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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 1d

The US federal attack on Portland has resulted in the best advertisement for a city that I have ever seen. Round-the-clock joy, community solidarity and silliness that much of the West has lost and longs for.

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 2d

Um. There’s a woman presenting this too.

ok.co.uk @ok.co.uk · 8d

Rylan Clark is set to delve into the eerie world of witchcraft in his new show, The Witches Of Essex.

Rylan Clark slams 'misogyny' in British witch hunt as he fronts new Sky show

Rylan Clark shares the spotlight with professor Alice Roberts in The Witches Of Essex, where the pair delve into the dark history of witch hunts - and one discovery rattled Rylan.

www.ok.co.uk

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Yorkshire Paddy @yorkshirepaddy.bsky.social · 2d

As he is in every film he is in.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 2d

if we'd treated their obvious baldfaced lies and deflections more like this over the past eight years maybe we wouldn't be in this situation

shocking how easy it is when you actually see it done

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Yorkshire Paddy @yorkshirepaddy.bsky.social · 2d

I think we've been there for well over a year. While he's been distracting beard-stroking journalists, Stephen Miller has been going full-fash.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 2d

This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.

No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.

Well – no. Bluesky may or may not be, as one centre-right friend who felt unwelcome put it, “self-righteous island”. But the idea that’s why we went is nonsense. That I’ve largely stopped posting on a site that’s done more to shape my career and social circle than the rest of the internet combined is less about avoiding rival opinions (I love arguing with people who are wrong!) than with the fact the site simply became unusable. It 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.

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Yorkshire Paddy @yorkshirepaddy.bsky.social · 2d

Ickle Bob cosplaying a fascist and still being the favourite to be leader of the opposition within a year is alarming and very depressing. What is wrong with people?

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 2d

🔗 Read the full piece

www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

Stewart Lee: The thugs have taken my flag. So I’ve taken theirs

What do you do with a lot of cheap banners hanging from motorway bridges once you’ve torn them down?

www.thenerve.news

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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 2d

Did the Russians pay Farage to say this…just asking questions…

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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 3d

Alex and I run through the latest on Gaza, the Nobel Peace Prize, the hubris of Reform UK, and our favourite guilty pleasure books PLUS we bring you TWO good news stories in Grin & Share It.

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Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 3d

SUNDAY SCHOOL DROP

☮️🏆 Who is María Corina Machado & how bruised is Trump?

💸 Reform struggles to find DOLGE cuts

📚RIP Jilly Cooper & all hail the trashy novel

open.spotify.com/episode/2jKt...

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...

Sunday School: The Big Blag Theory

open.spotify.com

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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 4d

ARE YOU READY FOR NO KINGS?

SHARE Across social media to spread the word! https://social.demcast.com/toolkit/nokings-0549

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Barry Howard 🔶 @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 3d

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Yorkshire Paddy @yorkshirepaddy.bsky.social · 3d

Absolutely. Fabulous to watch.

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Yorkshire Paddy @yorkshirepaddy.bsky.social · 3d

I'm disappointed, annoyed, frustrated. I'm not stunned.

Yorkshire Paddy @yorkshirepaddy.bsky.social · 3d

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Brian Moore @briantrumpet.bsky.social · 3d

Everything he's reported to have said in this BBC piece sounds like he's desperately trying to distance himself, knowing that the connection is real and toxic. If the press were investigating Farage with the same enthusiasm they went for Rayner, he'd be done for.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nigel Farage 'stunned' ex-Wales Reform leader Nathan Gill took bribes

Nathan Gill has admitted taking money for pro-Russian statements as a European Parliament member.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 4d

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 3d

I have a poorly formed theory of how Democrats need to build a policy of hate in order to engage with low-education voters in the social media era and the GOP has really been putting the ball on the tee for them.

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 4d

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Yorkshire Paddy @yorkshirepaddy.bsky.social · 3d

I agree right up to the word 'small'

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Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · 3d

The value of Fuel Duty is now at historic lows, having fallen by 23p per litre (or a third) in real terms over the past decade.

It would cost £5 billion *per year* to continue the freeze by the end of the decade.

Instead, smaller quarterly increases should be introduced.

Chart showing Nominal main rate of Fuel Duty per litre under different scenarios

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Yorkshire Paddy @yorkshirepaddy.bsky.social · 3d

Farage is upset that some animals weren't caused unnecessary harm in the manufacture of the tampons. He obviously wants animals to suffer unnecessarily.

Yorkshire Paddy @yorkshirepaddy.bsky.social · 3d

The EU wouldn't let us with Reform polling 30%.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 4d

Same day. Same plenary session. Same visit to Gill’s office. Same Farage, Same Gill, same wife of sanctioned pro Russian agent.

Six days after the first bribery charge

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Is he dead yet? 🇺🇦🇵🇸 @anton-decque.bsky.social · 4d

Yes it would be a tragic coincidence if that happened.

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Auke Hoekstra @aukehoekstra.bsky.social · 4d

If you want an explanation of why China is kicking the EU car industry to the curb, look no further than the criminally knuckle dragging EU car makers demanding new loopholes so they don't have to meet any meaningful low emission targets for cars in the EU.
www.ft.com/cIfontent/5a...

Carmakers demand EU eases ‘rigid’ 2035 petrol car ban

Environmental groups say carmakers’ demands risk halving electric vehicle sales in Europe

www.ft.com

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