@deprevatt.bsky.social
Town planner, traveller and shite footballer.
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"Insider capitalism" for @economist, "corruption" for you and me.
The returns to access in America are soaring
Donald Trump and the rise of “insider capitalism”
The returns to access in America are soaring
econ.st
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"Insider capitalism" for @economist, "corruption" for you and me.
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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Terry Rozier? That's bad. Damon Jones? Worse. Chauncey Billups? Nightmare. The NBA, like every other league, chased easy sports gambling money. But this is the water pro sports swims in now, and it comes at a cost of trust, certainty, and the integrity of the game. www.thestar.com/sports/nba/t...
Bruce Arthur: The arrest of a high-profile coach is the NBA’s worst gambling nightmare
Betting is now the water in which sports swims. Now the NBA is facing a stiff test it should have seen coming.
www.thestar.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Terry Rozier? That's bad. Damon Jones? Worse. Chauncey Billups? Nightmare. The NBA, like every other league, chased easy sports gambling money. But this is the water pro sports swims in now, and it comes at a cost of trust, certainty, and the integrity of the game. www.thestar.com/sports/nba/t...
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I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?
October 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?
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Anyone remember Reform promising to go into their new councils with DOGE-style units to slash “waste” and stop taxes from rising? Yeah, it went exactly as you’d expect if you put people in charge who have no idea how anything works.
October 6, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Anyone remember Reform promising to go into their new councils with DOGE-style units to slash “waste” and stop taxes from rising? Yeah, it went exactly as you’d expect if you put people in charge who have no idea how anything works.
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I hope @ottoenglish.bsky.social will forgive me for screenshotting his short thread. It is just perfect, so much so that I thought it should hit it one single blow, with no scrolling involved.
September 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I hope @ottoenglish.bsky.social will forgive me for screenshotting his short thread. It is just perfect, so much so that I thought it should hit it one single blow, with no scrolling involved.
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It's the old right-wing playbook of demonizing the homeless, gutting programs and essential services that eradicate homelessness, then further demonizing them as a drain on resources and a threat to social cohesion.
You can always judge a society on how they treat their most vulnerable citizens.
You can always judge a society on how they treat their most vulnerable citizens.
Sadly the current right-wing coalition government in Finland has cut the funding for the nation’s “Housing First” success story, & homelessness is now on the rise again. That just reinforces the fact that such programs work, if political ideology doesn’t stand in the way.
ysaatio.fi/en/news/home...
ysaatio.fi/en/news/home...
Homelessness on the Rise in Finland - Y-Säätiö
Asunnottomien ihmisten määrä on kääntynyt kasvuun. Nyt asunnottomien määrä kasvoi Helsingissä, vaikka asunnottomia asutettiin vuoden aikana vaikuttava määrä.
ysaatio.fi
September 21, 2025 at 7:10 AM
It's the old right-wing playbook of demonizing the homeless, gutting programs and essential services that eradicate homelessness, then further demonizing them as a drain on resources and a threat to social cohesion.
You can always judge a society on how they treat their most vulnerable citizens.
You can always judge a society on how they treat their most vulnerable citizens.
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This framing is madness. Spreading hate against BPoC, LGBTQ people, immigrants, women who aren’t „submissive“, who want bodily autonomy, is not „practicing politics the right way“. Normalisation of a right-wing extremist. You can condemn his murder AND not whitewash the hate he spread. Jfc.
Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
This framing is madness. Spreading hate against BPoC, LGBTQ people, immigrants, women who aren’t „submissive“, who want bodily autonomy, is not „practicing politics the right way“. Normalisation of a right-wing extremist. You can condemn his murder AND not whitewash the hate he spread. Jfc.
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The fact that, in the New York City Mayors race, you can have 2 candidates as obviously corrupt and horrible as Cuomo and Adams, and still have so many folks expressing concern about a “socialist” in the race, just shows how successful the anti-socialism psy-op by the U.S. right wing has been.
September 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that, in the New York City Mayors race, you can have 2 candidates as obviously corrupt and horrible as Cuomo and Adams, and still have so many folks expressing concern about a “socialist” in the race, just shows how successful the anti-socialism psy-op by the U.S. right wing has been.
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A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.
September 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.
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Two billion for country-wide access to ChatGPT.
Yearly budget of Arts and Humanities Research Council is little over two hundred million.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Yearly budget of Arts and Humanities Research Council is little over two hundred million.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Deal to get ChatGPT Plus for whole of UK discussed by Open AI boss and minister
Exclusive: Deal that could have cost £2bn was floated at meeting between technology secretary Peter Kyle and Sam Altman
www.theguardian.com
August 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Two billion for country-wide access to ChatGPT.
Yearly budget of Arts and Humanities Research Council is little over two hundred million.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Yearly budget of Arts and Humanities Research Council is little over two hundred million.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The photo headlining the BBC post makes me laugh. It's like dating profiles where everyone is actually 10 years older than their photos.
August 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The photo headlining the BBC post makes me laugh. It's like dating profiles where everyone is actually 10 years older than their photos.
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A great day ahead
Beer promo running 3.30 to 4.30 in all areas to encourage early arrivals.
Please be in your seats for 5.25 for a new season rendition of ‘The Angel’ and give it the full beans.
Let’s get it crackin
UTFG
Beer promo running 3.30 to 4.30 in all areas to encourage early arrivals.
Please be in your seats for 5.25 for a new season rendition of ‘The Angel’ and give it the full beans.
Let’s get it crackin
UTFG
August 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A great day ahead
Beer promo running 3.30 to 4.30 in all areas to encourage early arrivals.
Please be in your seats for 5.25 for a new season rendition of ‘The Angel’ and give it the full beans.
Let’s get it crackin
UTFG
Beer promo running 3.30 to 4.30 in all areas to encourage early arrivals.
Please be in your seats for 5.25 for a new season rendition of ‘The Angel’ and give it the full beans.
Let’s get it crackin
UTFG
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How does it feel to be Totteringham?
How does it feel to be small?
We signed Eze,
You threw paint at a wall.
How does it feel to be small?
We signed Eze,
You threw paint at a wall.
August 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
How does it feel to be Totteringham?
How does it feel to be small?
We signed Eze,
You threw paint at a wall.
How does it feel to be small?
We signed Eze,
You threw paint at a wall.
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Fuck off.
August 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Fuck off.
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I admire Mo Salah's restraint.
"Farewell". Really?
Suleiman al-Obeid was killed by the IDF as he was queuing for food in Gaza. Say it, you cowards.
"Farewell". Really?
Suleiman al-Obeid was killed by the IDF as he was queuing for food in Gaza. Say it, you cowards.
August 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I admire Mo Salah's restraint.
"Farewell". Really?
Suleiman al-Obeid was killed by the IDF as he was queuing for food in Gaza. Say it, you cowards.
"Farewell". Really?
Suleiman al-Obeid was killed by the IDF as he was queuing for food in Gaza. Say it, you cowards.
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“this £85 billion represents a direct transfer of value from the public to private owners — a sum extracted while storm overflows proliferated, leakage targets were missed, and river health declined”
July 21, 2025 at 7:29 AM
“this £85 billion represents a direct transfer of value from the public to private owners — a sum extracted while storm overflows proliferated, leakage targets were missed, and river health declined”
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The Province holds primary responsibility for managing and regulating contaminated sites. What's happened to "polluter pay?"
New from me:
The Canada Creosote plant on Calgary's west end closed in 1962. Why it could be nearly 100 years after the plant's closure before the site is fully remediated.
globalnews.ca/news/1129465...
The Canada Creosote plant on Calgary's west end closed in 1962. Why it could be nearly 100 years after the plant's closure before the site is fully remediated.
globalnews.ca/news/1129465...
City of Calgary currently has no plans to remediate creosote in downtown west end - Calgary | Globalnews.ca
It could be nearly 100 years after the former wood treatment plant west of Calgary's downtown closed for the creosote there to be fully cleaned up.
globalnews.ca
July 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The Province holds primary responsibility for managing and regulating contaminated sites. What's happened to "polluter pay?"
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Fascinating. Microsoft emailed me to say it was raising the price of Microsoft 365, but when i went to cancel it offered me me the old price — without all the AI bullshit.
It’s forcing AI on everyone and making them pay more for it, then only telling them they don’t have to if they try to cancel.
It’s forcing AI on everyone and making them pay more for it, then only telling them they don’t have to if they try to cancel.
July 19, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Fascinating. Microsoft emailed me to say it was raising the price of Microsoft 365, but when i went to cancel it offered me me the old price — without all the AI bullshit.
It’s forcing AI on everyone and making them pay more for it, then only telling them they don’t have to if they try to cancel.
It’s forcing AI on everyone and making them pay more for it, then only telling them they don’t have to if they try to cancel.
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Please give up 80-100 evenings and weekend days over the season…
Wait, what? You thought you’d get paid 😂
Freelancing does not mean working for free.
#dobetter
Wait, what? You thought you’d get paid 😂
Freelancing does not mean working for free.
#dobetter
July 19, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Please give up 80-100 evenings and weekend days over the season…
Wait, what? You thought you’d get paid 😂
Freelancing does not mean working for free.
#dobetter
Wait, what? You thought you’d get paid 😂
Freelancing does not mean working for free.
#dobetter
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Bye forever, WeTransfer.
July 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Bye forever, WeTransfer.
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WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.
Stop using WeTransfer.
Stop using WeTransfer.
July 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.
Stop using WeTransfer.
Stop using WeTransfer.
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Read this immediately, and share it as much as you can.
July 9, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Read this immediately, and share it as much as you can.
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To understand the context of Sir Brian Leveson’s call for restricting jury trial, look at the terms of reference.
The government wouldn’t let him recommend increased funding.
Akin to demanding a solution to starvation that doesn’t include food.
And the recommendation being to chop off body parts.
The government wouldn’t let him recommend increased funding.
Akin to demanding a solution to starvation that doesn’t include food.
And the recommendation being to chop off body parts.
July 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
To understand the context of Sir Brian Leveson’s call for restricting jury trial, look at the terms of reference.
The government wouldn’t let him recommend increased funding.
Akin to demanding a solution to starvation that doesn’t include food.
And the recommendation being to chop off body parts.
The government wouldn’t let him recommend increased funding.
Akin to demanding a solution to starvation that doesn’t include food.
And the recommendation being to chop off body parts.