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Rich Firth
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IT trainer with a history degree (military, political and US history), happy to chat about classic TV and the legendary E Street Band.
If that's what you think, why did you ask for a trillion dollars over the next 10 years?

Elon Musk: AI, robotics will make work optional and money irrelevant in 10 to 20 years | Fortune share.google/sxnEijVzDDgL...
Elon Musk says that in 10 to 20 years, work will be optional and money will be irrelevant thanks to AI and robotics | Fortune
“It’ll be like playing sports or a video game or something like that,” the Tesla CEO said.
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November 22, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Good point @safety.bsky.app. This is a credible death threat.
this is a far more explicit death threat from people with the actual means to carry it out
November 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Couldn't agree more.
“In short — and this is high praise these days — Springsteen is a well-done, serious drama such as used to be commonplace in American filmmaking and now is vanishingly rare.”

(BTW, such well written reviews are also vanishingly rare)
The Springsteen Movie Is an Emotional Workout for Depressives
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere is the kind of well-done, serious drama that used to be commonplace in American filmmaking and now is vanishingly rare.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Just got back from watching Deliver Me From Nowhere. Not what I was expecting at all.

I can see why some reviewers were confused, as it's not really a biopic, it's more about male mental health. A man is spiralling down into depression and is becoming suicidal. However, as his dad (literally)...
November 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Let's see if this will deliver me from nowhere.
#Springsteen
October 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
🤣
You have to envy them, really.
EXC: Sir John Curtice says a key problem for Kemi Badenoch is that "nobody knows who she is"
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
October 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences. They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
October 2, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.
September 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This account has some great information.
Do not cram alt text with keywords just to improve search engine optimization. This will hinder alt text’s true purpose: improving accessibility. Focus on describing the photo's content. Search engine optimization should not be the goal for writing good alt text.
September 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Football is about respect and fairness. Not sports-washing genocide. Italy is set to host Israel for the World Cup qualifiers while people in Gaza starve and die. Sign now to demand FIFA and UEFA ban Israel from international football! #banisrael action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-09...
Kick Israel out of the 2026 World Cup
Football is about respect and fairness. Not sports-washing genocide. Italy is set to host Israel for the World Cup qualifiers while people in Gaza starve and die. Sign now to demand FIFA and UEFA ban ...
action.wemove.eu
September 12, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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The far right has been looking for a reason to commit mass political violence and it’s extremely important to unite around the principle that all political violence in America is unthinkable and unacceptable.
September 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Springsteen Heardle #173

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#BruceSpringsteen #SpringsteenHeardle #Heardle @RockHeardles springsteenheardle.netlify.app
Springsteen Heardle
Guess the Springsteen song from the intro in as few tries as possible.
springsteenheardle.netlify.app
September 8, 2025 at 6:48 AM
@bigfinish.bsky.social Nice shout out for Big Finish on the Space: 1999 Fifty Years Out of Orbit. Still one of my favourite ranges.
September 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Most important job of the day done. #BruceSpringsteen
September 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Springsteen Heardle #171

🔉⬛️🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️

#BruceSpringsteen #SpringsteenHeardle #Heardle @RockHeardles springsteenheardle.netlify.app
Springsteen Heardle
Guess the Springsteen song from the intro in as few tries as possible.
springsteenheardle.netlify.app
September 6, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Some brilliant resources from this account.
The hashtag #accessibility allows you to find lots of accessibility-related resources here and on LinkedIn. To find accessibility resources in Spanish, use the hashtag #accesibilidad. The hashtag #accessibilité helps you find resources in French.
September 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Springsteen Heardle #166

🔊🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️

#BruceSpringsteen #SpringsteenHeardle #Heardle @RockHeardles springsteenheardle.netlify.app
Springsteen Heardle
Guess the Springsteen song from the intro in as few tries as possible.
springsteenheardle.netlify.app
September 1, 2025 at 6:40 AM
100%. I absolutely love this song.
Listening to Bruce Springsteen’s Born To Run (1975). Everyone talks about Thunder Road and Jungleland but Meeting Across The River is Springsteen’s smoky novella. A trumpet sighs, and a guy is one bad decision from disaster - tight, tense, tragic. Born To Run is noir with a backbeat. #Sprinsteen
August 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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I’m sorry to say but the claim that the US under Trump is going to provide Ukraine with militarily enforced security guarantees, is simply the newest version of the Trump will hit Russia hard with sanctions delusion. Neither will ever happen, but if it makes you feel better….
August 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
@explodingheads.bsky.social We were laughing last night in the pub during the Leeds-Everton game, when the commentator said that David Moyes knows the club. Laughed even more when one of the regulars said, but they've got a new ground and different players...
August 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Congratulations, Skye.
'Don’t think there will be a more popular goalscorer this weekend'

16-year-old Skye Stout has silenced the trolls and done her talking on the pitch.

She scored a free-kick on her debut for Kilmarnock, just days after being subjected to vile abuse due to a skin condition 👇
August 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This.
Irony is Trump could admit everything tomorrow & his cult would be fine with it. They've looked past Access Hollywood tape, cheating kids' cancer charity, being adjudicated a rapist, insurrection, 34 felony convictions, mishandling classified documents, etc. I'm sure they'd be ok with pedophilia.
August 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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The guy who claims he has a 90% approval rating fired the government statistician who keeps employment numbers because he doesn’t agree that her numbers are honest.
August 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
@jaketapper.bsky.social I guess you are going to be all over this, any minute know right?
July 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
So that's what go woke, go broke means.
July 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM