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Yiannis
@yiannisbab.bsky.social
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Campaigns on nature, climate finance and human rights. Writing on European politics and the far-right. Occasional posts on https://yiannisbaboulias.substack.com/
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Yiannis @yiannisbab.bsky.social · 3h
Is it just me or did the summer go by in a flash and it's now been October for approximately two months?
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 5h
“Keep vast numbers of DVDs, CDs and vinyl in case of cyberattack, middle-aged dads told”
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Steve Beresford @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · 6h
Then: the office of the future will be paperless

Now: keep paper records
Have plans on paper in case of cyber-attack, firms told
Prepare to switch to offline systems in the event of a cyber-attack, firms are being advised.
www.bbc.co.uk
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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 4h
Next time somebody asks me what Bluesky is like, I'll send them this
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Yiannis @yiannisbab.bsky.social · 6h
Just saw an american complaining that a 1,1kg tomahawk steak is $50. Again, that's so much meat!!
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Yiannis @yiannisbab.bsky.social · 6h
My favourite (not) kind of post at the moment is people posting huge chunks of meat and going "can you believe this 3,2kg leg of lamb is 45 quid!!!" - i'm sorry mate, how much did you want to pay for over 3kg of meat, a tenner?
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Yiannis @yiannisbab.bsky.social · 11h
All "men at war" books are Illiad fan fiction, bar none
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Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
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Yiannis @yiannisbab.bsky.social · 1d
If a sector ever screamed "need regulation"
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 2d
Private equity wrecked UK high street, says Iceland Foods boss

PE model - low wages, cut staff/investment, high debt, profiteering, tax abuse.

PE devoured Debenhams, Maplin, Byron Burger, Cath Kidson, Comet, Flybe, Poundworld, Toys R Us.

Controls care homes, vets, supermarkets.
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Private equity has wrecked the high street, says Iceland boss
Richard Walker says private buyers take out costs and fail to invest then sell to the highest bidder in a cycle that makes retailers steadily worse
www.thetimes.com
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Yiannis @yiannisbab.bsky.social · 2d
It's easier to bring in a game rather than the "we sort of knew how to make these things but we lacked the resources and capacity to produce at scale" which is closer to the case
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Yiannis @yiannisbab.bsky.social · 3d
They didn't, I'll give him this one
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Yiannis @yiannisbab.bsky.social · 3d
My controversial take is that we should do nothing to persuade people who want to move to Dubai not to do so.
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Yiannis @yiannisbab.bsky.social · 4d
Sending this to *journalists* just shows how much Weiss doesn't know about journalism.
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 4d
News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."
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Yiannis @yiannisbab.bsky.social · 4d
good idea this
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Dr Beccy Cooper MP @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social · 4d
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Yiannis @yiannisbab.bsky.social · 6d
The people, they thirst for the art
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Yiannis @yiannisbab.bsky.social · 6d
Bold of Kemi Badenoch to go all "bring back Tony" but we are where we are
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 6d
"We used to ring up our GP and get an appointment on the same day," says Kemi Badenoch. She does not add: we're all looking for the guy who did this!
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Yiannis @yiannisbab.bsky.social · 6d
Banter timeline says that following that, an SNP gov in Scotland pushes through a refb(because who's gonna stop them), Independence wins because of the mess down south, and you have that to deal with as well
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Yiannis @yiannisbab.bsky.social · 6d
Same goes for chickens. Vicious little creatures, murderous psychopaths that wouldn't hesitate to tear you to pieces if they could. Can't say the same for cows though. They just mostly vibe.
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Yiannis @yiannisbab.bsky.social · 6d
In fact, the do eat us when given the chance
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 6d
i have met a number of pigs, including pigs i later went on to eat (we have small farmers in our family) and quite frankly, getting to know pigs has made me feel even less bad about eating them

they would 100% eat us if given the chance
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 6d
Party donor Nick Candy says "I cherish the values we grew up with here in the West. But today you are more likely to find the values we grew up with in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.’

Via Sam Leith in the Spectator
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...
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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 7d
Imagine this happening in the UK and not having to sigh 'what do their parents do?' every time you hear about a new band. Wouldn't it be great to hear music from somebody who isn't directly related to the Lord Admiral Wythenshawe Bloodfeast MP, the Butcher of Bangalore?
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 8d
I think a lot of this stuff is as simple as 1) the incentives to be interested in policy and to rise in a political party have broken very badly 2) and therefore the people who rise, who are primarily interested in elections, fantasise about getting an opportunity to do what they are 'best' at.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 8d
Labour has a majority of about 150. What is the internal turmoil this person imagines that would lead to a Labour PM voluntarily calling an early election. Because that’s the only way one happens.

Or to put it another way: what are these people smoking?
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 8d
After a trip across Ukraine on trains that keep running in spite of Russian air raids, nothing says welcome home quite like those three magical words:

Rail Replacement Bus
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Yiannis @yiannisbab.bsky.social · 8d
Welcome comrade www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Jamie Douglass @jamesldouglass.bsky.social · 8d
Really hoped this would be, like, "Satan" and "Witches" or even "Popish conspiracies" but turns out to just be "reconciling the worldwide anglican communion" as you were
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 8d
A pub in London Fields is trying to put up a timber canopy over its outside seating.

The planning process so far has taken FIVE YEARS. That’s longer than it took to build the entire Hoover Dam. capx.co/nimby-watch-...
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Hackney council is coming down on a popular East London pub
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Yiannis @yiannisbab.bsky.social · 8d
Reform is out there looking for billions going to trans performers or something, parts of the left are after imaginary empty homes to reposses, and the Tories have convinced themselves that the problem is human rights. This is all nonsense but easier than "we need to reform council tax"