Steve B
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@stevebasnett.bsky.social
· Jul 3
An apology from me to ALT text users.
I usually add descriptions which include humour to pics I upload, but I got some basics wrong:
It should NOT include:
"picture of"
"image of"
Screen readers announce an image as an image. “Image of a cat” would be read aloud as “image, Image of a cat”.
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I usually add descriptions which include humour to pics I upload, but I got some basics wrong:
It should NOT include:
"picture of"
"image of"
Screen readers announce an image as an image. “Image of a cat” would be read aloud as “image, Image of a cat”.
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The UK has paused ‘intelligence sharing’ with the US following concerns over American military strikes against boats in the Caribbean. In response the US has paused ‘intelligence having’
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The UK has paused ‘intelligence sharing’ with the US following concerns over American military strikes against boats in the Caribbean. In response the US has paused ‘intelligence having’
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Pretty cool that the guy who made his signature on a birthday card look like pubic hair is redecorating the White House
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Pretty cool that the guy who made his signature on a birthday card look like pubic hair is redecorating the White House
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Is it just me or is there something fishy about this Trump guy
June 9, 2023 at 1:10 AM
Is it just me or is there something fishy about this Trump guy
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We’re launching an investigation into how our chimps were able to host an illegal poker game, who tipped off the FBI and where the money is buried.
November 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
We’re launching an investigation into how our chimps were able to host an illegal poker game, who tipped off the FBI and where the money is buried.
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Pizzagate: If you replace the word “hot dog” with “little boy” and “pizza party” with “child sex orgy,” you will see the lengths these elites go to cover up their crimes.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
November 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Pizzagate: If you replace the word “hot dog” with “little boy” and “pizza party” with “child sex orgy,” you will see the lengths these elites go to cover up their crimes.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
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Can none of these millionaires sex criminals write in full sentences? Have you heard of paragraphs? Punctuation? No wonder ChatGPT sounds like a genius to these clowns.
November 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Can none of these millionaires sex criminals write in full sentences? Have you heard of paragraphs? Punctuation? No wonder ChatGPT sounds like a genius to these clowns.
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Boomers are killing the art of incriminating letter-writing.
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Boomers are killing the art of incriminating letter-writing.
33 as well.
And a few that I haven't done that I feel like almost everyone else in the world has.
And a few that I haven't done that I feel like almost everyone else in the world has.
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
33 as well.
And a few that I haven't done that I feel like almost everyone else in the world has.
And a few that I haven't done that I feel like almost everyone else in the world has.
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Tomorrow @freepress.bsky.social hosts @agomezfcc.bsky.social in New Jersey for a community conversation about threats to free speech and local news.
We’re happy to be part of the Commissioner’s First Amendment Tour to Challenge Government Censorship and Control.
We’re happy to be part of the Commissioner’s First Amendment Tour to Challenge Government Censorship and Control.
Local news and freedom of speech across the country are under threat.
FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez is the lone dissenting voice at the newly minted Federal *Censorship* Commission. Join Free Prfess with @agomezfcc.bsky.social to discuss the critical crossroads ahead.
RSVP: https://bit.ly/fpnjgomez
FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez is the lone dissenting voice at the newly minted Federal *Censorship* Commission. Join Free Prfess with @agomezfcc.bsky.social to discuss the critical crossroads ahead.
RSVP: https://bit.ly/fpnjgomez
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Tomorrow @freepress.bsky.social hosts @agomezfcc.bsky.social in New Jersey for a community conversation about threats to free speech and local news.
We’re happy to be part of the Commissioner’s First Amendment Tour to Challenge Government Censorship and Control.
We’re happy to be part of the Commissioner’s First Amendment Tour to Challenge Government Censorship and Control.
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I heard that the new Russian AI robot collapsed after it unexpectedly exited Windows. Probably an internal security vulnerability.
November 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I heard that the new Russian AI robot collapsed after it unexpectedly exited Windows. Probably an internal security vulnerability.
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Yes, I know, o.
But that's not the joke here.
But that's not the joke here.
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Yes, I know, o.
But that's not the joke here.
But that's not the joke here.
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Tonight we remember our dear friend and bandleader Cleto 💙
Jimmy Kimmel Remembers His Best Friend and Bandleader Cleto Escobedo III
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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November 12, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Tonight we remember our dear friend and bandleader Cleto 💙
Is it a country from which cash is flowing to them in a given moment?
Whichever country it is, their patriotic money must then be patriotically squirrelled offshore so not a patriotic penny of tax goes to Britain or Brits.
So, the country they love could be anywhere as long as it's not Britain.
Whichever country it is, their patriotic money must then be patriotically squirrelled offshore so not a patriotic penny of tax goes to Britain or Brits.
So, the country they love could be anywhere as long as it's not Britain.
Given that the far right hates Black and Brown people, hates women, hates immigrants, hates liberals, leftists and greens, hates students and universities, hates civil servants, hates disabled people, hates gay and trans people and hates Jews and Muslims, what is this country it claims to love?
November 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Is it a country from which cash is flowing to them in a given moment?
Whichever country it is, their patriotic money must then be patriotically squirrelled offshore so not a patriotic penny of tax goes to Britain or Brits.
So, the country they love could be anywhere as long as it's not Britain.
Whichever country it is, their patriotic money must then be patriotically squirrelled offshore so not a patriotic penny of tax goes to Britain or Brits.
So, the country they love could be anywhere as long as it's not Britain.
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For completeness: Paul Singer’s spokesman dismissed these claims:
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
For completeness: Paul Singer’s spokesman dismissed these claims:
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This is Robbie Gibb’s BBC declaration. He says he owns 100% of the Jewish Chronicle. If that is the case, where did the money come from??
What potential conflicts of interests does he have? When is he going to answer these questions? And who is going to ask them?
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What potential conflicts of interests does he have? When is he going to answer these questions? And who is going to ask them?
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November 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This is Robbie Gibb’s BBC declaration. He says he owns 100% of the Jewish Chronicle. If that is the case, where did the money come from??
What potential conflicts of interests does he have? When is he going to answer these questions? And who is going to ask them?
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What potential conflicts of interests does he have? When is he going to answer these questions? And who is going to ask them?
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Paul Singer is notorious because he held Argentina to ransom for 15 years tanking its economy but he’s done so much more beside. A Trump-donating Iran hawk & Netanyahu stan. And a major media investor.
If @arusbridger.bsky.social’s sources are right..Gibb has some pretty massive qs to answer.
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If @arusbridger.bsky.social’s sources are right..Gibb has some pretty massive qs to answer.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Paul Singer is notorious because he held Argentina to ransom for 15 years tanking its economy but he’s done so much more beside. A Trump-donating Iran hawk & Netanyahu stan. And a major media investor.
If @arusbridger.bsky.social’s sources are right..Gibb has some pretty massive qs to answer.
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If @arusbridger.bsky.social’s sources are right..Gibb has some pretty massive qs to answer.
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In what was a very punchy piece of reporting, @arusbridger.bsky.social & @prospectmagazine.co.uk named the man they believe actually owns it: Paul Singer, a notorious vulture capitalist & owner of Elliott Management. Aka Robbie Gibb’s overlord
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November 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
In what was a very punchy piece of reporting, @arusbridger.bsky.social & @prospectmagazine.co.uk named the man they believe actually owns it: Paul Singer, a notorious vulture capitalist & owner of Elliott Management. Aka Robbie Gibb’s overlord
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So there’s one aspect of the BBC story that has received zero attention: Robbie Gibb’s potential financial conflict of interests.
According to @arusbridger.bsky.social, he was just the bagman for the purchase of the Jewish Chronicle.
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www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
According to @arusbridger.bsky.social, he was just the bagman for the purchase of the Jewish Chronicle.
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www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
Who really funds the Jewish Chronicle? Why it’s troubling that we don’t know…
Four years ago, a mysterious consortium came to the rescue of the beleaguered publication—and nobody is really clear about who is behind the scenes. B...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
So there’s one aspect of the BBC story that has received zero attention: Robbie Gibb’s potential financial conflict of interests.
According to @arusbridger.bsky.social, he was just the bagman for the purchase of the Jewish Chronicle.
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www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
According to @arusbridger.bsky.social, he was just the bagman for the purchase of the Jewish Chronicle.
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www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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The next episode of Eleanor & Alasdair Read That comes out in a week! Please remember that, at the time of recording, Kier Starmer was Prime Minister and our hilarious remarks made sense.
November 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
The next episode of Eleanor & Alasdair Read That comes out in a week! Please remember that, at the time of recording, Kier Starmer was Prime Minister and our hilarious remarks made sense.
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Apparently my personal trainer was actually telling me to do 100 crunches a day and now I’m even further away from having abs.
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Apparently my personal trainer was actually telling me to do 100 crunches a day and now I’m even further away from having abs.
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Ian showing his age, again.
November 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Ian showing his age, again.
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I love how when you drop Airpods they have to explode out of the case. They're like a Victorian child who is not allowed his preferred juice. "Did you just fucking DROP me? Am I not your most precious baby?" They immediately become heat seeking missiles but for crevices under your couch.
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I love how when you drop Airpods they have to explode out of the case. They're like a Victorian child who is not allowed his preferred juice. "Did you just fucking DROP me? Am I not your most precious baby?" They immediately become heat seeking missiles but for crevices under your couch.
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Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile was a documentary.
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile was a documentary.
Quiet carriages on trains should each come with a metal bucket for public use called the snory echo chamber helmet.
One who awakens wearing the helmet is by default instantly demoted to the noisy carriage.
One who awakens wearing the helmet is by default instantly demoted to the noisy carriage.
So, ummm… guy snoring louder than anyone I’ve ever heard before, in the QUIET car on Amtrak, right in front of me. I mean, am I wrong for feeling like someone who snores that insanely loudly shouldn’t be in the quiet car? Everyone around us has a look of shock or amusement on their faces. Ugh….
November 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Quiet carriages on trains should each come with a metal bucket for public use called the snory echo chamber helmet.
One who awakens wearing the helmet is by default instantly demoted to the noisy carriage.
One who awakens wearing the helmet is by default instantly demoted to the noisy carriage.
I am biased. I read the headline in a different optic:
Mr Rifty creates all rifts everywhere with everyone
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As said all along, the optimum strategy to deal with Mr Rifty is to completely ignore him. Any level of sucky uppy ends up worse than "do nothing".
Mr Rifty creates all rifts everywhere with everyone
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As said all along, the optimum strategy to deal with Mr Rifty is to completely ignore him. Any level of sucky uppy ends up worse than "do nothing".
🔴‘The UK’s Suspension of Intelligence Sharing Over Trump’s Caribbean Boat Strikes Risks a Transatlantic Rift’
Keir Starmer’s Government risked being implicated if the President’s attacks were found to break international law, reports @alexhh.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/12/t...
Keir Starmer’s Government risked being implicated if the President’s attacks were found to break international law, reports @alexhh.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/12/t...
'The UK's Suspension of Intelligence Sharing Over Trump's Caribbean Boat Strikes Risks a Transatlantic Rift'
Keir Starmer's Government risked being implicated if the President's attacks were found to break international law, reports Alexandra Hall Hall
bylinetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I am biased. I read the headline in a different optic:
Mr Rifty creates all rifts everywhere with everyone
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As said all along, the optimum strategy to deal with Mr Rifty is to completely ignore him. Any level of sucky uppy ends up worse than "do nothing".
Mr Rifty creates all rifts everywhere with everyone
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As said all along, the optimum strategy to deal with Mr Rifty is to completely ignore him. Any level of sucky uppy ends up worse than "do nothing".