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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 5h

A politics that claims to speak for "the people" against its "enemies" is always dangerous.

"The people" are a glorious array of different ideas & interests, with democracy a dialogue between them.

Populism is founded on a lie,so its fruits are always authoritarianism, simplism & conspiratorialism

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 20h

why are people on the left using "populist" in a positive way now, you shouldn't want your politicians to be populists, "populism" isn't good

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Pet Shop Boys @petshopboys.co.uk · 2d

We are so sad to hear that Dave Ball, the keyboard genius of Soft Cell, has died. He was an electronic pop pioneer and with Marc Almond made a unique catalogue of songs, completely original in sound and content. Our love and condolences go to Marc and all those close to Dave. Neil and Chris xx

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 3d

Sadly, there's a lot to be said for Marina Hyde's analysis here. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Dom Forbes @domforbes.bsky.social · 4d

me and my Dad do this 6 letter one daily as well as Wordle/Connections.

solitaired.com/wordhurdle

Word Hurdle - Guess the hidden word | Solitaired.com

Word Hurdle is a game where you guess six letter words in six tries. There are also four-word and five-word gameplay options available daily.

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Dom Forbes @domforbes.bsky.social · 4d

He's part of the same class.

Dom Forbes @domforbes.bsky.social · 8d

Hope this is true.

fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 8d

Years ago while working behind the bar at Glasto, I served a very drunk celebrity. He couldn't find his wallet so he gave me his Rolex. Weeks later he wrote to the brewery demanding we return his watch. Management investigated but no one knew who he'd given it to. I still have it

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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 8d

There are less than 200 constituencies across the entire UK in which the right cannot win. The only way to beat them is to vote tactically. In most parts of England, if you do not vote for your sitting Labour MP you will be making it easier for Reform to take power. That's just a simple fact.

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Dom Forbes @domforbes.bsky.social · 9d

Sprint training isn't the best way to get faster at the mile, which is a middle distance race.

Dom Forbes @domforbes.bsky.social · 9d

My tinnitus is pretty close to stopping me being able to hear myself think. 😢

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 17d

The salmon population of the Wye is in collapse, and Atlantic salmon are now endangered in the UK. Those bringing the court case argue the needs of intensive farming cannot be permitted to outweigh the needs of fish, wildlife + river users.

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 17d

Jubb describes the decline of the river really got going from 2016 onwards, when licenses for intensive chicken farms began to be granted in numbers not seen before - leading to a burden of phosphate + nitrate more than the river can process:

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 17d

We spoke to Nathan Jubb, a fly fishing guide who's fished the Wye for 45 years. He describes the change he's seen in the river + the impact on fish:

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Dom Forbes @domforbes.bsky.social · 9d

Wonder if his publishers will try and reclaim the advance? Although one assumes an even vaguely competent editor would have noticed...

Dom Forbes @domforbes.bsky.social · 9d

NIGEL
CABOURN
+
MAMMUT

#takemymoneynow
#idonthavethatkindofmoney

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Jake Lunt Davies @jakeld.bsky.social · 9d

Had a subtle EU moment in photoshop. 🇪🇺

#rejoineu #fuckbrexit

Close up image of the Photoshop toolbar. The colour picker displays blue and yellow while below the Quick Mask tool is reminiscent of the EU flag

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Dom Forbes @domforbes.bsky.social · 9d

Very few printers print the actual white as an ink. The white parts of the TIFF would be transparent if printed on glass/perspex/acetate.

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UK Politics @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 10d

You’d think Farage believes Brexit is the best thing to happen to Britain. But the Kremlin r🐀t’s Freudian slip showed his real preferences - the first country that came to his mind as benefiting from Brexit was Russia.

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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · 11d

Popping into #portfolioday on behalf of art directors to say thank you for sharing your work. It makes our job easier. We appreciate you.
💙❤️

Also, FWIW, I made a starter pack of hiring art-, creative-, design-directors who actively use Bluesky.
go.bsky.app/Hxoz9KX

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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 10d

Brexit was a really crap idea. And one of the many reasons why it was so crap is that it will take decades to undo. If you don't accept that, I'm afraid you do not live in the real world.

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Dom Forbes @domforbes.bsky.social · 10d

Nice!

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Dom Forbes @domforbes.bsky.social · 10d

Would you recommend getting a pressure cooker Hass? Love my slow cooker (and occasional sous-videing).

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Dom Forbes @domforbes.bsky.social · 10d

Would be happy with single market/EEA/customs union type arrangement. I realise it would just be better to be members, but doesn't seem likely in my lifetime.

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 12d

This deserves more attention than it has received.

Gove: "we were too anxious as a government to secure those deals in order to show that Brexit was working".

Exactly as so many of us warned at the time, and as the government denied at the time.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...

Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers

Michael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britain’s farmers.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

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Dom Forbes @domforbes.bsky.social · 12d

Sorry to hear that feller. Hope you're getting the support you need & keep moving onwards/upwards.

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Dom Forbes @domforbes.bsky.social · 12d

Dropped a few obscure and less so funk & soul tracks the other week at the monthly Vinyl Gathering night at The Three Horseshoes, Bradford-on-Avon. Check it out on Mixcloud.
#funkandsoul

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Dom Forbes, The Three Horseshoes, 03/10/25 – Funk & Soul

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