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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 5h

Trump is no longer even pretending to have any kind of argument that his murdering of people in the Caribbean Sea has any kind of statutory validity. Just straight up declaring that he has quasi-unlimited power to execute people based on (nominal) suspicion.

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alan @spacexecadet.bsky.social · 6h

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 7h

New figures out today show an increase in unemployment, as well as a decrease in employment and economic inactivity in June-August compared to May-July.

Our updated explainer has the figures 👇
fullfact.org/economy/empl...

Unemployment and jobs: what’s changed under Labour? – Full Fact

Labour and the Conservatives have made seemingly contrasting claims about the state of the labour market—here’s what the figures show.

fullfact.org

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alan @spacexecadet.bsky.social · 6h

😮🫣🤭

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 14h

Double kudos to @jonhenley.bsky.social and the @theguardian.com for:

a) taking the trouble to report on a set of continental European elections where the far-right didn't sweep all before it!

b) calling the far-right the far-right, not 🤮 'the hard-right'!

Portugal’s far-right Chega falls well short of expectations in local elections

Party hoped to take 30 municipalities but secured three after share of vote halved from parliamentary elections

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 7h

Summarising the character of Clym Yeobright from Return of the Native in 250 words will be no use to a consultant oncologist.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 11h

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

www.independent.co.uk

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 8h

BREAKING: Shabana Mahmood announces that immigrants will have to recite Beowulf in its entirety in Old English, without notes, before being allowed entry to the U.K.

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 6h

A must-have, for every home.

Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social · 7h

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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 6h

The Philadelphia Air Quartet

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 9h

🌟 We’re celebrating Ada Lovelace Day at the Met Office! We champion women in STEM & are proud to be named a Best Workplace in Tech ™ 2025 by Great Place to Work UK 🏆

Read about Beth’s journey in STEM 👇
careers.metoffice.gov.uk/stories/work...

#AdaLovelaceDay #WomenInTechWeek #InclusionMatters

From work experience to full-time tech team member

How Beth Harper developed her career with the Met Office after doing work experience

careers.metoffice.gov.uk

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alan @spacexecadet.bsky.social · 10h

Life without @larryandpaul.bsky.social is pretty dull I'd say.

alan @spacexecadet.bsky.social · 10h

Impossible except if you recruit an army of bots to replace the thousands that followed you and everybody else on there

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James Breckwoldt @jamesbreckwoldt.bsky.social · 16h

1. Ecological Fallacy: just because a constituency goes from one party to another doesn't mean many individual voters made same journey

2. Availability Bias: just because you can easily picture the stereotype of a particular voter doesn't mean that they are numerous in electorate

The Two Psychological Biases to Avoid to Understand Voting Behaviour in 2025

The ecological fallacy and availability bias

jamesbreckwoldt.substack.com

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alan @spacexecadet.bsky.social · 10h

This was the last we ever received from Viv. Her last words very likely.

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alan @spacexecadet.bsky.social · 10h

If you don't mind being parted from it I'd rather like it !

alan @spacexecadet.bsky.social · 10h

Very nice indeed. I was working at Kirkwall airport in 1973 which is roughly the era of that tag. NB the passenger had maxed out his 20kg allowance at 19kg. Impressive.

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 13h

📆 Oct-Nov 2025, at the Cowcross Street Gallery + Online

📍 Thu 23 Oct: Pools & Lidos
📍 Thu 30 Oct: Stadiums
📍 Thu 6 Nov: Hopkins Architects: Building for sport
📍 Thu 13 Nov: FaulknerBrown's Leisure Centres
📍 Thu 20 Nov: Skateparks
📍 Thu 27 Nov: Sports buildings in Cymru

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 13h

EVENT: Announcing our 2025 Autumn Lecture Series: Buildings for Sport and Leisure. From lidos to skateparks, lesiure centres to stadia, the Olympics and more!

Season tickets and individual lecture tickets are available to book now: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...

See full calendar below 👇🏼

Image © Howard Kingsnorth - Crystal Palace National Sports Centre (1964)

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alan @spacexecadet.bsky.social · 10h

There is weirdness around certainly

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12h

Trump is not too pleased with the photo they used of him in TIME Magazine

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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 12h

"By God, I would not want to be saying that to a convicted paedophile."

Leaked email suggests Prince Andrew lied to Emily Maitlis during their 2019 interview – and one line in particular sends a shiver down her spine

www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/prin...

‘Prince Andrew’s Epstein email sent a shiver down my spine’, says Emily Maitlis | The News Agents

Prince Andrew is accused of maintaining a friendship with Jeffrey Epstein for at least a year later than he previously claimed to have cut all communications, suggesting he lied to Emily Maitlis…

www.thenewsagents.co.uk

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alan @spacexecadet.bsky.social · 10h

That'd make a decent tapestry

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alan @spacexecadet.bsky.social · 10h

Looks like a visit to the dentist to me

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alan @spacexecadet.bsky.social · 10h

Giving the dates in your post would avoid an additional search. Sadly I'm in Venice the following week.