Anglo-Apulian
@anglo-apulian.bsky.social
Tech enthusiast. Fanatical about good coffee & all things Italian. Admirer of great art, architecture and design.
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Thinking about how many of the world’s problems could have been avoided…
If childhood trauma therapy was provided to prevent people becoming such hateful twats.
If childhood trauma therapy was provided to prevent people becoming such hateful twats.
February 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Thinking about how many of the world’s problems could have been avoided…
If childhood trauma therapy was provided to prevent people becoming such hateful twats.
If childhood trauma therapy was provided to prevent people becoming such hateful twats.
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Unless you see a Nazi Salute of course.
Then you did Nazi a Nazi Salute.
Then you did Nazi a Nazi Salute.
January 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Unless you see a Nazi Salute of course.
Then you did Nazi a Nazi Salute.
Then you did Nazi a Nazi Salute.
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A new poll on the BBC series 'The Traitors' shows that people are more open to being Traitors if they're right wing - which won't come as a surprise to anyone who watched the last 14 series of 'The Tories'
January 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
A new poll on the BBC series 'The Traitors' shows that people are more open to being Traitors if they're right wing - which won't come as a surprise to anyone who watched the last 14 series of 'The Tories'
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Farage’s refusal to condemn Musk’s outrageous statements shows total unfitness for public office. But @bbclaurak.bsky.social fails to hold him to account & allows whole interview to be on his terms. No focus on Reform’s divisive policies & no effective challenge to his dangerous insinuations
January 5, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Farage’s refusal to condemn Musk’s outrageous statements shows total unfitness for public office. But @bbclaurak.bsky.social fails to hold him to account & allows whole interview to be on his terms. No focus on Reform’s divisive policies & no effective challenge to his dangerous insinuations
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Not only has Brexit stripped away our freedoms, damaged our businesses and hiked prices for everyone...
...It's also costing a fortune.
...It's also costing a fortune.
Britain sets aside £10bn for future payments to EU – eight years after Brexit vote
Exclusive: To cover the continuing costs of Britain’s divorce from Europe, the government has accounted for £20.6bn in future payments for Brussels staff and diplomats’ pensions, as well as the UK’s…
buff.ly
December 2, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Not only has Brexit stripped away our freedoms, damaged our businesses and hiked prices for everyone...
...It's also costing a fortune.
...It's also costing a fortune.
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British election laws are explicitly supposed to stop foreign donations.
But anybody - anywhere - can basically give money through U.K. registered companies.
It takes about half an hour to set up a company and costs peanuts
And this is already happening
amp.theguardian.com/politics/202...
But anybody - anywhere - can basically give money through U.K. registered companies.
It takes about half an hour to set up a company and costs peanuts
And this is already happening
amp.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Revealed: UK politics infiltrated by ‘dark money’ with 10% of donations from dubious sources | Party funding | The Guardian
Cash from dictatorships and shell companies is entering the political system via legal loopholes
amp.theguardian.com
December 1, 2024 at 10:20 AM
British election laws are explicitly supposed to stop foreign donations.
But anybody - anywhere - can basically give money through U.K. registered companies.
It takes about half an hour to set up a company and costs peanuts
And this is already happening
amp.theguardian.com/politics/202...
But anybody - anywhere - can basically give money through U.K. registered companies.
It takes about half an hour to set up a company and costs peanuts
And this is already happening
amp.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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This needs to be taken seriously and taken seriously now - not in 3 years' time.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
December 1, 2024 at 8:27 AM
This needs to be taken seriously and taken seriously now - not in 3 years' time.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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He thought he could throttle our accounts, suppress our posts, force his insane views on us & just get away with it. Boll**** to that. Welcome to BlueSky everyone
November 30, 2024 at 8:18 PM
He thought he could throttle our accounts, suppress our posts, force his insane views on us & just get away with it. Boll**** to that. Welcome to BlueSky everyone
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Well played. And frighteningly accurate.
November 29, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Well played. And frighteningly accurate.
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We could go on about how we welcome publishers, we don't demote links, we encourage independent developers to build apps and extensions on top of Bluesky's network.... but instead, we'll show you.
All thanks to the incredible community here! 🦋
All thanks to the incredible community here! 🦋
The Engagement Is Better on Bluesky - Bluesky
Bluesky is the lobby to the open web. Find and build your community here.
bsky.social
November 29, 2024 at 10:30 PM
We could go on about how we welcome publishers, we don't demote links, we encourage independent developers to build apps and extensions on top of Bluesky's network.... but instead, we'll show you.
All thanks to the incredible community here! 🦋
All thanks to the incredible community here! 🦋
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Lying shitclown calls the kettle black.
November 30, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Lying shitclown calls the kettle black.
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Not an easy one under the lights of Vegas, but we take a good bunch of points away from the States 🇺🇸
#LasVegasGP #F1
#LasVegasGP #F1
November 24, 2024 at 7:43 AM
Not an easy one under the lights of Vegas, but we take a good bunch of points away from the States 🇺🇸
#LasVegasGP #F1
#LasVegasGP #F1
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Exactly as I've been saying on Twitter for the past 4 years. "Obvious cover up."
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11...
Lab leak most likely source of Covid, says Prof Tim Spector
Downing Street adviser behind virus symptom tracker points to ‘obvious cover-up’
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 24, 2024 at 3:36 AM
Exactly as I've been saying on Twitter for the past 4 years. "Obvious cover up."
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11...
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November 22, 2024 at 8:05 AM
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355 giant estates in the UK making up nearly 40% of its land including the King, Dukes, Lords and Barons are exempt from Inheritance Tax because their lands have 'historical value'.
This is a load of BS and it needs to be cancelled too.
This is a load of BS and it needs to be cancelled too.
November 19, 2024 at 10:58 PM
355 giant estates in the UK making up nearly 40% of its land including the King, Dukes, Lords and Barons are exempt from Inheritance Tax because their lands have 'historical value'.
This is a load of BS and it needs to be cancelled too.
This is a load of BS and it needs to be cancelled too.
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This looks like a very useful tool ⤵️
🚨 LAUNCHING TODAY 🚨
Nearly two years ago, @tortoisemedia.bsky.social unveiled the Westminster Accounts, a free tool designed to give people greater understanding of the money that flows through parliament.
Now, with Peer Review, we take on another arcane part of our system - the House of Lords
Nearly two years ago, @tortoisemedia.bsky.social unveiled the Westminster Accounts, a free tool designed to give people greater understanding of the money that flows through parliament.
Now, with Peer Review, we take on another arcane part of our system - the House of Lords
November 20, 2024 at 7:41 AM
This looks like a very useful tool ⤵️
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Despite a massive head start, BlueSky has now overtaken Threads in the US 👇
November 19, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Despite a massive head start, BlueSky has now overtaken Threads in the US 👇
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This is really getting quite remarkable
• BlueSky user numbers have doubled in the past week and now total 3.5 million across US & UK 🚀
• Number of people deleting their X/Twitter account remains way up
And the next chart is particularly notable...
• BlueSky user numbers have doubled in the past week and now total 3.5 million across US & UK 🚀
• Number of people deleting their X/Twitter account remains way up
And the next chart is particularly notable...
November 19, 2024 at 9:39 PM
This is really getting quite remarkable
• BlueSky user numbers have doubled in the past week and now total 3.5 million across US & UK 🚀
• Number of people deleting their X/Twitter account remains way up
And the next chart is particularly notable...
• BlueSky user numbers have doubled in the past week and now total 3.5 million across US & UK 🚀
• Number of people deleting their X/Twitter account remains way up
And the next chart is particularly notable...
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It’s happening
November 19, 2024 at 2:20 PM
It’s happening
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Whoops
Victoria Derbyshire nails Jeremy Clarkson over his Inheritance Tax scam.
Hilarious to watch him squirm.
Hilarious to watch him squirm.
November 19, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Whoops
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Trump Locks Bathroom Door So Elon Musk Can’t Follow Him In
theonion.com/trump-locks-...
theonion.com/trump-locks-...
November 19, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Trump Locks Bathroom Door So Elon Musk Can’t Follow Him In
theonion.com/trump-locks-...
theonion.com/trump-locks-...
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5. Bluesky's team consists of about 20 full-time employees. That's a million users here per employee now 🤯
Also, we're hiring!
bsky.social/about/join
Also, we're hiring!
bsky.social/about/join
November 19, 2024 at 6:52 PM
5. Bluesky's team consists of about 20 full-time employees. That's a million users here per employee now 🤯
Also, we're hiring!
bsky.social/about/join
Also, we're hiring!
bsky.social/about/join
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1. The name Bluesky was originally a placeholder for the project started by Twitter to build an open social protocol.
Purely by coincidence, my mother gave me the name Lantian, which translates to "blue sky."
Purely by coincidence, my mother gave me the name Lantian, which translates to "blue sky."
November 19, 2024 at 6:52 PM
1. The name Bluesky was originally a placeholder for the project started by Twitter to build an open social protocol.
Purely by coincidence, my mother gave me the name Lantian, which translates to "blue sky."
Purely by coincidence, my mother gave me the name Lantian, which translates to "blue sky."