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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 20m

a skull full of soup.

cinesthetic. @TheCinesth.... 13h
Teaser trailer for 'AMADEUS' starring Will Sharpe and Paul Bettany has been released.

Graham Linehan @Glinner 7h
How would you like to see Amadeus again, except this time Mozart is black?
Me neither! Yet here it is!

Clara @Americana Mama79 6h
That guy is black?

Graham Linehan @Glinner 6h
Apparently not but the point rrrremains!

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Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 37m

I’m at a loss for words, and it’s not because I’m surprised; rather, I’m in near despair at the sheer level of coarseness and vulgarity to which large swathes of our polity have sunk. There is an entire portion of our population with absolutely no urge to decency, and it’s heartbreaking.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Ed Stern @edstern.bsky.social · 9m

Wow.

artnau @artnau.bsky.social · Oct 25

Group Dynamics. Team Formation No.1, 2023 by Peter Ravn www.instagram.com/peter_rothme...

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 10m

So essentially the UK has slightly raised the expected bar of English language competence for some groups of people and professions.

The French have recently done the same thing.

It's a non story really

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2h

Under the Tories they used a test called IELTS. So as far as I can tell there's nothing that different going on here. It's just a combination of very bad messaging and a hunger to please the press/GB News

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2h

All of this is being put out to placate the right wing press...

In the meantime, it's causing fear & confusion. As I understand it:

● this only applies to some people on skilled visas
● it's not "A level English" it's something called SELT
● much the same requirement exists elsewhere in EU

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 4h

What is ridiculous is to conclude correctly that Brexit is the source of economic pain and then do nothing to reverse it.

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H I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social · 1h

Russia’s Submarine Problem Is Much Worse Than Many Imagine

It’s not just the tale of one unfortunate submarine, it’s a growing hole in capacity and capability www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

Russia’s Submarine Problem Is Much Worse Than Many Imagine - Naval News

The Russian submarine Novorossiysk, an Improved Kilo-class vessel, has been forced to limp home to the Baltic after a mechanical failure in the Mediterranean. While some reports exaggerated its plight...

www.navalnews.com

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 13m

Nigel Farage claimed that Warwickshire County Council had blocked Reform’s inquiries into their financial accounts.

The truth? Reform never made any inquiries.

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/10/nigel-farage-wasnt-telling-the-truth-on-laura-kuenssberg

Nigel Farage wasn't telling the truth on Laura Kuenssberg

Reform wants to be obstructed by council workers, but it has to try first

www.newstatesman.com

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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 5h

Here is the Vice President defending adults who said they love Hitler, want to rape their enemies, put their political opponents in gas chambers, and that Black people are monkeys. Just to name a few.

Are these those Christian values JD Vance talks about?

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8h

Trump has a very simple worldview: the Presidency is not a public office, it is his property. He can use it to satisfy his personal or partisan whims, or to enrich himself.

So here, he threatens to reorganize an international competition, cohosted by Mexico and Canada, to settle a vendetta.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump on moving World Cup games from Boston: "We could take them away. Your mayor is not good."

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 8h

JD Vance can dismiss the Young Republicans as a college group chat.

But let's be clear: the group chat includes a State Senator, a Trump Admin official, and multiple Republican staffers — and some of the worst comments came from folks associated with Mike Johnson, Elise Stefanik, and Mike Lawler.

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John Abbott @sfjohna.bsky.social · 1h

The piece came from the De Wolfe music library, composed and performed on the vibes by Wayne Hill, backed by the Noveltones ( a group of Dutch session musicians). Hill wrote some other library music pieces, but by March 1967 he had died. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_Ba...

Left Bank Two - Wikipedia

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David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 4h

Today is the centenary of the birth of the great Tony Hart who opened the eyes of generations to visual art and who is forever associated with this, the shimmering Gallery theme from Vision On – which was also pretty much everyone’s introduction to the vibraphone. youtu.be/-ZNkJXKV7_w

Vision On - The Gallery Tune - BBC1 1960/70s

YouTube video by Lost 1960s TV and Radio

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 8h

You can say amazing things if you know that the follow-up question will be "wow."

(Smith didn't plant anything at Mar-a-Lago because he was hired months after it was searched.)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Eric Trump: "We found out that Jack Smith was actually planting classified folders in Mar-a-Lago"

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Dread Pirate Sex Badger @badgercult.bsky.social · 7h

Despite overwhelming access to force, firearms and a cohesive team structure, little shitweasel still needs to pop out from his bigger, more restrained teammate, and toss a CS grenade. These people need to be tried.

Hart Cunningham @hpsc24.bsky.social · 10h

Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way🇺🇸

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Eric Foltz @ericfoltz.bsky.social · 9h

Let's be honest.

This is about Hegseth being all butt hurt about the media reporting about how incompetent and stupid he is.

Oh, and for sharing that video of him doing the most pathetic pullups ever recorded.

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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 29m

Many thought Your Party would eat the Green vote. It could well turn out to be the opposite. Polanski does left populism far better than Corbyn and Your Party's ditherings and divisions have given him a huge helping hand. Zarah Sultana made an epically bad choice.

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 32m

Following the announcement of YourParty, support for 'Others' in opinion polls increased from 3.7% to 6.0%. It has since dropped back to 3.7%, with the Greens seemingly gaining, reaching a peak of 10.7%.

electionmaps.uk/polling/vi

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 48m

Wow. Trump's masked federal agents tear-gassed a crowd in Chicago and ended up gassing a bunch of local Chicago cops who were there to *deescalate tensions.* One local cop was captured on film washing out his eyes with a hose:

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 16h

Whether it's young Democrats expressing their support for DEI or young Republicans saying "I love Hitler,' both sides have expressed controversial opinions.

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kobold labor union @lucidseraph.bsky.social · 28m

This is literally the phrase, and the game, that made me realize I was nonbinary. Love you, Failbetter <3

Failbetter Games - Wishlist Mandrake on Steam! @failbettergames.com · 2h

does your presentation make people think, gosh, that's an individual of mysterious and indistinct gender?

we have a shirt for that

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 19h

Again, this is not what needs to be done. "Why are you breaking the law & violating the Constitution & your oath of office?" is the question. When he doesn't answer it, the next journalist needs to ask it, & then the next one, & the one after that. Stop giving him & John Thune free passes every day.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

FOX: You said last week that you would swear in Grijalva whenever she wants. She has written a letter to your office. You have not sworn her in. Doesn't your resistance add fuel to the fire that this is about Epstein?

MIKE JOHNSON: No. This is another partisan manufactured thing

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 23m

Medical tech these past few years has been genuinely amazing.

Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 21h

This is huge news!
UBC has developed an enzyme that can convert donor organs to type O, making them universal.
Normally a using organs of the wrong blood type causes the recipient's immune system to attack the organ, leading to failure.
❤️🇨🇦⚕️
news.ubc.ca/2025/10/univ...

UBC enzyme technology clears first human test toward universal donor organs for transplantation - UBC News

UBC-developed enzymes successfully converted a kidney to universal type O for transplant, marking a major step toward faster, more compatible organ donations.

news.ubc.ca

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jam @socialistboat.dad · 6d

"This website is free" No. This website comes at a terrible cost

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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 43m

The number of podcasts continues to rise, while the time available to listen to them does not. Listeners already take in an average of five a week.

Yet 44% of Britons never listen to podcasts at all.

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