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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 10h

This made me laugh way harder than it should have.

A play on the Obama "HOPE" poster, but with a frog and the word "HOP"

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Liberal Jimocrat @liberaljimocrat.bsky.social · 55m

Yes, it feels like something that’s neither impossible nor inevitable

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Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 3h

This (fascinating) audiobook thread reminding me of the hardest choices you have to make as a parent, “how many characters in this book are getting funny voices?” b/w “can I actually do the accent I am attempting?”

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · Dec 26

“May your favourite authors get big enough that their audiobooks get a cast of more than one actor.” - ancient Cockney curse.

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Alan Smith @mralanjohnsmith.bsky.social · 21h

Sometimes people talk about possible electoral outcomes of different voting systems as the pros and cons. To me, that's like the voting system choice equivalent of gerrymandering. We should be looking at what system best reflects the breadth of views across the country. Better democracy is the aim.

Electoral Reform Society @electoralreform.bsky.social · 22h

Nobody can predict the next election. But you can choose a system that behaves predictably – one that translates votes into seats in a consistent, transparent way.

The danger of choosing a voting system that works for you today

We all have a party we lean toward. Maybe we’ve stuck with them for decades, maybe our loyalties shift with the times. But when it comes to how we elect our parliament, our choices sho

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Liberal Jimocrat @liberaljimocrat.bsky.social · 2h

To be fair, engineering students are one of the groups who could probably manage an actually safe solution to picking up canisters (remotely operated vehicle)

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Liberal Jimocrat @liberaljimocrat.bsky.social · 2h

I mean who doesn’t like dumplings?

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Liberal Jimocrat @liberaljimocrat.bsky.social · 2h

Did they just assume everyone in HK was a research scientist or really into molecular gastronomy or something?

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Liberal Jimocrat @liberaljimocrat.bsky.social · 2h

Well buttered and ideally crusty.

What are your thoughts on stew?

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pickwick @pickwick.bsky.social · 5h

Honestly I think part of it is that if you try and explain truthfully to an offline person what Rowling is like these days, you do sound like a hysterical leftie activist exaggerating for effect, because she's *that far gone*

Alex Ries @alexries.com · 7h

What are your theories as to why nominally 'liberal' people like Simon Pegg and Matt Berry are willing to work with Rowling?

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Liberal Jimocrat @liberaljimocrat.bsky.social · 3h

Reject the food binary

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Jaunty Art @jaunty.art · Nov 1

Misheard lyrics (true story)

Four panel comic of Nicolas Cage dressed as Castor Troy in priest costume from the film Face/Off. The text reads “And if I only could, I’d make a deal with God, and get Him to SWAP OUR FACES.”

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 10h

It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.

laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 16h

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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sqooky from:me @skeet.best · 1d

jokes aside, can you imagine how you would handle it if you asked a human assistant "did you make all this up instead of actually doing any of the work", and that person responded to you with "good catch"

Nosferatu RBMK 🦇 @comraderobot.bsky.social · 1d

girl are you chatgpt because your KPIs are crazy

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Did you make up these numbers?
Good catch - I wasn't able to actually open and parse your CSV file yet,
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Sudden Deth ☠️ @youreacuntmate.bsky.social · 1d

Found the worst playground in England

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 3h

If this happened at a steel plant there would be talk of government bail out to secure jobs

LopaLeach @lopa.bsky.social · 2d

Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU www.timeshighereducation.com/news/cuts-eq...

Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU

Proposed job losses almost triple since March as unions prepare to vote on nationwide industrial action

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 3h

This stuff fundamentally doesn't respect that the audiobook is part of a literary and theatrical tradition that is thousands of years old. It's not a venue for a producer who wishes they were making radio plays to butcher a text with badly formatted scripts and actors who weren't in studio together.

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · Dec 26

Crazy idea, but for the cost of getting Bill Nighy to read the footnotes, could surely have taken the time to properly format Sian Clifford's script so there aren't moments where you can essentially *hear* the fact there was a pagebreak?

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Andrew Blum @ablum.bsky.social · 12h

We had Angela Davis speak at my university a couple of years back. One of the many insightful things she said - protest in the way that aligns with your passion. If that’s poetry do poetry or music etc. Because then you will be able to sustain it. If naked bike rides are your passion, 100% do that.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 10h

there's genuinely quite a lot of 'christianity is a religion for losers' stuff on the new right and well yes! that is the point! it was a faith of slaves and women, as the romans sneered.

Neon Chinchilla @neonchinchilla.bsky.social · 10h

Donald- So I just admit that I was wrong and I get to go into heaven?

Jesus- Yes my child. I paid the price for your sins when I died on the cross

Donald- But I have to admit I was wrong?

Jesus- Yes my child.

Donald- I like messiahs who weren't crucified.

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WhatSaraSaid @whatsarasaid.bsky.social · 10h

protests against this government should include white Boomer grandmothers who meet for pilates class, get a pitcher of mimosas & walk together to the public space

we need people in the street who think everyone can talk their way out of a speeding ticket, they're key to winning

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · Jul 21

"Abu Ghraib . . . was a leak, and people were shocked. Now similar degradation in 'deportations' is being intentionally broadcast for the entertainment of half the country"

www.liberalcurrents.com/the-politi/

The Politics of Humiliation

The politics of humiliation has moved to the center of the reactionary project under Trump II.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Philip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social · 6h

Lots of Thatcher stuff coming today, to mark her 100th birthday. Here's one of mine.

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Liberal Jimocrat @liberaljimocrat.bsky.social · 4h

It’s also probably not unrelated to the industry apparently forgetting how to make a decent sized season of television to a reasonable budget and timeline

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Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 15h

Imagine invading an American city for fascism then getting recalled because the dear leader saw you on TV and thought you were too fat and unattractive.

Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 18h

The Texas Military Department confirmed to @taskandpurpose.com it had replaced some of the 200 National Guard troops sent to Chicago for not being "in compliance" with validation standards. This came after photos of heavyset NG members were widely mocked. taskandpurpose.com/news/texas-n...

Some Texas National Guard troops replaced in Illinois after failing to meet standards

An unspecified amount of Texas National Guard troops were replaced in Chicago, shortly after photos of their appearance were mocked.

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Adam Grant @adamgrant.bsky.social · 16h

Cursing is rarely a symbol of low class. It's often a mark of high authenticity.

Evidence: Swearing predicts higher rates of honesty and integrity. It signals a willingness to prize candor over courtesy.

A little profanity can show that you're being real and you do give a damn.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 18h

prince andrew: you see I had a long running warlord character dating back to when I first met Jeffrey in 1999. it's important to me to take on the role of a leader.

emily maitlis: but sir, the warlord wasn't included until the launch of fourth edition in 2007

prince andrew: ah um (profuse sweat)

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 19h

whole thing is even worse than the headline when you think about what 'play' means here

“I’m just as concerned for you! Don’t worry about me! It would seem we are in this together and will have to rise above it. Otherwise keep in close touch and we’ll play some more soon!!!!”"

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 19h

Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ in 2011 email www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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