AwkwardWaltz
@awkwardwaltz.bsky.social
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Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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When the call to "protect women" is actually just a call to demonise trans people, the cause of *actually* improving women's lives is harmed.
For what it's worth my sports take is that
- sports is actually a massive way in which women are excluded from physicality and fitness, systematically across the board
- this happens by sadistic assholes traumatising young women in schools who will not grow up to be athletes
- sports is actually a massive way in which women are excluded from physicality and fitness, systematically across the board
- this happens by sadistic assholes traumatising young women in schools who will not grow up to be athletes
April 7, 2025 at 9:53 AM
When the call to "protect women" is actually just a call to demonise trans people, the cause of *actually* improving women's lives is harmed.
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Celtic only raise their game for Aberdeen. Concerning
March 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Celtic only raise their game for Aberdeen. Concerning
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
March 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Labour: "We're delivering things the Tories said they would, but didn't deliver. That's why people are saying, what's the point of the Conservative Party?"
With Labour boasting about delivering Tory policies, what's the point of Westminster?
With Labour boasting about delivering Tory policies, what's the point of Westminster?
March 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Labour: "We're delivering things the Tories said they would, but didn't deliver. That's why people are saying, what's the point of the Conservative Party?"
With Labour boasting about delivering Tory policies, what's the point of Westminster?
With Labour boasting about delivering Tory policies, what's the point of Westminster?
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You have just got to love her @carladenyer.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥
March 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
You have just got to love her @carladenyer.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥
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I congratulate @mark-carney.bsky.social on his election as Leader of the Liberal Party in Canada and wish him well as he assumes office as Prime Minister.
Scotland and Canada share longstanding connections and I look forward to developing those in the years ahead. 🏴🇨🇦
Scotland and Canada share longstanding connections and I look forward to developing those in the years ahead. 🏴🇨🇦
March 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I congratulate @mark-carney.bsky.social on his election as Leader of the Liberal Party in Canada and wish him well as he assumes office as Prime Minister.
Scotland and Canada share longstanding connections and I look forward to developing those in the years ahead. 🏴🇨🇦
Scotland and Canada share longstanding connections and I look forward to developing those in the years ahead. 🏴🇨🇦
"Ongoing problem getting worse" ugh why do we keep talking about the ongoing problem??
'No-one is talking about young men' increasingly occupies the same space as 'we need an honest conversation about immigration'. We never shut up about young men. It's one of the only things we ever talk about, although admittedly only ever to say 'we need to be more reactionary'.
March 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"Ongoing problem getting worse" ugh why do we keep talking about the ongoing problem??
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Labour voters with buyer's remorse, it's important you understand that this was always going to happen. This is who they are. And they believe they have a mandate for this, because they showed us all who they are and got voted in anyway.
This is shocking. ITV reporting that even those with extreme disabilities in the unfit to work category are likely to lose money under new government plans. Charities have branded the move catastrophic
March 8, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Labour voters with buyer's remorse, it's important you understand that this was always going to happen. This is who they are. And they believe they have a mandate for this, because they showed us all who they are and got voted in anyway.
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My advice to disaffected young men is to get a squire p bass and join a band and your whole women only date rich guys reactionary politics vibe will seem pretty silly when a lady breaks up with her real estate boyfriend to date your broke ass
March 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
My advice to disaffected young men is to get a squire p bass and join a band and your whole women only date rich guys reactionary politics vibe will seem pretty silly when a lady breaks up with her real estate boyfriend to date your broke ass
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This is shocking. ITV reporting that even those with extreme disabilities in the unfit to work category are likely to lose money under new government plans. Charities have branded the move catastrophic
March 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
This is shocking. ITV reporting that even those with extreme disabilities in the unfit to work category are likely to lose money under new government plans. Charities have branded the move catastrophic
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fair play to ITV for going with the ‘Rachel Reeves is going to do unspeakable harm to disability benefit recipients’ angle when most news outlets decided it was more of a ‘Rachel Reeves makes herself cheese sandwiches for her lunch’ day
March 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
fair play to ITV for going with the ‘Rachel Reeves is going to do unspeakable harm to disability benefit recipients’ angle when most news outlets decided it was more of a ‘Rachel Reeves makes herself cheese sandwiches for her lunch’ day
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Congratulations to the senior Tories who, having been told this for a mere 60 years, and staunchly denied it throughout, have finally twigged that it might not be a brilliant idea to have a nuclear deterrent which can be switched off by another state.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
US support to maintain UK’s nuclear arsenal is in doubt, experts say
Malcolm Rifkind joins diplomats and analysts urging focus on European cooperation to replace Trident
www.theguardian.com
March 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Congratulations to the senior Tories who, having been told this for a mere 60 years, and staunchly denied it throughout, have finally twigged that it might not be a brilliant idea to have a nuclear deterrent which can be switched off by another state.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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‼️ BREAKING: Labour's £6bn benefit cuts have leaked
➡️ £5bn will be cut from disability benefits
➡️ Universal credit cut **only** for disabled people
➡️ Personal Independence Payment (PIP) frozen
➡️ Further cuts to out-of-work benefits
(Source: ITV News)
➡️ £5bn will be cut from disability benefits
➡️ Universal credit cut **only** for disabled people
➡️ Personal Independence Payment (PIP) frozen
➡️ Further cuts to out-of-work benefits
(Source: ITV News)
March 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
‼️ BREAKING: Labour's £6bn benefit cuts have leaked
➡️ £5bn will be cut from disability benefits
➡️ Universal credit cut **only** for disabled people
➡️ Personal Independence Payment (PIP) frozen
➡️ Further cuts to out-of-work benefits
(Source: ITV News)
➡️ £5bn will be cut from disability benefits
➡️ Universal credit cut **only** for disabled people
➡️ Personal Independence Payment (PIP) frozen
➡️ Further cuts to out-of-work benefits
(Source: ITV News)
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🚨 REVEALED: Head of world’s biggest asset manager, Blackstone, lobbied chancellor Rachel Reeves on tax rules weeks before policy was tweaked | from @ethanshone.bsky.social
Find out more 👇
www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone...
Find out more 👇
www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone...
March 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🚨 REVEALED: Head of world’s biggest asset manager, Blackstone, lobbied chancellor Rachel Reeves on tax rules weeks before policy was tweaked | from @ethanshone.bsky.social
Find out more 👇
www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone...
Find out more 👇
www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone...
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IF THE SALARY IS SO COMPETITIVE, WHY ISN’T IT LISTED????
March 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
IF THE SALARY IS SO COMPETITIVE, WHY ISN’T IT LISTED????
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What in the world is going through Starmer's head?
Labour keep trotting out the "world has changed" line to excuse other unpalatable decisions, but magically Brexit - and only Brexit - is sacrosanct?
Absolutely asinine heel-dragging.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Labour keep trotting out the "world has changed" line to excuse other unpalatable decisions, but magically Brexit - and only Brexit - is sacrosanct?
Absolutely asinine heel-dragging.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
March 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
What in the world is going through Starmer's head?
Labour keep trotting out the "world has changed" line to excuse other unpalatable decisions, but magically Brexit - and only Brexit - is sacrosanct?
Absolutely asinine heel-dragging.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Labour keep trotting out the "world has changed" line to excuse other unpalatable decisions, but magically Brexit - and only Brexit - is sacrosanct?
Absolutely asinine heel-dragging.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Interracial marriage did not cross 50% approval in the US until 1996, when I was 30 years old. Good political messaging drives opinion, it doesn't follow it.
March 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Interracial marriage did not cross 50% approval in the US until 1996, when I was 30 years old. Good political messaging drives opinion, it doesn't follow it.
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This is simply the GIGO principle, well established in computer science: garbage in, garbage out. Every automated system is subject to it, including AI ones. The real danger here is in people believing that LLM outputs are inherently credible. Their outputs are only ever as credible as their inputs.
A Moscow-based global ‘news’ network has infected Western AI tools with Russian propaganda: AI chatbots — including OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4o, xAI’s Grok, Mistral’s le Chat, Anthropic’s Claude, Google’s Gemini, & Perplexity’s answer engine have been affected. www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/a-well-fun...
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com
March 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM
This is simply the GIGO principle, well established in computer science: garbage in, garbage out. Every automated system is subject to it, including AI ones. The real danger here is in people believing that LLM outputs are inherently credible. Their outputs are only ever as credible as their inputs.
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"Reform have received £2.3 million in donations from fossil fuel interests, climate deniers and polluters."
@adrianramsay.bsky.social skewers Richard Tice and his party's bought and paid for climate denialism on BBC Question Time.
@adrianramsay.bsky.social skewers Richard Tice and his party's bought and paid for climate denialism on BBC Question Time.
March 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
"Reform have received £2.3 million in donations from fossil fuel interests, climate deniers and polluters."
@adrianramsay.bsky.social skewers Richard Tice and his party's bought and paid for climate denialism on BBC Question Time.
@adrianramsay.bsky.social skewers Richard Tice and his party's bought and paid for climate denialism on BBC Question Time.
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NEW: Scotland matches become free to watch as BBC strike TV rights deal
BBC becomes new home of Scotland international matches
www.thenational.scot
March 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM
NEW: Scotland matches become free to watch as BBC strike TV rights deal
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Scottish child poverty is expected to fall from 24% in 2021/22 to around 19.8% by 2029. This decline is attributed to specific SNP policies like the Scottish Child Payment, which increases to £27.15 per child per week from April.
England is forecast to be 30% and Wales 34% by 2029.
England is forecast to be 30% and Wales 34% by 2029.
March 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Scottish child poverty is expected to fall from 24% in 2021/22 to around 19.8% by 2029. This decline is attributed to specific SNP policies like the Scottish Child Payment, which increases to £27.15 per child per week from April.
England is forecast to be 30% and Wales 34% by 2029.
England is forecast to be 30% and Wales 34% by 2029.
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Gavin Newsom said his 13 year old was being influenced by far right podcasters… so Newsom created his own podcast to have them on and be friends with them. Incredible example being set. We are so cooked
March 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Gavin Newsom said his 13 year old was being influenced by far right podcasters… so Newsom created his own podcast to have them on and be friends with them. Incredible example being set. We are so cooked
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Trump claimed the Biden administration spent $8 million "making mice transgender." The White House tried to back up this number with records of funding for research into cancer, asthma, and HIV, some of which used *transgenic* (genetically modified) mice.
Trump Decried Millions Spent 'Making Mice Transgender.' It Was Cancer and Asthma Research
President Trump falsely claimed that Biden spent $8 million on 'making mice transgender,' but the real research was for human health.
www.rollingstone.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Trump claimed the Biden administration spent $8 million "making mice transgender." The White House tried to back up this number with records of funding for research into cancer, asthma, and HIV, some of which used *transgenic* (genetically modified) mice.