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Bernadette John
@beaj.bsky.social
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Digital Professionalism Zealot, Data privacy obsessive, lover of Doodles. Based in Dublin. Opinions my own
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privacymatters.bsky.social
Meant to attach this / hence the reference to the shires
November 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
beaj.bsky.social
So the chap off top gear died, I am sure he was very nice & everything. But “he loved cars so much he called his 2 girls Mercedes & Mini”… I just know I wouldn’t have been called Mercedes… & I love Minis. 🤦‍♀️
November 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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adambienkov.bsky.social
Kemi Badenoch is absolutely right about this.

At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years
October 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
beaj.bsky.social
LOVING Catherine Connolly ❤️❤️❤️ our new president in Ireland. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
October 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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ianfraser.bsky.social
Four @ledbydonkeys.org activists arrested over the projection of a nine-minute documentary detailing Trump's links with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein onto Windsor Castle during Trump's state visit have not been charged
No charges over Trump-Epstein projection on to Windsor Castle
Thames Valley Police says no further action will be taken against four men arrested in September.
www.bbc.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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eddavey.libdems.org.uk
The Tories can shout at me all they like, but the truth is their Brexit deal it is hurting our country and Labour won’t do anything about it.

Today I urged the Prime Minister to actually fix it.
October 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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peterjukes.bsky.social
The new edition of @bylinetimes.bsky.social goes to the printers tomorrow.

And we go where others fear to tread…

Subscribe by tonight and you’ll get it delivered to your door

subscribe.bylinetimes.com/editions/
October 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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privacymatters.bsky.social
Well worth reading on the UK #OnlineSafetyAct and 4Chan
October 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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adambienkov.bsky.social
That New York Times story lots of people are sharing today about Farage's ties to US anti-abortion groups was first reported by @mc00.bsky.social on Byline Times a year ago bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...
October 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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aljwhite.bsky.social
I ❤️ Viz
A letter to viz on why we should be removing British objects from people’s rectums, not foreign ones
October 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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peterjukes.bsky.social
Can't resist.

How do you approach an angry Reform UK leader in Wales?

Caerphilly!

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny
Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements
bylinetimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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maddow.msnbc.com
“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

apnews.com/article/pope...
Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.
apnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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carolecadwalla.bsky.social
NEW: We need to talk about Russia.

So, yes, that's why we need to talk about Nigel Farage.

My personal newsletter on the story behind the story. Brexit, Trump, Russia & now...Nathan Gill.

open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
October 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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adambienkov.bsky.social
Lots of flag-botherers over on Facebook now suddenly demanding the council step in to take these down
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Signs of kindness put up along Nottingham road in place of flags
It is not clear who put up the signs, which have appeared on lamp-posts along a road in Nottingham.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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fisherandrew79.bsky.social
Asking people to pay for goods would kill the shoplifting industry ...
October 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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johnnyryan.bsky.social
Big piece in POLITICO asking about the independence of Ireland's process of appointing people to its Data Protection Commission. There is deep unease in Brussels about Ireland appointing a former Meta lobbyist as Meta's watchdog. Now questions about who was involved.

www.politico.eu/article/big-...
Big Tech lawyer played key role in picking Ireland’s new privacy regulator
Former Meta lobbyist Niamh Sweeney will co-lead the Irish Data Protection Commission from mid-October.
www.politico.eu
October 9, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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adambienkov.bsky.social
"15 years ago, Polish workers came here to find opportunity. Now Poland is growing twice as fast as we are," says Kemi Badenoch.

Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?
October 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
beaj.bsky.social
So Kemi stands for a country where “everyone knows what a woman is”? Nice! That’s putting everyone in their place isn’t it. I am afraid life isn’t that simple sweetie. Not even in the U.K. 😖🤦‍♀️
October 8, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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snellarthur.bsky.social
Whereas stealing artists’ work is killing their industry, so…
October 8, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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tommasinaresist.bsky.social
In the past 24 hours, Pope Leo said: climate change is an emergency, Hegseth is a reckless warmonger, Trump's migrant cruelty is inhumane, & "pro-life" is more than just anti-abortion.
Oops. MAGA really misunderstood this guy! (& there's nothing "conservative" in MAGA).
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Pope Leo's critique of Trump ends honeymoon with conservative Catholics
Pope Leo initially impressed conservative Catholics after his election in May as he embraced traditions shunned by his predecessor Pope Francis and steered clear of hot button social issues that divided the 1.4 billion-member Church.
www.reuters.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
beaj.bsky.social
No surprise here at all: www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Quality of scientific papers questioned as academics ‘overwhelmed’ by the millions published
Widespread mockery of AI-generated rat with giant penis in one paper brings problem to public attention
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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naomimc.bsky.social
Sadiq Khan bringing Sharia Law to London like
September 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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kevfrommayo.bsky.social
"I had a campaign ready, I had groups throughout the country, we probably had 200 or 300 people dedicated to the campaign. We were ready to go."
Pop-country singer, political campaign slayer, CMAT.
September 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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london.gov.uk
A message to every Londoner, and anyone who talks our city down.
September 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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beardynoise.bsky.social
"Once you use ChatGPT, you don't want to think for yourself anymore"

THAT IS A TERRIFYING SENTENCE
lopatto.bsky.social Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · Sep 18
imagine relying on AI to write your bio and then having the nerve to say you're witty and full of personality
Anderson felt her bio was authentically her even if it was written by a chatbot. “My bio is 100 percent in alignment with my true personality,” she told me. “I don’t have a filter. I’m very witty. I’m full of personality.” Nor did she think using ChatGPT reflected the “bare minimum energy” she loathed. “It took me an hour and change to drill down my bio to be that good,” she explained. “I had to edit it, edit it, edit it down. I have to keep talking to it.” On the other hand, she admits that ChatGPT has sapped her motivation to write a first draft of anything herself, even though she minored in writing in college and described herself as a “wordsmith.” “I’m gonna be honest with you: Once you use ChatGPT, you don’t want to think for yourself anymore,” she said.
September 19, 2025 at 1:39 AM