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MrMirth @mrmirth.bsky.social · 19h

During the Brexit campaign, the BBC promoted Farage, way beyond any other single person, on their extensive network. It was outrageous Brexit propaganda. Brexiter, Tory, Robbie Gibb, who now sits on the BBC Board was a BBC political editor at the time. He got his reward & was knighted by the Tories.

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 2d

Before the EU Ref, the BBC were running an expose on how Leave dot EU were recruiting far right extremists. Robbie Gibb closed it down.

"Robbie Gibb is being quite helpful and says he’s trying to hose it down." - Arron Banks

- @channel4news.bsky.social in 2019

Revealed: Brexit group covered up its targeting of right-wing extremists

Brexit-backer Arron Banks repeatedly denied that Leave.EU appealed to National Front supporters - in a bid to get the BBC to drop an investigation

www.channel4.com

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 12m

Shabana Mahmood knows what life is like for Muslims, and especially women. So why is she so willing to throw others to the Far Right wolves? Does she not understand they will also come for her? Or is her bet they will wait until after her political career? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

‘Explosion’ of Islamophobic attacks not being reported to police, politician warns

Exclusive: “There’s been an explosion of Islamophobia since October 7,” shadow secretary of state for justice Shabana Mahmood has said

www.independent.co.uk

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 13h

Woah! So Labour's position really is, 'telling us off for breaching human rights undermines the case for human rights'? Proper Trumpian stuff from Labour's answer to Suella Braverman.

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Bwgan Buzz @bwganbuzz.bsky.social · 8m

I do need to watch this show

youtu.be/MF-Qnv2Srfs?...

A Clear Conscience | Yes, Prime Minister | BBC Comedy Greats

YouTube video by BBC Comedy Greats

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Bwgan Buzz @bwganbuzz.bsky.social · 17m

We could ya know rejoin the EU

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2h

"There is no doubt that the impact of Brexit has been severe and long-lasting", Rachel Reeves tells Sky News, as she suggests that taxes will now have to go up as a result to "make sure the numbers add up".

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2h

"There is no doubt that the impact of Brexit has been severe and long-lasting", Rachel Reeves tells Sky News, as she suggests that taxes will now have to go up as a result to "make sure the numbers add up".

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Terri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · 29m

Good heavens, I didn't know this fabulous video is on YouTube. It's lovely to see my friends and neighbours Brian and Wendy Froud when they were still so very young! I've spent the last year helping them with a new book (we're not allowed to reveal the subject yet), which will be out in autumn 2026.

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 2d

"The World of the Dark Crystal" documentary (1983, 1 hour) is available for free on Youtube.
>> www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...

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Ben Coates @bencoates1.bsky.social · 52m

2 years ago the big thing was opposing mainstream government by hanging dutch flags upside down. At protests you also see the orange variant associated with wartime fascism.
But now increasingly it’s just:
flying 🇳🇱 flag =>
support for hard right

(photo: Nieuwerkerk last week)

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 30m

Thinking of all the people who insisted that this admin was serious about "ending antisemitism on college campuses."

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1h

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song.
"Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me."
Epic

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arseblog @arseblog.com · 1h

Arsenal boys on the scoresheet as the Interlull ends

Morning. The Arsenal lads were among the goals yesterday as the October Interlull came to a close. Let’s start with: Mikel Merino: He scored twice as Spain beat Bulgaria 4-0. He opened the scoring for his country with a solid header (watch here), and made it 2-0 with another decisive header (watch here) to make […] The post Arsenal boys on the scoresheet as the Interlull ends appeared first on Arseblog ... an Arsenal blog.

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Lucas Nunes @lucasjn.bsky.social · 6h

Here's a T. Rex bored to death trying to bite their own tail. My partner asked me to animate it in stop motion, after she watched a video about the very important topic of "could T. Rex chew its own tail like a dog". The puppet is still a work in progress 🦖

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Dutch News @dutchnewsnl.bsky.social · 1h

Election watch: Wilders returns, VVD admits poverty will rise www.dutchnews.nl?p=258534

Election watch: Wilders returns, VVD admits poverty will rise

www.dutchnews.nl

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Bwgan Buzz @bwganbuzz.bsky.social · 1h

Remembering it was coalition gov with vince cable in charge o post office that started privatisation mess

Reuters @reuters.com · 1h

UK regulator fines Royal Mail $28 million for missing delivery targets reut.rs/4938Rek

UK regulator fines Royal Mail $28 million for missing delivery targets

Britain's telecom and media regulator on Wednesday said that it had fined Royal Mail 21 million pounds ($28.1 million), after the post and parcel group failed to meet delivery targets for 2024-2025, and warned that the levies are likely to continue unless improvements are made.

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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 12h

When we write or draw porn or erotica, we get banned from having a bank account and our livelihoods get seized even if we give it away for free.

When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 14h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · 11h

glad that we are using up all clean water for such a worthy purpose

The Verge @theverge.com · 14h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5h

This is real. Chicago today.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 1h

i don't understand how stephen or katie miller are allowed within 500 feet of a synagogue

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1h

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 12h

The use of AI to marionette a woman whose tortured existence was spent trying to carve her own life and identity out of the space men forced her into is both damningly macabre and a surprisingly perfect encapsulation of the problems with this ghoulish use of technology.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 12h

The “Oops, protein powder is full of lead” thing would explain so much.

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Bwgan Buzz @bwganbuzz.bsky.social · 12h

I’ll hear no ill at darts. Its a great sport that combines mathematics and precision with amazing mind games and strategy to throw your opponent off with pace

World News @newsfromtheworld.bsky.social · 17h

Beau Greaves - the 'very special' talent who beat Littler

https://www.bbc.com/sport/darts/articles/cy5qy49d04yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

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Layla @lili-kh.bsky.social · 13h

This is how we welcome our beloved ones who spent years in Israeli prisons yesterday 🥺✊️ Please don’t forget that many Palestinians are still imprisoned by the occupation — Dr. Hossam is one of them.

Free them now!🇵🇸

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 15h

nearly all the plant-based products we tested had elevated lead levels: vegan powders had 9x as much lead as dairy and 2x as much as beef

though dairy-based powders had the lowest levels, half were still too contaminated for safe daily use

you may be asking: how could this be? well...

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 14h

lastly, a common rebuttal to contaminant reporting is that there are unavoidable levels of lead in lots of foods. some context:

taking just one serving of one of the powders we tested would expose you to 45% more lead than the average american gets from everything they eat/drink in a day combined

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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 12h

If you’re a man in the room and a public official says this about your female colleague, you don’t continue as if nothing happened.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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