Alessandro Mencarini
@amencarini.bsky.social
Italian in London, UK, into languages (programming and otherwise), film and games
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a man is riding a segway in an office with the words welcome aboard below him
Alt: Micheal Scott from The Office is riding a segway in an office with the words “welcome aboard” below him
media.tenor.com
Hello to all my new followers! I suspect the influx is due to some starter pack ☺️
I’m Alessandro, technically I qualify as a FinTech bro but I don’t own a Patagonia vest, and on BlueSky I mostly shitpost about politics, with some occasional forays into software and web stuff
I’m Alessandro, technically I qualify as a FinTech bro but I don’t own a Patagonia vest, and on BlueSky I mostly shitpost about politics, with some occasional forays into software and web stuff
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Folks with Diabetes!
There is an urgent recall on some FreeStyle Libre 3 and FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensors because they are showing false low glucose readings.
Check your sensor serial numbers at freestylecheck.com
There is an urgent recall on some FreeStyle Libre 3 and FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensors because they are showing false low glucose readings.
Check your sensor serial numbers at freestylecheck.com
Home | FreeStyle - Abbott
freestylecheck.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Folks with Diabetes!
There is an urgent recall on some FreeStyle Libre 3 and FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensors because they are showing false low glucose readings.
Check your sensor serial numbers at freestylecheck.com
There is an urgent recall on some FreeStyle Libre 3 and FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensors because they are showing false low glucose readings.
Check your sensor serial numbers at freestylecheck.com
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Kushner, Thiel & Ellison want Gaza turned into a tax-free billionaire startup zone with AI server farms and cheap labor factories, all to help normalize Israeli–Saudi relations, per N12…A future built for profit and geopolitics, not for the people who lived and died there.
November 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Kushner, Thiel & Ellison want Gaza turned into a tax-free billionaire startup zone with AI server farms and cheap labor factories, all to help normalize Israeli–Saudi relations, per N12…A future built for profit and geopolitics, not for the people who lived and died there.
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Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
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Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
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Wally Broecker, who coined the term "global warming" 50 years ago, would have been 94 years old today.
Climatic Change: Are We on the Brink of a Pronounced Global Warming?
If man-made dust is unimportant as a major cause of climatic change, then a strong case can be made that the present cooling trend will, within a decade or so, give way to a pronounced warming induced...
www.science.org
November 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Wally Broecker, who coined the term "global warming" 50 years ago, would have been 94 years old today.
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The sheer scale of media outrage this week about plans to lift hundreds of thousands children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the real priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
The Real 'Benefits Street' Protecting Britain's Wealthiest
The sheer scale of outrage about plans to lift children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The sheer scale of media outrage this week about plans to lift hundreds of thousands children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the real priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
r/brandnewsentences
Tomorrow Grimes will DJ a livestream of immortality influencer Bryan Johnson tripping on shrooms to determine its effect on longevity. Mr. Beast and the CEO of Salesforce will be there too.
Grimes DJing Immortality Influencer's Shroom Trip With Special Guest Mr. Beast
Grimes is a fan of Bryan Johnson, the multimillionaire and immortality influencer who spends his time trying to fight death. He is perhaps best known for undergoing plasma transfusions with donations ...
stereogum.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
r/brandnewsentences
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This is madness.
All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.
The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.
The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
Sally Rooney books may be withdrawn from UK sale over Palestine Action ban, court told
Rooney has said she intended to use royalties from her work "to go on supporting Palestine Action."
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
This is madness.
All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.
The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.
The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
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Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
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This is how the Mail has covered a 70% fall in net migration.
The Government should stop kidding itself it will ever get credit for being anti-migration. They could cut numbers to zero and there would still be front pages blasting them for making the UK a socialist wasteland no one wants to come to
The Government should stop kidding itself it will ever get credit for being anti-migration. They could cut numbers to zero and there would still be front pages blasting them for making the UK a socialist wasteland no one wants to come to
November 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This is how the Mail has covered a 70% fall in net migration.
The Government should stop kidding itself it will ever get credit for being anti-migration. They could cut numbers to zero and there would still be front pages blasting them for making the UK a socialist wasteland no one wants to come to
The Government should stop kidding itself it will ever get credit for being anti-migration. They could cut numbers to zero and there would still be front pages blasting them for making the UK a socialist wasteland no one wants to come to
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A bit of a vulnerable post by me but we need your help to get us through what has been a more difficult period than 2020.
It would be really appreciated if you could read and share in your networks too 💛
bell.bz/its-been-a-v...
It would be really appreciated if you could read and share in your networks too 💛
bell.bz/its-been-a-v...
It’s been a very hard year - Andy Bell
Unlike a lot of places in tech, my company, Set Studio/Piccalilli has no outside funding. Bootstrapped is what the LinkedIn people say, I think. It’s been a hard year this year. A very hard year...
bell.bz
November 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A bit of a vulnerable post by me but we need your help to get us through what has been a more difficult period than 2020.
It would be really appreciated if you could read and share in your networks too 💛
bell.bz/its-been-a-v...
It would be really appreciated if you could read and share in your networks too 💛
bell.bz/its-been-a-v...
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"The majority of voters are conservative" is a great thing for the Labour Party to say.
Page 30.
The bigotry towards people who are transgender is not incidental.
It was and is a central plank of the Labour Party to gain and retain power. This is who our government is and every LGBT person should never forget this.
The bigotry towards people who are transgender is not incidental.
It was and is a central plank of the Labour Party to gain and retain power. This is who our government is and every LGBT person should never forget this.
November 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"The majority of voters are conservative" is a great thing for the Labour Party to say.
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What do you get when you mix the best selling single of the king of pop with the lately departed queen of MAGA?
This is what we get: a parody of Billie Jean about #mtg #maga #marjorietaylorgreene 🎶🕺
youtu.be/Xr0_HN9KNCs
This is what we get: a parody of Billie Jean about #mtg #maga #marjorietaylorgreene 🎶🕺
youtu.be/Xr0_HN9KNCs
"MTG Has Broken Cover" - Marsh Family parody of "Billie Jean" by MJ about Marjorie Taylor Greene
YouTube video by Marsh Family
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
What do you get when you mix the best selling single of the king of pop with the lately departed queen of MAGA?
This is what we get: a parody of Billie Jean about #mtg #maga #marjorietaylorgreene 🎶🕺
youtu.be/Xr0_HN9KNCs
This is what we get: a parody of Billie Jean about #mtg #maga #marjorietaylorgreene 🎶🕺
youtu.be/Xr0_HN9KNCs
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I told the Branch Manager he could have the day off but he insisted
November 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I told the Branch Manager he could have the day off but he insisted
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204,000 net is MUCH lower than most predictions based on restrictive changes made to immigration rules over the last 2 years.
This is having a DIRECT impact on fiscal headroom, projected growth & deficit & what cuts & tax rises Reeves is making.
This is having a DIRECT impact on fiscal headroom, projected growth & deficit & what cuts & tax rises Reeves is making.
November 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
204,000 net is MUCH lower than most predictions based on restrictive changes made to immigration rules over the last 2 years.
This is having a DIRECT impact on fiscal headroom, projected growth & deficit & what cuts & tax rises Reeves is making.
This is having a DIRECT impact on fiscal headroom, projected growth & deficit & what cuts & tax rises Reeves is making.
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What did I tell you?
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
What did I tell you?
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Btw guys the transcript of the Witkoff phone call really is much worse than you think and I do think you should share it with literally everyone you know
November 27, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Btw guys the transcript of the Witkoff phone call really is much worse than you think and I do think you should share it with literally everyone you know
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We Europeans are in grave danger. Incredibly, this time the danger comes from the east as well as from the west.
Press: "What kind of concessions are the Russians going to have to make?"
Trump "Their big concession is they stop fighting and they don't take any more land."
Yeah. That's basically how surrendering works.
Trump "Their big concession is they stop fighting and they don't take any more land."
Yeah. That's basically how surrendering works.
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
We Europeans are in grave danger. Incredibly, this time the danger comes from the east as well as from the west.
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If my group chats are anything to go by, Treasury briefing "we're going to end the cycle to work tax break that enables people to buy a large family-sized e-bike" has done more than any other advertising campaign to boost the uptake of family-sized e-bikes. Sales must be through the roof this week.
November 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If my group chats are anything to go by, Treasury briefing "we're going to end the cycle to work tax break that enables people to buy a large family-sized e-bike" has done more than any other advertising campaign to boost the uptake of family-sized e-bikes. Sales must be through the roof this week.
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Since 2011 fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury a whopping £133bn and added to yet more climate emissions. Freezing it yet again is reckless & irresponsible #budget2025
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Since 2011 fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury a whopping £133bn and added to yet more climate emissions. Freezing it yet again is reckless & irresponsible #budget2025
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That’s the right way round for a labour budget.
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
That’s the right way round for a labour budget.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Narrator: these were not negotiations
NATO Ambassador Matthew Whitaker admits "there's some truth" to the criticism that Putin hasn't made a single concession during negotiations
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Narrator: these were not negotiations
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what