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David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · Aug 27

Five articles on Yorkshire Bylines suggesting another way of looking at things. Not left / right, not socialist / capitalist, not Labour / Conservative - but ‘We’ / ‘I’.

yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/we-f...

We – fighting against the tides of greed and tricks and lies

Navigating truth in an age of lies: an ‘I’ vs ‘We’ lens could reshape our view of politics, society, and our shared future

yorkshirebylines.co.uk

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David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 3h

He should get his hair cut.

David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 3h

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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · Sep 13

I keep thinking about this sketch at the moment. youtu.be/zvgZtdmyKlI?...

Nazikeule im Dritten Reich | Browser Ballett

YouTube video by Browser Ballett

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David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 4h

Mike Johnson's AI isn't he?

David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 6h

I’m not reassured that the boss of OpenAI is called Alt Man.

David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 6h

Ah! An uncredited version of a mutant Hollies song on an out of production, initially cassette tape, live album.
Now that’s what I call niche!!
😂👍
And that’s your favourite Mekons song??

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David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 9h

Hadaway and shite.

David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 9h

It's been like pulling teeth.

Now - what do people usually do if they decide that they made a bad decision?

David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 10h

‪Mekons "Long Cool Woman"
????????????????????????????????
What is this song of which you speak?

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David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 10h

Leeds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 10h

The "AI Minister" ??

David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 11h

So ..............................?
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Brexit has had ‘severe and long lasting’ impact on economy, says Reeves, as she confirms budget tax rises – UK politics live

Chancellor cites the UK’s exit from EU alongside austerity and Truss’s mini-budget as issues affecting economy

www.theguardian.com

David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 1d

Well written!!

David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 1d

Which two amused-by-Covid-deaths Telegraph minions are they?

David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 1d

Has anyone asked AI what AI thinks about the AI bubble.

I haven’t because it’s all horseshit.

David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 1d

Crumbs from the table.

David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder what it does to a person to know that there are shedloads of videoclips freely circulating on t’internet showing said person to be a chronic liar.

Of course I realise that if the person is Pfeffel, it will have no effect whatsoever.

David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 1d

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 1d

‘I was stopped by police while driving my silver Bentley stuffed with cash and I told them I’m a journalist’

David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 1d

It would be blinkered not to point out that Labour is likely suffering a similar hollowing out. Any party that frames its actions largely by reference to political expediency, rather than by doing, and saying, what’s right in the world will lose the support of key allies.

David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 1d

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David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 1d

Good news - but in the case of Wa Po and a few of the other signees this is just a hiccup in their usual kow-towing.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

News outlets broadly reject Pentagon rules before deadline for signing

The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new media policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

www.washingtonpost.com

David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t know what was stopping him - apart from his own political manoeuvring.

David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 1d

bsky.app/profile/davi...

David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 1d

Good news - but in the case of Wa Po and a few of the other signees this is just a hiccup in their usual kow-towing.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

News outlets broadly reject Pentagon rules before deadline for signing

The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new media policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

www.washingtonpost.com

David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 1d

bsky.app/profile/davi...

David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 1d

Good news - but in the case of Wa Po and a few of the other signees this is just a hiccup in their usual kow-towing.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

News outlets broadly reject Pentagon rules before deadline for signing

The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new media policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

www.washingtonpost.com

David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 1d

Good news - but in the case of Wa Po and a few of the other signees this is just a hiccup in their usual kow-towing.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

News outlets broadly reject Pentagon rules before deadline for signing

The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new media policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

www.washingtonpost.com

David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 2d

Open the pod bay doors Hal.

David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 2d

You mean - he didn’t see any NAKED white people??