Lawrence
@munkey-boy.bsky.social
I like the idea of the easy life, but I chose video games and Manchester City instead. European/Canadian hybrid. 🇪🇺🇨🇦
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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There's an advert on his website for a 'Depot Supervisor' that pays £12.75 an hour for shift work.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
There's an advert on his website for a 'Depot Supervisor' that pays £12.75 an hour for shift work.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
If that's a foul it's the same as Foden's penalty
November 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
If that's a foul it's the same as Foden's penalty
I just love this version of City. I know it's open and that makes people uncomfortable, but this is what I want (let's hope I'm still saying that at the end of the season!)
November 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I just love this version of City. I know it's open and that makes people uncomfortable, but this is what I want (let's hope I'm still saying that at the end of the season!)
Haaland's defending is just unreal
November 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Haaland's defending is just unreal
Donnarumma is such a get out of jail free card
November 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Donnarumma is such a get out of jail free card
2x pens denied. But if a European handball call perhaps but we're unlucky not to get either
November 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
2x pens denied. But if a European handball call perhaps but we're unlucky not to get either
C'mon City! Have to be confident after recent form, but this'll be a test, they'll have a go
November 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
C'mon City! Have to be confident after recent form, but this'll be a test, they'll have a go
Kind of mad how far Liverpool have fallen. Superb from City but not really that much to worry about surprisingly. Surprised they didn't want to mark Doku at all
November 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Kind of mad how far Liverpool have fallen. Superb from City but not really that much to worry about surprisingly. Surprised they didn't want to mark Doku at all
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Big EV gap between China and the USA.
- China has 52 BEV models with >400-mile range with many under $50k; USA has 4 all priced above $75k
- EV sales share in 2024: China 47%; USA 10%
Great paper in Science by @jhelvy.bsky.social.
- China has 52 BEV models with >400-mile range with many under $50k; USA has 4 all priced above $75k
- EV sales share in 2024: China 47%; USA 10%
Great paper in Science by @jhelvy.bsky.social.
November 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Big EV gap between China and the USA.
- China has 52 BEV models with >400-mile range with many under $50k; USA has 4 all priced above $75k
- EV sales share in 2024: China 47%; USA 10%
Great paper in Science by @jhelvy.bsky.social.
- China has 52 BEV models with >400-mile range with many under $50k; USA has 4 all priced above $75k
- EV sales share in 2024: China 47%; USA 10%
Great paper in Science by @jhelvy.bsky.social.
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Yes Pep! Fuck the Mail
October 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Yes Pep! Fuck the Mail
Microsoft complicit ... again. Not a good look
Trump administration's use of Halo "ought to offend every Halo fan, regardless of political orientation", says key series designer
www.eurogamer.net/trump-admini...
www.eurogamer.net/trump-admini...
October 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Microsoft complicit ... again. Not a good look
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
How's that not a pen?!
October 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
How's that not a pen?!
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The Green Party's proposal for a wealth tax on 1% of assets above £10m and 2% on assets above £1bn comes top of our list of tax reforms that Britons would support, with 75% giving it their backing
yougov.co.uk/economy/arti...
yougov.co.uk/economy/arti...
October 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
The Green Party's proposal for a wealth tax on 1% of assets above £10m and 2% on assets above £1bn comes top of our list of tax reforms that Britons would support, with 75% giving it their backing
yougov.co.uk/economy/arti...
yougov.co.uk/economy/arti...
Ah it's always good to come back
October 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Ah it's always good to come back
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Peak Canadian is partying in the streets while obeying the traffic lights
At Yonge & Dundas Jays fans are obeying the pedestrian scramble, as is the custom & returning to sidewalk each light cycle.
October 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Peak Canadian is partying in the streets while obeying the traffic lights
One thing I've noticed from just about every American TV show and movie is that just about everyone drink drives and noone bats an eyelid
October 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
One thing I've noticed from just about every American TV show and movie is that just about everyone drink drives and noone bats an eyelid
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Totally here for these lads having a lovely touristy time.
Every photo they look chuffed to bits 😆
Every photo they look chuffed to bits 😆
October 18, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Totally here for these lads having a lovely touristy time.
Every photo they look chuffed to bits 😆
Every photo they look chuffed to bits 😆
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Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com
Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Has Accepted £2.3 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Climate Deniers, and Polluters Since 2019 Election
Reform UK has received more than £2.3 million from oil and gas interests, highly polluting industries, and climate science deniers since December 2019, amounting to 92 percent of the party’s donations...
www.desmog.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com
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This. The leap from ‘there needs to be space to test ideas that may not conform to consensus views’ to ‘YOU MUST BE MADE UNCOMFORTABLE TO LEARN’ is wild, and I’m not sure I got the memo.
Apart from anything, I think it’s not at all educationally sound.
Apart from anything, I think it’s not at all educationally sound.
Not once have I seen an explanation for why teenagers must hear things that upset them in virtue of the unspecified speech-acts being upsetting, nor have I ever seen an explanation for why teenagers will be forbidden to express displeasure with upsetting things.
October 16, 2025 at 8:08 AM
This. The leap from ‘there needs to be space to test ideas that may not conform to consensus views’ to ‘YOU MUST BE MADE UNCOMFORTABLE TO LEARN’ is wild, and I’m not sure I got the memo.
Apart from anything, I think it’s not at all educationally sound.
Apart from anything, I think it’s not at all educationally sound.
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Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader
Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader
Green party in England and Wales has had near-50% rise in membership since Zack Polanski took over last month
The Greens in England and Wales have more than 100,000 members for the first time, the party has announced, a near-50% rise since Zack Polanski took over as leader last month.
It puts them on a potential course to overtake the Conservatives and comes little more than a week after the Greens announced they had moved past the Liberal Democrats in membership numbers, getting to 83,500. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader