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Edward Shanks
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No, I'm not a pirate. Here for the calm before the storm and #FPL, mostly.
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edwardshanks.bsky.social
Where are the rest of them?
August 31, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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rewerbyor.bsky.social
There are racist pieces of shit everywhere mate…including Liverpool. This one needs to be arrested and get a lifetime ban.
August 15, 2025 at 7:54 PM
edwardshanks.bsky.social
Lots of facial recognition operations have been conducted in Croydon and it's a permanent thing now - www.bbc.com/news/article...
Croydon's fixed facial recognition cameras spark debate
Fixed facial recognition cameras are being in used in Croydon - but will it make the area safer?
www.bbc.com
August 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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hazelmpinner.bsky.social
Yet in the article it's only mentioned in the last paragraph and you slide in that 3 other journalists and their driver were murdered too. If you're going to highlight their deaths show their faces, not the face of the man responsible for their deaths.
August 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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fplgeneral.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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molly.wiki
I've been tracking the quid pro quo between Trump and the cryptocurrency industry at www.followthecrypto.org/quidproquo
Quid pro quo Cryptocurrency companies are reaping the benefits of their contributions to Trump and other pro-crypto politicians. Company Benefit Contribution Justin Sun and Tron SEC enforcement case stayed pending resolution Criminal investigation possibly paused $100 million to purchase $TRUMP memecoins $75 million to purchase WLFI tokens from Trump-owned World Liberty Financial $37.7 million to purchase $TRUMP memecoins (via HTX) Listed USD1 for trading on HTX Cumberland DRW SEC enforcement case dismissed with prejudice $100 million investment into Trump-owned Trump Media & Technology Group $100,000 to crypto-focused super PACs Ripple SEC enforcement case stayed pending resolution Joint request to return $75 million of previous SEC fine to Ripple $73 million to crypto-focused super PACs $5 million to Trump inauguration fund Coinbase SEC enforcement case dismissed with prejudice Relaunched bitcoin borrowing program previously shut down after SEC warnings $75 million to crypto-focused super PACs $1 million to Senate super PACs $1 million to Trump inauguration fund Sponsored Trump birthday military parade Andreessen Horowitz Four Andreessen Horowitz employees installed in formal or informal positions of influence at the White House $70 million to crypto-focused super PACs $5.35 million to Trump super PACs Crypto.com SEC investigation ended with no action $10 million to Trump PACs Business partnership with Trump-owned Trump Media & Technology Group Gemini SEC enforcement case stayed pending reslution SEC investigation ended with no action $4.9 million to crypto-focused super PACs $2.6 million to Trump super PACs Kraken SEC enforcement case dismissed with prejudice Relaunched staking services which were shut down as part of a February 2023 SEC settlement $1 million to Trump super PACs $1 million to Trump inauguration fund $1 million to crypto-focused super PACs Circle SEC approved IPO Favorable stablecoin regulation $1 million to Trump inauguration fund $1 million to crypto-focused super PACs Robinhood SEC investigation ended with no action $2 million to Trump inauguration fund ConsenSys SEC enforcement case dismissed with prejudice $800,000 to crypto-focused super PACs Binance SEC enforcement case dismissed with prejudice Reported talks with US Treasury Department to remove compliance monitor Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao seeking pardon Listed USD1 for trading $2 billion investment from MGX denominated in USD1 Reported Trump family talks to acquire stake in Binance US
August 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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jamesomalley.co.uk
Here's why I changed my mind on digital ID, or more accurately nudged my weighting of the trade-off slightly:

takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/britcard?u...
The "BritCard" digital ID proposal is a good idea
Why I've changed my mind on ID cards
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
August 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM