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joxley.jmoxley.co.uk
"average New Labour minister causes 3 scandals" factoid actualy just statistical error. average minister causes 0 scandals. Scandals Peter, who lives in cave & causes over 10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted
January 31, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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jaseheeley.bsky.social
I mean given the apparent scale of Epstein's network, it looks like the safest thing to do would be to bang up ALL very rich people until we can work out exactly who the real dangers are.
January 31, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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kagredon.bsky.social
xbox live took stronger action against jeffrey epstein than the entire us government
January 30, 2026 at 11:10 PM
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spavel.bsky.social
Union workers solved the trolley problem, you're welcome
IWW IU 520 (Railroad Workers) PRESENTS: TROLLEY PROBLEM SOLUTION "Slip the switch" by flipping it while the trolley's front wheels have passed through, but before the back wheels do. This will cause a controlled derailment bringing the trolley to a safe halt.
January 31, 2026 at 1:45 AM
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ceej.online
I hope none of my favorite billionaires are in the Epstein files :(
January 31, 2026 at 2:27 AM
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garius.bsky.social
"Donyou know if your mother ever referred to you as 'The Fuhrer'?"
questauthority.bsky.social The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 1d
ESPECIALLY if you are saying your reputation with the fans and the community was harmed but your OWN FAN CLUB already called you "the Fuhrer" - should your lawyer know this?

Also, when you're very early in your deposition and you're explaining why you were called "the Fuhrer" it's not going well.
Q. And who refers you -- as you to the Fuhrer? 2 A. Many years ago, members of my fan club, the 3 Risembool Rangers, thought that it would just be fun, 4 since it was kind of a nickname of the fan club, that 5 they were kind of Risembool -- that they were Rangers, 6 and somebody made it up as a joke. I had nothing to do 7 with it. It was short-lived. I didn't make it up, I 8 didn't condone it, it was just a -- something some fan 9 made up. 10 Q. Do you know if your mother ever referred to you 11 as the Fuhrer? 12 A. Not to my knowledge. 13 Q. And when you say short-lived, short-lived like 14 how long, few days, few weeks? 15 A. I don't even know. I haven't heard that 16 reference in a very long time until you just said it. 17 Q. I take it that when the -- the Risembool 18 Rangers started referring to you as the Fuhrer, you -- 19 you understood the inappropriateness of something like 20 that, correct? 21 A. I didn't really have any feeling about it. 22 Q. Well, can you associate for me any other human 23 being that's been called the Fuhrer besides Adolph 24 Hitler? 25 A. Not to my knowledge. Q. All right. And so you would agree with me that 2 it would be inappropriate for you to have a nickname or 3 condone a nickname like the Fuhrer? 4 A. I never condoned it. 5 Q. Okay. And you would agree with me that would 6 be in -- inappropriate for people to call you that, but 7 you don't support that kind of nonsense, do you? 8 A. I don't fully understand. 9 Q. Sure. 10 A. Can you rephrase? 11 Q. If somebody called me the Fuhrer, I would tell 12 them to stop immediately, because it's anti-Semitic and 13 refers to a time in our history where terrible things 14 were done to Jewish people. Do you -- do you have that 15 same feeling? 16 A. Of course I do. 17 Q. Okay. So you would agree with me that if there 18 were people out there calling you the Fuhrer, one of the 19 things you would do would be to intervene to stop that? 20 A. I knew that they were fans who meant nothing by 21 it. They're young people. And I didn't address it one 22 way or the other, and it died off. 23 MR. LEMOINE: All right. I'll object as 24 nonresponsive. 25 Q. (BY MR. LEMOINE) My question was not what you
January 31, 2026 at 9:11 AM
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sarahjeong.bsky.social
"Luchs speaks five languages: English, French, Italian, and some German and Russian. She approached grasping Gen Z parlance like she was learning another language.

...An Instagram commenter wrote: 'She’s so natural with it too like it’s not even cringe.'"
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d
Alison Luchs, who has worked at the National Gallery of Art for 47 years, agreed to learn Gen Z slang and make videos because she wanted to raise interest in the museum’s art.

She never expected to slay. https://wapo.st/45BXc3S
January 30, 2026 at 5:14 AM
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thefarce.org
I used to think the thing in cartoons where you could walk off a cliff and not fall as long as you stay oblivious was a joke.
faizsays.bsky.social Faiz Siddiqui @faizsays.bsky.social · 3d
New: Tesla 4th quarter profit plunges 61% year-over-year; annual profit down 46%

the brand damage:
-1 million lost vehicle sales, per study
-Declining revenue, profits, deliveries in 1st half of '25
-Lower total production/deliveries than '24
-Lost crown as world's leading EV seller
wapo.st/3LYTef1
Tesla bet big on Elon Musk. His politics continue to haunt it.
Tesla struggles to regain its footing in the electric vehicle market, hindered by Elon Musk’s political activity, impacting its stock price and performance.
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January 28, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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smolrobots.bsky.social
I don't exaggerate when I say that Andrew Wakefield should be tried for mass murder. We'll never know how many people have died or will die as a direct result of his fraudulent study.
jensfoell.de Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 3d
This is the large domino, with the small domino being some random quack in the UK in 1998 trying to undermine the existing MMR vaccine so his business partner can swoop in with his own. Instead he lost his work credentials and now kids are dying needlessly all over the world, so great job everyone.
aberlejudith.bsky.social Aberle Judith @aberlejudith.bsky.social · 5d
Austria loses its WHO status as measles-free, too, together with Armenia, Azerbaijan Uzbekistan and Spain. This comes as no surprise, considering the rise in numbers in recent years and the decline in MMR vaccine coverage
#VaccineHesitancy #PublicHealthImpact #AllChildrenNeedProtection
January 28, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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amutepiggy.bsky.social
inventing a drink called The Susan Collins. to make it, you say "I'm very concerned about this" and then you serve gin and bleach to an 11th grader
January 28, 2026 at 6:31 AM
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sadbuthydrated.bsky.social
Pretty much anything weird you get caught doing, just call it “contemporary art” and everyone’s too scared to ask follow-up questions.
January 28, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
If Democrats haven't announced their proposal for the Donald Trump No Guns in Public bill by the end of the day, they're missing an easy shot
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d
Trump: "With that being said, you can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't. You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that. But it's just a very unfortunate incident."
January 27, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.
A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
January 27, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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asharangappa.bsky.social
I continue to believe that the fastest way to get Stephen Miller fired is to convince Trump that Miller's ICE operations are what cost him the Nobel Peace Prize.
January 27, 2026 at 4:54 AM
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jcsalterego.bsky.social
franz kafka in certain situations: wow this is so me-esque
January 26, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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finoreilly.bsky.social
From 'Burnham would' to dunce inane
A headline from the Faily Mailograph, that reads:”‘I was going to vote for Burnham. Now I’ll back Reform’ The Telegraph asks Gorton and Denton constituents who they want as their next MP. It’s not good news for Starmer"
January 26, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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extrafabulous.bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com
my favourite attendee of the London Art Fair yesterday was the girl - I want to say maybe nine years old? - who ran like the wind towards one specific booth, stopped dead, got paralysed by giggles for a solid minute, then got her phone out and took a very zoomed in picture of a painting of a butt
January 26, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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matthighton.bsky.social
I think at this point the UK has accepted Paddington as the Death Bear, collector of souls. So, I think as a nation we should start smearing marmalade on the eyes of the dead and whisper “fare for the crossing”. It’ll feel weird now but, in three of four generations, no one will question it.
January 26, 2026 at 11:36 AM
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edmorrish.bsky.social
please read my latest column, I Called You An Idiot For Ten Years But Now I Realise You Were Right So Be Nice Or I’ll Go Back To Calling You An Idiot And YES Of Course I Will Get To Keep Writing These Columns Forever
January 26, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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gralefrit.bsky.social
Happy 100th birthday, television.
January 26, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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explaintrade.com
It's not just that these professional politics observers somehow failed to spot the obvious rise of American nativist thuggery.

It's how much energy they devoted to arguing the real problem was the volume, tone, and vocabulary of those raising the alarm about it.
January 25, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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whstancil.bsky.social
HOW IT WORKS IN MOVIES:

1. Government lies

2. Brave heroes release video showing the truth

3. Press says “the government is lying!”

HOW IT APPARENTLY WORKS IN REAL LIFE

1. Brave heroes release video showing the truth

2. Government lies

3. Press says “Oh no, what now? So confusing! So hard!”
January 26, 2026 at 6:46 AM
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brucearthur.bsky.social
I almost appreciate how Trump has exposed how vacant every single high profile conservative belief was: free speech, states’ rights, letting the market decide, NATO, the right to bear arms, democracy, all of it. It’s been an empty, malicious political project for decades and decades now
rickperlstein.bsky.social Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 6d
Folks have been noting the creepiness of this NRA statement on the Minneapolis murder that DOESN'T affirm Alex Pretti's right to have a gun at a protest, instead blaming "radical progressive politicians lie Tim Walz" who have "incited violence against law enforcement officers" for his death....
January 25, 2026 at 8:27 PM