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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 6h

Britain simply could not afford so much reckless spending on youth clubs

Simon Parker @simonparker.bsky.social · 1d

The absolute bloody vandalism of austerity in one chart. Good analysis of the overall picture here.

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Jason K Pargin, author @jasonkpargin.bsky.social · 11h

It's fascinating how in real life huge stories just don't have an ending at all. Remember the Boeing scandal? Planes falling apart? Dead whistleblowers? Was there some kind of resolution to it? Is it all fine now?

It's like a plot that's just an endless series of inciting incidents

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Gledster @gledster.bsky.social · 10h

Starmer's Labour just speed running bigotry and intolerance here.

No need to worry about a 'Reform-led government', we've pretty much got one already.

evil matt @windows98support.bsky.social · 15h

The inevitable result of this will be any candidate with a “foreign” enough sounding name being auto-rejected regardless of their nationality. More so than they currently are.

This is by design.

Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 21h

'thanks' to the algorithm, this is what I woke up to every morning... As a foreigner, this really gets me in a good mood (not) for the day.

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Gledster @gledster.bsky.social · 11h

Definitely.

Jordan Peterson has been in the news this week.

Dude has been talking utter gibberish for decades and made a living doing it. Needed therapy more than he needed publicity.

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Gledster @gledster.bsky.social · 11h

Ah Iraq and Afghanistan, two incredibly peaceful places. Utter bastions of serenity both.

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Gledster @gledster.bsky.social · 11h

Pure art.

Imagine watching May, Johnson & Sunak all the while convinced that you can do better.

And being worse than all three.

Utterly hilarious.

A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 13h

This line, man, this line.

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Gledster @gledster.bsky.social · 11h

It's utterly hilarious is what it is.

The fact the top brass in Labour are seeing this info and ignoring it is hilarious.

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Wooferendum Black Bloc @trufflehog.bsky.social · 1d

I AM BEGGING ANYONE TO TAKE COUNCIL FUNDING SERIOUSLY. Seriously, wring some answers from the greens or YourParty.rar.exe whenever it becomes a real boy.

And also not to fall for "Pride in Place" nonsense Labour PR stunts: www.podbean.com/ea/pb-jhsdx-...

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Gledster @gledster.bsky.social · 1d

The council is £240 million in debt.

Handing out roughly £20 per child is going to do absolutely nothing.

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Gledster @gledster.bsky.social · 1d

Dude's been batshit insane for a decade plus.

It's a sign of our broken society that this man, who rose to prominence fighting AGAINST a university request to respect people's names and pronouns, has had such a reach.

Peterson needed therapy, not publicity.

Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 1d

Jordan Peterson critically ill with pneumonia, neuropathy, and sepsis. His daughter Mikhaila claims the illnesses are due to mold exposure, cleaning out a basement, and "spiritual attacks." boingboing.net/2025/10/15/j...

Jordan Peterson critically ill with pneumonia, neuropathy, and sepsis

Jordan Peterson is sick, and suffering from "spiritual attacks" (and surely it's not the drugs, or long COVID, or a meat-only diet, or...)

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Gledster @gledster.bsky.social · 1d

Isn't it interesting which news stories merit a mugshot photo and which don't?

I can't qwhite understand why(ite)...

screenshot of MSN page from MS Edge browser.

Top story in a large rectangle: "MIRROR: Housing benefits worker set-up false accounts to claim almost £500,000"

Photo to illustrate story, a selfie of a white lady, face and scarf visible. The lady is smiling.

Underneath a smaller story. "MIRROR: Shocking moment Prime Minister's groundsman kicks dad of murdered teen in..."

Photo to illustrate this story? The accused in questions official police mugshot.

It will not surprise you to learn the man in this mugshot is black.

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Gledster @gledster.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, then that would be spending your magic money to make the country as gay and accepting as possible!

Which would kinda rock.

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Andrea Reyes E (she/her) @altibel.bsky.social · 2d

LMAO - so this "amazing new technology: is gonna be used for ads, porn, surveillance, and giving the illusion of efficiency (so greedy bosses fire half of their employees), while burning the planet? It definitely makes sense that universities are pushing it into every ffing task 🫠 #ResistAI

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 2d

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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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 2d

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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Gledster @gledster.bsky.social · 2d

Hold on, I'll dig out my tiniest violin...

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BearOfScots🎃🐾🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @bearofscots.bsky.social · 2d

A trans Royal Mail worker who was bullied, harassed & assaulted by colleagues has just won a tribunal for sex discrimination.💕🏳️‍⚧️

Major bloody news, yet silence from BBC, ITV, Guardian etc.

If Forstater or Rowling got looked at by a trans person it’d be front page for weeks. The silence says it all.

PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 2d

Trans Royal Mail worker wins sex discrimination payout after harassment from co-workers
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/14/trans-royal-mail-worker-wins-sex-discrimination-payout-after-harassment-from-co-workers/?utm_content=1760434801&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Trans Royal Mail worker wins payout after harassment from co-workers

A trans Royal Mail worker has won a harassment payout after being subjected to bullying, verbal abuse and physical assault.

www.thepinknews.com

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Micah @rincewind.run · 2d

I unironically love this shit, the process is very funny to me

“after months of extensive work we have removed one (1) character from your logo. that will be eleven million dollars please.”

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 3d

Apple TV+ has rebranded to Apple TV

It's their 'vibrant new identity'

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Gledster @gledster.bsky.social · 2d

He is such a scumbag.

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Gledster @gledster.bsky.social · 2d

"All migrants are required to get smashed at Spoons and go punch a copper in the face, whilst carrying a greasy kebab in the other hand at 3am."

Gledster @gledster.bsky.social · 2d

Just remembered that, the so-called great raconteur Boris Johnson would probably fail this.

Listen to any speech of his and it's "ummms" and "errrrs" for most of it.

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Gledster @gledster.bsky.social · 2d

That's the 'great communicator' Boris Johnson being deported then.

Dude couldn't utter one sentence without umming and erring himself into a stupor.

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Barleybap @barleybap.bsky.social · 2d

Look, I can't lecture others for enjoying low brow entertainment. I literally own a copy of Van Helsing the game based on Van Helsing the hit movie. But if the limit of your creative imagination is "hit TV show, but with famous dead actress instead", I beg you to go and engage with some actual art.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 3d

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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Gledster @gledster.bsky.social · 2d

This is just racism, segregation & discrimination.

Most English people don't understand the language to an A-level standard, have you seen most Facebook posts?!

The Independent @the-independent.com · 2d

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK

www.independent.co.uk

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Gledster @gledster.bsky.social · 2d

Agreed, the press are generally terrible at covering this in its proper context.

The problems are long-term and Israel hasn't been sated, they haven't achieved their goals yet.

I can't imagine Palestine is going to be allowed to grow and thrive.

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Patrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social · 2d

Sorry, what? There is no “race debate”. There is racism, there are racists.

This isn’t a legitimate political polemic, this is hate speech and hate crime.

Can we stop trying to wedge the bigotry of fragile white men in to public discourse? Doing so is hate-washing and we need to stop it.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers

Staff are being advised to travel in mixed groups and carry panic alarms as incidents of intimidation spread

www.theguardian.com

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