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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21h

It's so common. Unfortunately, one of them is the leader of the opposition.

Zoomer Antimillenarian ♨️ @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 21h

There are many people like this, who act like human PowerPoints because they never actually do the reading on *anything* the moment they’re out of college and no one can enforce it anymore.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22h

one of my takeaways from this great piece is that weiss just doesn’t…sound like an intelligent person? or at least, not someone who has thought even a little bit about how and why they think the things that they do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 21h

You notice here how they use the term "wealth" rather than "super-wealth"? Zack has gone out of his way to point out that he's only talking about the "super-rich", not the merely well-off. It's very popular! But they're ignoring that, and insinuating he'll raise taxes on normal folk with good jobs.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 22h

The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly.

I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?

Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 22h

The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly.

I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?

Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

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Rich @rich531forever.bsky.social · 21h

If I had £1bn and someone made me pay 1% of it, I’d still have £990,000,000.

If I’m lucky I’ll live for another 40 yrs. I’d have to spend nearly £70k per day, every day (and shops close early on a Sunday) for the rest of my life in order to spend that £990m.

Cont..

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16h

The entire post-war consensus is based around the notion that results matter, but METHODS matter, too. That agreeing in peacetime, which lines are un-cross-able in war, is a smart thing to do. Otherwise, we would find ourselves with a Hiroshima, every time a knot was just too difficult to untie. 5/

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16h

... being thin-skinned and irascible (it was Netanyahu embarrassing him by bombing his Qatari pals that turned him - not yearning for peace), having total disrespect for any laws or rules (at home & abroad), and favouring violence/the threat of violence as a means to his ends (at home & abroad). 4/

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16h

BUT many who are largely un-critical of Trump refuse to acknowledge that this second-order effect "here" is a by-product of some pretty unpleasant first-order stuff. Namely, seeing nationhood as a property transaction, seeing federal money as his (which means he hates it being spent abroad)... 4/

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16h

This applies especially in the Middle East - a region almost entirely dominated by Strongman leaders who respond better to similarly macho counterparts. I am on record as saying this the day after the election in the US and repeating it frequently.

But, but, but, but, BUT. 3/

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16h

Today's "here" is MUCH better than where we were a week ago. I am unequivocal about that. And Trump deserves a heap of personal credit for "here". As I said many times, second- and third-order effects are unpredictable and I've been open since day one to some of them being good or very good. 2/

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Pilar redalphababe #fbpe 🇪🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦🇪🇺 @pilargomez.bsky.social · 2h

Well put Alex 👏🏻

Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16h

A little thread 🧵 to the strange "EAT CROW!" crowd, who seem to think every person left of Genghis Khan is incapable of giving credit to Trump and direct much of their triumphalism to this fictional group: Most people I know, who are critical of Trump, have given him credit for getting us here. 1/

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16h

A little thread 🧵 to the strange "EAT CROW!" crowd, who seem to think every person left of Genghis Khan is incapable of giving credit to Trump and direct much of their triumphalism to this fictional group: Most people I know, who are critical of Trump, have given him credit for getting us here. 1/

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16h

So, I suggest to Trump cheerleaders to celebrate this result, but shake their pompoms a little less vigorously about his methods, lest they find themselves in "Mussolini made the trains run on time" territory, in a few months, when those qualities mey be deployed in a way they disapprove of. 6/6

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Pilar redalphababe #fbpe 🇪🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦🇪🇺 @pilargomez.bsky.social · 2h

If either of those equivalent language requirements were imposed on Brits who have emigrated to other parts of the world 90% would be deported back to the UK!

I know English people who have been in Spain for 20 years or more who can barely order from a menu.

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Pilar redalphababe #fbpe 🇪🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦🇪🇺 @pilargomez.bsky.social · 2d

Yes agree. Plus those of us with progressive ideas ended up just talking to ourselves. The algorithms refused to let us see each other in the end to share sensible ideas. I only saw hateful people with hateful tweets and I was invisible to my friends. It became pointless.

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 2d

"Well - no. Twitter stopped generating the things (good jokes, interesting debate, clicks) I wanted; it became extremely good at generating the things (racists, pornbots, racist pornbots) I did not."

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 4d

The platform formerly known as Twitter may be horrible, but it is still shaping policy. So were we all wrong to leave?

Was the left wrong to leave X for BlueSky?

The platform formerly known as Twitter may be horrible, but it's still shaping policy

www.newstatesman.com

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Pilar redalphababe #fbpe 🇪🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦🇪🇺 @pilargomez.bsky.social · 2d

Well exactly that’s what I mean by he framed it oddly

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Pilar redalphababe #fbpe 🇪🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦🇪🇺 @pilargomez.bsky.social · 2d

It was the way he said he didn’t know if they were witches like there is some debate as to whether that’s an actual legal thing like pickpocketing or burglary or something. It was an odd way to frame it 🤷🏼‍♀️ these were people murdered by the state for no crime at all except not fitting in

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Lower bills.

Fund our NHS.

Not their culture war nonsense.

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Zack Polanski HUMILIATES Piers Morgan LIVE On Air!

YouTube video by Antony Jones

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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 2d

Morgan is embarrassing here.
He’s not remotely interested in answers… only Gotchas!
@zackpolanski.bsky.social has his measure.
All Morgan can do, when the argument is escaping him, is talk over Zack & move the conversation on to culture wars in a desperate attempt to score points.
We see you, Piers!

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Lower bills.

Fund our NHS.

Not their culture war nonsense.

youtu.be/1CbN6TUTRZs?...

Zack Polanski HUMILIATES Piers Morgan LIVE On Air!

YouTube video by Antony Jones

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Paul Singh @paulsingh.bsky.social · 2d

Is this the episode where Ryland claims witches came over on small boats and where housed “in four-star hotels" and where provided with iPads, free meals, and access to the NHS?

Because if so I’m going to give it a hard swerve.

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 2d

This is why the costumes are honestly brilliant. Ngo, who has never said a truthful thing in his entire life (remember the concrete milkshake?) now has to convince people inflatable Sesame Street and animal costumes are violent terrorists.

Sometimes you just need an image too silly to demonize.

Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 2d

“They are highly organized … [they] have purchased their own animal costumes”

Andy ngo mad about muppets again — this time in Chicago

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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 2d

The peace plan requires strong international backing to succeed.

The EU stands ready to do its part.
On Wednesday, it will restart a civilian mission to monitor the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt.

This mission can play an important role in supporting the ceasefire (2/2)

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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 2d

Ukrainians inspire the world with their courage.
Their resilience calls for our full support.

I am in Kyiv today for talks on financial and military support, the security of Ukraine’s energy sector, and holding Russia accountable for its war crimes.

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Pilar redalphababe #fbpe 🇪🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦🇪🇺 @pilargomez.bsky.social · 2d

Farage will use his ‘working class’ followers to get power with his empty promises and then throw them under the bus first chance he gets to keep millionaires happy. He and his party don’t care about people or country, they only care about power and their personal grift!

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 2d

Corrupt chancers urged to come up with an economic plan that isn’t utter bullshit. So, no tax cuts and austerity on steroids for a country already stuck in Farage’s Brexit dead end.
But hey, some super wealthy industry big (k)nobs will come on board to help con the little guy.

(Times)

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