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Dave Mathieson @tinydbass.bsky.social · 1h

I can't get past somebody using the term "woke" while accusing others of intellectual laziness

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 7h

www.bbc.com/news/article...

"I once met a former bodyguard of one billionaire with his own "bunker", who told me his security team's first priority, if this really did happen, would be to eliminate said boss and get in the bunker themselves. And he didn't seem to be joking."

Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried?

The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans

www.bbc.com

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Dave Mathieson @tinydbass.bsky.social · 7h

There's a really long joke that ends up with (a version of) that jingle as the punchline.

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Ian Wright @ihwright.bsky.social · 8h

Here's 4.5 mins of henry doing some magic things that includes very few goals so you may not have seen them in a while

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pba2...

Prime Henry making commentators moan and scream

YouTube video by TH14 Comps

www.youtube.com

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Dave Mathieson @tinydbass.bsky.social · 1d

I think building big walls is the most palatable part of climate change for some people. Forget about mitigation, but getting the bulldozers out is something even the most parochial politician can get behind.

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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 1d

R.I.P. ICON D’Angelo 🙏🏾🕊️

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Joe Griffin @thejoegriffin.bsky.social · 1d

Well, this sucks. Talented guy. Black Messiah was a really good record.

Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 1d

www.tmz.com/2025/10/14/d...

D'Angelo Dead at 51

Grammy-winning R&B soul singer D'Angelo is dead from pancreatic cancer ... TMZ has learned.

www.tmz.com

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Dave Mathieson @tinydbass.bsky.social · 1d

The only way that DCs won't raise emissions is if they manage to use only renewable energy that wouldn't otherwise be used. Which isn't great in a country already in trouble because of almost certainly missed climate targets.

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Dave Mathieson @tinydbass.bsky.social · 1d

Worst Granny Smiths are the ones that are bitter plus a bit soft. I can handle one of those things but the combination is horrible.

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Dave Mathieson @tinydbass.bsky.social · 1d

I figured it had to be something along those lines alright....still funny, although I'm willing to accept that it's just me :)

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Dave Mathieson @tinydbass.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry, but "merchant incinerator" made me chuckle....

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Dave Mathieson @tinydbass.bsky.social · 1d

Columnists: "Connolly's hatred of Pringles makes her unsuitable for the Áras"

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Dave Mathieson @tinydbass.bsky.social · 1d

Emissions are a quantifiable thing, and there's pretty good data on how they change and how we're tracking towards targets. It should be very easy for journalists who are experienced in asking politicians tricky questions about money numbers to transfer this scrutiny over to GHG numbers.

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Dave Mathieson @tinydbass.bsky.social · 1d

It would be like, because FG make the most of their fiscal responsibility "brand", not bothering to ask any other party about how they plan to pay for their program on the grounds that this is FG's "special thing".

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Dave Mathieson @tinydbass.bsky.social · 1d

Yep, if she was merely going to meet some friends then her death would have been an acceptable trade off vs the driver's busy schedule.

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Dave Mathieson @tinydbass.bsky.social · 1d

I can't decide whether it's amazing that someone with her experience thinks that, or whether it's entirely on-brand that someone with her experience thinks that.

I'm tending towards the latter....

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Dave Mathieson @tinydbass.bsky.social · 1d

Jesus, just read that. Humphreys still in the circa 2003 "green bin" view of the climate crisis.

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Dave Mathieson @tinydbass.bsky.social · 1d

"Our oversized car's good enough that it allowed this shit driver to get away with not killing someone on this occasion"

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Dave Mathieson @tinydbass.bsky.social · 1d

It comes from the worldview that politics is all about personalities (and associated shenanigans and gossip). So if there are no Greens in government, climate isn't as important anymore, right?

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Dave Mathieson @tinydbass.bsky.social · 1d

I think the same applies to SF as well. This is largely a media failing IMO - "green stuff" is mostly the concern of parties with "Green" in the name and it just doesn't apply to the others.

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Dave Mathieson @tinydbass.bsky.social · 1d

It's funny how even a Green Party person seems to be operating under the idea that lack of environmental action is just "priced in" to everybody in FG/FF and therefore you don't ever need to ask them about it.

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Dave Mathieson @tinydbass.bsky.social · 1d

When (British) English speakers leave the "r" out of "shorn", they don't just omit it - they lengthen the o sound as well. So it ends up sounding like "Shaun". It's the same with "car". They don't just say "ka". It's more like kaa (with the long 'a' sound).

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Dave Mathieson @tinydbass.bsky.social · 1d

The missing comma in "wake up beautiful" makes it sound even more creepily demanding.

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Dave Mathieson @tinydbass.bsky.social · 1d

Haha, I did similar. But giving a child a name where there's a common, obvious, pronunciation, but insisting that it's said the much more obscure way is a bit more of a stretch....

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Dave Mathieson @tinydbass.bsky.social · 1d

I felt there was very little "calling out" of climate delay from coalition partners by Ryan etc during the last govt.

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