means to buy a Tesla, to use Starlink or to contribute to / read X - and what a serious blow you can strike to worst people just by refusing to do business with them
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You don’t say 🤔
May 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
You don’t say 🤔