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Don't argue with people who want to misunderstand you
Don't argue with people who want to misunderstand you
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🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
November 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
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EU investing €546 billion for high speed rail by 2040
E.g. Lisbon to Warsaw, from 38 hours today to 12 hours
Pricing to compete with low cost flights
Reduce emissions by 80%
Jokes on them, they don't have Brexit sovereignty 🤷♂️
E.g. Lisbon to Warsaw, from 38 hours today to 12 hours
Pricing to compete with low cost flights
Reduce emissions by 80%
Jokes on them, they don't have Brexit sovereignty 🤷♂️
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
EU investing €546 billion for high speed rail by 2040
E.g. Lisbon to Warsaw, from 38 hours today to 12 hours
Pricing to compete with low cost flights
Reduce emissions by 80%
Jokes on them, they don't have Brexit sovereignty 🤷♂️
E.g. Lisbon to Warsaw, from 38 hours today to 12 hours
Pricing to compete with low cost flights
Reduce emissions by 80%
Jokes on them, they don't have Brexit sovereignty 🤷♂️
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That scene of the Welsh BBC correspondent being the only person interviewing Caerphilly's new Plaid AM while the rest of the media interviewed Reform's loser in the background was far too on the nose.
October 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
That scene of the Welsh BBC correspondent being the only person interviewing Caerphilly's new Plaid AM while the rest of the media interviewed Reform's loser in the background was far too on the nose.
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Please won't someone think of the households with incomes over £100,000
October 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Please won't someone think of the households with incomes over £100,000
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Report out on tax options for the Budget. 2p income tax rise alongside 2p national insurance cut would mean no tax rise for an employee whose income comes from a job. With employment overtaxed at the moment, workers pay packets should be protected and distortions in the tax system removed.
2p switch from National Insurance to Income Tax could raise £6 billion while protecting workers’ pay packets • Resolution Foundation
The Chancellor should protect workers’ pay packets and level the playing field on how different forms of income are taxed – including a 2p cut in employee National Insurance (NI) offset by a 2p rise i...
www.resolutionfoundation.org
September 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Report out on tax options for the Budget. 2p income tax rise alongside 2p national insurance cut would mean no tax rise for an employee whose income comes from a job. With employment overtaxed at the moment, workers pay packets should be protected and distortions in the tax system removed.
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Just Trump declaring war on a US city, a normal Saturday
September 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Just Trump declaring war on a US city, a normal Saturday
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🚨 SCOOP: Reform donor in breach of company law
Nigel Farage’s party has taken £50,000 from a company run by property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz — despite the firm failing to file its accounts on time, a criminal offence under the Companies Act.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/new-reform...
Nigel Farage’s party has taken £50,000 from a company run by property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz — despite the firm failing to file its accounts on time, a criminal offence under the Companies Act.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/new-reform...
New Reform donor in breach of company law
Farage’s party took £50,000 from firm run by property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz
democracyforsale.substack.com
September 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
🚨 SCOOP: Reform donor in breach of company law
Nigel Farage’s party has taken £50,000 from a company run by property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz — despite the firm failing to file its accounts on time, a criminal offence under the Companies Act.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/new-reform...
Nigel Farage’s party has taken £50,000 from a company run by property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz — despite the firm failing to file its accounts on time, a criminal offence under the Companies Act.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/new-reform...
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Bezos reserved and paid for every single private space in Venice. Every hotel room. Every dining space. Every single one.
Don’t tell me these motherfuckers can’t pay more in taxes so poor kids can eat and everyone can have health insurance.
The decadence is revolting.
Don’t tell me these motherfuckers can’t pay more in taxes so poor kids can eat and everyone can have health insurance.
The decadence is revolting.
June 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Bezos reserved and paid for every single private space in Venice. Every hotel room. Every dining space. Every single one.
Don’t tell me these motherfuckers can’t pay more in taxes so poor kids can eat and everyone can have health insurance.
The decadence is revolting.
Don’t tell me these motherfuckers can’t pay more in taxes so poor kids can eat and everyone can have health insurance.
The decadence is revolting.
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Bears-Packers at Soldier Field will be on Fox on Saturday Dec. 20 (Week 16), the network announced.
May 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Bears-Packers at Soldier Field will be on Fox on Saturday Dec. 20 (Week 16), the network announced.
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Tuesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
May 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Tuesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
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In the past decade, the Falcons have been fined for:
- $350k + 5th round pick for illegal crowd noise
- $75k + $25k to HC for an injury report violation on Bijan Robinson
- $250k + 5th round pick for tampering with Kirk Cousins
- $250k +$100k to DC for a prank call
- $350k + 5th round pick for illegal crowd noise
- $75k + $25k to HC for an injury report violation on Bijan Robinson
- $250k + 5th round pick for tampering with Kirk Cousins
- $250k +$100k to DC for a prank call
April 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
In the past decade, the Falcons have been fined for:
- $350k + 5th round pick for illegal crowd noise
- $75k + $25k to HC for an injury report violation on Bijan Robinson
- $250k + 5th round pick for tampering with Kirk Cousins
- $250k +$100k to DC for a prank call
- $350k + 5th round pick for illegal crowd noise
- $75k + $25k to HC for an injury report violation on Bijan Robinson
- $250k + 5th round pick for tampering with Kirk Cousins
- $250k +$100k to DC for a prank call
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Sarwar is right that the First Minister ought to be championing Scotland internationally. But his notion of leveraging Trump's heritage is for the birds. This is a capricious President, surrounded by isolationists, who has never made a deal he hasn't broken
My latest for @heraldscotland.bsky.social
My latest for @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Sarwar fooling no-one by pretending to be Scotland's deal-making saviour with Trump
Anas Sarwar says the SNP has repelled foreign investment, and that as First Minister he would be a "deal maker" for Scotland, seeking to…
www.heraldscotland.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Sarwar is right that the First Minister ought to be championing Scotland internationally. But his notion of leveraging Trump's heritage is for the birds. This is a capricious President, surrounded by isolationists, who has never made a deal he hasn't broken
My latest for @heraldscotland.bsky.social
My latest for @heraldscotland.bsky.social
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Trump Boys Hook Dollar Bill Up To Potato To Make Cryptocurrency
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April 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Trump Boys Hook Dollar Bill Up To Potato To Make Cryptocurrency
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'The world’s richest man is beating up on the world’s poorest kids to save what, for him, is pocket change.'
Really sharp
overthrowmusk.com
Really sharp
overthrowmusk.com
OverthrowMusk
This is how much money Elon Musk has… and how to make that number much smaller
overthrowmusk.com
March 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
'The world’s richest man is beating up on the world’s poorest kids to save what, for him, is pocket change.'
Really sharp
overthrowmusk.com
Really sharp
overthrowmusk.com
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DOJ Designates Posting Photos Of Balding Elon Musk As Domestic Terrorism
DOJ Designates Posting Photos Of Balding Elon Musk As Domestic Terrorism
WASHINGTON—Warning that the charge carried a five-year mandatory minimum sentence, the U.S. Department of Justice declared Friday that the distribution of images featuring a balding Elon Musk constitu...
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March 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
DOJ Designates Posting Photos Of Balding Elon Musk As Domestic Terrorism
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These people are so fucking stupid man. The richest guy on the planet genuinely a dunce. You could blow his mind pulling a quarter from behind his ear on the street.
March 21, 2025 at 5:16 AM
These people are so fucking stupid man. The richest guy on the planet genuinely a dunce. You could blow his mind pulling a quarter from behind his ear on the street.
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🆕 www.ScottishFootball.info
📜 Updated Scotland Roll Of Honour - the full list & what the players get when they reach the milestone
⚽️ McTominay closes in on top 10 Scottish Goalscorers
🥅 Most shots faced since a previous, famous, 1-0 win - also with Gordon in goals
📜 Updated Scotland Roll Of Honour - the full list & what the players get when they reach the milestone
⚽️ McTominay closes in on top 10 Scottish Goalscorers
🥅 Most shots faced since a previous, famous, 1-0 win - also with Gordon in goals
March 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
🆕 www.ScottishFootball.info
📜 Updated Scotland Roll Of Honour - the full list & what the players get when they reach the milestone
⚽️ McTominay closes in on top 10 Scottish Goalscorers
🥅 Most shots faced since a previous, famous, 1-0 win - also with Gordon in goals
📜 Updated Scotland Roll Of Honour - the full list & what the players get when they reach the milestone
⚽️ McTominay closes in on top 10 Scottish Goalscorers
🥅 Most shots faced since a previous, famous, 1-0 win - also with Gordon in goals
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Tesla showroom
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
March 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Tesla showroom
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Meta downloaded an explicitly pirated data set of millions of published works on which to train their AI tool. The Atlantic has helpfully made that data set searchable. It appears to include 4 of my plays 👍🏻
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
![Court documents released last night show that the senior manager felt it was “really important for [Meta] to get books ASAP,” as “books are actually more important than web data.” Meta employees turned their attention to Library Genesis, or LibGen, one of the largest of the pirated libraries that circulate online. It currently contains more than 7.5 million books and 81 million research papers. Eventually, the team at Meta got permission from “MZ”—an apparent reference to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg—to download and use the data set.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wbvqv5jjfmj3ip627ln4pl7r/bafkreifgn2vrmr3vxcpwktguhstfptvob6optogen6isvpsnie7lrh37ly@jpeg)
March 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Meta downloaded an explicitly pirated data set of millions of published works on which to train their AI tool. The Atlantic has helpfully made that data set searchable. It appears to include 4 of my plays 👍🏻
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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Higher education is already in crisis. We're looking at mass job losses and a future with fewer institutions, fewer students, fewer researchers. The death of British universities will deskill the labour market and strangle innovation.
So how does this square with the Government's growth priority?
So how does this square with the Government's growth priority?
'UK research council leaders are bracing for cuts to quality-related (QR) research funding of up to £100 million a year ahead of next week’s Spring Statement – a move likely to lead to a fresh round of redundancies at UK universities.' 1/3
Job fears grow as Research England models £100 million QR cut
Loss of almost 8 per cent of mainstream quality-related funding feared amid concerns that Spring Statement will deepen sector funding crisis
www.timeshighereducation.com
March 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Higher education is already in crisis. We're looking at mass job losses and a future with fewer institutions, fewer students, fewer researchers. The death of British universities will deskill the labour market and strangle innovation.
So how does this square with the Government's growth priority?
So how does this square with the Government's growth priority?
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Elon Musk says that no one has died because he slashed humanitarian aid. I went to South Sudan to check if that's true. It's not. Meet Peter, Achol and Evan, ages 10, 8 and 5. The reckless actions of the world's richest men are killing the world's poorest kids www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. (Gift Article)
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Elon Musk says that no one has died because he slashed humanitarian aid. I went to South Sudan to check if that's true. It's not. Meet Peter, Achol and Evan, ages 10, 8 and 5. The reckless actions of the world's richest men are killing the world's poorest kids www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Brexit Curse.
UK food and drink exports to the EU down 34% since Brexit.
UK squeezed by Trump's tariffs.
Losing EU trade - UK regulations diverging from the EU; high energy, water, transport costs making exports expensive.
Rejoin the EU. Curb energy, water, transport profiteering.
UK food and drink exports to the EU down 34% since Brexit.
UK squeezed by Trump's tariffs.
Losing EU trade - UK regulations diverging from the EU; high energy, water, transport costs making exports expensive.
Rejoin the EU. Curb energy, water, transport profiteering.
UK food and drink exports to the EU down 34% since Brexit
Food and Drink Federation say businesses are struggling to deal with added ‘complexity and bureaucracy’
www.theguardian.com
March 14, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Brexit Curse.
UK food and drink exports to the EU down 34% since Brexit.
UK squeezed by Trump's tariffs.
Losing EU trade - UK regulations diverging from the EU; high energy, water, transport costs making exports expensive.
Rejoin the EU. Curb energy, water, transport profiteering.
UK food and drink exports to the EU down 34% since Brexit.
UK squeezed by Trump's tariffs.
Losing EU trade - UK regulations diverging from the EU; high energy, water, transport costs making exports expensive.
Rejoin the EU. Curb energy, water, transport profiteering.
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The Ninja Turtles have chosen a new Splinter
#BREAKING: Yellow and Green fire was seen exploding out of a manhole at Texas Tech University moments ago.
Evacuations are underway for the whole campus.
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Evacuations are underway for the whole campus.
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March 13, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The Ninja Turtles have chosen a new Splinter
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The thing with LLMs is they aggregate information and some people talk about certain subjects more than others.
March 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The thing with LLMs is they aggregate information and some people talk about certain subjects more than others.
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Campaigners secure keys to Angus cottage rooted in Harley-Davidson history
Campaigners secure keys to Angus cottage rooted in Harley-Davidson history
There were fears the centuries old cottage home of the Davidson family near Brechin might be lost forever.
dlvr.it
March 12, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Campaigners secure keys to Angus cottage rooted in Harley-Davidson history